It would be nice if Faulkner could become a regular piece of the bullpen. Noticed they recalled Scheppers, hope he has got his stuff back.
Banister is impressed with Faulkner. He put him in a pressure situation and Faulkner rose to the occasion. I like younger pitchers who don't think too much and just blow away a line up:)
You would think Banister learned keenly from Scheppers. Whatever he has going on, it won't get solved this season. If we ever get in a game again where we score a bunch of runs, Schep is the guy to eat up 2 innings at most...and be on a short leash.
So it seems the Rangers have no issues filling the bases but knocking them in...not so good:)
Could be an issue that Fielder is in a slump. His BA went down another 10 points in a week.
Veneble and Stubbs are no help at the bottom of the order. That Josh Hamilton threat in the 6 or 5 spot is probably gone for the season as he is relegated to pinch hitting (which did not see him bat much last series). Joey Gallo has fallen off the radar too.
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We discussed this earlier and agreed Joey should have stayed in the minors till the season ended, then went on to the fall league.
Josh has been rode hard and put away wet too many times, I suspected this was going to happen when they traded for him and my fears were correct. First thing he needs to do is get the knee fixed, then the Rangers need to decide whether to keep him and DH him or play him at 1st, or trade him. I don't think you can put him in the outfield and expect him to stay healthy...
Here come the Rangers in the Yanks' rearview mirror. We've got some hurt troops....Tex, Gardner, Eovaldi. We can be caught. Girardi wore out the pen as well.
Mets just ended the Nats season -- that was a turrible loss. The Twin...fugetabout them. The Yanks...oy...losing to the sickly O's. I couldn't bear watching the last few innings cuz I had a baaad feeling.
They are only 2.5 back of the Rangers and most of their games left are against teams in their division who are below them in the standings. So you can't quite count them out yet with that easy schedule...
I might be crazy to think this but I wish Lyonis Martin was coming back soon. Veneble and Stubbs are doing fine but their bats are not much better.
He had the hamate bone in his RH (throwing hand) removed on the 27th of Aug so no more hitting for him until 4-6 weeks from then. He can be a PH and PR starting sometime this week if hand is progressing satisfactorily. Doesn't look as if he will be very useful if he plays at all...
He's always had issues when he moves up a notch so it takes time for him to catch up to the style/quality of pitching. He did go yard last night and only K'd one time so that is an improvement, can he do it against better pitching???
He took that line drive in the shoulder wonder how much it will hurt come tomorrow or the next day. Wonder if he'll have to miss a turn especially when Colby is in more need of missing a start???
Here come the Rangers in the Yanks' rearview mirror. We've got some hurt troops....Tex, Gardner, Eovaldi. We can be caught. Girardi wore out the pen as well.
Mets just ended the Nats season -- that was a turrible loss. The Twin...fugetabout them. The Yanks...oy...losing to the sickly O's. I couldn't bear watching the last few innings cuz I had a baaad feeling.
The O's are done. Yankees should win the rubber game tonight. Rangers need to set their sites on winning the AL West. It's win or bust with 7 more games against the 'Stros. Makes for GREAT September baseball. Just thinking that the Rangers were predicted to be well below .500 this year after losing two pitchers.
Twinkies still hanging in there riding their #1 prospect. How long that lasts who knows? Everyone thought Puig would carry the Dodgers to a WS victory. How did that work out?
That was an awesome game for the Mets. Saw a bit of it since MLB At Bat App had that as the free game of the day. If they win tonight I think that will pretty much put the needed nail in the Nats coffin.
Every team has some hurt or sore players right now. The Yanks have a +4 lead on the Rangers for the first WC slot. Time for them to rest some of the veterans for a few days.
Good to see Joey Gallo put one out. The M's put in a young gun who throws heat. He pitched Joey a heater inside and knee high. Right in the wheel house of Gallo. Blast over the Right field fence.
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He's always had issues when he moves up a notch so it takes time for him to catch up to the style/quality of pitching. He did go yard last night and only K'd one time so that is an improvement, can he do it against better pitching???
The one strike out last night came on a 9 pitch count. Significant improvement IMO. Why that kid threw Gallo a heater in his wheel house is amazing. That was AFTER the catcher came out to the mound after one pitch to probably tell him "Jobu hates the curve ball." Yet the heater came the next pitch:) Good for us. I hope more pitchers try challenging him that way:)
Gallo did fine early with better pitching. He is one of a few that have taken Kershaw yard.
How to strike out Gallo from my observation is to throw him high in the strike zone inside. He swings everytime at those pitches and has not learned to shorten his swing up to make contact. He still thinks he can get up that high and belt it over the fence. He has shown a bit more maturity on the low breaking ball or sinking fastball inside. He used to tee off on those everytime. Now he looks at most of them.
He needs to learn from Fielder and figure out how to spread the ball around a bit even if he grounds out a bit more. The more he runs up counts and runs them 3-2 the more he is going to get what he wants. Takes a lot of patience to reach that level.
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I missed the line drive to the shoulder. Probably got painful around the 7th when he gave up 3 ERs.
Deikman gave up a 2 run HR, but not surprised. He has not pitched in quite a few games. He kept throwing Cano inside low part of the strike zone pitches. I expected to see an outside slider or curve to get him fishing for strike 3 but instead he pitched 97 mph in the very SAME spot as the three previous pitches. WTH! Well Cano knew what to do with something he saw 4 times.
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The one injury that bothers me is Eovaldi . He is mediocre ,but the Yanks score when he pitches.
The Yanks live and die with the HR .They didn't get them yesterday and wasted an excellent day by Tanaka.
Bird has been an adequate replacement for Tex . He is hitting homers and getting RBIs at a pace at least the equal that Tex produced and most important ;the Yanks are 15-6 in games he's played .
Gardy was slumping before his injury and Beltran ,Chris Young have taken up the slack. Waiting for Ellesberry to wake up.
Meanwhile A Roid has 30 HR and McCann has a career high 25 HR .He's looking good for a 100 RBI season. Not too shabby for a catcher .
Not sure what they are going to do about another starter because I think Eovaldi is shot until the playoffs . CC goes tonight .They will need an offensive outburst I believe
Texas in the rear view ? I hope so . I want them to take their division. A 7 game series against Texas would be a blast .
Looks like the must see 1 game wildcard game will be Pittsburg v Chitown Cubs .
Most LHers like the ball lower in the strike zone, but will still swing at the high ones cause they can see the pitch real well. Not very many can catch up to those high pitches and are better off laying off them, hopefully Joey will learn that.
Every team has some hurt or sore players right now. The Yanks have a +4 lead on the Rangers for the first WC slot. Time for them to rest some of the veterans for a few days.
I think they will keep playing everybody until they take back the division or they figure out they can't and rest them for the inevitable WC game...
BTA if the Twinkies keep playing well the Yankees might find themselves completely out of the playoffs. I know 6.5 games is a lot but the Jays made up almost 10 on them in a month...
The Twinkees overused their wonder boy Sano. He sat the past two games and will probably be out tonight. Strained something.
Love it...watching the Mets game on ESPN with sonny boy (he just finished homework of course); just finished listening to the pukey ESPN announcers admit they all predicted the Nats would take the division. "We never saw this coming" "Who would have thought?" Trying hard to make this collapse as surprising.
Can't wait for a game when the Mariners play on ESPN. That was another team they gushed over early in the season.
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#1160. To: Liberator, redleghunter, Cz82 (#1151)(Edited)
here is some 20-20 hindsight. Yesterday Giradi did not use his 2 big BP options because they have been used a lot ,and he probably wanted them fresh for the 4 game series against the Jays starting tonight .
However ,we are in the middle of a rain event here ,and there is more than a good chance that today will be a wash out . The matchup scheduled is Severino v Price . Neither team is going to want to waste their top pitchers in a rain delayed or suspended game . We saw this weather front moving in all day yesterday . So should Giradi have thrown the dice and run Betances and /or Miller out to try to preserve what was then a tie knowing the Jays were losing ? He instead used Warren for 47 pitches in the loss, which means he will probably not be able to be a starter in the Jays series. After Severino ,the Yanks have yet to announce their rotation for the series . It is probable that Tanaka will go Sunday on a normal rest . CC won't pitch. Nova and Pineda will probalby fill the remaining 2 slots .
The only suprise in the Jays rotation is Saturday they will use Marcus Stroman who is coming off an ACL injury that kept him on the DL all season.
Wondering how many Yanks fans who have tix for Saturday's game know that Fox picked the game up and it now has a 1:05 start time instead of the 4:30 start time on the ticket ?
Perez struggled. He and Chirinos should know not to pitch Kyle Seager an inside fastball when ahead of the count. No reason to do so. Last night was Chrinos' first start since coming off the DL. Maybe he needs some BP time with the pitchers because a lot has changed since he was gone. Plus he does not look 'all there' yet.
Well the clash of aces today. Holland vs. Hernandez. I think a day game so will miss it.
All told, we are back where we were a few days ago. Down 2 in the AL West. Up 1.5 in the 2nd WC. We could have picked up on the Yankees last night.
Today we either lose 1/2 game or gain a 1/2 game on Stros and Twinkies. Both are off today.
That moved through my area yesterday afternoon and evening, we didn't get a whole lot from it. It kept breaking up and would only lightly rain for short periods of time, very little accumulation.
#1166. To: CZ82, Redleghunter, Liberator . (#1163)
It's a rainout and they screwed the ticket holders for today's game. The game will be part of a single admission double headers Saturday. Tickets for today's game will not be honored . They can be traded in for tickets next year .Also today was supposed to be Babe Ruth Bobblehead day . That will be rescheduled too . Double headers usually are split which is not good for the Yanks . They need to take 3 of 4 of this series. And I wonder what the line ups will be . The Yanks are a veteran team and have too many players who can't play two.
Meanwhile it's a football night tonight . I hear it could raining hard in Foxboro too. That means the new extra point rules may become a factor.
Yeah listened to the end of the game heading home from work in a nice Texas summer thunderstorm:)
Josh getting knee surgery. He's out.
Beltre and Fielder both need a couple of days off.
Crunch time. Will be interesting how Banister manages the down the stretch.
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16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.---John 3:16
Something like that .The extra point will be kicked from the 15 yard line with two point conversions remaining at the 2-yard line.
The defense now have the ability to score two points on returns. Previous an extra point was dead on a failed try. So much for the NFL trying to limit collision plays
So ball placed on the 15. Then kicked 5-7 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Then 10 yards deep in the end zone. So yeah like a 30 or more FG.
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This one has got me shaking my head, if the surgery is that minor (the team thinks he will be back before the end of the season) why didn't he get it done when he went on the DL a month ago???