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Fox's overhead cam has caught at least 3 Kluber pitches being called strikes when they never touch the plate, and they're only showing that on decisive pitches of an at bat. -
who do I have to bribe to cut Smoltz's mic
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Smoltz I have tolerated you for 6 games but you need to be done speaking, go home
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LOL at the crowd jumping for the 2 seamer that never comes 5 inches from the plate
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Lester so furious he'll probably forget his yips and try to pick off Santana
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you had an entire break without commercials and you planned on interviewing the Indians pitching coach during game action
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Bryant swinging at sliders biting out of the zone after being rung up on a pitch 4 inches outside is not an accident. Also a fraction of the 2 seamers to lefties are actually getting back to the zone, I'd like to invite Larry Vanover to retire at his earliest convenience.
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three at bats materially changed by blown calls, all of them against the Cubs get it together Vanover
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lol Fox's overhead camera just showed off how garbage their pitch trax is
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lol at the static images used for Schwarber and Coghlan
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Something is going on in that region, that's for sure.
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It's on regular Fox, Fox Deportes, and FoxSportsGo Are any of those on Sling Basic? They are not. If you don't have a cable login, you'd need to use an antenna to pull in Fox, or go somewhere that would be carrying the game.
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What a lazy, lazy article. Coghlan v. RHP in 2014: .362 wOBA in 296 PA Coghlan v. RHP in 2015: .355 wOBA in 397 PA Coghlan v. RHP in 2016 to his DL stint: .240 wOBA in 195 PA Coghlan v. RHP in 2016 post DL stint: .370 wOBA in 51 PA What's the indefensible short sample we're reacting to now?
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I also think that he might be saving Contreras in case Schwarber comes up to face Miller. Given his rust and his numbers against lefties last year, it might make sense to PH for Contreras (or Soler). But of course if you PH the DH spot, you lose the DH spot for the game and need to PH there the rest of the game or hit with the pitcher. Hence having 2 quality bats off the bench in Willy and Georgie. You only lose the DH if the DH takes a defensive position, you can pinch hit for the DH as much as you want without the pitcher having to hit. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp
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I probably would've started Contreras(neither Kluber or Contreras had much of a platoon split this year), but Coghlan being in the lineup is fine. Not sure why Coghlan is in RF though, I guess they anticipate more balls to LF with the righties facing Lester. Or just more familiarity for Zobrist since he hasn't been in the OF a ton.
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and Bryant in RF? If they haven't deviated from Bryant at 3B and Javy at 2B for Lester's starts yet I don't think they'll start now, but certainly not impossible.
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[tweet] [/tweet] I'd put pretty good odds on that surprise being Contreras in LF.
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So Kipnis is going to try to play on this: (not Bauer-gory, but spoilered to be safe) EDIT: It appears she deleted the tweet, but Kipnis' ankle is so swollen it looks like someone stuffed a baseball in it.
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It will stream on FoxSportsGo. You do still need a cable login though.
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Also, and it's hard to believe this needs to be spelled out, exit velocity is a measurement of how hard the ball is hit, which can proxy to how well Schwarber is timing pitches in the AFL. If he had gone 2 for 3 with a broken bat single and a bloop double, that'd be less positive than his actual result of a hard hit groundout and a double down the line. Or in other words, exit velocity is simply putting a finer point on the eyewitness accounts talking about Schwarber grounding out sharply, or smoking a double to RF.
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I believe Marmol was in that class. IIRC his slider was the most unhittable pitch in baseball. It's just that good sliders break arms. Peak Marmol was close, he had a 2.55 ERA and 2.01 FIP in 2010, and even in that peak year he walked 6 guys per 9. He wasn't close to that performance with any consistency though, if he had done that for 3+ years then sure, but that's not what happened unfortunately.
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I don't trust those AFL exit velocity readings, they said Eloy put one at 119 but that 5 others from the same game were 110+. Even with a hot gun on statcast though, he has to strike the ball well to get that reading.
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=schwaky01&year=Career&t=b#lineu Over 80% of his plate appearances at the MLB level have come at #2.
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Also, the roster spot Schwarber would be taking got 1 plate appearance in the NLDS and 0 IP in the NLCS. The opportunity cost is very, very small.
