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Instant Reaction: I am furious

Gut Reaction

It’s time for the bullpen to grow the hell up and close out games.

 

Severino Was Nails

Sevy didn’t have great command tonight, but he had a 99 mph fastball and a slider with some incredible bite. He was not the reason we lost.

The Offense Battled

Jose Quintana is a top tier pitcher. Top pitchers are going to get theirs. He handled the Yankees today. The only thing our guys could do was battle in the box and make him throw a bunch of pitches. They did just that and it led to his exit in the 7th inning. Now we had three innings to get two runs off their bullpen. We did just that!

Wade worked a big walk in first at-bat. Mr. Boring got himself a single. Then Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez did Judge and Gary things.

Absolutely perfect. Just how we drew it up. That’s the game we want. Severino going 7 strong and handing the ball to Dellin Betances and Aroldis Chapman with the lead.

The offense was not the reason we lost.

Joe and Co.

Instead of bringing in Betances in the 8th and Chapman in the 9th Joe put the ball in Domingo German‘s hands. Why? I don’t know. If Chapman wasn’t available it would seem Betances gets the 9th and Green would get the 8th. Instead, we got German. He crumbled.

Then Joe brought in Tyler Clippard. It almost felt like a practical joke. I still can’t believe it.

With a one-run lead in the 9th Betances finally enters the game and Randy Levine finally gets to laugh a maniacal laugh in the corner of the owner’s box.

I am sick of Betances being a mental head case. He can’t come into games in the middle of an inning. He can’t pitch well with runners on base. He has pitched a lot lately and had a tired arm. He hasn’t pitched enough recently so he was rusty.

ENOUGH.

Just go out there and pitch. Betances has a rocket fastball and a nasty curve. Severino just dominated them with similar weapons. Betances should do the same… always.

Joe and the bullpen blew this game.

Joe and the bullpen blew this game.

Joe and the bullpen blew this game.

 

P.S. Someone tell Tyler Wade’s family that professional cameras were covering the game from every angle. Not sure why every single one of them decided to watch his debut on their iPhone screen.

 

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