Is Baseball becomingto anaylitical?

[daves]

If you bring in your lefty to face Ken Griffey do you bring in a right handed batter? Of course not. But lately the L vs R analytics is doing just that. Red hot starting pitchers are getting yanked to quickly, batting lineups are too righty vs lefty. I don't mind some analytics, but doesn't it seem the game has taken it a bit too far and we are missing out on true superstars because of it?

[filihok]

Red hot starting pitchers are getting yanked to quickly, batting lineups are too righty vs lefty.

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doesn't it seem the game has taken it a bit too far and we are missing out on true superstars because of it?

No

If you bring in your lefty to face Ken Griffey do you bring in a right handed batter? Of course not.

If you had a right-handed batter who hit better than Griffey vs left-handed pitchers, why wouldn't you?

[Clay Dreslough]

Red hot starting pitchers are getting yanked to quickly, batting lineups are too righty vs lefty.

One piece of good news is that these two trends offset each other. If you stack your starting lineup with righties against a lefty starter, the opposing manager can **** with your lineup by yanking the starter for a right-handed long reliever.