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#PMT-2023-0626-16034
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It currently pays to be cheap in MLB because teams with the highest payrolls are all failing

The Mets fucking suck... everyone's pissed off at [Buck Showalter] and it kind of like speaks to a larger trend in Baseball This year, which is that the teams with the highest payrolls, they are all underperforming. Yeah. So you it pays to be cheap in Major League Baseball.

The 2023 Mets (record payroll) missed the playoffs, as did the Padres. The World Series featured the Rangers (high spend) but also the D-backs (low spend).
Push
#PMT-2023-0626-16035
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Luis Arraez chasing a .400 batting average is as electric as a home run chase

Luis Arraez of the Marlins... he was hitting 401 as of Saturday... if he ends up like, I mean hitting 400 would be insane in this day and age. Going down the stretch... those are gonna be electric games to watch. Yes. It'd be still close to 400 every single at bat. That to me is, that to me is almost as good as watching like a home run chase.

Arraez finished with a .354 average. While he didn't reach .400, the chase remained a major storyline through the summer.
Win
#PMT-2023-0626-16037
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Shohei Ohtani is having the greatest baseball season ever and might be the best player to ever live

It's not unfair to say that [Ohtani] is having the best Baseball season in the history of Baseball. And when you look, when you, when you break it down, he might be the best Baseball player to ever step onto a diamond. It's insane.

Ohtani won his second unanimous MVP in 2023 after hitting 44 HRs and posting a 3.14 ERA, widely considered one of the greatest individual seasons in sports history.