They put a 3rd baseman in to pitch to not bother wasting anymore of their pitchers, and his giving them lobs like that so they can’t hit a home run. It’s what teams can choose to do to mitigate and really bad loss.
No also because of the angle. If a ball is coming in hard and straight it's easier to connect squarely. If it's coming in at a sharp angle it's easier to pop up or ground it into the dirt. If you watch home run derby they throw hard and straight.
Lobbing them in like they're tossing for the home run derby. Did you catch the score at the bottom? I wasnt joking. That was a 0-22 game. It's like they took a dive for money.
It was the 3rd baseman. They subbed him in when it was apparent they were going to lose. A pitcher's arm has a lifespan, so why wear out some of your highest paid players to lose. Have a position player pitch and save your pitcher's arms.
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u/Epic_Elite Aug 21 '26
Baseball is such a weird sport that these guys have so much time to lock in and figure out the details of the game, and then they do this.
These guys gave up at some point. Lobing pitches like they're pitching to a kid. Then this?
Really gonna lose by 3 touchdowns? Bananas.