I’ve been wondering lately how sleep factors into the equation of player performance, and whether/how steaks or slumps contribute to that. Had the Tigers been sleeping poorly because they’d been worried by the collapse, which also made them perform poorly? Had the Guardians been crushing it because they’d been sleeping soundly, which helped them play at peak performance? Did the Tigers sleep well last night and feel better and feel more up to playing today, and are the Guardians anxious now and had a fitful sleep last night which now makes them suboptimal physically? Will that factor into tonight’s games?
These are the things I think about when I wake up in the middle of the night and lie in bed for a couple of hours before I drift back to sleep myself.