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  1. SoxFish

    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    Given what they got caught doing, Bauer's allegations are certainly possible. But I also know that Morton's and Cole's pitch usages completely changed. My (unsupported) theory is that the Bucs' analytic innovation was the early adoption of extreme defensive shifts. As part of that, they...
  2. SoxFish

    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    I'm not convinced that Crane thought through all of this and got commitments from Baker--but he might have. I also don't understand this general idea that you need a Dusty Baker to fix their clubhouse. They stole signs. Is it that hard to hire a leader who makes it clear that that sort of...
  3. SoxFish

    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    And good to meet yinz, n'at.
  4. SoxFish

    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    I'm not a BP subscriber--but there's an article behind the paywall that looks interesting (https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/56750/moonshot-the-banging-scheme-hurt-the-astros-as-much-as-it-helped-them/). Apparently they determined that the sign stealing was inaccurate about 7% of...
  5. SoxFish

    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    One of the reasons I had acute interest in the Astros is that I live in the Pittsburgh area and followed the development of Morton and Cole after they were acquired by the Astros. I wanted to better understand why Morton and Cole failed to reach their potential in Pittsburgh, and then improved...
  6. SoxFish

    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    I don't know enough about the Nats organization to answer that. To be clear, I don't think you need to have the Astros approach to win in a given year. Or that managers like Dusty can't be part of a championship team. Heck, the Astros have enough talent at the major league level that Dusty has...
  7. SoxFish

    The Athletic: The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball

    The volume of praise, and complete dearth of criticism, for the Dusty hiring is mind boggling to me. Have any of you read Sawchik's and Lindbergh's MVP Machine? It's an extraordinary book about the use of data and modern techniques in player development. The Astros were at the fore-front of the...
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