Brownie19

Everyone who's going to Buffalo take a step forward. Charlie, take a step back.

I'm sure it did. Lots of pressure when the bunt has to be absolutely perfect. We had several opportunities to win that game. In addition to Montoyo being s***, the players didn't execute at all.

Someone pay memmo to have Gibby do a video saying "Mark, I'm ready to return and lead this team to a championship. I don't bunt much and never with 2 strikes because that's f***ing moronic. Send Chucky packing, I'm on my way".

I've been very clear that I hate Montoyo.

This bunting with 2 strikes is f***ing bizarre.

Sweet JESUS - are Buck and Tabby suggesting that we swing away? What f***ing alternative universe am I in?

Takes some balls to call that slider 3-2.

I think it's a complete no brainer. Brett Phillips is f***ing horrid. No reason to f*** around with Randy.

Buck seems to think he looks amazing. Interesting how people see completely different things when watching pitchers.

That went between Mejia's legs and Buck and Tabby don't even mention it.

18th best hitter in baseball since the start of the 2020 season. 141 wRC+

Anyone with a brain could see Grichuk had no chance after the first 2 pitches. Should have brought in Biggio

Should pinch hit for Grichuk - he clearly can't hit Thompson and has been s*** lately.

Incredible bullpen management tonight. Let's go win a game.

Who would you put on the mound in the 10th?

How that dick tasting? I'm just curious how accurate our armchair managers are each night.

Yeah I agree. You might as well log off and go to bed.

Romano v. the heart of the TB lineup. Anyone disagree with this? Should we be saving for the save situation? Armchair managers speak up.

Eat a shriveled up, sweaty dick.

https://yanksgoyard.com/2021/05/21/yankees-erik-kratz-rockies-dodgers-cheating/ Not sure if I missed this, but Kratz called out the Rockies for cheating like the Astros in 2018 - also suggested another team that recently went to the WS was also cheating. I think we all suspected this. Seems odd that if they 'caught' the Rockies doing it against them in 2018 that they wouldn't have called them out right then and there.

Adames has warts, but this return seems light no?

It's Franco time!

Just to state the facts - Biggio has gone from the 100th percentile for chase rate (in 2019 and 2020) to the 81st percentile so far in 2021. Is he trying to be more aggressive and drive in runs? or is he simply pressing a bit after a slow start? I'm not sure anyone on this board knows the answer to that and it's not like it's fallen off the cliff. His incredible eye allows him to target pitches he can handle/drive and that's the root of his success. Gurriel on the other hand may have all kinds of physical tools, but he has no eye or plate discipline at all. He's in the 4th percentile for chase rate right now and his career best was the 17th percentile last year (12th in 2019). There's typically no reason at all for a pitcher to throw him a strike - or at least anything that isn't on the edge of the strike zone. Unfortunately, that leads to him having to hit 'pitchers pitches' instead of pitches he can handle - while doing damage anytime a pitcher makes a mistake by throwing him something near the heart of the plate. This makes him very streaky. When he's going well, the mistakes end up getting hit into the gap or over the fence. When he's cold, he misses those mistakes. Biggio and Gurriel are polar opposites, but I think you discount the 'tool' of plate discipline and the advantages it provides hitters.

Yeah - just to be clear, I'm not overly concerned about Gurriel at this point either. It's just odd that the casual/trolls on the board are picking on Biggio and Tellez, but not Gurriel. If you look under the hood, they should be more concerned with Gurriel than possibly anyone else.

I find it odd that so many are s***ing on Biggio and Tellez at the plate - and nobody is talking about Gurriel. wRC+ Biggio 81 Espinal 77 Davis 76 Gurriel 51 Panik 47 Tellez 44 Jansen 34 Is Lourdes getting a pass because he's known as a 'slow starter' or a 'streaky' hitter? Every one of Gurriel's advanced metrics are WAYYY down this year. Average exit velocity, Barrel %, Hard Hit %, etc. At least Biggio's average and max exit velocities are actually better than 2020 and 2019 - while most of the other metrics are all very similar. If you look under the hood a bit, I think we should be a lot more concerned with Lourdes than we should Biggio (who has similar defensive liabilities which way less versatility).