[Serious] Next Day Thread ⚾ Guardians (2) @ Yankees (5)

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2. I’m struggling to understand Vogt’s decision-making in having Cantillo pitch an additional inning after the 2 wild pitches

3. I watched the Datacast yesterday and sort of enjoyed it? It was a non-traditional broadcast. I think Mike Petriello could be a good color commentator. Morosi and Fowler were meh

4. Yankees offense hasn’t broken out yet, but I do think how hard they have hit the ball in addition to how often they clog the base paths with walks would be a positive trend going forward

   Obviously the playoffs are a small sample where these things sometimes just don’t even out, but I feel better knowing their approach has generally been very good against 2 very good pitching staffs.

   Gotta start cashing in now though. Guardians lineup is very pesky and it might not have the numbers of other lineups, but they can put pressure on your in a way I don’t really think Royals were able to

5. Vogt did his best to save his bullpen last night, and was able to avoid any of his big arms. However, that comes with the Guardians now needing to win 4 of 6 while the Yankees just need to win 3 of 6.

   And, with Tanner Bibee on the mound (who hasn’t gotten through 5 innings yet this postseason) they could be looking at another long bullpen session tonight.

   Keep in mind: the Guardians bullpen gave up 9 of the 13 runs to the Tigers in the ALDS, so it isn’t as dominant as people like to think. Even Emmanuel Clase gave up 3 runs in Game 1 of the ALDS.

   The big thing for the Yankees here is getting the Gerrit Cole who can go 6+ innings to allow an easy bridge through 7-8-9 with Holmes, Kahnle, and Weaver. If that’s the case, Cleveland will be facing a tough and stressful homestand being down 2-0.

6. Seems like the Yankees had Cobb timed up from the first plate appearance. Their first couple of hits were right up the middle.

   I liked the AB’s from Ramirez last night, I don’t think his line fully represents how well he played.

   The Guards need the Naylor brothers to get going. Josh is 4/24 and Bo is 0/15 this postseason. They’ll see righties almost exclusively until the next Rodon start (if they get there).

7. I don’t wanna be overconfident but the pitching matchups heavily favor the Yankees going forward. They have Cole, Schmidt, and Gil lined up, and the Guardians are a below average offense against right handed pitching. I really think the Rodon start was Cleveland’s opportunity to inject some doubt to the series. Their lineup is gonna have to do something spectacular to keep them in it.

8. Guardians fans, can you explain to me why Vogt always seems to start Naylor over Hedges, even though they hit about the same and the latter is a better defender? Not saying all the passed balls were Naylor’s fault, but Hedges might have been more helpful there.

9. Yankees are understandably going to have sky high confidence going into this matchup, but I think the four horseman and Bibee keep it a close game at worse. This game is much more of a toss up IMO compared to game 1. Even though we looked like a little league team till Avila came in, the game was closer than most think once cantillos inning was over.

10. We’re due for an offensive showout, I feel. Everyone but Jazz and Verdugo have had solid at bats, but not a lot of good ones with RISP, that’s gonna change at some point. Also of note: Judge has been making loud contact more and more since game 3 against the Royals. Between the lineouts and flyouts, he’ll break through sooner rather than later. And if we put it all together in one game, all we need is our pitching staff to keep doing what it’s been doing and we’ll be in great position to seal our spot for the WS.

11. The SP difference is gonna loom large in this series as we’ve seen in game 1 but if Cleveland is going to have life this series they will probably need to rip off consecutive wins here starting with game 2. The Yankees scored 5 but it was mainly off long ball and wild pitches and they still struggled to get hits with RISP. If they can avoid the home run ball I think there’s a potential this game stays close enough that they can work around a Cole start

    We’ll see how game 2 goes

12. Any forecasts on where Yankees would have ended up if not for the 2nd and 3rd innings mishap from the guardians?

13. I don’t know much about Cobb – is he the Guardians’ best starter? All I remember seeing was a wild pitch and the Yankees put up 3, and I was reminded of Senga’s shaky start.

    I’m getting/hoping for shades of yesterday’s Game 2, where the Guardians respond back with solid pitching and even this series up.

14. Cantillo completely screwed his team with those wild pitches.

15. ITT:
    – Yankees fans confident going forward because they think RISP will average out eventually and offense will get better
    – Cleveland fans confident going forward because wild pitch inning was fluky and that Yankees will continue to not hit with RISP

    So Yankees RISP hitting defines the series I guess 😂

16. I’m ready to see the ump scorecard. Yesterday was just godawful for both sides so I’m hoping for better tonight.

17. I read that something like 88% of Judge’s home runs at Yankee Stadium this year would not have been gone in any other park. Figures why he’s struggling so much in the playoffs