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MLB World Series 2018: Eh. Dodgers/Boston. Eh.

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^I didn’t feel this way at first, but after four months, I’m comfortable including Gabe Kapler in the group of new analytics-happy managers who’ve done well. Some of his decisions still leave me scratching my head, but there’s no question he’s gotten more out of this year’s Phillies than either Pete Makanan (nice guy but mediocre manager) or Ryne Sandberg (absolutely terrible manager) would have.

Meanwhile, Mickey Callaway keeps doing Mickey Callaway things.
 
Matt Davidson, who has served mainly as a DH and occasionally as a corner infielder, is again pitching for the White Sox. Tony Clark needs to grow a pair and raise this issue during the off-season. It’s only a matter of time before a non-pitcher suffers a career-ending injury by trying to pitch during a blowout.

If I were a general manager, I’d strongly consider firing any manager who thought repeatedly using position players as pitchers was a good idea.
 
Position players pitching owns, though, almost as much as pitcher dingers own.

Also, Cole Hamels with the Cubs thus far: 2-0, 11 IP. 10 H. 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 11 K.

By all means, Chatwood, take your time figuring your shit out, the Cubs have things under control.
 
Timby said:
Position players pitching owns, though, almost as much as pitcher dingers own.

Also, Cole Hamels with the Cubs thus far: 2-0, 11 IP. 10 H. 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 11 K.

By all means, Chatwood, take your time figuring your shit out, the Cubs have things under control.
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I like those numbers. Now if the other 4 guys can get their shit together....
 
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I like those numbers. Now.if the other 4 guys can get their shit together....
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Yeah, the biggest thing has been getting starters past the fifth inning or so. Maddon has always had a ludicrously tight leash with Hendricks, but even nowadays Lester and especially Quintana have had a hard time getting past the fifth inning. (Although it would help if Quintana didn't throw, like, 40 pitches in the first inning in every start.)
 
Apparently this may be John Gibbons' last homestand as the Jays manager and the team will be looking for a bilingual manager, who is inclined towards analytics.

The first one seems kind of obvious with so many Spanish speaking players, but I don't know how I feel about analytics. Coming from hockey, where it is a constant fight between analytics and the "old way", I don't know what I should want in regards to that.
 
^Analytics appears to be the direction most teams are headed in for the foreseeable future, especially with the success of Cora, Boone, Kapler and Counsel and the relative lack of success of old-school managers such as Don Mattingly and Dave Martinez. Bruce Bochy has had a good run with the Giants, but that team likely won’t be competitive again until they overhaul their current roster.
 
Timby said:
Yeah, the biggest thing has been getting starters past the fifth inning or so. Maddon has always had a ludicrously tight leash with Hendricks, but even nowadays Lester and especially Quintana have had a hard time getting past the fifth inning. (Although it would help if Quintana didn't throw, like, 40 pitches in the first inning in every start.)
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Montgomery & the bullpen kept the train rollin' last night.

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Ar-Pharazon said:
I don't know why Felix was still in there after giving up 7 earned runs (10) before the HR.
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Servais has already strongly suggested that Felix is getting benched for at least a start. There's something really horribly wrong with his mechanics--even that goofy-ass curveball that Beltre whiffed on should have been golfed straight out of the park--and the Mariners can't afford to have him being tarred and feathered regularly if they're going to make a legitimate playoff run.
 
JirinPanthosa said:
Baseball players need to stop whining about the shift and learn to hit the ball the other way.
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Oh, but haven't you been paying attention to Rob Manfred? The shift is ruining baseball, hence why he's considering banning or limiting shifts.

Even though defensive shifts have been around since, like, the goddamn 1940s, and only came back in vogue because of guys like Joe Maddon and Charlie Manuel, who like to push buttons and pull levers and see what happens.
 
Might as well ban tackling in the NFL, or ban blocking in the NBA.

Sports leagues especially in the last 15 years have started artificially limiting defensive strategy in order to increase scoring. The only one that was actually a good change was the two line pass thing, because that was an artificial limitation to begin with.

No sympathy for Pujols. If you can't play well against a defense using good strategy, you can't play well.
 
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