It’s not just luck, nothing is. But 1 run records aren’t usually sustainable from year to year.
There is a lot of luck involved but sure, having high K pitchers that miss bats are huge in those types of games.
Posted this in another thread but a reminder of how Holliday views his leg kick:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jackson-holliday-talks-hitting/
Now maybe he’s wrong about the leg kick as he faces tougher pitching but I don’t see him dropping it anytime soon.
I also don’t recall anyone being worried about it before.
If he has to be a closer, he figures it out. People like to judge a guy in a completely different role and act as if that is how things will always be.
He’d be an elite closer
Said it all offseason but not trading Robert was a huge mistake by them.
I really wanted the Os to go get him but I likely never would have traded what it would have taken to get him because I was worried about his injury history but the WS could have gotten a haul and that was a failure not to do so.
That said, they could still get a haul IF he can show he’s healthy and performing well.