[Official] Astros @ Red Sox

Simply false

 

Both teams only scored in 1 inning. In Banana Ball we'd be tied. I blame MLB rules for this loss.

 

I see them swing early in counts at pitches outside the zone or simply not “hittable” quite often. I see your points though. Espada seems infallible to you and I respect that. Hard to not let the frustration cloud my judgement

 

Men don’t watch that

 

I think Banana Ball is a reflection of modern society.

 

When you score 5 runs in a 3 game series and the other team scores 15, you’re in trouble.

Score…
1 Friday and today.
3 yesterday.

I’ve seen enough of the Astros for a few days.

 

Giolito best start of the year. Of course.

 

I think we all have.

 

Happens to us a lot. Starting to think it’s connected.

 

I'm just not of the book that all managers have some playbook and manipulate every AB game to game.... Cora probably does a little more given his pedigree of picking up tells/tips.

The Astros, as a team, are above average in zone swing %. Extrapolating that to whether or not they trend to earlier swings, they'd still apparently be above average, and then the data does differs from the eye test.

I just don't see a lineup or some other strategy where some offensive powerhouse was "stifled". Guys are playing everyday that don't really have a hit pedigree. And its taken most of the season for Walker/Diaz to try and escape their dreadful starts (and I guess we can now add Correa to that category as well).

Pena's consistency and performance was a huge factor in this offense. Yordan is their best hitter period. Sanchez will be better than Hummel/Chas/Meyers at the plate.

 

Is there a baseball player out there that doesn't do this? Is this even a manager's job to manage that? How does a manager teach a player to not swing at unhittable pitches? And if it's possible, why does any player in MLB ever swing at a pitch outside the strike zone?

 

Getting swept when you have Brown and Valdez going.

This is the low point of the season.

 

mlb level lineup

non-mlb level scoring

 

so to be clear—you’re saying all MLB players do this equally?

 

Sucks that they are about to be swept by those cheaters...

 

You think modern society is like gay baseball?

 

Should be a nice flight to Miami

 

OK, I'll rephrase. If I was gonna invent gay baseball, it would be Banana Ball.

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/team/117?view=statcast&nav=hitting&season=2025

This helps further define their zone % swings, first pitch swings, chase rates, etc.... compared to league average.