9/3 Sox vs. MFY

[S5Dewey]

Well, this game has taken an ugly turn. :-(

[Maxbialystock]

Why oh why does Leon keep calling for sliders when he know the Yankees can hit them? Meanwhile changeups, which have worked, are few and far between. This is on Sale, but it is also on Leon, the pitching coach, and the manager because there is no way they haven't all had input on what Sale should do.

[Maxbialystock]

Yes, I did complain about this ump, but the biggest problem is Sale. The Yankee hitters are seeing his pitches entirely too well and in part that's because he has only 2--slider and fastball--and the slider is not a sharp one. Two of the dingers were off his slider.

[Station 13]

Yes, I did complain about this ump, but the biggest problem is Sale. The Yankee hitters are seeing his pitches entirely too well and in part that's because he has only 2--slider and fastball--and the slider is not a sharp one. Two of the dingers were off his slider.

 

When you're in the zone, sometimes they get hit. Sevrino is living at the corners outside.

[Maxbialystock]

The bad news is Sale can only go 1 more inning. That's also the good news.

 

To me this is a pretty big game because the Sox are inviting the Yankees back into the AL East race. Actually, the Yankees have earned every win in this series.

 

Losing 3 of 4 (and I sure hope I'm wrong about that) to the Yankees also underscores how weak our hitting is, and it also suggests that maybe rotation ain't so hot either. Only Fister pitched well.

[Maxbialystock]

That pitch count--96 for Sale and 56 by Severino--speaks volumes because it underscores how much Sale has struggled, and that started before the dingers.

[bowman]

The pitch count for Sale isn't good and he for sure is not on his A game, but when were not hitting, it's really ugly. This offense has shut down too many times this year.

[Station 13]

Our hitting is weak, that's the whole season. Betts is going to put up a sub 100 OPS+ season at the rate he is at. Just Benny is keeping pace.

[Maxbialystock]

While you watch this series and perhaps think about it, ask yourself how well the Guardians would have done in the same 4 games. I would argue they would have taken 3 as well. It's September and right now this team doesn't look like it's ready for October and that's assuming they even get there. Edited September 4, 2017 by Maxbialystock

[Station 13]

Sale is back out there. Farrell is a dope.

[Thunder]

He gone

[Station 13]

He gone

 

Farrell too if we're lucky.

[Maxbialystock]

Last thoughts on Sale. I think he is a great competitor, but I also think he simply does not make in game adjustments--maybe because he can't. I also think that while his pretty good moving the ball from side to side in the zone, he is far less good at going up and down in the zone, especially down. That's why those two sliders were hit hard--they were up (still below the middle, but up).

[S5Dewey]

One of my concerns all year is that this team has been so streaky offensively. They'll go through a spell when they score 5-6 runs a game and then suddenly they can't get more than a couple for several games in a row. I'd like to attribute it to their facing good pitching but those weak hitting streaks last too long for it to be completely that.

 

IMO the only way this team can go deep into the post season is if they happen to get hot at the right time and stay that way. The flip side of that is that they could also go 0'fur in the playoffs like they did last year in spite of having this good W/L record. Like last year. :-(

[Thunder]

One of my concerns all year is that this team has been so streaky offensively. They'll go through a spell when they score 5-6 runs a game and then suddenly they can't get more than a couple for several games in a row. I'd like to attribute it to their facing good pitching but those weak hitting streaks last too long for it to be completely that.

 

IMO the only way this team can go deep into the post season is if they happen to get hot at the right time and stay that way. The flip side of that is that they could also go 0'fur in the playoffs like they did last year in spite of having this good W/L record. Like last year. :-(

 

That's baseball

[S5Dewey]

And OMG I'm sick of watching Gardner make those falling away, stumbling, falling down catches. :-(

[S5Dewey]

That's baseball

 

It is, but this team has taken that to an art form.

[Maxbialystock]

Nunez fell asleep. He could have scored.

[Maxbialystock]

Yankees love between pitch conferences.

[S5Dewey]

Good ol' Sanchez!! Lets another one through the 5-hole!

[Maxbialystock]

Ok, I'm wrong. Way not to be aggressive, Nunez!

[S5Dewey]

How do you take a 2-strike pitch in the middle of the plate?

[S5Dewey]

Ok.. we're on the board. Now we need a quick shut-down inning and come back at them.

[Maxbialystock]

Ok, that's 1. Plus guys hit the ball hard for a change. I'm feeling a faint pulse, doctor.

[Maxbialystock]

How do you take a 2-strike pitch in the middle of the plate?

 

He fouled off a whole bunch

[S5Dewey]

ESPN at work. They're doing an expose on Devers and start it by mentioning that he was born on the same day the Yankees won the World Series.

ESPN sucks so bad.

[Maxbialystock]

Pedey, Devers and HanRam in the 7h, but first Kelly needs to get us there.

[Maxbialystock]

Good pitch, but not to this ump.

[Maxbialystock]

Finally a darn curve. Why did Leon wait so long?

[Maxbialystock]

I would leave Kelly in. He's actually pitching well, and to me Scott ain't that reliable.