Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Oct 16, 2022 7:26:05 GMT -5
The Yankees aren't equipped to deal with the Cleveland offense. Cleveland just gets these slow rollers, and soft dunkers that just fall perfectly where nobody can get them, and they can get like 5 of them in a row if they need to. The Yankees can't get get 2 hits in a row.
The Yankee bullpen is too depleted, and the only way to shut Cleveland down is if you strike them out, and they don't strike out often. You can induce a routine ground ball, and even somebody like Ramirez is fast enough to beat it out at first. You can throw a perfect pitch and jam the Cleveland hitter, and they'll get a swinging bunt that will roll perfectly where nobody can field it in the infield, or float in between the outfielders in no man's land.
So tonight, the Yankees have no bullpen. Jonathan Loaisiga and Wandy Peralta threw a lot of pitches Friday and Saturday, and Clay Holmes doesn't seem like he's healthy. So even if Gerrit Cole goes 8 innings and comes out with a 2 run lead.....Cleveland will still find a way to beat whoever pitches the 9th.
And it's UNLIKELY that Cole will go deep, because Cleveland will make him throw a lot of pitches, foul off a lot of pitches, make him give up a lot of those weak hits, and they'll get him out of the game in the 5th or 6th, and then they'll do their "Death by a 1000 paper cuts" act on whatever relief pitchers the Yankees put out there, because who's going to pitch tonight? Miguel Castro? German who hasn't pitched in like 2 weeks? Leutge who hasn't hasn't pitched in 2 weeks? Cleveland will pounce on those guys.
And like Michael Kay said last night, somewhere in Miami, Aroldis Chapman should be ASHAMED of himself. The Yankees could DESPERATELY use another reliever who could come in and throw 100, even if he can't usually command it.
It just goes to reinforce that you can't win the World Series with a home run or nothing offense. You need to be able to string consecutive hits together, and the Yankees just can't do it. The Yankees are built for a 162 game long haul season, but they are basically useless in Postseason Series. The Yankees tee off all summer on under .500 teams and then you may face a good team and the luck of the draw might help you avoid the other teams ace, so you sweep or win 2 out of 3 against the 3-4-5....in the Playoffs, you are facing the best of the best, and a 1-2-3 pitcher EVERY GAME.
The Yankees season is looking over. I don't feel at ALL that they can win 2 games in a row with this roster against Cleveland.
The Yankee bullpen is too depleted, and the only way to shut Cleveland down is if you strike them out, and they don't strike out often. You can induce a routine ground ball, and even somebody like Ramirez is fast enough to beat it out at first. You can throw a perfect pitch and jam the Cleveland hitter, and they'll get a swinging bunt that will roll perfectly where nobody can field it in the infield, or float in between the outfielders in no man's land.
So tonight, the Yankees have no bullpen. Jonathan Loaisiga and Wandy Peralta threw a lot of pitches Friday and Saturday, and Clay Holmes doesn't seem like he's healthy. So even if Gerrit Cole goes 8 innings and comes out with a 2 run lead.....Cleveland will still find a way to beat whoever pitches the 9th.
And it's UNLIKELY that Cole will go deep, because Cleveland will make him throw a lot of pitches, foul off a lot of pitches, make him give up a lot of those weak hits, and they'll get him out of the game in the 5th or 6th, and then they'll do their "Death by a 1000 paper cuts" act on whatever relief pitchers the Yankees put out there, because who's going to pitch tonight? Miguel Castro? German who hasn't pitched in like 2 weeks? Leutge who hasn't hasn't pitched in 2 weeks? Cleveland will pounce on those guys.
And like Michael Kay said last night, somewhere in Miami, Aroldis Chapman should be ASHAMED of himself. The Yankees could DESPERATELY use another reliever who could come in and throw 100, even if he can't usually command it.
It just goes to reinforce that you can't win the World Series with a home run or nothing offense. You need to be able to string consecutive hits together, and the Yankees just can't do it. The Yankees are built for a 162 game long haul season, but they are basically useless in Postseason Series. The Yankees tee off all summer on under .500 teams and then you may face a good team and the luck of the draw might help you avoid the other teams ace, so you sweep or win 2 out of 3 against the 3-4-5....in the Playoffs, you are facing the best of the best, and a 1-2-3 pitcher EVERY GAME.
The Yankees season is looking over. I don't feel at ALL that they can win 2 games in a row with this roster against Cleveland.