Gibbons is an idiot. Estrada shuts the Yankees down on 3 hits over 8 innings making them look helpless, but he goes to his bullpen in the 9th and his closer is not available. The Yankees end up bringing the tying run to the plate against the bums in the Jays pen.
Swihart is getting his extra base hits. He needs to do that if he wants to keep the LF spot. His catch thhe other day in LF was reminiscent for me of Yaz.
Porcello is a 4/5 and Price has been inconsistent pitching at a 4/5 level. They and the chubby knuckleballer are anchoring our staff. The other 2 spots are holes so big that they are an abyss.
You will never learn. LOL! I don't think you can take this loss on yourself. It will be one of our worst losses of the year. Horrendous. I hope people don't go on posting about what a good job Porcello is doing. He is well on his way to his level -- a 4 ERA. That being said,if we had 3 Porcello's at the bottom of the rotation we would be in better shape than having Kelly and Buch.
From someone who saw the game, a "he really hit them hard and they were caught at the wall" is much more meaningful and interesting to me than "90% of balls with that exit velocity and angle are hits". That makes me yawn, but that is just me.
Not really. The elite players with elite bat speed sound different during batting practice. They stand out. They just do. I have experienced it many times. Everyone else is in one range and the elite guys have their own level. Is it an oversimplification? Yes. Is batting practice the best place to judge a player's performance? No, but I would prefer to evaluate a guy by watching him take batting practice than reviewing some exit velocity numbers on paper any day. I really don't think much can be learned from exit velocity numbers.
I remember the story about about Ted Williams at an All Star game running out from the clubhouse to see who was hitting because of the sound of the guy's batting practice. That guy was Henry Aaron.