Extra Inning(s). To sacrifice or not the leadoff runner from 2b to 3b.

[MultiTroll]

Unofficial poll for now. Altho I'm sure as the season goes on one of our profeshunal sports wrighters will collect some stats:


Of all the extra inning games i have only seen one manager sacrifice the 1st batter thus getting the runner at 2b over to 3b.
And that was in the 11th inning. And it was a game i had to have Tampa Bay for my f ing parlay to hit. Baltimore beats TB 5-4.


Seems to me sacrificing the runner over would be a go to move at the very least 50% of the time. Unless your batter has zero bunting skills.

[Spurtacular]

There's a lot of seismic activity here.

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[Millennial_Messiah]

hell, even pitchers should be able to bunt, and the NL has DH's now so that's moot. Bunt + sac fly should be the strategy every time unless you have a really big bat at the plate.

[MultiTroll]

hell, even pitchers should be able to bunt, and the NL has DH's now so that's moot. Bunt + sac fly should be the strategy every time unless you have a really big bat at the plate.
Rough count here. Out of 12 opportunities only 1 time has the manager called for sac bunt. Hou vs Angels. It worked. Got runner to 3B and next batter got him in.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Rough count here. Out of 12 opportunities only 1 time has the manager called for sac bunt. Hou vs Angels. It worked. Got runner to 3B and next batter got him in.
1 run is historically usually

[Millennial_Messiah]

Rough count here. Out of 12 opportunities only 1 time has the manager called for sac bunt. Hou vs Angels. It worked. Got runner to 3B and next batter got him in.

1 run is historically usually enough in any given extra inning to win the game, whether top or bottom.

[MultiTroll]

Finally some sacrificing going on.
But the batters are whiffing galore with man on 3rd in this Astros A's 12 innings so far game.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Finally some sacrificing going on.
But the batters are whiffing galore with man on 3rd in this Astros A's 12 innings so far game.

:lol yeah, pitchers are def gonna be throwing them balls outside the plate to adjust

[MultiTroll]

:lol yeah, pitchers are def gonna be throwing them balls outside the plate to adjust
Ok.
And that is where professional batter would "take".

[midnightpulp]

Depends on a variety of factors. Bullpen strength. Who is up and who is up after him (i.e. if the player you're counting on isn't a flyball hitter, it's probably not a great idea to play for the sac bunt to sac fly sequence). How strong are the outfield arms. Etc.