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Athletics Nation | October 15, 2019

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Fernando Rodney goes 1-2-3 in the 8th!



END 8 // #Nats 8, Cardinals 1 pic.twitter.com/gFAqOpvo0T— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) October 15, 2019

  • Baseball is different this postseason, in many ways...

With @MLBRandomStats: Here's a plot demonstrating weekly temperature versus weekly HR/Barrel% for the entirety of the 2019 season. The red dot represents the postseason.

r = 0.73 with postseason included
r = 0.77 without postseason included pic.twitter.com/gBD7SMrYbg— Devan Fink (@DevanFink) October 15, 2019

Increase in reliever usage, from regular season to postseason:
2016: 17 percent
2017: 22 percent
2018: 24 percent
2019: 5 percent— Sam Miller (@SamMillerBB) October 14, 2019

  • The Cardinals are putting together one of the weakest LCS showings in recent history.











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