SECT Mizzou Game Thread
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We're sleep walking thus far. Better get our *** in gear because they've got nothing to lose.
Yea, if we get good pitching the bats don't do much. Just the way we play.
At this point is the home plate ump superfluous to the operation?
ABS should call all balls and strikes. An ump in the field holds new baseballs. Once every 5 games when there is a close play at the plate just review it... you're going to anyway.
ABS should call all balls and strikes. An ump in the field holds new baseballs. Once every 5 games when there is a close play at the plate just review it... you're going to anyway.
Yea, really only needed to make safe/out calls at home plate.
Still need him for balks, catcher interference, swinging strike calls, etc. Plus time-wise for every pitch with the ABS would slow the game down.
The hope is that umps across the board will get better because they can be challenged. This also helps everyone know the zone and it stays more consistent.
And why bunting is overrated. Even if executed perfectly it's debatable. And so often it's completely 17ed up. One bunting stat that never show up is how many times a batter gets to 2 strikes on a bunt attempt, then swings away and makes an out failing to advance the runner(s). Doesn't go down as a failed bunt attempt, but it's a failed bunt attempt.
Disagree. It's a useful tool that should have a very high success rate. And how many times have we seen a failed bunt defense attempt that results in a sacrifice going for a hit. Bunting is not hard. We should be able to drop a sacrifice bunt at will.
Haven't statistical studies been done that show sacrifice bunting actually decreases your chances of scoring because you're giving up an out just to move a baserunner over? So you're giving up 33% of your outs for an inning to move a base runner up 90 feet. Basically if you sacrifice bunt, you're playing to score just one run, which can be useful if it's the bottom of the ninth in a tie game or something, but in the 5th? Suspect.
You say that. But even at the MLB level, 35-40% of bunt attempts fail. With such a low success rate, and marginal if any increase in expected runs even if successful, bunting it the dumbest play in baseball.
From Boydsworld. A successful bunt with runners on 1st & 2nd with no outs decreases your expected runs from 1.87 to 1.28.
0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
ER | R% | ER | R% | ER | R% | |
| Empty | 0.73 | 34.6% | 0.39 | 21.0% | 0.15 | 8.9% |
| 1st | 1.25 | 52.4% | 0.70 | 33.3% | 0.27 | 14.8% |
| 2nd | 1.53 | 69.5% | 0.88 | 46.8% | 0.38 | 23.7% |
| 3rd | 1.75 | 85.1% | 1.14 | 67.3% | 0.42 | 27.5% |
| 1st and 2nd | 1.87 | 70.3% | 1.10 | 47.4% | 0.48 | 23.9% |
| 1st and 3rd | 2.13 | 85.9% | 1.28 | 61.0% | 0.52 | 27.3% |
| 2nd and 3rd | 2.33 | 85.9% | 1.48 | 68.0% | 0.60 | 29.4% |
| Loaded | 2.54 | 84.6% | 1.61 | 63.7% | 0.73 | 32.0% |
Wasted a chance for a big inning there.
That may have been our worst bat of the year. The inability to, bunt in critical situations is gonna hurt eventually.
This is the level if pettiness i want
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When you say fail, do you mean fail to move runners or fail to get on base? Or fail to do either?
Fail to move the runners. You're going to fail to get on base pretty much every time. It's why it's called a sacrifice.
At this point I just want TV to get out of this game with nothing broken...
Weve been sleep walking for half the season.
Still need him for catcher interference. Batter interference, HBP. Foul tip on strike 3. Fouls at the plate off the batter. Plus a few more. Plenty for him to do besides call balls and strikes