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kevinthecomic
10:21
Pulled the string
Ben Clemens
10:21
Yeah, and just imagine, Soto had the platoon advantage
Remember, he hits lefties!
In all seriousness, one of Soto's few weaknesses, and it's even something he's already adapting to, is in-zone spin.
Ben Kaspick
10:22
"He hits lefties better!"
Derek
10:22
Ooh snarky Ben
Ben Clemens
10:22
They came halfway to a realization when they said "He just hits everyone well!"
Ben Kaspick
10:22
Never mind the fact that his slugging is 100+ points higher...
Ben Clemens
10:22
It's just baffling to me, like Juan Soto has big platoon splits!!!
Ben Kaspick
10:22
vs. righties
Derek
10:23
Snarky Bens*
Ben Clemens
10:23
This year, this freaking year, he hit .285/.371/.478 against lefties and .281/.416/.584 against righties
That's a 39-point gap in wRC+
10:24
In Play, Howie Kendrick(s)
10:25
Interesting subplot: how many pitches will the announcers label as cutters without bothering to check whether the pitcher throws a cutter?
Dystopian Future
10:26
I think the bad Busch camera angle plays into that quite a bit.
Ben Clemens
10:26
It's truly the worst.
Dystopian Future
10:26
But Ben, they showed Soto's hit off of Hader on ESPN. And they showed his homer on Kershaw on ESPN. I'm pretty sure those are the only two hits he's ever gotten in his career.
5 Run Homer
10:26
“Cutter” is just the miscellaneous pitch bin to announcers
Ben Clemens
10:26
Yeah. They called that one a "short cutter"
Aka, I want to say cutter, but I've already used it too much.
Albert
10:27
What happened to the Cardinals bullpen after it was so good during most of the season? It seems like Schildt doesn't have much trust (not saying it's misplaced)
Ben Clemens
10:27
So you're asking the wrong person, because I'm going to tell you it's small sample size and to ignore it. But uh, it's small sample size and I think Shildt should ignore it.
10:28
In September, the Cardinals bullpen had a 3.38 ERA and 4.18 FIP.
10:29
And that was with John Gant walking a wait-are-we-sure-this-is-right 28.6% of the batters he faced.
Dystopian Future
10:29
Sometimes I wonder if this has to do with some soft factors. Like, if someone has a bad back or some blisters, Schildt might be more hesitant to bring him in.
Ben Clemens
10:30
This is a fair reason to worry about things, but that doesn't really seem to be Shildt's issue. He's not staying away from a particular guy, he's staying away from everyone.
Good god this inning.
Anthony Rendon's body posture there matches how I feel.
Like, can we just get a move on?
Ben Kaspick
10:30
Looking forward to the three-batter minimum
Derek
10:31
I feel like my "zipping along" comment may have jinxed things... And I apologize to all.
Ben Clemens
10:31
Stupid Derek.
Ben Kaspick
10:31
And I would be in favor of no mound visits.
Ben Clemens
10:31
No mound visits pleaaaaaase.
Ben Kaspick
10:31
It would do wonders IMO
Ben Clemens
10:31
The worst offender on mound visits is still Willson Contreras I think, but Molina is a close second.
10:32
The 2015 Cards/Cubs NLDS is about as tired of mound visits as I've ever been.
Matt
10:32
Gary Sanchez is up there
Ben Clemens
10:32
Yeah, he's bad too.
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