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BASEBALL MIGHT BE GETTING THE WORLD SERIES IT NEEDS MOST! At a time when analytics have practically taken over the game and a potential lockout is looming, the Rays and Brewers might be reminding baseball of something we’ve forgotten. HOW TO ACTUALLY PLAY WINNING BASEBALL! Pitching. Defense. Speed. Contact. Smart baserunning. Timely power. EXECUTION! Forget chasing superstars just because they’re superstars. GO FIND SUPERSTARS WHO KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME! Two organizations proving that sometimes the best way forward is BACK TO BASICS! Maybe this World Series is bigger than a championship. Maybe it’s a reminder of what baseball has been missing. And for once, I genuinely have NO IDEA who I’m picking! Rays fans, Brewers fans… SELL ME ON YOUR SQUAD! Convince me why YOUR team wins it all. BEST ARGUMENT GETS MY PICK!

Paul Skenes is going to have 200 strikeouts and every ERA estimator will say something like "3.30!" and it will be treated like a disaster of a season he has been worse this year, to be sure. But also, he set the expectations almost unreasonably high with his first two years.

Nationals are starting to move CJ Abrams from shortstop to second base, per @spencernusbaum_

Braxton Ashcraft throws a complete game on just 85 pitches, the lowest pitch count in a complete game this season!

Paul Skenes threw just 65 pitches in five innings tonight against the Marlins, allowing one earned run while striking out four, walking one and allowing five hits He never reached 97 MPH on any pitch

Paul Skenes threw just 65 pitches in five innings tonight against the Marlins, allowing one earned run while striking out four, walking one and allowing five hits He never reached 97 MPH on any pitch

Eric Lauer is the biggest fraud in the MLB, he lost his arbitration so he pitched like shit until he got DFA’d 😂

Pirates RHP Dennis Santana prior to blown save vs. Cardinals on 4/27 0.69 ERA, 13.0 IP, .116 BAA, 0.85 WHIP, 10 K, 6 BB, 0 HR Santana after that blown save 8.48 ERA, 28.2 IP, .308 BAA, 1.47 WHIP, 27 K, 15 BB, 8 HR

There's now a big gap in the NL Cy Young race after a pair of interesting rules came into play