Hey FanGraphs Members and readers. I hope all of you right here within the U.S. are having fun with your vacation weekend. I’ve spent a lot of this week on trip, so I didn’t get to observe as many video games as I normally do. Nonetheless, I adopted a few of the motion from afar, sufficient to see Clayton Kershaw file his 3,000th strikeout, the Yankees fall out of first place, and the All-Star Sport’s starters be named.
This week’s mailbag is a little more evergreen than our earlier ones, after we’ve answered your questions concerning the Rafael Devers commerce and the affect of his contract, Jacob Misiorowski and perceived velocity, and the weirdness of the Twins. As a substitute, right this moment we’ll talk about how we watch baseball, gamers of the previous who might nonetheless mash within the trendy sport, and a lot extra.
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