Game 145: With home-field implications
ByThe Yankees have the AL East pretty well at hand. With 18 games to go and their magic number at 13, it would take quite a run by the Sox and a collapse by the Yanks to cough up the division. While the Yanks can’t look too far ahead, they’re certainly jockeying for home field advantage throughout the playoffs. They’ll lock horns with their main competition tonight, the Anaheim Angels.
It won’t be an easy battle this evening, as the Yanks draw Jered Weaver, ace of the Angels staff. He is 15-5 with a 3.76 ERA over 186.2 innings this season. His peripherals match up almost perfectly with last year’s and with his career, but young Weaver is pitching deeper into games this season. After averaging under six innings per start in the first three years of his career, he’s up around six and a half innings this season.
Tonight marks Weaver’s third start against the Yankees this season. His first game at Yankee Stadium, wherein he surrendered four runs over six innings, striking out two and walking three. The Angels beat the crap out of Yankees pitching that night, but the Yanks staged a late-inning rally and Jorge Posada delivered the walk-off hit. The second came out in Anaheim, and while Weaver again allowed four runs (three earned) over six innings, he struck out nine in that game.
Weaver is prone to the clunker. He’s allowed five or more runs four times this season, including twice in August in games against the Orioles and Tigers. Since the last one he’s been quite excellent, allowing just three runs over 19.1 innings, striking out 17 to three walks. Those starts were against Oakland, Kansas city, and Seattle, though, which are no comparison to the Yankees’ powerhouse offense.
Up for the Yanks is Joba Chamberlain. After a poor start to his last start, Derek Jeter seemingly woke up the struggling Chamberlain. He was perfect from there on out, though his run ended after the third inning because of his pitch count. That’s currently a low number, and will be rising as we near season’s end. The idea is to build him back up in time for the playoffs, where he can give the Yankees an advantage in the fourth starter spot. Look for him to go about 50 pitches this evening.
In his only career start against the Angels, Joba lasted just 4.1 innings after giving up five runs, four earned. That was the series before the All-Star Break. He rebounded nicely from that one, allowing one run through 6.2 innings in his next start. Hopefully whatever Jeter said sticks with him and we see a full four innings of good Joba tonight.
In a strange roster move that you’ve surely read about already, the Yanks added Freddy Guzman to the 40-man roster and recalled him, designating Anthony Claggett for assignment. I’m not sure why they’re doing this — Girardi said that Guzman is a late-inning pinch-hit and defensive option for now, and possibly for the postseason. I don’t know why they wouldn’t just have Jackson do the job after the AAA season ends. Perhaps that’s the plan, as Guzman is expendable, but if it is the Yanks aren’t saying a word.
For the second straight day, we’ll see the A lineup. These are certainly games to take seriously.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Hideki Matsui, DH
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Robinson Cano, 2B
8. Nick Swisher, RF
9. Melky Cabrera, CF
And on the mound, number sixty-two, Joba Chamberlain.
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Football coach’d
HELLO?!? YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME.
His peripherals match up almost perfectly with last year’s and with his career, but young Weaver is pitching deeper into games this season. After averaging under six innings per start in the first three years of his career, he’s up around six and a half innings this season.
Remember this factoid about a young pitcher, Yankee fans. Keep it in your pocket. You’ll thank me later.
Why do I have to thank you later? Can’t I just thank you now and get it over with?
Rebecca, you can thank me now AND thank me later.
(wink)
Grunt.
That was my thank you.
You hearth throb you.
It took all of the little amount of good taste and decorum I have to refrain from making a Dominican Summer League reference.
Hey, we’re the Yankees. We’re here to fuck shit up.
This comment was so awesome that I’m going to spell it out:
I enjoyed this comment
AND
This comment was awesome.
I thought that was the Marlins’ job? The Yankees’ job is to win. The Marlins’ job is to fuck shit up-prevent other teams from winning.
We’ll be interviewing as a team.
Hahaha!
Yes, ah. How bout we interview you?
Is Guzman faster than A-Jax? If so, I think thats why they want him. Also, he wont be fazed by the MLB lights as a veteran.
Guzman’s stolen base totals certainly are ridiculous: http://www.baseball-reference......zman001fre
Yes. I believe Guzman’s speed classifies as “really fucking fast” on the 20-80 scale.
Kay and Flash.. AWESOME
Your name for Drew? Come on pat, you better than that yo!
I would of made Drew make his name Dick Feeler.
Haha, I honestly couldn’t think of anything that wasn’t inappropriate. Don’t worry though, I thought of a good one immediately after telling him. I’m saving I for when you start chirping about your ‘boys later this week.
Hah.
I would have to think of a good one. like you I can’t think of one as of right now that wouldn’t be fucked up.
It’ll be a good game though, we have the advantage in the punting game. Home field advantage baby. Big screen tv!
I miss the days of Singy and Cone.
Ugh. Where has Kenny been? I’ve had enough of Kay. BRING BACK KENNY, CONE, AND PAULIE FOR THE STRETCH RUN!!!!!!
Question: Is this the magic number for a playoff berth or magic number for the division?
magic number if you want to call me =)
Dude…
; )
don’t worry lol
Just so you know this was a 100% serious question.
It’s for the division.
Here comes Flaherty to say, again, how he thinks Chamberlain should be in the bullpen.
Seriously. What is the love of young starters in the bullpen? I can already see non stop rants for Brackman and Betances for the bullpen.
Those guys haven’t shown enough as starters to get worked up about that. Their path to the majors might be the pen.
It was hypothetical that if they do stay at being starters that people are going to want them going to the bullpen.
“Look at him! He’s a tower of power on the mound! You want that kind of intimidation charging out of the bullpen to lock down the eighth inning as a bridge to Robo-Mo!”
(wipes down microwave, unwraps new burrito)
Inventing more memes I see. That was an interesting conversation
My Joba prediction 3 IP 5ER 2 HRA 2 BBs 1 K.
hope you’re wrong but expectations are low
My Joba prediction:
4 IP 0 ER 0 Hits 0 BBs 12 K’s
wouldnt be shocked if thats what happened. but wtf is it with the yankees never really able to beat the angels? they enjoy torturing us!
Optimism, Omar! Optimism!
You can’t spell optimistic without Omar.
Especially if you spell it “orptamistic.”
So, who you got? Pats or Bills?
pats easy
Patriots by 23.
That’s cute that Buffalo still has a professional football team.
So class started today and there are some very hot girls in my classes (and DU in general). I had to register for a class in International Children’s Literature because they rest for my Arts and Humanity requirement were taken. I thought I was “stuck” in a stupid class. However, I am only one of 4 guys in there. I am surrounded by 3 blondes to my right, 1 blonde and 1 brunette in front of me. A chinese girl to my left. And a brunette behind me. They are all good looking and pretty rich (at least most of them because DU is filled with rich people). I Love it!
You’ll blow it.
/mean
I’ll blow it? Or will they…
Is she actually Chinese, or are you one of those people who refer to all people of Asian appearance as “Chinese”?
Heh, sorry. I have no idea she is Chinese. I’ve grown up saying that and its a habit. I have said Asian for the most part but messed up there.
Someone has to say it: if Jered Weaver is the ace of your staff, you don’t have a good staff.
Also: did you know he’s 6’7″?
Lackey’s dealing as of late.
Lackey is a much better pitcher than young Weav.
So, I don’t know if we have come to any conclusions yet, but how is Joba going to be used in the playoffs? If it is in the pen, then these outings (35 pitches/3 innings) is no problem, but I don’t want him to start if he can’t go more, because of these stupid rules.
Isn’t the point to get him up to “full” starts in the playoffs?
Kay and Flaherty.
Gonna be a loooong and awkward broadcast.
Microcosm of Joba’s season: first pitch is a 91 mph fastball for a ball.
what kind of velocity does he average per game nowadays?
http://www.fangraphs.com/pitch.....position=P
92.5 per FanGraphs.
Fangraphs has his average fastball this year at 92.5
(Which isn’t bad, just not as good as last year, when it was 95.0. Of course, that counts his time in the bullpen)
Me > you
Listen to you guys complain!
hey chone figgins made an out things are looking up
fuckin angels make me insane
We can beat them at the Stadium it’s Anaheim that gives us fits.
Seriously. At least Figgins is a good hitter, so I can’t be too upset if he reaches base. But garbage hitters like Izturis, Matthews, Aybar, Mathis? Ergh.
Kay just made a really good point. If you go with the 3 man rotation, you face Verlander in Game 4 instead of 5. You only have to lose one game (likely) to reach that game, and with Velander going vs CC it will be no surprise if your season rides on AJ Bunett’s shoulders for Game 5 back in the Bronx.
I favor the 4 man rotation with Joba vs Porcello in Game 4. Both are equally likely to shit the bed, and then it becomes a battle of bullpens and I like ours over the Tigers.
The one thing that I think is very important, they pick the series based on their strengths, not the other team’s weaknesses.
I know that sounds obvious, but sometimes it isn’t.
I know that’s what they tell the fans and media, but it would be negligent if they didn’t consider both. When you look at match ups, you don’t just look at one side of the ledger.
They say that to the press because whatever they choose will have its downside, likely be too complex a decision to explain in a soundbite, so its easier to just play to your strengths publicly.
I find it hard to beleive Joba throws his slider 18.7% of the time and his curve 12.5%. Feels like he throws the slider a lot more and the curve alot less than their respective percentages.
Where did you get this from? Fangraphs says 22.5% (slider) and 8.9% (curve), and I think the ratio may be even steeper than that.
http://www.fangraphs.com/pitch.....ion=P#type
You looked at the wrong year. 2008 the breakdown was 22.5% and 8.9%.
So there’s different ratios on the main page and the pitch classification page? Wild.
Check this, and scroll down to “Pitch Type”:
http://www.fangraphs.com/stats.....position=P
Shoddy on their part.
Shit ye, you’re right. I dunno where they got the pitch f/x numbers that I gave because thine own eyes tell me he throws that slider ALOT more than the curve. Ugh Vlad just killed that curve. Whoops.
PitchFX could be screwing up the classifications.
Yeah, I think alot of the time his slider looks like a curve because he throws two variations. One he can drop on the corners and one that breaks alot harder into lefties.
you know what they say about trusting your eyes/memory.
Yay Jobber.
3 up and 3 down? Not too bad, especially after going 3-1 to Bobby.
does joba have a inings limit for tonights game?
50 pitches is the speculation.
Yeah, should go around 4 tonight.
Nice, clean inning for Joba against one of the best lineups in Baseball.
Weaver looks like a baby bird without the long hair.
Funny you mention that, because he asked me to vomit in his mouth before the game and I was wondering why.
Haha, ew.
I like these Bills unis.
This is an extremely shittily played game.
I know. It’s like the 4th quarter already.
Pats 4-out but I’m very glad that the Yankees are taking HFA very seriously. It’s a big deal. Hopefully Chamberlain will shut me up for the night, but I’m not holding my breath.
Weaver looks exactly like his brother in terms of delivery and that kind of stuff.
They even have the same career HR/9 ratio! (1.1)
Mike, what was your take on Jeff Weaver? Do you think he couldn’t handle the pressure in NY (Torre’s theory) or was he just never that good (Mine)?
I really don’t buy into that pressure stuff. Remember, he was really, really good down the stretch after they first got him.
And he did a bang up job in the playoffs for STL, so the pressure couldn’t have bothered him that much.
You don’t deserve all those, Tori!
Dammit, Johnny. That was ugly.
My boyfriend got to interview Torii Hunter today.
That just sounds fucking awesome. Then I remember it took me three hours to get home today. MLIA.
Is your boyfriend the man?
Wow, so I take it that chat with you and Mike Ashmore went long into the evening.
http://www.hiyoooo.com/
Yes. Yes it did.
I haven’t seen Bobby Abreu get that close to the wall since 2004!
Damn your editing features.
For real, I don’t remember him playing a hard hit ball that well for years.
Why didn’t Abreu play balls that well when he was with the Yankees?
Alex, I want you to get 30/100…
HOT SHOT!
If Tex had doubled, Im sure Alex would have been walked.
That ball was hit so hard Abreu didn’t have time to screw it up.
This is the only reasonable explanation I can come up with.
When Abreu has time to think about where the ball is in relation to wall he’s toast. High fly balls in the warning track area are his Kryptonite.
Fuck you Alex.
…
Bad pitch selection there. He swung at a ball he had no shot at getting on top of. Oh well.
great minds think alike
You have still yet to give an adequate reason for hating Alex Rodriguez.
heh
WTF?
Hey 95 on the YES gun!!!!
Do that more often you fat drunken piece of shit.
Seriously?
I don’t know what’s worse, that you trust the YES gun, or the second comment.
Are you drunk?
Did I ever tell you that you were a lovely person? Because if I haven’t I’m still not going to.
Dude go fuck yourself with that garbage. Keep that to yourself.
here we go again
Fuck this. I had a feeling Guerrero would HR
That was a meatball.
Holy shit that was fucking C R U S H E D.
Hanging slider meet Vlad. Vlad, hanging slider.
…AAAAAAAAND there’s the first HR of the night.
Easily my least favorite layer on the roster.
Don’t worry, with Weaver pitching, we’re likely to see a few Yankee home runs.
Why would you throw a breaking ball anywhere near the plate to Vlad?
Vlad cutting his hair hoping the Yankees will sign him.
Good feeling on Joba over.
I knew he’d disappoint you guys.
YOU disappoint me.
It’s better to just write him off now as Papelbon-lite
Zuh?!
You would come here when Joba gives up a home run.
Well, tonight starts the semi-finals in my fantasy baseball league and I have Vladi so at least for me that wasnt so bad.
What’s more is that there’s two football games (not as good as baseball, I know) on so you don’t have to watch this shit show.
Uh, yeah but um Im still watching the Yankees game for the most part.
1-0…top of the 2nd…7 games up…Best offense and Clutch…shit show?
People these days
Only one football game is on right now.
Dude if you don’t want to watch leave.
that would be nice
So I can get confirmation on Chamberlain’s suck.
You’re one of those fans that root against a Yankee just so you can be “proven” right/or dislike them for some reason, arent you?
Torii must not have gotten the memo.
Memo to Joba, fastball over the late, mid thigh, not an effective pitch.
stand corrected, hanging slider – what the hell is the difference between a hanging slider and a fastball with no movement.
A few rows.
ha ha .. well played sir, well played.
I can forgive the homer to Vlad. However, if Joba gives up a single to Aybar to score Morales . . .
I will ask again: Is the magic number for the playoffs or the division?
Division.
Thanks.
What is the playoff magic number then? Or, where can I go that will tell me (I’d work it out myself but I am absolutely horriffic at math. I count to ten on my fingers).
RLYW has it on their sidebar. I think it’s at 10 or something like that.
division
Playoffs.
http://sadtrombone.com/
ANGELS BASEBALL!!!11!
Mets Beisbol!!! How’s that team of yours?
Little not Minaya.
Get it right.
Get it right or PAY THE PRICE
/Kevin “Ug” Lee’d
Salute Your Shorts? Now thats an obscure reference.
Wow. Kudos to you, sir.
Gotta be the ‘pen, right?
I’d say all 4
is this the poll question? what was it? i missed it.
What advantage of Yankees over Angels is best (or something like that)
Offense, Defense, Starters, Bullpen
oh, thanks. they are really grasping for straws with these polls lately.
What happens to Claggett now, out of options blah blah blah?
Who cares?
Just hope one of Sanchez/Whelan works out.
Claggett looked like he could be a useful pen arm, but his K-rate this year is half (!) of what it was in 2008.
I’ve been hoping Whelan works out well, his numbers are great. Even if none of them perform well/at all in the Major League level, that is a trade that didn’t bother me.
No, he has options. They have ten days to trade him, otherwise they have to put him through waivers to send him to the minors. He’s a goner.
Can they get anythign near useful in a trade for him?
No.
Actually, I take that back. Cashman managed to get something for Chase Wright, and he was beyond useless.
Big Papi’s juice box?
Of course the Yankees only have a 2 game series vs Toronto and Halladay starts one of the games.
Oh my Mo, again?
Whoa, the whole Angel’s lineup is batting about .300, except the catcher and they’re not even playing their starting catcher.
Damn, noticed around the same time lol
Joba looks like a drunken piece of shit.
/Omar’d
Holy cow… 1-8 in the Angels lineup are hitting around or above .300
Tough…
Meh the ones above .300 have an above average OPS.
Lazy play there by Cano. Only using a flick of the wrist to throw to first base.
Why do I think of Mexican Jumping Beans every time we play the Angels?
can’t complain about jobber so far, he’s throwin strikes and gettin outs. how long before they pull him is the question
Until he sucks or around the 4th or 5th.
Nick Swisher can’t hit in Yankee Stadium.
SWISHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4th Outfielder!!
SWISHAAAAAAAAAA
Hanging breaking ball, meet Nick Swisher. Nick Swisher, hanging breaking ball.
Make that 6 at home, bitches
Man, coulda hung a week’s worth of laundry on that hanger.
http://www.instantrimshot.com/
Swisher doing what he does best outside of Yankee Stadium!!
swishaaaaaaa
What did I tell you about Weaver? He’s a home run dispenser.
cause he gave up 1 homer? he’s pretty good, maybe somewhat homer prone, but dispenser, i don’t think so.
He is not the original HR dispenser, Shane Spencer.
I’m loving this hot Melk.
Now that Jeter broke the record, he’s rounding back in GIDP form. That was tailor made, luck Melky went in hard.
phew, I was scared about a Jeter DP. Almost but didnt happen.
Phew, if Morales catches that, Jeets is toast.
a good throw gets him…Jeter used his intangibles twice today
At least the fourth time Tex has done that this year.
Someone is putting some buttah on Tex’s bat.
THE SLUMP EXPLAINED.
Tex trying to go deep or something, thats twice recently already
This Angel team catch the ball like previous editions? I know they’re 4th best in the AL for errors, but I was wondering if anyone knows how to look up their UZR.
6th in the AL (1.2 UZR/150).
http://www.fangraphs.com/teams.....38;month=0
13th in the Majors
Thanks buddy.
fangraphs, right?
No, Tex! You hit over Abreu’s head so he has to head towards the wall!
why doesnt he just bunt it down the 3rd base line? That’ll prevent the shift sometimes
you don’t have your 3 or 4 hitters ever bunt.
eh, IDK. It’ll help you prevent the shift in the future. And its basically an automatic hit if done right. You have your cleanup guy up too so its OK.
and its bunting for a hit, not bunting to advance a runner.
I remember Jim Edmonds did that in the WS against the Sox a few years ago.
Flaherty, though, is assuming that Joba will revert to a 98-mph strike-throwing machine out of the pen. He won’t.
Fuckin’ Vlad.
I say the Yankees put ALL their pitchers in the bullpen for the playoffs.
It’s edgy. It’s never been done before?
IT’S GENIUS.
Everyone to da 8th!
With this plan, the championship is ours!
so if they carry 9 pitchers then each one goes an inning every game
Yes!
No babying our pitchers, none of them! They can all adjust to working in shorter periods and warming up quicker.
well maybe 12 pitchers so girardi has some wiggle room to mix and match in the 7th and 8th.
Joba is getting pretty squeezed. He’s had like 3 or 4 balls called which were really strikes.
Yay or nay: Vlad Guerrero, HoFer?
I say he’s a first ballot HOFer. He’s a great player.
Only if he goes in as an Expo.
True dat. The last one, after Raines.
Yes.
He’s very close.
how many players have hit over 25 home runs or more while batting .300 for the number of years he has. i think the only other guy is gehrig. vlad is really good.
Oh you know the guy you hate, Alex Rodriguez.
i meant consecutive seasons. as in gehrig hit 25 hr and hit .300 12 years in a row. vlad has done it 11 years in a row. and it looks like his streak may be coming to an end. i believe those are the only two to accomplish this feat. arod isn’t even close.
I have a bad feeling about this.
I dont
see Mr. Negative
why didnt Robbie throw?
96-96, though, is not what made Joba a great reliever. It was 98+, and extraordinary control of that fastball. I don’t know where that Joba is, and he may return, but I don’t see him returning this year. And, I should add, if he gets that extra zip on his fastball ball along with his control, then we’re back to why he should be a starter.
Speed isn’t everything…
Right. It was the velocity and the control that made Joba unhittable out of the pen. Right now he’s reduced on both. He can be a very good starter even if he “only” throws in the 93 range, but he has to have better control of his pitches. He doesn’t right now, and I just no idea why the Joba-to-the-pen people think that not only will he gain 6 mph on his fastball, but have great control of it. I think Joba has some mechanical issues he needs to work on, and if he fixes it, we will see both the velocity and control return to what he had in the minors up and through most of last year.
If he can command 96 and show the slider that he once had…he’ll be fine in the rotation (whether that will happen is a different question). I mean how many starters are capable of throwing 98+?
I’m for the 4 man playoff rotation, but I don’t question for a minute that its a very tough call. One that could go either way.
But fans should think about and understand the decision going in, so they don’t just 2nd guess the result without knowing what went into the decision.
I think you’ve got to make the decision based on works best for your team, and not necessarily worry about potential match-ups. If you feel most comfortable with the 3 man rotation, go that way. If it’s 4 guys do that. But I really don’t like the idea of going with the option you’re less comfortable with just because you think it hurts the other team more. If you don’t feel like you can win a hypothetical game 5 between Edwin Jackson and Andy Pettite…
That’s a good point, Leyland could throw a monkey wrench into your plans and pitch Verlander on short rest. But I think he hurts his chances if he does that, so I factor that in as well.
Point being, I factor everything in. Not just our side of the ledger.
NICE JOBA!!!
Way to work around trouble, Joba. Let’s put another run on the board, huh?
Check out this Joba kid, limiting the damage and shit.
But this game is shit and Joba a fat drunkard!!!!!
If you think there any way other than shit to describe his pitching prior to tonight you’re fooling your self.
So do you root for Joba do to poorly so you can be right?
thats what I asked earlier but no reply
/Omar’d
that’s it for joba i think
Marked improvement for the young right hander
You mean fat drunken piece of shit right?
Marked improvement for the fat drunken piece of shit.
/Omar’d
You forgot “stupid”
In all seriousness though he showed a demonstrable improvement over his past few outings…he didn’t face the Angels “A” lineup but he faced a lineup with several good hitters. After Chamberlain’s past few starts he deserved plenty of negativity headed his way, though tonight was an encouraging outing. No negativity towards him for the rest of night out of me, provided his night is over.
Nice work. I think that’s one run over his past 6 innings, so he’s moving in the right direction.
4 innings, 1 run? This is his first not-terrible outing in awhile.
No walks, a (relatively) reasonable amount of pitches, and more ground balls than fly balls. About as good as could be expected.
They got what they wanted out of Joba now they just need to win the fucking game and finally start beating these fucking assholes.
no DP again Jorge
Jorge has a serious case of the Soriano-itis in the second half. Dude should get nothing but breaking balls.
no DP Cano
You jinxed him!
damn
ugh…..
The Angels pitching coach is named ‘Butcher’?
Heh.
Guess it could be worse, he could run fielding drills.
Lee Evans just got lit the fuck up.
Ughhhh…Canoe returns.
Take that to left, Robbie.
Damn Robbie.
Damn Robbie, what the fudge are you swinging at?
good ol robbie GIDP
Robbie, please learn to take those pitches.
SHIT Brady just throws a Pick-6 to a Aaron Schoebel.
Loosey-goosey fistpump from Weaver. Just pathetic.
Can someone please explain Kimbo Slice to me?
1)Large scary black dude with crazy beard able to beat up random idiots in back yards.
2)
3)Profit
they should have had cano try to bunt. the kid needs to learn how to do it during a game at some point.
Guys who slug .516 should never bunt. Ever.
really? never?
Really.
well what would girardi do if they were pounding a certain teams closer and have runners on 1st and 2nd?
Not in the 4th inning.
you don’t have your 3 or 4 hitters ever bunt.
But guys who hit like 3 or 4 hitters but are lower in the lineup should?
Is Aceves eligible for Rookie of the Year?
who cares. i would vote for him.
Edinson Volquez style. I approve.
Holy shit, 72.2 IP for Aceves?
Don’t forget he threw another 23.2 IP in AAA.
he’s been a starter his whole career though, right? so he should be able to handle it better
Aybar has an annoying stance
That produces annoying results.
and is annoying himself
Swish let go of that ball too early.
Federer is about to get pwnd by some n00b
n00b is the new star. it’s just the beginning.
OK, here’s a question.
Who do you think Leyland goes with as his 3rd starter, and who would you go with if you were him?
I’ll go first. I think Leyland is an old school guy, and will favor the veteran pitcher. Despite the numbers.
I would go with Porcello, myself. I think he can handle it. Everyone who knows him raves about how poised he is, he made the leap from A-Ball to the majors in one year flawlessly, I think he can handle a playoff start at home.
Bet he goes with Porcello.
My Tigers “source” says it could be Washburn to break up the RHPs.
need a K or popup here Ace
http://jockandballs.com/2009/0.....all-rules/ (SFW)
Cool stuff.
ugh, i would’ve kept joba this inning
I would be ok with going Dock Ellis on the Angels.
(No, not no-hitting them on LSD)
eh, 1 run, whatever.
good inning for ace though