Back-to-Back Pickoffs Solved
In the ninth inning of a tied game on Wednesday, the Royals had two runners picked off of first base. Now it seems that night’s lineup card gives a little insight to the cause of the blunders.
Glove slap: kcemigre
Jeff, one of the authors of the fantasy baseball guide,The Process, writes for RotoGraphs, The Hardball Times, Rotowire, Baseball America, and BaseballHQ. He has been nominated for two SABR Analytics Research Award for Contemporary Analysis and won it in 2013 in tandem with Bill Petti. He has won four FSWA Awards including on for his Mining the News series. He's won Tout Wars three times, LABR twice, and got his first NFBC Main Event win in 2021. Follow him on Twitter @jeffwzimmerman.
I was watching that game. Not only were 2 runners picked off, they were both pinch-runners. 2 consecutive guys were removed from the lineup, replaced by a seemingly better runner, and then were subsequently picked off. Against a right-handed pitcher too! (feliz)