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Mike Vasil

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1386 total appearances

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

But, you know, that's just where the game's at right now.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Yeah, I think so, because everything now is graded on like a stock model.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

And I do think stuff is important, like 100 percent.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Like you want to have good stuff.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

um because that's how you get guys out but like what is good stuff and like how does that look like for you and your arsenal um that's what i think is most important like how does your arsenal tie together um like and some guys look so there are guys out there in the game who have a two pitch mix and they don't throw very hard but one of their you know their sweeper their slider is like an outlier and they throw it a lot which i think is fine like that's that's just part of what they do um

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

But I think in terms of analytically, I think it impacts a lot.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

I do, because it's either a lot of stuff is expected now, a lot of stuff is, like, weighted differently compared to, like, what actually happened, you know, what's, like, a true outcome.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Like, I'm more of a guy when it comes to, like, analytics, more, like, process-based stuff.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

So it's, like, first pitch strike, you know, getting two out of three, getting two strikes within the first three pitches.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Like, that stuff's, like...

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Yes, it's charted and it's a percentage, but it's not a computer system.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Like that stuff really matters.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

But, you know, at the same time, I think there are some analytical columns and stuff like that that have value.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

You know, they can tell you, you know, if you're playing in, for example, like this past year at Steinbrenner, like the ball's flying there.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

And if you're giving up a lot of like 80-something mile per hour fly ball homers,

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Like, in reality, at probably 28, 29 other ballparks in the country, you're not giving up those homers.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

So there's certain stuff like that where you can see it, but I do think some of this stuff is probably getting a little over the top now.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Yeah, yeah, 100%, 100%.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Well, the first one off the top of my head is pretty easy.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Pitch And Moan: Talking White Sox, AL MVP Race And Postseason With Mike Vasil

Aaron Judge is just, you know, he's a monster.