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We're in August, and Atlanta only has three guys with at least 10 starts.

Posted by David (aka David) Aug 2 '23, 10:58

Strider 22
Elder 21
Morton 21
Jared Shuster 9

Then, four guys are tied with five starts each.

Somebody from 1990 wouldn't understand baseball today. Tampa Bay broke the system with its reliever-opener strategy.

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IMO what also broke the old system is all the analytics showing a raise in BA the 3rd or 4th time through the order. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 11:26 13
- I’d been meaning to look into if this was a recent development or had always been true. - Tim Aug 2, 11:36 11
  - Bill James was writing about it in the 80s. Nobody listened before Billy Beane. - David Aug 2, 11:42 8
    - the A’s won more rings in the 80s than Billy Beane ever sniffed -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 11:43 7
      - Did anything, perchance, happen to spending habits in baseball during Billy Beane's time? - Reagen Aug 2, 12:18 4
        
        "I've run the numbers and clearly the way to actually win a World Series is . . . get a fuckton lot more payroll" -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 12:25 3
        
        Signed, the LA Dodgers? -- nm - David Aug 2, 12:29 1
        
        Hold our beers. -- nm - NY Teams Aug 2, 12:33
        
        Well, yes. But Oakland didn't have that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 12:28
      - *blink, blink* -- nm - David Aug 2, 11:48 1
        
        I mean he was famous for going around an sniffing people's hands. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 11:50
  - can’t find the article atm but someone recently went back just to confirm the sixth inning was always potential trouble for a starter -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 11:41
  - I agree with your IM. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 2, 11:41
- managers knew this trend long before analytics. they just left their aces on the mound if they were still dealing -- (link*) - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 11:30
"Somebody from 1990 wouldn't understand baseball today" I absolutely agree with that. -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 11:25 2
- Jack Morris woulda killed Dave Roberts on the mound if he tried to pull him after the 6th inning -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 11:25 1
  - Yes, indeed. And these hitters who think it is okay to show their faces when they're only hitting .220 -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 2, 11:29
And yet Frontline starter was the main priority for a majority of buyers yesterday -- nm - eag Aug 2, 11:05 1
- in fairness to the Braves, they tried the other way for a decade and only came away with one ring for their efforts -- nm* - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 11:19
Analyticz FTW -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 2, 11:03
*snorts awake* enh? -- nm - Tony LaRussa Aug 2, 11:01

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We're in August, and Atlanta only has three guys with at least 10 starts.

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