Sure, let's do MIA now too and see where the totals fall.

Oct 9, 2024
12:51:27pm

COUGND All-American

I get that his stat line against LAA is not great, but the bigger point is that he saw much, much worse pitching in September compared to October

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Ohtani in September: .393 batting average, .458 OBP, .766 Slugging, 1.225 OPS

Corn Pop

12:33pm

Just maybe ...

Dan

12:38pm

They also played in September and Ohtani went 6-11. Not really enough of a

califcougar

12:49pm

Two weeks ago, Ohtani went 6/11 with 3 2B and 2 BB against the same Padres. That's a 1.433 OPS.

Colorado

12:56pm

He was getting absolute softballs in Sep. from the likes of MIA and LAA

COUGND

12:38pm

Ohtani went 1 for 8, with 3 k's vs the Angels in September

BYUheaven

12:47pm

Sure, let's do MIA now too and see where the totals fall.

COUGND

12:51pm

coming from an Angels fan, it was a joke.

BYUheaven

1:03pm

RE: coming from an Angels fan, it was a joke.

COUGND

1:09pm

Playoffs are a step up in pitching quality from the regular season. Feels like

Socrates Johnson

12:46pm

It's a tiny sample size so far for Ohtani, but no, pitching quality alone would

Corn Pop

12:55pm

I'm sorry, but this is insane. His numbers in 13 ABs is 100% meaningless.

Scratch

1:23pm

"It's a tiny sample size so far for Ohtani..."

Corn Pop

1:30pm

Shohei had 26 ABs in March and has 13 in the postseason. Those numbers are

Scratch

12:52pm

I mean, at a certain point it’s on these guys to perform. How much you wanna

RevolutionDeathsquad

1:00pm

Get rid of two wild cards, DS is 7 games, LCS is 7 games, WS is 7 games. The end

Corn Pop

1:07pm

I agree 100% with that. But not because Shohei has had 13 ABs with below-

Scratch

1:24pm

Except we are starting to get some data overall. The Braves' bats were dead

Corn Pop

2:10pm

Yeah, if the overall stats support that narrative then there may be an argument

Scratch

2:22pm

The working theory from last year, not my theory but from a national guy,

Corn Pop

2:36pm

Have two wild card teams, they play one game, winner plays div winner, the other

Dan

1:45pm

I would probably give it 1 or 2 more postseasons to see if the numbers stay

MwangoleCoug9

1:16pm

It's 3 games. I'm sure there were stretches in September that looked similar to

LifeLongLakerFan

2:27pm

You could say just two games. In game 1 he had an HR and another hit

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