Yennier Canó 2023

[Aristotelian]

1 hour ago, RZNJ said:

 When he first came up it seemed like he just threw the ball and location wasn’t even that important because there was so much movement on every pitch.   He has continued to be a strike thrower but he’s gone from dominant setup man to at least he’ll keep us in the game setup man.

 

 

There may be something to this. Palmer talks about sometimes with a wild guy the best approach is to set up middle and the natural wildness will cause the ball to end up on the corners. He is definitely making more mistakes in the zone and getting hit hard as a result. Maybe focus on keeping his location down.

[banks703]

Think the clock is striking midnight on YC. 

[Pickles]

Everything's up.  He can't live like that.

[ScGO's]

He's definitely not the pitcher he was earlier this season

 

Why not close with Bautista there?

[Moshagge3]

The lefties Harper and Stott hammered him. He got a K and soft contact against the righties. Unfortunately Bohm's grounder had eyes.

[Sports Guy]

Mateo screwed him tonight but he’s definitely not the same.

Big Ben has been talking about his arm angle not being the same as it was earlier in the season.

[banks703]

1 minute ago, ScGO's said:

Why not close with Bautista there?

I was just texting with a friend who is a Phils fan and stated the exact same thing. If Cano was available why wasn’t Felix available? 

[Sports Guy]

I imagine that they just want to rest Felix because of how much he is pitching.

[Hank Scorpio]

It’s one game, but there’s no reason to not pitch Bautista there. 

Mateo has got to go… give me Ortiz all day.

[Hank Scorpio]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

I imagine that they just want to rest Felix because of how much he is pitching.

Probably. 

2nd inning looms large. Gotta score more than 1.

[banks703]

2 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

Mateo has got to go… give me Ortiz all day.

They lose yesterday without Jorge’s throw to the plate to nab Harper. I agree that it should be Joey time but methinks now Joey is getting moved in a trade. There’s no reason that he shouldn’t have been promoted for good at this point.  

Edited July 26, 2023 by banks703

[bpilktree]

2 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

It’s one game, but there’s no reason to not pitch Bautista there. 

Mateo has got to go… give me Ortiz all day.

There is lists of reasons.  61 and hopefully more.  They were going to give him two days rest after pitching 4 of the last 5 games coming into this series.  

[Hank Scorpio]

1 minute ago, bpilktree said:

There is lists of reasons.  61 and hopefully more.  They were going to give him two days rest after pitching 4 of the last 5 games coming into this series.  

It’s a long season. I sort of understand it. 

Mateo… I don’t understand. 

[webbrick2010]

At least this should spur Elias into action to bring in a legitimate bullpen piece to take over Cano's  8th inning role.

David Robertsen or Jordan Hicks or equivalent.

[Moshagge3]

3 minutes ago, bpilktree said:

There is lists of reasons.  61 and hopefully more.  They were going to give him two days rest after pitching 4 of the last 5 games coming into this series.  

Did Cano not pitch in all those games as well?