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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
Maybe it's just me, but just ****ing walk Judge if you're feeling pressured to pitch at him. I don't blame Varland for obviously going for it with an 0-2 count, but it showed that Judge's body and frame allow him to make adjustments and still be able to knock it out of the park if he adjusts correctly. Don't **** around, just walk him if you're not at your best stuff. We've done it before, do it again. He is the ONLY reason they came back last night.
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Looking at it now it might have been best to walk him and take your chances with Bellinger but I get why they didn't. Walk him and you risk it being even more of a big inning. Pitch to him and at worse it's tied and you still have a chance.
He was also extremely lucky that was a homerun. Not just because it hitting the foul pole but because there was something like a 90-95% chance with whatever data they use that where that pitch ended up doesn't turn out to be a homerun. 99 out of a 100 times he probably doesn't do that.