Our offence was silent. What a pitching performance from the pen, this is what the 3rd extra inning game in the last 7? BP came out as champs and I absolutely love Gibby's use of it, not going to Feldman until the very end
Things to take away looking at the replays:
- Bautista's lucky to get more than 2 years at a pay more than $20M, him vs. The high heat is like A-Rod this year, too old to catch up to it. If, and that's a decently big if, he makes contact with it it goes straight up for a weak popfly. They're pitching him up and in with the heat with no regards for respect because the know he can't catch up to it.
- Stroman's 2nd half gear has kicked in, he'll be out Sanchez down the stretch. Man imagine these similar type performance + Sanchez the rest of the way, with the way Happ & Estrada... Man screw innings limits!!
- Pen was once again super solid and for me seals the fact that we might have an elite pen now finally with Morales and Chavez gone. Shultz is a sleeper he's great and the rest of the pen is the rest of the pen. I also think Benoit is really solid, I have lots of faith in him still needs to keep the walks in check but his velo is sexy. Feldman faced an MVP candidate and a future MVP candidate back to back, away in the 14th inning against his old team, in his first appearance with his new team. Recipie for disaster, which is why Gibby held off on using him
- I hope 0-6 with 4Ks Smoak can finally ride the Bench while Upton takes helm in a corner OF position. Edwin is sexy wth the glove anyways