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AvatarDan Szymborski
10:17
Well, at least they don't have to worry about saving their bullpen
BettsBellingerCaruso
10:18
Rays w/ the 5D chess move to get Kershaw off his game by giving up a bunch of runs and making him rest too much this inning
Kershaw's FB velo dropped to 90.6 last inning when his game avg was 91.6.

Not the worst idea to pull him tbh
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:18
Wood's on the roster, no? I'd just leave him out there the rest of the game
5 Run Homer
10:18
This has been a looooooooooooooooooong inning
Ben Clemens
10:19
I left, literally spent 15 minutes out of the apartment, came back, and still have seen half of the runs scored in this inning
Benny and the Mets
10:19
This offense is really as good as its built up to be.
Ben Clemens
10:19
And I left after the inning started!
Now Smoltz is coming out in favor of walks!
He's dangerously close to accidentally agreeing with sabermetrics
10:20
aaaaand 'they hit with runners in scoring position'
sharp right turn to curmudgeonliness
Shattenjager
10:20
Walks for hitters or for pitchers?
Ben Clemens
10:20
haha, hitters
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:20
Oh, I also have a specific GIF for Kershaw back problems.
Wire Fan
10:20
Smoltz realizes the Dodgers advanced because of HRs?
Ben Clemens
10:21
Oh certainly not
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:21
Ben Clemens
10:21
The won b/c they hit with runners in scoring position
Shattenjager
10:21
(I'm listening to Diablo Swing Orchestra instead of Smoltz. I think my call is correct.)
CJ
10:21
My wife has been like 'why is Glasnow still pitching?' for half an hour
5 Run Homer
10:21
Listen it’s not crazy that he’d say walls are good for pitchers
Ben Clemens
10:21
He has talked about the whole "I'd rather give up a leadoff homer than a leadoff walk" thing before
10:22
But that was in the ninth, where it's not as preposterous (though still preposterous!)
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:22
As Mitch Hedberg said, no matter how good you are at tennis, you'll never be as good as a wall.
Eel Ffilc
10:22
Of course you have a WWE GIF haha
Clemente's Ghost
10:22
That leadoff HR > leadoff walk thing was extremely tedious.  He also claimed that a postseason walk was worse than a regular season walk.
Ben Clemens
10:22
I didn't hear that one, but do tell
Dodger Fan
10:23
Isn't anything bad in the postseason inherently worse because of the leverage? Hate to say it, but I agree with Smoltz there.
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:24
I have way worse things than WWE Gifs
Ben Clemens
10:24
Haha in that sense I suppose it's true. Presumably he's talking about relative badness though
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:24
Like Mike Troump.
Fangraph’s Lurker
10:24
I think the winner will be whoever scores the most runs
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:24
HEY MCCARVER
Walks are bad
10:24
I think Johan Hedberg said something similar about his profession. Maybe they are related.
Clemente's Ghost
10:24
Oh it wasn't simply about the higher leverage.  The logic seemed to be that a postseason walk is worse because of the amount of tension and pitching with runners on base ups the tension even more so postseason walks are disproportionately worse for the outcome relative to regular season walks?  Like, the expected runs scored of a leadoff walk in the postseason would somehow be higher than the same leadoff walk in the regular season.
Derek
10:24
Turner has become Matt Chapman on defense
AvatarDan Szymborski
10:24
Turner was always a good defender
Ben Clemens
10:25
Haha yeah.....
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