Breakfast tastes gooooood this morning. Back in the series. Here are my random thoughts this morning.
CC still has it. I remember early this year it almost seemed like it was a treat to get a nice 5 innings from CC. And here the big guy is breaking out into vintage form in the biggest games.
Todd Frazier - becoming my favorite Yankee. This guy has the "it" factor and I hope he's a Yankee for a long time.
I feel bad for Dellin. I was a pitcher so I know how frustrating it can be when you lose some control. Problem is there's no room to get him back on track unless there's mop up duty this post season.
And I'm glad the game is early tonight. These late nights are killin' me!
Facing Keuchel is going to be rough, but seeing his pitches recently will help. Seeing your own ABs on video means more than video on other batters. I'm still convinced they can get to Verlander. But they cannot keep missing his FB. There were pitches there Saturday. I also think they had trouble with the lighting at Minute Maid.
The pitching has been fantastic. 5 runs in 3 games. If you told me that last Friday I'd have beeen thinking to get out the brooms.
Gray needs to step up tonight. 2-2 and I like the Yanks chances to win 2 of 3 for the flag.
As I said the other thread, I think that doosh Levine damaged Betances' psyche.
Next two at the stadium - I'm hoping that we take today, and Keuchel is a different guy on the road away from that crowd.
As I said the other thread, I think that doosh Levine damaged Betances' psyche.
It didn't bother him until mid-September, so I doubt he ever even thinks about it. Betances, as he does periodically, loses his mechanics. Now it is in his head. He probably is doing fine in side sessions and warm ups, then gets in and tries to think to much. Joe is/was hoping for one clean inning.
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I think Frazier could fit for a year as a hedge at 3rd against Gleyber/Andujar not being ready and a backup to the oft injured Bird. But beyond a year it's hard to see.
Joe Girardi has put his stupid script away and has been letting pitchers go longer. He let Kahnle pitch two innings and let Robertson go three. Last night he stuck with CC and he got Correa with bases loaded and gave him six terrific innings. His incredible game two boner has humbled him and made him a better manager. He is trusting players more.
Joe Girardi has put his stupid script away and has been letting pitchers go longer. He let Kahnle pitch two innings and let Robertson go three. Last night he stuck with CC and he got Correa with bases loaded and gave him six terrific innings. His incredible game two boner has humbled him and made him a better manager. He is trusting players more.
Oh come on now. You think he suddenly changed how he manages because he didn't challenge a play? Lol.
I think it probably has more to do with this being the playoffs and there is far less room for error, no? The regular season is a long grind and Joe does his best to keep guys as fresh as possible.
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Has really grown on me. However, I don't see him on the Yankees next year with Torres and Anduhar in the pipeline.
I think Frazier could fit for a year as a hedge at 3rd against Gleyber/Andujar not being ready and a backup to the oft injured Bird. But beyond a year it's hard to see.
Problem is Frazier will want a 3 or 4 year contract at age 31/32. He will not get it from the Yankees with Headley still there for a couple more years.
Now if they offload Headley, there is a chance, but no way Cash ties up two infield spots with older players.
But I'm really enjoying what Frazier brings.
Umpire sucks! Everyone is against us! Conspiracy! The fix is in! Bullshit call! They want Houston to win!
Judge is given a free walk when he actually struck out yet again.
..crickets..
Mornin', guys!
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Has really grown on me. However, I don't see him on the Yankees next year with Torres and Anduhar in the pipeline.
I think Frazier could fit for a year as a hedge at 3rd against Gleyber/Andujar not being ready and a backup to the oft injured Bird. But beyond a year it's hard to see.
Headley is actually better for that role because he can play 1B and is a swtich hitter. He's more versatile for when Torres comes up and Headley becomes a bench player.
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As I said the other thread, I think that doosh Levine damaged Betances' psyche.
It didn't bother him until mid-September, so I doubt he ever even thinks about it. Betances, as he does periodically, loses his mechanics. Now it is in his head. He probably is doing fine in side sessions and warm ups, then gets in and tries to think to much. Joe is/was hoping for one clean inning.
You may be right, he's prone to losing it on occasion. Either way, it isn't really hurting them because Kahnle has been a Godsend.
Umpire sucks! Everyone is against us! Conspiracy! The fix is in! Bullshit call! They want Houston to win!
Judge is given a free walk when he actually struck out yet again.
..crickets..
Mornin', guys!
Will take about 15 more of those to happen to even up all the AB's stoles from Judge this post season.
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they can beat anyone. A win tonight and Yanks are no longer underdogs. Lineup is deep and pitching has been fantastic.
Joe Girardi has put his stupid script away and has been letting pitchers go longer. He let Kahnle pitch two innings and let Robertson go three. Last night he stuck with CC and he got Correa with bases loaded and gave him six terrific innings. His incredible game two boner has humbled him and made him a better manager. He is trusting players more.
Oh come on now. You think he suddenly changed how he manages because he didn't challenge a play? Lol.
I think it probably has more to do with this being the playoffs and there is far less room for error, no? The regular season is a long grind and Joe does his best to keep guys as fresh as possible.
It wasn't just the ridiculously incompetent decision to not challenge. He also pulled CC too early in this game if you recall. Only 77 pitches. That decision was really stupid too. Joe lost that game. Seems to me he has changed. He left CC out there for 100 pitches last night and was rewarded.
Umpire sucks! Everyone is against us! Conspiracy! The fix is in! Bullshit call! They want Houston to win!
Judge is given a free walk when he actually struck out yet again.
..crickets..
Mornin', guys!
Must be fun to be reduced to trolling us because your favorite team has been a flaming bag of shit for over a decade. You have our pity.
Some of you people have thick fucking skulls.
Altuve and Correa are a combined 9-23. The rest of the Astros are 6-66.
Some of you people have thick fucking skulls.
Lick my balls Greg. Have you been watching all year as the best bullpen in baseball has been blowing big leads in multiple games ?? That is the reason Yanks did not win the division. It's not the right move when it doesn't work and it hasn't worked many times this year.
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Last night's game thread...
Umpire sucks! Everyone is against us! Conspiracy! The fix is in! Bullshit call! They want Houston to win!
Judge is given a free walk when he actually struck out yet again.
..crickets..
Mornin', guys!
Must be fun to be reduced to trolling us because your favorite team has been a flaming bag of shit for over a decade. You have our pity.
He's proving that the so called Yankees-Mets "rivalry" exists only in the most simple minded yahoo types on both sides and in the media.
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He left CC in last night because they had an 8 run lead. Did you watch Game 5, when CC was utterly dominant through 4 and then completely unraveled in the 5th? Pulling him in game 2 for the best bullpen in baseball was the right move even though it didn't work out.
Some of you people have thick fucking skulls.
Lick my balls Greg. Have you been watching all year as the best bullpen in baseball has been blowing big leads in multiple games ?? That is the reason Yanks did not win the division. It's not the right move when it doesn't work and it hasn't worked many times this year.
I can't believe someone still wants to have this argument after game 5 of the Cleveland series. As Greg and I have said at least 10 times each, When CC loses it he loses it quick- as put on full display in game 5. I had no problem whatsoever pulling CC in game 2 when he did. Green has been untouchable all year, he had a few bad batters and a confluence of events including the no challenge that led into a perfect shit storm and 4 runs. My god some people just can't give it up.
I wasn't sold on Frazier but he's growing on me (thumbs down!). But unless we can move Headley we can't afford another long (3-4 yrs) contract for an aging player at 3rd base. Torres is either at 3rd or 2nd so we need to move Castro or Headley. I'd prefer Torres at 3rd with Andujar as our DH. Don't know if his fielding will come around but the dude can rake.
As far as Pitching, this is the moment of truth for Sonny. Some pitchers can't handle NY. I'm hoping he can get his act together and pitch to his capability. CC deserves a contract. I'd offer a 1 yr deal with options fro a 2nd yr based on performance. I'd also consider keeping Garcia around as long as the money and term are right.
Astros have to be sweating a little...the Yanks cold bats started to heat up last night (although aside from the 2 home runs, we did benefit from a randomly odd mix of bloopers, infield hits, a wild pitch and a strange misplay on Birds double)
I was at the game, upper deck 3rd base side, so couldnt see balls and strikes clearly, but it did seem like the strike zone was more accurate last night
Big one for Sonny Gray tonight...i think he brings his A game. I can see a 6-4 Yanks win to even the series
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He left CC in last night because they had an 8 run lead. Did you watch Game 5, when CC was utterly dominant through 4 and then completely unraveled in the 5th? Pulling him in game 2 for the best bullpen in baseball was the right move even though it didn't work out.
Some of you people have thick fucking skulls.
Lick my balls Greg. Have you been watching all year as the best bullpen in baseball has been blowing big leads in multiple games ?? That is the reason Yanks did not win the division. It's not the right move when it doesn't work and it hasn't worked many times this year.
You mean when they still had Ty Clippard blowing games in June and July?? Yes. After the White Sox Trade it got better until Chapman had a couple bad games and even that got fixed in a couple weeks..
Astros have to be sweating a little...the Yanks cold bats started to heat up last night (although aside from the 2 home runs, we did benefit from a randomly odd mix of bloopers, infield hits, a wild pitch and a strange misplay on Birds double)
I was at the game, upper deck 3rd base side, so couldnt see balls and strikes clearly, but it did seem like the strike zone was more accurate last night
Big one for Sonny Gray tonight...i think he brings his A game. I can see a 6-4 Yanks win to even the series
It was not. In fact, it was probably worse than the other two games, IMO. The difference however is that it was bad for both sides. IN the first 2 games, the Houston pitchers were getting the benefit off the plate, last nights ump was all over the place, IMO.
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Yanks won an awesome game to get right back in the series...stop arguing for a couple hours at least!
Astros have to be sweating a little...the Yanks cold bats started to heat up last night (although aside from the 2 home runs, we did benefit from a randomly odd mix of bloopers, infield hits, a wild pitch and a strange misplay on Birds double)
I was at the game, upper deck 3rd base side, so couldnt see balls and strikes clearly, but it did seem like the strike zone was more accurate last night
Big one for Sonny Gray tonight...i think he brings his A game. I can see a 6-4 Yanks win to even the series
It was not. In fact, it was probably worse than the other two games, IMO. The difference however is that it was bad for both sides. IN the first 2 games, the Houston pitchers were getting the benefit off the plate, last nights ump was all over the place, IMO.
Gotcha. Kinda like game 5 against Cleveland...strike zone was bad, but consistently bad both ways so we couldnt complain
And to the point about bloopers and infield singles and miscues helping is, several guys also hit line drives right at outfielders...Bird, Headley, and Hicks at least if memory serves.
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Last night's game thread...
Umpire sucks! Everyone is against us! Conspiracy! The fix is in! Bullshit call! They want Houston to win!
Judge is given a free walk when he actually struck out yet again.
..crickets..
Mornin', guys!
Must be fun to be reduced to trolling us because your favorite team has been a flaming bag of shit for over a decade. You have our pity.
He's proving that the so called Yankees-Mets "rivalry" exists only in the most simple minded yahoo types on both sides and in the media.
Filthy's a Braves fan.
Ellsbury, Holliday, and especially Headley have horrendous career numbers (0-18 with 1 walk) against McCullers while Romine has a hit and walk against him in 2 plate appearances.
Ellsbury, Holliday, and especially Headley have horrendous career numbers (0-18 with 1 walk) against McCullers while Romine has a hit and walk against him in 2 plate appearances.
Romine may be better at blocking balls in the dirt, but his arm sucks. Houston will run wild on him - that won't happen with Sanchez behind the plate.
Sanchez is also very good at pitch framing. And he's done a great job with balls in the dirt since Gray's last start.
And if you start Sanchez at DH you really can't hit for Romine later in the game if he comes up in a key spot.
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In comment 13653059 GiantFilthy said:
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Last night's game thread...
Umpire sucks! Everyone is against us! Conspiracy! The fix is in! Bullshit call! They want Houston to win!
Judge is given a free walk when he actually struck out yet again.
..crickets..
Mornin', guys!
Must be fun to be reduced to trolling us because your favorite team has been a flaming bag of shit for over a decade. You have our pity.
He's proving that the so called Yankees-Mets "rivalry" exists only in the most simple minded yahoo types on both sides and in the media.
Don't insult us by calling us Mets fans.
Braves.
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In comment 13653059 GiantFilthy said:
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Last night's game thread...
Umpire sucks! Everyone is against us! Conspiracy! The fix is in! Bullshit call! They want Houston to win!
Judge is given a free walk when he actually struck out yet again.
..crickets..
Mornin', guys!
Must be fun to be reduced to trolling us because your favorite team has been a flaming bag of shit for over a decade. You have our pity.
He's proving that the so called Yankees-Mets "rivalry" exists only in the most simple minded yahoo types on both sides and in the media.
Don't insult us by calling us Mets fans.
Braves.
I reported him already.
McCullers is such a wild card for the Astros tonight. Dominant when he's on but he hasn't been right for a while now.
Ellsbury, Holliday, and especially Headley have horrendous career numbers (0-18 with 1 walk) against McCullers while Romine has a hit and walk against him in 2 plate appearances.
Good post, Im with you on this. And Gary has been off at the plate for a few games, maybe a DH game would help him get right at the plate
Judge
Gregorius
Sanchez - DESIGNATED HITTER
Bird
Castro
Hicks
Frazier
Romine - CATCHER
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Romine catching Gray.
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Romine catching Gray.
Look at it this way, DH has been zero production so far, so Romine doesn't drag them down there.
Gives Sanchez a breather so he only need to concentrate on hitting. Maybe Gray will pitch better with Romine back there.
As a bonus, it includes the HR he hit despite losing the bat right before/at contact from 2012
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Well obviously Girardi finally starting reading BBI Yankees threads to help with his decisions:)
Plus, maybe Sanchez will be a little more relaxed at the plate and may help end the bad DH juju
As a bonus, it includes the HR he hit despite losing the bat right before/at contact from 2012 https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/we-need-to-talk-about-todd-fraziers-home-run/ - ( New Window )
The one Kirk Gibson hit off Eckersly(sp) was very similar. Lots of off balance HRs hit and Frazier is one strong dude.
Listen, Correa's HR the other day wasn't much either....
Smoltz alluded to it last night- the wind was knocking down the high flies, Frazier's got out because it was a low line drive.