Way back in the day, Bill James did some research that indicated that heavier position players, unsurprisingly, aged way worse than their more svelte compatriots.
HER SISTER WAS A WITCH RIGHT? AND WHAT WAS HER SISTER? A PRINCESS, THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST BRO. YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT ME AND YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME THAT I'M WRONG? AM I WRONG? SHE WORE A CROWN AND SHE CAME DOWN IN A BUBBLE, DOUG. GROW UP BRO, GROW UP
Lotta people seeing this as a bad thing but it’s honestly refreshing to see someone who looks like they give a fuck on this team. I’d agree there are better ways to handle the situation away from the public eye but i for one like seeing some passion
As long as it isn’t a constant dour Lynn then I agree, the fire could help. Him just constantly fired up and berating the team could have negative tendencies.
I do feel like often a shift is decided completely by the hitters tendencies, without considering the pitcher. Too many times do I see them shifting hitters to pull, when the guy throwing is pitching 100 mph outside. Which results in an easy grounder for a hit.
In what world do you think that they don't consider all of that? It makes perfect sense that you would throw outside pitches to a guy that is pull happy, those pitches are more difficult to pull. You probably have a bunch of data showing how bad the guy is with that pitch. If the guy has shown that he won't adjust to that pitch, keep throwing it to him. Yeah, hitting an outside pitch makes for an easy hit the other way, but we can't pretend like batters take that option often enough for it to matter.
I hope this is happening to every other team too because I can't tell you how many times I've yelled at the TV because the Cards shifted then pitched away from the shift
Happened tonight with Nola. He has an all time low WHIP for phillies for like 50 years this year. Except he's lost so many games or given up runs on 1-2 hits. Tonight the phillies shifted the LF (schwarber) to almost center. Nola threw low and inside to 2 different lefties in the bottom of the 7th, 2 doubles, ball landed just near a normal left field position. Would have atleast kept them as normal singles. He gives up the run and almost would have taken an L if it wasn't for Lopez walking a few the next inning.
That's because throwing 100 outside is trying for a strikeout, while shifting is for a ball in play. If a team is shifting, they should be hoping the batter makes mediocre to average contact, not the terrible contact that comes from the pitcher chasing a strikeout.
Interesting point I hadn’t thought about. I’ve seen things like your example happen. Flabbergasted that teams/analytics dept wouldn’t consider this, although I’m sure some do
Yup, it's constantly an issue, especially with certain catchers. They will not call the game to the shift, which results in an excess of poked hits. Let alone when they shift on players who can hit to all fields.
Depends on the redass. Keuchel was a bit of a redass and sucked for two years. Lynn is a redass but was good last year and looked fine in his first start this year.
My God! Good news fans, the Sox are showing signs of life for the first time in weeks. As a matter of fact they appear to be beating the crap out of each other. It looks like McEwing is trying to hit Lance Lynn, and why not, everyone else in the league does. McEwing swings and misses. I don't know Monte, it looks like Lynn is carrying his left a little low. This could hurt him in the later rounds.
I remember Lynn tried to lose weight and cut out the pizza one year with the Cards. My head canon is he pitched terribly and went back to being a big boi.
I think they should give errors to managers every time someone hits what would be an out into an open shift. Let’s see how many outs a manager would have had without shifting.
Dude, same. I'm so drained by the onslaught of drama by just the hourly today. Trust me, us sox fans feel shame. Most of us are tuning out. After the Jackie incident, TLR drunk antics, the injuries, the bickering, the bullpen management, and now the lovely TA news, we are over this. Sorry to take up the news cycle, we feel shame.
Damn, he's put on some weight! Back when he was with the Cardinals he wasn't near this heavy and he dropped some pounds and became a much better pitcher.
Bball noob here. So this guys mad, that they moved the outfield from their original positions because if they didnt then the hits made would of resulted in outs?
Basically the infield wasn’t placed in the right spots where Lynn was pitching to. A pitcher can kind of control where the hitters hit it and the way Lynn was pitching the defense wasn’t placed correctly.
Veteran Pitchers like Lynn should have say whether the team shifts or not. I would personally not want the shift at all while I’m pitching, cause a cheap hit the other way is way more frustrating than a legit hit past the fielders
He’s a player he doesn’t make those calls, that’s a lot of disrespect from a player to a coach. I’m not ok with that type of dynamic. I do however think the shift is bs
That shift rate in 2022 is 37% which is above what MLB saw both last season (31%) and in the shortened pandemic season before it (35%). But it’s most striking in how it’s grown over time: The current % means the rate has more than doubled in just four years!
You guys are awful at lip reading. This is clearly an argument as to why the bags of Doritos where moved to the high shelf on the other side of the dugout.
Shift all you want. Hittin Harold Castro will not be denied
My boy is HEFTY
Large Lance Lynn is better sounding than Average Sized Lance Lynn.
Lynn should be on the Chicago flag, he looks like he drinks old style and eats Italian beef for every meal
More mass more gas according to C.C. Sabathia.
Looks like Will Sasso
We like to call it a velo pouch
Certified burly boy
MASS MOVES MASS 😤
THAT BOY THICC
A person who plays sports for a living, and has his entire life.
Coach what do you mean the buffet is closed! Why didn’t you pull me an inning earlier so I could’ve hit the line! It was seafood night!
role model is Bartolo Colon
stinky stinky stinky
Lance Violynn
Way back in the day, Bill James did some research that indicated that heavier position players, unsurprisingly, aged way worse than their more svelte compatriots.
chonky
Nice
HER SISTER WAS A WITCH RIGHT? AND WHAT WAS HER SISTER? A PRINCESS, THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST BRO. YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT ME AND YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME THAT I'M WRONG? AM I WRONG? SHE WORE A CROWN AND SHE CAME DOWN IN A BUBBLE, DOUG. GROW UP BRO, GROW UP
“I’m gonna fucking stab him”
for those who have not been blessed
GET EDUCATED BUDDY
I can’t believe you’ve done this.
real Jomboy was the friends we met along the way
I’m not fighting with you
As far as I'm concerned, the GOAT internet
Pretty much clear picture of the 2022 White Sox
Look forward to the 2023 white Sox
It's ok none of that is enough to make the Tigers win a game 🥲
I USED to have so much respect for Tony. He has lost all control. He needs to go.
Why does Lance not simply eat the opposing team?
He can't catch them.
This is ancient earth’s most foolish program
Lotta people seeing this as a bad thing but it’s honestly refreshing to see someone who looks like they give a fuck on this team. I’d agree there are better ways to handle the situation away from the public eye but i for one like seeing some passion
Exactly I think it’s good
As long as it isn’t a constant dour Lynn then I agree, the fire could help. Him just constantly fired up and berating the team could have negative tendencies.
100%
Meanwhile, Tony doesn't even seem to notice
He’s takin a nap in the corner
Today is Monday, he is too hangover
Clip cutoffs too early, he does get between Lynn and the coach and says something to coach before he leaves the dugout to go to 3rd base.
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He was daydreaming about when he invented the bicycle
He’s figuring out who to walk with 2 strikes next
My boy is eating
He enjoyed his time on the IL it seems
Need a Jomboy lip reading ASAP
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In the end he says
jomboy
The end part for sure is "ok let's do it. Better pack a lunch" but I can't make out the animated part at the beginning
I do feel like often a shift is decided completely by the hitters tendencies, without considering the pitcher. Too many times do I see them shifting hitters to pull, when the guy throwing is pitching 100 mph outside. Which results in an easy grounder for a hit.
Not even that tbh.
In what world do you think that they don't consider all of that? It makes perfect sense that you would throw outside pitches to a guy that is pull happy, those pitches are more difficult to pull. You probably have a bunch of data showing how bad the guy is with that pitch. If the guy has shown that he won't adjust to that pitch, keep throwing it to him. Yeah, hitting an outside pitch makes for an easy hit the other way, but we can't pretend like batters take that option often enough for it to matter.
Or, if you're the Angels, you're throwing 93mph meatballs and still having them be hit opposite field.
I hope this is happening to every other team too because I can't tell you how many times I've yelled at the TV because the Cards shifted then pitched away from the shift
Happened tonight with Nola. He has an all time low WHIP for phillies for like 50 years this year. Except he's lost so many games or given up runs on 1-2 hits. Tonight the phillies shifted the LF (schwarber) to almost center. Nola threw low and inside to 2 different lefties in the bottom of the 7th, 2 doubles, ball landed just near a normal left field position. Would have atleast kept them as normal singles. He gives up the run and almost would have taken an L if it wasn't for Lopez walking a few the next inning.
That's because throwing 100 outside is trying for a strikeout, while shifting is for a ball in play. If a team is shifting, they should be hoping the batter makes mediocre to average contact, not the terrible contact that comes from the pitcher chasing a strikeout.
Interesting point I hadn’t thought about. I’ve seen things like your example happen. Flabbergasted that teams/analytics dept wouldn’t consider this, although I’m sure some do
Yup, it's constantly an issue, especially with certain catchers. They will not call the game to the shift, which results in an excess of poked hits. Let alone when they shift on players who can hit to all fields.
Longer clip, alternate angle.
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Damn Lance been eating good
Is that Lance Lynn, or someone who ate Lance Lynn?
He’s always been chonky
Everyday it's something new with this team...
Well today it's been hourly something new 😬
Sox about to learn the difference between having a red ass on your winning team vs having one on your losing team. Extremely different vibes.
We need this energy. Our team’s been way too lackadaisical all year.
Someone’s a Gleeman listener.
Thomas Pham (are we still doing this joke?)
Depends on the redass. Keuchel was a bit of a redass and sucked for two years. Lynn is a redass but was good last year and looked fine in his first start this year.
It will all be over this year. No shirts. No shoes. No shift required.
No shift, no shoes, NO DICE!
The Sox are a dumpster fire
It appears he was happy with the clubhouse buffet
I love Lynn lol
How come I look like Lance but not even half the athlete he is.
You skipped the part where you were supposed to develop a 95 mph fastball in high school.
Two Cardinals Legends going at it.
Dam chicago sox are falling apart.
We have been for a while on to the 2023 season
Is that an athlete? He looks very overweight.
Lance might want to mix in a salad now and then
My God! Good news fans, the Sox are showing signs of life for the first time in weeks. As a matter of fact they appear to be beating the crap out of each other. It looks like McEwing is trying to hit Lance Lynn, and why not, everyone else in the league does. McEwing swings and misses. I don't know Monte, it looks like Lynn is carrying his left a little low. This could hurt him in the later rounds.
I got that reference
I feel you Lance. I too hate it in RTTS when they keeping getting base hits because of the shift.
Lol ... everyone else in dugout like ¯\(ツ)/¯
Sal from Impractical Jokers really taking this episodes punishment to heart. I bet Mur is cracking up in the locker room.
I remember Lynn tried to lose weight and cut out the pizza one year with the Cards. My head canon is he pitched terribly and went back to being a big boi.
hottytoddy
I say that out loud every time Lynn comes up. Or when Pomeranz and Cozart were a thing those couple of years.
I think they should give errors to managers every time someone hits what would be an out into an open shift. Let’s see how many outs a manager would have had without shifting.
Why did the other post get deleted
Because having to go to Twitter for highlights sucks.
No Idea I was looking for it
i cant with this team anymore
Dude, same. I'm so drained by the onslaught of drama by just the hourly today. Trust me, us sox fans feel shame. Most of us are tuning out. After the Jackie incident, TLR drunk antics, the injuries, the bickering, the bullpen management, and now the lovely TA news, we are over this. Sorry to take up the news cycle, we feel shame.
a little pre-game dessert. i’m loving this
I think Lynn might have a point here. He had a 106 wrc+ against with no shift and a 152 against with a shift last year.
Damn, he's put on some weight! Back when he was with the Cardinals he wasn't near this heavy and he dropped some pounds and became a much better pitcher.
outside of Frank Schwendel he may be the most normal looking dude in baseball
What happened here? I see everyone talking about the shift, but what lead up to this?
McEwing kept telling him that filet is better than ribeye. This is according to Lynn 😂
"YOUR NOT MY BUDDY, GUY!"
And my tigers still couldn't beat them
That's the '99 little league world series champion in his best form
Bball noob here. So this guys mad, that they moved the outfield from their original positions because if they didnt then the hits made would of resulted in outs?
Basically the infield wasn’t placed in the right spots where Lynn was pitching to. A pitcher can kind of control where the hitters hit it and the way Lynn was pitching the defense wasn’t placed correctly.
Imagine thinking your better than an entire teams game plan the first start of your season lol
When a senile old man is your manager, you're probably not wrong.
They need to fire LaRussa.
Cant wait till the shift is gone
Maybe Lynn should shut his mouth before he's told forced to walk batters than have 2 strikes already.
Don’t like the shift? Hit it the other way.
Lynn try losing some weight you lard ass
Veteran Pitchers like Lynn should have say whether the team shifts or not. I would personally not want the shift at all while I’m pitching, cause a cheap hit the other way is way more frustrating than a legit hit past the fielders
He’s a player he doesn’t make those calls, that’s a lot of disrespect from a player to a coach. I’m not ok with that type of dynamic. I do however think the shift is bs
That shift rate in 2022 is 37% which is above what MLB saw both last season (31%) and in the shortened pandemic season before it (35%). But it’s most striking in how it’s grown over time: The current % means the rate has more than doubled in just four years!
Is it the shifting from lunch to dinner on the buffet line?
Shifting is dumb
Yeah I hate when my team puts guys right where the ball is going
Failing to adjust and take advantage of an obvious weakness in defensive positioning is dumb
But if you're willing to go the other way and you're quick you can work a shift all the way to second base.
White Sox a well oiled machine right now
Lance Lynn is so soft
Like your penis
Coach was probably mad he got called a slapdick motherfucker
Big Bastard is back
Me playing MLB the Show
wait, is that Joe McEwing? Dude got old FAST
only the deepest of dishes for my boy Lance here
God the cardinals are stupid af with some of the guys we let walk.
Joe you have fucked up alot this yr let him blow off some steam damit
And they still whooped our pathetic Tigers
Sport games that be serious 🧐
You guys are awful at lip reading. This is clearly an argument as to why the bags of Doritos where moved to the high shelf on the other side of the dugout.
How can another team possibly find a competitive edge against me, the great Lance Lynn?!
Lynn needs a Snickers, he’s acting like a diva.
This team is a mess
Lynn always seemed like horse's ass
I think the coaches on this team have had way to much leeway they haven’t been great at their jobs.