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2022 Cleveland Guardians Regular Season Thread

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FWIW - Austin Hedges has gone ice cold at the dish the last couple of weeks, hitless since Sept. 12th. Not unexpected or even that alarming, but between him and Maile, they really were delivering out of the 8th hole after the trade deadline. A solid and unexpected improvement.

Just keep doing what we're doing, but if either one of them (and Maile is showing more life at the plate for now IMO) gets "hot", they move into the primary side of a job share. Also I think our starting pitchers can call a shot here if they want.
I'd much rather see Maile at this point. I don't know what Hedges has left in his playing career. I could see him making a quick transition to being a coach in some capacity though. I wonder if he would consider if offered in 2023.
 
People are very much underrating that 2016 Red Sox because it's been 6 years + the Indians took care of them quickly. Same with the Blue Jays. I'd take the 2016 Red Sox over the 2022 Yankees and those Blue Jays over any of the 2022 Wild Card teams.

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People are very much underrating that 2016 Red Sox because it's been 6 years + the Indians took care of them quickly. Same with the Blue Jays. I'd take the 2016 Red Sox over the 2022 Yankees and those Blue Jays over any of the 2022 Wild Card teams.

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Boy you crazy.

Frt that Sox offense was a juggernaut.
 
Or am I misinterpreting this and you mean that if you get, for example, a leadoff double in a close playoff game, you can get him over and get him in?
I wasn't super clear about it, but yes, this is closer to what I mean. Put the ball in play, aggressive running, pressure on the defense, etc.

I do wonder sometimes if power is more likely to freeze up or wear down in the postseason whereas the 2022 Guards' style is more sustainable against good pitching and pressure. But that's pure speculation and not stat-based. And it's not exactly what happened to the 2016 team anyway. Overall your point about power v. manufacturing runs is right. But it does help to get guys on base in the first place so that slugging does more damage.
 
I keep hearing people say this about our team.

Why do you feel that low-power, high OBP means more consistent scoring of runs?

Or am I misinterpreting this and you mean that if you get, for example, a leadoff double in a close playoff game, you can get him over and get him in?

Because, to me, power scores more consistently while our lineup scores in bunches. The difference between us scoring 0 runs and 1 run is large--it takes multiple hits in an inning to get there. But once you do, each additional hit plates about one additional run.
This.

Power numbers stabilize over a much smaller sample size than BABIP.

We’re a team that relies on a high BABIP to be productive at the plate which makes us a very volatile offense.

We’ll dink and dunk you to death one night, and then hit 27 at ‘em balls the next night and get shut out.

Statistics aside, we’ve seen this happen first-hand all year.
 
On September 5th, the Guardians were 68-64. The Twins and White Sox had nearly identical records at 68-67 and 68-65.

In the 20 games since, the Guardians improved their record to 85-67, burying the Twins and White Sox in the process and are about to capture the division title with a week and a half to go.

That’s incredibly impressive.
 
On September 5th, the Guardians were 68-64. The Twins and White Sox had nearly identical records at 68-67 and 68-65.

In the 20 games since, the Guardians improved their record to 85-67, burying the Twins and White Sox in the process and are about to capture the division title with a week and a half to go.

That’s incredibly impressive.

Soul breaking.
 
Lost in the euphoria of the Guardians race to the AL Central crown is the fact that it was built entirely on dominance over division rivals.
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This suggests to me that the playoffs will be an uphill battle but as the hot team, you never know what will happen.
 
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