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CamdenWarehouse
8:11
You and Dan are going to be in the same chat?!
Carson Cistulli
8:11
That they distort our concept of the "wild," Morty.
Shirtless George Brett
8:11
Its still a bit shocking Colorado did not trade for someone like Smoak at the deadline.
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:11
I am not shocked.
Carson Cistulli
8:11
Craig Edwards wrote a good piece about Lester earlier today: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-jon-lester-has-left/.
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:12
Relevant plug!
Carson Cistulli
8:12
What he found is that Lester's likely to have more success by nibbling.
Or, I *think* that's what he concluded.
Jason, Ben, Eddie
8:13
Mike Petriello seems to at once be a gifted orator and a definite robot, and my senses don't quite know how to process this fact
Walking Stephen Piscotty
8:13
Lester's just going to spend the whole game giving up baserunners and stranding them I bet
Carson Cistulli
8:14
Petriello is giving me the precise information I'd like to have but which I lack the energy to find.
Mike
8:14
Inject this broadcast directly into my veins
CamdenWarehouse
8:14
New game plan tonight for Lester: walk then pickoff everyone
Sadman
8:15
bad idea to bunt here?
Craig Edwards
8:15
I don't think he was actually trying to bunt.
Carson Cistulli
8:15
Surprised he just took 3-1, though.
8:16
But he also makes a lot of contact.
Um, like that.
He hit the shit out of that.
113 mph.
Craig Edwards
8:16
Lester going to the middle of zone isn't a great sign. He's gone more inside to righties of late, but needs to get more inside.
8:17
It appears the fix is in.
8:18
that pitch to Arenado was a better example of getting far enough in so he couldn't do damage.
Carson Cistulli
8:18
LeMahieu didn't hit a ball above 110 mph this year.
druidiful
8:18
Ian Desmond has a 43% hard hit rate! If only those weren't all straight into the ground.
Carson Cistulli
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:18
All teams should have a carnivorous plant that eats baseballs on the field somewhere.
Craig Edwards
8:18
Both Lester and Freeland would be happy if that strike one to Story keeps getting called.
AvatarDan Szymborski
8:19
Fenway would look great with that kite-eating tree from Peanuts.
Carson Cistulli
8:20
Not sure that was actually a cambio by Lester to Story, but I guess it had a changeup effect?
8:21
Nice rebound for Lester. His performance *already* on slow stuff is way better than fastballs.
Walking Stephen Piscotty
8:21
Pretty good job by Lester to only give up 1 run that inning I'd say
AJ
8:22
Talk about settling back down...
skyline
8:22
why is kyle freeland good?  i dont understand, where is the smoking gun in his stats?
Carson Cistulli
8:22
He's limited hard contact. He's up with Kyle Hendricks and those.
Ryan
8:23
I mean, getting Story to strike out on what should've been a 2-0 count helped. (Partisanship.)
Shirtless George Brett
8:23
Getting two balls called strikes helped.....
Hank
8:23
Easier to settle down when the ump turns a 2-0 count into an 0-2 count.
Carson Cistulli
8:24
Petriello et al are doing a good job of illustrating how hard-hit rate doesn't correlate perfectly with run-scoring!
Denji
8:24
I'm imagining Petriello in front of six monitors spitting out raw statcast data that he reads like the Matrix
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