Lets take this series!!!! Richardson (3.31 era 1.26 whip 57k's)vs Tanaka (4.95 era, 1.10 whip, 50 k's)
Todays lineup:
LF Gardner
Dh Judge
RF Stanton
C Sanchez
SS Sir DIDI
CF Hicks
1B Bird
3B Andular
2b Walker
The Say Gley kid Torres gets the day off.
Agreed. I am willing to give a package of Frazier, Andujar (or Drury) and one or 2 mid level prospects for a top arm.
Now before you go all "you are crazy to give up Andujar" Our need for pitching far out weighs our need for a young 3b. We have Drury who is coming into his own, Torreyes who is a great ultilty guy plus Walker. What we don't have is solid pitching after Severino. All the others CC, Tanaka and especially Gray have been up and down (Gray has been down and middle). Plus this is NOT mortgaging our future because we still have young players like Flores, Sheffield, Adams, Acevedo, Abeu etc.
An arm like Fulmer from Det, or Cole from Tex are two possibilities.
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Anyone have any confidence in him? He's afraid to throw his fastball and hitters are just sitting on his other stuff which has been mediocre,at best. We desperately need this guy to turn it around especially having Gray and German in the rotation. I believe Cashman has to make a deal if the Yankees want to go deep in the playoffs.
Agreed. I am willing to give a package of Frazier, Andujar (or Drury) and one or 2 mid level prospects for a top arm.
Now before you go all "you are crazy to give up Andujar" Our need for pitching far out weighs our need for a young 3b. We have Drury who is coming into his own, Torreyes who is a great ultilty guy plus Walker. What we don't have is solid pitching after Severino. All the others CC, Tanaka and especially Gray have been up and down (Gray has been down and middle). Plus this is NOT mortgaging our future because we still have young players like Flores, Sheffield, Adams, Acevedo, Abeu etc.
An arm like Fulmer from Det, or Cole from Tex are two possibilities.
according to people on this board youre insane if you think andujar and frazir and a couple mid level guys is going to land a top arm lol
i posted the exact thing and caught so much shit. i was on the we must trade for a top arm the first week of the season. caught so much shit.
i do agree with you though. i would trade frazier, andujar, drury, austin, adams or florial.
of those guys we can create a nice package for a big arm.
maybe bumg? hamels?
would mind happ, he is a mid rotation guy and wouldnt cost to much....maybe the yanks pursue two arms and include gray in one of the deals?
i know. its insane. i wanted verlander last year, but even he is pitching almost better if not better than he was in prime. its crazy in houston lol. im actually going to the game tomorrow and will see verlander. pretty stoked, even though it could mean trouble for the yanks lol
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big hit here would go a long way in gaining some confidence back
The pitcher is effin annoying..
It will be interesting to see Torres at SS whenever Didi gets a day, unless Toe is back up here in a few days and Torres never moves from 2B
Seems Tanaka saves his stuff when he really needs it (potentially bodes well for a 2017 postseason repeat when the time comes)
Let's see if Bird can get going right now, Andujar I love him, and his fielding has been very good!! But his footwork is still very very rough and he's really not smooth at all at 3B, hopefully that doesn't manifest itself at a bad time, and I have hope he will keep working very hard and become a smoother fielder. His reflexes , glovework and arm are all there (throwing motion is a little long tho)
That's the kind of nice hitting you like to see get him
Comfortable again
again, ill take the run, but if it were me im up there saying prove you can throw a fucking strike lol
again, ill take the run, but if it were me im up there saying prove you can throw a fucking strike lol
That was what I thought immediately....
You can see hitters giving up on the pitch, recognizing it as a FB, but then looking VERY surprised when it cuts back into the strike zone.
This is an important change. If hitters have to respect the FB, they can no longer eliminate the splitter and sit on the breaking stuff. They are going to have to begin guessing whether he is throwing the straight 4 seamer, the backup 2 seamer or the splitter.
It also makes the slider/change more effective because they are generally on the same plane. Very interesting.
You can see hitters giving up on the pitch, recognizing it as a FB, but then looking VERY surprised when it cuts back into the strike zone.
This is an important change. If hitters have to respect the FB, they can no longer eliminate the splitter and sit on the breaking stuff. They are going to have to begin guessing whether he is throwing the straight 4 seamer, the backup 2 seamer or the splitter.
It also makes the slider/change more effective because they are generally on the same plane. Very interesting.
Normally 2 seamers run and 4 seamers go straight.
Ahead in count again.
Judge is so smooth and Stanton is awkward out there.
Judge is so smooth and Stanton is awkward out there.
Nothing about Stanton has been as advertised so far this year. He looks uncomfortable in the field and at the plate. Testament to his talent that he has still produced but I really haven't enjoyed watching him.