NFT: Yankees at Blue Jays 15 Sept - Montgomery Returns

starting. Guess I mis-heard.

In comment 14575693 section125 said:

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starting. Guess I mis-heard.

I thought I heard he was starting too, but he’s coming in after Green.

Betances looked pretty sharp though

How more games is this going to blow? He schtick is done. This should be his last game

In comment 14576699 Greg from LI said:

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Betances looked pretty sharp though

Yep. Monty not too bad. Thought his stuff was pretty good. Betances looked like Betances. Thought he could have thrown to another batter, but they have their plan.

Stuff looked good, but his command was off. Left several pitches right over the heart of the plate.

In comment 14576827 Greg from LI said:

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Stuff looked good, but his command was off. Left several pitches right over the heart of the plate.

Yep, but I'll take it. He still has to get confidence in the arm along with his control back. It will be good to have a 26/27 y/o starter come spring time.

Hope to see Sevy pitch well Tuesday evening.

Heller looked better this time too. Cannot imagine how amped they must be to come all the way back from that surgery and get on that MLB mound. How much adrenaline and trepidation/excitement that must bring.

In comment 14576827 Greg from LI said:

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Stuff looked good, but his command was off. Left several pitches right over the heart of the plate.

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The good news is he got some work in this September,
results not that important with the lead they have.
I would expect he get a couple starts this month.

the Twins would seem to be a more favorable matchup than either of the Wildcard teams, even with Manaea or whoever is atop the Rays rotation at the end of the year pitching the WC game. Certainly facing Houston at home would be an advantage, but you've got to get there first.

12-5

I'm more concerned about the A's though. 2-4 isn't much of a sample size, but we haven't played well against them.

Just be glad the damned Blue Jays won't be there.

They were hitting rockets off him from the first batter. His pitches had zero movement. I can't imagine he's in the post season plans. Let him get a few innings the next two weeks and then be ready for ST next year. Betances on the other hand even with 3-4 mph off his fastball looked like he can help right away.

They were hitting rockets because he was leaving pitches over the plate. He got movement on his breaking ball and his fastball velocity was the same as before he was injured. His command just sucked, which is very common when returning from TJ

but it seems the best thing comingg out of it was the nice return of Betances. Hopefully 2 weeks will be enough time for him to be close to himself by the playoffs. Booney has been superb not over working guys at all but still Kahnle and Otto aren't looking quite as sharp as they were earlier so Betances could be a big boost.