Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

Ballplayer Joined January 2013

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NCAA Baseball @NCAABaseball

a month ago

“We’re a difficult team to beat. Other teams have to beat us. We very rarely have beat ourselves all season.” 🐏 @michellachester and @DiamondHeels legend, Mike Fox, talk about the Tar Heels and what it means to be at the #MCWS cheering them on.

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

a month ago

@DinoLord05 Hypothetically speaking - if MLB came out before the World Series and said the championship was going to be played on the moon.. would you still feel okay about that because both teams had to deal with the same conditions?

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

a month ago

In the A’s first game in Vegas we saw: 29 runs 34 hits 11 homers The longest home run of the season A game-saving homer that had a .000 xBA that would be gone in 0/30 ballparks (94.6 EV @ 48°) It seems that the baseball world (on my X feed, at least) may be realizing.. 🧵

Adam Samuels @SamuelAdams_12

a month ago

Like look at this shit lmao

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

a month ago

How many players’ careers/livelihoods (for better and for worse) would be disproportionately affected due to ballpark factors? (Something that has been happening for years in the PCL, the AAA league this ballpark - and multiple others like it - comes from)

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

a month ago

Each ballpark hosts around 3% of the games played in an MLB season. If this was Game 7 of the WS, would we collectively feel a league champion was found? Or would we feel like it wasn’t “real” because 97% of games played in the league play out so differently?

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

7 months ago

The most disingenuous sport strikes again

ESPN @espn

7 months ago

THE 12-TEAM CFP BRACKET IS SET‼️ Did your team make the cut? 🤔 @CFBPlayoff

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

8 months ago

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

a year ago

@JeremyIKaufman They have since raised the top of the zone from 51% of the hitter’s height to 53.5%.. I believe that has been the only adjustment made since that thread

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

a year ago

@MLBONFOX The top of the zone has been adjusted some since 2023, but these same issues will arise ⬇️

Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

3 years ago

All-star break thoughts: the 2023 automated strike zone (ABS) in AAA is a much bigger deal than people realize in terms of how it’s negatively affected pitching. Thread below

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

a year ago

With that being said, I agree with Chris in that pitch design is the “lowest hanging fruit” for many in terms of time investment needed to make beneficial changes

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

a year ago

A personal example, in ‘21 the Stros were pushing me to try out a cutter in ST games. We felt it would be beneficial to my repertoire long term. Ultimately, I refused bc I was pitching well and I wasn’t willing to risk a performance lull that may result in not making the team

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

a year ago

Random side note: MLB vets using Spring Training as just training is an earned privilege that does not apply to most. ST for many nowadays is about battling for a roster spot. Balancing development vs. performance in ST is often an overlooked challenge for non-established players

Chris Langin @LanginTots13

a year ago

1/ Pitch design doesn’t take as long as you think to get results. Most athletes don’t even start new phases until a few weeks before report date. MLB vets? They know spring training is exactly that—training. 🧵

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

2 years ago

Merry Christmas! Here’s to Santa bringing +4mph on the fastball this year

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

2 years ago

Chapel Bill!!

Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter

2 years ago

Chapel Bill: six-time Super-Bowl-winning head coach Bill Belichick is finalizing a deal to become the new head coach at North Carolina, sources tell me, @PeteThamel and @ClowESPN. Belichick is going back to school, to where his father served as an assistant coach in the 1950s.

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

2 years ago

PULL THE TRIGGER TAR HEELS

Ollie Connolly @OllieConnolly

2 years ago

Update: Belichick has agreed to become the next UNC coach. Belichick handed the school a 400 page “organizational bible” with structure, payment plans, staffing choices etc. decisions on whether to commit with UNC. He is expected to know their decision within 24 hours

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

2 years ago

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Kent Emanuel @KentEmanuel

2 years ago

What I believe to be the worst part of pitching: how inherently dangerous it is to an arm. So much can feel out of a one’s control. It can feel unfair when one gets hurt despite doing all the right things. That or one feels forced to work in a risky manner to get/keep a job