ANNOUNCEMENTS
We have a new podcast schedule! I will be releasing episodes every Friday and Monday. On Friday, I will be joined by my executive producer, David Korn, and talk about some of my favorite stories across baseball. On Monday, I will react to all of the weekend’s action. Today’s episode will be out this afternoon!
Mayday! will no longer be live. Make sure to check out the More Mayday Youtube channel for pre-recorded versions of all of the segments you know and love!
I developed something new… Percentile! Can you guess the player based on the advanced metrics provided in this Wordle-style game? Try it out here!
New merch is live! Fan of the new ABS system? You’ll love the new “Nope” merch!
WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND
The Miami Marlins are 1 1/2 games back of the St. Louis Cardinals for the third NL Wild Card spot and begin a three-game set against each other TONIGHT. Max Meyer, who is 8-0 with a 2.80 ERA, starts for the Marlins in the first game.
Jacob Misiorowski, Kyle Harrison and Brandon Woodruff are scheduled to start for the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday against the Chicago Cubs. Good luck to the Cubs hitters.
NEW STUFF
🎧 LISTEN 🎧
Mayday! the Podcast
New proposed changes to the MLB Draft
What this means for college baseball
Why this could be bad for the majority of players
And more!
Listen to all the new episodes here!
Rates & Barrells
What’s gone wrong with the Mets
Diamondbacks’ pitching issues
Breaking down LOB%
And more!
Listen to all the new episodes here!
📺 WATCH 📺
I joined the Bend Elks along with Will and Clint to find out how hard it really is to be a two way player. Spoiler, I found out. Big time. (14 mins)
Meet Henry. Henry is a writer. Henry hasn't thrown a baseball in over a decade. Henry wants to throw hard. I will do my best to help him out... but theres a catch. We only have a day to do it. Let's see how this goes... (17 mins)
Major League Baseball continued their proposal roll out last week by proposing a MASSIVE overhaul of the Amateur Draft. Included in the proposal was an International draft as well. After going through the proposal and doing some research... I have thoughts. Let’s jump into it and break them down, point by point… (24 mins)
Rafael Devers isn't happy (again), The Phillies vets unload, and Freddy Peralta is having his Mets season.... Let's jump in! (15 mins)
📝READ📝
My producer, David Korn, wrote about Kyle Schwarber’s Hall of Fame case after his huge weekend.
Kyle Schwarber... future Hall of Famer?
Kyle Schwarber made history last weekend. While his teammate Bryce Harper hit for the cycle during the Philadelphia Phillies’ 15-3 win over the New York Mets on Saturday, Schwarber hit three home runs. The duo became just the second pair of teammates in Major League history to hit at least three home runs and hit fo…
My writer, Henry Neiman, broke down the Mariners’ first half of the season.
STAT OF THE WEEK - Sweet Spot
Colloquially, a player who hits the ball solidly is said to have gotten the “sweet spot” of the bat on the ball. The sweet spot classification quantifies that as a batted-ball event with a launch angle ranging from 8 to 32 degrees.
A player’s sweet spot percentage -- or how often he produces a batted-ball event in the launch angle sweet-spot zone of 8-32 degrees -- is presented on Statcast leaderboards under LA SwSp%.
Sweet spot percentage can be used in concert with hard-hit rate -- the percentage of a player’s batted balls that have an exit velocity of 95 mph or higher. For a batted-ball classification that takes into account both launch angle and exit velocity, check out barrels. (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