BIB on the Go: Celebrating The Return Of Starting Pitching With Chris Bassitt, Tyler Glasnow and Shane Bieber
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Why is starting pitching undervalued in postseason play?
interest me and one of the ones if you anybody who has listened to this fascinates me is why do not why do starters not be prioritized and valued in the postseason last couple years as much as they should You know, we look at these teams who go into the postseason and sure, you know, you try to bob and weave, as I say, bob and weave your way through these games with a bunch of relief pitchers, with starters going on in cup and innings. And, you know, that works. The Dodgers did it to some extent last year, going to the World Series. But one thing that you should note about that Dodgers Ron is that they did have a couple guys who didn't pull up pick up some of the slack and turn the starting rotation you have to have some guys to do that you have to have some starters to do that and I think that what we're seeing especially with the Dodgers this year is an understanding that if you can get some really valuable reliable starters to go six or seven and
in these postseason games, it makes everybody better. It makes everybody better. I know that's a very simplistic way to look at it, but it's just a fact. I think teams are so consumed with matchups from the get-go, maybe they don't understand that. But you're going to burn out your bullpen if you don't do that. You're going to be taking all kinds of risks if you don't do that. So when you go to build a team, everybody, Go look and try to find starters who can pitch in the postseason six innings. I know it's easier said than done, but, you know, so be it.
How do teams strategize around starting pitchers during playoffs?
I'm saying it. All right, first up, so we have three guys talking about this. We've got Chris Bassett, the Blue Jays. We've got Tyler Glassnow, the Dodgers. And we've got Shane Bieber, also the Blue Jays. So Chris Bassett obviously is one of the most insightful, one of the most interesting articulate starting pitching pitchers. players you're going to find out there so i really really wanted to talk to him about this subject so that's what i did and then after that i get to glass now after that i get to bieber all right first up here's chris bassett a little bit how are you a little bit of wonky question but do you think that this postseason has made teams understand how valuable it is to get starting pitching to prioritize starting pitching especially because when the postseason runs around obviously we've seen like how important it's not to run out of it
yeah I mean starting pitching is always king and I think if you don't have a starting pitching group that can go I mean we expect guys to go six innings at least every time here if you don't have that then you don't have starting pitching and then they don't really have a chance because a lot of the times you're just gonna burn through your bullpen And then not just that, you're going to get to the playoffs and you're going to run into starting pitching. And then all of a sudden, now what? So, yeah, there's always, you got to have at least four starters. And if you don't have four starters, good luck.
Yeah, that's what I mean, though. I think some teams, maybe in the last few years, thought we can bob and weave our way through this, but you can't bob and weave your way through.
No, you can bob and weave your way through a season, but once it gets to the playoffs...
What insights does Chris Bassett provide on starting pitching?
I've tried to bob and weave through the playoffs on different teams, and it does not work.
The last thing is, we talked just before the end of the regular season about what the postseason is all about, and you did it before. Anything about this postseason run that you've taken away and said, wow, I've learned this, that maybe I didn't even know? Or did you know?
No, I would say the thing that makes this team so much different is how much confidence we actually have. I've been in the postseason a number of times, but even starting this series, not World Series, but starting the playoffs, I've never been more confident that we're going to win than this team. It's just we have so many veteran guys that have unfortunately failed and some veteran guys that have won some.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is starting pitching undervalued in postseason play?
0:00–1:30
2
How do teams strategize around starting pitchers during playoffs?
1:30–3:19
3
What insights does Chris Bassett provide on starting pitching?
3:19–5:44
4
How does Tyler Glasnow view the role of starters in playoff success?
5:44–7:42
5
What lessons has Shane Bieber learned from postseason experiences?
7:42–9:57
6
How important is starting pitching depth for playoff teams?
9:57–12:00
7
What factors influence a team's reliance on starting pitchers versus relievers?
12:00–14:16
8
What are the implications of postseason performances on team strategies?
14:16–22:05
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