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WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND
Jose Soriano is scheduled to make his first start as a Blue Jay tonight against the Phillies.
Max Fried is pitching against his former team, the Atlanta Braves, for the first time tonight.
There’s a HUGE AL Central series between the division-leading White Sox and second-place Guardians!
My guy Bob Stock is scheduled to start against the high-scoring Pirates on Saturday! Check out my conversation with him about pitching analytics here:
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Depending on where you are as a player, the trade deadline means different things for different players. Fortunately, I've been most of them at some point. So, let's talk about how different players react to the trade deadline... (13 mins)
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My producer, David Korn, wrote about the biggest winners and losers from the trade deadline.
Trade deadline winners and losers
What a trade deadline. With 80% of both leagues within 5 1/2 games of a postseason spot on Aug. 3, teams throughout the standings made moves to try and improve. All-Stars were traded within their divisions. People are mad at the Dodgers for getting better. A.J. Preller was somehow able to find a way to buy despite his depleted farm system. Yankees fans …
My writer, Henry Neiman, recapped the Mariners’ trade deadline.
Vitamin SEA: This for That
The trade deadline is here, and the Mariners made what they thought was their big swings.
STAT OF THE WEEK - Defensive Runs Saved (DRS)
DRS quantifies a player’s entire defensive performance by attempting to measure how many runs a defender saved. It takes into account errors, range, outfield arm and double-play ability. It differs only slightly from UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating) in its formula, but the concept is the same.
DRS uses Baseball Info Solutions data to chart where each ball is hit. Say, for instance, a center fielder sprints to make a nice catch on a fly ball. Then, say data from BIS tells us that similar fly balls get caught 60 percent of the time. That center fielder gains, essentially, 0.4 bonus points for difficulty. If he can’t make the play, he loses 0.6 points. At the end of the day, that player’s overall score gets adjusted to the league average -- and then that score gets adjusted for how many runs the once-adjusted score is worth. (via MLB)
More Shows to Check Out
Foul Territory: Live on YouTube - Every day at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT
Sunday Sliders with Trevor and Dani Wexelman on MLB Network Radio, SiriusXM channel 89 and on the SiriusXM app - Sundays at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT