The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 1396 – Unsettled Closer Situations

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Manco
1 year ago

Pro musta heard from Frank Thomas about nugenix to fix his low T

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Michael CecchiniMember since 2026
1 year ago

Maybe Paul’s ped view is clouded by the 90s/early aughts rose colored glasses of his fan formative years? I’m sorry but sometimes they ARE that good.
Bonds at age 36 jumped *61* wRC+ points from 174 to 235. The closest he’d come to 200 was 198 & 193 at age 27-28–exactly when you’d expect him to peak.
He maintained a 232 composite from 35 to 38 years old. The previous 4 years was 166. So he was 66% better at the age every player (including Ruth, Aaron, Mays) declines.
McGwire was 42% better from 31-36 than 23-28. Etc etc.
Yes, Profar also went to driveline, yes he has raw tools to be a pretty good player. Heck he had a 113 and 110 to his name. But that’s kind of the point. The biggest ped boosts generally happened for already-talented players.

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Michael CecchiniMember since 2026
1 year ago
Reply to  Michael Cecchini

Correction: he worked with Tatis Sr., not Driveline, before 2024.

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Bean CounterMember since 2018
1 year ago

Paul & Joe, you need to clean up your language. You’re better than this.

Last edited 1 year ago by Bean Counter
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