It shouldn't have come to that. They had a million opportunities against the soft underbelly of their bullpen and choked.Hard to do anything there against Kimbrel who was throwing gas. Unless you are Judge.
You absolutely pinch hit there. You put the veteran lefty bat who has been good for us from that side of the plate in there. You put in the experience. Bad non decision.Gleyber hasn't been the same since returning from injury but you can't pinch hit for him there. It's not like Walker is a world beater.
It shouldn't have come to that. They had a million opportunities against the soft underbelly of their bullpen and choked.
The latter two looked completely clueless. Stanton was ok until those last two PATHETIC ABs. Male contact you f***. Stop swinging for the fences and do right by your teamStanton, Andujar, and Torres look totally overwhelmed by this. Not a good sign.
Stanton is not the kind of player that you win with in the postseason. He's not a good hitter. He spent good parts of the year as an automatic out. Andujar and Torres are rookies so they get a pass from me. They will improve with experience.Stanton, Andujar, and Torres look totally overwhelmed by this. Not a good sign.
Would not group Torres with the other 2. He had a pretty good day at the plate.Stanton, Andujar, and Torres look totally overwhelmed by this. Not a good sign.
In his defense, he was walked.Would not group Torres with the other 2. He had a pretty good day at the plate.
Andujar and Stanton had dreadful games.
Trading for his contract will be a mistake.Stanton is not the kind of player that you win with in the postseason. He's not a good hitter. He spent good parts of the year as an automatic out. Andujar and Torres are rookies so they get a pass from me. They will improve with experience.
If this team needed power, I could see it.Trading for his contract will be a mistake.
Stanton, Andujar, and Torres look totally overwhelmed by this. Not a good sign.
Stanton, Andujar, and Torres look totally overwhelmed by this. Not a good sign.
Bro Stanton didn't become a walking K machine (200+ times a year) til Thames got a hold of him.If this team needed power, I could see it.
They needed less of what Stanton does.
2 of them are rookies. Not surprising. They'll benefit from this big time.
True statements.Things said about Judge after game 1 against Cleveland last year.
He finished pretty strong.
Do me a favor and quote me next time.Calling to bench Torres is bat **** crazy considering how good he is at everything. If anything, Andujar is the one that should be benched since our infield becomes a massive blackhole whenever he's out there. He delays so much in his throws that he gives this rattled by the pressure vibe (or he's that bad of a fielder).
Also true.Bro Stanton didn't become a walking K machine (200+ times a year) til Thames got a hold of him.
True statements.
Not sure we're going to have time against this team, though.
Also true.
Doesn't often work against the kind of quality pitching that you face in the postseason.Didn't really think it was an over-matched Andujar and Torres tonight, hell Andujar saw 20 pitches tonight.
Go back to hitting dingers, and not trying to manufacture runs by getting a million singles and walks to scores 3 runs.