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My name is Nick Pollack.

Today is May 17th, and yes, we are going to talk about baseball.

Happy Friday, everyone, and happy Clark Schmidt Day yesterday.

For everyone who's been holding on to Clark Schmidt, he's been this, I called him a Toby because he's been good enough to be a solid win chance arm for your deeper leagues

and 12 teamers he was a streamer earlier in the year but now entering last last night he was a 31%

rostered guy shouldn't say last night it was really noon and he went against the twins and had a

brilliant day eight innings zero and runs three hits zero walks and eight strikeout 16 whiffs

for a

gallows pole.

The thing about Clark Schmidt here, the entire season, I've been saying one thing.

Hey, Clark Schmidt, can you throw a good cutter to lefties?

And he did.

It wasn't necessarily inside, but it was up.

It was kind of the little bit of the cannibal McSanchez. I think it was a little bit harder than we've seen, but it wasn't necessarily inside, but it was up. It was kind of a little bit of the cannibal

McSanchez. I think it was a little bit harder than we've seen, but it worked. 10 over 50

whiffs. That's a 20% swing strike rate with a 36% CSW. That is awesome. That is so good

to see from Clark Smith. This was a left-handed, heavy lineup. You also

have the really good cutters down and away to Ritey's. And also that sweeper worked against

righties. It was a 50% CSW on his curveball as well. And I think that's also the other element

here. Yes, the cutter needs to be the dependable strike pitch, but because the sweeper is not

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