On Wednesday afternoon, Paul Skenes and Jacob Misiorowski met in one of the crucial thrilling pitching matchups of the season to date. Skenes is the most effective pitcher in baseball, whereas Misiorowski is the hardest-throwing starter. It was must-see TV. Michael Baumann lined the occasion in probably the most Baumann means doable, specializing in its hugeness — actually. “As impressed as I used to be with this show of firepower, awe at the way forward for pitching was not my major takeaway. No, watching Skenes and Misiorowski do battle made me really feel uneasy,” Baumann wrote. “See, these guys are enormous.” He adopted these phrases up with one in all my favourite paragraphs within the illustrious annals of baseball writing:
That is too large. Each of them. The trendy baseball discipline was designed for Scots-Irish immigrants with dangerous childhood diet and kidney illness. When 5-foot-11 Honus Wagner was the most important, strongest participant within the league. In the event you instructed the founding fathers of baseball that in the future ballplayers would get so large they couldn’t borrow pants from Dave Bautista… nicely initially, I assume you’d have to elucidate Dave Bautista to Abner Doubleday and Alexander Cartwright. You get my level.
I’m not going to write down in regards to the Skenes-Misiorowski matchup. What extra might I presumably add? As a substitute, I’ll start this week’s mailbag by answering a query about Misiorowski’s earth-shattering velocity. Earlier than I do, although, I’d prefer to remind all of you that whereas anybody can submit a query, this mailbag is unique to FanGraphs Members. In the event you aren’t but a Member and want to preserve studying, you possibly can join a Membership right here. It’s one of the best ways to each expertise the location and assist our workers, and it comes with a bunch of different nice advantages. Additionally, in the event you’d prefer to ask a query for subsequent week’s mailbag, ship me an electronic mail at mailbag@fangraphs.com.
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