Game Thread Yankees vs. Nationals Monday 6/18/18, 7:05 pm

...so in other words, if they win, we are prohibited from pointing out things we perceive as questionable?...and no one is "upset".

...sorry man, but the right decision doesn't always work out as intended, and conversely, the wrong decision doesn't always cost the team a loss.

...I'm well aware of Chapman's stats, Betances' too, ...but neither of their past stats are indicative of how they performed last night...but again, the crux of the convo is about the situation as it unfolded LAST NIGHT.

 

Your a hard man to please 59. LOL

 

Betances is a one trick pony........one inning is his quota. Sad.

 

...no, not really...what we were discussing was that Boone is evidently no different than Girardi who many used to bash for his "binder" mentality. I think that considering that Betances has been lights out recently and had only thrown 15 pitches, I thought it would have been best to stick with the hot hand. Others may feel differently and that's their right also.

...besides, a little over a month ago when he wasn't as dominant as he's been lately, you complained that Boone should have brought Betances back out for a 2nd inning instead of Shreve;

"Boone should have got shrove after the 3 run homer. Wasted a great outing by CC. should have left betances in to pitch the 8th."




..."DOH !!" (Homer Simpson voice)....lol...just messin' with you, man.

 

...only because Boone made it that way...another thing to consider is that Betances was dominant last night and Chapman was not...Betances threw only 15 pitches, Chapman threw 25... I'm not sure if Chapman will be available tonight if we need him vs Seattle. I hope we won't need him but if we do....???

 

You said it best: "despite not having a lot of clean innings"...
That's exactly what I'm talking about. He's either going to: (1) improve, (2) stay the same; continue the trend or (3) get worse...#2 and #3 will eventually result in blown saves....

AC walked but 20 batters last year, He's already issued 14 free passes; in 32 games this year, not so pretty...

If one only looked at Chapman's Stats, and didn't see his actual pitch by pitch performance game after game, one would think he's a bona fide Ace, (if they were spared the nail biting on the edge of your seat sloppy outings). When your team is up 2 runs, you don't allow the winning run at the plate, and the tying run on 1st; ya' just don't go there. An Ace Closer-??? Ace maybe, but not Elite....

In years past AC really fell flat on his face when entering a game with with inherited runners. In his short stint with the Cubs, inherited runners scored 64% of the time; incl PS.

Or has some forgotten last years August meltdown of Chapman...
"In Chapman’s past seven games he is 0-2 with two saves, a blown save, a 10.29 ERA and has given up seven hits and six walks in seven innings." (From t/Aug 25th 017 NY Post)

Fact is: Closers should give Team mates, Coaches and Fans a warm assurance the game is over when they enter. I haven't ever got that warm fuzzy with Chapman.

 

I don't know what Boone will do from this point forward but German has improved with each performance and tonight he has thrown a gem, Continued success on his part sure will help out over the season.