Xander has turned into Nomar with the popups.
Unpopular opinion incoming because Price is so loathed, but honestly look at the pitches he gave up those HRs on. Away and out of the zone. They were perfectly good pitches. I could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium RF, it's a joke. Those are flyouts in every other park by 20 feet.What’s more predictable....the bullpen blowing a game or Price putting up a dud at Yankee Stadium?
At some point you've got to adjust to the park you're pitching in. Price insisted on burying cutters on the outside edge and was repeatedly burned. That's on him. Notice how the Sox never came close to hitting a joke home run? Severino knew where to pitch.Unpopular opinion incoming because Price is so loathed, but honestly look at the pitches he gave up those HRs on. Away and out of the zone. They were perfectly good pitches. I could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium RF, it's a joke. Those are flyouts in every other park by 20 feet.
Price was fine???? Guess I was watching a different gamePrice was fine last night. The 4 ER were on fly out homers, and Nunez burned them with that miserable error. The offense has looked horrible the last two games. They need a gem from ERod tonight to have a chance to finally put the division to rest.
not encouraging results the last 2 nights.
this is the 1st time they are experiencing a playoff type atmosphere this year and so far have wilted.
they need Price to find his big boy pants or else it'll be another Rd 1 loss
I’m not saying I feel good about the bullpen, but the situation they are in now is about the furthest thing from a “playoff type atmosphere” that you can find.
Ten games remaining and...
Magic number of 2 for the division.
Magic number of 3 for the best record in baseball (over HOU).
How is that a “playoff atmosphere”? Also, if the Sox do take the division (as expected), Price will pitch at Fenway, not Yankee Stadium, unless they get to Game 6. Even this could be alleviated by starting Price in Game 1.
they're are on the road, against a very good team that is fighting to keep its playoff spot. Every game matters to the Yankees right now and they're playing that way.
that's a playoff atmosphere
I don't think they should be resting anyone until they have actually clinched first place. Like Yogi Berra once said "it ain't over til it's over" The Red Sox better not just take things for granted that also lets bad habits creep into your game, you need to stay sharp and focused for every game.Except every game doesn’t matter to the Red Sox and they are resting players and have certain guys on pitch counts.
Not a playoff atmosphere for the Sox.
Price was fine???? Guess I was watching a different game
I didn't say horrible, just disagreeing with him being "fine".Too many walks but he didn’t pitch horribly. That pitch Andujar hit out was way up and out of the zone and the two Voit homeruns are flyouts. The error by Nunez on a routine grounder changed it from a 1-0 to a 3-0 game and created a ton of momentum.
He put too many runners in but I didn’t think he was horrible. His first few starts vs NYY were.