I usually try not to bitch and moan too much about pitch counts and innings limits because at this point when you do that you kind of just sound like an old man screaming at the clouds. But this shit aint baseball. I'm sorry. You've got one of the most dangerous hitters in the game coming up to lead off the inning. A guy who's so country strong he could probably hit one out at Yankee Stadium with a fucking toothpick if he wanted. And instead of letting your ace who's absolutely cruising stay in the game to face him he gets yanked because of some arbitrary number.
And I love Chasen Shreve. He's been awesome this year and is a huge reason why the bullpen has been as good as it has. But I don't need him in the ninth inning of a tie game facing a guy who's hit 40 home runs this year. I need Tanaka to be in the game, if only for that one batter. If it's Miller, if it's Betances, be my guest. But not Shreve. We're paying Tanaka a fortune to be the ace of this staff and that's a match-up I want with him on the mound. I know it sounds like a classic second guess but this didn't even make sense from an X's and O's standpoint which is usually where Binder Joe is coming from. Davis hits .47 points higher against lefties than he does righties.
Beyond that, the lineup was punchless today. The Yanks made Gausman work and chased him in the sixth after A-Rod's solo shot to start the inning but they couldn't cash in on any of the chances they had early on. Then T.J. McFarland came in and just fucking dazzled. 2.1 scoreless frames. That shouldn't happen. And to make matters worse the Yanks will finish the night a game and a half out of first after Toronto beat Boston in extra innings at Fenway.
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