Arguing that it's all about his slider, which has been flatter and straighter lately. Link - ( New Window )
It's weird, it seems like it's flat early in games and gets laced - but then sometimes later on in a start, it will begin to bite again and have that movement we've seen when he's at his best. He doesn't seem to have a good feel for it lately. Just have to hope they can get him fixed up. I'd really love to see him just get like 2 weeks off and reset but I don't know if they'll do it.
Don't know about that. Their production is pretty even aside from average and Torres isn t the butcher Andujar is in the field. It's advantage Andujar at the moment, but let's see what happens when Torres starts hitting again.
Torres is going to have to get white hot for a bit to get back ahead of Andujar, methinks. Miggy is 1st among rookies in basically every category. His defense sucks but the voters probably aren't going to weigh that much.
Andujar has been quite a bit better over the last few weeks especially.
Torres is batting .145/.250/.290/.540 since his DL stint with 3 HR's, 10 RBI's and 1 double in that span of 69 AB's.
Andujar during that same span is batting .307/.333/.587/.920 with 6 HR, 17 RBI's, and 3 doubles in 75 AB's.
It was Torres by a little bit when he hit the DL, I think - but since he's come off, Andujar has been much, much better.
Of course, Andujar can (and probably will) cool a bit and Torres will hopefully get back on track. But It think the gap is starting to widen by the day the longer this keeps up. To me, Andujar would absolutely be the guy if the season ended right now.
Then again, if you're a big WAR guy, they're both @ 1.7 bWAR - mostly because Torres is much better in the field.
And, in any case, his numbers are worse than Cessa's, so I'm not sure what difference it makes.
Thats really not true. If you look at Cessas shitty numbers he only pitched 5 or more twice while DG pitched at least 5 8 times and he kept us in the game the whole time. He is a far more preferable option than Cessa.
Not sure how you can use this game with Cessa pitching as a barometer for that.
They're on pace to win over 100 games and there's still 6+ weeks left in the season. They just need to get healthy, and then I'd take my chances with this team against anyone.
But he's been absolutely awful defensively. Everyone thinks he's a good defensive catcher, but he isn't. He can't throw for shit. Severino's numbers with him catching are significantly worse than they are with Sanchez/Hagishioka.
The Yankees helped that narrative that he's a good defensive catcher when they for some unknown reason catered to Sonny Gray when Gray's problems had nothing to do with who was catching and everything to do with Sonny Gray being a mental midget who can't pitch in New York.
needs to go on the DL with a mysterious injury and traded in the off-season. He's just a horrible pitcher in this market. Take whatever you can get in the off-season and move on.
It might not be worth rushing Sheffield's development for the needs of the big league club that's almost certainly going to make the 'offs. (But yeah I wanna see him from a fan's perspective.)
Or not
Or maybe they were just happy because they were winning, and they were winning because they were healthy.
We'll see.
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I was going to suggest him last week when Cashman Jr. started like 8 out of 10 games or something wild like that.
I don't think Curtis has much left, but I'd sure as hell rather have him.
It's weird, it seems like it's flat early in games and gets laced - but then sometimes later on in a start, it will begin to bite again and have that movement we've seen when he's at his best. He doesn't seem to have a good feel for it lately. Just have to hope they can get him fixed up. I'd really love to see him just get like 2 weeks off and reset but I don't know if they'll do it.
Heck of a grab for a guy who's only played a couple of games in the outfield. Actually that's a good grab for anyone but especially a guy in his spot.
Not really. Neither of the two hits was hit particularly hard.
Glad we didn't move him at the deadline. He's fucking awesome.
Andujar has been quite a bit better over the last few weeks especially.
Torres is batting .145/.250/.290/.540 since his DL stint with 3 HR's, 10 RBI's and 1 double in that span of 69 AB's.
Andujar during that same span is batting .307/.333/.587/.920 with 6 HR, 17 RBI's, and 3 doubles in 75 AB's.
It was Torres by a little bit when he hit the DL, I think - but since he's come off, Andujar has been much, much better.
Of course, Andujar can (and probably will) cool a bit and Torres will hopefully get back on track. But It think the gap is starting to widen by the day the longer this keeps up. To me, Andujar would absolutely be the guy if the season ended right now.
Then again, if you're a big WAR guy, they're both @ 1.7 bWAR - mostly because Torres is much better in the field.
Because 4 guys who are ahead of him are hurt - Montgomery, Sabathia, German, and Loaisiga.
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He quite literally ALWAYS SUCKS.
Because 4 guys who are ahead of him are hurt - Montgomery, Sabathia, German, and Loaisiga.
Incorrect. They optioned Cessa up ahead of German
Enough with this guy
Not sure why Cessa was given the start over Sheffield, either.
Thats really not true. If you look at Cessas shitty numbers he only pitched 5 or more twice while DG pitched at least 5 8 times and he kept us in the game the whole time. He is a far more preferable option than Cessa.
Not sure how you can use this game with Cessa pitching as a barometer for that.
They're on pace to win over 100 games and there's still 6+ weeks left in the season. They just need to get healthy, and then I'd take my chances with this team against anyone.
But he's been absolutely awful defensively. Everyone thinks he's a good defensive catcher, but he isn't. He can't throw for shit. Severino's numbers with him catching are significantly worse than they are with Sanchez/Hagishioka.
The Yankees helped that narrative that he's a good defensive catcher when they for some unknown reason catered to Sonny Gray when Gray's problems had nothing to do with who was catching and everything to do with Sonny Gray being a mental midget who can't pitch in New York.
Well, he was a Met originally.
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Luis Cessa is truly awful.
Well, he was a Met originally.
Don't I know it! :)
Just checked back in on that game and it's still 3-3 bottom 6, Phils threatening.