Even though Darryl Strawberry was 9-for-9 with 9 HR on the day in the championship game, manager Burns called on Simpson to pinch hit for the platoon advantage, and he got a walk-off HBP. It's what smart managers do to win ballgames.
Love the content man. Definitely an underrated baseball channel in terms of overall content and quality. Also love the Pokemon music in the background dude!
I clicked on the video and I have been enjoying listening to it while chorin’ and when I looked at your account, I was shocked at the subscriber count. I expected to see a 6 figure number, the quality of the narration and the fun Nintendo songs makes your content an easy digest and a quick subscribe from me.
Another killer video, thank you I love the breakdowns of platoon hitters, and it makes me appreciate everyday players so much more. I'd love some breakdowns on reverse split seasons, like K Schwarb and what pitches he's hitting vs previous years
so an underrated thing about platoons in baseball in general, is that SPs are becoming more platoon heavy in their pitch mixes. Pitchers won't throw sweeper/slider to opposite handed batters and won't throw specific pitches (sinker, cutter etc) to same handed batters. It's part of the reason that offense is down as a whole. Teams are not only platooning hitters more than ever before, but they're also trying to gameplan for those platoons with their SP pitch mixes.
Great video! Platooning and the strategy of matchups were always one of my personal favourite aspects of Baseball and what makes it so unique compared to any other sport (along with other things). Also, I figured that Lamonte Wade was due for a big year but I never expected him to go off like he has. He has always been underrated and Im glad that he is finally getting the respect he deserves
Thanks a ton for breaking down this topic so well! Platooning is something I vaguely understood as a baseball non-watcher, so going through how actual examples work helped spell it out for me. It does remind me of another topic I want to learn more about, that being the importance of handedness in starting pitchers. I get how having lefty and righty relievers is important, but I've wondered what the importance of handiness in starters is considering their value comes from having to face an entire lineup and focus on run prevention across tons of innings. Anyway, thanks again for such a well done video.
Glad to see some O’Hearn recognition, dude was one of our better clutch hitters this season. He almost exclusively DHs because he’s really bad defensively, but he did play 1st for a month or two while Mountcastle was injured.
your videos are always so high in quality and this might be a new best for you which is crazy impressive. keep it up and were looking forward to the next vid!!
Really enjoyed this video! Gonna sub to you because of it. Wouldve loved to see some examples of righty platoon hitters. I know for my Tigers, Andy Ibanez typically only hits against lefties, and he absolutely mashes them
Thank you! I did notice that I only talked about lefties but it was well into the editing process. When I did notice, I was going to try to sneak in another player that was a righty. But, it just never real came to fruition.
I've always thought it was interesting, because when I played I *hated* facing lefties. I felt like I couldn't see anything cause I could only see the pitchers profile. Against righties I was kind of "facing" them, and I had a much easier time tracking the ball. With lefties it felt like the ball was just shot from behind their body right at me. My only theory is there are more lefties the higher up you go level wise. HS and below its right around the general population average of 10ish percent, but by the time you get to MLB its almost 1/3rd of your ABs youll see a lefty. Since I didn't play beyond high school I almost never saw any lefties
It’s crazy that Joc actually did decent against lefties in the minors and has still always been a platoon hitter his entire career, even though he’s probably only had less than half a season’s worth of AB’s against lefties in his career. He could end up being legit terrible against lefties but it seems like it’d be worth giving him a shot since he’s such an elite hitter against righties. Never getting AB’s against lefties definitely seems like it’d make it extremely hard to finally face one if you’re not used to it.
Issue is there's a lot more righties who rake against lefties and they are much cheaper than the inverse. Not worth giving guys like Joc a chance when you can get someone who hits at 125 OPS+ against lefties and costs like $3M
another reason for players getting worse at pinch hitting is because they are probably only facing bullpen arms, who perform better per pitch than starters, being forced to get a plate appearance or two against setup guys and closers is a lot harder than an average starter also, just as a suggestion for the future, sample size should probably be in the graphics next to their slash line, a -27 ops+ doesn't happen in large sample sizes and i know you said it but it would help being able to see next to their stats too, great video otherwise!
I had the idea in my head that showing the sample sizes would make the screen more cluttered and therefore, just mentioning the small sample would suffice. But, I think I agree with you, I should probably just put the sample there anyways. I appreciate it!
11:12 Ryan joined the Orioles in 2023. Also, relieve pitchers have a minimum batters limit (if they start the inning) and RP starting games should be taken into consideration.
Oh yeah don’t get me wrong, I was mostly trying to focus on pinch hitting because of how often a platoon bat needs to do it. I was not trying to make it a representation of clutch, although it can be part of it.
@@ABrandNewBallGame hopefully for not much longer. Love the content. Won’t be surprised if you’re collaborating with other big RUclipsrs like Jomboy Media or Foolish.
Even though Darryl Strawberry was 9-for-9 with 9 HR on the day in the championship game, manager Burns called on Simpson to pinch hit for the platoon advantage, and he got a walk-off HBP. It's what smart managers do to win ballgames.
Love this reference
Homer really clutched up
It's called playing the percentages
Go Isotopes!
this sounds like a bad manager decision gone right
Love the content man. Definitely an underrated baseball channel in terms of overall content and quality. Also love the Pokemon music in the background dude!
I heard Legend of Zelda LInk to the Past in the 1st few minutes
Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed the music as well
Don’t let Nintendo know
I clicked on the video and I have been enjoying listening to it while chorin’ and when I looked at your account, I was shocked at the subscriber count. I expected to see a 6 figure number, the quality of the narration and the fun Nintendo songs makes your content an easy digest and a quick subscribe from me.
Another killer video, thank you
I love the breakdowns of platoon hitters, and it makes me appreciate everyday players so much more. I'd love some breakdowns on reverse split seasons, like K Schwarb and what pitches he's hitting vs previous years
I didn't realize this was so prevailant across baseball. I was assuming, but even no mention of Steve Pierce, or Rob Refsnyder for the Red Sox.
so an underrated thing about platoons in baseball in general, is that SPs are becoming more platoon heavy in their pitch mixes. Pitchers won't throw sweeper/slider to opposite handed batters and won't throw specific pitches (sinker, cutter etc) to same handed batters. It's part of the reason that offense is down as a whole. Teams are not only platooning hitters more than ever before, but they're also trying to gameplan for those platoons with their SP pitch mixes.
Great video! Platooning and the strategy of matchups were always one of my personal favourite aspects of Baseball and what makes it so unique compared to any other sport (along with other things). Also, I figured that Lamonte Wade was due for a big year but I never expected him to go off like he has. He has always been underrated and Im glad that he is finally getting the respect he deserves
Thanks a ton for breaking down this topic so well! Platooning is something I vaguely understood as a baseball non-watcher, so going through how actual examples work helped spell it out for me. It does remind me of another topic I want to learn more about, that being the importance of handedness in starting pitchers. I get how having lefty and righty relievers is important, but I've wondered what the importance of handiness in starters is considering their value comes from having to face an entire lineup and focus on run prevention across tons of innings. Anyway, thanks again for such a well done video.
Why is Joc actually putting up a incredible season.
Glad to see some O’Hearn recognition, dude was one of our better clutch hitters this season.
He almost exclusively DHs because he’s really bad defensively, but he did play 1st for a month or two while Mountcastle was injured.
inb4 my man blows up. Great channel so far!
Clicked for the video, subscribed for the soundtrack🤘
Love the link to the past music:)
Rob refsnyder has had a job for the last decade by being a part time lefty killer, ultimate platoon player
He was a major component for me when I did a franchise with Red Sox in The Show 24 😂
Great video, love the quality and very informative!
Thank you!!
your videos are always so high in quality and this might be a new best for you which is crazy impressive. keep it up and were looking forward to the next vid!!
That means a ton, thank you! Whenever I drop a video, I’m always trying to top the last one
god i love your music choice man
I appreciate it!
Love the link to the past music made me hit subscribe 12 minutes till Royals vs Orioles go K.C.! Hope this ages well
I don’t feel like being a platoon bat is being cursed. Sometimes that’s just the spot you’re meant for.
Well, great stuff and if yoy add those nintendo songs, well that makes it better, good deal
Good vid, w music
Love this, can we use music from Pokémon XY in future videos?
I have used one song from X and Y in a different video before I think, but I gotchu for the next video
@@ABrandNewBallGame I appreciate you dawg
It’s too bad lamonte got hurt because he’s obviously still dealing with it but in the beginning of the year he was insane
Love the video game music!
Really enjoyed this video! Gonna sub to you because of it. Wouldve loved to see some examples of righty platoon hitters. I know for my Tigers, Andy Ibanez typically only hits against lefties, and he absolutely mashes them
Thank you! I did notice that I only talked about lefties but it was well into the editing process. When I did notice, I was going to try to sneak in another player that was a righty. But, it just never real came to fruition.
@ABrandNewBallGame either way it was a fun watch and I'll be sure to check out more of your vids
a 30 minute video about the platoon hitter is crazy
love your vids so much
I appreciate it!
Half hour video? ABNBG fans are eating today
Not only that, this thing was tracking to be 45 minutes too 💀. I had to trim down a big section, but it could become its own video in the future tho!
@@ABrandNewBallGame I’d love to see that come to fruition! Love your analysis as always, keep it up big dog
great vid 👍
I've always thought it was interesting, because when I played I *hated* facing lefties. I felt like I couldn't see anything cause I could only see the pitchers profile. Against righties I was kind of "facing" them, and I had a much easier time tracking the ball. With lefties it felt like the ball was just shot from behind their body right at me.
My only theory is there are more lefties the higher up you go level wise. HS and below its right around the general population average of 10ish percent, but by the time you get to MLB its almost 1/3rd of your ABs youll see a lefty. Since I didn't play beyond high school I almost never saw any lefties
Nobody has a better beard than brandon marsh.
This is so sick
It’s crazy that Joc actually did decent against lefties in the minors and has still always been a platoon hitter his entire career, even though he’s probably only had less than half a season’s worth of AB’s against lefties in his career. He could end up being legit terrible against lefties but it seems like it’d be worth giving him a shot since he’s such an elite hitter against righties. Never getting AB’s against lefties definitely seems like it’d make it extremely hard to finally face one if you’re not used to it.
Issue is there's a lot more righties who rake against lefties and they are much cheaper than the inverse. Not worth giving guys like Joc a chance when you can get someone who hits at 125 OPS+ against lefties and costs like $3M
another reason for players getting worse at pinch hitting is because they are probably only facing bullpen arms, who perform better per pitch than starters, being forced to get a plate appearance or two against setup guys and closers is a lot harder than an average starter
also, just as a suggestion for the future, sample size should probably be in the graphics next to their slash line, a -27 ops+ doesn't happen in large sample sizes and i know you said it but it would help being able to see next to their stats too, great video otherwise!
I had the idea in my head that showing the sample sizes would make the screen more cluttered and therefore, just mentioning the small sample would suffice. But, I think I agree with you, I should probably just put the sample there anyways. I appreciate it!
11:12
Ryan joined the Orioles in 2023.
Also, relieve pitchers have a minimum batters limit (if they start the inning) and RP starting games should be taken into consideration.
Joe Girardi did in the 2012 ALDS with taking out A-Rod for Raul Ibanez
Someone who kinda fits this that comes to mind is Brandon Marsh of the current Phillies. Good informative video though!
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Players can decline the send down to become a free agent too.
Twins fan here, I don’t want to talk about the Wade Jr trade. To put this in perspective Homer Bailey contributed more to the twins than Anderson
The best platoon? 1982 Orioles LF trio of Lowenstein, Roenicke, and Benny Ayala: 36 HR 103 RBI.....
It’s funny that you took Jocs pinch hitting into consideration because he has been nothing but clutch for the dbacks this year
Oh yeah don’t get me wrong, I was mostly trying to focus on pinch hitting because of how often a platoon bat needs to do it. I was not trying to make it a representation of clutch, although it can be part of it.
I swear you baseball RUclips presenters are clones. Regardless, great video
i miss bay area joc
Almost like oswaldo cabera of the yankees.
10 views in 11 minutes? Bro fell off.
Jokes on you buddy that’s the best first 11 minutes of my career
@@ABrandNewBallGame hopefully for not much longer. Love the content. Won’t be surprised if you’re collaborating with other big RUclipsrs like Jomboy Media or Foolish.
Thank you, I appreciate it!
@jarrbear13 He definitely makes Foolish Baseball kind of videos, and Foolish Baseball style
Bro definitely has instagram