NFT: Yankees-Braves game 1

quite like Anibal Sanchez. Hopefully the Red Sox hangover doesn't open the door for another one.

Shitty junkballers who can't break a pane of glass with their heaters seem to give the Yankees an incomprehensible amount of trouble.

breaking balls. Not terrible, but not as good, at least by my eye balls test.

Straight ball, I hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are afraid.

In comment 14004843 Greg from LI said:

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Shitty junkballers who can't break a pane of glass with their heaters seem to give the Yankees an incomprehensible amount of trouble.

His FIP is 4.05 so the odds he's due a flame out is high.

40 years and I don't think I've ever seen a game where we hit more laser beams than last night. Some of the hardest ones weren't even the ones that flew out. Judge's single and Stanton's double would have either killed someone or caused some serious brain damage if a head got in the way of them.

In comment 14004955 Stu11 said:

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40 years and I don't think I've ever seen a game where we hit more laser beams than last night. Some of the hardest ones weren't even the ones that flew out. Judge's single and Stanton's double would have either killed someone or caused some serious brain damage if a head got in the way of them.

That Judge laser looked like it could have legitimately killed someone if it hit them right.

In comment 14004955 Stu11 said:

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40 years and I don't think I've ever seen a game where we hit more laser beams than last night. Some of the hardest ones weren't even the ones that flew out. Judge's single and Stanton's double would have either killed someone or caused some serious brain damage if a head got in the way of them.

Same here Stu. Even back then we didn't need statcast to know when balls were smoked but I don't think I've ever seen the Yanks just teeing off and hitting scorchers all night like they did last night.

Like you said it wasn't only the HRs, the singles and doubles made me glad I wasn't playing the infield against them. Even major leaguers had no chance to field some of those. Miggy smoked one through Devers, and Bogarts had no shot at getting to a couple of grinders through the infield, especially Stantons.

I mean my god, by the time they could even start to react the ball was by them. Impressive to see, and couldn't have come vs a better opponent.

1-0.

Judge is heating up

Judge with a flick of the wrist and it flies out opposite field to the short porch

hit deep to the opposite field. Judge can hit 100 hr's to right field because they keep pitching him on the outside corner.

Max Scherzer struck out Sandy Leon on a slider that was so far low and inside it went through Leon's legs

Scherzer. 3-0 Boston...Can the Red Sox play any more over their heads this year?

and he's got great command of it. 95-97 mph fastball that he locates well, nasty slider (though not super sharp with it tonight) and that change up, this kids is the goods. Let's just hope he stays healthy.

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Wow! Look at that comp through their first 18 starts. Almost identical.

In comment 14004985 dpinzow said:

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Scherzer. 3-0 Boston...Can the Red Sox play any more over their heads this year?

Bases loaded on a single, an HBP, runners advancing on a wild pitch, IBB to get to Porcello, two out double. Give me a fucking break!

Oh, wait, wrong team

2-1 Yanks

Makes it look so easy.

so well.

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He was always a pain in the ass for the Yanks

Holder is good though

We all want to see him drive these runs in, but he rarely chases crap and gets himself out. Better to walk and trust the guys behind him

And honorable mention to the ump for calling pitches at his ankles balls

Hopefully the bulllpen does its thing.

but it's getting tougher to justify keeping him down there.

... not sure he's ready for prime time.

around is annoying. I know he looking for advantages, but Torres 3,5,8, 9. Hicks 1,5 or 6...I kind of like set lineups.

Advantage Yanks 90% of the time

Boone let him work a walk. Beautiful

if Judge and Didi don’t do anything. A few missed opps may bite us in this one

Sonofabitch.

with 1st and 2nd with nobody out. Pffttt.

2 on no out against a garbage pitcher who can't find the plate, and they get nothing. Bah.

I usually hate the stupid gimmicky MLB holiday hats, but these actually aren't bad.

The socks on the other hand....

pitch. So smooth and effortless...

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Ugh.. Neil Walker is not the guy I want to see up right now.

Hopefully Chapman holds serve.

for Walker. Swings at ball 3 after taking two close ones...

Walker is one of those guys who I really think just needs to be buried on a team that is way out of the spotlight. That's why he was decent in Pittsburgh. He's not made for NY. Zero faith in that guy in a big spot here.

Chapman has his A+ stuff tonight. Must like this heat.

Turtleneck? I guess it's working for him.

..when people were saying Chapman's fastball wasn't what it used to be? Yeah, about that....

Superman. But we've got a bunch of those.

HR.. who you got?

Gardner...

Stanton ends this one