JotCast | 2017 NLDS Game 5 Live Blog

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SignedEpsteinsMother

6:37

Don't be surprised when Hendricks bats here.

Jeff Sullivan

6:38

Indeed, Hendricks is apparently going to try to go more than three innings

Maddon really not trusting his bullpen today

Charlie

6:38

I let Kyle go as long as he can, avoid middle relievers as much as possible. Q had some inconsistency during the season too so I'm not totally comfortable with him out of the pen

David

6:38

Is there more volatility in win expectancy during the posteason? I guess what i mean is - are leads less safe?

Jeff Sullivan

6:38

In theory they're even more safe because you use exclusively good pitchers

6:39

Announcers love every first baseman's ability to scoop low throws. Nobody knows who's actually bad at it

Joe

6:39

Does anybody actually believe Dusty will let ALbers lead off?

Jeff Sullivan

6:39

Well

TigersFan

6:40

Seconding "Cabrera's always dinged up." Hasn't been healthy in an age.

Jeff Sullivan

6:40

Yeah, the thing about Cabrera is he usually just plays through the pain. Doesn't let himself miss games

egm

6:41

If Baez got to start each plate appearance 1-0, what would his BB% look like at the end of a season?

Jeff Sullivan

6:41

Career 7.3% unintentional walk rate after going ahead 1-and-0

Seth Moko

6:41

Is Dusty seriously going to let Albers hit?

hscer

6:41

TBS tries, twice, to get Dusty to give away his bullpen strategy. he BS's about Albers getting more than an inning possibly

Jeff Sullivan

6:41

A 1-2-3 fourth for Matt Albers!

6:42

16 pitches. True test will be seeing if Dusty actually lets him hit

He is due to lead off

Mike

6:43

Its both possible that not every Dusty Baker decision is bad and that Dusty Baker's fucking dumb

Jeff Sullivan

6:43

I don't think Baker is dumb at all. I just think some in-game strategies don't play to his strengths

6:44

For the record, I think Dusty Baker is, overall, an above-average MLB manager

Robles hitting for Albers

6:45

Modest disaster averted!

And Robles does what Albers would've done anyway

Baseball

Joseph

6:47

Who are your current "below-average"/"worst" MLB managers?

Jeff Sullivan

6:47

Haha

I don't have many actual takes

6:48

I've just taken the time before to look into Dusty closer than usual. I have an opinion about him and almost nobody else

I generally avoid manager articles like the plague

Ross

6:49

Robles stays in? Or no?

Jeff Sullivan

6:49

Very skeptical

Ryan DC

6:49

Is the TBS zone off or does this ump hate low strikes?

Jeff Sullivan

6:49

This is a game with two bad-framing catchers

SignedEpsteinsMother

6:50

OK, watch Hendricks lurk off the mound at the end of inning, and tell me he doesn't remind u of Jake Gyllanall in Nightcrawler. The guy does not get rattled.

Jeff Sullivan

6:50

Everyone used to think Cliff Lee never got rattled. He said that during the World Series he was actually about to shit himself

6:51

Two-out noise now from the Nationals. Consecutive singles have two on for Zimmerman

ChatzMcGee

6:51

Would letting Albers hit and getting an extra inning out of him really have been that big of a disaster?

Jeff Sullivan

6:52

Not an actual disaster, but it would've been pointless. Can't give away fractions of outs in one-run elimination games

Chone Figgins

6:52

How many innings does Scherzer pitch?

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