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Post by chiyankee on Oct 14, 2024 17:51:48 GMT -5
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Post by qwik3457bb on Oct 14, 2024 18:11:22 GMT -5
Part VII - Miscellaneous
As for other things: as with the Royals, Cleveland has the big edge in team speed; again, as with the Royals the Yanks can’t let the Guardians turn this series into a track meet, or it’s a loss. As before, in post-season play, if you get strong pitching and solid defense, team speed is not usually a significant factor. In the Division Series, the Royals stole just 2 bases and had one runner thrown out. Kansas City’s speed was mostly concentrated in 3 big base stealers: Witt, Garcia and Blanco on the bench. The Guardians have two excellent base stealers; Ramires (41) and Gimenez (30), but they also have 3 other lineup regulars with good speed who stole 10 bases or more: Thomas (14), Kwan (12) and Rocchio (10), so they can make base-stealing a threat in every game.
On defense, Cleveland has the better team Defensive Efficiency Rating, 2nd in the AL to the Yanks’, but the actual gap isn’t large .709 to .703. The Guardians have committed fewer errors, but the difference is minor, just 6 errors over 162 games. In the advanced metrics, the Royals are +84 in Defensive Runs Saved, the Yanks are +31, a big edge. Statcast Fielding Run Value disagrees, the Yanks are at +35, and the Guardians are at +31. This time Outs Above Average doesn’t differ with its related metric; the Yanks are +8 and the Guardians are +10. The Yanks are better at throwing out base stealers, +3 runs to the Guardians’ -2. One more advantage to Cleveland; they’ve turned 114 GIDP and the Yanks have turned 93. The Yanks big edge in framing runs is gone for this series, the Yankee catchers are still 2nd in all of MLB in Runs Saved by framing pitches: +20.1, but the Bo Naylor/Austin Hedges combo is 3rd at +16.1. Putting all that together, Fangraphs says the Guardians are the 8th best defensive team in MLB at +16.8 runs, while the Yanks are 10th best at +14.1.
As for the managers, Boone was surprisingly NOT a factor in the ALDS, mostly thanks to the dominant performance of Kahnle, Holmes and Weaver. This is Vogt’s first postseason; he has a good reputation, and handled his bullpen brilliantly all the way along, but with so many top relief options, it’s not easy to screw that up. This series will test Vogt anew. Thanks for the writeups Qwik. Will take a small exception to Boone not being a factor. I suspect you meant it as a positive i.e he didn't screw anything up but I think he was a factor. We all discussed he had some choices for LF, 1B and 3rd SP. I think he made the right choices and while we don't know what the other guys might have done the guys who played were solid. None of us even considered Berti for 1b and he did a nice job and while he doesn't hit for power he is a professional hitter. I also think he managed the pen well. I know there is a lot of dislike for Boone on the board but I think he had a good series. Anyway, a lot of good stuff in your work. I'm off to Carmel through Thursday so probably will miss at least 2 games. Go Yanks! Fair comment about Boone. His moves, limited as they were, did work, especially Berti. |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 14, 2024 22:07:16 GMT -5
....................................................................................... Since Hedges is a career .187 hitter, I would guess all relief pitchers must look pretty good to him. How would he know? Hedges never faced Mariano Rivera, who retired two years before Hedges was called up to the major leagues. |
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Post by JEGnj on Oct 15, 2024 15:25:02 GMT -5
We need to find a way to put Stanton in a glass bottle on a shelf for the entire season and OPEN only during the Playoffs.
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Post by kaybli on Oct 16, 2024 16:56:12 GMT -5
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 16, 2024 19:19:54 GMT -5
They will run wild on Trevino, unless they have rested his elbow, shoulder, or whatever it is that has been sapping his arm strength this season. I don't mind Stanton batting fifth, because if he's fourth, he will get walked to get to someone else like Wells or Chism. At least with Stanton having another decent post-season, he can ensure the man in front of him may see a few more pitches in the zone. They may want to think about Rizzo batting fourth in front of Stanton. Rizzo has been getting on base and swinging with more authority than he did before he broke his arm and then his fingers. Being a lefty, he can break up the righties Judge and Stanton. |
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Post by chiyankee on Oct 16, 2024 19:51:05 GMT -5
They will run wild on Trevino, unless they have rested his elbow, shoulder, or whatever it is that has been sapping his arm strength this season. I don't mind Stanton batting fifth, because if he's fourth, he will get walked to get to someone else like Wells or Chism. At least with Stanton having another decent post-season, he can ensure the man in front of him may see a few more pitches in the zone. They may want to think about Rizzo batting fourth in front of Stanton. Rizzo has been getting on base and swinging with more authority than he did before he broke his arm and then his fingers. Being a lefty, he can break up the righties Judge and Stanton. Trevino hit .111 in September and .071 in August, plus he's a liability in the running game. Do we really want him starting playoff games? |
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Post by JEGnj on Oct 16, 2024 19:57:43 GMT -5
If it's not broke don't fix it.
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Post by cocopugg on Oct 16, 2024 20:06:29 GMT -5
If it's not broke don't fix it. Boone probably wants to give Wells an extra day's rest, and figures with the Yankees ahead 2 games to none, this is the best time for it. |
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Post by inger on Oct 16, 2024 21:06:58 GMT -5
They will run wild on Trevino, unless they have rested his elbow, shoulder, or whatever it is that has been sapping his arm strength this season. I don't mind Stanton batting fifth, because if he's fourth, he will get walked to get to someone else like Wells or Chism. At least with Stanton having another decent post-season, he can ensure the man in front of him may see a few more pitches in the zone. They may want to think about Rizzo batting fourth in front of Stanton. Rizzo has been getting on base and swinging with more authority than he did before he broke his arm and then his fingers. Being a lefty, he can break up the righties Judge and Stanton. Trevino hit .111 in September and .071 in August, plus he's a liability in the running game. Do we really want him starting playoff games? We should IL Trevino and pick up… lol… forgot his name… |
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Post by Lola on Oct 17, 2024 8:32:38 GMT -5
We need to find a way to put Stanton in a glass bottle on a shelf for the entire season and OPEN only during the Playoffs. I think they needed his reg season 27HR and 72 RBI to make it through the regular season and to the post season. This team is much better when Stanton is in the line up. I don't have the exact time line but it appears to be No coincidence the mid season skid started and ended with Stantons injury. |
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Post by cocopugg on Oct 17, 2024 10:09:35 GMT -5
We need to find a way to put Stanton in a glass bottle on a shelf for the entire season and OPEN only during the Playoffs. I think they needed his reg season 27HR and 72 RBI to make it through the regular season and to the post season. This team is much better when Stanton is in the line up. I don't have the exact time line but it appears to be No coincidence the mid season skid started and ended with Stantons injury. This isn't the only season that this seems to happen. Hey, if Stanton not playing for long stretches during the season, is because they're trying to rest and protect him, so he can be 100% ready for the post season, and he'll still produce those numbers again next season, then I'm more than happy to live with it...as long as he continues to remain the "Mr. October" for these Yankees. |
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Post by kaybli on Oct 18, 2024 17:00:20 GMT -5
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Post by JEGnj on Oct 18, 2024 17:12:24 GMT -5
Heck of a trade deadline for Cashman. |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 18, 2024 18:03:29 GMT -5
I like Cody "Little" Poteet. |
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