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Tony Wolfe
10:05
The tech used for OAA may have actually been what led the Reds to believe they could play him there
If you looked at where he graded best in 2019 with the Brewers, it was when he was shifted into the second base area
It wasn't an enormous sample, but certainly more encouraging than you would have expected
Derek
10:06
Is Moustakas an actual second baseman or just a shift-enabled second baseman?
Tony Wolfe
10:06
if they don't implement rules restricting the shift, does it matter?
sadtrombone
10:06
Who says you can't play Pujols at shortstop? It's a free country. Manager can do whatever he likes until he gets fired.
Ben Clemens
10:07
Sure, and when teams start playing guys who are 40 runs below average or whatever, then I take back my metric
staz
10:07
Gotta pull Framber here
Ben Clemens
10:07
Yeah
It's fun watching Framber pitch
But I'd probably try to get him here
I guess they can't, though!
Kevinthecomic
10:08
Smells like 1 batter too many
Ben Clemens
10:09
I'm curious what the thinking was in not having someone in the bullpen hot
AvatarDavid Laurila
10:09
This game is enjoyable,  but man, think how much better it would be with fans, and not in a neutral ballpark.
Ben Clemens
10:09
SO much better
Mike
10:10
I mean the other side of the coin is this game would have been played in Tampa Bay
bosoxforlife
10:10
Those hooks still had some bite.
Guest
10:11
Now going from Dodger Stadium to the Costco warehouse is a problem
Mike
10:11
The thing that bothers me about the neutral sites is that teams are often built to leverage their home parks and even if the visiting park goes against them, they get a largely neutral result over a series

if your team is built in a way that's advantageous or disadvantageous to your neutral site park, you're playing all the games in it and just losing out.
Lzfreak
10:11
Who is the worst fielder in mlb right now who doesn't generally DH?
Tony Wolfe
10:11
well it depends what range of time you care about
10:12
because the worst defender in baseball this year by DRS was....
Mike Trout
Sam
10:12
Sometimes I could get away with not noticing it in the regular season. But I really realized it on the back to back homers from Machado and Tatis in the WC, that would have been so much more fun with fans (still amazing though)
Ben Clemens
10:13
Yeah, totally agree
Guest
10:14
I hate the neutral park thing, but Petco is objectively better than Tropicana so *shurg*
AvatarDavid Laurila
10:14
Tropicana is probably my least favorite park, and Petco is on my short list of best parks, so you make a good point.
Also Ben
10:15
I love how well weird bullpen angles seem to work
Mike
10:17
This game and the NBA Finals game started at the exact same time.  The NBA game is over and this game is in the 7th inning.
Guest
10:17
Over the last 3 years, DRS really hates Devers and Bogaerts; UZR hates Castellanos and Bell.
AvatarDavid Laurila
10:17
Devers has been wildly inconsistent. Makes some really good plays, but is prone to careless errors. One would think he'll become more consistent as  ages. Time will tell.
Derek
10:18
Given Tampa's lineup today, it seems weird that Blake Taylor (a lefty) is apparently the next one up for the Astros, no?
Ben Clemens
10:18
Given that the entire TB bench is lefties, I don't really know what you're supposed to do instead
10:19
If they platoon Zunino with Perez, it's only Arozarena, Adames, and perhaps Margot as righty/righty matchups
10:20
And it's not like they're downgrading in hitter quality on many of those
They get Meadows, Choi, and Wendle
Derek
10:20
That's true, but at least bringing a righty in now might create a better opportunity later for Taylor, rather. Though I guess it's just a matter of do you want your righties to have platoon advantage or Taylor. So yeah, never mind. I guess Taylor here is fine!
Ben Clemens
10:20
Tampa is just really rough on pitchers with big platoon splits
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