oldfan

Kremer is not going to say his catcher stunk. And what is the fixation with the outside corner, how about pitching inside to the hitter. Urshela fouled off 4 or 5, so he had the outside corner covered, he's diving out to get those pitches. These days most hitters are standing on top of the plate or diving in, so a pitch on outer third is like down the middle to them. Throw inside.

If your starting catcher is hitting 250 with I hr and 3 rbi he should be a very good defensive catcher, Pedro is not. First inning he tried to trick Judge at two strikes with a curveball, Kremer hadn't thrown one in the inning, hung it, gone.

From what Elias said over the weekend, it sounded like he is taking the best bat. Now if one of the Leiter or Rocker drops, that could change. I hope it's a bat, this team is short on hitting, why do you think he took Kjerstad. This team needs more hitters that can make an impact with one swing. You play in Camden Yards, Yankee Stadium Rogers Centre, can't get out homered and expect to compete

That looks like a DJ Stewart game, missing or fouling back average fastballs. Hard to square up ball with upper cut swing.