9:15pmET: I thought the Kelvin Benjamin deal might open up a spot for Bucky Hodges to get elevated in Carolina. Oh, he had a roster change...the Panthers cut him to add Evan Baylis. There must be something about Bucky off the field because his NFL Draft to the Pros process has made no sense to me. I never sensed it in my studies but I don't know what investigators may have found or what being with him in the locker room is like.
What main players were traded the last 24 hours...Kelvin Benjamin, Jay Ajayi, Duane Brown, CB Rashard Robinson, Jimmy Garoppolo.
We know why Garoppolo had to be traded.
What do the other four players have in common? Besides 'shock' trade and 'for almost nothing'? Players with attitude issues. The league is very slowly becoming a 'what's his character?' league for scouting on top of the 40-time, etc. Tried to trade and not traded...delightful humans -- Martavis Bryant. Josh Gordon.
Kelvin Benjamin joins a Buffalo team that has a hard time passing the ball...because of Tyrod not the WRs. I'm sure KB will get some TDs but his receptions and yards will stay down, as they have been. Benjamin is a knucklehead...Buffalo is renting him. McDermott runs a tighter ship.
Jay Ajayi is the worst. Overrated talent. Terrible teammate. The Eagles are renting him, why...I have no idea. They have a ton of RBs already.
Duane Brown to Seattle is a HUGE game changer. That's taking Seattle from fake-good to more of a threat to go deep in the playoffs. I still think they have a ton of issues that will haunt them to the end. But this move is huge.
More on Garoppolo in the SF-PHI recap.
*With Indy working out QBs this week...it's all but a 100% sign that Andrew Luck is done for 2017.
Week 9 Projections will post somewhere between 530-8pm. Halloween has timelines mess up today.
More on what Jimmy Garoppolo to the 49ers means long-term in the PHI-SF recap planned for today.
12:25pmET: Later tonight...I'm going to release two deeper sleeper ideas to you in honor of Halloween...my treat to those in deeper roster leagues. Two concepts so brilliant they're bound not to work, but sound really good! You're going to love the thinking on them. Trust me. They weren't immanent enough to put on the top 5 report and I needed more space to explain. You'll see why they are not immanent/act today when I explain, but I need them in the back of your mind + dynasty/deep roster people need to consider making the moves now at low prices because once I say it...it will magically appear on ESPN this week/end or the next, etc.
One of them is a little more immanent than the other. The trade deadline may mess one of them up by a player getting traded to mess things up.
Feel free to guess. You'll never guess them.
This is my Trick or Treat to you!
12:08pmET: Dallas is insane if they don't trade for Jamaal Charles.
12:00pmET: I've input all the data into the Handicapping program and there is only one game we have a huge variance on -- the Rams over NYG...a gift with LAR -3.5. The Rams/2017 are like the Cowboys/2016...no one believed it and Dallas kept winning and covering spreads well past Week 10 before Vegas and public changed. Take the gift this week.
The only other game The Computer likes somewhat is Arizona -2.0 over the 49ers. The Computer doesn't love Arizona the team or Drew Stanton but have you seen the 49ers injury report...they are losing everybody. Arizona must win situation and the 49ers not really in a position to win. If Garoppolo was thrown in as a starter it would make this confusing but I don't see that happening at all. No reason for SF to rush.
**So much happening due to the trade deadline...going to be a crazy day.
-- Jay Ajayi traded...which means I need to re-write my 'guys to trade' this week because Ajayi was on there again -- a last gasp to wrench any value out of him before he disappeared from the NFL, in a sense. Miami is the smart one -- they dumped him for basically nothing...because they know he's a limited back with a degenerative knee and an off-field issue. I have no idea what the Eagles were thinking. A good team messing with their chemistry.
Everyone is going to rush into Kenyan Drake, and I get that -- I'd try to get him to trade him. The Miami offense is a disaster. Damien Williams is the better all-around back. Drake will have a hot game and everyone will go nuts and then he'll disappear. I'm a bettor against Drake...which means he'll have a 250+ yard/4 TD game this week.
-- Alfred Morris has been named #1 RB. I'm waiting to see who the Cowboys pull in a trade today to change that landscape.
-- Jimmy Garoppolo to the 49ers...now, I have to re-write/change our Dynasty Stash list.
Here's the draft I wrote in the past week on what was going to be a top 5 Stash prospect (I just didn't believe the Patriots would trade him in-season for his value as a backup/insurance policy).
1: If Garoppolo re-signs with the Patriots, like as a franchise tag player…it means the Patriots see him taking over in 2019. You're a year away from Brady 2.0 in New England.
2: If Tom Brady gets hurt today, like a torn something-serious…maybe he never returns in part because Garoppolo fills in and takes the offense to new places, and Belichick has to make a business decision for 2018.
3: The Patriots decide to let Garoppolo walk…then he's going to sign somewhere to be the instant starter. The problem with this is there are not many obvious places he can go start that are worthwhile. I mean, do you want him in Cleveland with Hue Jackson? San Fran, Washington, and maybe the Giants are his narrow hopes. The Pats would never trade him in division or to an AFC rival like Denver or Baltimore. If he goes to Jacksonville, he just hands the ball off in a teal uniform…not much fantasy magic.
The potential that Garoppolo becomes the New England starter in either 2017 late or 2018 is worth everything to this gamble.
I guess 'traded to SF' should have been on the list. I suspect Garoppolo will sit for a few weeks -- there is no reason to rush him into the lineup with a battered O-Line, an 0-8 team, and he doesn't know the playbook, etc. He may not even play this season but I bet 100% he doesn't play Week 9 or 10 before their Week 11 BYE.
If he plays Week 11 on...SEA, at CHI, at HOU, TEN, JAX...not a great schedule with not a great team.
In regular redraft leagues, you wait.
In dynasty leagues, deeper roster leagues, etc. -- you want to go all-in on Garoppolo for the future with Kyle Shanahan.
This was a brilliant trade by the 49ers. The NFC West is going to be a powerhouse in 1-2 years...and then also has failing Arizona as the punching bag.


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Q: Структура системных DLL библиотек Пускай в процессе A.exe есть функция
int _stdcall func(int a);

по адресу 0x1234. Нам надо вызвать её из другого процесса. Делается это так
CreateRemoteThread(hProcess, 0, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)0x1234, (void*)100, 0, 0);

В адресном пространстве A.exe начинает выполняться функция func(100) в отдельном потоке.
Теперь я хочу вызвать системную функцию. Например, узнать виртуальный адрес программы, вызвав GetModuleHandleA(NULL):
HMODULE hModule = GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll");
void *func = GetProcAddress(hModule, "GetModuleHandleA");
HANDLE ThreadID = CreateRemoteThread(hProcess, 0, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)func, 0, 0, 0);
WaitForSingleObject(ThreadID, INFINITE);
void *baseAddr;
GetExitCodeThread(ThreadID, (LPDWORD)&baseAddr);

Как получается, что функция GetModuleHandleA имеет одинаковый адрес в разных процессах? Всегда ли такой код будет работать корректно?
Проверил, что во всех процессах адрес библиотеки kernel32 имеет одинаковый адрес. Скомпилировал программу, у которой базовый адрес совпадает с адресом библиотеки. Приложение не запускалось с кодом 0xc0000018 - конфликт указанного диапазона адресов и адресного пространства.

A: Если программа 32-битная, а адрес отрицательный и система не запущена в режиме /3GB или программа, в которой определялся адрес не поддерживает работу в этом режиме, то он будет одинаков во всех процессах. Здесь имеется в виду именно одинаковость для разных процессов, но не константность адреса.
По крайней мере, я так думаю.
Подробнее о памяти в Windows.

A: Библиотека kernel32.dll действительно имеет одинаковый базовый адрес во всех процессах, так сделано специально. Это поведение не документировано, но хорошо известно, и многие программы полагаются на это. Это нужно как раз для того, чтобы отладчики и профилировщики могли загрузить свою DLL в адресное пространство исследуемого процесса, передав адрес LoadLibrary в CreateRemoteThread.
Начиная с Windows Vista, для системных библиотек действует ASLR, но случайный базовый адрес все равно одинаков для всех процессов и определяется в момент загрузки системы.
Источник: Why are certain DLLs required to be at the same base address system-wide?

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World of Tanks Beasts of War Unleashed Trailer (video)
12:39 pm August 7, 2017 By Julian Horsey
A new trailer has been released this week for the World of Tanks Beasts of War DLC which adds extra content to the 15-vs-15 battles which put players in over 500 iconic vehicles and the legendary tanks in a free-to-play game available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
New content includes three Beasts of War in the form of the Rheinmetall Skorpion G, M46 Patton KR, and Panzer 58 Mutz that are now available only for a limited time.
World of Tanks is available on the PlayStation 4 and PS4 Pro. Dive into the free-to-play global online multiplayer phenomenon dedicated to the golden age of tank warfare in the mid-20th century. Supporting DUALSHOCK 4 controllers, Share Play, PlayStation®Vita Remote Play, Live Streaming and more, World of Tanks, the free to play global online multiplayer phenomenon dedicated to tank warfare in the mid-20th century has been custom built for PlayStation 4.
Take command of history's most powerful tanks and experience intense combat where the excitement of battle is enhanced by working together with your tank platoon to win the fight. With snarling engines and an insatiable hunger for battle, the Beasts of War have been unleashed in World of Tanks!
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My annual birthday wishlist blog post is back! As you know my dog and I share the same birthday so after you read this post, go checkout his birthday wishlist too. As I get older I start to want more quality items versus quantity, but don't worry there's still some fun items listed down below.
Happy Birthday to all of my Aquarius readers out there!


I am the room mom this year for my older sons 4th grade class & totally forgot that I needed to make the kids some treats for Thanksgiving until later this afternoon. I needed something quick & easy! We are always loaded up on Keebler & Hershey products so we created these fun Reese's Turkey Cookies!
We spotted turkey cookies from Bake at 350 & loved them. That's what inspired us to make these cute little guys. I didn't have time to mess with coloring frosting, baking, etc..plus I have little helping hands & didn't want a mess. These are great cookies to get the kids to help with themselves & they will love separating the colored M&M's as well!
Start out by cutting the mallobits in half with a knife & press a black edible marker in the middle. We came up with this years ago & I use these eyes for lots of our fun food creations! A cheap way to make little edible eyes. Have the kids separate the yellow, orange. & red mini M&M's in 3 separate bowls. Take a hand full of the orange M&M's & cut them in half. Take the chocolate cookie frosting & make 3 lines on the top. Add a strip of red at the top..then orange in the middle..then yellow at the bottom. Attach the peanut butter cup on the with frosting as well. We used the orange M&M's halves for the feet & beak. We used a red sprinkle for the wattle. Let them dry & that's it!!
We made 24 of them & I think the kids will love them tomorrow!
Check out the Turkey Cookies from Bake at 350 that inspired us to make these…..
Thanks…our school goes by the class. There is no one in my sons 4th grade class with allergies. If there was…I would use a different candy for them.
So cute. I like that you used M&M's for the feathers and the beak. I bet the kids loved them!
Do you attach the candy on to cookie with frosting? Can I print the instruction ?


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New York Giants Can Be Hopeful Of A Better Season In 2021
By admin on May 17, 2021 Comments Off on New York Giants Can Be Hopeful Of A Better Season In 2021
New York Giants, one of the most popular NFL franchises in Canada today, have had just one winning season in their last eight. The four-time Super Bowl winners will be hoping they can have a much better campaign in 2021, and there are reasons to believe that may be the case.
Despite finishing with a record of 6-10 in 2020, the Giants finished second in their division behind Washington Football Team. They got off to a terrible start last year, losing their opening five matches. Their best form came in the middle of the season as they won four straight games from week nine through to week 13, including an impressive success over the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field back in December.
Preparations are already underway for the new season in 2021. As of the 16th of April, the Giants were +6600 in the football odds for Super Bowl LVI. The last time they lifted the Vince Lombardi Trophy was in 2008, so a win would be most welcome.
Return Of Saquon Barkley
Last season was always going to be an uphill task for the Giants once they lost running back Saquon Barkley for the campaign in a 17-13 defeat to the Chicago Bears in week two. A torn ACL meant he could play no further part in 2020.
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Barkley, who was drafted in the first round by New York in 2018 with the second overall pick, made a fantastic start to his NFL career in his rookie season. He rushed for 1,307 yards and had 11 touchdowns. Those stats helped him pick up the Offensive Rookie of the Year award.
The Giants offence will look so much better in 2021 with Barkley in the backfield. Expect to see the 24-year-old play with a point to prove. He will want to show he remains one of the best RBs in the NFL.
A Lot Of Confidence In Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones goes into his third season in the NFL this year and it is clear that the Giants continue to have a lot of confidence in the quarterback. Many franchises will be looking for their future QB in the upcoming NFL Draft, not having to worry about that position, is a big plus for head coach Joe Judge.
What is going to be important this year is to give Jones much more help on the offence. He will need much better options at wide receiver before he can improve on his 2,943 passion yards from 2020.
The Giants will have six picks in the 2021 NFL Draft, including the 11th overall. There are calls for the franchise to use that selection on one of the leading wide receivers on the board. Normally, players from that position are selected much later, however, given how desperate they are for quality in the area, the Giants may have to act sooner.
Jones will have the option to throw to Kenny Gollady this year. The Giants signed the experienced WR after he was released from Detroit. In 2019, the former Pro-Bowler caught for 1,190 receiving yards. Unfortunately, he missed the majority of last season for the Lions.
NFC Remains Wide Open
The Giants are fortunate they are in a sports division that has not been dominated by any team over the last few decades. There has been no repeat winner of the NFC East since the Philadelphia Eagles managed to defend their title in 2009.
Dallas Cowboys have opened up as the favourites in the betting for the NFC title in 2021. Dak Prescott has now signed a new contract with the Cowboys and will be returning following an injury in 2020.
Prior to his season-ending injury, Prescott was on course to shatter all kinds of passing records in the league. The Cowboys fell away at the back end of last year but with a roster that has so much talent on the offense, they will be expected to be strong challengers this season.
Defending champions Washington have released QB Alex Smith so are going in a different direction in 2021 with either Kyle Allen or Ryan Fitzpatrick, while Philadelphia have now moved on from former first-round pick Carson Wentz. The Eagles recruited Joe Flacco to fight for the starting position along with Jalen Hurts.
New York will be hoping not only to win the division but also have a strong run in the playoffs. They will learn who they will open up against in September when the fixtures for the new season are released in May.
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The featured article for Wednesday, 14 June 2017 is The Last of Us.
The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation 3 worldwide on June 14, 2013. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl named Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States. The Last of Us is played from a third-person perspective; players use firearms and improvised weapons, and can use stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. In the game's online multiplayer mode, up to eight players engage in co-operative and competitive gameplay.
Development of The Last of Us began in 2009, soon after the release of Naughty Dog's previous game, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The relationship between Joel and Ellie became the central focus of the game, with all other elements developed around it. Actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson portrayed Joel and Ellie respectively through voice and motion capture, and assisted creative director Neil Druckmann with the development of the characters and story. The original score was composed and performed by Gustavo Santaolalla.
Following its announcement in December 2011, The Last of Us was widely anticipated. Upon release, it received universal acclaim, with praise directed at its narrative, gameplay, visual and sound design, characterization, and depiction of female characters. The Last of Us became one of the best-selling games on the PlayStation 3, selling over 1.3 million units in its first week and over eight million units within fourteen months. It won year-end accolades, including multiple Game of the Year awards from several gaming publications, critics, and game award ceremonies, making it one of the most awarded games in history, and it is considered to be one of the greatest video games of all time.
After the game's release, Naughty Dog released several downloadable content additions; The Last of Us: Left Behind adds a single-player campaign following Ellie and her best friend Riley. An enhanced edition of the original game, The Last of Us Remastered, was released for the PlayStation 4 in July 2014. A sequel, The Last of Us Part II, was announced in December 2016.
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ECB drives Emirati-Youth interest in the game through the ECB Pinsent Masons Emirati Development Program
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Emirates Cricket (ECB) continues to drive interest in the game with Emirati-youths through the ECB Pinsent Masons Emirati Development Program.
Supported by the Ministry of Education, the programme is currently being delivered in 9 local schools, across the UAE, and has reached 650 youth-aged boys.
"We are seeing Cricket being well received by the kids and the teachers alike." said Andrew Russell, Emirates Cricket National Development Manager. "We have trained the Physical Education (PE) Teachers through the delivery of a 'Level 1' coaches course to 24 teachers in partnership with the ICC Academy. In addition to this, we have trained a further 40 teachers at their 'Annual Teachers' training event, held earlier this year".
To provide an experience to further instill the skills of the game, UAE Cricket host an end-of-season Emirati Cricket Festival where this year's festival will take place on the morning of April 22nd (Monday) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
"We are extremely grateful to receive approval from the Ministry of Education to conduct our Emirati Cricket Festival which will close out this current season." added Russell. "We have extended an invitation to our schools currently involved in the program, as well as a special invitation to an additional 3 (Emirati) schools toparticipate and be exposed to our sport. This will see approximately 12 (local) schools involved in the festival, so we anticipate a full outfield of cricketing activities.
Zayed Abbas, Emirates Cricket Board Member and Spokesperson added; "The Board is exceptionally encouraged with the interest in our game at the Emirati youth level, and we look forward to seeing a number of Emirati cricket players progress into the domestic and international scene in the future and as a result of this program. We extend our sincere thanks to the Ministry of Education, the participating schools, and to Pinsent Masons for their foresight and commitment to this program."
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Tasted at Bordeaux Index Chateau Margaux dinner at The Square. A deep garnet hue. The nose is reticent at first but unfurls nicely with sappy, red-berried fruit, bilberry, a touch of spice and more violet aromas than before. The palate is medium-bodied, smooth and seductive on the entry, a real harlot of a Margaux! Lithe and focused, cranberry and raspberry with a touch of piquancy towards the finish. Quite tannic, more than I anticipated but a stupendously fine Second Wine. Drink 2011-2020. Tasted October 2008.


I hope you guys are ready for some comfort food because this is comfort food at its finest. Let's face it. There's nothing glamorous about tuna casserole, even if you add potato chips or peas. But I truly believe that a good tuna casserole is an ace in the hole. I've been eating this my entire life, and on a chilly day it certainly hits the spot. It's quick, easy, and great for those nights when kids have sports practice, gymnastics, or something else that means that you need a quick and filling meal. I'm actually imagining that since I don't have kids, but still. We ate it pretty frequently when I was a kid, so I'm assuming that's a reason why.
This particular tuna casserole is saucy, and I love the tang from the Miracle Whip and the spice from the garlic powder and pepper. If you don't like so much sauce, use about 12 ounces of noodles instead of 8 ounces. Most of the time that I make this I don't bake it, so it's more like a tuna casserole soup, but that's the way I like it. If you want to add peas, you can add frozen ones in right before it bakes. I've also crushed some potato chips on top before I baked it because it's a wonderful topping.
So there you go. Tuna casserole. I'm just keeping it real here on She Makes and Bakes. I promise to post something a little more exciting next.
Boil the noodles in salted water until cooked al dente. While the noodles are boiling, prepare the sauce. In a large bowl, combine the Miracle Whip, milk, cream of mushroom, garlic powder, pepper, and tuna. When the pasta is done, drain it, add it back to the pan, and pour the sauce on top. Stir until heated through. If you want a crispy top, bake it in a greased dish for about 15 minutes until bubbling. Let cool slightly before serving.
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The stability of the orbits of terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of known exoplanetary systems
Jones, B. W.; Sleep, P. N. and Chambers, J. E. (2001). The stability of the orbits of terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of known exoplanetary systems. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 366(1) pp. 254–262.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20000078
We have investigated whether terrestrial planets can exist in orbits in known exoplanetary systems such that life could have emerged on those planets. Four contrasting systems have been examined in which giant planets have been detected. Mixed-variable symplectic numerical integration has been used to investigate the orbits of putative terrestrial planets within the habitable zone of each system (the range of distances from the star within which water at the surface of a terrestrial planet would be in the liquid phase). We have shown that Rho CrB and 47 UMa could have terrestrial planets in orbits that remain confined to their habitable zones for biologically significant lengths of time. We have also shown that the Gliese 876 and Ups And systems are very unlikely to have such orbits.
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18 researchers guaranteed to broaden your definition of the word
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Research supported by the Irish Research Council spans a broad, colourful spectrum
Yes, it's a small sample size, but the results are unmistakable: research spans an incredible range of interests and disciplines, thanks to the broad interests and endless curiosity of those that drive it.
If someone described themselves as a researcher, you might imagine them decked out in a white coat and safety goggles, spending hours in a laboratory. And, yes, that's the right image for some branches of research, but only a portion.
In truth, research spans a full spectrum of disciplines, interests and individuals up to the investigative task at hand. There's room for all kinds of insight and curiosity in the expanse from arts to zoology.
This week, Siliconrepublic.com wants to celebrate the variety of researchers that make up this vibrant community, starting with this small collection.
Charlotte Blease
A cognitive scientist and philosopher of medicine, Dr Charlotte Blease has established herself as a research fellow in prestigious universities including University College Dublin (UCD) and Harvard Medical School, and has made many public appearances on the subject.
Blease's work focuses on education and the public understanding of medicine and healthcare, which has included her push for a Philosophy for Children scheme within Queen's University in Belfast.
Regularly appearing in public and media to discuss her research, Blease will be making an appearance at Inspirefest 2016 as one of the speakers on the Transforming Health panel.
As a professor of geography at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Prof Anna Davies works extensively across a broad range of topics, including environmental governance and awareness, waste management, biodiversity, climate change and sustainable development.
Having published her book, The Geographies of Waste, in 2008, Davies was one of seven Irish researchers awarded €2.5m each to further her project, 'Sharecity', to assess the practice and sustainability potential of city-based food-sharing economies. Davies was also awarded a portion of the €2m granted to 17 researchers by the Irish Research Council (IRC) in 2015.
Outside of her own research, Davies is an active member of the Future Earth organisation, a global research platform that aims to accelerate global environmental practices.
Aiden Doherty
Dr Aiden Doherty, an Irish winner of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Award (MSCA), is currently a senior research fellow at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford.
Doherty is putting a BSc in computing science from University of Ulster and a PhD in computing from Dublin City University to good use at Nuffield, researching the development of computational methods to extract meaningful health information from large and complex data sets.
The MSCA win was just the latest achievement by Doherty, who was awarded an Irish Research Council PhD scholarship in 2005, a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2010, and an Intermediate Transition Fellowship from the British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence late last year.
Doherty speaks globally about his work, and has published more than 50 peer-reviewed research papers.
Porscha Fermanis
Dr Porscha Fermanis is the vice-principal for research and innovation at the School of English, Drama and Film at UCD. Her research area is romantic poetry and historical fiction.
Funded by the European Research Council (ERC), Fermanis' research looks at the circulation of books in the former British-controlled southern hemisphere in the late 18th and 19th centuries, and how books were produced and consumed in the British Empire, to get a better idea of the cultural life of nation states.
She became an IRCHSS (humanities and social sciences) research fellow in 2009 and a postdoctoral fellow in 2006. She also achieved a €1.5m ERC starting grant for her project work and won the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association Essay Prize, among others.
Eilionóir Flynn
As a senior lecturer at the School of Law and deputy director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP) at NUI Galway, Dr Eilionóir Flynn is a strong advocate of and author on disability law and policy.
One of her largest research projects, 'Voices', saw her awarded an ERC grant of €900,000 to sample views of those in care and experts in law, psychology and social sciences to give voice to those with intellectual disabilities and help end the difficulties experienced in Irish care homes.
Flynn has already worked extensively within Europe as a representative of the CDLP, as well as being actively engaged with the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing.
David Hoey
An associate professor of biomedical engineering at TCD, Dr David Hoey leads a multidisciplinary experimental mechanobiology research group, spread between TCD and the University of Limerick.
With a goal of integrating engineering mechanics into the understanding of physiology and disease, Hoey's research has uncovered mechanisms by which bone responds to biophysical stimuli.
Focusing on the way physical activity kicks mesenchymal stem cells (stem cells that have the potential to form a variety of cell types including bone cells, or osteoblasts) into action, contributing to bone formation and repair, it is hoped that this research will be beneficial in the treatment of orthopaedic diseases such as osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.
Hoey is another Irish recipient of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Award, receiving his last year for his research in this area, driven in part by his previous funding from the EU's MSCA COFUND.
Dr Heather Jones is an associate professor at the London School of Economics and a specialist in World War I studies, with a particular interest in the evolution of wartime violence and the cultural impact of the war in Britain, France and Germany. Her other main research areas are the history of prisoner of war treatment in 20th century Europe; Weimar Germany; and Irish politics, conflict and culture from 1913 to 1923.
Jones is a former IRCHSS lecturer in European history at TCD. Her PhD study on wartime violence against prisoners of war in Britain, France and Germany from 1914 to 1920, which she completed at TCD, was awarded the Eda Sagarra Medal by the Irish Research Council.
She has presented at scholarly conferences and seminars, including at Cambridge, St Andrew's, France's School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, the European University Institute in Florence, and the German Historical Institute in Paris.
Suzanne Kingston
Suzanne Kingston in an associate professor of law in the Sutherland School of Law in University College Dublin. Her research focuses primarily on EU law and policy and its interplay with national and international law.
In December 2014, she was awarded a research grant of almost €1.5m from the ERC to investigate how the way we design our laws influences levels of environmental compliance in the EU, and how we might change our laws to make environmental policy more effective. Details about this project can be explored on this dedicated website.
Suzanne Kingston. Photo via Suzanne Kingston/LinkedIn
Oxford graduate Kingston is a principal investigator at UCD's Earth Institute, as well as a practising barrister. She has also been published widely in the field of European law and governance, especially in the environmental, competition and economic, and human rights fields.
Jennifer McElwain
Prof Jennifer McElwain is a professor of plant palaeobiology and palaeoecology at UCD. A member of the UCD Earth Institute, McElwain's research into climate change, and our role within, has seen her present at TEDxUCD on environmental issues.
McElwain has been awarded numerous Irish, European and US research grants in the past and her focus on plant evolution as a key to climate monitoring has positioned her as one of Ireland's leading environmental scientists.
"The only organism that can curb climate change is us, humans," she told Siliconrepublic.com last year. The push for a national climate centre in Ireland is something McElwain has been pioneering in 2016.
Maria McNamara
Dr Maria McNamara is a palaeobiologist at University College Cork (UCC), lecturing in geology. McNamara works on projects that aim to reveal pigmentation in fossils – insects and birds, primarily – and how this informs the evolution of communication strategies in animals through time.
A recent piece of research published by McNamara and a team from UCC revealed the colours that once adorned a 10m-year-old fossilised snake when it roamed around Spain.
McNamara originally studied at UCD before becoming a research fellow at Yale University in the US. Her research involves multiple areas of science – geology, palaeontology, evolutionary biology, chemistry and applied physics.
Brian Ó Conchubhair
Associate professor of Irish language and literature at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, Prof Brian Ó Conchubhair is driven to further the spread of the Irish language.
Ó Conchubhair is currently focusing his research on modernism in Irish-language literature and culture, and the relationship of mainstream modernism to minority languages. He is already extensively published, having released numerous texts – including Fin de Siècle na Gaeilge: Darwin, An Athbheochan agus Smaointeoireacht na hEorpa, among others – devoted to the study of the Irish language.
Since 2006, Ó Conchubhair has been in receipt of US State Department funding to direct annual Fulbright/Institute for International Education foreign language teaching assistant orientations on campus at Notre Dame.
A fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame, Ó Conchubhair is also director of the Notre Dame Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures, and president of the American Conference for Irish Studies.
Roisín O'Shea
Dr Roisin O'Shea is a co-founder and a senior partner with Arc Mediation, dispute resolution and employment law consultants.
O'Shea was an Irish Research Council doctoral scholar from 2009 to 2014 and was awarded her PhD in 2014, which she completed with a thesis that focused on judicial separation and divorce in the circuit court.
O'Shea is passionate about making a contribution to the reform of family law in Ireland and acted as principal investigator on a means-tested family mediation pilot project in the south-east of Ireland, in collaboration with Waterford Institute of Technology.
She has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the international Family Law Journal, and has presented papers at the Access to Justice Family Law seminar, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts annual conference in New Orleans. She also regularly appears as a legal expert on national radio shows in Ireland.
Kevin O'Toole
Dr Kevin O'Toole is the co-founder and director of R&D at Exergyn, which is developing technology to convert low-grade waste heat to power. The technology has the potential to significantly reduce fuel bills and carbon emissions across multiple industries worldwide.
Dr Kevin O'Toole, Exergyn, Photo via Kevin O'Toole/LinkedIn
Exergyn has raised almost €6m, including €2.5m from a grant through the EU's Horizon 2020 programme. The company has grown from a team of three co-founders to a team of 15 and O'Toole's R&D team focuses on continually improving the performance of the Exergyn Drive.
O'Toole is an IRCSET (science, engineering, and technology) postgraduate scholar for his work in hand prosthesis incorporating pneumatic air muscles and shape memory alloys.
Trevor Parsons and Viliam Holub
Dr Trevor Parsons and Dr Viliam Holub are the founders of an Irish technology company called Logentries, a massively successful research spinout.
Dr Trevor Parsons and Dr Viliam Holub, co-founders, Logentries. Photo via Nick Bradshaw
The IRC alumni pairing founded Logentries in 2010 to collate and analyse data produced by software applications within organisations to help them run their systems more efficiently. Logentries received the NovaUCD Innovation Award in 2013 and, in October 2015, was acquired by US security analytics giant Rapid7 for $68m.
Logentries is now headquartered in Boston, with a talented research and development team based in Dublin. The company serves more than 3,000 customers in over 65 countries across a diverse set of industries.
Clionadh Raleigh
Dr Clionadh Raleigh is a professor of human geography at the University of Sussex, looking at things like ecology, conflicts and political geography around the world.
Colonel Charles Bakahumura and Clionadh Raleigh, via Africa Centre/Flickr
Raleigh recently co-authored a paper with the Armed Conflict Location & Event Dataset (ACLED), which she directs. ACLED tracks local conflict events in 50 countries, producing significant tranches of data for macro studies in this field. The paper, Conflict Resilient Investment, looked at the role foreign direct investment plays in regime management in Africa.
Raleigh has previously lectured at Trinity College Dublin, originally earning her PhD in geography from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Emma Teeling
Previously featured on Siliconrepublic.com's 2014 Women Invent 100 list, Prof Emma Teeling is renowned in Ireland, and internationally, as a leading scientist in the fields of mammalian phylogenetics and comparative genomics.
Having established the Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Mammalian Phylogenetics in 2005, Teeling has been recognised numerous times for her achievements. She was awarded the prestigious ERC starting grant in 2012 and recognised with the President of Ireland Young Researcher Award from Science Foundation Ireland in 2006.
Teeling is perhaps best-known for her fascination with bats, as the founding director of the Centre for Irish Bat Research at UCD, as well as having spoken at TEDxDublin about the fascinating mammal and its importance to the global ecology.
Dylan James Trigg
Dr Dylan James Trigg is a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of philosophy at the University of Memphis. Looking at areas like anxiety, existentialism and the philosophies of space and time, England-born Trigg earned his PhD at the University of Sussex with a thesis on the materiality of memory.
Trigg is currently researching a project called 'Toward a Phenomenology of the Anxious Body', a study of anxiety that employs an interdisciplinary methodology involving philosophy, cognitive science and psychoanalysis.
Trigg has received research awards from Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, The Wellcome Trust, the Irish Research Council and France's National Centre for Scientific Research.
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The Giralda of Seville uncovered | Everything you need to know
Who has not heard about La Giralda in Seville? This monument is one of the most important in the city. There are countless stories about it, making it an icon worthy of admiration.
As a general description, it is the tower of the Cathedral of Seville, where its imposing bell tower is located. Its construction is gothic and attractive, which makes more and more people from all continents who come to know it.
In fact, many architectural constructions are inspired by La Giralda, which is why it has been catalogued as an important monument not only for the city, but for the whole world. But what is behind La Giralda of Seville, what is its fame and what is its history? This and more you can find out below.
History and origin of the Giralda of Seville
The Giralda of Seville was built almost 840 years ago and was known as an Almohad tower. Its Arabic origin makes it an exact replica of two other towers of great importance of the time.
The first of these is the Hassan Tower of the Rabat Mosque and the one belonging to the Kutubia Mosque in Marrakech. Both are still standing there. The architects responsible for their construction were Ibn Basso and Ali de Gomara.
Those who added decorative details typically to the Muslim culture to its exterior. Over the years, Christian conquest came and it was there between 1558 and 1568, another architect expanded the original structure.
In this sense, Hernán Ruiz was in charge of building the part that would constitute the bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville. Giving a Renaissance look to the tower and of course, increased its original height. It went from measuring 97.5 meters to 104 meters.
In the highest part of the Giralda of Seville, was placed a sculpture called Giraldillo. It is a weathervane that measures approximately 4 meters and is also an icon of great importance for the city.
On the other hand, La Giralda received the dignification of National Heritage in 1928, while in 1987, UNESCO granted it the recognition of World Heritage. In short, a monument that is representing Seville, shows the influence of different cultures that predominated the region.
Curiosities about the Giralda of Seville
The Giralda of Seville is attractive in every way, but behind it there are some curious facts that you may not know. Do you want to know what they are? Here we present them to you.
1. It has inspired works of art of all kinds.
One of the curiosities about La Giralda of Seville that we found is that it has been a fundamental part in the elaboration of great works of art. Many of them are appreciated all over the world.
For example, the writers Miguel de Cervantes and Agustín de Rojas dedicated a few lines to La Giralda in the texts El Viaje Entretenido and Don Quijote de la Mancha.
These are joined by authors such as Juan Ramón Jiménez, Serafín and Joaquín Álvarez Quintero. Together with great paintings such as Santa Justa and Rufina, the View of Seville by Santiago Martinez, among others.
2. It was red at the beginning
The color given to La Giralda in Seville at the time of its inauguration in 1182 was red. For this reason, it was compared for centuries with the tower of the mosque of Marrakech. The sebka on its exterior, together with the Arab ornamental forms, make them very similar to each other.
3. Each bell has its own name
In case you didn't know, there are 24 campaigns in the Giralda of Seville elaborated in different years, with different weights, but above all, each one has its own name. These are:
Santa María la Mayor: 5,362 kg.
San Miguel: 3,548 kg.
Omnium Sanctorum: 1,658 kg.
San Cristobal: 1,600 kg.
Santa Catalina: 1,362 kg.
Santiago: 1,332 kg.
San Juan Bautista: 1,051 kg.
Santa Cruz de los cuartos: 951 kg.
San Fernando: 951 kg.
San Pedro: 881 kg.
San Pablo: 753 kg.
John the Evangelist: 771 kg.
San Hermenegildo: 729 kg.
San Isidro: 709 kg.
San Laureano: 481 kg.
Santa Inés: 320 kg.
Santa Barbara: 430 kg.
Santa Florentina: 395 kg.
San Sebastian: 381 kg.
San José: 319 kg.
Lucia: 298 kg.
Santa Rufina: 235 kg.
Santa Justa: 145 kg.
Santa Cecilia: 138 kg.
4. The tower has no steps
A tower without stairs? It seems strange, but its structure was built with ramps. Apparently, the original tower was used as a lookout or watchtower and the ramps were designed for horses to climb.
These ramps are preserved in their original state and it is through them that you can visit the interior of La Giralda of Seville.
5. The Cathedral of Seville has two Giraldillos
Although it is true, at the top of the bell tower you can see the weathervane of La Giralda, called Giraldillo. But, in addition, an exact replica has been installed at the entrance of the Cathedral so that everyone can appreciate it.
6. The Giralda of Seville has been replicated in some countries around the world.
Its imposing architecture has inspired some buildings around the world. However, there are three that have been recognized for their resemblance. The first one was located in New York City and was demolished to erect another building.
This is followed by the one located in Kansas City and finally, the one in Badajoz. As can be expected, each one is much smaller than the original.
Recommendations, prices and schedules to visit La Giralda in Seville
If you want to enter and visit every corner of La Giralda of Seville, you should know that its facilities are open every day of the year. Of course, depending on the season there is a stipulated schedule for this and the entrance has a cost.
In case you take a summer getaway to the city, you can visit the tower on the following schedule:
Monday from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
From Tuesdays to Saturdays you can enter from 9:30 am to 4 pm.
On Sundays the entrance is from 14:30 to 18 hrs.
However, if you visit during the months of September and June, the schedules are as follows:
Monday from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm.
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Daylight saving time is maintained on Sundays.
Finally, you can enter the facilities of La Giralda de Sevilla paying an entrance fee of only 9 euros. If you are a pensioner, disabled or student, the price is 4 euros. You are now ready to make your tour of the most important monument of Seville. We are sure that your experience will be unforgettable.


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Mexico to pass Japan as No. 1 car exporter to U.S.
By Adriana Gomez Licon;
CELAYA, Mexico – Mexico is on track to become the United States' No. 1 source of imported cars by the end of next year, overtaking Japan and Canada in a manufacturing boom that's turning the auto industry into a bigger source of dollars than money sent home by migrants.
The boom is raising hopes that Mexico can create enough new jobs to pull millions out of poverty as northbound migration slows sharply, but critics caution that most of the new car jobs are low-skill and pay too little. Mexico's low and stagnant wages have kept the poverty rate between 40 and 50 percent since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement two decades ago.
An $800 million Honda plant that opened Friday in the central state of Guanajuato will produce more than 200,000 Fit hatchbacks and compact sport utility vehicles a year, helping push total Mexican car exports to the U.S. to 1.7 million in 2014, roughly 200,000 more than Japan, consulting firm IHS Automotive said. And with another big plant starting next week, Mexico is expected to surpass Canada for the top spot by the end of 2015.
"It's a safe bet," said Eduardo Solis, president of the Mexican Automotive Industry Association. "Mexico is now one of the major global players in car manufacturing."
When NAFTA was signed two decades ago, Mexico produced 6 percent of the cars built in North America. It now provides 19 percent. Total Mexican car production has risen 39 percent from 2007, to nearly 3 million cars a year. The total value of Mexico's car exports surged from $40 billion to $70.6 billion over that span.
"I congratulate Honda for its having confidence in Mexico, for having total confidence in the development of our country," said Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who attended the opening of the plant in the town of Celaya along with Honda CEO Takanobu Ito. "They're contributing to two basic objectives, generating wealth and creating jobs in this country."
Manufacturing in Mexico is now cheaper than in many places in China, though the vast majority of the cars and trucks made in North America are still produced in the U.S. for domestic consumption and export to other countries.
And many of the vehicles built in Mexico are assembled with parts that are produced in the United States and Canada and cross the border without tariffs under NAFTA.
"There was a realization that there were some structural issues that had to be resolved in the auto industry to make it more competitive again. Moving parts, not all of the production, to Mexico was a good way to deal with that," said Christopher Wilson, an expert in U.S.-Mexico economic relations for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Mexico's government and the car industry say the automotive industry has become the primary source of foreign currency for Mexico, surpassing oil exports and remittances from immigrants in the United States.


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Die Interstate 22 ist ein Interstate Highway in den Bundesstaaten Mississippi und Alabama in den Vereinigten Staaten. Sie verbindet die Großstädte Memphis und Birmingham auf einer Strecke von etwa 326 km.

Verlauf

Mississippi
Die Straße beginnt an ihrem Westende im Norden des Bundesstaats Mississippi an einem Autobahnkreuz mit der Interstate 269, circa 26 Meilen südöstlich von Memphis in Tennessee. Nach Westen wird die I-22 von dem U.S. Highway 78 weitergeführt, mit dem sie auf fast ihrer gesamten Strecke bis kurz vor Birmingham gleichbedeutend ist, die Straße also sowohl als I-22 als auch als US 78 ausgeschildert ist. Von dort führt sie in südöstliche Richtung, durch die Stadt Holly Springs und durch den Holly Springs National Forest. Weiter werden die Städte New Albany und Tupelo durchquert, wo die Interstate vom U.S. Highway 45 gekreuzt wird. Nach der Überquerung des Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway bei Fulton überquert die Straße die Grenze zu Alabama.

Alabama
Im Westen von Alabama führt die Interstate vorbei an der Stadt Hamilton, überquert den Buttahatchee River und wird von der US 278 gekreuzt. Die nächste größere Stadt an der Strecke ist Jasper, bevor die I-22 die Flüsse Mulberry Fork und Locust Fork überquert. Kurz darauf trennt sich der U.S. Highway 78 bei Graysville an einem Kreuz mit der Alabama State Route 5 von der Interstate und führt nach Süden. Die Interstate 22 führt von dort noch einige Kilometer weiter durch bewaldete und vorstädtische Landschaft, bis sie an der Interstate 65 nördlich von Birmingham endet.

Weblinks

 I-22 bei aaroads.com

Einzelnachweise

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Straße in Nordamerika

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Safeguarding women's political participation in Myanmar's constitution
Does the constitution have a special provision for gender equality? Who implements the rights enshrined in Myanmar's constitution? These were some of the questions on the lips of participants from...
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Banning donations by foreign interests to parties or candidates is a common regulatory measure. "The rationale is quite simple: (…) to protect the principle of self-determination and national...
Five things you may not know about Indonesia's regional elections
Indonesian voters in seven provinces, 76 regencies and 18 cities will go to polls on15 February 2017, to elect their governors, regents and mayors respectively.
Elections Tech Tour of Asia
Electronic voting, biometric registration and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly used by electoral management bodies around the world. But do electronic voting...
Democracy Forum 2016: An Inter-Generational Dialogue on Democratic Transitions
STOCKHOLM—The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance's Annual Democracy Forum will be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 25-26 August 2016 under the theme, 'Learning from...
Nauru electors return ruling government to power
A total of 67 candidates, including four women, as well as incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) Charmaine Scotty, who is also a government Minister, stood for the 19-seat Parliament in the elections...
Fiji citizens learn to assess democratic accountability and service delivery
Representatives from 15 Fijian government agencies, state-owned enterprises and civil society organizations in Suva came together to assess democratic accountability in service delivery.
Myanmar: Setting the standards for democratic transition and campaign finance
Transitional elections are complex environments for the enforcement of campaign finance regulations. Myanmar 2015 General Elections was no exception. Unanimously greeted as the first free and fair...
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Election campaign filled with propaganda and heated debates is nothing to the Philippines, a country that enjoys relative success of sustained democracy since ending the authoritarian rule 30 years...
Assessing the State of Democracy in Bhutan
On 6-8 April 2016, International IDEA conducted a three-day training on the State of Democracy assessment framework to a broad variety of government and civil society organizations in Thimpu, Bhutan...
Experts in Africa to discuss the role of the constitution in democratic transitions
International IDEA is hosting a three-day conference on, 'Constitution building and constitutionalism in transitional and post-conflict situations'[agenda, concept note] in Tunis, Tunisia on 25-27...
Mentoring Parliamentary Researchers in Bhutan
International IDEA have been working to support the Parliament of Bhutan since 2013. To continue our assistance in building the institutional capacity of the Parliament, International IDEA have...
Asia seminar sheds light on different dimensions of democratic transitions
On 21-22 March 2016, the Mongolian Government hosted a seminar on "Democratic Transitions in Asia: Lessons Learned from Transitional Elections". The seminar hosted participants from 10 Asian...
Assessing State of Democracy in Bhutan
Bhutan's transition to democracy is in many ways unique. While in most cases, countries begin their transition in response to political, social or economic calamity, the political transformation of...
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When Nepal promulgated its new constitution in September last year, some gender equality advocates in the country felt that it didn't go far enough to ensure gender equality. While it provides quotas...
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Mesg #5 "3. Game Frame by Aaron Dignan"
Interesting book. It breaks down game development into easy to understand chunks. The subtitle is "Using Games as a Strategy for Success" so you can imagine that the focus is more on the corporate structure toward the end.


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Q: Is there a way to know table alias before use it in @Formula annotation? @Formula(customer_table_alias + ".count + 1")
private int count;

I need to know which alias Hibernate will set for the customer table. How can I do this?

A: I think the only way is to use subselect
@Formula("(select count+1 as new_count from customer_table ct where ct.id=current_id)")
private int count;

where current_id is id column of the entity


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Super Villains Come to Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition)
Today, Disney Interactive officially announced that a trio of popular Super Villains will be entering the world of Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition) –
Green Goblin from Spider-Man, Ronan the Accuser from Guardians of the Galaxy and the infamous Loki, God of Mischief from The Avengers.
Whether it's flexing their unstoppable powers for all things evil in their respective Play Sets, the updated Toy Box 2.0, or the newly added structured Toy Box Games, these Super Villains are forces to be reckoned with.
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The work on the Frame series started more than ten years ago - a range of minimalistic pieces in monochrome colours, with perfect proportions and details in natural materials.
This version is a high glass cabinet with a frame in lacquered mdf and base in metal. Handles in twined natural leather.


I was expanding my beekeeping and bought a lot of new equipment so I decided to build a jig to assemble the boxes. Here are pictures.
First picture is the hive box jig without the follower boards. Second is the follower boards being put in. The third is ends being put in the jig. The fourth is the sides being put on. The fifth is the sides being hammered into place with a mallet. The sixth is the sides being nailed. The seventh is the jig being flipped to do the other side. The eighth is the jig being removed after nailing the other side. The ninth is the follower boards being removed from the middle of the boxes.


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MIKE Michael John SOROKA
Nickname: N/A Position: RHP
Home: N/A Team: BRAVES
Birth City: Calgary, Alberta Canada
Draft: Braves #1 - 2015 - Out of high school (Calgary, Canada)
2015 APP DANVILLE 6 24 28 26 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 3.75
2015 GCL GCL-Braves 4 10 5 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.80
2016 SAL ROME 25 143 130 125 32 24 1 0 0 9 9 3.02
2017 SL MISSISSIPPI 26 153.2 133 125 34 26 0 0 0 11 8 2.75
2018 SAL ROME 1 3.2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2018 IL GWINNETT 5 27 20 31 6 5 1 1 0 2 1 2.00
2018 NL BRAVES 5 25.2 30 21 7 5 0 0 0 2 1 0.288 3.51
2019 IL GWINNETT 2 9.1 5 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.86
2019 NL BRAVES 29 174.2 153 142 41 29 0 0 0 13 4 0.236 2.68
2020 NL BRAVES $216.00 3 13.2 11 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0.224 3.95
In 2015, Soroka graduated from Bishop Carroll High School in Alberta, Canada, with a commitment to Cal St.-Berkeley.
Mike helped the Canadian Junior National team finish third in the 2014 COPABE 18-U Pan American Games. He also tossed 13 scoreless innings during the team's trip through the Dominican Summer League prior to becoming the highest-drafted player ever out of Alberta.
Like most young Canadians, Soroka spent considerable time on ice. After 10 years of playing hockey, including the last several as a goalie, he decided to focus on baseball. His development took off when he began working with former big league reliever Chris Reitsma and earning a spot on Team Canada, as part of the Canadian Junior National Team.
June 2015: Soroka was the Braves first round pick, out of Bishop Carroll High in Alberta, Canada. And he signed for $1,974,700, via scout Brett Evert. Mike's pick was compensation for the Twins signing Ervin Santana.
Give an 18-year-old $1.97 million, and chances are they will go just a little wild. That's not Mike Soroka's style.
"Almost all of it is going toward future savings, stuff like that, and to go back to school," said Soroka, who was taken 28th by the Braves in the draft and received the hefty signing bonus just after graduating from high school.
"I got my dream car, nothing too crazy, a Dodge Challenger. I told my dad, 'If this happens, Dad, that's what I'm getting'. He likes it probably as much as I do."
Born and raised in Calgary, Soroka had a busy 2015. After the draft, he spent time in the Gulf Coast League, then was moved up to Danville, Va., in the Appalachian League, then it was Instructional League in Orlando, Fla.
"As soon as I hit high school and quit hockey, my baseball started taking off," Soroka said. "Made our Triple-A Calgary team, then Alberta top-40, then Team Alberta and later that fall was invited to Team Canada for the first time. It was fast, for sure. Every once in a while I do stop and realize how far I've come already, but also how much farther I have to go."
Soroka attended Bishop Carroll High School, which caters to elite student-athletes and served Soroka well as he pursued his baseball dream alongside his high-school diploma.
"I'm very thankful that Bishop Carroll exists," Mike said. "Keep working out, keep getting stronger and show them what I have," said the 6-foot-4 Soroka. "It's a goal of mine to keep moving up every step I go. That's the goal for next year, year after that, until hopefully, I'm in the big leagues one day." (Rita Mingo/Jan. 2016)
In 2016, the Baseball America Prospect Handbook rated Soroka as 8th-best prospect in the Braves' organization.
He moved up to #4 during the winter before 2017 spring training. And he was at #3 in the spring of 2019.
2016 Season: Pity his scrapbook, bursting at the seams, buried by benchmarks.
On opening day, Soroka was the starting pitcher for the Rome, Georgia Braves. Mid-season, he was named to the South Atlantic (Single-A) League's all-star showcase.The campaign concluded with his club laying claim to the championship.
Amazing stuff (frequently the two-word description of his mound offerings). And all this in the summer Mike turned 19, his first full season of professional baseball.
"It really was a special year," says the Calgarian, who, after a Florida Instructional League assignment in Orlando, arrived home this week. "All in all, I'm happy with my year, but I'm never really satisfied. I'll try to have a better one next year."
Soroka, tellingly, singles out only one portion of his season – a stretch in the middle stages when he struggled, but, ultimately, overcame.
"I think the most important thing for me this year is that I learned who I was as a pitcher even more," the right-hander says. "What I am on the mound. What I can and cannot do. Mechanically, I learned that much more. Just finding that happy medium of being able to do it every day."
Any way it's sliced, 2016 was a resounding success. He had a 9-9 record in the Sally League; and only nine pitchers recorded more wins. To the 3.02 earned-run average—eighth best. To the 125 strikeouts—12th. To the 1.13 WHIP—sixth. To, especially for him, the 143.0 innings—sixth most—then another 15 from the post-season's two starts.
"For the first year out of high school, that was quite a bit (of work) … so I'm very thankful my coaches let me go," says Soroka, a product of the PBF Redbirds' program in Calgary. "That's one thing I was really proud of this year. It's going to be one of my strengths moving forward. It's going to be one of the things I have to do to separate myself – eat innings. Teams love that." (Scott Cruickshank, Calgary Herald - October 2016)
In 2017, Soroka represented the Braves in the All-Star Futures game.
In 2017, Soroka was named the Braves Minor League Pitcher of the Year.
Braves' GM Alex Anthopoulos' first introduction to Mike actually occurred when the highly touted young pitcher was still in high school.
As a member of the Canadian Junior National team, Soroka spent a couple of weeks as a high school junior and senior working out at the Blue Jays' Spring Training complex in Dunedin, Fla. He initially caught Anthopoulos' eye with a side session with some of Toronto's prospects who were participating in the Instructional League in 2014.
Six months later, Soroka seemed to enhance his draft stock while completing two innings against a Blue Jays Spring Training lineup that included Russell Martin, Chris Colabello and Dalton Pompey. His first inning was relatively clean, but the second inning was marred by a slew of errors made by the high school teammates who played behind him.
"To his credit, as much as they kicked the ball behind him, he didn't react or pout," said Anthopoulos, who was the Blue Jays' GM from 2009-2015. "He kept his composure. That's the kind of stuff you want to see. He just stayed professional the whole way."
"I haven't seen much of him [pitching] yet, but in terms of the kid, makeup and everything you hear, yeah he's a professional," Anthopoulos said. "In our player meetings, just based on the questions he asks, he's a cut above everybody else. He's just sharp and he strikes me as a guy who is looking to get better any way he can."
Looking back at childhood pictures that show him pitching with his left hip leaning toward the plate and his body staying above the rubber, Soroka believes his sound mechanics might have come somewhat naturally. He has benefited from the tutelage of former Braves reliever Chris Reitsma. But Soroka's greatest asset seems to a disciplined approach that he attributes to a will to win.
"I've just fallen in love with success and you don't want to change anything," Soroka said. "You want to keep doing everything you can to keep building from there." (Bowman - mlb.com - 3/1/2018)
2019 Season: Soroka finished the season fifth in the Majors in ERA (2.68) and fourth in Adjusted ERA+ (169), which takes a player's ERA and normalizes it across the entire league by accounting for external factors like ballparks and opponents.
How special was this season. He joined Dwight Gooden (229 in 1985), Vida Blue (183 in 1971) and Jose Fernandez (176 in 2013) as the only pitchers of the Live Ball era to produce a ERA+ of 165 or better at 21 years old or younger."If he stays healthy, he's going to be one of the greats," Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman said.Here's a look back at Soroka's memorable first season.
What went right?
The two most important stats on Soroka's ledger were 29 starts and 174.2 innings. These numbers highlighted the good health he maintained after right shoulder inflammation limited him to five starts in 2018. A separate shoulder ailment, influenced by aggressive weightlifting, sidelined Sorkoa for most of Spring Training. But he experienced no other issues after making his season debut on April 18.
"[Staying healthy] is what I'm most proud of this year," Soroka said. "I've been taking my health for granted for a lot of years in the Minor Leagues. I was just being naïve, thinking because I worked out and ate well, I'd never get hurt. Last year was the toughest summer I've ever had because it challenges you as a person. I was able to turn it around to one of the best things that ever happened to me because I learned about what it takes to stay healthy for a whole season."
Soroka produced a 1.07 ERA through his first eight starts, allowing less than two earned runs in each. Accounting for his success during the injury-shortened 2018, he stands as the only pitcher since 1913 (when earned runs became an official stat), to allow one earned run or fewer in 11 of his first 13 career starts. No other pitcher had done so in as many as eight of his first 10 starts.
Over his final 21 starts, Soroka's production was more pedestrian, as he posted a 3.34 ERA. Still, he was Atlanta's top starter over the entire season. The decision to hold him for Game 3 of the NL Division Series against the Cardinals was influenced by the fact he posted a 4.14 ERA in 13 home starts and a 1.55 ERA in 16 road starts. In the divisional era (since 1969), Greg Maddux (1.12 in 1995) and Roger Clemens (1.32 in 2005) are the only pitchers (minimum 15 starts) to produce a better road ERA.
Home: 4.14 ERA, 76 innings, .275 batting average against, .322 on-base percentage, .420 slugging, 7.58 strikeouts per nine innings, 2.13 walks per nine innings, 48.9% ground-ball rateRoad: 1.55 ERA, 98.2 IP, .205 BA/.261 OBP/.373 SLG, 7.11 K/9, 2.10 BB/9, 54.2% GB rate
While Soroka's strikeout and walk rates were pretty similar, there was a significant difference in the slash line categories and at least a slight difference in the ground-ball rate. Per Baseball Savant, opponents batted .205 (24-for-117) and slugged .231 on ground balls against Soroka at SunTrust Park. They hit .207 (31-for-150) with no extra-base hits on ground balls hit against him outside of Atlanta. These near-identical results erase thoughts that SunTrust's infield surface influenced the sinkerballer's uneven splits.
Soroka did surrender 9 of his 14 homers in Atlanta, despite pitching 22 more innings on the road. But when evaluating a one-year sample size that includes many other similar variables, it might be best to consider bad luck as the difference in these home/road splits.
Soroka limited the Nationals to one run and three hits over seven innings on July 31. Later, he pushed the Braves toward the NL East title when he limited the eventual World Series champions to one hit over six scoreless innings at Nationals Park on Sept. 13.
But Soroka's finest performance was when he allowed one run and two hits over seven innings against the Cards in Game 3 of the NLDS. He set a Braves postseason record by retiring 17 straight batters between the second and seventh innings. "He was as nasty as any pitcher I've faced in the postseason," Cardinals veteran Adam Wainwright said after opposing Soroka that day in St. Louis.
Soroka stands to be the Braves' ace entering next season and he has the potential to be an NL Cy Young Award candidate for many years to come. He has already made some adjustments to temper his weightlifting routines, and he spent this past summer gaining a better sense of what he needs to do to prepare to make 30-plus starts on an annual basis."I got to see firsthand how guys like Scherzer work and how they understand there's never a point in this game where you know everything," Soroka said. "There's always something to learn, especially with the way this game is trending with analytics and all that's available to us as pitchers to aid in our betterment. I think it's going to be a fun offseason. We'll look at some things I need to improve on or what I need to do more of next year that I didn't do as much this year." (Mark Bowman - MLB.com - Nov. 6, 2019)
In 2019, Soroka finished second to Pete Alonso for the NL Rookie of the Year.
2019 Season: Mike loved the road. Soroka had an impressive rookie year, though he finished second behind Alonso for the NL Rookie of the Year Award. Bouncing back from a right shoulder injury that ended his 2018 season, Soroka anchored the Braves' rotation all year. He was particularly great on the road, where he was one of 45 pitchers to throw at least 85 innings, but the only one of those to allow just five homers.
Soroka had a 1.55 road ERA, which was fourth lowest among qualified starters since the mound was lowered in 1969. The only pitchers ahead of him on that list? Greg Maddux, twice, and Roger Clemens. That's good company.
In his postseason debut (Game 3 of the NLDS), Soroka went seven innings and did not walk a batter, allowing just one run. He became the youngest pitcher in postseason history to go at least seven innings without issuing a free pass in his postseason debut. And of course, he did it on the road in St. Louis. (S Langs - MLB.com - Dec 30, 2019)
Just a couple weeks after being selected in the first round of the 2015 draft, Soroka was using bat speed, exit velocity, and other advanced metrics while discussing Ronald Acuña Jr.'s potential. The 22-year-old righthander significantly influenced the game plan he devised with veteran catcher Brian McCann before shutting down the Cardinals in Game 3 of last year's NL Division Series.
His attention to detail, advanced baseball IQ, and communication skills would seemingly make him a prime managerial candidate in the future. But there's certainly a chance he'll end up making the kind of money that would lead him to pass on dealing with the headaches the role creates. (M Bowman - MLB.com - April 17, 2020)
Soroka has a 91-94 mph heavy 2-seam SINKER that eats up righthanded hitters, and also has a 4-seam FASTBALL in the 92-95 mph range, that he elevates, and it changes a hitter's eye levels. He has a 55 grade 85-87 mph SLIDER Mike has feel for a CHANGEUP that already flashes 55 or 60 with late run. It runs away from lefthanded hitters and keeps them from sitting on his heater. And he has good feel for it.
What makes it all work is Soroka's plus control and above-average command. He has a clean delivery and has long impressed with his competitive, mature makeup. (Spring, 2019)
2019 Season Pitch Usage: 4-seam Fastball: 18% of the time; Sinker 45.4%; Change 12.4%; and Slider 24.1% of the time. Average velocity: 4-seam 93 mph, Sinker 92.4, Change 81.3, and Slider 83.2 mph.
Mike pounds the strike zone with all three of his pitches, rarely walking a hitter. While none of his pitches has a "Wow" factor, he compete with each pitch and has the balance and athleticism to continuously throw strikes. His control grades at a 60 on the 20-80 scouting scale. And his command is not far behind.
Soroka paints both sides of the plate, focusing his pitches in the lower part of the strike zone. He combines command and a solid feel for pitching.
Soroka's across-the-body finish to his delivery concerns some evaluators. But he has a simple, repeatable delivery that provides 55 or 60 grade command.
That delivery has a little crossfire action that adds deception and has not affected his plus control.
In 2015, whenever a righthander stepped into the batter's box, Soroka was in control. He'd pound them inside with his two-seam sinker, setting up his slurvy breaking ball or his changeup to finish them off. It worked extremely well. Righthanded batters hit just .119/.155/.134 against him. And only one of those 71 batters collected an extra-base hit against him—a lone double.
But when Soroka faced a lefthanded batter, the balance of power swung sharply in the favor of the hitter. As devastating as Soroka was for righties, he was equally powerless against lefties. They hit .373/.361/.448 against him. While Soroka struck out 36 percent of righthanders, he whiffed just 15 percent of the lefties in 2015.
"A lot of lefties were getting too comfortable," Soroka said during spring training. "Lefties weren't having much trouble because everything to them was away, away, away. My fastball would run back away. Even if I threw a changeup, they just had to get their hands out and punch the ball."
In the past, Soroka set up on the third-base side of the rubber. It fit well as a righthander with a sinker-slider repertoire, but his closed-off finish to his delivery made it hard to locate the ball to his glove side. So while his pitches tended to get in on righthanders, a lefty quickly learned that Soroka had trouble locating inside on them.
So in the offseason, Soroka slid to the middle of the pitching rubber. It's a compromise of sorts, for he's still close enough to the third-base side to get in on righthanded hitters, but now he can also locate to his glove side, too. And the move has also allowed him to be more direct to home plate, taking away some of the cross-body delivery that concerned scouts in the past.
"To get to the other side, I had to really fly open. We started working before the draft. I was then landing a couple inches closed, but still from the third-base side it was hard to get in. I moved closer to the middle. Now that I'm right online, getting in on lefties is no problem. And now that I'm farther this way, I don't have to hook my slider so much. I can start it top corner of the zone (instead of out of the zone), and that's a lot easier on the sight points."
More significantly, Soroka was just as comfortable locating to the glove side of the plate, in on lefties, as he was locating to his arm side. That gives one of the youngest pitchers in the SAL a chance to also be one of the best. (J.J. Cooper - Baseball America - 5/06/2016)
Mike is very efficient, getting hitters out with few pitches. He gets through 7 innings with 70-85 pitches, while most starters are over 100 pitches at that point. He has impressive pitchability.
Soroka is quick to credit Rome Braves manager Randy Ingle and Rome pitching coach Dan Meyer for providing an atmosphere that led to success in 2016.
"There's no reason to complicate things," said Soroka. "It was just a matter of learning how to do it every day and learning how to bring your best stuff to the table every time you go out. That's been it for me—being able to bring the same intensity to each pitch."
Mike is a solid mid-rotation starter.
January 28, 2019: Though Mike Soroka remains one of baseball's top overall prospects, he no longer possesses the blissful innocence that evaporated when a maddening shoulder ailment robbed him of what had the makings to be a very memorable debut 2018 season.
"You always wrote off injuries because you're naive and think just because you eat properly and work out, you're going to stay away from injuries," Soroka said. "That's not how it is. You learn that pretty quickly." Now, he must simply prove he has distanced himself from an injury that seemingly stemmed from personal physical development.
"It was about being able to move my scapula properly," Soroka said. "I had some muscles that were overactive and some others that were underactive. It wasn't so much about arm action or anything like that. It was more of an issue of just being able to move properly."
Multiple MRIs showed no sign of structural damage, but instead of rushing the then-20-year-old back to the mound, the Braves instead allowed him time to get healthy and get a better feel for the stretching and maintenance exercises he'll likely need throughout the rest of his career. Although there were some discussions about the possibility of having Soroka pitching out of Atlanta's bullpen in September and potentially in the postseason, the Braves stuck to their cautious approach.
Consequently, as Soroka spent the final weeks of the season working out at the Spring Training facility, his close friends Touki Toussaint and Max Fried were earning their spots on Atlanta's National League Division Series roster.
"I've been watching them succeed for the past three or four years in the Minor Leagues," Soroka said. "To see your friends do that is special, as well. It was definitely a little bittersweet being in Orlando and having to watch on TV. You want to be there and you want to be helping the club. But when you go down like that, when you come back it just makes it that much sweeter."
"It's about approaching it day to day," Soroka said. "If you do your job and take care of business on your end, things will work themselves out. A lot of us have grown up to be best friends and guys we're going to talk to for the rest of our lives. Healthy competition is always good because it brings out the best in everyone." (M Bowman - MLB.com - January 28, 2019)
May 16, 2019: Soroka is the first pitcher since earned runs became official in both leagues in 1913 to allow one or fewer earned runs as a starter in 8 of his first 11 career games.
He is also the first Braves starter of the live-ball era (since 1920) to open a season by allowing one earned run or less in each of his first six starts.
May 2019: Soroka's success so far is built on grit and poise. Having seemingly distanced himself from the shoulder ailments that limited him to five big league starts in 2018 and forced him to miss most of this year's Spring Training, Soroka has posted a 0.98 ERA through this season's first six starts.
Soroka has shown the ability to pitch up in the zone with his four-seamer and keep hitters off-balance with a slider that has limited opponents to a .121 (4-for-33) batting average and .152 slugging percentage.
But his most valuable weapon is the two-seamer, which has helped him induce a grounder with 61 percent of the balls put in play. This matches Cincinnati's Luis Castillo for the highest percentage produced by an MLB starter this year.
Soroka's 9.1 percent walk rate would rank 60th among qualified starting pitchers. But the young hurler has consistently escaped trouble while limiting opponents to a MLB-best .050 (2-for-40) batting average with runners in scoring position.
"The biggest thing I like about this kid is he doesn't panic," Snitker said. "He just keeps pitching. He goes pitch to pitch. He doesn't get caught up in what is coming down in the road. He stays current, and I think that is a great trait for a pitcher to have."
"He's got the pitch to get out of it," Braves catcher Brian McCann said. "He's got the power sinker to get them to hit it on the ground. He just stays composed. He doesn't get rattled." (M Bowman - MLB.com - May 16, 2019)
May 31, 2019: Soroka allowed one earned run or less in each of his season's eight previous starts. This marks just the third time in 14 career starts the Atlanta rookie allowed three earned runs or more.
The 21-year-old righthander stands with Edinson Volquez (2008) and Mike Norris (1980) as the only pitchers of this era to do so over eight consecutive starts to begin a season.
June 30, 2019: Mike Soroka will be joining Ronald Acuña Jr., Freddie Freeman and manager Brian Snitker in Cleveland on July 9. Soroka was named to the NL All-Star team in his first full season in the Majors.
"It's indescribable," Soroka said. "Something that wasn't on my mind for so long, really. The beginning of the season was just about getting back to the big leagues, being able to prove yourself to the team. "Just to be able to go out there and compete, and be healthy, was all I really asked for out of myself, and to be doing what I have, it's just unbelievable. And it's thanks to a lot of guys who keep me level-headed here."
Soroka will be 21 years, 339 days old on the day of the game. He's the youngest Braves pitcher to be an All-Star, breaking a record held by John Smoltz, who was 22 years and 57 days old in 1989 when he pitched in the game.
Feb 28, 2020: Mike has drawn praise for the advanced maturity and pitching IQ he has shown at a young age. But the Braves' 22-year-old ace still had a surprising answer when asked about a timely ground ball he induced in the first inning of a 5-3 loss to the Yankees at CoolToday Park.
"We know [Mike] Tauchman was a little bit of a flat-bat guy, so we knew that was going to be our ground-ball guy down and away with the sinker."
Seeing Tauchman ground into a double play after DJ LeMahieu opened the game by bouncing a single over shortstop Pete Kozma's glove was not surprising. Armed with one of the game's most lively sinkers, Soroka produced MLB's sixth-best ground-ball rate (51.2 percent) last year.
But it certainly was different to hear a pitcher reference a pregame scouting report while talking about what he had just done while making his spring debut during a game in February. Most pitchers assured of a roster spot essentially just go through the motions at this point of the year. But most pitchers aren't Soroka, who produced the National League's third-best ERA (2.68) en route to finishing second in the NL Rookie of the Year Award balloting last year.
"That's why he's going to be so good," Braves manager Brian Snitker said. "This is all a big deal to him. That was real encouraging to see him start out like this."
After completing a six-pitch first, Soroka used two strikeouts to pitch around a pair of soft singles during a scoreless second inning. It was an efficient and successful spring debut for the young hurler, who will have time to make four more starts before making what would be his first Opening Day start. (M Bowman - MLB.com - Feb 29, 2020)
July 14, 2020: Mike Soroka is set to become the youngest Opening Day starter in Braves modern-era history.
Braves manager Brian Snitker confirmed this when he announced Soroka will start the team's season opener against the Mets on July 24 at Citi Field. This will mark the first time the 22-year-old pitcher has even been on an Opening Day roster.
"Regardless of the situation, it's an honor and a big deal," Snitker said. "It's well deserved."
July 24, 2020: Though the Braves did not gain the desired result, they walked away from a 1-0 Opening Day loss to the Mets with further reason to believe Mike Soroka has the potential to be an ace for many years to come.
"He just continues to get better," Braves center fielder Ender Inciarte said. "He looks like a veteran in the clubhouse. He's confident and he's a mature guy. It's fun to watch him pitch out there, man."
Eleven days shy of his 23rd birthday, Soroka took the Citi Field mound and became the youngest Opening Day starter in Braves modern-era history. The easygoing Canadian has tallied just 35 career starts. But he has shown great poise and looked unflappable in big situations.
Asked to make his first career postseason start in front of St. Louis' raucous crowd last year, Soroka limited the Cardinals to two hits and one run over seven innings. He took the same confident approach into the Opening Day matchup against Jacob deGrom and once again traded zeros with the Mets' ace, who has won the past two National League Cy Young Awards.
Unfortunately for Soroka, his effort was thwarted when Yoenis Céspedes jumped on Chris Martin's elevated 0-1 fastball in the seventh and drilled a homer deep into the left-field seats. The shot was a memorable homer for the Mets' designated hitter, who missed the 2019 season due to a right ankle fracture.
"I'm very excited," Céspedes said. "It was very exciting just to be able to play again, and to be able to have a moment where I played and also hit the home run that decided the game, I don't have words for a situation like that."
While Céspedes is attempting to reignite his career, Soroka is still constructing the early stages of what could be a very impressive one. The young Braves hurler limited the Mets to four hits over six scoreless innings, but he was lifted with his pitch count at 69.
"My gut told me if you have a kid like that -- and I don't care if it's April or July -- and it's his first start and he gives you six innings, that's above and beyond what you can expect," Braves manager Brian Snitker said. "I was hoping for four [innings]."
The Mets took a similar cautious approach with deGrom, who struck out eight and allowed just one hit over a 72-pitch, five-inning effort.
While pitch count influences a manager's decision, the inning total may be even more influential, especially within a strong early-season start. This marked the first time since October that Soroka had completed an inning and gone back to the dugout at least six times.
"I think coming into [this start] we understood it, because the up-downs are a different thing," Soroka said. "Had it been the fourth or fifth inning when I had hit that pitch count, I definitely would have pushed harder to go back out. But the thing you have to remember is you're coming into the season with a fresh bullpen as well as a really good bullpen."
Within the three games they have matched up against each other, Soroka has allowed two earned runs over 18 2/3 innings. deGrom has allowed four earned runs over 18 innings. This marked the first time the Mets won a game started by these two pitchers.
Fortunately, there will likely be many more opportunities for these two division rivals to pit their aces against each other.
"I've gotten used to watching him and feeding off the energy he brings to the mound," Soroka said. "He's been so good for the last few years. You just kind of want to keep up." (M Bowman - MLB.com - July 24, 2020)
As of the start of the 2021 season, Mike's career record was: 15-6 with a 2.86 ERA, having allowed 15 home runs and 194 hits in 214 innings.
May 14-June 13 2018: Mike was on the DL with right shoulder strain.
June 20-October 31, 2018: Mike was on the DL with right shoulder inflammation.
February 22, 2019: Less than a week into Spring Training, the Braves once again have reason to be concerned about Mike Soroka's right shoulder. Manager Brian Snitker said Soroka was shut down after reporting right shoulder discomfort upon completing a side session earlier this week. The highly regarded 21-year-old prospect could be cleared to begin throwing again next week. But given the fact that right shoulder discomfort forced Soroka to miss the final three months of last season, there is now reason to worry about the hurler, whom MLB Pipeline ranks as the baseball's 24th-best prospect.
"I think he'll be fine," Snitker said. "Everything checks out fine. His strength is fine. Nothing is wrong. It's just some tendinitis that probably barked up. When that happens, it's best to shut them down a little bit and keep doing the exercises. Then, we'll get him going."
Feb 24, 2020: "In my last live BP, I tried to my backside on my changeup," Soroka said. "I just kind of dragged my backside a little long. I felt a little tightness in my adductor, so they said we might as well back it up a day or two."
The Braves opted to push him back a few days because he tweaked his right adductor muscle while throwing a live BP session.
Aug. 3-Oct 30, 2020: Soroka tore his right Achilles tendon and missed the remainder of the season.
Aug 26, 2020: Mike Soroka will conclude his four-month rehab around the end of this calendar year. Once January arrives, the Braves ace will have a better feel for when he might be ready to return from his torn right Achilles tendon.
"I'm hoping to be pushing our [medical] staff," Soroka said. "I know they're going to want to hold me back and make sure everything is done. But I'm hoping to be feeling good enough at the four- or five-month period where I'm kind of pushing the envelope and I know I will."
Oct 30, 2020: The Braves haven't placed a definitive timetable on the 23-year-old hurler's return, but there is at least some hope that he could be ready to make what would be a second straight Opening Day start for the 2021 season..
"We know Mike is going to do everything he can [to be ready for Opening Day]," said Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos last week. "The work ethic is off the charts. We just want to make sure he doesn't overdo it and try to come back too soon."
Nov 23, 2020: Nearly four months after he underwent surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon, Braves right-hander Mike Soroka has resumed throwing. Soroka tore the Achilles in his push-off leg. The Braves haven't yet provided a timetable for Soroka's return.
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