Matt Leinart
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608 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 17 Oct
Matt Leinart’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And every out,
is equal in the grand scheme but some outs have more meaning later in the game or even in the middle innings like if it's a one nothing game and you have runners on first and second with no outs that's when you want to bring in like those high leverage arms and
And teams have become much more adept at using bullpen guys in different innings.
It used to be much more like, hey, this is your inning.
We're going to keep you there because this is where you're comfortable.
But now they know, like, if I'm good, if I have the ability to strike guys out, I might be pitching in the first.
I might be pitching in the fifth.
I might be pitching in the ninth.
It's about flexibility.
And, you know, it's especially like PFT, if we're looking at when the right time to use an opener is –
every baseball team has like these matchup charts where on one side you've got their hitters and like up top you've got your pitchers and it like rates each matchup and so if you have a matchup uh or a guy who matches up well with the top three hitters using him as an opener makes a ton of sense you know you prevent them from scoring with their big boppers earlier in the game and then when
When you bring your starter, so to speak, or like bulk innings guy in, he's facing those players for the first time, except it's the second time through the order.
And the reason that that's a big deal is because it's been shown throughout the years that the more times a hitter sees you, the likelier he is to succeed against you.
So that's why you see so many starting pitchers these days getting pulled after two times going through the order, because there's that penalty for going through the third time.
So-
This is what I love about baseball, man.
Like there's so much strategy to it and there's so much thought to be put into it.
And here's the thing.
You can put an opener in and he can get his teeth kicked in.
Like it's no guarantee for success by any means.
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