Amen, alot of high and tight, followed by a couple sliders that break outside the strike zone. Shrek is beyond his years IF he's facing a Pitcher who isn't afraid to claim the plate for His own.....make Shrek eat dirt
Agree big time - keen observation , and you are SO right - imo. Although Bogaerts didn't hit the ball hard - kind of a easy slow ground ball to 2b with Refsnyder playing very deep resulting in an infield hit - the PREVIOUS pitch (fastball) had good inside location and had Bogaerts tied up, helpless and on the defensive fouling off the pitch....... .......the very next pitch, and I just knew the Yankee catcher was going to set up on the OUTSIDE part of the plate - (it's the Yankee pitcher's and catcher's M.O.) - and lo and behold, Warren threw a pitch where Bogoerts was able to just reach out, drop the bat on the ball and direct to it to the hole on the right side of the infield. Just what the doctor ordered for Bogaerts..he says "thank you". Horrible pitch selection/sequence by Warren and the Yankee catcher. They should've instead came right back with a good inside and tight, or higher up the ladder fast ball - and I was thinking along those lines BEFORE the Bogaerts' infield single - no 2nd guessing. The Yankee pitchers in general just DON'T get into the kitchen enough (with fastballs) on opposing batters. I guess they just don't have enough confidence in their control - and are worried about accidentally putting a runner on base by plunking him, and/or, are worried about missing the target and leaving a pitch over the MIDDLE of the plate. Well they BETTER keep working on hitting that "inside and tight" LOCATION.
Yep - and I believe Ortiz helplessly fouled it off and looked confused, overly uncomfortable AND surprised right afterwards. This guy Ortiz just doesn't seem to expect Yankee pitchers will choose to go at him with high and tight fastballs, especially with any kind of consistency.
