iortiz
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Price is another example. He was a terrific pitcher in regular season but he couldn't handle POs (aside 2018). It happens, and not only in baseball. -
You are pointing out IFs. I'm pointing out facts. He is not very good in POs. He simply isn't, and at his age, he will likely not going to change that fact.
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for that game, he could be, but all-in-all he is not a clutch pitcher in my book.
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I think it's harder to find a 2B than a OF. I agree.
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It is not random. He simply can't handle the pressure in those instances. He is not the same Kershaw in POs. I do not even need to look at the stats to know that and if I do, he is a 2.4 ERA career pitcher while in POs he is a 4.2 ERA one and several times he has been destroyed —like in 2018.
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It is a mental skill. Some can handle the pressure and some just can’t. Kershaw is a great pitcher but when it comes to key moments like POs, he just can’t pitch well. Tons of examples are out there. It doesn’t apply just in baseball but in all sports. It is a skill.
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Will be very interesting to see how Bloom is going to address our issues.
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Maybe Bloom is looking for a SP as well or maybe he is thinking in Sale and Houk as enough potential additions.
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If Betts performs well moving forward in clutch situations, say next 5 seasons in POs, then he will be good a clutching. Right now Papi was way better in that department. It’s that simple. I think you are going in circles moon lol You can have the last word, I have rest my case. To me the thing is pretty simple. Seems like it is not for you. No problem.
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Lol flipping a coin has nothing to do with what we are talking about moon. Said that, I’d rather put some players than others in clutch situations even if both are great — I wouldn’t flip a coin. For example, I’d rather put Papi over Mookie any day of the week in clutch situations in POs. Two great players who perform totally different in clutch situation in POs. If you can’t see that, then you are missing a great part of baseball moon.
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Most of the times he hit well in clutch situations regardless it was in POs or not, then he is a clutch hitter by definition. Neither stat is black or white in baseball. You can always find holes if you split them like you are doing here but in the end when you look at the whole thing specially in large samples you can say whether a player is good or bad at something — like in MR October’s case.
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I would like to see Dalbec play more but if they bring someone like Santana or Aguilar, I won’t complain.
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Nope. Price was great in one year in POs. It doesn’t make him a clutch pitcher in PO though. Porcello won a CY and it doesn’t make him a great pitcher as Sale who haven’t won one. Kind of the point.
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If the sample is large this example of yours is pretty even. Find me two players with those numbers in large samples and we can debate. We actually agreed in the most part of what clutch is.
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As any stat you have to evaluate their all-in-all performance (career). Price by definition was not a clutch pitcher in POs all-in-all —even he was great in 2018 POs.
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By definition a 14-2 game is not a clutch situation. Close-late games are clutch situations. Close games in the fifth with bases loaded in POs and even in regular season games are clutch situations. If you hit well and more often than others in those situations, then your clutch hitting skills are better. It’s as simple as that. Not sure why you try to complicate things that aren’t lol.
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Sure, it applies to pitchers as well. Before 2018, David Price was a disaster as clutch pitcher in POs.
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Thing is that most postseason moments are high leverage situations while facing the cream of the cream. Point is actually really easy. When you hit or pitch well in key moments more often than others do, your clutch hitting/pitching skills are better. it's as simple as that.
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We are talking about clutch hitting moon, not pitching. Point is, not all the batters perform the same way with RISP than they do without RISP specially in high leverage situations and POs. That's simply a fact. Clutch hitting is a baseball skill whether you like it or not.
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very good point.
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his clutch stats are really impressive.
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what is his OPS with RISP?
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2021 MLB draft
iortiz replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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To me it is. Some players perform better with RISP than others. Papi was by definition a clutch hitter specially in Pos.
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Well it depends how you define "sustainable". If you perform most of the times, it could be defined as sustainable. This team needs some moves either coming off the farm or via trade in order to be more sustainable in the second half and mostly at clutch hitting. Gonzalez, Santana, Chavis, etc need to be replaced if we want to be considered a serious contender. I bet Bloom will make some moves regarding this.
