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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4311258, member: 27"]
Judge is a big unit.

Thought the biggest play of the game might have been when the Yankee shortstop (Isiah Kiner?) got picked off by Walker.  Seemed to really deflate the Yankees.  Marte's homer was close.

The best play of the game was the catch by the guy on the concourse in the left field bleachers who caught Escobar's home run backhanded (with a beer in his other hand, which he did not spill).

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Not sure if Walker got excited and overthrew when he left those two fastballs up high over the middle of the plate to Judge and Rizzo.  He got back to keeping it low after that and had much better results.

Was especially impressed when Walker went out for the sixth inning (I think he was already over 80 pitches) and was able to shut the Yankees down one more inning.   He has been impressive pretty much all season.  Getting through six was really needed after Eppler traded Holderman.  Not much left besides Diaz and Ottovino.

Which makes it important for Scherzer to get deep into the game tonight.  No way Diaz or Ottovino can go after last night.  In a perfect world, Max goes 8 innings and Lugo does the ninth inning.

It is getting scary when Drew Smith gets into games these days.  Tommy Hunter is probably option #2, then Smith or Williams.  Or maybe Yoan Lopez. 
ABR (anyone but Rodriguez).

Let's assume Jake does well today and joins the rotation next week.

Do you go to a six man rotation and give Max and Jake (and the other starters) an extra day of rest?

Or make Peterson a much needed left handed reliever?

All of the starters are pitching well right now.  Those extra days of rest could really help the starters stay fresh late in the year.

Really excited to see what Megill can do as a relief pitcher when he comes back, hopefully in a couple of weeks.  Sounds like May is about a week away.

The pitching staff could be a lot better around mid August.
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