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Ben Clemens
8:57
Yes. Wander Suero is his replacement.
5 Ben Homer
8:57
Oh hey
Ben Joe-Don
8:57
What's up?
Ben Clemens
8:57
Sounds like we need more Ben-only chats. I'm liking these nicknames.
Obi-Wan Benobi
8:58
Hello there
Ben Clemens
8:58
This one seems would have worked without the change...
Ben-d it like ben-ckham
8:59
This is getting out of hand
Anonymous
8:59
PSA for skeptics: The reason people are making a big deal about the ball is not because of a grouchy idea of what baseball "should" look like, but because MLB's lack of transparency is devastating for fan confidence. (They could selectively use juice/no-juice to help certain teams win VERY easily.)
Ben Clemens
8:59
Yeah, I think there are two arguments. One is the grouchy one, and plenty of people made that one. The argument that the lack of transparency bad just has to be true, and they're doing themselves no favors with these statements that beggar belief.
Lunar verLander
9:00
re. Anonymous' comment: I agree. I think Verlander even said as much; wouldn't mind if they livened or deadened the ball, so long as they were up front about it.
Byron Buxton
9:02
Loving all these bunt attempts to beat the shift!
Ben Clemens
9:02
It's entirely possible that the best bunter for hits in baseball is in this series.
Kolten Wong
And he hasn't laid down either of the two bunts that have happened. As a big fan of bunting for a hit, I'm into it.
Derek I mean Ben
9:03
Juan Soto should be banned from bunting
Ben Clemens
9:03
Juan Soto bunting with the platoon advantage against a guy without strikeout stuff is... optimistic.
Ben Kaspick
9:03
I'd like to see him take his chances and swing the bat.
9:04
I just can't imagine having a .400 OBP and .550 slugging and deciding I should bunt
Adam2
9:04
Wouldn't that be pessimistic of him?
Ben Clemens
9:05
Yeah I guess he's either optimistic about his bunting prowess or wildly pessimistic about his own talent.
Anonymous
9:05
remember when Trea Turner bunted?
Ben Clemens
9:05
Given his issues with hand injuries, I totally get it.
Ben Kaspick
9:05
Feels like the chances of laying down a successful bunt for a hit is not much better than 40% anyway. The only difference is that a bunt leads to a .100 SLG at best.
Ben Clemens
9:05
The Nats still have two of the most prolific, though not best, bunters in baseball in Eaton and Robles.
Matt
9:06
At a 40% success rate, wouldn't a bunt lead to a .400 slug?
Ben Kaspick
9:07
Yes
Ben Clemens
9:07
So the thing about bunting for a hit is, there are two types.
There's the kind where they shift and you just take a base.
And there's the kind where you find a spot where a failure still does something good for you.
Runner advancement of some type.
9:08
Like, not with two outs, for example
Dystopian Future
9:08
Why is everybody bunting, what's going on?
Matt
9:09
I think the guys who were supposed to be telling the grounds crew to set up the bunting might have accidentally talked to the wrong audience.
Anonymous
9:10
what's the FanGraphs article-version of laying down a bunt?
Ben Clemens
9:10
I wrote an article about how Ji-Man Choi is fun to watch earlier this week.
Limited upside, limited downside.
Jason
9:10
Any article about homerun records this season would be a bunt.
Ben Clemens
9:10
Acceptable as well.
9:11
Michael A. Taylor is actually a guy who should probably bunt more. Just, like, maybe not there? With a runner on first and two outs just go try to hit a dinger!
9:12
These announcers are talking about how difficult it is to hit Anibal Sanchez.
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