The latest installment of Limited Range is here (it’s the podcast I do with Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic, formerly of Baseball Prospectus). You can listen to it below, or you can do the super smart thing and just subscribe on iTunes (or plug the RSS feed into your favorite podcatching service).
We get into last week’s big moves, the implications for the outfield, the nature of rotating players, and box socials for some reason.
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[ankin_law] The two bigger kiddos have performances all weekend, so that's going to be a lot of fun. Busy. Extremely busy. But fun. Justin Steele was really good last night, and if not for a dropped third strike that Miguel...
Teaser rally. Tying run stranded. Disappointment abounds. Justin Steele pitched quite well, and with a little defense, his line would look even better. It's nice to see him clicking again, though it doesn't much matter when the bats do next...
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[ankin_law] The two bigger kiddos have performances all weekend, so that's going to be a lot of fun. Busy. Extremely busy. But fun. Justin Steele was really good last night, and if not for a dropped third strike that Miguel...
The Minnesota Twins (33-30) will try to put a stop to their current four-game losing streak when they visit the Pittsburgh Pirates (30-33) at 4:05 PM ET on BSN Saturday. Sportsbooks consider the Twins to be -119 favorites to end...
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