Are you on the list of people who say anyone who looks at analytics doesn’t understand the human element of the game?
If you need an example, kindly scroll on over to post 3274 on this thread…
I did say 4-1, right? Not 14-1.
4-1 in the 5th inning is not an insurmountable deficit. If Cora challenges Devers’ play at second, Casas’ single brings the tying run to the plate…
And with the benefit of hindsight.
Eovaldi had 2 seasons with Boston without significant injury, and wasn’t likely to have many more as he got older. His current two year deal with Texas is probably about the limit any team should sign him for…
The sad part is - every single person that argues “the human element” of the game and insists the game is played by people and not numbers then goes on to lump every player into broad, sweeping categories thus denying any of them are individuals…
It was only 4-1 and there were 2 outs when he brought in the Arsonist (and it could have been 4-2 if Cora knew how to throw a challenge). If you’re saying Cora threw up a white flag at that point, you’re making a solid argument for his firing…
1. You brought mental health into it.
2. You overtly superimposing your psychology on to players and other fans.
It only stands to reason when you don’t want to hear the counterpoint. And why are you bringing analytics into this?
1. Not what I said.
2. Do you know anyone with an anxiety disorder? What you call “pressure” has nothing to do with it. It’s all about putting undue pressure on activities that normally don’t have any. Even in baseball. “Steve Blass Disease” was about throwing to the catcher. “The Yips” is about making routine throws to first.
If you’re going to say closing is high pressure, it has NOTHING to do with an anxiety disorder…
Bello, Houck, Crawford, Whitlock, Winckowski, Schreiber and Bernardino all have an option remaining.
I suspect we’ll see demotions from that list before we see a DFA of either Brasier or Bleier…
1. I agree we know nothing about it. That’s why I mentioned the other possibility that you ignored.
2. Anxiety is a mental health disorder that affects a person’s ability to handle everyday mundane activities and actually isn’t related to high pressure situations (where anxieties are quite common).
I doubt it was a matter of trust.
I’m 100% positive the reason Jansen was back out there was Cora wanted him to put Friday behind him and move on.
Problem is - it clearly backfired…
Are you sure?
Fans get excited. Absolutely. Announcers get excited, because it’s their job to get everyone excited.
But how do you figure the players do? They see 162 ninth innings per year. That’s more than the number of Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays combined. And they’ve been seeing them their entire lives. It’s not too hard to believe they view that one game situation differently than you do.
I don’t think we as fans necessarily share the mentality with professional athletes, whether we want to or not. And I suspect one of the biggest factors in weeding out the pros from the normies is the ability to ignore pressure…
Not the point.
The point is going right back to the exact same method that failed the night before by giving up 3 earned runs in 0 IP against the bottom of the lineup and then trying it again against the top.
No one is saying DFA Jansen. Just saying one night off when the team needs a win…
Or he was hoping Jansen would be ok after getting right back on the proverbial horse. The problem is, he flopped last night against the bottom of the lineup, and tonight he had the top…