High Leverage Baseball

San Diego Based | MLB Journalist/Analyst | Research Lead for @TheBsblr | Co-host of the @EVT_News In Focus Podcast |

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I'd like to formally introduce HLB Stuff+

It's a personally developed metric to evaluate how valuable a pitch shape is, regardless of its location

The model attempts to accurately how capable a pitch is of suppressing contact, or avoiding it altogether
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Could the soaring José Soriano break into the mix for the AL Cy Young? LINK TO READ ➡️ https://t.co/CaSSPXWob6

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@DevineGospel Trea Turner Treatment in 2 weeks on this pace

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@PastTheEyeTest He’s got 3 in him

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The 9 players with multiple home runs yesterday:

- Josh Naylor
- Ketel Marte
- Nolan Arenado
- Jeremiah Jackson
- Kyle Schwarber
- Mike Trout
- Aaron Judge
- Trent Grisham
- Jake Burger

This past weekend (Fri-Sun), there were 7 multi-homer games combined!

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Aaron Judge and Mike Trout put on a show yesterday!

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@thepainguy I'm looking out for a "tipping pitches" report. This just looks ridiculous

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Garrett Crochet allowed 10 earned runs tonight to the Minnesota Twins across 1.2 innings

One of the top AL Cy Young contenders now owns a 7.58 ERA

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Ketel Marte just took a fastball, comfortably out of the zone, 443 feet to Eutaw Street

It's been a slow start for Marte, although the D-Backs are hovering at 9-7 to start the year

When he and Geraldo Perdomo get rolling, this offense could start to make some real noise

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@LouisAnalysis Let’s go Louis! Congratulations

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Elly De La Cruz batting right-handed BEFORE 2026:
- 13 HR in 550 PA

Elly De La Cruz batting right-handed IN 2026:
- 4 HR in 23 PA

That's a rate of 736% more right-handed homers. I think we can guess what he worked on this offseason?

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MLB Division Leaders Through 15-16 Games

AL East: Tampa Bay Rays
AL Central: Minnesota Twins
AL West: Texas Rangers

NL East: Atlanta Braves
NL Central: Pittsburgh Pirates
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers

Of these teams, only LAD won their division in 2025

Baseball is awesome!

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@NateRoper_ The extra tick of velo is the only reason I would think he throws it >20% of the time

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In four starts this season, José Soriano has faced 15 batters over the minimum

76% of plate appearances against him have resulted in a strikeout or ground ball

The offenses he's faced:
- Astros
- Cubs
- Braves
- Reds

He's allowed just one run. What else do we need to see?

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2026 ERA vs. Innings Pitched (Qualified Pitchers)

Sandy Alcantara is in a world of his own, averaging 8 IP per start with an 0.74 ERA

The only two runs he allowed were runners inherited by relievers

Other standouts include José Soriano, Max Fried, and Eduardo Rodriguez

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@DEATHBYPALMTREE @thestevenwoods @DAIRYBOYZZ Based on typical reliever WAR vs position player WAR, I say no. But it’s not out of the realm of possibility if De Vries career starts out cloudy

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Mason Miller has accumulated 0.7 fWAR in 2026

That is more than:
- Tarik Skubal
- Paul Skenes
- Garrett Crochet
- Bryan Woo
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- Shohei Ohtani
- Aaron Judge
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
- Kyle Schwarber

As a single-inning reliever, Miller's value is unreal

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@Glucoman01 @Tatas_jr @SergioMQuintero There’s concern to be had but it will get a ton better. Nobody hits the ball that hard and doesn’t figure it out