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April 11, 2006
Upcoming Series: Washington Nationals Pitchers
The Mets head into Washington with Major League Baseball already insisting that the boys play nice. After the Mets hit six Nationals in their three-game series last week, the Nats retaliated by repeatedly attempting to hit David Wright and then successfully plunking Paul Lo Duca, leading to a total of two National suspensions (reliever Felix Rodriguez and manager Frank Robinson) to the Mets’ zero. And even though Jose Guillen has been playing the Houston Astros for the past four days (if you can call going 3-14 playing) he’s continued to run his mouth about what will happen if Pedro Martinez hits him again. And even if Pedro doesn’t deliver a 92-MPH fastball betwixt Guillen’s ears, this series looks to be an extremely interesting one. In the first game of the series rookie Brian Bannister (0-0, 4.50), who walked four Nats and hit two of them in his last start, faces off against Ramon Ortiz (0-1, 10.80). In Game Two, Guillen-Killer Pedro Martinez (1-0, 6.00) gets the ball against the oft-injured Tony Armas (0-1, 3.60). And, in the series finale, the “Wild Man” Victor Zambrano (0-0, 0.00) finally gets his first start of the season when he opposes Livan Hernandez (1-1, 5.25) Series Note: As you’ve probably noticed, the Mets are facing two of the three pitchers they faced last week. For Ortiz and Hernandez’s original scouting reports, you can click here. Game 1: Ramon Ortiz What to Expect: The Mets didn’t seem to have much of a problem with Ortiz last time, and usually the offense has the advantage when facing a pitcher twice in a short time. This could, of course, hurt Bannister’s chances as well. Expect Ortiz to be about as good, or a little better, as he was in his last start. His gameplan last time was to throw a bunch of fastballs and sliders low and away. He’ll probably stick to that. Game 2: Tony Armas What’s the Story? Armas has had a long history of shoulder injuries — the last time he made 30+ starts in a season was in 2001 — but he’s seemingly healthy despite being rocked during his spring training stints (nine runs in eleven innings). When Armas is healthy he’s typically a decent starter, but if he could ever gain some more consistency he’d be far better than that. Tony features three main pitches: a low nineties fastball with some sink, a nice slider and a decent curve. He’ll also bust out the occasional changeup on a lefthander. Last Year: (0-0, 2.57) Armas pitched well against the Mets in one start last season, holding the Mets to two runs and four hits over seven innings, though the game was eventually won by the Good Guys. He struck out three and walked one. What to Expect: Armas was thrust into the rotation instead of taking a minor league start due to the injury to Pedro Astacio. Still, he seemed to be okay when he pitched against the Houston Astros (five innings, four hits, two runs). Armas has struggled to find control of all of his pitches for years, and this has led to a lot of balls being left up in the zone — which has also led to a high homeruns allowed total. Armas relies heavily on his slider, by far his best pitch, and is willing to throw it a lot — especially against right-hand hitters. Righties should look for the pitch to be thrown low and away most often. When he falls behind in the count he tends to over rely on his fastball, a solid pitch but by no means unhittable. As the game progresses, Tony will become a primarily fastball/slider pitcher. Game 3: Livan Hernandez This Year: (0-1, 4.50) Livan was typical Livan in his start against the Mets — more hits (eight) than innings pitched (six), a handful of runs allowed (three), and a couple strikeouts (four) while walking few (one). However, he was hit pretty hard by Houston (twelve hits, four runs in six innings) as well. Livan isn’t a notorious slow-starter or anything, so this rough start may be something to keep an eye on — remember, he did have knee surgery over the offseason. What to Expect: Livan’s a solid pitcher, but he hasn’t looked too good so far this season despite the 1-1 record. Still, if he’s injured or losing velocity off his pitches, it more than likely won’t matter too much for too long — Livan’s the gutsiest cat in baseball. Seriously. The guy lead the majors in innings last year despite pitching with a torn lateral meniscus for the majority of the season. Livan’s relied mostly on his fastball and slider this season, with the occasional curveball thrown in to keep hitters off balance or to get a K. He’s used his changeup almost exclusively against lefthanders so far, while he opts to throw more sliders to righthanders. Righties should look low and away for the slider, it’s still a killer. Overall: The Mets haven’t had a real rival for some time, so the Nationals make as much sense as any. Though Brian Bannister’s second start of his career and Victor Zambrano’s second full season in a Mets uniform getting underway are two interesting stories, they’re definitely overshadowed by Pedro vs. Guillen. Guillen’s certifiable and crowds the plate. Pedro’s stubborn and tends to brush guys back. The fireworks could start at any minute, and if and when they do you can expect a good ol’ fashioned kinship-building basebrawl. The Nationals have played hard, but they haven’t had much to show for it besides a 2-5 record. Still, they’ve got a solid offense and some decent pitchers going in this series. I personally don’t like Bannister making his second start against the same team he faced in the first, and while Ramon’s an awful pitcher he’s at least been around the majors for awhile. Armas has had mixed success against Mets teams of the past and lefthanders — five of the Mets starting eight are lefty or switch hitters — usually hit him well. And, only because Livan’s looked pretty bad in his first two starts despite sticking around long enough to scratch out a win in his last start, I’ll be taking Zambrano over him. Let’s not forget that while Victor gets a ton of flack for not being Scott Kazmir he’s still a better backend pitcher than most. I’ll give the Mets two out of three, with them losing Bannister’s start — though with the Nationals bullpen pretty much taxed out there’s a solid chance the Mets could take all three. Predicted Record: 3-2 Note: Last season I got some complaints for only listing my predicted record, but not listing how many games that I correctly predicted. Therefore I’ve added the Predicted W/L section to this year’s Series reports. Enjoy tearing me to shreds in September! 82 Responses to “Upcoming Series: Washington Nationals Pitchers”Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. |
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I think you’ll be surprised a bit by Armas. He looked much better in his last start than at any time last year. His fastball has about 4-5 extra MPH on it, so he’s finally able to get it by hitters, instead of letting them foul pitch after pitch after pitch off. That’s not to say that he’s going to hold the Mets down, but he’s not the same Armas as last year.
I think that the Mets have been very impressive so far in all aspects of the game. The starting pitching (which everyone was
nervous about) has been solid. The bullpen (other than Jorge Julio) has shut down the offense and kept us in games. The defense
has been outstanding with Anderson Hernandez showing us what a real second baseman should look like. And finally the offense,
which we new would be great this season, has lived up to the hype, not to mention stealing more bases and getting on base more
than ever. If Cliff Floyd and Carlos Beltran can heat up just a little bit, watch out, this team will be putting up 7-10 runs
everynight and it wont matter who pitches for us. This is a big week as we have the Brewers (who are wild card contenders) and
our nemisis Braves coming into town Monday. If we can go 6-3 in this strech of games, I think itll be a good indication of how
this season will play out.
I’d say the umps will keep a tight leash on the series.
Whats the forecast for the weekend?
Eh, call me crazy, but I think the Mets will go 1-2 this series. I don’t think that Pedro will be sharp yet, Bannister is facing the Nats again and they know what to expect and Zambrano vs. Hernandez leaves a bit to be desired. I really think that the pitching favors the Nats.
Then again, Pedro could be fired up over the Guillen thing and throw 8 shutout innings and Bannister could pitch with fewer butterflies. What do I know?
No no no. That’s the pen is mightier!
But I do think we could wind up losing two. The Nationals still have a very good 2-6 lineup and it’ll be interesting to see how Zambrano comes back. The big key today is Bannister just holding the ship steady. We’ll get a few runs off Ortiz here and there and the sooner we get into their bullpen (which was worn out yesterday) the better off we are. If Bannister just holds them to something like 6 innings and 3 runs, I think we’ll win.
Matsui played yesterday in extended spring training and had a couple of hits. He should be ready in 7-10 days. Then what, does Hernandez go back down? If his average is still under .200, then I think its a no-brainer, but if he starts to hit a little bit, someone else might have to go to make room for Matsui on the bench.
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We’re going to see what Bannister is made of today. He was wild last time and plunked a couple of their guys. With him knowing that any beanball is probably going to spark a benches-clearing brawl, he may be reluctant to pitch inside and, if he doesn’t, he’ll get clobbered. If he refuses to be intimidated, we’ve got ourselves a pitcher.
I think we scrape out a sweep. Today will be a tough game but we take the last 2 with no problem. Lets go new los Mets, the Time is Now, Gotta believe Blue and black Mets!
It is up to Bannister. LoDuca will call for him to pitch inside, and we’ll see if he can execute.
if only this game were on TV up here in New England.
mets have a good shot at a sweep especially if pedro can old up (or be bailed out again).bannister looks like a fine young pitcer if his accuracy holds up.With the way david and delgado have been hittin and the new found defense at 2nd (Ahern) and new found offense for Ahern (3 for last 7) mets are in good shape.
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I am still waiting for Wagner to show me something: right now, this is similar to last year (We put in the designated closer, and I would feel better if we put in the set up guy). I know it’s early, but two 470+ hitters in the heart of the lineup aint gonna last> I am still nervous about ALL our pitching (other than Duaner and Heilman)
El Sid, Wagner will be fine. He has given up one homerun and that’s it. All pitchers give up an occasional homer. The jam he got into on Sunday was really just a walk, a Reyes error, and an A-Hern near error. I’m still very confident with him coming into a one run game.
Obviously, Wright and Delgado’s averages wont be in the 400’s but Beltran’s won’t be in the 100’s and Floyd’s won’t be 200. Some Mets hitters are playing great, some are playing poorly and some are playing about average (LoDuca, Nady). I don’t think that you have to be very concerned that the offense was just getting lucky and playing way above their heads. It’ll all even out and the Mets offense should still be extremely productive.
Exactly right. This is still spring training of sorts for Billy (having missed time in FLA), so he’s still just heating up. I am not worried about Wags - or even Pedro for that matter.
Prediction: Mets sweep the Nats. And there will be a bench-clearing incident, I can just feel it coming….
Speaking of spring training, Kaz Matsui went 2 for 4 as a D.H. with 2 singles and 2 stolen bases in an extended spring training game. he will be re-evaluated today (credit Mets MLB’s press pass)
Stel Og Stem - actually, it’s Nady that’s hitting .474, even after taking the collar against Willis. I think it is fair to say that he has been playing above average, at least in comparison to what is expected of him.
I’m not as worried about our pitching as everyone else seems to be. There aren’t many rotations in baseball that don’t have some questions about their staff, and our guys have performed well so far in the young season. I don’t consider it optimism to expect consistency from Glavine and Trachsel, and it looks like the bullpen will be solid, especially at the back end.
It doesn’t hurt that our lineup looks to be completely legit.
I could see a sweep, but i’ll take 2-1.
If Ben Sheets is healthy and has his stamina today against Iowa in AAA, he will be making his season debut this sunday against us.
They should waive Valentin, is that too much to ask for this early?
Ultimately, I agree. We’ll be fine. The pitching will come together and the offense is going to continue to hit well. I just don’t think we’re in midseason form yet. We had the WBC (awful idea and awful timing) and a lot of nagging small injuries that really impacted people’s timetables. I really don’t think we’ll be in good playing shape until probably the end of April.
I just think that all three pitchers that the mets are throwing out have their question marks and none have been answered yet.
If Matsui comes back and Ahern is still batting around the Mendoza line, you know Ahern’s going down. Willie likes his veteran players.
Washington ballclubs are 3-0 when a republican vice president throws out the first pitch. will history reperat itself? i don’t knooooooow!
penis mightier - are you Harold Reynolds?
I loved the WBC, it was a great idea and a great tournament, although we may agree about the timing.
WBC or no, it is injuries that have put question marks on Zambrano and Pedro, and Bannister is a guy making his second big-league start.
Is any team in midseason form yet? I think the reason we aren’t is because it’s not midseason, it’s the second week of the season.
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Word around mets camp is that willie is quite tired of Matsui and trying to justify his $8M salary…so I wouldnt assume its his job when he gets back.
David Wright is very good
wright has like what 10 rbi’s already on the season…wow only 6 games into the season
This may just be the greatest thing I have ever seen:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8547285560243429315&q=RBI+baseball&pl=true
Geeks - you may want to give this link its own post…
Enjoy.
David Wright is the man. ’nuff said.
It is now 4-0 Mets in the 5th. 1st and 2nd, 1 out, Delgado at the plate.
I haven’t been watching the game because i am at work but from checking out the gamelog, it seems like Bannister has been getting into a lot of 3-0 counts and really bearing down when he has had to and making the necessary pitches to get batters out. Really impressive stuff. To those of you watching the game, how does he look out there?
he is looking really good…locating pitches and everything…mostly dealth with his fastball changeup combo and threw his curve in a little
he is looking real nice….totally diff then the first start….looks more poised , relaxed, smoother weind up …looks real professional
i was going to tell you alll your horrible wrong about Matsui taking hernandezs job but matt over
at mets blog says it best
“…the buzz from shea is that matsui will simply be a bench player when he returns to the team, which is expected to be late-april, early-may…aside from his inability to make any sort of impact when he plays, the hush-hush reason for matsui’s demotion is that the team’s manager, Willie Randolph, a) is tired of baby-sitting matsui’s constant battle to return to form, and b) doesn’t want to mess with the team’s current on-field chemistry”
I would looooove to have Matsui coming off the bench instead of Valentin. That’s how bad Valentin is.
Bannister can rake. I am giddy.
Was I right about Bannister or what? Granted, it’s the Nationals, but this kid has the best baseball brain ever.
From Sean McAdam at ESPN
Now, if I recall, Humber is out until at least June or July. Even then, there is no chance of him being called up, being back so quickly from the surgery.
I just can’t stand ESPN sometimes.
Now, if he wrote Pelfry, fine, but Humber? Please.
Sean Mcadam has been rubbing elbows to much with John Kruk, who claims the Yankees will win 130
No double switch?
i’m a little confused- isn’t felix rodriguez(and frank robinson for that matter) suspended right now? are the Nats appealing it?
Jose Valentin makes me long for the days of Jose Offerman. Thats not good
Beltran creamed that fifi offering
beltran nice..he is looknig real patient…taking alot of walks this year….good to see him hit it lefty
Why? You have a four run lead and your best defensive 2B man is on the field? The only substitution that makes sense with a decent lead is to pull either Floyd or Delgado for better defense. But that is not necessary.
I second that. He is, despite all of our protestations, looking like a great #3 hitter. He is working the count and getting on base. He is only hitting .238, but he has 9 runs and 7 RBIs so far. That is indicative of timely hitting and drawing a bunch of walks. If he hits like the Beltran of 2002-2004, this offense is going to be SCARY!
Robinson sat out their game yesterday, it was in all of the stories about the suspensions.
Rodriguez is appealing.
They must be appealing it. Hey, if Rodriguez is going to pitch like that, let’s hope he doesn’t get suspended until after the series!
Valentin SUCKS! If he is 0 for the year when Matsui comes back, he will definitely be gone. Unless they demote Diaz instead.
I dont think they should of double switched in that situation but I do disagree with putting Wagner into a 6 run ball game. he pitched sat. I would rather see Oliver today in the ninth
I would have thought Chavez for Nady and let Heilman throw 2 innings. I didn’t really see a point to have another guy warm up.
Hmmm I dont mind it….Wagner needs work and a lot of it.
why overwork billy today and tomm when we need a save situation he wont be available…shouldve throw oliver in
This is the sort of thing that happens when I closer comes into a 6 run game.
oh well who cares 5-1 baby
So what…if he can’t pitch tomorrow?
Sanchez can close…and right now is much more effective than Wags.
the move doesnt bother that much but I see your guys side of it.
But worse case scenario Sanchez closes tomorrow and Heilman will be available to set him up.
OR JULIO CAN CLOSE!!!! YAY!!!
5-1 BABY!!!!!
Chris and AP, I came over here just to vent…
Why is Willie having all three of our good relievers working in a 6 run game?!?!?!!
Heilman was fine, then Wagner came in for no reason, and now Sanchez is up and throwing!!
Up by 6, THIS should be Julio time.
That was a dominating victory. Nice start to the road trip. This is the type of game that last years team would have had trouble with. Also the win against Fla where they were down against Dontrell was a game that they lose last year. Nice couple of early data points.
i couldn’t watch the game but saw wagner loaded the bases. anyone see this - what went wrong? as for why he was in, my guess is that he asked for the work. doesn’t make sense otherwise.
wagner was just rusty..all over…then settled down and got his breaking pitch to go good…his fastball was off though
now miucheal kay’s gay ass is on yes talknig about “enter the sandman is a song now that is famous across the other side of the borough” blah blah blah trying to sht on the mets about it…kay is so annoying its unbeleivable…his voice his crap knowledge he has of the game..he sucks
Well boys, the Mets have themselves the real deal in Bannister. Not only were all the signs pointing against him today, but he came out and dominated. That 12-6 curve of his is absolutely filthy. I am so impressed with this kid. He should have a tremendous future for us.
Sean, Bannister only had 1 K, and 3 hits in 7 innings! That’s a .150 BABIP! No way he can keep up that LUCK!
/sarcasm
somebody asked about the suspensions - Robinson served his already, and Rodriguez is appealing.
ap - I agree, Kay is awful. Not only is he the worst play-by-play guy in the business, but he is even more of a self-absorbed wanker than his talk radio competition at FAN, and that is saying a lot.
Does it bug anyone else that he calls him ‘Alex Rodge-riguez’?
Anyway, no need to worry too much about that other team in New York, better to concentrate on the first-place Mets.
What I liked about Bannister today was the fact he didnt really even use the curve. It was fastball-changeup all afternoon. The Nats announcers just raved about him. They were impressed about how he cut his fastball. Pedro vs. Armas. If history repeats itself, Armas is in trouble
Floyd 9 for 21
Delgado 5 for 9
Beltran 3 for 8
Loduca 3 for 6
Reyes 2 for 5
In both of his starts, Bannister’s made a lot of pitches where his location was only okay, but they got put in play for weak outs. I think this can be read either of two ways:
1) he’s been lucky, and some of those grounders will become singles, and soem fo those pop-ups will become deep flies
2) his late movement is everything it’s cracked up to be, and opponents will continue hitting the ball toward the end of the bat or the handle
He’s definitely got guts, though: 8 3-ball counts today, 0 walks.
Beltran’s HR is a great sign…if he gets going LOOK OUT.
And the little kid at 2B gets another hit (even though on my gamecast it said “hit to SS”) whatever that means.
A-Hern took a running slap at the ball, topped it, big bounce over the pitcher’s head, Clayton had to put it inhis pocket.
Im sick of Yankee fans getting upset about “Enter Sandman.” of all the things to be concerned about, its that.
Speaking of music, I cant wait till I hear “I-Rik-I” at Shea in September. When I hear “Greeting, all the new york mets fans, How you doing? Lets get the Buzz together”
If anyone missed it on the minor league thread, here’s a link to the most unbelievable entrance song ever used by a player.
http://www.yusaku-iriki.com/
It will ask if you want to download a japanese pack, just click cancel and enjoy the song
Kay can take his comments about Wagner and shove it up his a$$. He should be worrying about his own team and keep his mouth shut about things that are of no concern to him. Kay is the biggest Yankee apologetic there is and his blatant “Yanks never do wrong” attitude just wears thin with me.
Personally, I love it when Keith Hernandez criticizes a Met player for a bad at bat or a bonehead play on the field. He’s the analyst and so he should analyze things the way they are.
Good win, but I would caution the optimism over Bannister. For a guy who’s touted for his control, he fell behind too many hitters and seemed to miss Lo Duca’s target many times. It certainly helped that he faced the Nationals, ahem, “lineup.”
I don’t mean to put him down at all, but to say that he is the “real deal” is overreacting. Let’s see how he does against the Brewers and Pads.
Demote Pedro, Call Up Iriki. Whatever it takes to get that song played at Shea!!!
Argon-thanks for the info on ahernz…I’ll take it!!!
Bannister had 2 hits today and gave up 3…awesome.
That Iriki song is simply fabulous.
I-RIKI!
I-RIKI!
I-RIKI!
Color me officially giddy!!!! Goddamn this is a great start and for the first time in years this team looks loaded on offense. Sanchez looks great, Wagner will be fine, and did I mention I want to have Bannister’s kid and it’s not even medically possible!!!!!
Just got back from the game, as I live in the DC area.
Bannister had an interesting start. Like people mentioned, he was constantly working from behind, but really beared down when he had to. I was surprised he threw his curveball as little as he did. I thought he had better command, but he has guts. I like that.
The ball Beltran hit was a freaking BOMB. Besides his pop-out, all of his at-bats were good ones.
Wagner started off throwing 95-96, which was encouraging. But as his pitch count rose, he dropped to 91-92. His conditioning isn’t there yet. So I wouldn’t worry. He will get there.
Heilman was throwing his fastball 94-95, and his changeup 82-83. He looked extremely good.
Just as an interesting sidenote, I got great seats behind homeplate, and behind me sat prospective Nats owner Jeff Smulyan. He is trying to woo some local icons onto his ownership team. So also seated behind me, were Smulyan, Calvin Hill (former football player and Grant’s Dad), Charles Mann (iconic local Redskin), James Brown (of Fox Football fame), and Gene Upshaw. Upshaw is not local, but I think Smulyan wants to gather up a significant minority, well, minority ownership group as his angle for ownership (as Smulyan is from Seattle and not a local guy, he needs this angle). He is also in bed with Selig. I am interested to see how this plays out.
Oh, and either the great majority of the baseball fans there are Democratic, or the American people are unhappy, because Vice President Cheney was booed LOUDLY before the opening pitch.
Listening to the Tides @ norfolktides.com. Lima is pitching. all the usually suspects are in the lineup. They got the hot hitting Joe Hietpas Dhing
Call me a crazy Met fan (well, okay I am) but after today’s display, I’m most definitely smelling a sweep in Our Nation’s Capital.
The best sign of the season is not just one guy. This may be stating the obvious but….it’s the fact that unlike the past few years, the Mets are FINALLY beating on lesser teams - teams that they SHOULD beat 2 of 3 or even sweep if they want to be real contenders.
Miledge just ran into the wall. He took a pretty good blow. He’s staying in the game but it took him a long time to get up.
I dunno man…someone said 10 and i like it…I can just see him giving up 3 or 4 in the blink of an eye and it being game again…at least if we’re up by say 10 we’d still have a 6+ run lead. :)
Chris…Damn I hope Milledge is ok…scary stuff.
I’m watching the game on replay and I just saw ahernz butcher boy in the 5th that led to a 2-run rally. Now I can say it is a joy to watch this kid play defense and run around the bases…he has blazing speed almost reyes-
like.
Funny Gary Cohen said Timo Perez wanted to use the same approach of butchering the ball from time to time but the mets were totally against it. If this kid can give us anything offensively this lineup looks great.
The best part is that its coming from all over and beltran is starting to heat up and floyd will too at some pt and that will help counter any guys cooling off over the season(maybe they won’t!)
Not to discuss politics, but in the 2004 election, more than 80% of DC voted for Kerry.
Man did we look good today! Beltran’s start has me excited. He has a low average, but I swear half of his outs have been hit hard.
Why would anyone get on Willie about bringing in Wagner today? Obviously the only way a closer of Wagner’s stature and experience comes into a 7-1 game is if he requested to come in to get the work. No way Willie decided to get him up and in the game with a 5-1 lead (before Beltran’s blast) unless Wagner wanted to pitch.
Milledge was chasing a ball into the rightfield corner when the wind took it. He caught the last out of the inning after covering some ground. Tides up 4 to 1. Lima has had a little help from the wind tonight. Could easily be 4-4
He seems to drive the ball batting right handed. We face a lefty on Friday to test my theory that he is an average RH batter
Anybody notice that Benson and Seo are both pitching tonight? Benson looks very good again (the only run he has given up so far was a HR to Wiggington). Seo, on the other hand, is getting pounded by the Pirates, including a HR by Burnitz. Is it too soon to start taunting Ken about this? Seo is really going to have to pick up the pace if he is going to win 20 this year.
I got this from the recap of today’s game
I fully expect Benson to look at least decent if not good for a while…don’t forget it was what really happened to benson the 2nd half of the year with tired arm problems and the such (and off the field stuff as we all know)…the team just didnt wanna have an $8M pitcher that they couldnt count on for the pennant run down the stretch and possible postseason games. Let’s see how he performs in the 2nd half and finishes the season.
I think Seo left that game up 6-5 despite giving up 5 ERs…looking at the boxscore, LA put up 3 in the first inning which he followed up by giving 2 right back to the bucs…LA scored in the top of 2 more of the next 4 innings and Seo could not get off the mound in the bottom half without giving something back to pittsburgh. That kind of start from their pitcher has to be frustrating for a team/manager.
Silly Joe, don’t you know that Jae Seo’s stats only count when he pitches well?
;-)
Despite Bannister’s awesome performance, Mike Pelfrey takes center stage, going 6, allowing no earned runs on 4 hits and fanning 7. See ya soon buddy!
Perhaps someone should tell Michael Kay that this issue was already discussed last week. Interesting that he blasts them for “copying”, when he does the same thing.
He is a moron.
Strange because I heard Kay on his radio show last week saying how the whole Sandman thing is not an issue and he doesn’t understand how certain radio show hosts can go so crazy about it. Did he change his toon when he was talking to only Yankee fans???