NFT: Yankees (72-58) @ Red Sox (61-70) , Tuesday Ed.

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Great job on Ortiz

David Cone is REALLY good doing these games now.

The dumb ass stood up before the ball crossed the plate. He does that a lot. Have to stay in your stance so the ump can see the top of the zone

In comment 12447938 section125 said:

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The dumb ass stood up before the ball crossed the plate. He does that a lot. Have to stay in your stance so the ump can see the top of the zone

It was borderline, but the issue is that the kid is six weeks out of AA. At AA and below pitches with that sort of late life, and pitchers who can locate them, are few and far between. It is something that will come with time. He is a future middle of the order bat, we need to be patient with him and not run him out of town on a rail because he is a little too passive at the plate in the early going.

or anything else.

is simply not a strike. It's never a strike.

In comment 12447965 Dunedin81 said:

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In comment 12447938 section125 said: Quote: The dumb ass stood up before the ball crossed the plate. He does that a lot. Have to stay in your stance so the ump can see the top of the zone It was borderline, but the issue is that the kid is six weeks out of AA. At AA and below pitches with that sort of late life, and pitchers who can locate them, are few and far between. It is something that will come with time. He is a future middle of the order bat, we need to be patient with him and not run him out of town on a rail because he is a little too passive at the plate in the early going.

I was responding to the "high strike" post. It was at the top of the zone and may have been a ball if he stayed in his stance.

Pedro Martinez starring Rick Porcello. Spent this guy has been too shitty to pitch BP this year and he has 13 k's

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3-1 Yanks

how many of those inside strikes (which are strikes) are they going to look at tonight. Porcello is pitching exceedingly well, but for pete's sake the ump is calling that pitch consistently, so swing at it. He's been very consistent with that call.

Betances in a jam

nothing. The slider and curve are good.

Boston challenges

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the bag.
He's out. Pesky says the foot was off and he's out.

Betances schools Ortiz and that'll do it

for Big Sloppy! 4 Ks.

Replay is not in place to change calls like that.

where Betts wound up sitting, there's almost no way his right foot (tucked under his left leg) could be on the bag...easy peasy.

In comment 12448033 Homersimpson said:

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where Betts wound up sitting, there's almost no way his right foot (tucked under his left leg) could be on the bag...easy peasy.

Agreed. And that ump was looking straight down on it. He had a better view than replay.

Toronto and Cleveland going to extras tied at 3; their closer blew a save and ours didn't

would be great to have Big Mike back at this level

a pitcher pitching out of his skull.

Nice to see Gardner get one.

That ump totally blew the third strike there. No reason not to ask for help down the line. Whatever. Guess it evens out from last night? Are the umps tired? Do they need to get back to the hotel and order their buckets of beer and room service? Is that it?

In comment 12448083 B in ALB said:

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That ump totally blew the third strike there. No reason not to ask for help down the line. Whatever. Guess it evens out from last night? Are the umps tired? Do they need to get back to the hotel and order their buckets of beer and room service? Is that it?

B not sure that it wasn't a strike in the zone. I think the pitch was over the plate. I didn't see the k-zone on the replay, but I thought it caught the corner.

2 on, 1 out Top 10th

Just seems like a lot of lazy umpiring lately ya know?

In comment 12448089 B in ALB said:

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Just seems like a lot of lazy umpiring lately ya know?

Last night I think you were right. I might be wrong on this, but I thought the pitch was a strike - it was high enough and it is hard to judge where it crosses the plate on Miller's cross throws.

I thought that he called a good game behind the plate tonight.

he clearly offered and typically a catcher appeals a non-strike, not the other way around.

light-hitting Ryan Goins just hit a walkoff HR

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years, to record 13+ strikeouts against us in a game (Pedro/Clemens).

Now subtract all the called strikeouts that were off the plate and he'd have the 5 he earned.

Good w

In comment 12448113 RasputinPrime said:

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years, to record 13+ strikeouts against us in a game (Pedro/Clemens). Now subtract all the called strikeouts that were off the plate and he'd have the 5 he earned. Good w

The vast majority, no I'd say all, were strikes. The feed I had (NESN) clearly showed the balls were in the strike zone. Plus the ump was ridiculously consistent with his calls.

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In comment 12448113 RasputinPrime said: Quote: years, to record 13+ strikeouts against us in a game (Pedro/Clemens). Now subtract all the called strikeouts that were off the plate and he'd have the 5 he earned. Good w The vast majority, no I'd say all, were strikes. The feed I had (NESN) clearly showed the balls were in the strike zone. Plus the ump was ridiculously consistent with his calls.

If the strike zone is subjective then subjectively I stand by my assessment. The umps have had two rough games in Boston and there have been more than enough reasons to gripe by both teams.

it looked like Porcello got a couple questionable calls in the early going and became extremely confidence painting both corners, and he did it very well. There were one or two in there that I didn't think were strikes but by and large Pineda was getting the calls too.

back to 15 over .500, let's make a push for 20 and catch the Jays. Pineda is a really important part of this team, good to see him play well. Betances and Miller is just too good, insane how valuable Betances has been in the non-traditional best reliever role.

Not Yanks-related but holy crap, Miguel Sano looks like a monster. He has a really high K-rate and BABIP and I expect him to be closer to a .260 hitter than the .295 hitter he's been so far, but holy crap his power is absolutely insane. He combines it with a good enough eye to keep pitcher's honest. His stats are due to regress from this insane start but he's a guy who I could see hit 30-45 homers as soon as next season and stay at that power level for a long time.

In comment 12448132 RasputinPrime said:

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In comment 12448120 section125 said: Quote: In comment 12448113 RasputinPrime said: Quote: years, to record 13+ strikeouts against us in a game (Pedro/Clemens). Now subtract all the called strikeouts that were off the plate and he'd have the 5 he earned. Good w The vast majority, no I'd say all, were strikes. The feed I had (NESN) clearly showed the balls were in the strike zone. Plus the ump was ridiculously consistent with his calls. If the strike zone is subjective then subjectively I stand by my assessment. The umps have had two rough games in Boston and there have been more than enough reasons to gripe by both teams.

Cannot compare last night and tonight. Last night was a horribly called game. Today was a very well called game. All the players ask for (and knowledgeable fans) is a consistent strike zone. Tonight was one of the best called games I have seen. If the K-Zone was fairly accurate then tonight's ump was correct in his calls and even if the ball was marginally off the plate, he called it the same 98% of the time. Those inside pitches to the lefties were well over the plate.

In comment 12448133 Dunedin81 said:

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it looked like Porcello got a couple questionable calls in the early going and became extremely confidence painting both corners, and he did it very well. There were one or two in there that I didn't think were strikes but by and large Pineda was getting the calls too.

Consistent zone is all you can ask for. IMO, that was one of the best called games I've seen in a while. If he missed a couple, he missed a couple but as you said Pineda got the same calls.

Opposing pitchers have made the adjustments (hard stuff inside and anything over 95 mph away for those pitchers who can throw it). Now Bird has to counter.

A couple of weeks ago I was worried that the Yanks couldn't find a position for Bird going forward. Now I think that the problem solves itself. It doesn't look like ARod can physically handle more than 400 plate appearances even as a DH, so Bird will get a decent amount of time DH'ing. You also know that Tex can't play the full 162 due to his age and injury history so Bird will get some looks at 1st (and would play 1st every day when Tex is on the DL)

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In comment 12448248 dpinzow said:

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Opposing pitchers have made the adjustments (hard stuff inside and anything over 95 mph away for those pitchers who can throw it). Now Bird has to counter. A couple of weeks ago I was worried that the Yanks couldn't find a position for Bird going forward. Now I think that the problem solves itself. It doesn't look like ARod can physically handle more than 400 plate appearances even as a DH, so Bird will get a decent amount of time DH'ing. You also know that Tex can't play the full 162 due to his age and injury history so Bird will get some looks at 1st (and would play 1st every day when Tex is on the DL)

I think that Bird simply needs to go to AAA to start 2016 and get exposure to the high FB and off-speed away stuff that has stymied him in a lower pressure environment. In addition, he needs to work on better early pitch recognition, which is simply a matter of seeing more almost ML ready SP and the AAAA SP that are down there.

Another 300-400 ABs in the minors won't hurt Bird- he's quite young- and we now know that Tex and ARod will break down when facing 500-600 ABs.

I think that the Yanks 2016 preference as of today would be to let Judge and Bird see 400 ABs each in AAA in 2016, and give Ackley every opportunity to take days away from ARod in a semi-platoon, as well as give Beltran regular days off- essentially taking Young's roster spot. The young guys really need to have significant exposure to the better breaking pitches and the much better command that the AAAA and soon-to-be ML pitchers in AAA have to be ready for NY.

We have already seen that the newspaper guys do NOT agree with Cashman's plan to replace vets with the rookies, and will be waiting to pounce and to try and convince the masses that the Yanks sound simply spend on FA or high priced vets instead. That will make for a VERY rough environment if the kids struggle with hitting better off-speed and command. Thus, the 2016 AAA 400 of so ABs really are a must for them.

I also think that if the Yanks give Ryan's roster spot to Pirela, that would free up the roster space to go get a backup 1B type too. Didi is at an age where he does not need a lot of days off physically, and the Yanks can stash someone in AAA who can be called up to be the SS in an emergency, or if Pirela can't hold on to the backup job.

Bird will start next year at AAA. That he needs to play everyday and not sit on the bench in MLB. They'll sign another Vet to back up Arod and Teix in 2016. Bird & Judge both need another season at AAA.

Nice to finally have him back. He could be huge for us the rest of the way, if he stays healthy.

In comment 12448599 Dave in Hoboken said:

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Nice to finally have him back. He could be huge for us the rest of the way, if he stays healthy.

Velo was up, location was great. That was a front-line starter performance last night. If we make it to a 5-game playoff series Girardi will have a number of decisions to make.

in order to continue in the playoffs, correct?

I don't know about this system. I'd hate to win the wildcard race by, say, 5 games and then face a one game elimination.

In comment 12448630 Del Shofner said:

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in order to continue in the playoffs, correct? I don't know about this system. I'd hate to win the wildcard race by, say, 5 games and then face a one game elimination.

Yeah, it'd be at home but it's still a dicey proposition.

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