Great win by the Yanks last night. Tanaka pitched like he did prior to his injury last year. 7ip 0ER 2hits and 8k's. Yanks steam roll the Rays 9-0.
Now we are only 2 games back in the east. If we can figure out some other pieces (SS production, cut back on errors etc.) We have a shot to compete.
I was watching the game recap on MLB.com, which showed all of Tanaka's strikeouts. The TV gun had him at 92, but I can't tell if it was the YES feed or the Tampa feed. Is that accurate? I thought he was a mid-90s guy last season.
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I think it is reasonable to expect that, if his arm really is healed, he will add another yard or two to his fastball over the next few starts.
Whether it was the right thing to do or not, I think that fact that Girardi sent him back out for the seventh after the long delay while the Yankees batted around plus suggests that the team feels he is fully healed. They had him throw on the side while the Yankees were batting to keep him warm, and they wanted to add to his pitch count in order to build arm strength.
I will always applaud a good effort. I am still wary of our starting pitching but its nice to see Tanaka pitch well. The key is to build on the win and improve the areas that need help.
It's not much of a big deal, except I don't get MY9 in HD, if anyone even does, and I feel like I'm watching the games in the '80's. It's awful. If they insist on showing the games, they can at least offer us HD for cryin out loud.
this week will be a huge test for this offense. Price, Harvey and Degrom we will see 3 out of 4 games. Huge test for this team coming up
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Didn't hit well today but nice sweep of the Rays & up to .500.
6-6, back to .500
6-6, back to .500
Betances is in love with the off speed stuff. Wonder if the fastball isn't moving so he isn't using it as much. He's looks a lot better than last week.
Yeah that was a bad choice of words, but he is still shying away from the FB. He threw six to one of the Rays today. He throws great breaking balls and off speed stuff.
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He was waiting on his arm strength and mechanics, which now appear to be back. Expect him to go with the hard stuff a lot more in the future.
Yeah that was a bad choice of words, but he is still shying away from the FB. He threw six to one of the Rays today. He throws great breaking balls and off speed stuff.
Geez - threw six straight breaking balls.....
Taking BP, likely to get back into games soon. The question is whether he's on track for an MLB job when he's done. Temptation would be to say no, but Petit has been pretty awful.
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your tune has certainly changed in the last 3 days.
I will always applaud a good effort. I am still wary of our starting pitching but its nice to see Tanaka pitch well. The key is to build on the win and improve the areas that need help.