GDT 5/19 Charlie on the hump. Bucket of chicken on standby.

CyYoung31 said:
Decent article. The part about the Braves leaving their starters in too long is especially interesting:

https://www.talkingchop.com/2021/5/...-pay-for-a-reliever-when-death-is-on-the-line
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The money shot

The Braves have played 42 games. A starter has faced some batter for the third time in 37 of them. This makes the Braves the third-highest in this regard, with the Red Sox and Athletics higher, and the 37-game mark shared with the Rockies, Dodgers, and Giants.

The league, as a whole, has allowed a .323 wOBA, 4.42 FIP, and 4.42 xFIP when their starter is facing anyone for a third time in the game. The Braves are allowing a .384 wOBA (fifth-worst), 5.54 FIP (sixth-worst), and 5.37 xFIP (fourth-worst).
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This **** has to stop.
 
At what point does a team do the smart thing and just have a computer make most of the actually on-field decisions so that a guy like Snit can do what he's good at and just manage a clubhouse over the course of 162 games.
 
CyYoung31 said:
Decent article. The part about the Braves leaving their starters in too long is especially interesting:

https://www.talkingchop.com/2021/5/...-pay-for-a-reliever-when-death-is-on-the-line
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Ivan is an excellent writer, and the only person worth readin at TC. And he is 100% correct, saying exactly what I've been saying about SP usage for....oh....3 years now.

"Leaving a starter in to face the lineup for the third time has literally resulted in runs the last four times the Braves have tried it. Going through the game logs, it’s just a bloodbath of bad decisions, on loop. "

I bitched and complained real time in the game thread when these exact moves were happening. And they keep happening...over and over. As Ivan says, "on loop". I have no idea how much longer the FO can allow this to continue before it's their fault it's happening. The easy solution is to script out the ~15 most likely scenarios for Snit before every single game.
 
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Gonna be a long boring night IMO. Morton can not sustain a 9 pitch 8 Strike game for long.

The big 3 go 1-2-3 on 114 pitches, 10 Ks
 
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