Bottom three hitters for NY next inning.

Can we please forget Kelly's playoff numbers and salary and just put Graveman in the 7th and 8th where he belongs?

 

How about a Vaughn dinger for some insurance?

Holmes has been a top 3 reliever in baseball since the Yankees acquired him. If the Sox can score something here, it'd be very impressive.

Yankees have an incredible bullpen

They really need to bring in McGuire for the 9th.

It's nuts to rely on catcher who can't block Hendriks' pitches or throw pretty much any one out to save his life.

Hendriks to make matters worse seems wholly disinterested in preventing runners from stealing at well and is slow to home plate to boot.

Just now, maxjusttyped said:

Holmes has been a top 3 reliever in baseball since the Yankees acquired him. If the Sox can score something here, it'd be very impressive.

Another Pirates mess up 

2 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Bottom three hitters for NY next inning.

Can we please forget Kelly's playoff numbers and salary and just put Graveman in the 7th and 8th where he belongs?

 

"Joe Kelly is our guy. He has the type of postseason experience that all Hall of Fame baseball persons like to have."

 

But really, the game has been managed pretty darn well so far.

Gee he was right there for that Grandal grounder....hmmm

Please, AJ

Give Pollock a chance to steal here, please

I'll take it.

I have no idea how fast he is as I don't recall seeing him on first much this year

Grandal now a whole 8 pts above Harrison in batting average.

If the Pirates had only kept their pitching staff intact along with Marte, Reynolds and Hayes and Bell they might actually be winning the Central.

Edited May 15, 20223 yr by caulfield12

 

1 minute ago, fathom said:

Yankees have an incredible bullpen

Without the exorbitant salaries beyond Chapman (in final year)

• Green $4M
• German $1.8M
• Loaisiga $1.7M
• Holmes $1.1M
• King $0.7M
• Schmidt $0.7M

 

Almost never going to be an easy win for the White Sox this year...

Just now, caulfield12 said:

If the Pirates had only kept their pitching staff intact along with Marte and Hayes and Bell they might actually be winning the Central.

These pitchers wouldn't be getting the same results had they stayed in Pittsburgh. Their major league pitching coaching/development is really bad.

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Almost never going to be an easy win for the White Sox this year...

"your bullpen is only as good as your offense" -- some old idiot.

Guardians @ Twins goes to extras tied 1-1.

1 minute ago, South Side Hit Men said:

Without the exorbitant salaries beyond Chapman (in final year)

• Green $4M
• German $1.8M
• Loaisiga $1.7M
• Holmes $1.1M
• King $0.7M
• Schmidt $0.7M

 

Lies, all lies. I've been told you have to spend at LEAST 35 million on your bullpen.

1 minute ago, maxjusttyped said:

These pitchers wouldn't be getting the same results had they stayed in Pittsburgh. Their major league pitching coaching/development is really bad.

Definitely not Musgrove, Taillon or Glasnow.  Cole was going to be great regardless.

Just now, Capn12 said:

Lies, all lies. I've been told you have to spend at LEAST 35 million on your bullpen.

Yankees can't afford that kind of bullpen.   You can't spend 50 cents when all you have is $10

1 minute ago, Capn12 said:

Lies, all lies. I've been told you have to spend at LEAST 35 million on your bullpen.

That's way too conservative. $40-50 million is ideal.  Would have been close with Kimbrel.

Oh yay, leadoff walk because he’s scared to throw a breaking ball

What's the scoring rate of leadoff walks in the 9th? 65-68%?