Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day:
1. Game 1 winners go for sweep in Wild Card Series:
The Tigers, Cubs, Red Sox, and Dodgers took home victories in Game 1 of their respective Wild Card series yesterday, and each of those clubs will be going for the sweep today. Casey Mize will kick things off at 1:08pm local time today for Detroit, while the Guardians will counter with Tanner Bibee with their season on the line. Two hours later (2:08pm local time), the Padres will hang the hopes of their season on Dylan Cease. The Cubs will counter with an opener in the form of right-hander Andrew Kittredge. Kittredge threw a scoreless inning for Chicago in Game 1 of the series yesterday and is likely to turn things over to lefty Shota Imanaga for the bulk of the game. Turning back to the AL, the Yankees will have to overcome Red Sox starter Brayan Bello with southpaw Carlos Rodon on the mound if they’re going to live to see Game 3, and the Reds’ last stand against the Dodgers will come with Zack Littell on the mound against Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
2. Frustration in the Bronx:
Infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was not in the lineup for yesterday’s first game of the Wild Card series against the Red Sox, and The Athletic’s Chris Kirschner relays that Chisholm made no secret of his displeasure about riding the pine following the game. Chisholm conducted his post-game interview with his back turned to reporters and said he had “not much” conversation with Aaron Boone about not playing. A 30-30 player worth more than four wins in 130 games this year according to either version of WAR, Chisholm is one of the league’s most talented second basemen. While his status as a left-handed hitter may not have made him the ideal choice to start against lefty Garrett Crochet, his .248/.322/.411 against southpaws is hardly a liability — though it does trail the production of both Amed Rosario (.302/.328/.491) and Jose Caballero (.250/.361/.452) versus left-handers.
3. Toboni to be introduced:
The Nationals are introducing newly minted president of baseball operations Paul Toboni at a press conference that kicked off about 15 minutes ago. Owners Mark Lerner, Ed Cohen, and Robert Tannenbaum are all on hand alongside Toboni. The decision to fire Mike Rizzo and hire Toboni, who had spent years working his way up the ladder in the Red Sox organization prior to being brought in to lead baseball operations in the nation’s capital, is the first change of leadership the Nationals have experienced since Rizzo’s hire all the way back in 2009. With a young team that lost 96 games this year despite steps forward from young players like James Wood and CJ Abrams, Nationals ownership and their new baseball operations leader will be providing further insight into the team’s direction and what lies ahead.
When will the next offseason outlook article be published?
After the WS since injuries now can effect them.
I was surprised that they did one for the Athletics already. With that precedent I assumed more outlooks (for non playoff teams) would be forthcoming
Tomorrow after the Yankees are eliminated today
You must’ve meant,The Day After Tomorrow. Like the movie?
Don’t you have better things to do, like mow they lawn, finish your mac n cheese plate, or finish moving from your parents’ basement?
? What
Someone needs a nappy nap
How do you go from bases loaded with no outs to ending the game with bases loaded and not scoring even 1 run? I heard the announcers talking about the problem was the bullpen but I feel that was incorrect. The bullpen gave up a few runs but ultimately, when your offense can’t score more than 1 run, it doesn’t matter how many runs the bullpen gives up.
Because the Yankees live and die by the long ball. They have shown an inability to hit or make productive outs in situations such as that. They have also shown that they pummel bad teams and bad pitching. This is the playoffs…you’re getting everyone’s best
@dirtbagbaseball427
Most teams in the playoffs are built to hit HRs to win it because of the fact that they end up facing tough pitchers and it’s been shown multiple times that this is the case. So, if trying to get singles doesn’t work, why was it a bad idea to be all HR or nothing? Dodgers played HR derby last night and won.
@York
That is why I was going on all off-season and during the season about the need for offense to survive the postseason should they be so lucky. We were pretty sure they had the pitching to hang in there, it was the latter that has been lacking for quite a while, especially in the outfield.
I think after tonight’s bases loaded and zilch they may have set a WC PO record?
This one belongs to the Reds: Tonight at Dodger Stadium officially ended after just 3 days the big whoop of the Reds edging out the Mets to be in the postseason.
I get what you’re saying and the networks go out of their way to tell you home runs win in the playoffs. However, There comes a point in a game or series where you NEED to hit a sac fly or fight off tough pitches and settle for an infield with 2 strikes instead of swinging for the fences and striking out if you want to win that game/series. The Yankees have shown they don’t do that consistently enough
They hit three straight singles to start the inning. The problem was not getting the big hit to drive any of them in. If anything that’s a bigger indicator of small ball not working in the postseason
@Ronk325, I’m puzzled why that shows small ball not working in the postseason. No one hit a grand slam with the bases loaded, does that show power ball is not working? I think it more likely shows the lack of fundamentals, which IMHO seems to be a problem across the league.
Three hits in the inning but nothing to show for it because they were all singles. The fact is that it’s hard to string hits together against top tier pitching in the postseason. Not to criticize them because they did their part, but if Judge or Belli hit a HR there instead of a single, we’re having an entirely different conversation. Teams who hit home runs win in October and the numbers back it up
Ronk325: Small ball doesn’t work in the postseason. Except, of course, when it does.
You actually need both power AND timely hitting in the postseason, just like you need good starting pitching and a strong bullpen.
Productive outs are overrated. This is the playoffs… you’re getting a lot of luck and randomness.
Hank – Did you watch the Sox game tonight?
Rafaela blew the game because he did the one thing you’re not supposed to do on bunt attempts, he put the bat on the bottom of the ball instead of the top.
In close postseason games you win or lose based on fundamentals, smart baserunning and solid defense.
Why do you think the Moneyball Athletics never got far in the postseason? Because they sucked at fundamentals, defense and baserunning.
Should of had a pinch runner in for Goldy, maybe have movement from 2nd to 3rd to put pressure on the defense to make a good throw.
Peraza could of pinch ran and remain in the game.
rond-2 they were going to do that but then they remembered that Peraza plays for the Angels now.
Hahaha. My bad! Still should of had a pinch runner.
If he was still on the team.
York – Their bullpen, and the way Boone manages it, has been a well documented failure.
Fried pitched his butt off last night, all he needed was 8 outs from the bullpen. You can’t expect more than one run against Crochet and Chapman, those are two of the best pitchers in the game.
Great pitching always beats great hitting. I’m just glad Boone will continue to manage the Yankees ;O)
@Fever Pitch Guy
I guess great hitting beat great pitching in LA last night.
York – Hunter Greene and Connor Phillips is far from great.
@Fever Pitch Guy
I’m talking about Hunter Greene, who is a top 15 starting pitcher in 2025. Similar K/9, ERA, lower BABIP & HR/FB than Crochet. Probably would have had similar innings and fWAR if not for the injury. It’s not like the Dodgers were facing the #5 starter of the Reds.
Greene is pretty great. But enough with the generalities about how something always beats something.
York – With all due respect to Hunter, he’s not at the level of a Crochet, Skubal, Fried, etc.
Here’s the thing – pitchers always have the advantage over hitters because if a pitcher makes a really good pitch there’s not a lot a good hitter can do with it.
Look no further than the Yankees, the best offensive team in MLB. Why do you think they got completely shut down by Crochet and Chapman?
Even better, why do you think one of the greatest hitters of all time – Judge – has been totally owned by Crochet this year? It’s a perfect example. You have probably the best hitter in the game being made to look like Kiko Garcia by one of the best pitchers in the game. Not a surprise.
Hank – Just to clarify, when I said “great pitching” I meant the actual pitching …. not just the pitcher.
Great pitchers do make mistakes sometimes, it happens. Nobody is perfect, look no further than prime Verlander making one mistake to Napoli in the 2013 ALCS Game 3.
Hey I couldn’t believe the Cubs actually played Playoff baseball and bunted, Moved the runner over and got him in for the insurance run in the 8th inning. It was almost orgasmic. Probably would have been a few years ago TBH. I didn’t think they had it in them. Counsell playing for 1 run actually improves their odds of winning I would say. Anyway I like the odds better up 1-0. Go Cubs! Compared to the Dodgers pen the Yankees were top notch. Didn’t recognize any of the names they threw out there.
Someone give Uncle Mike a towel and mop please.
A bunt would have been better than a fly out, 2 K’s. But Boone doesn’t believe in small ball. He should have pitched run for Goldsm. and a run scored from 2nd or the Sac Fly Jazz hit.
Old York: That kind of thing happens more often than you might think. It’s a big reason for teams’ low averages with RISP.
“How do you go from bases loaded with no outs to ending the game with bases loaded and not scoring even 1 run?”
Lots of different ways.
It happens about 14% of the time. Or about as often as any given number on a die comes up when you roll it.
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because chapman is having one of the greatest seasons in the history of the sport?
Old York: Lo and behold, it happened for the second time in two days in tonight’s Reds-Dodgers game.
@Blue Baron
Well, you expect that from the Reds. They’re not the most potent of offenses in the league.
Starting Caballero/Rosario over Chisholm because the former two have slash lines a bit better against lefties is an interesting decision. Most lefties they faced are not Crochet or anywhere near his talent level. I suspect Jazz will be in the lineup today.
“interesting decision” is much more polite than my response. Stupid decision is also more polite than what I’m really thinking.
Joe says: You have 20/20 hindsight is what I’m thinking. You wouldn’t be so critical if the Yankees had won.
Blue Baron as soon as I saw the lineup, I questioned it. Though, at first, I thought it was a lingering problem from the HBP he got a couple games ago.
If the Yankees would have won, it would have made my complaint look foolish, much like the loss makes the managerial decision look foolish.
But does sitting Chisholm make the decision foolish? Look, I’m obviously not a yankees fan and every time I see talk about Boone from yankee fans it’s after a tough loss and it’s negative, so my perspective is poor.
I think that one thing that’s often forgotten about baseball is you can do everything right and still lose. Harvey Haddix threw a perfect 12 innings and still lost.
Boone played the numbers game. The fact it didn’t pay off doesn’t make it bad. If Chisholm get s a hit in the bottom of the 9th and the yankees still end up losing, maybe then it looks like a bad choice. But that’s not what happened. It shouldn’t be a binary good/bad analysis.
And when he got to hit against a lefty, he hit a weak fly ball to Abreau with the bases loaded and one out.
After setting on the bench the whole game.
Same argument in reverse… Yoshida got a 2 RBI single coming off the bench. Does sitting him at the beginning of the game make it a bad call?
It’s awesome when guys get pinch hits. But one of the biggest reasons it’s so awesome it because the only thing harder to do than hit a baseball is to sit on the bench the whole game and then hit a baseball. I never complain about a player failing in a pinch hit situation just because of how difficult it is to do.
Sitting Yoshida is never the wrong call.
@ray win- It’s baseball. The batter will always fail more often that not. And as Joe pointed out, he was coming in cold.
Jazz Chisholm is a cancer
Why do you say that? His teammates love him.
Probably because they are always seen talking behind his back.
2slowbot: Seen by whom? You?
That appears to be a you problem.
@YBC – I heard a lot of good things about Jazz this year but as a Phils fans did not see him much. As a Marlin, I would hear him more often postgame and he admittedly came across as immature quite often.
Seeing the interview clips last night, I saw much of the same. Not saying that he is a bad dude at all, but what I saw last night was a spoiled child. They are in the playoffs for heavens sake so keep it in house and deal with your concerns privately.
Carver he might not handle things like this so well but in this case I’m 100% on his side. He’s not a platoon player, he’s a regular. He also lives for the big moment. It’s inexcusable that he was riding pine in the playoffs.
@CarverAndrews Immature, yes. Cancer, no. Can’t turn your back on the press. Jazz is a emotional dude and I think he was more upset about the loss than coming off the bench.
@YBC – I would have had him in the lineup but still do not excuse the childish pouting in front of reporters. Being a professional when you are paid millions to play baseball is the minimum that should be required as a teammate.
You’re right. It’s going to cost him when he becomes a free agent.
“They are in the playoffs for heavens sake so keep it in house and deal with your concerns privately.”
For all you know, he tried to keep it in house and was ignored. Not starting one of your best players because of “matchups” is inexcusable, especially when Jazz’s numbers aren’t bad against lefties.
Taking Fried out when he was pitching well because of “matchups” and bringing in a struggling Weaver is also inexcusable. Fried also publicly disagreed with Boone’s decision, but I guess since his response was a little more subtle, he’s not labeled as a “cancer” with everyone ripping him. Gee, I wonder why. . .
The post game interview actually showed growth. No matter how he felt, he held his emotion and replied with a team first answer.
That’s all you can ask in that situation. Of course he was frustrated he wasn’t in the game. The fact that he didn’t voice that frustration was the mature thing to do.
Sure, he didn’t yell and rant.
You can absolutely ask him to stand there face forward like an adult and show people some respect when answering their questions.
Excusing disrespectful behaviour from men old enough to know better is the reason your society is filled with it.
I agree he should have faced them. But if he wasn’t mature enough to do that and knew it, then that’s growth. The answer he gave was the correct standard answer.
Which is why I called it growth. Maybe next time he will be able to face the reporters to start the interview lol.
He didn’t say something emotional and inflammatory. So there’s that.
Ha ha. Fair enough. I’ll give him a pass based on improvement. But please, would you folks over there start holding your men to a higher standard. The child in a man’s body version isn’t cutting it. You are embarrassing the gender worldwide.
I think there’s certain and more worthy countries where you should be asking their men to not “embarrass the gender”.
Not at the moment there isn’t. US men……daylight…..someone else.
Your “men” are a disgrace. The majority of them still hold a 17 year old boy version of “man”. Staggering.
I take it you’re not American.
While I can see where you’re coming from, it seems your view of American men is tainted by loud fringe types that make it into your YouTube feed or act stupid and make your news. Those do exist here, but generally are in the minority.
I’m certain that if you told me your country of origin I could find issue with small segments of the population as you seen to have with our men. But let’s not do that and accept that just because the exception is visible and loud, they are still the exception.
Australian. Of course. Plenty of warts down here.
You are wrong on the isolated YouTube feed. Part of it for sure, but your men are very public. The world is watching very closely. It affects them. Just in the last week we have had the revulsion of the UN speech, the Ryder Cup crowd disgrace, which was quickly followed by the childish movie star type performance in front of your military leaders.
We are inundated. It’s every single day.
If you want the world to believe the man children are the minority, you might want to think about putting some of the majority front and centre.
@rct – I didn’t see anyone label him on here as a cancer at all. Pouting and immature (and he has that history) but his teammates in NY seem to appreciate the fire as well. People are complex, but you seem to want to excuse what was very apparent for your own reasons.
They’re lazy troll comments – “clubhouse cancer”, “washed up/retire”, “overpaid”, etc.
foppert it’s hard to argue that right now with the current clown show. While Dodgers Fan is correct, it’s not as much of a minority as it should be.
I get it. The full spectrum is on display in here. There is lots of really solid good people and i do have empathy. I just feel a responsibility to make it clear how serious the international ramifications are for you folks.
Dodgers Fan: A big reason someone like foppert sees it that way is that we heightened their visibility by electing one to the presidency – twice.
Especially, as I said elsewhere, since we elected one to be president.
The second time didn’t help. Like….there was no shortage of red flags.
The supporting cast is another factor. FMD. There isn’t a single, solid, well put together guy amongst them. It’s crazy to watch. Where the fark are all the John Wayne’s that I grew up with.
Lastly, it’s a very big deal internationally. If you are alive in a democratic nation, you have only ever known the USA leading the way and providing stability and comfort. This shift is huge. It’s the biggest international thing to happen in my lifetime. We were tied at the hip. How we come out of it is crucial for my offspring’s quality of life. So I’m watching closely. For good reason.
Gonna assume that having Kittredge open for Shota (arguably the Cubs ace pitcher) has something to do with the decisions made during playoff baseball and the nuance of match-ups, but it does strike me as very odd.
Not that I’m against it. I can’t get enough of watching Kittredge pitch. The guy’s demeanor and body language during the pitch delivery is like what you’d expect from some dude just throwing the ball back and forth with friends in the backyard during a summer BBQ lol. He totally looks all casual. Every time I see him wind up, I’m thinking someone needs to remind him he’s actually throwing live ball to a batter.
Go, Cubs, Go!
They’re taking advantage of R v L batters, and in the playoffs any advantage helps right? kittredge matches up well against Tatis and Machado, after those guys the Padres dole out a bunch of L hitters that Shota can feast on.
Yeah but Shota is gonna have to face them the next time through the order and, possibly, one more time after that. If Shota is your guy (and he is the Cubs’ guy) then don’t hide him from the opposing team’s best players. And this way, you keep Kittredge available if you need him. And if Shota goes out there are blows the Padres away, there might not have been any need to put Kittredge out there to begin with.
And to be clear, I’m not saying it’s a bad decision. I am certain there are considerations beyond just lefty vs righty which I’m simply not aware of or have access to the data. And as I mentioned in my original comment, playoff baseball requires a different kind of coaching and decision making. And, besides, I can’t recall a time when Counsell used the reliever-as-starter approach for a game and it *didn’t* work out. So, I’m all on board with the decision. I trust Counsell as the Cubs coach. It just seems like an odd decision. But if odd decisions get the Cubs a win, then let us be the oddest team there ever was.
Counsel outcoached Shildt yesterday, credit where credit is due. My Padres offense has sputtered all season long, in the bottom third in MLB in runs scored, and I can’t think of a time when they scored many runs on a good pitcher.
Injuries happen, but losing their best RH bat (Laureano) in the heart of the order just last week was a big blow. Merrill, Sheets and Cronenworth are fairly helpless against lefties, and oddly, so is Machado. They will need 2022 Cease to win today.
Keeping Shota away from Tatis and Machado is what they want to do to minimize his exposure to them.
His main issue is giving up home runs, and those two are your postseason home run guys. So get past them cleanly and go from there. You don’t want a Reds situation like last night. First batter and one run down. So why not play the odds?
My point has played out. Machado just took Shota deep for a two run shot.
I’m all for it and understand it—just slightly surprised that it’s Kittredge instead of Civale or Soroka.
Both Tatis and Arraez saw Kitt yesterday. And–Kitt is a very nice piece in higher leverage scenarios later in the game. I guess the plan is to get Shota (if it is really him) into the fifth and start the Palencia, Theilbar, Keller, Pomeranz train, in some order, again.
Also could have been Colin Rea to open but I think it is important to keep him in the tank in case of an extended extra inning game, especially if you use the above names to get into that situation. I don’t think I would be as trusting of Rogers and Soroka in the 14th or 15th inning of an playoff game.
I don’t think it’s a given that Shota is pitcher # 2. I think Rea might be next up. Just a hunch on my part.
I’m not sure it will be Shota either, but don’t think it would be Rea for the reason stated above–BUT–it’s all hands on deck.
The guy that scares me as a potential second inning, bottom of the order guy is Rogers against the three lefties.
When it’s all said and done—it comes down to getting four or five runs against Cease before they can get into their pen.
All in all, I’d feel better if there was no game 3 and Horton is back for the Brewers. Counsell playing for 1 run and the Cubs getting it in the 8th was huge for me. After not doing it all year they picked the right time to prove they can. I was proud. Have fun at the game. Should be great.
Come on Uncle…do you really think Horton is coming back. Win today, it’s Taillon on Saturday. Lose today, win tomorrow it’s Assad on Saturday.
But in any case not much need for starting pitching in that series. The schedule is a joke….Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday. Relievers can pitch in all games with no issues. Only one back to back. What’s one to do with off days in Milwaukee?
Well the one thing I’ll say about Milwaukee is at least we’ll know the games WILL be played. Actually I think the weather is supposed to hold for Chicago at least for that series. Been ridiculously warm here and keep it up! I’m expecting Horton back until they say for sure he isn’t. As long as he’s not risking further injury I hope he can go at least 5 innings at first.
At Mike127……you nailed that one. Skeptical of Kittredge because Tatis and Arraez faced him yesterday. Both had hits today.
Now, Kittredge is probably down tomorrow.
Watching in the 6th inning now…Cubs have to get them to put Mason Miller and Suarez in the game today.
And unless Cubs get back to a tie…NOBODY more that got used yesterday.
It was hilarious to see the reporters holding out microphones to Chisholm’s back. Speak through your spine! An obviously childish stunt from Chisholm, but what else do you expect? The guy has accumulated all of 12 bWAR in a six-year career and thinks he’s some kind of great player.
Crochet dominated the Yankees. Fried is paid like a number one. If Cole was healthy, he stays in the game. To all Mets fans. This is why you need an ace. They could have traded for Crochet or got a number one guy at the deadline. The Yankees are obviously a home run or nothing team. However they don’t start Jazz or Rice. That’s over 50 home runs on the bench. I don’t care about a left-handed pitcher or analysts say. This is the playoffs. Make a lineup with your best players.
Rice and jazz are a combined 1 for 14 against Crochet, this was not the impactful decision that yanks fans think it was.
No one was touching crochet last night, yanks got outpitched there’s nothing else to it
Why didn’t they reanimate cy young and have him pitch. Stupid Yankees
They can do that? Cubs should do that with Grover Cleveland Alexander.
So Jazz went diva? Aaron F’in Boone pulled Max Fried while the starting Yankee pitcher was in a groove. Red Sox teed off on the Yankee bullpen. Another ballgame like that today and Boone may be the next skipper shown the door.
Also gotta love ESPN having audio issues in Yankee Stadium.
Not having Cook ready to face Masa (and then again to face Lowe) was a glaring mistake by Boone last night.
As far as Jazz and Rice not starting… Boston has been riding the L vs R match up thing all year long and for the most part, it’s worked. Romy and Refsnyder have feasted on LHP all season. I get the fact that you start your starters, but Boone chose to go w match-ups looking for any sort of advantage vs Crochet. Honestly, I don’t think it would’ve mattered. Crochet was dealing.
Fried was also dealing and probably got too early of a hook.
Spot on, Chucky. Boone was a net negative for his team and his rigid over-managing might have cost the Yankees the game. Cora trusted his ace and it paid off. Boone didn’t trust his and it bit him.
I’m going to do something I’ve never done before… I’m going to defend Boone. He played the numbers game last night. Cora did the same. The difference is it worked out for Cora.
I’ll also mention that while yes these are small sample sizes it should be noted that of the 4 games where Crochet started against the yankees during the regular season:
-Rosario was 3 for 6 with 2 RBIs
-Caballero was 1 for 6 with an RBI and a BB
-Chisholm was 0 for 7 with 4 Ks.
Again small sample size but you’re not going to get a big one during one season. Would it have changed anything if Chisholm started? That can be one of the millions of “coulda been” discussions in baseball. On paper, it’s easy to see why Boone made the choice he did.
Pulling Fried when he did… well I’ll just say this: If you can’t rely on your bullpen during the playoffs then you should be worried.
The bullpen has been an issue all season and it is so now.
You might be right but I’m betting losing to the Red Sox at home in the WC round will be the final nail in Boone’s coffin. If that’s the way it goes down.
Boone got out coached yet again. Really isn’t a surprise he’s a terrible manager
“On paper, it’s easy to see why Boone made the choice he did.”
You don’t play the game on paper and you don’t bench one of your best players at home against one of the best pitchers in the league based on an extremely small “matchup” justification. It’s a best of three series. One big hit from Jazz could turn the entire series.
“If you can’t rely on your bullpen during the playoffs then you should be worried.”
Except anyone who has watched the Yankees this year, particularly Weaver in the second half, knows you *can’t* rely on the bullpen. You don’t pull your ace that early when you have a shaky bullpen. And the manager of all people should know that. Rigidly managing by the book instead of by feel. Horrible Boone decision and the mirror image situation being handled adeptly by Cora, who kept his ace in the game, just put Boone’s poor managing skills on full display.
The Bednar pitch that got roped for a double was a good pitch. Movement and low.
It’s the playoffs, no one cares about reality. Only winning
Boone once again gets out-managed, & his strategy backfires. Why take Fried out and replace with a righty (no decent lefty in bull pen, Thks Cashman) who doesn’t throw off speeds, which Boston wasn’t hitting? Stupid. Leaves out 2 very good “hot” batters, only to put 1 in later vs a lefty?
Boone has to go. How many more years of the same mess, 0 rings?
Na na na na. Na na na na. Hey hey hey Goodbye Yankees. Boone makes a bad decision again and the Yankees about to get swept out of the playoffs. Let the baseball world rejoice. Now if only the dodgers lost too
The Yankees play with zero sense of urgency all year long. That’s why they lost their division. If this was a one game playoff or game 7. They don’t have that lineup, and Fried goes 9 innings. Every game needs to have a game 7 mentality. ZERO SENSE OF URGENCY!!!!!
The baseball world is better when the Yankees fail. Battery throwing whiny fans who live in the past and cheer when opposing players get injured. Yup that’s New York trash right there.
Stop impersonating me. It’s not over yet.
He put the jinx on there and no one countered it. Sad.
Impersonating you? Get off your high horse if you think you’re the only one who hates the Yankees. A bit narcissistic?
Fried threw 102 pitches in 6.1 innings, how would he have gone 9 innings?
Skubal showed why he’s a must be Tiger for life. Casey Mize has had a great season so Tiger fans are excited. GO TIGERS !
Fried is paid to go one more inning. Forget pitch count it’s October baseball. Fried is paid almost 40 million, and Weaver is paid 2 million. Yesterday was the reason they got Fried. Crochet is the reason Boston got him. There were also no excuses for the walks the Yankees pitchers did as well. The hitters also could have taken more pitches to allow Crochet out of the earlier. Blame on everyone. The entire team should take responsibility.
Sooooo I know all Mets fans are happy about yesterday. However, don’t you wish your team traded for Crochet or got an ace at the deadline??
30/30 season and 4+ WAR in 130 games seems like a player you’d want in your starting lineup. I don’t recall the exact figure off hand, but almost all the 32 games Jazz did miss was because of injury, not because there was a lefty on the mound.
So I just looked it up: Jazz missed 28 games from 4/30 to first of June due to injury. Of the other 4 games he missed, I’m sure one or two of them (or more) was due to injury. I had him in my CBSsports league so I kept a close eye on him this year lol
28 games missed from Apr 30 to first of June due to injury…..
crochet is historically good against lefties (as in one of the best in history) so sitting jazz is defensible but why sub him in for rosario in the 8th when it was obvious the next pitcher he was going to face was chapman?
Chapman has always walked a good amount of hitters. Rosario does’t walk. Jazz also hits the ball harder than him in a sac fly situation.
Good grief, Ian Happ is 1-21 vs Dylan Cease, including 11 strike-outs. Maybe have Kittredge stand in for Happ today, instead.
(I will post this fully expecting that Happ is about to hit a home run just to spite my snarkiness)
Another brilliant decision by Boone. Take
Out your stud pitcher for another blown save by Weaver