re: Clayton Kershaws Average Outing in the Playoffs

As dominating as Kershaw has been in the regular season, the sample size argument holds no water. Why the frick does he need this crutch???

Dude has gone SEASONS with out blowing up like he has in the playoffs. His great starts don’t mean anything with all the bad ones. He feels the pressure & it shows regularly. We really don’t have to have this discussion every year. It’s the same stuff. He keeps going out there & not performing like he does every regular season start.

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you are still going with the pressure argument?

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You’re still going to argue the stakes don’t get too him?

That should be your question

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Tell me how the pressure would feel with a NLCS series tied 2-2 and you are making possibly your last start as a dodger?

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You really want to start citing games? Lol

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Also let me hear you of all people now downplay a 1.097 WHIP and his k/9 and BB/9 ratio in the postseason

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Explain to me the point you are trying to make here

I am making the point a guy “feeling the pressure” wouldn’t have great starts in over 50% of his outings man..... It would be consistently bad. And you know that. You don’t just feel the pressure 1 out of 2 times randomly

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You don’t just feel the pressure 1 out of 2 times randomly

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Baseball is so situational dude. I would expect him to feel no pressure at the start of a game.

But you know when you can start to feel it?? It’s a close game, and you nibble a little too much. You walk a guy, he maybe steals a base. Maybe you give up a bloop hit or 2. The crowd is getting into it. You’re facing a murderers row like the Astros or Cubs or Sox feature. JD Martinez or Correa or whoever is up. You feel that

Now, your team gives you a 4 run lead, and it’s on cruise control there. You don’t have to be as perfect. You’re playing in an NL Park and facing 8-hole & pitcher.

I mean it’s not all in a vacuum. The situation is not all the same as much as you want to think it is.

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a guy “feeling the pressure” wouldn’t have great starts in over 50% of his outings man..... It would be consistently bad. And you know that. You don’t just feel the pressure 1 out of 2 times randomly

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Lol you are just making shite up in a total 23 playoff starts he has had a >65 game score 9x

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To me, inconsistently doesn’t at all lead to a mental trend on pressure

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He's a top 5 pitcher of all time. I think you lose sight of this.


This isn't Alex Wood or even a guy with skins on the wall like David Price. His regular seasons have been so utterly dominant. It's not random or simply inconsistency when you are that bad over such a large sample size.

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Its not even a full season


MASSIVE

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Dude, he'll be in the top 6 all time post season IP by the end of this World Series.

He is the greatest pitcher of our generation. He shouldn't need more than 23 starts for his numbers to start "evening out".


shite, look at his 2016 season where he threw 149IP.

Now go compare that this his postseason career.

what exactly are you considering an advanced metric here? WHIP and K/9?

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Gotta love when a guy comes in and brings in a single stat to try and boom someone for baseball


How many sub 1.0 WHIP starts?

How many games with K ratio greater than 9? How many games with a B.B. ratio less than2 etc etc

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Forget stats just tell me the 11/12 great starts? Because I can only find maybe 6 great ones and 3 good/solid ones

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its like the playoffs are totally a crapshoot

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Nah brah. Killer instinct