I don't believe stat cast on the yordonger. That thing was an elevated rope. I know it barely cleared the wall of the scoreboard but it wasn't exactly coming down.
Yet the Astros are 2nd in MLB in defensive runs saved per the Fielding Bible:Ag4life80 said:
One major downer for this team this year is fielding. There has been more instances of unforced errors this year than I can remember in the past few seasons. Fielding excellence has been a hallmark of Astro teams during this great stretch of seasons.
Exactly. Statcast has been broken on these for a while. It doesn't account for spin. At that angle I bet it gets out of Wrigley's weird little cut in in the alley as well as a few of the standard fields that just have typical dimensions (or at least very, very close).Mathguy64 said:
I don't believe stat cast on the yordonger. That thing was an elevated rope. I know it barely cleared the wall of the scoreboard but it wasn't exactly coming down.
Yuli Gurriel is in the game at first base.
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