Bellhorn04
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This is a defensive three second rule.
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Everybody's different. I personally have no problem with the length of baseball games. I expect them to be slow and torturous and take up my whole evening. My approval of the 3 batter rule has a lot to do with one man - Joe Freaking Maddon. In all my time of watching baseball, the most painful, depressing moments were watching him make 3 trips to the mound in an inning.
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And they replaced it with a 3 second rule. I think his point stands. All the major sports tinker with their rules.
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Agreed. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is just an opinion too.
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RHP Justin Dunn (1-0, 3.72) vs RHP Nick Pivetta (2-0, 3.68) Go Sox.
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Yeah, his 2020 game logs are all over the place. Of course he hadn't pitched a full season since 2015.
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I'm not too keen on that argument.
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I don't know. I don't care much for those numbers either LOL I'm guessing two more starts and if there's no improvement, they try Whitlock or Houck and move Richards to the pen. Whitlock and Houck will both have their innings limited this year, so there are a bunch of things in play for Cora and management to figure out.
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Why did the Padres 'throw him to the pen', though? It wasn't ineffectiveness. Because in the 3 starts prior to moving him to the pen, he pitched 15 innings with a 2.40 ERA, .519 OPSa, 16 K's and 2 BB's. Looks like they were preparing him to be a reliever in the playoffs.
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It has a lot of merit, for you.
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Yes, you do have to please the fans. Without them you're kind of screwed.
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FWIW - a lot in this case - Kimmi says the lineup doesn't really have a big impact on runs over the course of the season and it's more important to have players in the spots they're comfortable with.
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Sure, but not enough to affect making or not making deals with them.
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And the bottom line is that MLB is averaging 8.7 runs a game this year. Which is pretty close to 1970's-1980's levels. It's down from the last few years - almost certainly because they de-juiced the ball. Not sure why they did that if they're worried about offense.
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C'mon guys, it's a silly argument to talk about how long the shift has been around. Strikeouts and guys swinging for the fences have been around a long time too.
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The shift has been around since Ted Williams, sure, but the systematic, metrics-based use of the shift on virtually every at-bat most certainly hasn't.
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Just stating the obvious, but they have until mid-season to do so.
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The Sox had a great chance to turn the game around when Bogey came up with the bases loaded. Phelps made a good pitch. That's where games are often decided-one pitch.
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Minnesota at Oakland 10-10 in the 10th
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The Frightener has a 1.80 ERA in his last 2 starts!
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At the risk of stating the obvious, there are a lot of X factors involved. If you're low on good relievers that are available, and the manager desperately wants 6 innings out of you, and your team scores 5 or 6 runs, then 6 innings and 3 earned runs is a good job, and 3.2 innings and 0 runs may not be.
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Yeah, they kind of magically 'overperformed' in 2019.
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I like this take.
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In first with the answer: "Because we can be even more successful"
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Arroyo is playing a lot more than anyone expected, I think. Our management is doing a fine job. Kike's days at leadoff could certainly be numbered, though.
