Bunt lunacy

[tipyerbartender1]

First inning, first two on, no one out, Kipnis up, Brantley on deck. Guy's hitting a hard .365 over the last 44 games, AL player of the month for June. Tito has him squaring up for a bunt. Someone explain this to me.

 

[Lareux]

First inning, first two on, no one out, Kipnis up, Brantley on deck. Guy's hitting a hard .365 over the last 44 games, AL player of the month for June. Tito has him squaring up for a bunt. Someone explain this to me.

I could only imagine that Tito doesn't expect to score too many off of Shields so wants to get 2 guys into scoring position and put up some runs in the 1st inning. I definitely don't agree with it, and it's not the right thing to do, just explaining what his thought process may have been.

 

[tipyerbartender1]

Idiotic move in the American League. In any league. Any level. He got his first two guys on, what, did he feel lucky? Indians always beat Shields. His strategy got a couple quick strikes and a pitcher's count on Kipnis, sort of diffused a potential big inning.

 

[JumpOnBoard]

 

[guinness]

Exactly......try being a Red fan

 

[wadegarrett]

My thoughts - hire lareux cleveland

 

[orangemonk]

Makes no sense. Can't wait for a statistician to become an MLB manager and revamp the way the game is managed

 

[GWarner27]

3-hole guys I wouldn't, but I like managing for 1 as opposed to seeing a K then DP end it

 

[ebemiss]

I hate the bunt. Always have. Giving away outs isn't giving your team an advantage.

Here's a run expectancy chart. You'll see your odds of scoring a run in a particular inning go DOWN when giving up an out to advance a runner. Crazy.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/sortable/index.php?cid=975409

 

[orangemonk]

3-hole guys I wouldn't, but I like managing for 1 as opposed to seeing a K then DP end it

This is lunacy and against every stat in the book

 

[orangemonk]

Ebemiss thx for posting the chart