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MLB Panic Meter: Analyzing Three Expected Contenders’ Early Struggles

SI Feed·Stephanie Apstein·about 2 months ago
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The baseball season is young, and most of what has happened so far isn’t real—except for what is. With 10 days’ worth of games in the scorebook, several fan bases have begun panicking about their teams’ results thus far. What follows is an attempt to determine who is right to worry. Blue Jays Toronto hasn’t actually played terribly so far—save for Monday’s 14–2 home loss to the Dodgers—though you’d like to see more sustained offense. The Blue Jays are 4–6, and entering Monday boasted the third best pitching staff and the ninth best lineup in the sport by WAR. Their problem is that they’ve suffered the most significant injury of the young season: the loss of catcher Alejandro Kirk, who broke and dislocated his left thumb catching a foul tip on Friday.…

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