In between the Pinstripes #4

In between the Pinstripes_4: This isn’t going to last, but it’s frustrating
Well, the story of the first series of the year for the Yanks is; short-bad outings by the starters and good-long appearances from the bullpen. The Yanks tonight didn’t get any help from Michael Pineda tonight, being that he gave up a lead-off homer to Corey Dickerson just 3 pitches into the game.

Just like Masahiro Tanaka on Sunday, Pineda’s inability to get in a grove early in the ball game, doomed the starts from the very beginning. Pineda’s final line reads like this: 3.2 innings, 8 hits, 4 earned runs, and 8 strike outs. Pineda looked like he had some of his best stuff tonight, the problem was his location. If you ever watch a game and see the catcher’s glove leak back over the plate, that’s never a good sign. Well, Gary Sanchez’s glove did that a ton tonight, hence the 8 hits and 4 earned runs.

On the contrary, the Yanks ‘pen has been lights out through the first three games of 2017. The ‘pen for the Bombers has thrown 13.2 innings scoreless so far. The bullpen has pitched WAY too much for anyone’s liking—but with the scheduled off days it can be worked around. With the bullpens great start, it coincides perfectly with my Focus Player of the Day. That player today is Adam Warren who pitched great in relief, while also giving the Yankees the chance to come back throughout multiple times during the game. Warren pitched 2.1 innings, didn’t allow a hit, and stroke out 4. That’s as good of a performance you are going to see in a 4-1 loss.

However, the Yankees did have their chances and thanks to Aaron Judge and Starlin Castro, two of the Yankees rally chances were killed thanks to two double plays that were just tailor maid. The Bombers are struggling at the plate, but maybe going up North for the first time this Spring will get their bats back on track. Hopefully the Yankees can be a little more competitive in the series against the Orioles this weekend. The bullpen will need to do more of the same against the potent lineup of Baltimore. Luis Severino will need to be the first Yankee starter this season to pitch into the 6th inning (and if you ask me that’s a tall task). Severino will be taking on Ubaldo Jimenez in Baltimore on Friday. The game has a 7:05 start time, and it should be a good series to wrap your weekend up with.

 But, take another off day, don’t overreact too much, there is still 159 games left in the season. What’s important for the Yankees and for the fans to think about is winning series instead of games, and winning the series in Baltimore will be a great confidence boomer going into the Home Opener on Monday.  
Sources:(mlb.com, espn.com)

Don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and share on your way out!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2024 MLB Preview

  Opening Day is about 24 hours away and the Shohei Ohtani gambling story has stole all the headlines and fleeting moments of baseball conversation over the past few days, many have now forgotten about the exciting marathon ahead of us! Even with the ever-evolving Ohtani story clouding the beginning of the Los Angeles Dodgers season, that doesn’t change the fact that L.A. is still the team to beat in baseball. The Dodgers have put their chips at the center of the table, no pun intended, for 2024 to show they can raise another World Series trophy after sending upwards of a billion dollars in free agency. In division however, the surprise Arizona Diamondbacks are capitalizing on their newfound championship window with a fantastic offseason that will have them in the mix to get back to a second straight fall classic. The San Diego Padres are done shopping for superstars, sort of, following a massively disappointing season that saw them move on from one of the games generational talent...
Read more

Dan Hurley Saved College Basketball

When you think of Men’s College Basketball, the names of Wooden, Dean, Krzyzewski, Williams, Thompson, and Calipari shoot to mind right away. All the memories of the great teams from UCLA, Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky, the Big East, UNLV, and even the Fab Five start to rush back. Nostalgia of a time when the sport meant something different. For all those longing for the days when great teams didn’t dissipate into the transfer portal after one disappointing year—Dan Hurley and the Connecticut Huskies are here to save the day! UConn has done something that only seven other programs have done in the history of college basketball, repeat as champions. Forget all the talk about “best team of all-time,” even though if you look at point differential (like it truly matters), this UConn team is the best team to ever play in the NCAA Tournament. This team means much more to the game of college basketball than that. Coach Hurley has given college basketball what it has been missing since the in...
Read more

Last Year the Season was one game long, it's different this year

  It took 363 days, but Jets fans finally got the debut from Aaron Rodgers they waited for. This time around that debut ended in a blowout loss on the road to the San Francisco 49’ers. Last year the Jets won the battle but lost the war following their overtime walk-off win against the Buffalo Bills. This year, the Jets hope they lost the battle but because they have Rodgers they will win the war.   Of all the ways the game could have gone last night, having the Jets defense get thoroughly dominated on the ground by a third year running back, Jordan Mason, who wasn’t a household name until last night, wasn’t on the bingo card. The trademark for Robert Saleh has been his defense. That’s what got him hired from San Francisco. The defense is what Jet fans have pointed to as a reason for optimism heading into this year with Rodgers. The defense was finally supposed to get the complimentary football they have been dying for since Robert Saleh walked in the doors at Florham Park...
Read more