Very much so.
And specific to scoops... 5 outs difference from top to bottom of the league. And Vlad sucks at scoops. LOL, that's what he was supposed to be good at?
Not sure anyone was mentioned this or not, but Savant now has a "1b Receiving" section in their defense breakdowns.
Theyve got OAA based on throws that are on target, bounce, scoops, wide, high and low.
Holding runners for sure. People and the broadcasters were saying their running wild on Kirk... but... no, they were running on Cease taking his usual slow motion delivery. Even a half-assed jump from a guy with Vlad's speed could steal off him.
That said, Kirk's pop time is worse this year than last by 5 hundredths of a second. And as a whole, the leagues catchers have taken leap forward in that regard since that .05 seconds he has lost has seen him fall from 51st percentile to 9th percentile.
Just gotta be equal to the Gaurdians the rest of the season and hope the Os and Rangers keep sliding.
I really dont want to have to introduce Houston and the White sox into daily scorebaord viewing.
Clearly you don't understand.
He made a bad decision in the 4th inning last week.
Unforgiveable. He should be out of baseball and slinging eggs and hash in a truck stop diner.
So, pen usage pretty straightforward if its a close game. Sewald/Flu doing the matchup thing to bridge to the Miles/Rogers/Varland 7-8-9.
Could also use Mantiply as an inning ending loogy. Even if Scherzer only goes 5, theres enough arms to get through 4 without any of then being pushed
For sure, that's why i'm not concerned about it.
And, it also needs context. The route running numbers are all within like 4 feet of inefficiency from top to bottom of the league. Thats less than half a stride.
I dunno about the instincts thing but the route running being his weakness is accurate if you buy savants route running scores where he ranks near the bottom of the league.
The thing is, his jump and burst combined are 2nd best in all of baseball so being 2% less efficient on routes doesn't really hurt him