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FWIW, I'm starting to wonder if the next area of surplus value in baseball is going to be batting average and putting the ball in play.
Carpenter was on third with one out (because Pham got caught in a run down after a single, because Cardinals baserunning), and then DeJong and Gyorko failed to drive him in. In a game you trail 4-2 in the third, that's a significant shortcoming.
Hitters have to be able to adapt to the situation. At this point, baseball hitting philosophy has almost changed to a long drive competition. Scratching across those annoying runs by shortening your swing to protect yourself and altering your hitting philosophy based on the situation makes a huge difference over the course of a season, and it's not giving up outs like a mother****ing bunt.
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