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Game Thread: Royals @ Twins 6:40 5/26/2022


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Devin Smeltzer is a genuine MLB pitcher. No big fastball, but otherwise all the skills he needs to survive. Helps to have some great defense behind him, and of course it helps when his team scores a few runs. 

Glad to see he's starting to strike out some guys. He's not just a pitch to contact guy at all. He can gather in the K's. 

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12 minutes ago, jimbo92107 said:

Devin Smeltzer is a genuine MLB pitcher. No big fastball, but otherwise all the skills he needs to survive. Helps to have some great defense behind him, and of course it helps when his team scores a few runs. 

Glad to see he's starting to strike out some guys. He's not just a pitch to contact guy at all. He can gather in the K's. 

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2 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Thanks ump, that was strike 3, and now the inning continues. Ugh.

Thankfully, only 6 extra pitches because of it, and no damage. It is the close call misses I hate the most. The obvious ones just make the umpire look foolish, but it is the close ones that the pitcher or hitter deserve the most - the great take or the perfectly located pitch.

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Just now, wsnydes said:

I was thinking that too.  I don't know how to feel about that.

I think the modern game suffers from too many pitchers.

But if you're the GM and want to handicap your bench that's your choice.

Feel the same about the shift.

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1 minute ago, Shaitan said:

I think the modern game suffers from too many pitchers.

But if you're the GM and want to handicap your bench that's your choice.

Feel the same about the shift.

From a fan watch-ability standpoint I agree, from a winning strategy standpoint, disagree. Even a mediocre but fresh reliever is better than a good but tired starter

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Just now, Shaitan said:

I think the modern game suffers from too many pitchers.

But if you're the GM and want to handicap your bench that's your choice.

Feel the same about the shift.

Offense certainly suffers from both.  I'm not entirely sure of the reasoning behind the extension, but the more I think about it the less I like it 

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