SharoneWright wrote:Seasontickets wrote:Reviewing some of the comments by Rodriguez, I suspect that Minnesota's advantage on Gausman is strictly analytically driven.
The rule is simple DO NOT ever swing for any of Gausman's "low pitches" unless there is 2 strikes.
Cool. Here's my "analytics" instructions for Bo:
Never ever ever swing at a breaking ball 3 1/2 feet off the plate.
(You need to be able to recognize pitch location before making a decision. Credit to the Twins for recognizing balls... I'm not sure that's new analytics though... "Gausman throws a splitter... don't fall for pitches down,, Jax throws a 'sweeper', don't fall for pitches outside")
Also wanted to add - and I'm not defending Bo or Vlad - they need to be better but Jax was on point.
Did you see what he did to Biggio - a player with a great eye albeit often overmatched when the pitches have movement - three sweepers, all in the strike zone including one that looked like it was going to be 12 inches outside only to backdoor into the corner outside. Ain't simple. Bo got 3 sweepers too but that last one was in a good set up spot cause it looks like a sinker going for the outside corner. Bo was too jumpy though and should know that most of the time a pitcher is gonna waste a pitch before trying to paint that corner. So in some ways I agree your instructions but sometimes those pitches are set up real well by prior pitches (2 strikes).
