High wind warnings in NY today and no doubt it will still be windy tonight for game 4 of the Yankees – Astros series.  It will be blowing from left to right field so that fly balls to right field will be wind aided, and the ones to left field might be knocked down a bit.

No doubt Gary Sanchez is already thinking about this and will look to hit to right field tonight (OK, thought you might like some humor this morning).  Nah, he will reread his Mark Texeiria notes that say “ignore the shift at all costs.”

But the other issue is that the wind will impact the pitchers – especially the ones that have a lot of movement.  That would be Tanaka.  Now, that can help but also hurt.  Time will tell on that front.

For the Yankees, this is like a game 7 as you have Verlander going in game 5 and potentially Cole in game 6 on short rest.  SU says Greinke coughs it up in the post-season.  He is not as strong mentally as Cole and Verlander.  This is a winnable game but the batters need to have a better plan.  And so does Boone.  You cannot just roll out the relievers so early again as you may be playing 4 days in a row.  SU says be smart, or actually be smarter than you have been so far.