I would think about avoiding having Pivetta pitch against Toronto.
4 games, 21 1/3 innings, 30 hits, 19 runs (18 earned), 8 walks, 6 homers, a 1.781 WHIP and a 7.59 ERA.
Pivetta isn’t sharp and the Jays have hit him pretty hard this year; coming into tonight they gotten him for 14 runs in 17 innings in 3 games. Tonight seems to be more of the same.
All I’m saying is Hatch is not strictly a AAA call-up. Looks like he has a decent fastball, but is having trouble tonight with his off-speed stuff. He’s only got 30 innings in at AAA this year, so his outing will be short in any event.
Which means nothing. He was on the 60 day IL a big part of the season; his AAA stint this year was more rehab than anything else.
He also pitched pretty well for the Jays last year (17 games) and was on their postseason roster.
No. He’s been battling a wrist injury since the All-Star Break. If you’ve watched him swing the past couple weeks, you could see something wasn’t right. Such injuries are a real problem for any hitter.
He really could use a week or 10 days off to let it heal, but I think they are going to try to nurse it along.
That is simple; the Rays.
We have 13 games left with the Tampa; the opportunity is there to take care of them on our own.
You need to drive a stake through the Yankees' heart and shoot them with a silver bullet. Until they are mathematically eliminated, you never want them to win.
You may not want to hear it but it’s the truth. You don’t think Taillon had something to do with that?
The other team has major league players and stuff, and Taillon has been pitching really well for 5 or 6 weeks.