NY YANKEES - 2021
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ronm
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Moose post=434204 said:Ron post=434203 said:
Yeah I know you don't like Gary
But Higgy is not an everyday player. Wish Yankee fans would accept that as well. Look at his numbers when they started playing him more. They drop considerably. He's the perfect backup catcher.
Agree on Higgy not being the answer. However, I prefer him over Gary because of his superior defense until a better option comes along.
It's not Yankee specific, but espn had a little article on the abundance of strike-outs.
[URL]https://www.espn.com/mlb/story...most-destructive-letter-major-league-baseball[/URL]
What does MLB do? Go back to a 'juiced' ball? Remove all substances / tar from pitchers? Lower the mound? Enforce more drastic non-shift rules for defensive players?
[URL]https://www.espn.com/mlb/story...most-destructive-letter-major-league-baseball[/URL]
What does MLB do? Go back to a 'juiced' ball? Remove all substances / tar from pitchers? Lower the mound? Enforce more drastic non-shift rules for defensive players?
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prjohnnies
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The issue with pushing the mound back is potential injury. You don’t know how these guys are going to react to that metaphysically.
Raising the bottom of the strike zone is one thing they can do. Also you will see, IMO, teams start to adjust the approach towards contact, like exploiting a new inefficiency. Reality is that because of better training and information velocity is higher than ever across the board, consistently. Pitchers are better conditioned and have more information than ever through data/analytics as to how to exploit each batter. They are coached to execute whatever plan is in place for each batter and each team has a stable of high-velocity guys behind them.
I don’t think adding “juice” back to the ball helps because that won’t increase more balls in play and the things fans want to see. It will just have more of the 3 outcome scenarios (HR, walk, K).
Raising the bottom of the strike zone is one thing they can do. Also you will see, IMO, teams start to adjust the approach towards contact, like exploiting a new inefficiency. Reality is that because of better training and information velocity is higher than ever across the board, consistently. Pitchers are better conditioned and have more information than ever through data/analytics as to how to exploit each batter. They are coached to execute whatever plan is in place for each batter and each team has a stable of high-velocity guys behind them.
I don’t think adding “juice” back to the ball helps because that won’t increase more balls in play and the things fans want to see. It will just have more of the 3 outcome scenarios (HR, walk, K).
prjohnnies
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All seriousness, I do think raising the bottom of the zone helps. And that's probably more in line with the intent of how strikes should be called anyway. So it wouldn't be some type of artificial change like you hear bandied about on sports radio or articles on the topic (e.g., I don't think they should ever limit a team's ability to shift however they want. Shifts have been around forever and it's up to the batter to deal with it).
Higgy = Romine. Nice back up. Offense falls off a cliff when he gets worn out from playing every day.Moose post=434204 said:Ron post=434203 said:
Yeah I know you don't like Gary
But Higgy is not an everyday player. Wish Yankee fans would accept that as well. Look at his numbers when they started playing him more. They drop considerably. He's the perfect backup catcher.
Sanchez doesn't deserve to play every day but he's better than Higgy...barely.
Good question.SJ_NYC post=434206 said:
I'm in favor of banning the shift and moving the pitching rubber back 12-18 inches.
I'd like to see it tried out in the minors for a season to figure out how far the rubber should be moved but 25 years ago you might have one or two guys on a staff that threw over 95mph. Now you might have one or two that don't. That has changed the game in the pitchers favor. Time to level the playing field.
Move the rubber back and widen the plate 2-4 inches. Also require two defenders on the infield dirt or infield grass on each side of 2nd base when the pitch is delivered.
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I thought that ball that became the second out of the ninth inning was going to fall in. He was tiring a bit though, which probably made for slightly better contact, which allowed to ball to hang in the air a little longer. If he hit that ball in the same area, and Kluber kept him off balance (like he had done to most of the hitters all night), if might have dunked in for a hit.section10 post=434249 said:
Cole has been everything you could expect, bad game on Monday aside. Kluber, after a slow start, has established himself as a solid number two. German appears to have regained the form of two years ago (and he was an 18 game winner that year), and if Severino can get strong when he comes back (and he was a 19 game winner three years ago), then this team might be better equipped to win in the postseason, then many of our most recent squads were.
Of course, the problem might be getting to the playoffs in the first place, especially if the offense continues on this pace. I'm almost at the point where I'm rooting for the high strikeout numbers to return, since that only counts for one out. 47 double plays hit into in 43 games. That's absurd.
Agreed on the double plays. That's just horrific.SJU61982 post=434250 said:
Do you really think this team isn't going to make the playoffs?
Sure they started 5-10. Since then they are 19-9 and instead of 5 games under .500, they are 5 games over. All in a month.
And they still aren't hitting on all cylinders. Funny thing is that most established players play to the stats on their baseball cards. If they start cold, you can expect them to have a corresponding hot streak, and if they start hot you know they will have a serious slump at some point. This is still the most talented team in the AL and they are very likely to have a stretch this summer where they win 25 out of 30.
My only concern at this point in time is the outfield depth. Any more injuries there and it will be problematic.