It wasn't an egregious move. Questionable... okay, but you set up the DP by walking one of the best hitters on the planet... it's hardly the kind of monumental clusterf*ck they are making it out to be
This.
Gausman threw 5 innings of 3 up, 3 down. One rough inning.
Jays have even Yamamoto hard, they just weren't able to string them together all at once. There's still a chance here though. There's some magic left in the sticks yet
Was definitely talk of using Ohtani in game 7,
But if they do they'll have to either use him as an opener, or start him in the OF.
If he starts at DH and then goes to pitch later, they lose the DH spot.
Freaks like Randy Johnson don't exist anymore. And he was probably the first guy to do it in 60 years or something prior. It's not something to be concerned about
There is no way s guy who just threw close to 100 pitches would be available the next day. Just will not happen. Not sure if you've ever felt what a pitcher's arm feels like the day after a start, but its not something you can just will yourself through. It's swollen, inflamed and all kinds of f***ed up
i think the Jays plan against Yamamoto was fine. He's a guy that fills the strike zone so, if ya try to wait him out, you end up 0-2 the vast majority of the time, which is no bueno. He's not like Snell where you can rely on him throwing multiple balls out of the zone nearly every PA.