Brock Beauchamp

Part two is up and it's a good read! https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/brewers-minor-league/international-free-agent-pitching-part-two-the-waiting-game-r3357/

Over the next few hours, this change should propagate to all users: We've reduced ad coverage on the forums by about 25% on mobile devices. I've received complaints and also been bothered by how prevalent ads are on phones, specifically on the forums. While there will still occasionally be ad-post-ad situations, it will be rare now and after testing this for several days, I've seen more instances of four posts in a row with no ads between than I've seen ad-post-ad situations. Hopefully this makes browsing and participating on the forums a more pleasant experience on mobile devices!

Signing 16-year-olds and turning them into productive MLB pitchers is, unsurprisingly, a war of attrition. https://brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/brewers-minor-league/international-free-agent-pitching-part-one-a-league-of-failure-r3285/

This is an excellent, in-depth look at the business of baseball and the impact Scott Boras has on the industry. But is his influence waning in some aspects like drafting and his refusal to sign extensions? The Power of Scott Boras, Team-Friendly Extensions, & The Changing Dynamics Of Baseball Business - Red Sox - Talk Sox TALKSOX.COM Dubbed “The Most Powerful Sports Agent in the World” by Forbes, long-time agent Scott Boras has a history of negotiating record-breaking contracts for his clients. Has he hit a cold...

I'm not defending the Bogaerts contract, I was quite against it at the time. As you said, I think he's just not an elite bat but he got elite bat money, and that's ignoring the years (yikes). My earlier point was just pointing out that some home splits, particularly from the age of turf, are REALLY ugly. I think Kirby Puckett had something like a +.150 OPS bump from the Metrodome vs his road stats.

That's an interesting point so I went and looked. Sure enough, Bogaerts has a significant Fenway bump but it's nothing compared to some of the biggest stadium splits I've seen. Xander career: .802 OPS Xander Fenway: .870 OPS So his numbers were definitely helped by Boston but it's not an enormous swing, just a big one. Thanks for commenting!

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Arraez is far from an optimized player and we all know that but damn, he's fun to watch.

The Padres need this kind of certainty as some of their other, unwieldy, contracts age into ugliness.

We will update this roughly once a week through the draft. Instead of trying to create yet another mock draft board, our draft expert Jamie Cameron has taken the route of averaging out popular draft boards, trying to reach a "consensus" slot for a player in the aggregate. Additionally, Jamie has a pretty detailed write-up for each draftee. Right now, we have roughly one round of picks up but this will expand every week as Jamie adds more draft slots and write-ups. http://padresmission.com/mlb-baseball-mock-draft-order-2025-san-diego-padres

They should host multiple series in Mexico every year IMO.

Here is a good piece on Twins Daily about them. Bombs Away: Torpedo Bats are Taking Over Major League Baseball - Twins - Twins Daily TWINSDAILY.COM Coming out of left field, torpedo bats are all the rage right now. The bowling pin-shaped bat is a shift from tradition, and is being credited with producing more power. Is the hype real? Who on...

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This is an outstanding breakdown of how catchers receive similar pitches, Davy. And also illustrates Bailey's preternatural talent at waiting out the pitch and then snatching it as his glove moves upward into the zone.

We offer this feature so it's easy to see how much a reliever has worked in the past seven days. Yellow is throwing 1-19 pitches and red means they threw 20+ pitches on a night. You can also find this link under the Resources link roll at the top of the forum index page. https://padresmission.com/san-diego-padres-bullpen-usage/

Exactly. He was never a good fit at first base, though the Padres don't have anyone who is...

It seems like a gimme that he'll perform better on a WAR-per-at-bat basis if he's playing at second regularly. He graded as a slight negative there in 2024 but the innings were limited. I think he continues to bounce back after bottoming out in 2023.

We're just getting rolling here... funnily enough, this is my seventh baseball site but the first that I've started from scratch since 2005. Twenty years! If you have questions about literally anything, please PM me any time or @Brock Beauchamp me to notify me to look at something. And if you have something to say here in the forums, please start a thread and/or comment on an existing thread!

I think this is a very well-written piece from one of our writers over on the Red Sox side of things. Major League Baseball Takes Arms in Donald Trump’s Culture War - Red Sox - Talk Sox TALKSOX.COM In an act of anticipatory obedience, Major League Baseball quietly deleted all references to diversity from its website.