Laika

what do we think Shulman's call will be on Kirk's walk off homer tonight? I think he just screams "TOUCH EM ALL KIRK" over and over

Blake Snell is right, baseball involves a lot of luck. The perception that Yamamoto is a sure thing right now is not supported by facts. Look at all these red/pink outs from Jays hitters last game. The Jays did not have a bad plan or approach last time. Everything else could stay the same and they might end up getting several runs off him. Batter PA In. Result Exit Velo LA Hit Dist. Bat Pitch xBA HR / Park Speed Velocity 17 2 Groundout 93.7 3 73 71.4 91 0.45 Andrés Giménez Alejandro Kirk 24 3 Sac Fly 102.1 39 338 74 88.4 0.25 0/30 30 4 Flyout 98.6 29 377 70.3 76.5 0.47 0/30 Addison Barger 31 4 Groundout 93.7 -15 7 68.6 76.6 0.16 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 35 5 Lineout 87.7 22 279 68.6 91 0.29 Andrés Giménez George Springer 36 5 Groundout 98.3 -2 33 72.7 77.9 0.41 Nathan Lukes 37 5 Groundout 95.8 -17 6 64.3 90.8 0.14 41 6 Groundout 103.2 46 ⚡78.8 90.8 0.46 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Ernie Clement 49 7 Groundout 101.5 1 51 70.5 91.5 0.46 Bo Bichette 51 7 Groundout 107.7 -1 48 71.2 90.2 0.53 Alejandro Kirk 67 9 Lineout 101 16 317 74.9 94.8 0.59 0/30

.302 xwOBA against Scamamoto last time. Not bad. Dare I say - Scamamoto is overrated and due for a stinker?

Savage Splitter

can't sleep can't eat can't blink can't talk can't work can't poop

Insane lineup. Kirk-Barger-Clement 6-8 is super team s***.

cheap home run complaints should definitely be saved for: Yankee Stadium RF wall scrapers Fenway RF pesky pole pop fly homers 320 foot Crawford Box Jose Altuve specials Honestly Fenway is the worst, they need to demolish that dump. I think all of the shortest homers ever are Fenway RW idiot zone

yeah but he learned a lot

Yeah but he's not exactly an Ohtani weapon

Not the worst idea but if they didn't do it in game 3 I don't think they would do it in game 7 The problem is they only have one LHRP they trust (Flu) so they probably want to save that bullet for a leverage situation if it happens If they had Little and Fluharty cooking then I could get behind it Yesavage as the opener would be fun

Right I forgot about Bassitt. He could go anywhere from 1 to 3 innings in 6. And then maybe an inning in 7 too if needed.

Elite game from Alan Porter Those balls for Edgardo Henriquez, the pitcher was all over the place, earning no benefit of the doubt, and I think those were loopy breaking balls This is what is expected from an ump in the World Series I also love how the home plate ump in game 4 was yelling his calls out so loudly, lol

Dodgers will still be the on-paper favourites in games 6 and 7 because of the pitching matchups Gausman vs. Yamamoto tilts heavily their way, maybe a 60-40 game And then game 7 is what... Scherzer supported by Bieber (2 IP? 1 IP?) and maybe Yesavage (1 P?) vs. Glasnow supported by Ohtani and Snell Some chatter about Ohtani being used as an opener for a possible game 7, something to do with not losing the DH when he comes out Would love to see them get some runs off Yamamoto early or work him so he can't throw 7 innings I have been expecting a Roki Sasaki blown save this series, maybe tomorrow is the day!

He's sort of right, sort of wrong Yeah Schneider jumped him and it wasn't a horrible pitch and it also could have died on the warning track, but you still decided to throw him that fastball and lost the chess match and it wasn't exactly a good pitch The Vlad pitch was just horrible, choice and execution Varsho triple was luck, at least two bases of it, but the Clement sac fly that followed actually had a .460 xBA Kirk had a 108 mph .560 xBA groundout in the 6th The Barger hit was lucky but the IKF out that followed could have been a hit He had 5 outs on 95+ mph balls in play (Yesavage had two, for comparison, but one of them was Call's .190 xBA 95 mph "lineout") I wonder if Blake Snell learned a lot?

Going to force my 6 year old to stay up and watch every remaining inning I'll f***ing put coffee in his juice if I need to

Love it!

low key Hoffman has been a stud in the playoffs

Not really?

We love Freeman Bad post

It's 6-1 but this is game 5 of the World Series. This is a SAVE SITUATION in my books.

Springer might play. Still figuring it out. Coach says Barger is in the lineup regardless. Nice.

Why bump Freeman down though? Ohtani - Betts - Freeman was scary because of 1 and 3, and Toronto doesn't have an elite LHRP Ohtani - Smith - Betts makes it possible to IBB Ohtani with a RHRP and have less fear of ever seeing Freeman

Ballsy trade paid off big time.