Jim Tensen Collection

the thoughts of a collector | actually active on IG @ jt.collect

[Spencer Nusbaum @spencernusbaum_]

James Wood has seven homers, 15 walks and 18 runs over his last 12 games. Since 2000, the following players have done that over a 12-game stretch:

00 Barry Bonds
01 Barry Bonds
26 James Wood

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

Lowest MLB ERA since 2021, 500+ innings:
#2 - Drew Rasmussen, 2.76 (the guy pitching)
#1 - Shohei Ohtani, 2.62 (the guy hitting)

[Scott Chu @ifthechufits]

James Wood has, at least for now, resolved one of his most exploitable weaknesses (and a key cause of his 2025 2nd half collapse) in a BIG way.

[Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports]

22+ hits in a 9-game span, Giants last 95 years:

2026 Jung Hoo Lee
1958 Willie Mays
1953 Whitey Lockman
1932 Bill Terry

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

NEW: It's now more lucrative to have a losing sports team than a championship team.

We examined the Boston Red Sox to see how private equity and cost cutting invaded sports.

In this era, teams want to sell good players for profit more than they want to have a good season.

[Jim Tensen Collection @jt_collect]

After 4 full seasons, the trends are pretty clear. Which Julio Rodriguez are we getting this year?

1st vs 2nd Half splits
1: .260/.319/.418, 53 HR (370 G)
2: .297/.351/.552, 59 HR (220 G)

Home vs Away splits
H: .256/.315/.431, 46 HR (291 G)
A: .291/.346/.504, 66 HR (299 G)

[Foolish Baseball @FoolishBB]

What makes Polymarket worse than the sportsbooks is lack of regulation and profit incentive. I can at least trust that outlier betting patterns will unearth insider trading on DK or FD. They stand to lose money if there's an information gap. But not Polymarket. It's rife with it.

[Jim Tensen Collection @jt_collect]

USA Olympic baseball from '92 - '08 as a product was poor and so were the rosters. No one cared. The US didn't even qualify in '04. Harper is right, the Olympics are the pinnacle of sporting events. And if he recruits well, maybe baseball will be better. But WBC > Olympics rn.

[Jeff Skversky @JeffSkversky]

“WBC is great, but it’s not the Olympics"

- Phillies star Bryce Harper Wants Baseball Back in the Olympics & hopes it's worked out in the next CBA

"no disrespect to the WBC or anything. But everybody knows when the Olympics are on, everybody is watching"

[NEO Cards & Comics @NEOCards_Comics]

Yikes.

[Jim Tensen Collection @jt_collect]

Across 38 games in 2020, @joadell7 accumulated -1.4 bWAR/fWAR as a rookie. Extrapolated to 162 games, that's a -6 WAR.

Yikes.

Fast forward to 2025, Addell is now 4th in the AL with 35 HRs and has accumulated 1.6 bWAR/1.8 fWAR. What a turnaround. #angels #mlb

[Jim Tensen Collection @jt_collect]

Julio Rodriguez is a superstar... on the road. He now has 17 HRs in away games with a .915 OPS.

Home: 68 G, .225/.286/.351 (8 HR)
Away: 66 G, .302/.347/568

It's not just him - Cal Raleigh bats .218 at home and .268 on the road. As a team, the #Mariners H/A splits are .224/.258.

[JL @JLas43_]

Not bad for a “down year”

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Through 180 career games, James Wood of the @Nationals has walked 101 times while hitting 110 singles, 34 doubles and 33 home runs.

The only other MLB players in the modern era to reach those marks through 180 games are Ted Williams and Juan Soto.

[NEO Cards & Comics @NEOCards_Comics]

This was posted in a Facebook group. We will see how this all shakes, but on its surface just wild stuff. #thehobby

[NEO Cards & Comics @NEOCards_Comics]

If what I read is remotely true this is going to be wild. #thehobby

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Juan Soto leads MLB in walks this month, which would be his 17th different month leading the majors in walks for his career.

The next most months a player has led MLB in walks before turning 27 years old in the modern era is 9 by Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle.

[Nationals Communications @NationalsComms]

James Wood ranks among NL outfielders in:
OPS - 1st (.928)
OPS+ - 1st (162)
wRC+ - 1st (157)
wOBA - 1st (.397)
SLG% - 2nd (.550)
RBI - 2nd (51)
HR - T2nd (18)
bWAR - 3rd (3.2)
Hard Hit% - 3rd (56.8%)
XBH - 3rd (36)
Win Prob. Add. - 3rd (1.9)
Walks - T3rd (41)
fWAR - 4th (3.0)
OBP - 4th (.378)

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[Nilla Nillanovic @JayNilla]

Good morning yall…

[Todd Whitehead @CrumpledJumper]

If the Pacers (and Carlisle) can pull off 3 more wins - they will have navigated one of the toughest paths to a championship in NBA history.

[Pitless @pitlessball]

Every shot from Tyrese Haliburton to tie or take the lead in the last 2 minutes this season