“Why Less is More: The Surprising Strategy Behind Limited Scoring Chances in Today’s Game”

When I was a young’in, they didn’t have Interleague play unless it was a special event. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world, but it didn’t happen enough. Now, we get every team playing everyone twice per year. It is certainly a better way to go about it, but the special-ness of it all is all but gone. That’s fine, we don’t need it to be special. What we need is to take home a win as the Mets take on the Twins.

Over the offseason, there was a big name free agent that virtually everyone was interested in signing. Some teams were a little more serious than others, but every team would benefit from his service. That big name was Juan Soto. Soto eventually signed with the Mets and has started a bit slowly for New York. He is still hitting .250 for the year, but he only has one homer, four doubles, and just four RBIs this season. At some point he will kick it into gear. It isn’t like the team has buyer’s remorse or anything. They are off to a hot start, but that is mostly due to their pitching being great to this point. The team has a 2.30 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP. Tonight, they have Clay Holmes on the hill. Holmes hasn’t been great with a 1-1 record, 4.30 ERA, and a 1.70 WHIP. Although the Mets have won two of the three games he has started, the team has struggled a bit. He doesn’t have a ton of experience against the Twins, but he has been fairly decent with a .211 batting average. 

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