9/21 GDT: Cardinals(Wainwright)@Royals(Hernandez) 7:05 PM CT

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Re: 9/21 GDT: Cardinals(Wainwright)@Royals(Hernandez) 7:05 PM CT

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Adam Wainwright, Run Clusterer
by Ben Clemens
September 24, 2020
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/adam-wainwr ... clusterer/
On Monday night, I was watching the Cardinals battle the Royals when I heard something that stopped me in my tracks. As Adam Wainwright labored in the sixth inning — two runs in and runners on the corners with two outs — the Cardinals announcers mentioned one of Wainwright’s greatest strengths — in their minds, at least. “That’s something that Adam Wainwright is really good at, is not compounding the inning… going back and getting the next guy.” I’ve been a Cardinals fan my whole life — and to that tidbit, I said, “Huh?”

It was, in truth, something I’d never thought about. Are some pitchers better than others at turning off the tap, amping up their performance when they need it and keeping crooked numbers from getting even crooked-er? My saber sense was tingling — something about this didn’t sound quite right. But of course, these spots are exactly where if a pitcher could bear down more than expected, it would make the most difference. I decided I’d try to find out how real this effect was.

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