I will say this...Yesterday's game was very needed. That was an old-fashioned drubbing. The pitching looked solid and the offense looked, well, like the offense we are pretty much used to seeing. We are still 2 up in the loss column...
Remlinger is gone and Alvarez has been called up...I don't think this makes us any better but I don't think it makes us any worse.
I just checked the Yankees schedule and they have a fairly easy go of it from this point out. They do have a lot of road games, though...And they play Tampa a fair bit, and they've had a very tough time with them, as well.
Back to us...
Foulke is throwing in the minors...Fine...but...we have Alvarez and Papelbon in our pen...Time for a major league arm to come back up even if not at 100%...
Papelbon should head to the rotation, Arroyo to the pen.
How weird was it that we couldn't block a Yankees' waiver move? Hopefully that trend can continue.
You know what else sucks? Embree is now rounding in to form. His past few outings have been excellent.
Oops...The all important games part...
ReplyDeleteEven with the home games I say that we have a tougher schedule than NY...So, we have to beat up on the lesser teams?
Who would that be?
Tampa Bay...even though they have been on fire (including a just-concluded sweep of the Angels).
Baltimore...they always give us fits...
Toronto...who is still sort of in the hunt...And we'll likely face Lilly twice...
Aside from those teams we have:
3 (at Fenway) against the Angels
4 (at Fenway) against the A's (this could be a wild card battle)
NY 3 away and then the 3 at home to end the season...
The good thing about the Yankees series...If we get add a game or two more to our lead with the weaker teams (by the way their schedule looks a ton like our WITHOUT the Angels) then if the Yankees take 2 of 3 in BOTH series they only gain 2 games...
I am beginning to not like our postseason chances...
About that, we have to beat the Yankees 4 of 6, and show marked improvement in pitching-number 1 spot to number last. The runs will come.
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