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3 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

He’s exactly that guy!! While I agree it was time to make the move, Severino is a horse. He keeps his velocity late in the game and gets better as games go along. His issue is that he starts off slowly when he’s bad: That game was over before the Yanks came to bat because good Severino was there. 66% of his starts went until AT LEAST 2 outs in the 6th. That’s a ton in today’s game.

 

I disagree.  If Severino was not on one of the top scoring teams in the league, his ability to last 6 innings would not even come close to 66% of his games started.  Even when he is on his game, I feel like he begins to lose his stuff around the 4th or 5th inning.  His power and the location on his fastball/slider seems to rapidly decline around that stage in the game.  I’m happy to have him as a starter on the Yankees presently, but I see his future (ideally) as a reliever.

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24 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

I disagree.  If Severino was not on one of the top scoring teams in the league, his ability to last 6 innings would not even come close to 66% of his games started.  Even when he is on his game, I feel like he begins to lose his stuff around the 4th or 5th inning.  His power and the location on his fastball/slider seems to rapidly decline around that stage in the game.  I’m happy to have him as a starter on the Yankees presently, but I see his future (ideally) as a reliever.

 

he is very effective, he would be pitching a bit different ten years ago and get through 7 innings easily

 

 

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1 hour ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

I disagree.  If Severino was not on one of the top scoring teams in the league, his ability to last 6 innings would not even come close to 66% of his games started.  Even when he is on his game, I feel like he begins to lose his stuff around the 4th or 5th inning.  His power and the location on his fastball/slider seems to rapidly decline around that stage in the game.  I’m happy to have him as a starter on the Yankees presently, but I see his future (ideally) as a reliever.

He’s never going back to the bullpen. He hits 100 still 100 pitches in. He may never be the number 1 but he may never be lower than a 2. His ERA this year was 3.39 and he struck out 220 guys. His ability TO pitch so many innings is why he’s forever a starter. He has 63 starts over the last 2 years which is right near the top of the league. He was 21st in innings pitched this year and 17th in innings pitched last year. He’s a horse. 

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35 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Let’s Go Tribe!!!

Bregman just turned around on a Kluber inside fastball.1-0 in a pitchers battle.

I'll post the updates of the game on here for you fellas that are at work this afternoon.

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3 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

He’s never going back to the bullpen. He hits 100 still 100 pitches in. He may never be the number 1 but he may never be lower than a 2. His ERA this year was 3.39 and he struck out 220 guys. His ability TO pitch so many innings is why he’s forever a starter. He has 63 starts over the last 2 years which is right near the top of the league. He was 21st in innings pitched this year and 17th in innings pitched last year. He’s a horse. 

 

We’ll see.  He’s actually #3 right now behind Happ and Tanaka, but we’ll just ignore what’s happening currently.  He was supposed to be our ace this year and for years to come.  He just hasn’t been consistent enough.  I give him 2 seasons before he is relegated to the bullpen.

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11 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

We’ll see.  He’s actually #3 right now behind Happ and Tanaka, but we’ll just ignore what’s happening currently.  He was supposed to be our ace this year and for years to come.  He just hasn’t been consistent enough.  I give him 2 seasons before he is relegated to the bullpen.

Is this my dad? This is a conversation that we always have. The Yanks certainly don’t view him that way. That’s why they handed him the ball in a win or go home scenario. FWIW, I thought that they should have started Happ and my dad and brother wanted Tanaka. Good Severino though is a better than both.

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8 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Is this my dad? This is a conversation that we always have. The Yanks certainly don’t view him that way. That’s why they handed him the ball in a win or go home scenario. FWIW, I thought that they should have started Happ and my dad and brother wanted Tanaka. Good Severino though is a better than both.

 

Ehhh...I think Happ is better than Seve is or ever will be.  The reason they started Seve in the wildcard is so they could pitch Happ in games 1 and 5 of the Boston series.  I’d take “good Severino” over Tanaka, but the order is clearly Happ, Tanaka, Severino.

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2 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

Ehhh...I think Happ is better than Seve is or ever will be.  The reason they started Seve in the wildcard is so they could pitch Happ in games 1 and 5 of the Boston series.  I’d take “good Severino” over Tanaka, but the order is clearly Happ, Tanaka, Severino.

We aren’t going to agree here. Severino is the most dominant starter that the Yanks have. He has days where he is bad and you know it immediately. He’s the one guy (starter that is) on the Yanks that can shut down an elite offense. Tanaka can be dominant also but can be bad. He’s way better at home. Happ is just a really solid starter that you can feel comfortable with in any situation. Severino though is your best chance at winning a 1-0 type of game vs. someone like Verlander. 

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2 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

We aren’t going to agree here. Severino is the most dominant starter that the Yanks have. He has days where he is bad and you know it immediately. He’s the one guy (starter that is) on the Yanks that can shut down an elite offense. Tanaka can be dominant also but can be bad. He’s way better at home. Happ is just a really solid starter that you can feel comfortable with in any situation. Severino though is your best chance at winning a 1-0 type of game vs. someone like Verlander. 

 

Cheers, man.  Go Yanks!

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2 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

We aren’t going to agree here. Severino is the most dominant starter that the Yanks have. He has days where he is bad and you know it immediately. He’s the one guy (starter that is) on the Yanks that can shut down an elite offense. Tanaka can be dominant also but can be bad. He’s way better at home. Happ is just a really solid starter that you can feel comfortable with in any situation. Severino though is your best chance at winning a 1-0 type of game vs. someone like Verlander. 

 

I think they chose to go with Severino in the wildcard  game because it was at the stadium. There was a lot of talk going into the A's game that said they were very nervous that he would come out overhyped - like last year, and I think they figured it was better to deal with it at home (even in an elimination game) than put him in Fenway in game 1.  And I agree with you that Severino is a better pitcher and a horse, he's just still a young pitcher.  His stuff is exceptional. 

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3 hours ago, row_33 said:

Good games last night

Except the Dodgers/Braves game unless your  Kershaw fan. This entire Braves series has been a snooze fest and has absolutely zero drama or juice to it. The Braves took advantage of a very weak NL East and are totally being exposed pretenders. 

Let’s see if Price can finally exercise his post season and Yankee demons tonight. I think he comes up small again tonight but who knows .

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1 minute ago, Tierlifer said:

Except the Dodgers/Braves game unless your  Kershaw fan. This entire Braves series has been a snooze fest and has absolutely zero drama or juice to it. The Braves took advantage of a very weak NL East and are totally being exposed pretenders. 

Let’s see if Price can finally exercise his post season and Yankee demons tonight. I think he comes up small again tonight but who knows .

 

Thats makes it like 21 of 22 playoff appearance by Atlanta where they got squashed?  How can I get my team into such a cupcake division like Atlanta has always been a part of?

 

Games change when Boston has to go to the bullpen

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

Thats makes it like 21 of 22 playoff appearance by Atlanta where they got squashed?  How can I get my team into such a cupcake division like Atlanta has always been a part of?

 

Games change when Boston has to go to the bullpen

 

 

 

As a diehard Met fan, this is why I am so pissed these owners and FO are wasting away this pitching like this and surrounding them when scraps! This division is weak. 

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29 minutes ago, Tierlifer said:

Except the Dodgers/Braves game unless your  Kershaw fan. This entire Braves series has been a snooze fest and has absolutely zero drama or juice to it. The Braves took advantage of a very weak NL East and are totally being exposed pretenders. 

Let’s see if Price can finally exercise his post season and Yankee demons tonight. I think he comes up small again tonight but who knows .

 

Is Price going to take his demons to Planet Fitness? ?

 

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If ever there was a team primed to repeat as a champion............. the Astros are it.

 

Meanwhile the pressure up in Boston must be immense. 

 

Do the Red Sox have the heart of a champion or were their 108 wins a big farce? We will find out.

 

I am sure MLB doesn't want it, but an Astros-Brewers WS would be a lot of fun to watch.

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2 hours ago, Hurricane said:

Agree... last night was a nightmare...

 

...for some people, yes.

I told my wife (Mets fan) that by the seventh inning, the Stadium looked like Citi Field in mid-July last night. 

 

This game is far from over.  I've seen this Yankee team come back in late innings a lot this season.  

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14 minutes ago, snafu said:

 

...for some people, yes.

I told my wife (Mets fan) that by the seventh inning, the Stadium looked like Citi Field in mid-July last night

 

This game is far from over.  I've seen this Yankee team come back in late innings a lot this season.  

 

As a Mets fan,  I concur on all counts. 

 

As enjoyable as last night was (in a highly vindictive, douchey and jealous way) I'd rather see the nail-biter game. Yanks/Sawx have had some great ones. 

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And not a second more will be spent on the playoffs

 

 

 

Baseball has to find a way so that people will watch even if their team or the Yankees aren’t playing, cause they lose 90 percent of the potential audience with this format if those two are out.

 

And they know it

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8 hours ago, row_33 said:

And not a second more will be spent on the playoffs

 

 

 

Baseball has to find a way so that people will watch even if their team or the Yankees aren’t playing, cause they lose 90 percent of the potential audience with this format if those two are out.

 

And they know it

No playoff format will change things if you dont watch games your favorite team isnt in just like pretty much every sport. There are people who love the game and will watch other games or just the playoffs, but the majority arent going to sit down every night to watch games their team isnt in.

 

Even in football playoffs, most people will watch the Super Bowl no matter who's playing, by an AFC wildcard game? Much less.

 

Until baseball is able to balance the league so it's not always the same teams dominating the league and collecting the top players, they wont attract casual fans to watch regularly. Sure you get the occasional small market club getting to the wild card game or divisional series like the Rockies or As, but usually they arent making it that far. 

 

The only thing that could have made the playoffs better would have been the Red Sox and Yankees both being swallowed up into a giant sink hole and neither team moving forward or existing anymore.

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8 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said:

The only thing that could have made the playoffs better would have been the Red Sox and Yankees both being swallowed up into a giant sink hole and neither team moving forward or existing anymore.

They could replay that every night for a month and I would watch it every time...

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