Ugh, painful yesterday - no outs, Davidson on 2B, Moncada on 1B. TA bunts it right to Maeda for a 1-5-3 DP. :tsk:
That's on Renteria. Dude is in love with bunting. It's maddening.
Ugh, painful yesterday - no outs, Davidson on 2B, Moncada on 1B. TA bunts it right to Maeda for a 1-5-3 DP. :tsk:
That's on Renteria. Dude is in love with bunting. It's maddening.
With a man on first base and no outs, an MLB team's probability of scoring at least one run in the inning in 2015 was 0.499, or roughly 50-50. Pushing that runner up to second in exchange for an out reduced those odds to 0.447, or just under 45 percent. So not only does the bunt reduce the number of runs the team could expect to score in that inning (from 0.84 to 0.65) but it reduces the team's odds of scoring any runs at all.
Don't recall where I heard it but going into today's game, Quintana was the last pitcher to win a game for the White Sox and Cubs.
It truly amazes me how many fans don't understand what the white sox are attempting to do right now. I know Cubs fans had this problem early on, and I'm sure Houston fans did the same. But the confusion from fans when the white sox "don't get any major league ready players" in return for Melky, and those upset at the major league roster after all of the trades, boggles my mind. ITS A REBUILD! The players on the team are trying to win every game they play. The front office is ok with a team that will struggle to win games for the rest of this year, and most of next.
Sorry, had to get that out. I need to stay out of comment sections after trades.
Anybody been watching lately? There's actually been a lot to like....
Big day Friday.
On paper it looks like Moncada is struggling with a .196 Batting average (I know this isn't the best indicator, but its the first thing you see) but he is having great at bats. He is controlling the zone well, you can see him tracking pitches well. I think he is going to break out here soon.
Agree with your analysis on Moncada. My son and I were discussing similar idea, how while a little boring, he IS willing to take a walk. Tuesday he was 1-2 with an RBI, but also a .750 OBP.
Agree on TA too. Yes, it was one game last night, and he was good at the plate, but I liked how he looked at the plate overall. You could tell he was doing a great job recognizing pitches last night. I think you can tell a lot about where a hitter is at on how he looks on the pitches he is taking. Timmy looked good doing that last night. Need more of that from him. Maybe he can learn a thing or two watching Moncadas approach.Yup, I find it highly encouraging that he has a .366 OBP (ahead of Avi and Abreu) with a .196 avg. Also, nice to see TA heating up with a 7 game hit streak, was starting to get a little worried about him.
Agree on TA too. Yes, it was one game last night, and he was good at the plate, but I liked how he looked at the plate overall. You could tell he was doing a great job recognizing pitches last night. I think you can tell a lot about where a hitter is at on how he looks on the pitches he is taking. Timmy looked good doing that last night. Need more of that from him. Maybe he can learn a thing or two watching Moncadas approach.
I had actually forgotten about this being an issue. Hopefully he's at peace and it translates on the field going forward (not to be callous or trivialize his situation).
I've been able to watch more the past week or so. On paper it looks like Moncada is struggling with a .196 Batting average (I know this isn't the best indicator, but its the first thing you see) but he is having great at bats. He is controlling the zone well, you can see him tracking pitches well. I think he is going to break out here soon.