Matt Frese

Mostly baseball (O's and Dodgers) and hockey (Caps).

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

Seems like we’re destined to get a “Rortvedt handles the staff better” style moment for Chuckie Robinson.

[Chad Moriyama @ChadMoriyama]

This ... this is the Tanner Scott they wanted. HNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@ByBlakeWilliams Tommy Edman’s wRC+ as a LHH vs RHP in the last three years I s worse than Michael Conforto’s was last year.

Edman’s a great player against LHP, but against RHP he’s a disaster.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@tangotiger If he takes one more 6-days rest start, and then switches to 5-days, he can get an extra start, and he won’t throw in the ASG. Something like 6/2, 6/30, 7/6 and finally 7/12.

If they leave him on Wednesdays, then he loses a start that is almost required for him to get to 162.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@DanTown22 @ChadMoriyama Fun fact… they can’t! Because he’s got two one-year player options for the last two years, if they traded him now, they could only eat this year and next. His new team would be on the hook for years three and four… and no team is going to risk eating $120M for those 2 years.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

I’ll add one more…

[Trey Day🇨🇦🇮🇪 @Yesavage2HOF]

Oh my god

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

Yet.

There’s not a “SA scandal” yet.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

There’s also not a “SA scandal.” Everything gets blurred in the post-MeToo scrum but that’s a very specific kind of accusation that probably *would* end the campaign.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@M_MiracleMan The Dodgers solved this problem. They paid Blake Snell a giant signing bonus (taxed in his no-income-tax home state of WA) and also deferred a large chunk until after he’s retired (again, presumably being not-taxed in WA). Not sure why the NHL teams haven’t started doing the same

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@OVECHKlN Dylan. McIlrath.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@tangotiger Much like the change in velocity… if managers were that bad at this in 2014, imagine how bad they were at it in 1994 or 1974.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@mike_petriello By gawd, that’s Luis Arraez’ music.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@snidog Corbin Carroll isn’t throwing anyone out on a ball he fields running away from the infield.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

St. Louis has to be mad about this Larkin news, because now teams can risk finishing second in a Robert Thomas bidding war and fall back to Larkin.

[JFresh @JFreshHockey]

Something to keep in mind with Larkin is that his contract is very affordable even if he slots in at 2C on an acquiring team. Over the course of the five years, his $8.7M will be the equivalent of ~$6.5M under the old cap, maybe even less.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@BlakeHHarris And George…

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

I know I’m the only one who finds this funny, but if Becerra, Steyer and Hilton all finish close and there’s a protracted count, then all three of them will be arguing that Steve Hilton definitely finished in the top-2.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

Like honestly "it's going to take us several weeks to tell you who won the election" is failed state shit and should be much more stigmatized.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

The great irony, if it’s close and requires a protracted count, is that both Steyer and Becerra will be trying to find votes for Hilton.

[Alex Thompson @AlexThomp]

Most Dems don’t want Steyer v. Becerra because it means spending a ton more money on an ugly Dem on Dem fight through November.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@rpyers @daveweigel Imagine it’s basically a three-way tie for top-2 between Becerra, Steyer and Hilton.

All three candidates will be arguing that yes, Steve Hilton is one of the top-2!

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@AlecMacGillis This has been true in Albuquerque for 25 years.

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

Pages can say he was just bluffing yesterday, but when he did it to Chase Silseth two weeks ago he was absolutely signalling pitches to Téo. You can watch the AB and after three pitches, you can get the rest correct based on his signal.

[Jack Harris @ByJackHarris]

Was Andy Pages actually signaling pitches (*legally*) at 2B yesterday?

Pat Murphy thought so. Pages told @californiapost he was just bluffing.

Either way, it was an example of the kind of "gamesmanship" Pages has come to relish

More @capostsports:
https://t.co/RxCvmZzCZ8

[Matt Frese @mdfrese]

@ChadMoriyama Two weeks ago against Chase Silseth he definitely had them. I was able to call the last half of a Téo AB correctly because of Pages’ signals.