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Tommy
3:27
I wouldnt bring in Price today. They need to bullpen the Sunday game. Like I am kinda hoping the Astros score 6 more runs this inning so it becomes possible.
Dave Cameron
3:27
Yeah, down 3 here, I wouldn't be rushing Price in
If it gets to the 5th-6th and you're still close, okay.
But this could get ugly.
The Hamburglar
3:29
Astros lineup sort of drops off after those first 4. They have solid offensive players, it just goes from great to average pretty quickly.
Dave Cameron
3:30
Prepare to face the wrath of Houston fans who think they have nine great hitters.
TJ
3:30
Good strategy to nibble around the strike zone. Down a game and 3 runs you don't want to risk throwing strikes
Neutral Mets Fan
3:30
Smith's looked shaky coming out of the gates. Seems like Price is coming in soon.
Tommy
3:30
It's really weird that Angel won't give the Sox those corners.
The Hamburglar
3:30
That 3-0 pitch looked like a strike.
ChatzMcGee
3:30
Smith walking the first two batters he's faced is... less than ideal.
Show Hey O'Tawny
3:30
Oh boy
Nacho-flavored Pop-Tarts
3:32
This is your series right here. Astros could put it away
ohioastrosfan
3:32
Couple of runs here and it's pretty much over
Show Hey O'Tawny
3:32
Oh THAT’S why they started Marrero
Jon
3:32
Are these commentators really arguing that a pitch outside the strike zone should be called a strike just because it's a 3-0 count?
Dave Cameron
3:32
Every umpire expands his zone 3-0.
3:33
It's part of baseball.
Show Hey O'Tawny
3:33
Is going to Price here smart? It feels panicky
Dave Cameron
3:33
I'd probably have let Smith try to get out of it
Matt
3:34
Re 3-0 autostrike- just because they all do it doesn't make it right.
Dave Cameron
3:34
As long as we have human umpires, the reasonable expectation is that the zone gets bigger 3-0.
Guest
3:35
Hold on...so you let Carson Smith face LHH Reddick, who hits a missile that could've scored 2, maybe 3,  and then you bring in Price for all the RHBs coming up!?!?!?
AP
3:35
So, let Smith pitch to the lefty Reddick, and then bring in Price to face the righty Gurriel.  Interesting strategy.
Dave Cameron
3:35
Farrell got burned this inning by reacting too slowly.
Smith should have been up at the start of the inning.
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:36
OK, beer, have I.
Daniel
3:36
Gurriel was quite a bit better against righties
Dave Cameron
3:36
Reverse platoon splits aren't real.
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:36
At least until it happens for a crazy long period
Dave Cameron
3:36
Which it almost never does.
Ben Kaspick
3:37
Angel Hernandez seems to like the up-and-in pitch to righties
ChatzMcGee
3:37
Weird strikezone is weird.
AvatarDan Szymborski
3:37
Actual platoon splits don't predict as well as generic platoon splits until around 3500 PA
AdamZ
3:37
Angel calling the lefty strike on righties.
Mac
3:38
"Almost never does" Is there an actual example of a reverse split?
Dave Cameron
3:38
Ichiro, I think
The Hamburglar
3:39
What a huge missed opportunity for the Astros.
Show Hey O'Tawny
3:40
Is Justin Turner’s reverse split real?
Dave Cameron
3:40
No
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