RT @ByMcCullough In defending their plan for NLDS Game 5, the Dodgers revealed that despite all their analytical acumen and scouting insight, despite investments in biomechanics and virtual reality and sleep science, they remain wedded to the mythology of Clayton Kershaw. theathletic.com/1293931/2019/1… (více...)

In defending their plan for NLDS Game 5, the Dodgers revealed that despite all their analytical acumen and scouting insight, despite investments in biomechanics and virtual reality and sleep science, they remain wedded to the mythology of Clayton Kershaw. theathletic.com/1293931/2019/1… (více...)

The Dodgers need to stop living in the past with Clayton Kershaw. theathletic.com/1293931/2019/1… (více...)

Friedman defended the decision to set up the starting rotation so Clayton Kershaw could relieve in Game 5. (více...)

The continued Clayton Kershaw narrative; predicting playoff sweeps; how to hit the Yankees

FanGraphs | Ben Clemens: Clayton Kershaw yet again has the postseason narrative attached to his name, as unfair as that is. Despite being one of the best pitchers, if not the best, of the 2010s, the legacy that will follow him will be Playoff Kershaw, even if his effectiveness has diminished in recent seasons.

The Ringer | Ben Lindbergh: Unless the Yankees are playing the Twins, it’s fairly hard to predict postseason sweeps, and it’s also difficult to predict series that go the full five or seven games. This is largely because of how people misunderstand basic probability; if you predict a seven-game series, for example, it implies that the team is either losing the first three of five, or they are losing Game Six to send it to the final one, putting in question why you wouldn’t just predict the better team to win in six, the more likely outcome. Yet predictions are just predictions, and people will always like the certainty of saying one team will sweep, or that it will the go ideal distance (více...)