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Ben Clemens
11:12
"Webb gets both lefties and righties out."
Is an interesting take.
11:13
For a guy who, again, is WAY better against lefties than he is against righties.
.316 wOBA against righties, .267 against lefties.
11:14
That is, you guessed it, much larger than the major league average platoon split for left-handed pitchers.
Adam2
11:14
"He gets both lefties and righties out, but at different rates"
Derek
11:14
Well, he *does* get righties out... Just not as often!
Ben Clemens
11:14
I just don't like when they're intentionally misleading like that.
11:15
It's less true for Webb and Soto than it is for most players in baseball.
If you're going to say that, why not say it for *every* baseball player.
Fangraph's Lurker
11:15
I haven't given up my campaign for robo announcers
Ben Clemens
11:16
It's funny, there is a pitcher who will pitch in this NLCS who really does have almost no platoon split
(Daniel Hudson)
Ben Kaspick
11:16
Hopefully the Statcast broadcast becomes more of a thing.
Adam2
11:17
OF COURSE he Ks the righty then gives up a hit to the lefty
Matthew
11:17
Soto hits lefties!
Ben Clemens
11:18
Yo-Yo
11:19
Do you think Rendon has a chance to hit in Busch Stadium 70-80 times next year?
Ben Clemens
11:19
I don't think so, to be honest. That's just not a very Cardinals thing to do.
They're re-signers, not free agent acquirers.
Derek
11:20
This is why certain people have so much trouble embracing sabermetrics... Like, obviously Ben is right about all of this, but there are just so many scenarios like these to cherry pick and use as evidence against "stats"!
Ben Clemens
11:20
Indeed. It's the curse of availability heuristic. Like, over the course of the season, Soto hit righties something like 18% better than lefties.
11:21
But in a single at-bat that's like, what, an extra few percent chance of some good outcomes?
Adam2
11:21
"Mercurial" is not an adjective you want used to describe your closer
Ben Clemens
11:21
Unless they are using it wrong and mean fast.
Derek
11:21
What. IBB to Kendrick with 2 outs!??
Ben Kaspick
11:21
Yeah—huh??
Ben Clemens
11:22
How bad is this intentional walk? I'd argue not so bad!
If Kendrick scores the Cardinals aren't winning.
Ben Kaspick
11:23
But Kendrick vs. Zimmerman?
Is there that much of a difference?
Ben Clemens
11:23
1-0 vs. 0-0 though.
I mean, I probably would have thrown a few sliders to see if he'd swing.
Dystopian Future
11:23
Seriously though Kendrick is far superior to Zimmerman.
Ben Clemens
11:23
Depending on what you mean by far, I agree.
I think this walk might actually increase the Cardinals' chances of winning, which is not something I say about many intentional walks.
Guest
11:23
Why not just intentionally walk the bases loaded to get to no-bat Taylor then
Ben Clemens
11:24
Well it had been 0 pitches since a wild pitch.
So that probably doesn't feel great.
Cube Jockey
11:24
I don’t think you want Martinez throwing chase sliders.  They’ll end up at the backstop.
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