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5 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

They keep talking about how Wacha is much more effective against righties than lefties.   This makes me wonder why Rutschman and Santander choose to bat left-handed and not right-handed against him?

I suggested that on first page of the game thread (i.e. pre-game), but CoC didn't like the idea and so I told Hyde to forget it.

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2 minutes ago, dtk9119 said:

With this offense that's about it. You can't keep expecting these pitchers to be perfect every game with ZERO offensive support 

O's MO has been to score late and have our BP beat the other team's. Doesn't always work haha.

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1 minute ago, seak05 said:

Hyde's obsession with getting guys through 6 is really frustrating. It's almost never a good idea to have your non-ace level starter go through a line-up three times 

Well, did you see the game yesterday? Lol we used quite a lot of arms. 

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1 minute ago, seak05 said:

Hyde's obsession with getting guys through 6 is really frustrating. It's almost never a good idea to have your non-ace level starter go through a line-up three times 

In his defense it seems that's pretty much the norm throughout baseball.

I was hoping that a more analytics driven front office would have brought more innovation into the on the field strategy tho.

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4 minutes ago, Yossarian said:

They keep talking about how Wacha is much more effective against righties than lefties.   This makes me wonder why Rutschman and Santander choose to bat left-handed and not right-handed against him?

Because they probably haven’t practiced much if any at all batting right handed facing a right handed.  The ball is coming out of a completely different arm slot then what they are used to.  Cedric changed but that was in the off season when he had ample time to get used to it. It would be like putting Mountcastle out there at shortstop for the game tomorrow because he plays the infield.  

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Who couldn’t have predicted that? Bradish was lucky to get through 5 only giving up one. To run him back out there again was inviting trouble. I know last night we had to go deep into the pen, but I struggle to understand this approach to trying to win and the lineup today. Mullins was 5 for 11 in his career against Wacha. 

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3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

In his defense it seems that's pretty much the norm throughout baseball.

I was hoping that a more analytics driven front office would have brought more innovation into the on the field strategy tho.

yep. As a team your plan should really only be to have starters go 5, with the exception of if you have a guy like Scherzer. If they're sharp, and you get more, that's a bonus. But this idea that starters should be pitching 6+ innings on a regular basis is not supported statistically. 

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2 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

Who couldn’t have predicted that? Bradish was lucky to get through 5 only giving up one. To run him back out there again was inviting trouble. I know last night we had to go deep into the pen, but I struggle to understand this approach to trying to win and the lineup today. Mullins was 5 for 11 in his career against Wacha. 

Mullins is out because of injury.  

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7 minutes ago, seak05 said:

Hyde's obsession with getting guys through 6 is really frustrating. It's almost never a good idea to have your non-ace level starter go through a line-up three times 

That’s because he spent the first half of the season burning out his bullpen. He refused to stretch out his starters and now it’s coming back to bite him. 
 

don’t get me wrong I like Hyde but he needs to get his starters stretched out in May.  

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2 minutes ago, slakattack said:

I still don't get scanning a Tolova meal...is it really that difficult to set the temp. on your toaster oven and pay attention to the passage of time for 20 minutes?

Right? Would you like an oven on top of your oven? Also pssst your oven is an air fryer 

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