1. Billy Hamilton (S) CF .258/.305/.339
2. Eugenio Suarez (R) 3B .259/.358/.461
3. Joey Votto (L) 1B .298/.419/.582
4. Adam Duvall (R) DH .268/.318/.521
5. Patrick Kivlehan (R) LF .212/.293/.404
6. Devin Mesoraco (R) CA .230/.331/.434
7. Scott Schebler (L) RF .236/.316/.485
8. Jose Peraza (R) SS .250/.274/.325
9. Arismendy Alcantara (S) 2B .196/.204/.283
Luis Castillo (R): (35 IP, 3.86 ERA)
vs.
Jordan Montgomery (L): (101.1 IP, 4.09 ERA)
1. Brett Gardner (L) CF .256/.346/.452
2. Clint Frazier (R) LF .295/.302/.607
3. Aaron Judge (R) RF .310/.434/.649
4. Matt Holliday (R) DH .238/.334/.462
5. Didi Gregorius (L) SS .304/.335/.495
6. Chase Headley (S) 1B .266/.348/.383
7. Todd Frazier (R) 3B .125/.222/.125
8. Tyler Wade (L) 2B .138/.265/.241
9. Austin Romine (R) CA .236/.297/.312
Cozart was injured
Praying for more runs, as Chapman/Votto scares me.
When he can throw strikes consistently he deserves the 8th inning job back. Till then he's gotta earn it.
Stupid comment. This is obviously a problem. He has really hurt this team for a while now and showing no signs of fixing it. He can't control his pitches. Its mental.
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geezus.
Stupid comment. This is obviously a problem. He has really hurt this team for a while now and showing no signs of fixing it. He can't control his pitches. Its mental.
It was his first outing allowing runs since the Toronto meltdown. He's been getting back to what he was. You've already told us how you can't stand him.
Guy's been maybe the best reliever in the league since he came up. A bad stretch and everybody is ready to give up on him. Tough
Kay is right. Why did he go to Betrances when the guy he replaced pitched to one guy and he's right handed also. Plus the Yanks have a one o'clock game tomorrow.
100% agree. I think we are reaching but it sure does feel that way lol.
Ya know, I had a similar thought. You can tell when YES gets the green light to turn up the heat on someone.
Okay, this made me chuckle.
Same kind of low end indirect sliming priming the pump before the campaign to drive Torre out ( which I agreed with the objective but not Kay having anything to do with it) or the decisions with Bernie or ARod.
I don't think a corporate shill job belongs in the broadcast.
Notice Kay does not need interviews from the manager so he is free to trash them to prepare the fans
Levine is a guy who makes a living scratching a corporate itch into an infection.
Picking up on a bosses transient sore point and feeding it is not the same as an actual insight
I realize its pure speculation on my part but sorry, like Greg with VTech; I don't like Levine and I don't like Kay when he shills ( or tries to get one of the ex players to feed into the rant so its not just him. Leiter did a good job of leaving him out there all alone on that one)
While it is infuriating to watch Dellin walk guys like that, he is special enough where you give him enough leash to work out of it. Now he has the pieces to allow for more of that with DB and AC. But you will see that leash get shorter and shorter as more games are pit at risk.
But you see thats the thing, grabbing Alonso is going to give us the freedom to continue trotting Bird out there going forward without committing to him long term. If he plays great, then we have a good problem and a fall back option in case Bird never comes back to what he was.
I cant possibly imagine Cash letting go of major prospects for Alonso. Maybe it'll be a cash thing or a couple minor pieces to fill out the deal.
Cashman: We'll give you Florial, Mateo, and Heller for Gray.
A's GM: We want Florial, Mateo, and Acevedo.
Cashman: If you want Acevedo over Heller, you need to throw in Alonso.
Or something like that.
I disagree. He hasn't been the completely dominant Betances we've seen in the past, but he's still the only pitcher top 10 in K rate and HR rate among relievers. He pitched well in Seattle and I honestly think (and they think) he needs more work. Obviously he sucked today. But I would expect Joe to go right back to him by Thursday at the latest.
The difference now is that Joe isn't going to let the game get lost with Dellin struggling on the mound.
Great performance by Monty.
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I love Betances, been one of my favorite players on the team these past few years. But the guy hasn't struggled for a few weeks or something. It's been a couple of months. He has shown a few signs of righting the ship recently, but nearly giving up the lead to the worst hitting team in MLB at home isn't acceptable. We need to win these winnable games.
I disagree. He hasn't been the completely dominant Betances we've seen in the past, but he's still the only pitcher top 10 in K rate and HR rate among relievers. He pitched well in Seattle and I honestly think (and they think) he needs more work. Obviously he sucked today. But I would expect Joe to go right back to him by Thursday at the latest.
The difference now is that Joe isn't going to let the game get lost with Dellin struggling on the mound.
Great performance by Monty.
He's shown signs of righting the ship recently like I said in that post. But he's mostly struggled for awhile now. It's a fact.
93 innings last year, 111 innings this year and its July.
Uncharted waters, and preventing injury.
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had a great game--2 hits, 0 walks, 7 ks, but came out after 5 innings. Any ideas why? I know it drizzled, but I don't think there were rain delays. Could it be a trade brewing?
93 innings last year, 111 innings this year and its July.
Uncharted waters, and preventing injury.
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so you might be giving up prospects for a rental in a year where we don't have pressure to win a WS. Gray is team-controlled for 2 more years. I'd make the deal just for Gray
But you see thats the thing, grabbing Alonso is going to give us the freedom to continue trotting Bird out there going forward without committing to him long term. If he plays great, then we have a good problem and a fall back option in case Bird never comes back to what he was.
I cant possibly imagine Cash letting go of major prospects for Alonso. Maybe it'll be a cash thing or a couple minor pieces to fill out the deal.
Totally thought it was the right move. Cinci has a ton of power up and down the lineup and 1 bad pitch its a tie game. It doesn't matter what he's done up to that point. When you have Kahnle hot and ready there you go to him 100 times out of 100.