You ever just stop and think about how everything is so fucking stupid? Every day? Oh, ok, cool
Kevin Brown brought up the Samuel Basallo situation and asked Jim Palmer on MASN.
Jim Palmer: “If he’s able to play late in the ballgame, I’m surprised he’s not in there, that’s all. I don’t think this is the time, when you’ve lost four in a row, to teach a lesson.”
Minimum 50 swings
Sammy Basallo has a 35% whiff rate on offspeed, but also has 31% perfect contact which leads the team across any pitch group. The only other player in the league I could find with both >30% PC and >35% whiff on a pitch group was Jose Caballero (breaking). No idea what to make of that, but its funny
Genuinely surprised KB doesn't know Naruto
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