Some think they see failure in everything he does, despite evidence to the contrary like a first place finish.Originally Posted by a700hitter
Some think they see failure in everything he does, despite evidence to the contrary like a first place finish.
No one sees that and no one has said that.
The King of TalkSox has Spoken.
I'm pre-ripping JF for starting Fister game 3.
ERod is better.
Even Porcello is better.
This is not the last straw. That straw came months or years ago.
Of course, all this talk of how our best pitchers failed needs to be tempered by the fact Corey Kluber just got klobbered.
Priorities:
1. Yankees lose
2. Red Sox win
I was about to say that I had this in the win column for Cleveland, but I still may be right, despite the worst outing of the year for Kluber. Those Indians can hit, and that's what they're doing. It's now a one run game.
We may have Yankee company yet in this let-down post season.
Farrell is not to blame that Chris Freaking Sale fades out at the end of every season. He is not to blame that Porcello stunk it up this year. Fister is a good choice out of three choices that aren't so good. Farrell is not losing these games. The Red Sox overachieved and are the worst of all the remaining playoff teams, including the Yankees. That's reality, and it sucks.
What really stings is that we've now had Price, Porcello, Sale and Pomeranz all bomb out on us in the playoffs the last 2 years.
I'm not blaming JF for the Sale and Pom meltdowns.
ERod and Porcello are both better than Fister, and have been over their last 5 starts as well.
I'm not ready to start calling...
Chris Freakin' Sale
....
Freakin' Chris Sale
Good point. Demoralizing. Maybe the "washed-up" vet Doug Fister will embarrass our two star Lefties into the top class performances they're both capable of.
The problem of Sale fading at the end of each season is not going away. But if you hold him back early in the season you risk not making the playoffs. I don't see any easy answer to this. Porcello is an enigma. Is there even a "real" Porcello. Erod has the talent, but has not developed the smarts quite yet. And Pom is a good five inning starter. I hate to say but I may have to change my mind about Price. They need him more than ever. What a predicament!
The futility of our pitching going up against this behemoth lineup reminds me of The Undertaker's debut at Survivor Series. Tomorrow is Coco B. Ware's turn.
Priorities:
1. Yankees lose
2. Red Sox win
I think the only enigma with Porcello is how the hell did he have a Cy Young season.
Priorities:
1. Yankees lose
2. Red Sox win
Rick Porcello has posted an ERA+ over 100 in three of his nine MLB seasons: 114 in 2009, 113 in 2014 and the anomaly 142 in 2016:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...orceri01.shtml
I was a Porcello skeptic from the start, but his Cy Young season won me over. Now I'm worried that I was right to be skeptical.
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