Jamie Garcia 5-8 (0-1 yank) 4.49 vs Eduardo Rodriguez 4-3 4.06
Yanks lineup
LF Hicks
DH Sanchez
RF Judge
SS Didi
3b Frazier
1b Cooper
CF Ellsbury
2b Torreyes
C. Romine
Red Sox lineup
2b Nunez
RF Betts
LF Benintendi
1b Ramirez
DH Young
SS Bogaerts
C Vazquez
CF Bradley Jr
We really need to win tonight. Can't make Rodriguez look like a CY Young candidate. We need hits and runs. Sox are in a tear. 9-1 in last 10 games including 8 in a row.
We have Severino on the mound tomorrow and he always gives us a chance to win.
Holy Smokes! 420/442/780/1.222 since the trade, just looked it up.
He was raking after coming back from the hamstring injury in July in SF, but that's nuts.
That's still a .400 OBP for a game. Considering that no one else in the lineup is likely to do that, I doubt he moves down.
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Judge 0-3, with 2 walks, 2 K and 5 LOB until Joe moves him down in the lineup?
That's still a .400 OBP for a game. Considering that no one else in the lineup is likely to do that, I doubt he moves down.
If whoever was hitting behind him scared the pitcher, he wouldn't be carrying that line every game.
Sanchez probably has the second or third best OPS on the team the past few weeks. He's been good with no one on base and absolutely HORRENDOUS with anyone on. I guess moving him up to the 2 hole mitigates that problem... hopefully.
Garrett freakin' Cooper is the only guy on the team who's even made solid contact with RISP lately. Everyone else is striking out, popping up, or hitting a worthless fly ball with 2 outs. It's fucking ridiculous.
But man, he looks so lost up there.
It's mid-August, the Sox are red hot. The Yankees are fighting for their lives. There are a lot of young players new to this rivalry and sensitivities will be at a maximum.
I'm not predicting a Varitek - ARod situation, but a bench warning or two wouldn't surprise me.
It's mid-August, the Sox are red hot. The Yankees are fighting for their lives. There are a lot of young players new to this rivalry and sensitivities will be at a maximum.
I'm not predicting a Varitek - ARod situation, but a bench warning or two wouldn't surprise me.
Fights happen a lot less with young players who are new to a rivalry. It's the experienced players holding a grudge (on both sides) that usually cause the tension.
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This game is more important, but it's been soooooooo long between Giants games, I need my fix ;>)
He would give us a Nunez like jolt potentially with his Stick.
Sanchez in the 2 hole
He made on bad pitch and he looks bad? I like what I see. As the game has gone on, he has gotten better. He has to get comfortable with his team and catcher.
The bats are just absent. This has been an MO of this team for years. How does a whole team just go dead at the same time.
All you can ask from Garcia is keep it close.
True, unfortunately.
How is it the hitting coach's fault whrn they are swinging at piss poor pitches?
New coach to team: "Dont swing at shitty pitches"
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Maybe they need a new hitting coach? This is unacceptable.
How is it the hitting coach's fault whrn they are swinging at piss poor pitches?
New coach to team: "Dont swing at shitty pitches"
Actually they have been God awful for years with the same staff. I'm beginning to wonder myself. Have you ever seen any other good team go into the extended teamwide slumps the Yankees go into?
I don't know the answer.
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Maybe they need a new hitting coach? This is unacceptable.
How is it the hitting coach's fault whrn they are swinging at piss poor pitches?
New coach to team: "Dont swing at shitty pitches"
Actually they have been God awful for years with the same staff. I'm beginning to wonder myself. Have you ever seen any other good team go into the extended teamwide slumps the Yankees go into?
I don't know the answer.
You make a very good point. But they were also number 1 offense in the league in the 1st half weren't they?
Here we go...some life!
Always love when you write stuff that makes you look like an ass
Huge insurance run.
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Maybe they need a new hitting coach? This is unacceptable.
How is it the hitting coach's fault whrn they are swinging at piss poor pitches?
New coach to team: "Dont swing at shitty pitches"
Actually they have been God awful for years with the same staff. I'm beginning to wonder myself. Have you ever seen any other good team go into the extended teamwide slumps the Yankees go into?
I don't know the answer.
You make a very good point. But they were also number 1 offense in the league in the 1st half weren't they?
Here we go...some life!
And they went into a partial drought in June. Just too many periods of inconsistent hitting.
Huge insurance run.
He always seems to get the job done in big moments. Nice contact hitter.
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These guys look like ass. Probably get swept.
Always love when you write stuff that makes you look like an ass
They did look like ass, fuckhole. Everyone was posting it.
Aren't you a Mets fan? Get lost shitbag.
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Maybe they need a new hitting coach? This is unacceptable.
How is it the hitting coach's fault whrn they are swinging at piss poor pitches?
New coach to team: "Dont swing at shitty pitches"
Actually they have been God awful for years with the same staff. I'm beginning to wonder myself. Have you ever seen any other good team go into the extended teamwide slumps the Yankees go into?
I don't know the answer.
You make a very good point. But they were also number 1 offense in the league in the 1st half weren't they?
Here we go...some life!
And they went into a partial drought in June. Just too many periods of inconsistent hitting.
I dont disagree with you.
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Maybe they need a new hitting coach? This is unacceptable.
How is it the hitting coach's fault whrn they are swinging at piss poor pitches?
New coach to team: "Dont swing at shitty pitches"
Actually they have been God awful for years with the same staff. I'm beginning to wonder myself. Have you ever seen any other good team go into the extended teamwide slumps the Yankees go into?
I don't know the answer.
You make a very good point. But they were also number 1 offense in the league in the 1st half weren't they?
Here we go...some life!
Castro, Holliday and Hicks were big part of the offense in the first half...all have been out with injuries. Hicks in finally back, and look who got this rally started tonight
Super sub. I thought he'd get the ball in the air too.
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These guys look like ass. Probably get swept.
Always love when you write stuff that makes you look like an ass
They did look like ass, fuckhole. Everyone was posting it.
Aren't you a Mets fan? Get lost shitbag.
12th's a good man B. He may have been a little exhuberant with his post because he was excited, but great guy.
With the bases loaded? ok, we'd take it/
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These guys look like ass. Probably get swept.
Always love when you write stuff that makes you look like an ass
They did look like ass, fuckhole. Everyone was posting it.
Aren't you a Mets fan? Get lost shitbag.
12th's a good man B. He may have been a little exhuberant with his post because he was excited, but great guy.
He doesn't need to call my ass out. Fuck that. These guys have looked like shitburgers, this inning aside.
And everyone else was posting the same thing.
I'm not wrong and I don't need some johnny-come-lately half-a-fan chiming in like an oozing cunt.
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These guys look like ass. Probably get swept.
Always love when you write stuff that makes you look like an ass
They did look like ass, fuckhole. Everyone was posting it.
Aren't you a Mets fan? Get lost shitbag.
12th's a good man B. He may have been a little exhuberant with his post because he was excited, but great guy.
He doesn't need to call my ass out. Fuck that. These guys have looked like shitburgers, this inning aside.
And everyone else was posting the same thing.
I'm not wrong and I don't need some johnny-come-lately half-a-fan chiming in like an oozing cunt.
I agree...just vouching for the guy.
Go after these panty stains.
You all had to know this was going to happen.
WAKE THE FUCK UP!
Absolutely.
Hopefully just temporarily, Yanks have nurtured him this season
If they lose this game it's on Joe.
Yup and Frazier too getting the tag on him
What a stupid move by Nunez
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
I'm too old for this crap.
Trying to get to 3rd is the right play there absolutely. Perfect tag, perfect throw.
Ditto to what I wrote earlier.
Thanks Eduardo!
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
As for Chapman - Coney and Paulie are right. It's time to get creative at the end of these games. I have less faith in Chappy than anyone not named Shreve in our bullpen.
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Get Betances and Robertson up. Immediately. This is ridiculous.
Ditto to what I wrote earlier.
It's a fluid situation, you fecal freak.
You think Joe being on the phone didn't legitimize that?
Nice of you to play Monday morning QB after the fact. Bitch.
Fuck off.
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what a dumbass!!
Trying to get to 3rd is the right play there absolutely. Perfect tag, perfect throw.
I didn't think so...still would be tying run on second with one out, and they all know Hicks has a laser for an arm. I can see the value of playing aggressively, but didn't think it was smart in that case
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Glad you recognized Warren. He just does his job.
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what a dumbass!!
Trying to get to 3rd is the right play there absolutely. Perfect tag, perfect throw.
I definitely agree. It was deep, plus with Nunez speed which is probly in the top 5% of MLB speed. Plus Hicks momentum was going backward a bit, just made a monster hgh like throw
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
Perhaps. But running on a ball hit in front of you is a bit of a no-no.
It's a gamble by a team in first place - Top 9 - down by one - and I get it.
Thanks Eduardo!
Yeaaaaa, Hal Reynolds disagrees also, but he almost made it. I guess it ignores the cardinal rule of baseball, but its your last chance and you got Mitch Moreland up next.
I would want Didi or a speeding runner trying to get to 3rd with only one out.
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Get Betances and Robertson up. Immediately. This is ridiculous.
Ditto to what I wrote earlier.
It's a fluid situation, you fecal freak.
You think Joe being on the phone didn't legitimize that?
Nice of you to play Monday morning QB after the fact. Bitch.
Fuck off.
I believed, which is the difference you non believing twat.
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baseball and you try to run on the short side of the field?
Thanks Eduardo!
Yeaaaaa, Hal Reynolds disagrees also, but he almost made it. I guess it ignores the cardinal rule of baseball, but its your last chance and you got Mitch Moreland up next.
I would want Didi or a speeding runner trying to get to 3rd with only one out.
Fair points. Dumbass was probably too harsh a comment. Point is, Hicks made an insane throw that could well have saved the game
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
No it wasn't a good idea. He ran against the strongest OF arm in baseball. It actually wasn't a great throw. A great throw and Nunez is out by 5 feet.
MLB Network guys really called Nunez out.
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
Perhaps. But running on a ball hit in front of you is a bit of a no-no.
It's a gamble by a team in first place - Top 9 - down by one - and I get it.
Its definitely one of those very few instances when you kinda ignore the baseball Gods and become a player. I want Nunez trying for third there in that situation if Im a Sox fan.
If you nelieve in the falacy of the predetermined outcome, Moreland's fly ball ties the game there.
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
No it wasn't a good idea. He ran against the strongest OF arm in baseball. It actually wasn't a great throw. A great throw and Nunez is out by 5 feet.
MLB Network guys really called Nunez out.
I saw that. I still disagree. Nunez has very very good speed and you are forcing Hicks (who jas been on the shelf to make a terrific throw.
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Get Betances and Robertson up. Immediately. This is ridiculous.
Ditto to what I wrote earlier.
It's a fluid situation, you fecal freak.
You think Joe being on the phone didn't legitimize that?
Nice of you to play Monday morning QB after the fact. Bitch.
Fuck off.
I believed, which is the difference you non believing twat.
I always believe. That's why I always watch, you cum guzzling buzzard.
You're never on these threads. Then you swoop in like a fuckin level-headed "believer" - fuck outta here, toilet plunger.
2. I wish Girardi would manage to win at this stage in the season. True, they pulled this out of their ass but it should be obvious by now that Chapman is not Mariano fucking Rivera. Normally you'd let him pitch through it but this series needs to be treated like the post season. If the Yankees get swept here, the season is probably done. Betances and Robertson should have been up in the bullpen as soon as Chapman went 3-0 on the first batter and he should have been pulled after the second walk. If not for some bone headed base running, who knows how this would have turned out.
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
Perhaps. But running on a ball hit in front of you is a bit of a no-no.
It's a gamble by a team in first place - Top 9 - down by one - and I get it.
It is a mistake, Nunez has plenty of speed he scores on a single. He has to know the arm he is running on, the ball is in front of him. It is a mistake. If he makes it you say great but you know by him going it is not the right baseball move.
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
No it wasn't a good idea. He ran against the strongest OF arm in baseball. It actually wasn't a great throw. A great throw and Nunez is out by 5 feet.
MLB Network guys really called Nunez out.
I aslo didnt realize it was determined that Hicks has the strongest OF arm in baseball.
He is reminding me a lot like a switch hitting Adam Jones.
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I saw that. I still disagree. Nunez has very very good speed and you are forcing Hicks (who has been on the shelf to make a terrific throw.
Chop - Hicks throw was not that accurate, strong but 5 feet off the bag. He was only 200 feet away from 3rd. Nunez running at 25 mph cannot outrun a 100 mph throw.
But I'll leave it as you defend your position well.
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Get Betances and Robertson up. Immediately. This is ridiculous.
Ditto to what I wrote earlier.
It's a fluid situation, you fecal freak.
You think Joe being on the phone didn't legitimize that?
Nice of you to play Monday morning QB after the fact. Bitch.
Fuck off.
I believed, which is the difference you non believing twat.
I always believe. That's why I always watch, you cum guzzling buzzard.
You're never on these threads. Then you swoop in like a fuckin level-headed "believer" - fuck outta here, toilet plunger.
I have better things than to be on here for every game try getting a life. I am on here for games just when I life does not get in the way. I am always watching the games though you ass jockey.
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
Perhaps. But running on a ball hit in front of you is a bit of a no-no.
It's a gamble by a team in first place - Top 9 - down by one - and I get it.
It is a mistake, Nunez has plenty of speed he scores on a single. He has to know the arm he is running on, the ball is in front of him. It is a mistake. If he makes it you say great but you know by him going it is not the right baseball move.
It's a mistake for sure. But I'm curious if the 3bc tagged him up and they gambled. It's not without precedent for Farrell. First place. Chance to completely demoralize the Yanks with the closer really struggling. The guy in LF hasn't played in months. I don't hate it. But it's not something I'd teach. Perhaps in the situation it's warranted though. I get it to some extent.
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
No it wasn't a good idea. He ran against the strongest OF arm in baseball. It actually wasn't a great throw. A great throw and Nunez is out by 5 feet.
MLB Network guys really called Nunez out.
I aslo didnt realize it was determined that Hicks has the strongest OF arm in baseball.
He is reminding me a lot like a switch hitting Adam Jones.
He has the fastest throw in baseball this year 105.5 mph. I think only a few pitchers even come close.
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
Perhaps. But running on a ball hit in front of you is a bit of a no-no.
It's a gamble by a team in first place - Top 9 - down by one - and I get it.
It is a mistake, Nunez has plenty of speed he scores on a single. He has to know the arm he is running on, the ball is in front of him. It is a mistake. If he makes it you say great but you know by him going it is not the right baseball move.
I have already agreed to this. You are definitely challenging Hicks' arm with Nunez' speed. Moreland coming up, a lefty, against a very tough closer to get a hit off of.
You are adhering to "the rules" too much bud.
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I saw that. I still disagree. Nunez has very very good speed and you are forcing Hicks (who has been on the shelf to make a terrific throw.
Chop - Hicks throw was not that accurate, strong but 5 feet off the bag. He was only 200 feet away from 3rd. Nunez running at 25 mph cannot outrun a 100 mph throw.
But I'll leave it as you defend your position well.
Yea, I am not saying Im right. Its very situational: see if your guy can make a play. But you never,make the 1st or 3rd out going to 3rd.
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
No it wasn't a good idea. He ran against the strongest OF arm in baseball. It actually wasn't a great throw. A great throw and Nunez is out by 5 feet.
MLB Network guys really called Nunez out.
I aslo didnt realize it was determined that Hicks has the strongest OF arm in baseball.
He is reminding me a lot like a switch hitting Adam Jones.
He has the fastest throw in baseball this year 105.5 mph. I think only a few pitchers even come close.
Didnt know that.
Great game either way. Lets get on a roll tmrw.
Sevy tmrw....who is slotted to pitch against Sale on Sunday? Monty?
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Yes.
What's more about rustiness? Chapman?
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
Perhaps. But running on a ball hit in front of you is a bit of a no-no.
It's a gamble by a team in first place - Top 9 - down by one - and I get it.
It is a mistake, Nunez has plenty of speed he scores on a single. He has to know the arm he is running on, the ball is in front of him. It is a mistake. If he makes it you say great but you know by him going it is not the right baseball move.
I have already agreed to this. You are definitely challenging Hicks' arm with Nunez' speed. Moreland coming up, a lefty, against a very tough closer to get a hit off of.
You are adhering to "the rules" too much bud.
Not really if I am running there I am thinking great arm end result I stay still on 2nd and base hit scores me. Lefty vs lefty next batter KO pitcher on mound even if I get to 3rd he can still K the lefty and I am still on 3rd. Just think it was too aggressive by him
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Thinks that it is more about rustiness than anything else.
What's more about rustiness? Chapman?
He was saying that Chapman's issue with control He believes is more about rustiness than anything else.
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but the Nunez tag was strange. Hicks with the MVP performance.
And Chapman came back to finish strong. He still makes me nervous as a little boy in church.
And Adam Warren was a monster.
Struck me as the right idea by Nuez.
Perhaps. But running on a ball hit in front of you is a bit of a no-no.
It's a gamble by a team in first place - Top 9 - down by one - and I get it.
It is a mistake, Nunez has plenty of speed he scores on a single. He has to know the arm he is running on, the ball is in front of him. It is a mistake. If he makes it you say great but you know by him going it is not the right baseball move.
I have already agreed to this. You are definitely challenging Hicks' arm with Nunez' speed. Moreland coming up, a lefty, against a very tough closer to get a hit off of.
You are adhering to "the rules" too much bud.
Not really if I am running there I am thinking great arm end result I stay still on 2nd and base hit scores me. Lefty vs lefty next batter KO pitcher on mound even if I get to 3rd he can still K the lefty and I am still on 3rd. Just think it was too aggressive by him
Different approaches. Baseball purists say youre right. But I think the situation dictates you go for 3rd there with the guy who was running from 2nd. Looks like I was wrong. But I think you test a guy who hasnt made that throw in a LONGGGGG time, one of the best closers in baseball on the hill and down by a run in the 9th.
With Nunez's speed, getting the tying run to third with one out is worth testing the arm. Its going to take a bang-bang play every time to get a guy who runs like Nunez. They Yanks got him by the skin of their teeth thanks to a fantastic play by Frazier.
That's a matter of good execution by the Yanks. I don't think Nunez or the coaches have any remorse about the decision.
Lack of clutch hitting, baserunning blunders(omitting the Nunez pro/con from this), a fading bullpen,plus a mgr that also comes up small, will do them in. Isn't this one the 3rd or 4th game they blew to the Yanks this season(and at least 1 they almost blew)?
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I saw that. I still disagree. Nunez has very very good speed and you are forcing Hicks (who has been on the shelf to make a terrific throw.
Chop - Hicks throw was not that accurate, strong but 5 feet off the bag. He was only 200 feet away from 3rd. Nunez running at 25 mph cannot outrun a 100 mph throw.
But I'll leave it as you defend your position well.
A perfect throw does not have to be right on the bag. If I am the fielder I am throwing a foot and a half off the base to the playing side. Anywhere the third baseman can just tag down on the runner is better than a throw to the middle or foul line side of the bag.
With Nunez's speed, getting the tying run to third with one out is worth testing the arm. Its going to take a bang-bang play every time to get a guy who runs like Nunez. They Yanks got him by the skin of their teeth thanks to a fantastic play by Frazier.
That's a matter of good execution by the Yanks. I don't think Nunez or the coaches have any remorse about the decision.
Glad we agree on at least one thing. 😉
Farrell called it a hell of a throw. But it actually was well in front of the base and bounced. Nunez was easily out.
Nunez has a history of erratic base running, but this was particularly egregious. Not only does Hicks have one of the best outfield arms in baseball, he played with Nunez in 2015 when they were with the Twins.
Hicks caught the ball moving toward the line, but it was not a risk worth taking given his arm strength."
The only problem is it wasn't a great throw - it was a great tag, but if Hicks sends it on a line, Nunez isn't even sliding before Frazier has the ball.
It is a risk a first place team can make, but it wasn't a smart play.