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Ben Clemens
8:44
I didn't realize how little margin for error d'Arnaud had even after two perfect throws.
Meg Rowley
8:45
just.. wow
jiman_choi_fan
8:45
I don't think Anderson always stands that close to first on the rubber, does he
Ben Clemens
8:46
Not always but often:
Nowwwwww we're on the Ben Clemens beat, things that Nick Anderson does.
8:47
The Rays are all over this far-left positioning thing
jiman_choi_fan
8:47
Muncy's a lefty though, and Gurriel's a righty which is why it was weird to me. You'd want to be on the third base side for right on right, wouldn't you?
Ben Clemens
8:47
Fair, but here's another:
I wonder if this is a Jeff thing, to be honest.
Also, note that sweet sweet camera angle.
8:48
Okay just watched some Marlins-era Nick Anderson, and no, he does it a lot.
Not a new thing on the Rays.
Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
8:49
Can we see counterfactual win probabilities for if Altuve was safe there?
Ben Clemens
8:49
Let me run it for you really quickly.
8:50
So in a neutral scenario, 17.7% out vs. 29.8% safe
5 Run Homer
8:50
Adames having a fun inning
Ben Clemens
8:51
Home runs are reasonably fun. But that throw was enough fun for the whole game for me.
Stuafoo
8:54
How about the percentage for both the Astros and Dodgers getting knocked out in the division round?
Meg Rowley
8:54
that throw was way more fun to me
Ben Clemens
8:54
14.5% lazily
Meg Rowley
8:54
because we see so many home runs
Ben Clemens
8:54
Using our odds at the beginning of the postseason
But again, we had the Dodgers as a coinflip
So
psweeting
8:55
This is the most positively I've ever heard the Trop talked about in a baseball context
Meg Rowley
8:55
the crowd sounds amazing
Ben Clemens
8:55
The Nationals are just preposterously overqualified as a Wild Card team, particularly the way their playoff roster works.
Wire Fan
8:55
Josh James is working on a complete game in the bullpen
Ben Clemens
8:55
Yeah that seems... bad
8:56
Verlander just very smoothly bounced the ball off the ground and back to himself I'm pretty sure.
Before handing it to Hinch.
Stuafoo
8:56
How about that Verlander skill of bouncing the baseball off the rubber like a basketball!
Ben Clemens
8:56
I know right??
Dystopian Future
8:57
Verlander's final line: 3.2IP 7H 4R 3BB 5K 2HR and he's responsible for Choi on first.
Ben Clemens
8:58
Is anyone ever really responsible for anyone else?
We all have free will.
But yeah, that
Isn't a start he'll frame the box score from.
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