Stop the presses! The Yankees are dusting off Matt Holliday at DH tonight to face Dallas Keuchel. SU says it’s a no-brainer. Combined, Headley and Ellsbury do not have a hit in the post-season covering 6 games including the wild card. This is his big chance. One hit could guarantee him a start for the remainder of the series.
You should check out the Yankees’ career numbers against Keuchel. Yikes. If you ran a predictive analysis, maybe they get 2 hits and are shut out. But hey, this is the post-season and anything can and will happen.
SU is not into predictions unless pressed to do so but I will make one for tonight. Look for an Aaron Judge home run to right field. Enough of the strikeouts. Time to make a statement.
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Can’t hurt. Unfortunately the righty-heavy lineup has him batting 8th which seems strange. I like Bird down at 7 but would be even happier with him 8th or 9th. Small sample size but his numbers get much better, the further down in the order he hits.
Bob Rosano commented about Sonny Gray and how he had dropped to game 4 as the starter. I think Girardi has seen his last few starts and feels he throws too many pitches, slows the game down, has his share of passed balls and wild pitches and basically, is not pitching as billed. Bottom line: the other three have done better and deserve to be ahead of him. Also, he will get a home start which may help him.