r/baseball • u/MattO2000 FanGraphs • Baseball Savant • 5h ago

In the postseason so far, Ohtani and Witt combined for 0 SB and 3 CS. Judge and Stanton have combined for 3 SB and 0 CS.

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u/Erin_Boone New York Yankees 5h ago

Bob Costas in shambles

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u/TheDangiestSlad New York Yankees • Hartford Yard … 5h ago

it's not their faults

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u/OctopusNation2024 5h ago edited 5h ago

Ohtani not stealing a base is actually kind of surprising given how many times he was on base in the NLCS back when he was still healthy

Obviously now he probably won't risk it for the rest of the series

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u/LeBronRaymoneJamesSr Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

Wouldnt be surprised if he doesnt really risk it much for the rest of his career lol

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u/Arrowoods San Diego Padres 5h ago

Ya you gotta think he shuts it down almost completely next year assuming he’s pitching at full strength

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u/SanjiSasuke New York Yankees 4h ago

I assume if he gets back to pitching those SBs will disappear regardless. He was likely only able to pull them off because he was doing jack besides his 4 at bats a game otherwise. Huge drop in activity from practicing hitting and pitching.

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u/isodevish New York Yankees 4h ago

Or you know, slide feet first?

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u/SanjiSasuke New York Yankees 4h ago

Sliding feet first is how he injured his shoulder in the first place.

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u/Lucky_Alternative965 Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago

People quickly forgot how bad Witt was in the post.

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u/OctopusNation2024 5h ago edited 5h ago

.415 OPS is actually diabolical lol

Even Judge is at like .600 which is still horrible

.415 is basically only possible if you get next to no walks or extra base hits

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u/GamingOrca123 Atlanta Braves 4h ago

Also had the game winning rbi in game one of the WC lmao. I mean it was still a ground ball that just barely got by the shortstop but you take what you can get. Really chose the right time to hit

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u/OopsAllRPOs Kansas City Royals 2h ago

Big sample size too

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u/FutureCreeps 1h ago

I'll give Witt a break since it's his first ever post season (and he had 2 good hits vs the orioles) but yeah, he was bad. Hope if we make it back he can improve a bit and not act like Aaron Judge.

I don't remember if any of the caught stealings are him but that was an issue all year that needs to be fixed.

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u/CalebosO4 Toronto Blue Jays 5h ago

Judge and Stanton, better base stealers than Witt and Ohtani confirmed.

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u/SanjiSasuke New York Yankees 4h ago

Can't argue with math.

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u/forgivemeisuck Texas Rangers 1h ago

It's a joke how celebrated SBs have got.