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10 walks, 3 runs. 3 walks, 8 runs.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 6:53 am
Posted on 5/15/26 at 6:53 am
Those thinking walks are the problem are not looking at how the game is unfolding pitch by pitch and inning by inning.
We don’t do the stupid fricking shift and Lachenmeyer has two outs and nobody on in the first and gets out of that inning with zero runs likely.
You can’t look at just numbers in baseball and determine where things are right or wrong. You have to watch the game pitch by pitch and have a feel for what’s going on in the ebb and flow of the game.
It’s what made Skip so incredibly awesome.
We don’t do the stupid fricking shift and Lachenmeyer has two outs and nobody on in the first and gets out of that inning with zero runs likely.
You can’t look at just numbers in baseball and determine where things are right or wrong. You have to watch the game pitch by pitch and have a feel for what’s going on in the ebb and flow of the game.
It’s what made Skip so incredibly awesome.
This post was edited on 5/15/26 at 6:55 am
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Posted on 5/15/26 at 6:57 am to Meauxjeaux
BS. The dude ambushed the 1st pitch of the game and smoked it into center field. Try again.
Here's another nugget - this isn't the first year CJJ has employed the shift. So last year's success was an outlier?
Here's another nugget - this isn't the first year CJJ has employed the shift. So last year's success was an outlier?
This post was edited on 5/15/26 at 7:01 am
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:07 am to JakeRStephenes
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Here's another nugget - this isn't the first year CJJ has employed the shift. So last year's success was an outlier?
I don’t remember being excited about the shift last year either.
Like last year was probably 50-50, number of plays made where the shift made the difference versus number of plays not made where the shift was the cause.
This year, the feel is more that the shift has caused more missed plays than made plays. And I can think of three maybe four specific instances where the shift cost us double plays, which is quadruple bad.
This post was edited on 5/15/26 at 7:08 am
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:07 am to JakeRStephenes
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Here's another nugget - this isn't the first year CJJ has employed the shift. So last year's success was an outlier?
I’d love to know the stat of how often he’s applied the shift in certain situations compared to last year.
It seems like Jay has tried to do more from the dugout this year compared to others. I have a feeling that’s due to lack of confidence in his defense and pitching staff.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 7:13 am to JakeRStephenes
The shift only works with better percentages when you have a pitcher who has elite control. We do not have a pitcher with that control on the staff that you can count on to throw 75% of their pitches to the spot that is called.
Skenes and Anderson had that control. These are the only pitchers over the last few years that you could gain outs by using the shift.
Eyanson had good numbers but his “elite stuff” got hitters out, not “elite control”. And I think the world of Eyanson. He will be in the bigs for a long career.
Point is, Jay is trying to overcomplicate the game. He’s a good coach but I wish he wouldn’t get so analytical in the X’s and O’s of in-game coaching.
Skenes and Anderson had that control. These are the only pitchers over the last few years that you could gain outs by using the shift.
Eyanson had good numbers but his “elite stuff” got hitters out, not “elite control”. And I think the world of Eyanson. He will be in the bigs for a long career.
Point is, Jay is trying to overcomplicate the game. He’s a good coach but I wish he wouldn’t get so analytical in the X’s and O’s of in-game coaching.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 9:24 am to Meauxjeaux
Go back and see how many times the shift works or doesn't work and let us know the percentages. It's easy to remember when it doesn't work.
Posted on 5/15/26 at 12:59 pm to BHS78
It's easy to remember when it works too... I'm certain the analytics dudes have that info.
My gut tells me it's hurt a lot more than helped this year... especially with things like not a true 2B guy.. so you have Ruckert or Darder working the right side when they have always (in Ruckerts case) and mostly (in Dardar's case) worked the left side... then you put them in a shift and try to make double plays with funky angles or long trips to 2B.
And then there's the plays where you're in the shite but it would have been a routine play anyway.. such as the one the other day where Ruckert was 30 feet in the outfield on a ball hit right to him that he would have scooped right to him if he had been on the dirt... so how do you 'score' that play?
My gut tells me it's hurt a lot more than helped this year... especially with things like not a true 2B guy.. so you have Ruckert or Darder working the right side when they have always (in Ruckerts case) and mostly (in Dardar's case) worked the left side... then you put them in a shift and try to make double plays with funky angles or long trips to 2B.
And then there's the plays where you're in the shite but it would have been a routine play anyway.. such as the one the other day where Ruckert was 30 feet in the outfield on a ball hit right to him that he would have scooped right to him if he had been on the dirt... so how do you 'score' that play?
Posted on 5/15/26 at 5:47 pm to Meauxjeaux
Shift only works if pitchers hit their spots. Play a guy to pull side and you throw the ball away and the result is not good.
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