5/4/17
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Strategy Section: Assessing Some of the Best Starts
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A commenter took it upon himself to timestamp the episode which is awesome:
James Paxton (7:00)
-Paxton or Arietta (11:10)
Dylan Bundy (16:25)
-Bundy or Pineda+Sidebar on Pineda’s peripherals (19:13)
-Bundy or Pomeranz(23:00)
-Supplementary lesson on 2for1 trades(24:05)
Luis Severino (24:50)
-Severino or Pineda(24:50)
-Bundy or Severino(28:00)
Patrick Corbin (31:50)
-More Corbin(37:45)
Chase Anderson (32:15)
Andrew Triggs (38:30)
Dallas Keuchel (41:55)
Zack Greinke (44:40)
-Keuchel or Greinke (48:45)
Ivan Nova (51:41)
Jason Vargas (53:35)
Ervin Santana (57:11)
-Santana or Corbin/Anderson/Triggs(1:06:28)
Mike Leake (1:00:11)
Derek Holland (1:02:44)
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Really, REALLY miss the timestamps next to player names when they’re not there. Please bring back!
And/or making a point to mention names more in answers. IE: “Paxton” instead of “he” or “him.” Just skipping around the file, it’s almost impossible to find out where you start talking about someone.
I could not agree with these 2 suggestions more. YES!
I’ll get ya on the timestamps. Can only say the name so often and we’re among the best out there.