We've been saying that getting Folty or Gausman back to what we expect from them would be better than any realistic addition AA could have made at the deadline.
His .345 xwOBA vs the Twins last night suggests he wasn't as good as the overall line suggests.
For reference, Soroka posted an excellent .262 xwOBA on the 5th vs the same team.
Weird...Other than the 6th and the first batter, I don’t recall any hard hit balls off of him, and he struck out 7 over 5 which means he was missing bats. Only gave up 2 or 3 hits too.
I find that hard to believe based on what I saw, but the 6th inning may be skewing the number.
jpx7 (08-07-2019)
jpx7 (08-07-2019), UNCBlue012 (08-07-2019)
I think most of us agree, that 30 minute top of the 6th probably hurt Folty's rhythm.
I usually will attack Snit when it's warranted, but last night was not entirely his fault nor Folty's. We had a LONG half inning in the top of the 6th. And Folty was only at like 80 pitches to start the Bottom 6th.
So yeah scheff, gonna have to disagree with you on this.
Forever Fredi
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The third time through the order penalty doesn't care about pitch counts or lengths of half innings.
These tactical mistakes can't be made in the playoffs.
In a blowout regular season game it's fine, but I have a feeling the same decision would have been made in a close playoff game as well.
jpx7 (08-07-2019)
Forever Fredi
I’m with Scheff. The playoffs are a different animal. The third time through the order with his pitch count approaching 100, you pull him.