Gotta be an all time avg of .100 shot almost NEVER and I mean Never works out. I often find myself watching a game and before the AB starts I’m like “Don’t swing at the first pitch” Often times they do and it’s just a soft grounder or a fly out.
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“I'm not going to take a first-pitch fastball now to get a guy's pitch count up when I will get behind 0-1. That might be the only fastball that I see in that at-bat.”
Couldn't agree more. If you are looking first pitch fastball and he throws it, bombs away!!!Comment -
That’s a good article. Some guys have no business swinging at the first pitch. Molina is obviously an exception. Guy has been around forever and is a catcher. Keep in mind this data comes from the same school of data that said to pull Blake Snell in the World Series.Comment -
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My boy Kvb got banned? That’s Fukkin bullshit!!!Comment -
KVB got banned? I told you that fuxcker was trying to be me. But seriously, what could he be banned for? He’s a total dick I think but he doesn’t do anything worth a ban.Comment -
It’s kind of creepy how much I have been agreeing with vitterd as of late, what could KVB of gotten banned for? Even vitt admits he didn’t care for the guy and didn’t feel he did anything worthy of being banned.Comment -
KVB was caught on camera trying to tickle JJGold's raisinets with a peacock feather while Goldy was passed out poolside in a lawn chair at the rehab clinic.Comment -
I’ve long been driven crazy about bans here. I don’t think there should be bans unless it’s something completely outrageous. I get banned for stuff that is completely insane and not even close to ban worthy. If posters were banned for what I was banned for, there would not be one poster here besides that Illini jesus freak guy.
KVB bugs me to no end but he doesn’t do anything worth a ban. It can be as easy as annoying a mod and boom, banned.Comment -
Hitters 0-3 swinging at first pitch this game. Must just be the games I watch.Comment -
KVB is not bannedComment -
Hitters now 0-4 on first pitch. I get the “best pitch you are gonna see” logic, but not with Mike Minor on the mound. There is a time and a place. I feel first time through the order nobody should ever swing at the first pitch. Guy on 2nd in a 2 run game, gotta make him throw a few pitches. Especially since KC bullpen nothing to write home about.Comment -
0-5 now.Comment -
1-6 now. That one hit made sense though cuz you had a guy coming out of the bullpen you were only going to see one time who obviously was coming in to throw strikes and get out of the inning as soon as possible.Comment -
In fact, the league hit .343/.355/.597 on the first pitch in 2020
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/66153/rubbing-mud-first-pitch-swingers-receive-major-advantage/Comment -
I read the article Laker posted. Said basically the same thing. They need to break it down more. What is the avg. on first pitch swings from starting pitchers vs relievers/closers? I’ve been bitching about it for years. When I have an under I always want the swing at first pitches. Plus, I don’t know if I even believe that stat. There is a time and a place. When your Catcher works a 7-8 pitch walk in the first inning with two outs in late August and has to have heavy legs and your a struggling Andrew Benintendi, you don’t just flail at the first pitch and immediately end the inning.Comment -
1-7 now. Not that I care cuz I already got my over. Jus sayin.Comment -
fake newsOriginally posted by romecloneoutComment -
We unbanned him
He tried to tell lay tough guy with meComment -
He was threatening guys
Thinks he is mafiaComment -
Wow!!Comment
