Zach Crizer

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[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

Cristopher Sánchez can do it. https://t.co/On43tPsTi5

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

Orel Hershiser’s 59-inning scoreless streak is in play.

If Cristopher Sánchez doesn’t do it, someone else could soon. New Bandwagon explains why. https://t.co/On43tPsTi5

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

Orel Hershiser’s 59-inning scoreless streak is in play.

If Cristopher Sánchez doesn’t do it, someone else could soon. New Bandwagon explains why. https://t.co/On43tPsTi5

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

The trendiest pitch in baseball is whatever fastball variation you don't already throw.

In The Bandwagon, my analysis shows 3-fastball starters could soon be more common than 1-fastball pitchers.

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

More inside on the nuanced third wave of pitch design progress in MLB. https://t.co/I7b5BBXqOO

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

The trendiest pitch in baseball is whatever fastball variation you don't already throw.

In The Bandwagon, my analysis shows 3-fastball starters could soon be more common than 1-fastball pitchers.

[Mike Piellucci @mikelikessports]

Jacob Latz: pretty awesome!

Jacob Latz: the first big decision of Skip Schumaker's tenure as Rangers manager.

Here's the ultra-smart @zcrizer with a typically ultra-smart read

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[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

Platoon-proof, consistent ... Latz already is a lot of things the Rangers are still hoping Kumar Rocker can be.

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

It's not quite Joba Chamberlain, but the Rangers and new manager Skip Schumaker have a decision to make:

Is Jacob Latz best used as a closer ... or is he one of their best starters? I break down the considerations at @DMagazine. https://t.co/QwznZO7YsY

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

The degree to which the new Globe Life is a pitcher's haven — and the degree to which that escalated over the past couple seasons — is really notable.

I wrote about it in relation to the Rangers' offseason but it definitely merits further investigation. https://t.co/ewOzlqD6wu

[kennedi landry @kennlandry]

The Rangers at Globe Life Field (12 games):
26th in BA (.216)
26th in SLG (.329)
28th in OPS (.615)
29th in OBP (.286)
29th in HR (6)

The Rangers on the road (16 games):
5th in HR (22)
6th in OPS (.753)
6th in SLG (.421)
8th in BA (.251)
8th in OBP (.332)

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

Boston native / Yankees star Cam Schlittler vs. the Red Sox should be a great new chapter in the rivalry.

Instead it’s not much fun at all. https://t.co/ONV3aEdm37

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

Boston native / Yankees star Cam Schlittler vs. the Red Sox should be a great new chapter in the rivalry.

Instead it’s not much fun at all. https://t.co/ONV3aEdm37

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

I officially declare this the Slide of the Year so far.

Anyone who wants the belt must go through Dane Myers.

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

THERE'S NO WAY HE MADE IT BUT HE DID

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

The psyop continues unabated.

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

New Bandwagon out covering the unbelievables of April. https://t.co/rqPVXyPa0K

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

Aaaand there's the Mets. The less bad news is I made a big spreadsheet looking at slumping team lineups.

Even these Very Bad weeks don't spell doom. And they increasingly look like an April phenomenon. https://t.co/rqPVXyPa0K

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

Aaaand there's the Mets. The less bad news is I made a big spreadsheet looking at slumping team lineups.

Even these Very Bad weeks don't spell doom. And they increasingly look like an April phenomenon. https://t.co/rqPVXyPa0K

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

New Bandwagon out covering the unbelievables of April. https://t.co/rqPVXyPa0K

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

There's the good ... like Padres closer Mason Miller breaking the ceiling on strikeout and whiff rate stats.

[Zach Crizer @zcrizer]

The master of a growing craft. https://t.co/4StLaIlPUg

[Detroit Tigers @tigers]

you gotta see it to believe it

only Javier Báez 🎩