In the Yard Podcast

Byron Buxton’s Game-Sealing catch from last night had a Catch Probability of 50%, according to Baseball Savant.

⚾️NEW POD OUT⚾️
- Can Hunter Greene win the Cy Young?
- Will the White Sox win even LESS games than last year?
- Who has been the Yankees’ biggest X-Factor?

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Way-Too-Early Predictions:
- Is it FINALLY the Angels year?
- The NL West is the best division…by far
- Will the Braves bounce back after slow start?

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Highest Win Probably Added after the first weekend of the season:

Wilyer Abreu (+0.91 WPA)

Aaron Judge’s 8 RBI’s today are the most he has had in a single game in his career.

Highest Win Probability Added Play from #OpeningDay 

Alec Bohm 2-Run Double in the Top of the 10th (+47.5 WPA)

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Zac Gallen’s Final Line yesterday:

4 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K’s

MacKenzie Gore’s 13 Strikeouts today are the most he has had in a single game so far in his career.

Austin Wells:

First Catcher EVER to have an Opening Day leadoff Home Run.

First Yankee EVER to have an Opening Day leadoff Home Run.

Happy #OpeningDay 

Here are Collin and Braeden’s OFFICIAL 2025 predictions.

Will Warren has 4 Wins this Spring Training, which is the most amongst all pitchers

Jackson Chourio currently has the most Doubles (8) this Spring Training.

Curtis Mead currently has the most hits (16) so far this Spring.

Trayce Thompson currently has the most Home Runs (6) this Spring.

Maybe the Yankees new bat has been within the organization this whole time…

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So far, the 2012 season is the only season in which there were 3 Perfect Games Thrown (Humber, Cain, Hernández).

There have only been two other seasons where there was more than 1 Perfect Game thrown - 2010 (Braden, Halladay)
and 1880 (Ward, Richmond)

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In 2024, there were three qualified batters who walked more times than struck out:

Juan Soto
Mookie Betts
Steven Kwan

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Bobby Witt Jr. led the league in Extra Bases Taken (plays like this) in 2024.

🏈NEW POD OUT🏈

- Reacting to the Divisional Rounds
- Will Josh Allen FINALLY beat Mahomes in the playoffs?
- The Commanders have nothing to lose…and this is concerning for the Eagles

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Top 3 Longest Home Runs from 2024:

1. Jésus Sánchez (480 ft)
2. Jorge Soler (478 ft)
3. Aaron Judge (477 ft)

Devers is a platinum glove whenever he plays my Yankees

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The Red Sox allowed 95 unearned runs as a team in 2024, which was the most in baseball.

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The Reds let up the least amount of unearned runs in 2024, allowing just 45 unearned runs.

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Luis Arraez led the league in batted balls that were line drives in both 2023 (170) and 2024 (169)

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Top 5 Hardest Thrown Pitches in 2024:

1. Ben Joyce (105.5 MPH)
2. Aroldis Chapman (105.1 MPH)
3. Ben Joyce (104.8 MPH)
4. Ben Joyce (104.8 MPH)
5. Aroldis Chapman (104.7 MPH)

(via MLB.com)

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Luke Weaver had the biggest jump in Strikeout Percentage from the 2023 season to the 2024 season (+11.7%) amongst qualified pitchers.

2023 K%: 19.4
2024 K% 31.1

Can Corbin Burnes help get them back to the World Series?

In 2024, the D-Backs led the league in Runs (886), OBP (.337), and RBI’s (845)…

And missed the playoffs

Blake Snell had the lowest wOBA against (.241), SLG against (.263), OPS against (.526) and the highest Swing and Miss % (37.7%) this season… (min. 400 batters faced)

Soto also led all Postseason Players in Win Probability Added (1.17)