Just this past week the rangers intentionally walked judge to get to Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton put one in the seats. Then the white Sox intentionally walked Juan Soto only for Judge to put one in the seats. Guys tend to stop doing that shyt when the next man up clears the bases.That goes against the game's strategy. At that point just ban the intentional walk
It's like saying in basketball you can't foul someone in the dying seconds of a close game to get them to the line.
When pitchers were walking Ken Griffey Jr. in the 90s Lou Pinella put Edgar Martinez and Jay Buhner behind him, that's how you combat the intentional walk. Now they have no choice but to pitch to the next hitters. That sh*t quickly stopped and Griffey had 56 homers in 1997.
Owners refusing to spend is the only real issue. We’ve got big market owners in place like Oakland, Chicago, and Detroit who won’t spend even when we know they have the money. The solution is to find a way to get them out. Empty seats and demonstrations to push them to sell couldn’t hurt.
well they took off the manual intentional walk because fans felt it took too long (hated that), but there's no rule that forces anyone to pitch to anyone, even if means walking in a run.
I get where you're going with this, but that renders most your staff useless. Some situations legit calls for needing to use that pen. The problem is that teams tend to abuse it because they're petrified of hitters getting multiple looks at a pitcher. They've tried to combat this in other ways (limiting how many times a guy can get called up or sent down, forcing a 3 batter minimum for relievers)
I don't know if the mandate necessarily accomplishes what Manfred wants, but baseball has de-emphasized the starting pitcher to where teams go into seasons having 3-4 man staffs and then use "openers" to get through (the only guarantee here is that the opener as we know it would be dead). The hope is that teams at least reconsider how they navigate through games since any time two guys are on base, the bullpen's already stirring. Teams are building up their arms to never have to face the possibility of seeing a lineup the third time around because the number crunchers keep saying "don't do it, these hitters will kill you." We need innings eaters back because betting on 7 pitchers on any given day to all be on their game sounds loony.
That goes against the game's strategy. At that point just ban the intentional walk
It's like saying in basketball you can't foul someone in the dying seconds of a close game to get them to the line.
When pitchers were walking Ken Griffey Jr. in the 90s Lou Pinella put Edgar Martinez and Jay Buhner behind him, that's how you combat the intentional walk. Now they have no choice but to pitch to the next hitters. That sh*t quickly stopped and Griffey had 56 homers in 1997.
I don’t watch baseball consistently & I’m as casual as they come.
they'll still pull their shenanigans in the playoffs because in a short series you don't need to start a 4th or 5th guy, so you're adding 2 extra arms for the pen which they'll exploit. What has happened is that teams manage a game in June like a game in the Championship Series.
I LOVE IT....
I WATCH THE PLAYOFFS NOWADAYS
AND SEE TEAMS GOING TO THE BULLPEN
IN THE 3RD INNING .
So if the pitcher isn’t giving up runs that means he playing well?
IT CLEARLY SAYS IN THE OP
IF THE PITCHER GIVES UP 4 RUNS
YOU CAN PULL HIM.
The teammate gotta pick you up. Normally it's a bad idea to dare the cleanup hitter to beat you. The same guy isn't walking you three times. The reason it works for teams going up against them is because the rest of the lineup sucks. Hell, Soto leads in walks and he hits ahead of Judge. Why? Because Soto's knowledge of the strike zone is top level.
Read the op.
