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Post by Rey Kahuka on Nov 7, 2019 16:23:31 GMT
What's the logic behind the way pitchers are used today? Is it simply analytics or is it just a shift in basic philosophy? The way pitchers were used even in the 1990s for example was radically different than pre-WWII. Are the times a-changing organically or have the bean counters ruined yet another element of sports? In 2019 what pitcher would be allowed to pitch the “Jack Morris game?” Scherzer and Verlander and maybe Cole and that’s it? Three pitchers out of roughly 150 in the league. Every reliever now is a specialist. 7th inning lefties for one out. Such a waste of a roster space. As recently as the 2008 Phillies their average game went like this: starter for 7, Ryan Madson for the 8th, Lidge for the 9th. Sometimes throw JC Romero in there somewhere. That was it under ideal circumstances. Watch a 2018 Kapler game and it’s s complete joke. To me it’s the downside of analytics. I'd like to say there isn't an upside to analytics, but the Red Sox brass that have brought four titles the least 15 years after 86 years of nothing would tell me I'm wrong. I'm a basketball fan and I hate what analytics have done to that sport. Every 7'5" goon out of Ukraine is a volume three point shooter now because that's what 'the numbers' tell you to do. Take threes all night and whoever hits the most, wins. There's no mid-range game anymore. The better teams still move the ball well, but the end result is always to try to get a three. There's no value in a posting up at all. Shaq would be obsolete in today's NBA, how insane is that?
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