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"Heyman says the Yankees are optimistic about the possible results, as Kluber "only" reported tightness in his right shoulder" Told ya. Have to wait the results but as I said old horses like Kluber are time bombs waiting to explode at some point, unfortunately. If Kluber is oks, they have to minimize his load to 80-pitches max/5-innings. Throwing 100 pitches per game will make the time bomb explode earlier. Said that, hopefully he is oks though.

Exactly. I still don't understand why we do not go Vergugo-Xander-Devers-JD

Well I've been hearing that since Sox are there and haven't happened. Good luck with that.

My point is that some key DPs and specially that TP won't happen again 99/100 of the times, plus bad calling game by the umps in key situations taxed the WS way more. s*** happens, this time for the WS, who had a lot of opportunities to put the series in a different situation. Again... let's see if this continuous.

Couldn't catch the game again. Seems like Rodriguez had a couple of mistakes in the 1st and that was enough to seal the deal. He needs to attack the zone with more confidence. He needs to trust in his stuff. That was key in 2018 and 2019, and even in the first games of this season. He is throwing a lot of pitches early and it is taxing it.

Nah it was sided specially in the 4th where the ump killed Cease, then it was pretty easy for NYY and the rest is history. Said that you were very lucky in this series. You turned a lot of ridiculous DP and even a TP when the WS had everything to take the lead with zero outs in several situations. Let's see if your luck continuous moving forward.

BABIP has not been on his side. Today starts its regress to its former career number. Just watch.

Well that could change my prediction but they are resting Harper as well, so hard to tell. Xander and JD probably will come off the bench as PHs though. Gonna be an interesting game. The key regardless the line up gonna be Eduardo who I expect performs great today.

Couldn’t catch the game. Seems like Sox struggled more than they should have, but in the end as I said in the beginning we won as I expected. I expect a bounce back solid start form Rodriguez today. Today’s game will be on paper tougher but I think we still win again and sweep the Phillies.

Ump has not called the game fairly for the WS. The strike zone is ridiculous inconsistent.

Geez NYY are catching a lot of ridiculous DPs and calls from the ump which should balls. Let’s see how much this last.

Eovaldi ain’t go anywhere. His run prevention metrics are great and he looks 100% healthy. You won’t find an arm available with his pedigree in the market/trade (on the cheap) at his cost.

On paper we should win this. Our team is better in all departments — all, and is not even close.

Oh yeah! Hermoso!

A shower of reality based on facts. (5/21/21) The Red Sox… * have the AL’s best record (28-18) * are a season-high 10 games over .500 * a three-game winning streak * have been in 1st place for 42 consecutive days * have the MLB’s best road record (15-6) * have had their starting pitchers go 5.0+ innings in 14 straight games

They were very very lucky with that TP. Chapman was already done. It was just a matter of time.

Another win to the books boys. This team is looking very strong.

Are you now d? Lol Regardless the HR, remember, Perez is our No. 5 on paper. He did a terrific job tonight. Whata bomb man. This kid is natural.

IMO Bloom won’t risk the future next summer regardless the situation, BUT he definitely will try to grab some under-the-radar pieces to round this team If this team keeps looking as a legit contender at the time. If this is true, I have no problem with that.

You have to add to the equation that the best C (arguably) of the game won’t be available as well. In fact I just received a fantasy alert that Realmuto will spend some time in the IL. Ingredients say we should take this series. Let’s f go!

LOL! Well I guess very few were optimistic about this team entering the season considering the 2020 disaster and the fairly question marks tagged to the new additions. Geez we even started 0-3 against arguably the weakest team in baseball and most people were ready to call it season. Speaking for myself, at the time I wanted some additions like Springer, Ozuna, Bauer, etc. who never arrived. The only encouraging thing that I saw at the time (benefit of the doubt at least) was the hiring of Cora who splashed in 2018, and the team run by Chaim Bloom for second year in a row who btw is Friedman's prodigy boy —add to the equation the fact that he had very little time to work last year due the COVID thing. Friedman was a guy I wanted to run this team very hard since I have memory, but since he was hired by the Dodgers, at least you could expect kind of the same philosophy and execution under this talented young and hungry manager, who has very good references in TB and media. The management and philosophy seen in TB is not popular since they do not splash the market like large market teams. They are used to fix the broken and develop talent specially at pitching in order to build a team and fill holes. We can fairly say it has worked in TB. You can expect he keeps doing the same here but with a huge handicap; he will have plenty of money to spend once he clears the payroll and identify the core players moving forward. Said that, thus far this team has been a pleasant surprise. It's still early (but not that early) and Ted's predictions shouldn't been taken lightly by any means, but I pray and hope mi Compadre is wrong this time LOL! After 1/4 of the season maybe Ted is ready to reassess his predictions and mostly after seeing the production of the new additions specially Richards, and the bounce back of the core and big boys like JD. Sure, this team still have to work and fix some things moving forward, but the most important and encouraging thing is that the talent is there and is palpable.

lol

I was in a dinner tonight and couldn’t catch up the game until the 8th inning when I arrived home, however time to time I was checking the score at the MLB App in the restaurant. Last Check it was 5-2 or something. I said we got this. Looked at the scoreboard again when I arrived home and it said 3 errors and 7-5, and said WTF? Lol. Seems like we were not good at defense tonight. Said that I really enjoyed the last two innings. I celebrated that bomb of JD as we were in the WS — wife got scary lol. I’ve been very optimistic this year. Aside 2013 and 2018, I have been very critical. I’d like to read Ted’s takes of this team thus far and moving forward. He usually sees Baseball more objectively than me.

Well said. We play in toughest division in baseball and we have lead it since April. Nobody gave a damn cent for this team entering the season, and guess what? This team could be even (realistically) better when our guys from minors and Sale come up. Said that, keep enjoying the ride Max. Good night.

Compadre, I need your opinions regarding this team. I feel confident but you know way better than me.