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 very best pitcher in baseball, whereas Misiorowski is the hardest-throwing starter. It was must-see TV. Michael Baumann coated the occasion in essentially the most Baumann approach potential, 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 main takeaway. No, watching Skenes and Misiorowski do battle made me really feel uneasy,” Baumann wrote. “See, these guys are big.” He adopted these phrases up with one in every of my favourite paragraphs within the illustrious annals of baseball writing:
That is too massive. Each of them. The fashionable baseball subject was designed for Scots-Irish immigrants with dangerous childhood vitamin and kidney illness. When 5-foot-11 Honus Wagner was the most important, strongest participant within the league. When you informed the founding fathers of baseball that at some point ballplayers would get so massive they couldn’t borrow pants from Dave Bautista… properly initially, I suppose you’d have to clarify Dave Bautista to Abner Doubleday and Alexander Cartwright. You get my level.
I’m not going to put in writing concerning the Skenes-Misiorowski matchup. What extra might I presumably add? As an alternative, I’ll start this week’s mailbag by answering a query about Misiorowski’s earth-shattering velocity. Earlier than I do, although, I’d wish to remind all of you that whereas anybody can submit a query, this mailbag is unique to FanGraphs Members. When you aren’t but a Member and want to hold studying, you’ll be able to join a Membership right here. It’s the easiest way to each expertise the location and assist our workers, and it comes with a bunch of different nice advantages. Additionally, if you happen to’d wish to ask a query for subsequent week’s mailbag, ship me an electronic mail at mailbag@fangraphs.com.
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