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re: What are the circumstances under which you should bunt?
Posted on 7/3/16 at 1:34 pm to Pectus
Posted on 7/3/16 at 1:34 pm to Pectus
Do you mean 'bunt' or 'sacrifice'? If the batter is fast as blazes and can place the ball anywhere he wants and the opposing 3rd baseman is a clutz I'm bunting him in any situation.
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Posted on 7/3/16 at 1:54 pm to Zach
Sacrifice bunting should be reserved for pitchers and situations where you only need 1 run. Outs in baseball are precious. Giving them up for free is rarely a good idea, which is backed up by the math.
Posted on 7/3/16 at 2:18 pm to DallasTiger45
quote:You are going to have to "show your work".
which is backed up by the math.
This post was edited on 7/3/16 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 7/3/16 at 4:09 pm to Buckeye06
Absolutely. Feel of the game and circumstances will always come into play. Sometimes one runs plays like 5 and sometimes 5 runs play like 1
Posted on 7/3/16 at 4:24 pm to Pectus
The data suggests that in MLB the only time a sacrifice bunt is in order is when the pitcher is batting to avoid a double play.
To sacrifice or not to sacrifice
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Last season, according to Baseball Prospectus data, in the two most common situations for a sac bunt, your expectation for scoring a run was actually greater if you let the hitter swing away rather than give up an out via a bunt. With a runner at first and no outs, you had a 24.4 percent better chance of scoring a run than you did with a runner at second and one out. With runners at first and second and no outs, you had a 10.4 percent better chance of scoring a run than you did with runners at second and third and one out.
To sacrifice or not to sacrifice
Posted on 7/3/16 at 5:06 pm to BatonrougeCajun
Bunting to move runners to 2nd or 3rd is terrible.
Bunting to hit or score a run is great and super underutilized. If you're good at it and the pitcher is a weak fielder its got to be a very high % play. Guys should of been bunting at Randy Johnson every single game
Bunting to hit or score a run is great and super underutilized. If you're good at it and the pitcher is a weak fielder its got to be a very high % play. Guys should of been bunting at Randy Johnson every single game
Posted on 7/3/16 at 6:06 pm to Pectus
Recovering Hammate bone injury ......
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