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  1. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://library.fangraphs.com/offense/batted-ball/ “A line drive produces 1.26 runs per out, while fly balls produce 0.13 runs per out and ground balls produce 0.05 runs per out. In other words, batters want to hit lots of line drives and fly balls, while pitchers generally want to cause batters to hit ground balls.” going with my previous post, soft and medium hits have a negative correlation to k rate and ground balls have an extreme reduction in runs per out. Succinctly, the traditional two strike approach, while vastly superior to a fan (especially this one) is bad for scoring more runs over the course of a season
  2. Richie the Rally Goat
    You aren’t wrong about Ks being bad. I agree they are bad, I just see them as a biproduct of something good. https://community.fangraphs.com/the-importance-of-hard-hit-percentage/ if your hard hit rate increases so does batting average, OBP, OPS and with those metrics increase, so does runs scored, and Ks. Over the course of 6,000 plate appearances, Ks increase at a slower rate than ISO or wRC+. scoring more runs is better than scoring fewer runs.
  3. Richie the Rally Goat
    Are you sure? My wife reminds me of my stupidity very regularly. The result of a hit is affected by the batter, is hard hit, barrel, launch angle and such, no? what can a hitter do, to increase the hard hit, barrel, launch angle? Are there drawbacks to these types of swings? we’re missing some nuance here….
  4. Richie the Rally Goat
    Is a triple play better for hitters?
  5. Richie the Rally Goat
    Michael Cuddyer
  6. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed, fantastic article and agree with the thrust, in terms of a team evaluating players with the intent to score more runs to win more games, strikeouts are just outs, and when they come with a higher hard hit rate, ks can be acceptable. agreed with @thelanges5, from a fan’s perspective more balls in play is more fun to watch.
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  8. Richie the Rally Goat
    You’re right! Target Field has the limestone between the dugouts to the backstop, and the green fence is higher down to the foul poles. Jorge at Spring Training
  9. Richie the Rally Goat
    I’m now changing my answer because of Van. I think it’s Polanco too
  10. Richie the Rally Goat
    He’s wearing home whites did they wear the big league unis during ST games in the aughts?
  11. Richie the Rally Goat
    Agreed!
  12. Richie the Rally Goat
    days away
  13. Richie the Rally Goat
    I didn’t look I swear!
  14. Richie the Rally Goat
    I voted LF because Rocco always surprises
  15. Richie the Rally Goat
    MLB doesn’t support the tablet but does support the stick. Hopefully the mlb help article is effective
  16. Richie the Rally Goat
    Firetv or fire tablet?
  17. Richie the Rally Goat
    https://support.mlb.com/s/article/Connected-Devices-Amazon-Fire-TV
  18. Richie the Rally Goat
    Fantastic article, thanks for sharing
  19. Richie the Rally Goat
    Bring me the Twins drivel!
  20. Richie the Rally Goat
    I love it, but hate how they’re using it. Challenges suck
  21. Richie the Rally Goat
    Festa’s been working his fielding drills
  22. Richie the Rally Goat
    Miranda rode the bus today. Ominous in regards to Ty France/who’s going to primarily play first
  23. Richie the Rally Goat
    Breathe Hannah Mears! You’re going to pass out and bump your head
  24. Richie the Rally Goat
    I have it on as well It’s currently on the Pittsburgh feed, so I guess the Twins’ aren’t “broadcasting it”, it’s an away game
  25. Richie the Rally Goat
    He’ll pitch somewhere in 2026, but will it be a multi year deal, a prove-it deal, or a minor league one? There is most certainly a lot riding on the sheriff’s season!
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