Wade -2B Judge -RF Bird -1B Drury -3B McKinney -LF Romine -C Torreyes -SS Kratz -DH Robinson - CF Adams -P
I'm sure that prime timers like Kratz and Robinson will be the straws stirring the Yankees Drink in todays game. I'm pretty sure those two won't be in game one at the Rogers Center on the 29th.
lucked out as the game is on here, on time too, not another several hr delay. Wonder what the winds in Sarasota are actually, with the flags in the OF blowing out pretty firmly. WR states 1-6 mph gusts, hell I can blow harder than that... OT: was watching TV last night; saw an old timer wearing a T-Shirt which read: Live Forever Take Viagra It Will Keep Your Heart On.
Not good not good at all. Approximately 30% strikeout ratio. Maybe this team needs to learn how to bunt. This was one sluggish anemic offense of a game....
I know it's only 1/2 way thru ST; but, I'm glad t/Yanx didn't pursue Ohtani- The more that was said about Ohtani before a crowded sweepstakes landed him with the Los Angeles Angels, the more he sounded too good to be true. A young phenom with a high-velocity arm and a powerful bat, with the ability and the willingness to wield both on the regular? Yeah, right. Now, there's no escaping the sense that maybe it all was too good to be true. The 23-year-old has taken the mound three times this spring. His best moment came when he struck out eight of the 12 batters he faced in a "B" game against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 2. Despite that, he's been lit up for 10 runs over seven total innings, only 1.2 of which have come in Cactus League action. It hasn't been much prettier for Ohtani at the plate. He's come away with just two singles and three walks in 21 plate appearances. He's struck out six times. "He's basically like a high school hitter because he's never seen a good curveball," one scout told Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. "He's seen fastballs and changeups. And you're asking a high school hitter to jump to the major leagues?"
...I never bought into the Ohtani hype either...history has taught me that for the most part Asian pitchers don't generally transition well to MLB...most either have arm injuries or simply don't perform on par with their hype and/or salary...the Yanx especially it seems, have been burned on multiple occasions by signing Asian pitchers. Kei Igawa, Hideki Irabu were complete busts and to a degree, Masahiro Tanaka has been too...including the posting fee, the Yanx will have invested 7 years/ $175 Mil in Tanaka for a very inconsistent pitcher with arm issues.
