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Post by kaybli on Sept 27, 2024 16:19:54 GMT -5
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 27, 2024 16:26:33 GMT -5
Saving Judge for Saturday and Skenes.
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Post by ill636 on Sept 27, 2024 16:37:14 GMT -5
Cleveland has three against the Astros. Might need some help to win the AL
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Sept 27, 2024 16:55:59 GMT -5
Wish Judge was DHing, would like to see him get to 60.
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 27, 2024 17:48:19 GMT -5
Wish Judge was DHing, would like to see him get to 60. Needs 2 HR's for 60 and 8 bases for 400. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 17:52:31 GMT -5
The Yanks play their final series of the year having accomplished the key goals that can be accomplished in the regular season: they clinched a playoff spot last week in Seattle, and clinched the divisional title last night at the Stadium. There remains only the solid possibility of securing home field for the two rounds American League playoffs they hope to play in, and the considerably less likely possibility of securing home field for the World Series as well
They get some help in that effort in that they will be facing a Pittsburgh Pirates team that was a contender for the playoffs for most of the season, but still crumbled in the last two months despite making some acquisitions that should have been of some aid toward gaining a Wild Card.
After they beat the Astros on July 30th, they were 3 games over .500 at 55-52, had won 3 in a row and 13 of 18, and while they were not really in the race for the NL Central divisional title, being 7 games back of the Brewers, they were very much in the race for a Wild Card. On that day, they were two games behind the Mets and Padres for the 2nd and 3rd Wild Cards, and 2 ½ behind the Braves for the top Wild Card. They had, withing the last two days, traded for some relief help in Jalen Beeks and John Walker, and two modest additions on offense: ex-Yankee utilityman Isiah Kiner-Falefa, and Marlins outfielder Bryan De La Cruz, not a great bat, but a competent flank outfielder who was hitting .250 with 18 HR and 51 RBI in just over 100 games. It looked like they’d stay in the race down to at least mid-to-late September. The only truly bad thing that had happened was the lat injury to rookie sensation righty Jared Jones, who was, in effect, a very good #2 starter for them in the first 3 months, but who was to miss almost all of July and August.
The season took a sharp downslide on them almost immediately, they lost 2 of the next 3, and after winning that third game, they collapsed into a 10-game losing streak, and just like that, their playoff chances were fatally damaged, falling into last place in the Central, and falling into 9th in the Wild Card chase, 8 games behind the then-3rd Wild Card Braves, with 5 teams between them and Atlanta. Just a little of two weeks from the hopeful moment at the end of July, their season was effectively over. The Pirates have more or less treaded water since August 14th, going 18-21, coming into this series in last place in the Central at 74-85, having lost 11 of their last 15. They moved out regulars from their lineup, giving pretty much full time jobs to young guys such as infielders Nick Gonzales and Nick Yorke, and outfielder Billy Cook and dealing away veteran starter Martin Perez to the Padres to make sure younger arms Luis Ortiz and Bailey Falter could both stay in rotation for the rest of the year.
The strength of this Pirate team is their rotations: young, talented, and with some power arms at the top. In addition to Jones, back from his injury, and probable Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes, they have solid veteran Mitch Keller, and hard-throwing righty Luis Ortiz who appeared to have gained command of his big fastball and slider, and a lefty junkballer with elite extension, Bailey Falter. The bullpen is solid, too. Closer David Bednar, who looked a candidate to be traded after a couple of great seasons and coming on becoming expansive, had a very bad year that hurt Pittsburgh’s playoff chance, but an old fireballer named Aroldis Chapman has taken over the role and has done well, saving 12 games with an ERA of 3.90, with the usual very high K rate (95 in 60 innings) and BB rate (39 in those same 60 innings). They have a couple of solid setup relievers in the appropriately named Colin Holderman and Carmed Mlodzinksi. Oh, they also have Yankee retread Dennis Santana, who flunked his trial in the Bronx but has pitched excellent relief for the Pirates: a 2.34 ERA with 47 K’s in 42 1/3 innings and just 10 BB and 2 HR allowed. Overall the Pirates are still somehow 11th in the NL in ERA at 4.16, but that’s just 0.02 higher than the league average. They’re 11th in hits allowed, but 4th lowest in HR allowed. Despite Skenes and Jones, they’re just 10th in K’s, and have allowed the 5th most walks, so it’s no surprise that their K/BB ratio is 12th in the NL.
As mediocre as their overall pitching has been, despite the two young guns, their offense is the team’s real weakness. They’re 13th in runs and runs per game, 14th in hits, last in doubles, 12th in triples, 13th in HR, 14th in BAVG and OBA and dead last in slugging and OPS. Only the fact that they play is a very good pitcher’s park raises their adjusted team OPS to 14th ahead of the miserable Marlins. They do have a very high stolen base percentage, 85.3%, but the good effects of that are negated by the fact they don’t steal many, just 105, 10th in the NL, and about half of what the top 3 teams, the Nationals, Brewers and Reds have stolen.
The don’t get help from their defense, either. They’re 10th in the NL in team defensive efficiency, 11th in team BIS’ Defensive Runs Saved at -2, 5th in team errors, 11th in team fielding percentage. They are 5th in the NL in team GIDP turned, but part of that is the very high number of hits and walks the pitching allows, putting them in a very high number of GIDP situations. They’ve allowed 74 unearned runs, 14 more than the NL average; only the Marlins and the Nationals have allowed more.
So once again, at home, the Yanks are playing a team they’re considerably better than in every phase, except baserunning; The Yankees record is 18 games better, and their run differential leads all of MLB at +152, while the Pirates are 7th worst in baseball at -79. But the Pirates are throwing three starters the Yanks have never seen, except maybe in spring training; two hard-throwing righties who were/are elite prospects, and a junkballing lefty with something of a deceptive motion. There’s no surface/talent reason why the Yanks shouldn’t take at least 2 out of 3, but they pitchers they face play into the weaknesses that this lineup has shown all year, they’re playing at home, where they’ve played worse, they’re playing against a bad team under .500; they’ve just clinched the big prize, at least for now, and today might be a hangover game at the wrong moment, and the Pirates have literally nothing to play for except pride. So why am I worried they’ll blow home field to the Guardians, even though 2 wins will be enough to clinch that. They now trail the Dodgers by 2 for home field for the Series, so that’s almost certainly gone, although the Dodgers’ injury-riddled rotation may keep them from getting to the Series, and they’ll have to gain a game on the Phillies to tie them so they can win the tiebreaker and claim home field vs. Philly. I would love to be wrong about this; I would love to see them come out and take early leads in each game to “bury a bad team early”, but I think the pitching matchups will prevent that. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Yanks have already accomplished all they’re going to in the regular season.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 17:53:03 GMT -5
Hard throwing righty Jared Jones opens the series for the Pirates; his great start was derailed by the lat injury I mentioned earlier. Jones was taken by the Pirates in the 2nd round of the 2020 June Amateur Draft, and like all other prospects that season, didn’t pitch in any games, but was in developmental camp due to the COVID season. In 2021, the Pirates held him in instructional camp until late-May, then started him at low-A ball, and his power arm made itself known immediately: 3-6 with a 4.64 ERA in 15 starts and 3 relief appearances, but a ridiculous 103 K’s in 66 innings, along with 34 BB. In 2022, he was at high-A for the whole season, and the results were similar: 5-7 with a 4.62 ERA and 142 K’s in 122+ innings. Last year, he made progress in getting the walk rate down, and in 10 starts in AA, Jones was 1-4 with a 2.23 ERA, striking out 47 and walking 16 in 42 1/3 innings. They promoted him to AAA, and in 15 starts he was 4-5 with a 4.72 ERA, 99 K’s and 34 BB in 82 innings. Still, he had made enough progress to be a top 100 prospect at Baseball America and MLB Pipeline.
The plan for this season was to have him open the season at AAA again, but he was so dominant in Spring Training that he opened the season as the Pirates #3 starter. He had some good games and some so-so games, but after 13 starts, Jones was with an ERA of 3.27, 79 K’s and just 18 BB in 74 1/3 innings. He got beat up in Coors Field his next start, but threw two more good ones after. He made it through just 5 innings in that last start against Cards, pitching very well, just 1 run in 5 innings, and he stood at 5-6 with a 3.56 ERA when he was sidelined with the same sort of lat injury that buried Clarke Schmidt for 3 months, and Grayson Rodriguez for over 2 months (possibly ending his season). Junes came off the IL after just 8 weeks, and it may have been too soon. In 5 starts since rejoining the team, he’s 1-2 with an ERA of 6.15. 6 HR allowed in 26 1/3 innings (he had given up 12 in 91 innings before the injury). On the season as a whole, Jones is 6-8 with a 4.14 ERA. In 21 starts, he’s pitched 117 1/3 innings, allowing 101 hits, 58 runs, 54 earned, 18 HR, 37 BB and striking out 125. His WHIP is a solid 1.176. He doesn’t have enough innings to qualify, but if he did, he’d be 8th in the NL in K’s per 9 innings. This will be Jones’ first game ever against the Yankees.
Repertoire: Jones is a very hard throwing 4-pitch righty, relying mostly on his 4-seamer and slider. He also throws a curve and a change, both less than 10% of the time. In addition to high velocity, he gets elite “rise”, top 10% in MLB, and average “run”. The slider gets below average drop and average break away from righties. The curve gets above average drop and well below average break away from righties. The change gets below average drop and very poor tail, bottom 10% in MLB among 261 pitches who throw a change. In run values, the FB is a decent-sized plus, as is the slider, the change and curve are fairly big minuses, which is why he uses them sparingly. His chase rate is well above average, the FB has both elite velocity and elite spin rate, the curve has well above average spin rate as well, and his extension is near-elite, top 20% in MLB. His average exit velocity is near league average, maybe slightly high, the barrel rate is very high, over 10%, and the hard-hit rate is also quite high, almost 45%. The line drive and ground ball rates are below average, the flyball and popup rates are above average, as you’d expect of a pitcher who throws very hard with a high spin rate on the fastball. The swinging strike rate is one of the best in MLB; it would be 6th best among 58 qualified starters if he had enough innings. The called strike rate is below average, but the CSW would be 9th best thanks to the swinging strike rate. In “luck factors” the BABIP is a tiny bit below MLB average, the strand rate is somewhat low, and the HR/FB rate is also somewhat low. The factors more or less cancel out; his ERA estimators think his ERA should be a bit lower: 4.02 instead of the current 4.14. The pitch mix this season: 4-seamer averaging 97.3 about 49% of the time, slider 89 about 35%, curve 91 about 9%, and change 90 about 7%.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 17:53:35 GMT -5
Playing the Name Game: Jared is yet another “modern” name. Of the 15 MLB players with first name Jared, 7 are currently active, and none of them started their careers before 2005, although Jays’ pitcher Jerry Garvin, whose official name was Theodre Jared Garvin (going by a diminutive of his middle name) started his career in 1977. The best hitting Jared is Jared Walsh, whose career might be almost over after just 6 major league seasons. He had one big year for the Angels in 2021, hitting .277 with 29 HR and 98 RBI, making the All-Star team for the first, and probably last, time. He spent most of this year in AAA, and is now a backup firstbaseman/DH/PH for the Rangers. There’s a small possibility that Pirates infielder Jared Triolo might pass Walsh, but though he is by all accounts a good defender at multiple positions, he’ll have to learn how to hit major league pitching: he’s got 8 HR and 8 SB in 2/3 of a season, but is batting .210 with an OPS of .609. He has a bWAR of 1.4 this year, but half of that is fielding, and the rest is positional adjustment; his hitting has been a -13 runs for bWAR purposes. The best pitcher Jared is reliever Jared Hughes, who compiled 8.5 bWAR for 5 different NL teams from 2011 through 2020. His one great year was 2018 with the Reds, when he piled up 3.4 bWAR out of the pen by throwing 72 games and 78 2/3 innings of ball with a 1.94 ERA, even getting 7 saves, allowing just 4 home runs all season.
Tons of Jones’, about 150 of them, not counting Negro Leaguers. My favorite name among them is Charles Leander “Bumpus” Jones, who pitched for the Reds and Giants in 1892 and 1893. There have been several excellent relief pitcher Joneses, including Todd and Doug, who each saved over 300 games across careers of at least 15 seasons. There have been two hitting Bob Joneses, one a third baseman on the Ty Cobb Tiger teams of the late 1910s and early 1920s, the other a backup outfielder and first baseman for the Rangers and Angels from 1974 through 1986, as well as two starting pitcher Bobby Joneses, both of whom pitched for the Mets. The bad Bobby Jones pitched for them in 2000 and 2002, and was 13-18 with an ERA of 5.71 making 40 starts for the Rockies in 1998 and 1999; one wonders how he was just 5 games under .500 with a 5.71 ERA.
The good Bobby Jones pitched for the Mets from 1993 through 2000, then pitched two more years for the Padres, leading the NL in losses in 2001 with 19. He made the All-Star team in 1995, going 15-9 with a 3.63 ERA. In the postseason of 2000, his last year with the Mets, he pitched a 1-hit shutout in the 4th and final game of the NLDS against the Giants; the only hit was a Jeff Kent double leading off the 5th. He got knocked around by the Cards in game 4 of the NLDS, giving up 6 runs in 4 innings, but avoided the loss because the Mets, destroyed Cards’ starter Darryl Kyle for 7 runs in 3 innings, the Mets went on to win that game 10-6 and win the series in 5. His last start for the Mets was the pivotal game 4 of the 2000 World Series; it was Jones who gave up the leadoff HR to Derek Jeter, giving the Yanks an immediate first blood after the Mets made a series out of it by winning Game 3. Jones gave up 2 more runs in 5 innings, and the Mets only got 2 off Denny Neagle. Yes, this was the same game that David Cone, who had struggled all year, came in to get Mike Piazza to pop up with 2 outs and nobody after Neagle skulked off the mound in disgust after being lifted one out away from qualifying for the win. Nelson, Stanton and Rivera worked their usual magic the last four, the Yanks won the game 3-2 to take a 3-1 lead, and finished off the four and final Dynasty championship the next day, beating the Mets 4-2.
The best pitcher named Jones was probably Randy Jones by a hair over Sam Jones. Jones finished 2nd in the Cy Young voting in 1975 going 20-12 and leading the leagues with a 2.24 ERA for a 71-91 Padres team; he won it the next year going 22-14 with a 2.74 ERA. Renowned for his elite sinker, he piled up 600 innings in those two seasons, and damaged a nerve in his arm in the last start of 1976 that required exploratory surgery, he had a few more solid seasons after that, but could never regain his top form. Sam Jones was 88-85 with a 3.38 ERA over 1955-1960 for the Cubs, Cards and Giants. His best season was 1959, when he finished 2nd in the Cy Young voting, going 21-15 for the Giants, and leading the NL in ERA at 2.83. His career petered out after 1960, but he made it to 102 career wins.
There are lots of very good hitting Joneses, including Jahmai (just joking), Ruppert Jones, who also played one season for the Yanks in 1980, Cleon Jones, who was 3rd in the NL in batting for the 1969 Miracle Mets, and Adam Jones, who had a distinguished career of 14 seasons mostly with the Orioles, and had nearly 2000 hits, 282 HR, nearly 1000 RBI and a lifetimes BAVG of .277, winning 3 Gold Gloves, making 5 All-Star teams and getting down-ballot MVP votes in 2012-3-4. But the two best hitting Joneses of all-time are the Braves’ Jones twins, Hall of Fame third baseman and Mets nemesis Chipper and brilliant defensive centerfielder and power-hitting Andruw. Andruw played for the Yanks in his last season, but was clearly on his way out the door. The two Jones’ were the key batters for the Maddux-Glavin-Smoltz Braves that won a record 11 straight divisional titles from 1995 through 2005, 5 pennants, and one title in 1995, but also lost two World Series to the Dynasty Yankees: 1996 and 1999. I assume most fans in the chat know enough about Chipper and Andruw that I don’t have to recap their careers, so I’ll leave the Name Game there for today.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 17:54:25 GMT -5
Carlos Rodon starts for the Yanks, looking to close his regular season with a 5th straight solid start and his seasonal ERA still under 4.00. In his last four, Carlos is 2-0 with an ERA of 1.93, 29 K and just 6 BB in 23 1/3 innings. On the season, Rodon is 16-9 with an ERA of 3.98. In 169 2/3 innings, he’s allowed 153 hits, 79 runs, 75 earned, 29 HR, 53 BB and struck out 190. His WHIP for the season is a decent 1.214. As I mentioned every time he goes to the mound lately, he’s among the AL leaders in K’s, K’s per 9 innings, wins (a win tonight will give him 17, and put him alone in 2nd, but Berrios also pitches tonight, and Lugo goes tomorrow, so that position might not hold, at least by himself). He’s also still 4th in HR allowed, and 3rd in HR allowed per 9 innings, though that has slowly come down lately. This is Rodon’s 6th career start against Pittsburgh, and he’s been…OK; 3-2 with a 3.99 ERA. In 29 1/3 innings, he’s allowed 28 hits, 13 runs (earned) 3 HR, just 4 Bb and struck out 33. His WHIP against the Pirates is an excellent 1.091, and their team quadruple slash line against him is .248/.274/.416/.689. His last start against them came in the midst of his dreadful September last season, and while it wasn’t his best, it was probably his most dominant. He threw very hard that day, hitting 100 a couple of times I think, striking out a season-high 10 without walking a batter, giving 3 runs in 6 1/3 on 6 hits and a HR and taking a tough 3-2 loss in Pittsburgh.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 17:54:56 GMT -5
Yankees' lineup vs. Jones: He’s never faced the Yanks and only one player on the roster has faced him. Judge gets a day off after the clinching, so no Verdugo/Dominguez controversy tonight, both are playing. Stanton, Wells and Rizzo are also getting Hangover Day off:
1. Torres (2B)
2. Soto (RF)
3. Chisholm (3B) is 0-2 vs. Jones with 1 BB and 2 K, which is why he’s batting 3rd, I guess.
4. Dominguez (LF)
5. Verdugo (RF)
6. Volpe (SS)
7. Grisham (CF)
8. Trevino (C)
9. Cabrera (1B)
On the bench: None
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Pirates’ lineup vs. Rodon:
1. Gonzales (2B) has never faced Rodon
2. Reynolds (LF) is 0-7 with 1 BB and 4 K
3. Bart (C) has never faced Rodon
4. McCutchen (DH) is 2-4 with 2 RBI 1 K, and 1 sac fly
5. De La Cruz (RF) is 0-3 with 1 K
6. Kiner-Falefa (3B) is 1-3 with 1 K and 2 HBP
7. Joe (1B) is 5-7 (!!) with a solo HR, a BB and a .750 OBA vs. Rodon
8. Yorke (2B) has never faced Rodon
9. Cook (CF) hasn’t faced him either
On the Bench: Cruz is 1-3 with a double and a K; Peguero is 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 K; Triolo is 2-3 with two doubles.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 17:55:45 GMT -5
Yesterday: It was tense early on as Corbin Burnes gave up just a solo HR to Stanton in 5 dominant innings, but Gerrit Cole matched and then some, going 6 2/3 shutout innings against the tough O’s lineup, and the Yanks finally broke it open in the 6th on a bases loaded walk by Wells, a 3-run double by Stanton and a 2-run Single by Rizzo. Judge HRed later for his 5 straight game, a 2 run shot, and Verdugo woke up out of his offensive coma long enough to put the icing on the cake with a solo blast in the 8th. Kahnle, Holmes and Hill went the last 2 1/3, Hill getting Mullins to ground out to Volpe to clinch the divisional title for the Yanks. The Yanks improved to 27 over .500 again at 93-66.
In other games with post-season implications:
The Royals swept the Nats with a 7-4 win, getting 3 in the 9th off of Washington closer Finnegan. Bubic got the win in relief to get to 1-1 on the year, Finngan took the loss, dropping to 3-8. Erceg came in for the 3rd straight day and pitched his 3rd straight 1-2-3 inning for his 3rd straight save, his 14th on the season.
The Tigers rallied from 3-0 down to a 4-3 win with 2 in the 6th and 2 more in the 8th. Colt Keith triple in a run and scored another in the 6th, then knocked in the tying run in the 8th with a single. Beau Brieske was in the middle of things again, pitching two innings of shutout relief to get to 4-4. Foley pitched the 9th for his 27th save. Cleavinger gave up the two 8th innings runs, taking the L and falling to 7-5 on the season.
The Twins rallied from 4-0 and 5-4 deficits to tie the game, but the appropriately-name reliver Blewett lead the ghost-runner score in the 13th, and left two more men on for Topa to give a 2-run single, putting the Twins in a 8-5 hole they couldn’t climb out of losing 8-6, and pretty much finishing off their hopes of a Wild Card spot. Maldonado got the win in relief for Miami, he’s now 1-1. Blewett took the loss and is also 1-1 on the season. McCaughan came, allowed the ghost-runner to score on deep flyball and a groundout, but wrap it up for his 1st career save.
The Dodgers trailed 2-0 in the 7th, but erupted for 5 runs. Smith tied the game with a 2-run HR, his 20th of the season, and Ohtani (who else?) gave LA the lead for good with a 2-run single. Pages came off the bench to add a 2-run HR in the 7th, and that was it, the Dodgers wrapped up the NL West title with a 7-2 win. Banda got the with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to get to 3-2 on the year. Tanner Scott came in after Smith’s HR and gave up the other 3 runs in the 7th, taking the loss to fall to 9-6.
Hurricane Helene wiped out the Mets/Braves game scheduled for Atlanta.
Going into today’s games, the division title are all set; in the AL, it’s the Yanks, Guardians and Astros, and in the NL, it’s the Phillies, Brewers and Dodgers.
The AL Wild Card chase is all but over:
The O’s clinched the top Wild Card on Tuesday; and the Royals and Tigers main tied for the 2nd and 3rd Wild Cards, with the Royals holding the tiebreaker because they beat the Tigers in the season’s series 7-6. The Magic Number for both to clinch a playoff spot is down to 1 over both the Twins and Mariners.
The Twins still hold the first chase spot, trailing both KC and Detroit by 2 with a tragic number of 3. The Mariners are ½ game back of Minnesota with a tragic number of 2. The Red Sox and the Rays are eliminated from the playoffs.
Anyway: it's in the NL where things are quite more complicated now:
The Padres still hold the first Wild Card, their magic number to clinch of the Mets is 2 and Arizona and the Braves is 3. The Mets and Arizona are tied for the 2nd and 3rd slots and both lead the Braves by 1. The Mets magic number to clinch against both is still 5. The D’backs magic number against the Braves is also 5, but only 4 against the Mets because they have one more win and one more loss than the Mets.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 17:56:11 GMT -5
In key games today:
The White Sox are in Detroit to start a 3-game series at 5:40 pm. Garrett Crochet (6-12, 3.68) for Chicago; reliever Brenan Hanifee (1-1, 1.98) will open for Detroit. Aside from the playoff hunt, the White Sox have escaped achieving the lowest win percentage since 1900 with the 39th win of the season, coming against a collapsing Angels team; they’ll have to sweep the Tigers to avoid breaking the record for most losses as they’re still tied with the 1962 Mets at 120.
The Royals are in Atlanta, starting a 3-game series at 7:20. Brady Singer (9-12, 3.73) for KC; Max Fried (10-10, 3.42) for the Braves.
The Mets start a 3-game series in Milwaukee at 8:10 pm in a battle of ex-A’s starters. Sean Manaea (12-5, 3.29 ERA) for New York; ex-Yankee albatross Frankie Montas (7-11, 4.85 ERA)
The Mets and Braves get a break from the schedule-makers as the Padres are in Arizona to start a 3-game series at 9:40 pm. Yu Darvish (6-3, 3.18) starts for San Diego; Merrill Kelly (5-0, 3.71) goes for the Diamondbacks.
And in a few minutes at the Stadium, it’s Jones vs. Rodon. See you then.
One last thing: I apologize for the typos, redundancies and grammatical errors I'm sure are all through the preview stuff for tonight. I just finished "writing" 7 minutes ago, and didn't have time to "proof" any of it. I'll do better tomorrow, including The Saturday Leaders™.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 18:07:33 GMT -5
Yanks take the field, Rodon starts his final warmups.
Gonzales getting ready to step into the batter's box.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 18:12:06 GMT -5
Rodon has finished his warmups, Gonzales steps into the box.
Game underway...
FB on the high outside corner, swung on and missed, 0-1
FB outside, 1-1
FB to the knees down the middle, check swing foul 1-2
Slider down and in, he barely checks in time, 2-2
FB at the knees, outside middle, late and under, pops it foul out of play back of first.
FB misses high above the inside corner at 96, 3-2
Fb up in the zone near middle, shatters the bat but lines it over Volpe for a leadoff single.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Sept 27, 2024 18:13:15 GMT -5
FB 3-4 inches high, outside corner, called a strike anyway, 0-1, 0% on Gameday, bad call.
Can't check on a change 4 inches outside, 0-2
Chases a change bounced over the outer half, K, 1 down
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