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MLB 2022: Playing Ball, But Is Anyone Still Watching?

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JF_Gophers said:
Mets designate Robinson Cano for assignment

Anyone need an over-the-hill middle infielder. Maybe he can catch on as a DH. If he's cheap enough there will be interest I am sure.
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WOW!!!!

I cannot believe SAC actually did it.

This might actually be a turning point in Mets history.
 
I'm wondering how MLB Network decides which broadcast to use for their games. I always assumed it was the home team's broadcast, but the last couple weeks the Red Sox and Yankees have been in Toronto and they've used NESN and YES. But, it's not a Canadian rights issue, because they had Houston at Toronto this weekend and used the Blue Jays feed on SportsNet.
 
French Rage said:
TIL a foul bunt can count as a third strike. Honestly did not know that.
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This actually seems like an odd year to learn that since so few position players bunt anymore and both leagues have the DH but always nice to learn something new about the game.

I was at a game years ago, in the 1980s in Cincinnati or maybe Pittsburgh. Pirates or Reds versus Dodgers. Memory says Bruce Froemming was working the plate but it may have been some other short and stubby, terrible umpire. He too seemingly forgot a foul bunt with two strikes was strike three. Or he lost track of the count after the pitcher bunted the first two pitches foul. The manager (Pirates or Reds, not Lasorda) was not amused.
 
Bunts are strange...

Runners are also not protected by the Infield Fly Rule on a bunt. Once every year or two someone will take advantage of the cheap out(s) by letting a pop-up bunt intentionally hit the ground.
 
Looking at the Yankees schedule, There is no reason why they shouldn't win 120 games. It is so pillowy soft. There seems to be only 2 challenging stretches, and most of the games in them are at home.

June 14-26: TB 3, @TOR 3, @TB 3, HOU 4
August 15-23: TB 3, TOR 4, NYM 2

The rest of the time its feasting on bottom dwellers.
 
JF_Gophers said:
Looking at the Yankees schedule, There is no reason why they shouldn't win 120 games. It is so pillowy soft. There seems to be only 2 challenging stretches, and most of the games in them are at home.

June 14-26: TB 3, @TOR 3, @TB 3, HOU 4
August 15-23: TB 3, TOR 4, NYM 2

The rest of the time its feasting on bottom dwellers.
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They'll hit a skein, though. They'll have poorly timed injuries or just have a weird global slump. They happen. There's a reason teams almost always lie with the {63 ... 99} win interval.

You know some last place team will sweep them sometime just because. That's the beauty of 162 games.
 
French Rage said:
How often do foul bunts on a strike two occur?
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Ok, so kepler's poking fun, but here's the answer: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/kyle-schwarber-bunted-with-two-strikes-and-the-bases-empty/
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In the 2018 season by mid-july, there were 155 2-strike bunts attempted. Which is way higher than I would have guessed. of those, 131 were by pitchers.

The article doesn't give ratios, but here's a potential estimate of a more specific scenario:
And I was able to pull up numbers going back to 2008, covering the entire pitch-tracking era. With two strikes and the bases empty, there have been 167 bunt attempts. Of those, 97 have resulted in strikeouts. That means 70 have resulted in balls in play, and 26 of those have resulted in hits. Thatâ??s a 42% in-play rate, and a 16% hit rate.
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dxmnkd316 said:
Ok, so kepler's poking fun, but here's the answer: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/kyle-schwarber-bunted-with-two-strikes-and-the-bases-empty/
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In the 2018 season by mid-july, there were 155 2-strike bunts attempted. Which is way higher than I would have guessed. of those, 131 were by pitchers.

The article doesn't give ratios, but here's a potential estimate of a more specific scenario:
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That's telling me how many attempts occurred; how many times were they foul?
 
French Rage said:
That's telling me how many attempts occurred; how many times were they foul?
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So that was the second part of my post. 2008-2018, there were 167 attempts with 2 strikes and bases empty. Of those, 98 were strikeouts. So it's probably, ahem, in the ballpark of about 58%.
 
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