Baseball Savant does a fun thing for game recaps these days. When a bit of hard contact is given up by a pitcher, a little flame emoji appears next to their line in the box score. A new flame appears for each instance of hot contact. It’s hard to avoid hard hit balls entirely when you’re playing against MLB hitters, and hard contact isn’t the end-all be-all since it can be wasted if it’s just hit hard into the ground, but it’s usually a good sign when the flames are absent and a troublesome one when they start to look like a firewall.
Mariners honor their past selves, hint at the future, gift series finale to the Rays
