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"Betts would have represented the start of Snell’s third trip through the order. Including the playoffs, Snell faced the same hitter a third time in a game only 34 times this season. Against lefties — there were 10 of those — he allowed a .700 OPS. Betts isn’t a lefty, though. Against righties for a third time, Snell allowed a 1.072 OPS.That sample is small, to be sure. So let’s look at Snell overall for his career. Third time through against lefties: .472 OPS. Against righties: .800. It also should be noted that Betts isn’t just any righty. He is Mookie Betts, whom some consider to be the best player in baseball right now."https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/10/dodgers-rays-kevin-cash-blake-snell-world-series-analyticsEnjoy, dolt.
Not exactly. Like I showed. For Betts personally hes worse against lefties so those stats say leave Snell in. But for Snell personally the analystics show hes horrendous the 3rd time through typically especially vs Righties. For example....Betts and Seager got to him in game 2 with a walk and single the 3rd time through.But the issue everyone(except Mr. "Doesnt watch baseball but knows Analystics" himself) has with the move is it went STRICTLY off Snells past and didn't take 1 game and the eye test into account.
This is the baseball debate content that I crave. Isn't it a fair shot down the middle to say "Cash pulled Snell because the organizational line in the sand that was drawn, based on its analytics, was to not allow their pitchers to face a lineup a third time. But that was a tunnel vision decision that did not take into account the numbers for the opposing batters. Had Cash priced in Mookie's reverse splits, he would have come to the conclusion that Snell's "third time through" risk of facing Betts again was less than the risk of bringing in the right handed Anderson to face him. He was so focused on the analytics as applied to his own pitchers that he neglected to apply the same analysis to the opposing batter."
Lol. "He's Mookie Betts."Right. The guy who crushes righties and struggles against lefties. That Mookie Betts.
What are you even talking about with "Doesn't watch baseball?" Lol.Also, you don't have to watch baseball at all to understand analytics.
Loved "Rudy Gobert" going back on the field and celebrating with his Dodger teammates after being told he tested positive for Covid.Very trumpian of him.
I'm no fan of Justin Turner, but people painting it as some renegade decision that is aggrieving his teammates (and even stupider I saw people on Twitter complaining about fans being endangered) are jumping to conclusions. I'm not going to comment on MLB's handling of things, just what I saw from the team-centric postgame activities.
If Cash leaves Snell in and Snell gets his brains bashed in, he opens himself to tremendous second-guessing. The Rays considered their bullpen the strength of their team, and today's starting pitchers are geared toward going only 5-6 innings. You leave Snell in and you lose, and everybody from fans all the way up to his bosses would complain he was trying to "reinvent the wheel."You pull Snell and turn the ball over to the relievers, and they blow it, yes, you have fans and folks like us second-guessing you. But Cash can say to his bosses, "This is the team we have built -- the team you put together for me to manage -- and this is the strategy we have used to win all season, including the playoffs."I admittedly don't do deep dives into analytics, and I was saying, "Leave Snell in there." But I understand that pulling Snell gives Cash "plausible deniability."
I don’t think Rick Hahn is going to be the GM much longer.
Tweets from FA Marcus Stroman indicate he would never sign with the Sox if LaRussa is the manager.My guess is that Bauer would be out too. Bauer doesn't exactly follow the unwritten rules or play the Cardinal way.
I’m very torn right now. After MU, there isn’t a team I love more than the Sox. If LaRussa is hired, I don’t know how I can root for them. It would be such an epically poor decision on so many levels. Not feeling good at all. Hopefully common sense prevails here.
Jerry always gets his man (eventually). Doesn’t matter if it’s Danny Tartabull in 1996, Griffey in ‘08, or LaRussa in ‘21.I’m half expecting for the Sox to still sign Chone Figgins.