chris collins

sometimes writing about fantasy ( beat LA, go jackets

[chris collins @capn_cc]

theres a deep irony about boomer yelling via an llm

[John VanderWal @VandyonTigers]

The Biggest Lie in Baseball Today

The biggest lie in baseball today isn’t that pitchers throw harder.
It’s that people who’ve never played the game at the highest level think they know more than the people who actually did.
I’ve got to laugh at the fucking know-it-alls on here.
Some of us spent 14–15 years in the big leagues. We played 162 games a year. We stood in against 85 mph, 100 mph, 101, 102. We didn’t read about it. We lived it.
Then you’ve got people who never played at that level, never stood in the box against elite velocity, never spent a day in a professional clubhouse, telling the people who actually did that they’re wrong.
That’s fucking hilarious.
Now we’ve got keyboard gurus and pitching-school salesmen acting like they unlocked some secret that’s never existed before.
Give me a fucking break.
Hard throwers have always existed. Triple-digit arms have always existed. Filthy breaking balls have always existed. What changed was the technology used to measure and report pitches—not the fact that freak athletes have been blowing baseballs by hitters for decades.
And here’s what these geniuses never talk about…
Modern hitting instruction has become so obsessed with lifting the ball and launch angle that we’ve created worse hitters. When your swing is built to hit underneath the baseball instead of driving through it, you’re going to struggle more against elite velocity. Pitchers look more dominant in part because the hitters have gotten worse.
But that doesn’t fit the narrative.
Instead, they pretend pitching schools reinvented the human arm.
The funniest part is the absolute confidence. They read numbers off a screen and think they’re qualified to lecture people who spent decades living this game at the highest level.
Here’s a little advice: before you tell someone who’s actually been there what big league velocity looks like, make sure you’ve done more than watch YouTube clips and stare at TrackMan numbers.
Until then, quit pretending you’re the smartest guy in the room.
You’re not baseball people.
You’re fucking dumbasses.
#VandyOnTigers #VandyDandyReport #DetroitTigers #MLB #Baseball

[chris collins @capn_cc]

honestly i think the jaylen brown trade gets way less backlash if it's anybody beside paul george going back

[chris collins @capn_cc]

@Nate_Tice the amount of replies guessing brees over montana is pretty funny

[chris collins @capn_cc]

CAN I SCREAM (woo)

[Pitcher List Stats @PitcherListPLV]

Taj Bradley (MIN) struck out 11 in five innings against the Astros

[chris collins @capn_cc]

rodolfo "christian bethancourt" duran

[chris collins @capn_cc]

@AlfredoABrown he's *what*

[chris collins @capn_cc]

ja rule ahh discourse

[chris collins @capn_cc]

i've been fairly neutral re: stammen but i have no idea what would inspire you to keep adam in there over just jamming miller

[chris collins @capn_cc]

what is wrong with midwesterners

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

Reminder that 95° and humid is better than 10° and a wind chill

[chris collins @capn_cc]

@cjwalters4242 @ethicalbaseball he made some disastrous moves but this is laughably ignorant about what the team looked like before him

[chris collins @capn_cc]

@BenjaminSolak pain

[chris collins @capn_cc]

keeping him in keeper was a smart move i guess

[Alex Fast @AlexFast8]

Hunter Goodman tonight in MIN:

AB 1: HR, 107.7 mph, 428 ft.
AB 2: HR, 107.5 mph, 428 ft.
AB 3: Groundout, 84.4 mph
AB 4: HR, 113.3 mph, 401 ft

[chris collins @capn_cc]

was extremely happy to get him on my contender recently

[FTN @FTNFantasy]

Nico Collins is the ultimate dynasty buy for @MattOkada at his current WR14 discount.

With CJ Stroud, Collins' 17-game pace is a massive 1,384 yards & 8.5 TDs. His 2.8 yards per route run since 2023 trails only Puka Nacua, making him a prime target to acquire in dynasty 👀

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Cal Quantrill, K'ing the Side in the 4th.

[chris collins @capn_cc]

@mibpj2 dont let this data distract you from the fact that bo nix had a lower aDOT than philip rivers last year

[chris collins @capn_cc]

this guy is so bananas

[Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN]

Jacob Misiorowski said he slipped on the pitch he threw 105.5 mph tonight. Then was asked if 106 is possible: “I definitely think its possible. Science says you can hit 108. Someone eventually is going to hit it. If that’s me, cool. I don’t think that's something I need to focus on. Speed is cool but if it doesn’t win a ballgame it doesn't matter."

[chris collins @capn_cc]

I'd give a kidney for my team to get to play in the AL Central

[Pregame Empire @PregameEmpire]

@ rest of the world get ready to learn “we didn’t care about our bowl game”

[chris collins @capn_cc]

@FTNFantasy

[chris collins @capn_cc]

yes

[FTN @FTNFantasy]

Are we too HIGH or too LOW on Luther Burden III?

@MozzyandMuscle weighs in 🧐