Re: Settle this Baseball Argument
If you bunt 100% of the time, the defense can play at a depth which makes bunting -EV. If you hit away 100% of the time, the defense can play far enough back that hitting away is -EV. So, in order to have the defense play incorrectly, sometimes you must bunt, and other times you must hit away, and there is a ratio of bunting/hitting at which the defense cannot play optimally. If the defense doesn't try and play optimally, then you can lean towards one or the other.
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