They won with 3. Maybe your psychic powers had a tiny bit of static?
Not the first time Osuna’s caused Astros fans to scream in rage, won’t be the last. Hinch’s fault, at least a little, for trying to have Osuna pick up a 4-out save, something he hasn’t done all year.
Cole will definitely be a test of how much teams are willing to spend. 29-year-old pitcher with no history of injury problems (I think) coming off a Cy Young-caliber year?
I think Moreno pushes the Angels to offer him truly stupid money. Even while still being saddled with the Pujols and Upton deals. They are spending next to nothing on their starting rotation. Los Angeles Angels Multi-Year Payroll | Spotrac
At least the Astros get McCullers back, and JV, Greinke is still a great one two. Maybe Whitley will show up next year? Still want them to trade Correa for Thor. All things to think about next year, not really right now.
The players on the current, 25-man Yankees roster represent 10 countries. A record?
U.S.A.: Aaron Judge, Brett Gardner + 12 others
Cuba: Aroldis Chapman
Canada: James Paxton
Mexico: Luis Cessa
The Netherlands: Didi Gregorius
The Dominican Republic: Luis Severino, Gary Sanchez, Edwin Encarnacion
Nicaragua: Jonathan Loaisiga
Japan: Masahiro Tanaka
Colombia: Gio Urshela
Venezuela: Gleyber Torres
This year a record was set with 21 Countries being represented in Major League Baseball. 10 on the Yanks could be the record, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it was not.
Anybody have an old jockstrap the Dodgers can trade Joe Kelly for?
The Red Sox fans would. They loved the guy. He has been pretty much money in the postseason until this year. But I always thought he was over-rated as the Yanks hit him hard and often in the regular season, as did the Jays, Rays & O’s. So as good as he was out of division, he was pretty bad in division all those years.
Now he is NL West and it appears his numbers against this new division are also bad. He only does well vs. Rockies.
I was shocked and extremely disappointed last October when he shut the Yanks down for 2+ innings.
The Jays and Rays certainly didn’t hit Kelly very hard.
Anyway, Kelly really only had one good year in Boston. He’s 31 years old and has had as many mediocre seasons as good. The Dodgers acquired him based on him having one great World Series against them. Hardly a surprise it didn’t work out.
Astros are up against Charlie Morton today, which raises a what-if - Morton probably would have re-signed for the same deal he got from Tampa Bay, which wasn’t outrageous (15 mil a year) - what if the Astros had re-signed him? (They probably wouldn’t have picked up Greinke then, but oh well).
A contract year. Yes, the effect is real.
AIUI, they might’ve extended him a qualifying offer, at IIRC, 17.6 for one year. They didn’t want to give him multiple years for some reason, and I guess 2 years counts as “multiple” here. When they heard he might sign elsewhere, they did him a solid, and didn’t give him a QO. Not sure if TB takes him if they’d also have to kick a draft pick back to the Astros.
I hated not giving him a QO, said so at the time, and said the only this works out is if you KNOW his arm will grenade itself in June. They lost 3/5 of their starting rotation with Morton leaving. Silly not to give him another year or two. Thank God they found Wade Miley.
I like Greinke—especially since he’s now pitching like Greinke should—but damned if they didn’t give up a ton for him. Rays have a decent chance to win this game. So do the Twins.
The Astros got some very cold water on their face today as the Rays clobbered them 10-3. Yes, TEN to three. Astonishing game.
Greinke picked a poor time to revert to his early Astros form. Wade Miley appears to be a risk that just isn’t working out. Good thing for him he’s left handed. George Springer can start hitting any time now.
Oh well tomorrow’s another day. Verlander is pitching Game 4. Short rest; hope this doesn’t bite the Astros in the ass.
Verlander will probably pull this off, he is great. But on paper, I think it is a mistake. Let Verlander be your insurance for game 5 back at home.
He was good after he started the fight…and then found it in the post-season.
When he’s on he’s on…but he’s something of a headcase.
I really feel like the Dodgers and Braves should employ me or another Red Sox fan when using Kelly or Melancon.
I can cure a lot of upset stomachs
2 on, 2 out, 2 strikes, bottom of ninth. Come on Chapman close this out.
Strike out to end the game. Yanks advance.
Oh, 13 straight over the Twins now. Wow.
Let’s go Rays!
Cole will go on normal rest in game 5 though (if needed).
There was a chance for all the Division Series to end yesterday. I don’t believe that has ever happened before.
Great win for the Yankees but you can’t say the Twins didn’t have their chances. Stellar defensive plays by Judge, Torres, and Didi were huge. Twins have bases loaded, no out, and fail to get a run. Huge. Even in the ninth inning, they ignore Maybin and he takes third base, later to score. Still, but for Didi’s huge defensive stop, they could have pulled it out.
Surprised that Severino pitched as well as he has, given his extended absence this year. Losing German may loom large in the next series though.