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Atluve swings at and hits pitches he shouldn't.  Analytics will always have a problem dealing with guys like him because he is an anomaly.  I would like to see what Vlad Guerrero's expected numbers were because he was probably even more extreme.

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4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I think Yainer could be the answer at 1B when we give up on Walker if the other guy gets ready. Like- maybe 2027 Yainer moves to 1B most days and back up catcher for 40 or 50. 
I think there's a ton of talent in Yainers bat and I think it comes out- but maybe not. I don't mean 750 ops- that's pretty much a guarantee to my way of thinking- I mean 850 or 900 and knocking on the door of MVP if he does that at catcher.  Like- Pena type year this year. 

I remember back in the day Richie Zisk playing in left field for the ChiSox and basically playing straight away and turning his back to the centerfielder, Chet Lemon. Any ball at him or towards the left field line was Richie's and ANYTHING else was Chet Lemon's ball.  

Would suggest that, but then what do they do with Altuve, or Jordan, or Walker, or........

 

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3 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Atluve swings at and hits pitches he shouldn't.  Analytics will always have a problem dealing with guys like him because he is an anomaly.  I would like to see what Vlad Guerrero's expected numbers were because he was probably even more extreme.

The guy I want to see with expected numbers is Ralph Garr.

Ralph was a career .306 hitter, but I don't ever recall him hitting a strike.  

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2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Deep dive on batting order and whose getting "lucky", who we should expect to outperform their expected stats, whose getting "unlucky" and who we should expect to underperform their expected stats.  

Enjoy.  Read, subscribe, share etc. 

https://medium.com/@breathingorangefire_71114/whose-lucky-and-who-isnt-94da0214bb76

Didn’t see this posted on Pena.

hopefully this is the reason for his “lucky” numbers, meaning it will stick. 

 Surly viewer discretion advised at the halfway point :

Spoiler

References Cintron talking about how  Pena would dive toward the plate and get jammed or chase sliders down and away and working with him to fix that 


 

 

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41 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Didn’t see this posted on Pena.

hopefully this is the reason for his “lucky” numbers, meaning it will stick. 

 Surly viewer discretion advised at the halfway point :

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References Cintron talking about how  Pena would dive toward the plate and get jammed or chase sliders down and away and working with him to fix that 


 

 

I don't see any particular reason the open stance would help his actual numbers overperform his expected numbers- unless the point of that is to hit more pull side flyballs then, maybe?  I think he went from an average hitter to an above average hitter this year, and I think he did it from controlling the strike zone.  I think he's had good fortune that makes his "above average" hitting look elite- but maybe he's learned some sort of hack like Paredes and Altuve where we should expect that going forward.  


Note- it's pretty unusual for someone to always and consistently outperform their expected stats. Pena's expected stats are good. The actual are great. Hopefully they don't converge too much. 

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Ford: so Washington is taking time off from the dugout  due to health reasons to keep his stress level down. But that’s gotta be pretty stressful watching from a suite, don’t you think?

sparks: he probably has his cup on.

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5 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Lol

Washington isn’t in the dugout this series due to health reasons …. So instead he’s in a suite…. In full uniform

 

with his board and notes 

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My dad had a friend who drank too much and his doctor told him to cut back.  So he switched to tall boys.

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Asked if he had to talk to rookie starter Hunter Brown about the Yankee Stadium environment, Dusty Baker said: "No, he's from Detroit. I don't know no punks out of Detroit. All the dudes I played with out of Detroit are some cool, borderline gangsters."

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Trout has seen 16 pitches tonight.

and swung at 1 of them 

I mean 12 of them were balls but still an interesting/odd stat.

clearly in the gameplan to not let him beat you tonight 

 

 

which probably means Abreu is going to give up a gopher ball against him in the 8th…

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7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Asked if he had to talk to rookie starter Hunter Brown about the Yankee Stadium environment, Dusty Baker said: "No, he's from Detroit. I don't know no punks out of Detroit. All the dudes I played with out of Detroit are some cool, borderline gangsters."

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Not a fan of pulling Brown after 5 and 87 pitches.

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Well. Another great move by our fearless leader going to the pen to start the inning and not letting Brown get another batter or 2 or 3.

Hey Joe, I saw an open seat against Ron earlier 

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This ump is garbage. Also- we ain’t winning this game. 

Just now, UTexasFight said:

Well. Another great move by our fearless leader going to the pen to start the inning and not letting Brown get another batter or 2 or 3.

Hey Joe, I saw an open seat against Ron earlier 

If only. 

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5 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

That's two fucking strikes. Totally changed that at bat 

Ford started off the game talking about good this guy is and how he was 1 pitch away from calling a perfect game in Houston earlier this year.

They’ve since commented regularly about how he’s been absolute garbage tonight. 

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