Hammel (1-5 6.38 era) vs Severino (2-2 3.64 era). 7:05pm start time.
Yanks had a late game collapse yesterday. We need to take this game.
In the rumor mill, I have read a few articles that speculate a possible Garret Cole reunion. Not sure that Pirates will part with Cole right now and I doubt we pony up the prospects to get him.
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here or do you let Sevey stay out there?
Give him 1 more batter
Just let him pitch.
One more. Let's go.
8 shutout. Great game. Huge uplift for the team.
Great pitching tonight.
Yeah- the talking heads were saying this is why you stick with him as a starter and don't move him to the pen.
I'll confess I have probably been on both sides of that debate...
Should give Green and Cessa a shot too.
Michell is a lost cause as a starter.
A week until May ends and the Yankees are in 1st place. Nice!
I am hoping that Adams forces his way into the rotation by next spring...taking over for CC.
Cain of KC re Sevy: I don't know where they found that guy but he's pretty darn good.
RHP Domingo Acevedo threw 7.1 shutout innings, 3 hits, 9Ks. He is 2-0 since being promoted to AA Trenton and has a 0.00 ERA. Acevedo is 6'7" and throws hard. He's another guy that could project as a dominant reliever if he doesn't continue to find success as a starter.
Hitting coaches need to work on Judge and the low outside pitch. He takes an awful lot of those for called 3rd strikes. We know he is doing better because he is laying of those regularly, but with two strikes he has to start punching them to right. Better than just looking at them. Might have to do with learning the strike zone down there, but the umps are consistently calling that pitch. He is a special player and hate to see him go down looking.
Hitting coaches need to work on Judge and the low outside pitch. He takes an awful lot of those for called 3rd strikes. We know he is doing better because he is laying of those regularly, but with two strikes he has to start punching them to right. Better than just looking at them. Might have to do with learning the strike zone down there, but the umps are consistently calling that pitch. He is a special player and hate to see him go down looking.
that called strike was horse shit. wasn't even close
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that called strike was horse shit. wasn't even close
I think replay showed it was a strike...
But that is not the point. Close or not, he can't keep looking at pitches that close. You have to protect the plate. It is obvious the umps are calling that pitch and he changed his approach over the winter to not swing at pitches off the plate, low. It is a fine line. But he should see lots of those pitches in practice, if possible, to see if he can foul them off or punch them to right.
IDK, but does he stand there night after night getting caught looking at something he might be able to fight off? It really isn't occasionally. It seems that is what pitchers the last few series are doing. Every hitter has a hole. His hit last night was away, even if slightly up. Great piece of hitting. Maybe the Yankees are willing to live with that one "small" hole?
Thought O'Neill was going to blow a gasket
I don't think he is getting that many bad calls. The replays seem to show most are strikes. Like you I shout at the screen on those, but then they show a replay...Yeah a few are low, but a lot less than we admit to.
Well, either he gets a better feel for what they are calling and adjusts, or the umps adjust. But since it has been multiple umps, I doubt they adjust.
Now swinging at that with less than two strikes is another story, but looking at a 3rd strike over and over is something else and with less than 3 balls in the count, pitchers will try to hit that spot until he does something about it.
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pitcher. Judge is doing fine. He's maturing as a hitter. As he gains stature and establishes that he won't widen the strike zone, those calls will start to go his way. Telling him to chase them would be the aboslute wrong thing to do.
I don't think he is getting that many bad calls. The replays seem to show most are strikes. Like you I shout at the screen on those, but then they show a replay...Yeah a few are low, but a lot less than we admit to.
Well, either he gets a better feel for what they are calling and adjusts, or the umps adjust. But since it has been multiple umps, I doubt they adjust.
Now swinging at that with less than two strikes is another story, but looking at a 3rd strike over and over is something else and with less than 3 balls in the count, pitchers will try to hit that spot until he does something about it.
"replay" also doesn't adjust the strike zone to fit the actual body of the hitter. That's the issue here. Judge has a very different strike zone. Is it bigger than most? Yes. Should a pitch at his shins be called a strike because its a strike for 90% of the league? No.
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In comment 13481949 Victor in CT said:
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pitcher. Judge is doing fine. He's maturing as a hitter. As he gains stature and establishes that he won't widen the strike zone, those calls will start to go his way. Telling him to chase them would be the aboslute wrong thing to do.
I don't think he is getting that many bad calls. The replays seem to show most are strikes. Like you I shout at the screen on those, but then they show a replay...Yeah a few are low, but a lot less than we admit to.
Well, either he gets a better feel for what they are calling and adjusts, or the umps adjust. But since it has been multiple umps, I doubt they adjust.
Now swinging at that with less than two strikes is another story, but looking at a 3rd strike over and over is something else and with less than 3 balls in the count, pitchers will try to hit that spot until he does something about it.
"replay" also doesn't adjust the strike zone to fit the actual body of the hitter. That's the issue here. Judge has a very different strike zone. Is it bigger than most? Yes. Should a pitch at his shins be called a strike because its a strike for 90% of the league? No.
Replay, not K zone. We can see the plate on the overhead cam and height on the 1st base cam. I wouldn't trust K zone as it seems to be a one size fits all gimmick.