Coach Perezchica is leaving for Houston after 22 seasons with the Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks News
Tony Perezchica to leave D-backs for role with Astros by Nick Piecoro [AZ Central]
Arizona Diamondbacks 2024 Player Review: Tucker Barnhart by Aaron Hughes [SI]
One Year Ago Today – Alek Thomas Took the Ride of His Life by Jacob Hardin [BurnCity]
Arizona Fall League Top Performers Week 2 2024 by Joe Trezza [MLB]
Yu-Min Lin, LHP, Salt River (ARI No. 7) The AFL can sometimes be a place where “throwers” go to learn how to pitch. But Lin is a pitcher, with advanced feel and command for an extremely deep arsenal of pitches. He’s thrown six scoreless innings across two Fall League starts so far, including three spotless frames for Salt River on Oct. 16. Of the 16 pitchers to throw at least six total innings this fall, Lin is the only one yet to allow a run.
Around the League
Winning Ugly: A Look at This Year’s Postseason Starting Pitching by Jay Jaffe [FanGraphs]
This year’s starters have thrown fewer pitches than ever, and lasted at least six innings less often than in any of these seasons save for 2021. Nonetheless, their collective ERA is still the second-lowest mark of the past half-decade, and as you can see, they’ve allowed fewer runs per start — not per nine innings — than at any other point in that span. Managers are using their hooks sooner, for reasons both general and specific to their particular situations.
MLB’s four hardest hitters are all in the World Series by Theo DeRosa [MLB]
{Ed. Note: I know it doesn’t count, but Right-handed Only Ketel Marte’s Avg. Exit Velocity and Hard Hit % would have been 2nd in the league behind only Aaron Judge}
Shohei Ohtani’s dob Decoy’s best moments by Marina Hada [MLB]
Padres Plan To Discuss Extension With Mike Shildt by Steve Adams [MLB Trade Rumors]
Dodgers-Yankees World Series tickets top $1,300 on resale market [ESPN]
StubHub said sales outpaced last year’s final figures and are four times higher than the pace of the 2022 Series. Sales for Games 3-5 in New York are 40% higher than for Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 in Los Angeles.