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Focus on baseball player development and the Cleveland Guardians.

Joined July 2009
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One big takeaway from the almost half way of the season point All the rookie OL in the first round have all been pretty good to really good Fano Ioane Rutledge Mauioga Miller Proctor Anyone else @aqshipley
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Maybe the biggest data update I've ever made is live on the site. Box scores for 99% of D1 baseball games since 2016. ~215,000 games overall. 157,779 unique players overall tracked with their available stats. If you have a data correction or a box score link, reach out.
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NEW G6 ESPN SOR Rankings: UTSA (23rd in FBS) Boise State (24) New Mexico (34) JMU (39) Louisiana Tech (45) North Texas (47) Liberty (49) Oregon State (50) Biggest surprise through Week 8?
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Vogt only has won three straight division titles and been to the ALCS 2 out of 3 seasons as manager while being hamstring by MLB economic realities Some still want him gone ...
I watch close to all 162 and attend 30 to 40. I genuinely want to know what people with this take are watching.
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Guardians gave us a heck of a season and fought like crazy until the end Not how we wanted it to go but appreciated the journey Let's hope the new CBA puts the team in a better position into the future
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Rays have every advantage in Game-6, but if Cleveland can force a Game-7 with Gavin starting ... The path to the World Series is narrow and fraught with peril, and yet, the path remains.
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College football's biggest problem right now is no one cares because it doesn't matter This type of debate used to be cut throat in mid-October because every spot in the rankings mattered Is what it is
Ohio State or BYU should be No. 1. Moving Miami up from No. 3 would just be lazy given the wins those two had plus Miami’s schedule to date.
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UTSA >> Michigan
North Texas appeared on a ballot in the coaches' top 25 poll this week. UTSA, the other team that is unbeaten in American Conference play, was also in the others receiving votes category and was the ninth team out.
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The vaunted Rays top three of Yandy Díaz, Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero against Daniel Espino in this series: 0-for-6, four strikeouts Espino just got Caminero on three straight heaters: 100.6 mph, 100.6 mph, 100.3 mph
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In all best-of-seven postseason series tied 1-1, the Game 3 winner has gone on to win the series 71 of 102 times (70%) In series with the current 2-3-2 format, teams that have won Game 3 at home to take a 2-1 lead have gone on to win the series 30 of 49 times (61%)
The Guardians take ALCS Game 3 at home!
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Gavin Williams, 2Ks in the 1st.
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Guardians have Cade Smith No one else has Cade Smith Sometimes it is that simple
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Universal acclaimed front offices of TB, Milwaukee, and Cleveland ... They must have a ton of recent WS championships between them. Wait? You're telling me the last WS championship of these teams was Satchel Paige's MLB rookie season?
Yeah, I mean, without a salary cap, how can we ever expect to see deep playoff runs by small-market teams like the Milwaukee Br— Wait, I meant the Tampa Bay Devil Ra— Wait, shit, I meant the Cleveland Gua— Nevermind, forget it
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José Ramírez made a bad error in Game 2 of the ALCS. But he's the reason the Guardians are there in the first place. With the spotlight on him brighter than ever, here's a look at how José (don't call him "J-Ram") became Cleveland's brightest ⭐️. mlb.com/news/11-great-things…
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Updating my midseason rankings for the 2027 NFL Draft. Drew Mestemaker is QB1 🏈
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I asked Jose why he was laughing here, and he said he knew the pitch coming was a changeup and Adell could rollover, and hit a ground ball to the left side of the infield, so he took off to 3rd hoping he would pull Junior and Walls to the bases and open a hole in the infield 🥴
José Ramirez laughing to the plate. He’s playing in another dimension like nobody’s seen if that’s possible. Look out!
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José Ramírez (translated): "Cleveland is everything to me. When nobody wanted to give me a chance, they gave me a chance. This is the place I love, and they love me back." He is three wins away from getting Cleveland back to the World Series.
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Chicago White Sox fans were so sure the Guardians were gonna get swept by the Rays.
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Adell, the prospect I wanted Cleveland to trade for, for years Bailey, my son's favorite non-Cleveland player, until he also came to Cleveland Espino, the prospect we were all so excited for... And now deserves the success even more after his battles This team is fun
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Patrick Bailey with more homers in six postseason games than he had in 30 with the Giants.
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