Like all the cool kids these days, I was reading The Athletic the other day. (It’s seriously good, folks.) I came across an article written by Dale Murphy — yes, that one — in which he detailed four things he felt would help a team go far in the playoffs.
One of these four things was strikeouts. As we all know, strikeouts are a big deal these days: pitchers love to get ‘em, hitters seem not to mind ‘em too much. Murphy notes:
Home runs don’t always carry over to the postseason.