A lot of people were confused by the original Run Value post (and rightfully so, because it's not exactly intuitive). A Run Value/100 of 0.845 means a ground ball produces 0.845 runs/100 pitches more than the average outcome. A fly ball produces ~10 runs/100 more than average.

The relay/opportunity to throw someone out might be the most fun play there is in baseball. And we've had six of them in this Dodgers-Jays game.

That Freddie fly ball: 103.9 exit velocity 35 degrees .600 xBA But out in 0 ballparks. Batted ball direction is really important.

John Smoltz goes on air and says things that can so easily be disproven with a quick Google search. Fly ball+pop up rate In extras : 30.6% In innings 1-9: 31.1%

Here's how both bullpens fare heading into Game 4 tonight. Looks like the Dodgers are set up a little bit better, but both Ohtani and Bieber will need to provide length.

Thomas picked Luis de la Torre as his breakout pitching prospect for the Giants, citing an impressive 28.9% zone-whiff rate on the southpaw's fastball. Also mentioned refining the changeup as the key to success.

Here's how the bullpens fare heading into Game 7 tonight. Thursday's off day was crucial, as both teams' high-leverage arms are well rested, with other options able to provide length.

The Giants have until November 21st to extend arbitration offers to eligible players. Joey Lucchesi, JT Brubaker, and Andrew Knizner are non-tender candidates. And as Jeff Young mentioned the other day, Pat Bailey and Ryan Walker barely missed Super Two eligibility, meaning

Trey Yesavage is MLB's Cam Skattebo

What an unreal demonstration of baseball's beauty in front of the game's biggest audience in years.

Your weekly Parks Harber check-in: .409/.544/.733 slash line 19.3% BB rate 94.7 mph avg. exit velocity The most impressive stat is that 52% of batted balls have been hit over 100 mph (Giancarlo Stanton and Shohei Ohtani led MLB at 47%)