DonKnock Presents: We Doing, Big Pimpin up in N.Y.C. [HOU - NYY] ALCS Thread

[Mike_Pipeson]

Both sides

 

[jflores]

The more I think about it the more livid I get about that first inning getting two runners on and Gardner/EE just swinging at first pitches, letting Cole get confidence and comfortable.

 

[Tres Leches]

well better win the next 3 in a row were not hittin Cole in a game 7 thats for sure

 

[Tres Leches]

Loaisiga hittin almost triple digits out the pen
fukk ottavino
Hes not to be trusted

word you can matchup loaisiga vs a righty and CC vs a lefty for 1 inning, fukk a ottavino he is basura at this point

 

[Point Blank]

Wrong thread

 

[tremonthustler1]

I’m in the Ottavino can’t pitch anymore camp.


If Stanton can’t play on Thursday, he has to be left off and if they deactivated him anyway, cool. Truth be told, he’s better off surgically repairing his many ailments and trying again and letting Luke Voit play. It’s not fair to the rest of the team and since we’re behind because of the offense, we need someone who has proven he can get on base and look at pitches too. I’m sure Voit has a chip on his shoulder anyway.

if it were me, my lineup for game 4 assuming Stanton doesn’t return

1B LeMahieu
RF Judge
LF Gardner
2B Torres
SS Gregorius
DH Voit
CF Hicks
C Sanchez
3B Urshela

 

[tremonthustler1]

Are people really mad that Yanks were not scoring off Cole? The #1 or #2 pitcher in the league

Yes. They’ve had months really to prepare for this team and they’ve been doing the right things until now. They reverting to doing the dumb shyt that cost them before. The sad part is everyone will cry about the pitching when situational hitting has been the problem in the postseason.

 

[Doctor Wily]

well better win the next 3 in a row were not hittin Cole in a game 7 thats for sure

Cole will most likely pitch game 6 if the Yankees are somehow up 3-2.

Game 7 would be a bullpen game for both sides.

 

[LastManStanding]

Cole is going to get so much money in the offseason when he hits free agency he'll easily will be the most sought after free agent on the market this year

hopefully the Astros can somehow make a deal work, but would put those odds somewhere around 50/50. they're so stacked with young and homegrown talent right now that it's going to be hard to afford every one

here are the years left on the contracts of some notable players,

Altuve - 5 years
Bregman - 5 years
Correa - 3 years
Verlander - 2 years
Greinke - 2 years (with Arizona paying for some of it)
Springer - 1 year
Yuli - 1 year
Brantley - 1 year
Reddikk - 1 year

Free Agents this year
Cole

 

[Street Knowledge]

 

[THASTUNNA]

Cole is going to get so much money in the offseason when he hits free agency he'll easily will be the most sought after free agent on the market this year

hopefully the Astros can somehow make a deal work, but would put those odds somewhere around 50/50. they're so stacked with young and homegrown talent right now that it's going to be hard to afford every one

here are the years left on the contracts of some notable players,

Altuve - 5 years
Bregman - 5 years
Correa - 3 years
Verlander - 2 years
Greinke - 2 years (with Arizona paying for some of it)
Springer - 1 year
Yuli - 1 year
Brantley - 1 year
Reddikk - 1 year

Free Agents this year
Cole

BeFore arbitration they are at 140 million. From the estimate numbers maybe 30-40 in arbitration. Only way I see it work if they trade Reddikk then back load his contract. In 2 years JV and Grienke will be gone.

 

[holidayinn21]

Woulda look at that, a team that invested in starting pitching is going to the World Series

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Woulda look at that, a team that invested in starting pitching is going to the World Series

To be fair, aside from ottavino, our pitching hasn’t really burned us. Our other pitchers have a 1.88 ERA. Houston went 1-17 with runners in scoring position the last two games and still won both, not even so much because their pitchers, though Cole and Verlander were both very good, but our offense was just that bad. The offense is hitting .167 and is 1-9 with runners on the last two games and 6 of our batters this series are hitting below the .160 mark with 4 of them hitting below .100 for the series, and that doesn’t even begin to describe how terrible some of the at bats have been. They just had a stretch these last two games where they went 14 straight innings without scoring a single run. Gary, EE, Gardner, Didi, Maybin, and Gio are a combined 8 for 67 (that’s a .112 batting average) with 1 RBI off a solo shot from Gio when game 1 was well out of hand and six walks to 22 strikeouts and at least 4-5 at bats where they went out on the first pitch. Give us peak CC, peak Andy, and peak Clemens, and they still might not win even with this pen with the offense being that bad. What burned us was cashman letting two aces end up in Houston. If they end up anywhere else, this team might’ve been ok. The organization needs to make some major philosophical changes though. One trip to the World Series in the last 15 years and one title in the last 20 if they don’t get it this year isn’t cutting it. If the accountants running the team aren’t willing to do whatever it takes to fill the holes in the roster, they need to sell to someone who is. If Cole is on the market this winter, he has to make a godfather offer. I don’t care if it would take 12 years for $360 million, he needs to make the offer.


Edit: Boone also announced tonight that not only is he sticking with ottavino, but he’s sticking with Gary too . I’m ready to call for him to be fired again

 

[THASTUNNA]

 

[chineebai]

game is probably cancelled tonight but boone needs to make some changes to the line up with these sad sad hitting results. Someone should just bunt.