Game Thread Yankees vs. Royals Monday 8/29/16, 8:15 pm

[Lillie]

M. Pineda (6-10, 5.02)

vs.

D. Gee (5-7, 4.55)

Lineups to follow...

 

[Yankeefan5545]

No Cy Young stats from either starter tonight, Kansas City has been pretty hot of late lets hope the Yankees will cool them off.

 

[Lillie]

Ellsbury -CF
Hicks -LF
Sanchez -C
Gregorious -SS
Castro -2B
McCann -DH
Headley -3B
Judge -RF
Austin -1B

 

[yankeesince59]

...Judge needs to get his shwerve back on.

 

[Messiah717]

Judge is showing himself to be susceptible to the breaking ball and also the outside pitch. He needs to keep himself in more hitters counts.

 

[yankeesince59]

...yeah, and he needs to learn that he doesn't have to try to hit the ball 500 feet every time...it's OK to be looking for a certain first pitch to hammer but once he gets 2 strikes on himself he need to cut his swing down and just try to make contact.

...19 SOs in 42 ABs ain't gonna get it.

 

[blgridesagain]

Worried about Judge.
I know he's still young and it's possible he could evolve into a .280-.300 hitter but my biggest concern is not necessarily having a "high" BA but how low he'll eventually level off at AND more importantly, his power output.
He should be able to pop a few HRs while he's struggling just from mistake pitches and bad location from mediocre SP.

The Yanks should go with him and Austin the rest of the way and have them fight their way out of it, or live with it.

Judge needs to eventually become an ".800" OPS guy.
He's always going to strikeout but he needs to reach the. 800 OPS level -
That's his magic number, imo.
I think he'll hit tonight and will be surprised if he doesn't put a couple of good swings on pitches.

 

[yankeesince59]

...just now noticed, Beltran has been gone for 25 games now but still leads the Yanx in HRs and RBIs.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Looks like Piney is off to an early game fuckup this evening.

 

[Messiah717]

Oh Pineda Pineda Pineda. The first inning crap got old a long time ago.

 

[mrmel29]

Crooked hat is getting his ass kicked. Wish we would have moved him with the others a few weeks ago

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Should have left him behind in Seattle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lillie]

Pineda is useless, why don't they try putting the Idiot in the Bullpen and see if he can get his Shit together.

 

[Messiah717]

At least they can take Pineda's arbitration year next year and then decide what direction they want to go.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Yankees making former Mutt Gee look like Cy Young this evening.

 

[blgridesagain]

Just what the Yanks needed after yesterday's disappointing loss, being put in a 3-0 hole in the 1st inning.
Pineda is what he is- an inconsistent SP with an ERA over 5.
Now he needs to be throw zeros the rest of the game or the Yanks will need 5-6 runs just to break even.

 

[Messiah717]

While it's exciting to think otherwise this simply is not a playoff team.

 

[blgridesagain]

Yankees making former Mutt Gee look like Cy Young this evening.

Dillon Gee - another total mediocrity who becomes an AllStar when he sees the Yankees, career vs Yanks - 3.04 ERA/ 0.97 WHIP
Very annoying......VERY.

 

[Messiah717]

Well at least they got one run back.

 

[cagedlion]

,

Pineda is useless, why don't they try putting the Idiot in the Bullpen and see if he can get his Shit together.

The truth is this guy does not know what kind of Shit he has! You can say he is a first inning blunder.

 

[Lillie]

,


The truth is this guy does not know what kind of Shit he has! You can say he is a first inning blunder.

Yeah I agree, Shit the bed in the 1st and just hope the offense can wake up. It's been happening all Season.

 

[mrmel29]

Note to Judge, other team just laying first pitch in there be ready to smash it and with 2 strikes get the bat off your shoulder and go down swinging at least. You have too big a reach to be taking some of these third strikes without at least taking a whack at it.

 

[blgridesagain]

While it's exciting to think otherwise this simply is not a playoff team.

And we saw a prime example yesterday why they probably won't qualify for at least WC game.
They got a well pitched game from their SP who left the game after allowing 1 run in 6.2 IP but the Yanks couldn't muster a single run and failed to complete the sweep of Baltimore which also prevented them from putting a 5 game win streak togther.
Alot has happened over the course of the season and the Yanks made their beds earlier in the season but- yesterday's loss at this point in time is the single biggest reason why the Yanks are barely on the edge of a WC race and are now a mini losing streak away from needing a small miracle.

The difference (2 games) between being 3 games out and 1 game out is gigantic when all the WC chasers are bunched together and playing each other alot down the stretch.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Well here we are at the 6th, this is where Pinhead really can get scary.

 

[blgridesagain]

Those fukn pitches from Gee are bending AROUND the fukn outside corner and the ump keeps ringing them up.
Time for the youngsters to take out their note pads.
When a pitcher is a notorious nibbler/ corner worker and the HP ump is giving the pitcher the corners----> SWING THE BAT.

 

[blgridesagain]

Ever notice? When a pitcher like Gee is pitching he seems to get many more close calls for strikes on the outside corner than a pitcher like Pineda or some other similiar type who throws hard with sharp breaking balls?

The reason- those other Pineda types have more dominant stuff but tend NOT to continously nibble on the corners while the "Gee" types make a concerted effort to entice and expand the strike zone and the HP ump kinda gives him the benefit and more respect than he would of the harder thrower who doesn't have similar command.

 

[yankeesince59]

...that was a batting practice HR pitch served up by Parker.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

Parker &%%^%^&$%$$(&%()*^)&^*&^&*)%^%dumb sob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lillie]

Who is this Parker??? Never heard of him. Obviously another piece of Shit.

 

[Messiah717]

Much like Eovaldi it's frustrating with guys like Pineda. There's talent there but you can wait forever for it to materialize or be effective. The Yankees are going to need to look for starting pitching moving forward.