Walks

[emmett16]

The Orioles have walked the fewest batters so far in 2024.  In a world of HRs and 3 outcomes, eliminating the Base on Balls is a viable strategy that we are seeing play out.  It started in 2022 (443 BB 2.8 BB9 and continued in 2023 (473BB 2.9 BB9)  both years finishing 7th in MLB.  We now sit at #1 on the season.  If you are going to pitch for this team, you better not give out free passes. 

[dystopia]

We're winning and scoring a boatload of runs, who cares.

[interloper]

Just now, dystopia said:

We're winning and scoring a boatload of runs, who cares.

I sure don't! Don't misread my OP. I was merely taking the board temperature on it after hearing the stat. Clearly whatever they're doing is working.

[DirtyBird]

2 minutes ago, dystopia said:

We're winning and scoring a boatload of runs, who cares.

Isn't one thread about hitting and the other about pitching?

[dystopia]

2 minutes ago, interloper said:

I sure don't! Don't misread my OP. I was merely taking the board temperature on it after hearing the stat. Clearly whatever they're doing is working.

I was just pointing out to OP that there was already a thread about it.

[maybenxtyr]

Just now, dystopia said:

I was just pointing out to OP that there was already a thread about it.

No...one is about walks allowed by the pitching, and the other is about walks from hitters.

[dystopia]

2 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Isn't one thread about hitting and the other about pitching?

Oh yeah. Misread that.

[EddeeEddee]

So they're best in the league at preventing walks and worst in the league at drawing them.  I guess nobody walks in Baltimore.

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, EddeeEddee said:

So they're best in the league at preventing walks and worst in the league at drawing them.  I guess nobody walks in Baltimore.

Criminals do.

[AlbNYfan]

I guess many here will starting saying Mountcastle walks too much.

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, EddeeEddee said:

So they're best in the league at preventing walks and worst in the league at drawing them.  I guess nobody walks in Baltimore.

It makes the games go faster, so I like that tradeoff.  

[btdart20]

Enos and Brit were talking about Lindor's slow start recently.  As part of the discussion Enos said that players tend to swing less in the first month and pitchers can rake advantage of that.  I wonder if the Sigbot is arbitraging that with more aggressive PAs?