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  1. bkzwhitestrican
    Basically just hoping he goes on a streak. Maybe today today will be the spark. Or maybe he'll wait another 2 weeks for his next HR
  2. bkzwhitestrican
    Florial is actually putting up numbers in AAA (OPS is over .900 for the season). Maybe it's time to give him a shot over Gallo? He's lefty and he's already on the 40 man roster anyway.
  3. bkzwhitestrican
    I think these games against the Astros have made it especially clear they need a better left handed bat than Gallo. They were shut down by all of Houston's tough righties, and today's only run came from Rizzo (a lefty).
  4. bkzwhitestrican
    He did settle down somewhat, but he had runners on base all day against a weak Oakland lineup and was pretty fortunate to only give up 3. He had a 2.30 ERA over his first 10 starts and a 5.68 ERA over his last 5 starts. He hasn't reached 6 innings in any of those five starts. I wouldn't say it's alarming, but it should be of some concern.
  5. bkzwhitestrican
    I think the loss can be blamed on whoever named this game thread.
  6. bkzwhitestrican
    Regression hitting Taillon pretty hard. Might need to skip a start or a phantom IL stint, he's on pace to throw about 180 regular season innings and that's probably higher than you'd want after just coming back from surgery.
  7. bkzwhitestrican
    The one to Judge was a gift since he swung at a pitch a foot inside. But the one to Stanton was a meatball pitch in a hitters count that would've probably been hit hard. In any case when you're a team as bad as the A's you find many different ways to lose.
  8. bkzwhitestrican
    I'm indifferent since I don't think it'll make much of a difference, but I suppose the odds of Andujar rediscovering his stroke are greater than the chances of Gallo doing the same. In either case we're talking about the #9 hitter in the lineup, so defense should probably be the priority (Andujar can only play left field at a decent level, whereas Gallo can play both corner positions and is gold glove caliber).
  9. bkzwhitestrican
    Still tied. If you don't plan on staying tied with me then you should lose a week
  10. bkzwhitestrican
    I don't think Andujar is an upgrade. His defense is worse than Gallo's, he's another righty bat, and he has yet to prove that his bat is as good as it was in 2018. He did not get a ton of playing time this season, but in that limited time he hit .268/.279/.317 (.596 OPS, 73 OPS+). He also had 160+ plate appearances last season and didn't do much better. Compared to Gallo this season who is hitting .173/.285/.346 (.631 OPS, 82 OPS+). Both are pretty bad, but I think Gallo's fielding, power, and left handedness (for whatever it's worth) is what makes him the better play of the two. Hopefully they pick up a better option at the deadline.
  11. bkzwhitestrican
    They're destined for something. It better not be another first round elimination. Around here it's World Series or bust (we sure are entitled!). This is definitely the most well rounded team they've had in awhile, and they can improve it at the deadline without a lot of reshuffling (another OF to replace Gallo/Hicks, another reliever to lengthen the BP, and maybe another back-end starter to eat some innings and keep Cortes/Taillon/Sevy fresh for the later months). Who knows how the team will look or will be playing three months from now, but up to this moment they've looked like the best team in baseball.
  12. bkzwhitestrican
    It has been about a week since they've swept anyone, so I suppose that's a slump for them
  13. bkzwhitestrican
    There's been a lot of good wins this season, but was definitely the most satisfying. I'm off to the Astros blog to bathe in schadenfreude!
  14. bkzwhitestrican
    Easy to say now! But I think most people on this site wanted him gone, and felt his leaving was addition by subtraction.
  15. bkzwhitestrican
    I'd expect Wacha to regress to the norm (he has done this in other seasons, where he pitches really well for a stretch and then fades). I'm undecided if Pivetta is really good or is just having a nice run, since he was one of those guys where he had front-line potential but it needed to be unlocked (similar to Nate). Hill is pretty much performing as expected, he won't give you length but can give you 5 solid innings. Nate is also pitching about as expected, solid #2 starter. Whitlock is probably destined for the bullpen once Sale/Paxton return, and I think that would be the better place for him since he's been good as a starter but almost unhittable as a reliever. I don't know anything about Winckowski but he seems to be doing alright so far, though I don't think he's someone the Sox would want to rely on outside the occasional start. Coming into the season I thought the Sox rotation looked like trash. It sucks to say that they have been good, and actually the biggest strength of the team (outside of the trio of Devers/JD/Xander). We'll see if they keep it up. I'll of course be rooting for them to fail
  16. bkzwhitestrican
    I dunno JDavis, you seem to be spending a lot of time here as well. I don't recall you being around this frequently last year when the Yanks weren't playing at a historic level.
  17. bkzwhitestrican
    The good thing about having a winning stretch of games like this to start the season as opposed to later on is that it will take a lot for the Yanks to lose their division lead. Going .500 the rest of the way is probably the worst case scenario I can envision for them, and if they do the Jays would need to go 60-36 (.625) for the remainder of the season to surpass them. Not impossible, but winning at that pace for 3 months isn't easy.
  18. bkzwhitestrican
    It's possible, only time will tell. But currently there is no evidence that they've peaked.
  19. bkzwhitestrican
    A season being enjoyable vs being a success aren't the same. There have been many enjoyable seasons overall over the past decade where the final result was a failure. And every year the Yankees don't win a WS it's considered a failure. But as fans we should still enjoy the ride.
  20. bkzwhitestrican
    What's the tiebreaker? I assume you're Gashouse Gorillas, and we're 1-1 against each other. And if you go by the fabricated division record that it shows, mine is better than yours.
  21. bkzwhitestrican
    Really the biggest difference this year as opposed to the last few has been health. The few key injuries the Yanks did suffer were to the bullpen, where they have the most depth. Taillon/Sevy/Monty are all pitching well and that's not unusual given their history, they've just spent too much time on the IL in past seasons. Same with Judge/Stanton. Others have really elevated their game this season such as Trevino/Cortes/King, and you also have Gleyber/DJ having bounce back seasons. Plus the defense has been astronomically better across the board. All of that has added up to a historically great start, and hopefully the injury luck continues.
  22. bkzwhitestrican
    It's taken awhile, but I've finally claimed my rightful spot in first place
  23. bkzwhitestrican
    He essentially attributes the Yankees 2009 WS to 3 guys who were caught juicing at various parts of their career. But as soon as a similar comment is made about Manny/Papi and the Sox then it's a false equivalence. What's the saying, something about throwing stones and glass houses..
  24. bkzwhitestrican
    Maybe. Keep praying for it!
  25. bkzwhitestrican
    The tigers actually have 2 pitchers named E-Rod, today was Elvin not Eduardo. The true E-Rod is in the IL and his season ERA is 4.38, about par for his mediocre career.
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