He's having a s*** season, no doubt about that. As I've said before, the day we signed Pablo and Hanley was a very bad day for the franchise. $41 million a year for virtually zero net production.
It sure doesn't look good when you drill a guy in the head on your first pitch of a game with previous beanballs. We'll never know what Betances was thinking of course. It'll be interesting to see if he gets suspended.
It certainly seems like an example of the 'human element'. Sale can't be in a good frame of mind when he faces this team knowing the history. Very concerning to say the least.
I've always used 15 pitches per inning as a benchmark. I think that's pretty close to average. That's 90 pitches in 6 innings. But throwing 100 pitches in 6 innings is not crazy high by any means. These days a 6 inning start is totally acceptable for most starters.
Absolutely. Throwing at guys is still part of the game, for better or worse. But when you drill a guy in the head it really exposes how foolish and dangerous it all is.
Naturally I'm mainly hoping for the Yanks to lose and to pick up some suspensions as well.
Hanley has had a disappointing season and he had an awful game last night, but in the first 2 games of this series he had 3 hits, 2 walks, and 3 RBI. I don't think he should be yanked from the lineup because of last night.
I think one of the sources of confusion/conflict is that while we all have certain beliefs about the human element's effect on performance, statistics are generally not capable of measuring that effect.