Summary[]
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the larger improbability and significance of Archie Bradley’s triple in the NL wild-card game, how to experience a four-playoff-game day, the first games of both AL division series, Chris Sale’s and Masahiro Tanaka’s semi-struggles and the vexing nature of pitcher home-run allowance, the danger of using home/road splits to set playoff rotations, things every fan base believes about its team, Jose Altuve’s unusual strike zone, and more.
Topics[]
- Chris Sale decline?
- An email about Masahiro Tanaka
- Home road split cop out
- LDS game recaps
- Baserunning
- Fan beliefs
- Jose Altuve strike zone
Banter[]
- Archie Bradley
- MLB playoff watching strategy
- Rich Hill has reinvented himself, again, and has become a fastball pitcher now.
Notes[]
- Archie Bradley hit a triple that moved the win expectancy 16 points.
- Louis Perdomo hit 4 triples and only 5 hits in this season, he is tied for 2nd behind two guys with 5, before WW2.
- Jeff wants to watch all the games, but never seems to make the 4th game.
- Ben has no strategy in watching the marathon baseball day.
- In Chris Sale last 6 starts, 35 innings, he has allowed 12 home runs and only 9 walks and has 50 strikeouts.
- Masahiro Tanaka had a 21.2 hr/fb %, most with fastball.
- The guys think managers use “home road splits” to decide pitching starts is them not wanting to say I just have a gut feeling.
- Through 4 games there have been no surprises yet.
- The Royals only made 37 outs on the bases which is best in league.
- Jose Altuve seems to have a lot of high strikes.
- Rich Hill has the second highest whiffs per swing rate.