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#17 | Rodon's Start Leads to a Great Beginning for the Yankees
20 Plays1 year ago
Andrew and Liam talk about Game 1 of the ALCS
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:22 Yankees win Game 1 5-2
13:41 A quick look at Mets/Bums
18:19 Predictions for ALCS Game 2
20:29 Outro
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Transcript
Yankees vs Guardians: Game 1 Overview
00:00:10
Speaker
Hello and welcome to Front War, a weekly podcast that covers the Yankees 2024 post season. I'm Andrew and with me, as always, is Liam. Hello. All right, Liam. ALCS, game one. Game one. Yankees versus Guardians. Guardians at Yankees. Guardians at Yankees. Yankees win. Five to two. Five to two.
00:00:41
Speaker
ah How are you feeling? I'm happy. I'm happy. I could be happier, but I'm happy Okay speaking explain why good game one you aren't you aren't happy or as happy as you could be Happy as I could be if it was in like an absolute blowout and everyone was had a good act bad. All right That's that's that's what you was you want to be like that's happy you're going ten zero and judge goes five for five and six homers. Something like that. Defies all logic. the Yeah. Defies all logic. That one home run actually counted as two.
Pitching Analysis: Rodan's Performance
00:01:20
Speaker
Yeah. They, uh, they decided that they're going to count his home run that he got in banning practice. Is that what it takes? Yeah. Um, I was a little bit nervous at first. Why is that? Um,
00:01:36
Speaker
Well, I think I think I think I might know what. You know, it was just Rodan. That the first inning was me, too. Yeah, 20 pitch first inning. Yeah, 20 pitch first thing. I was like, oh, boys, we're in for a long one. Also, actually, we we are in. We have been in for a long one. All these Yankee games have been like three hours long, ah which is like well, well above the regular season average. they're that That's their new strategy. They're going to tire everyone out. yeah So by like the seventh inning,
00:02:04
Speaker
um Yeah, that's a dead that first inning. Rodan gets the 20 pitches. I was ah like, ah you know, I was thinking like, oh, no, I don't know about this. And then he he figured it out. He figured it out. Yep. Kept them. so He kept them scoreless. Yeah. Or ah five full innings. He went a full six, nine K's, six full in his pitch. i Only only three hits when you look at it. No walks. He's credited with no walks.
Judge's Modest Contribution
00:02:34
Speaker
that That is good. um Yeah, I got the I decided I was going to do a red on K count. Yeah, I got the got the nine one of them looking. um But I got to I got to put on my my hater hat for a second that I also made a judge K count, but you only had the one. Mm hmm. He's averaging like one a game yeah in the postseason, at least one. um So I want to talk about it real quick.
00:03:04
Speaker
Ash you tell me what you're what you're thinking of him right now. Oh, well he goes 0 for 2. He had one walk One strikeout one RBI in one run. Mm-hmm He seems like he's he's relaxing a little bit getting Not hes he's nowhere near what you would expect or want from a judge in the postseason but no, but he's he still had he still had a layer of production like he's his his Out like half his outs were productive outs That is also true, yes. He's with quality. he He got a sack.
00:03:44
Speaker
Yeah, he sack flew. That guy and the RBI and the fourth.
Yankees Capitalize on Guardians' Errors
00:03:50
Speaker
ah but but How are you feeling about him? it's It's easy not to be mad when Soto and Giancarlo both come through in big ways. Yeah.
00:04:04
Speaker
my My main gripe is why I lean on being not happy as I can be is because two to three of these insurance runs that the Yankees got tonight were from errors were from pitching errors. yeah And you can't really count on that for you know the next couple of games.
00:04:27
Speaker
I forget Alex Cobb I think people consider to be their best pitcher and he had like an issue early in the game which is like signal like you should lay on the hurt now you should show them what's up establish your presence maybe getting their heads to more demoralize you know their whole morale but former giant and all-star Alex Cobb they didn't really do that though Yeah, he he definitely struggled. ah he feel kind of yeah I feel bad, because like he got credited for those for three of those runs, and it's like, yeah, but they were wild pitches. Counts, you got to be on your head. I don't know who else that would go against. I know it counts, but it's like, that sucks, because he gets replaced by a by
00:05:22
Speaker
Cantillo and Do just last point one inning cannot find his own. Yep Which like great but yeah, oh yeah great for you but like sucks for Alex Cobb, you know Yeah, the the the Guardians bullpen definitely struggled today which is
00:05:44
Speaker
Not what you expected from them. They had a highly, highly talked about. They were. Yeah, their bullpen was touted as the strongest part of their game. Which they didn't show up here. Rizzo's back. Rizzo's back. Was not bad. He was not bad. Yeah. And then also, yeah I forgot, like with Cobb real quick, going back to him. the ah Don't forget that also he spent like the first half of the season injured.
00:06:12
Speaker
what what what was he
Guardians' Strategies and Bullpen Struggles
00:06:14
Speaker
injured with? He had a surgery okay and then then he had some setbacks from on the on the recovery side, got traded to the Guardians at the trade deadline ah but then this is his second postseason start and his first postseason start was his first pitching start in a month so
00:06:40
Speaker
I would say all things considered, not the worst. I mean, he only lasted three innings, but it wasn't a blowout. I heard the TBS commentator say something about a nail line. Yeah, he had a fractured fingernail. OK. Trashed fingernails and blisters.
00:07:00
Speaker
ah So it was going to be rough, I think. He's probably like going to be the weakest of the starters. So so maybe the Guardian saw this as a. You know, hope for the best with him on this game. But if but we'll have our, you know, the the the rest of our starters and ideally arrested a bullpen, but it's not looking like that it's going to be that way.
Rizzo's Comeback Post-Concussion
00:07:27
Speaker
um And for games two through four and then
00:07:34
Speaker
possibly like and it and at home because it's what two games in New York and then two games in three okay isn't it a check and then it would be right let me check one more game in New York three more games in Cleveland ah and then if you have to two more games back in New York you finish it up it goes six or seven games.
00:08:06
Speaker
um Rizzo's back. ah not Not all that bad. I mean, one for three. Especially when Rizzo post-concussion complete opposite bizarro version of himself. So coming back to a form that's not that good good just good to see. Yes.
00:08:30
Speaker
um One of my highlights was definitely that the third inning. Soto gets his, you know, he's, he's the first one to score for the game. Solo home run, uh, really windy. I don't know if that was a windy day. No, yeah. It was a windy day. Even out here, very cold too. Just like she's seen their pants flutter. Well, they're just standing there. I was like, Oh no, like that's, so it was pretty crazy that Soto got that homework. Judge had a turtleneck, uh, Chisholm came out in a Chisty. Yeah.
00:09:02
Speaker
There's cool to see or on Chisholm didn't result in any Anything noteworthy aside from some nice defensive plays. Yeah um But it won't stick to that the 13 real quick, yeah up bro because it's a solo home solo solo home run then ah The bases get loaded Cobbs taken out judge scores on a wild pitch Rizzo walks and the bases remain loaded, followed by another wild pitch and Stanton scores. And then a lot of wild pitches this this game, just from the Guardians. um There were five, I think, in total. Yes, I hold ah bet you really love that third inning. There were there were yeah five wild pitches.
Impact of Guardians' Errors on Yankees' Runs
00:09:58
Speaker
I do. It's just I do i don't like that's where that's where the runs came from. And a sizable amount of the runs came from. Well, majority three of them. Yeah. Because like if it's a if it's tied going deep in the game or it's a one run game going deep in the game, that changes everyone's demeanor a lot. You know, people will play different. Yeah. So everyone feels like they got to go there. They got to be the one.
00:10:27
Speaker
and New York sports radio people talked about this when I was running some errands around in the car, but with five-game series and three-game series, you you feel like it's a sprint. In seven-game series, it's more like a marathon, people treat it like.
00:10:44
Speaker
So there's not like an immediate need to like get out and go but i'm still kind of in that Wheelhouse I wanted I wanted everyone to hit the ground running and especially if you can get that. I mean what? Especially over here on the the al side you guys are a day behind. Mm-hmm Game two tomorrow the ink or i met uh daughters just had their game, too Mm-hmm. Uh, they have a travel day and then you go to your travel day. So like you're yeah, you're a day behind and for For either of these teams, Yankees or or Guardians, if they don't finish it fast, then they're going to go to the World Series a little bit, possibly a little bit more tired. Yeah. I mean, they're athletes, pretty small players.
Controversial Rochio Interference Play
00:11:31
Speaker
You know, one day probably shouldn't affect them, but I mean, you want to get as rested up as possible. Oh, ah in the I forget what I didn't write down the inning. It was, I think it was a six, maybe.
00:11:42
Speaker
The, uh, the big brain move by Rochio to get the, uh, the interference on, uh, Yes. On, uh, who was it? It was on Hill. On Hill, yeah. Cause Hill was covering first, uh, went by Rizzo's glove. That was weird. It was strange. It was, but but the in the moment, how'd you feel? And then like.
00:12:05
Speaker
Now, like you're, I don't know, like 30 minutes removed from it. Are you, are you like, I'm called it textbook. So i I think it was a fair call. I wish he would have understood that maybe you got to give him a little room. Yeah. Cause he was rounding anyway. I don't know why he rounded the base instead of just running through it, but.
00:12:30
Speaker
If he does that and he has to come back to the base, that is an automatic
Mets vs Dodgers Series and Otani's Strategy Discussion
00:12:34
Speaker
out. I just wish he'll separated himself a little more from the bag and in turn the runner. ah Yeah. Shit happens. We're lucky it didn't result in runs scored. Yeah, that's good. That's good that the the damage was was. Was minimized or actually just really negated. um But Hill was knocked out going point one innings. Yeah, that was the top of the eighth inning.
00:12:59
Speaker
top of the eighth and then yep okay then look weaver's brought in so and and he's he continued his dominance yes he did um clay homes came out as well he he really rode on and he had a his his one and in was was great one strikeout it's spotless nice so very uh can't it's giving up no walks so looks like uh looks like the the the the the relief from no longer there the freedom from the stress of a the closer position seems to do seems to be doing homes a pretty good new on quickly going to uh... the the met series currently tied one-one yes i watched a little bit of both games uh... the both games what what like
00:13:57
Speaker
Just mirrors of each other basically kind of a little bit Was the first game the Mets get shut out bad man's got shut out 9-0 in the first game and they won horrible seven three today Yeah That series iss going they're going to they are going to l LA They were nice reflections of how each team dominates in like their version of a blowout. I think that 73 is the closest that the Mets will get kind of to a blowout. They can't rely on luck this deep into the season, especially against the Dodgers. So expect at least some Dodger to have a home run, at least one. And if people are on base, you know, that's going to result in like.
00:14:51
Speaker
73 and everything. I know there was a solo shot in the game today. So it's not one-to-one but if the Dodgers are In in the opposite position where they're dominating the Mets it's like it's probably because the Mets are and awake Yeah, hopefully hopefully they wake up um The Do you think Otani ends up getting dropped down in the order because he's so much better with runners in scoring position that he is with empty empty bases. I don't understand why they have him at lead off.
00:15:31
Speaker
That's a big question. That's not how you do a lineup. Yeah, do you think it's like they're looking for not necessarily the start of the game, but kind of like deeper where the lineup gets a little bit wonky you know we're on a Michael like 8 9 1 maybe I like but yeah that's and that that is that is an interesting choice in the air is the reason he wants to say that the MLB mandated it but no no no yeah maybe that's what they're game planning for but even then if you swap out
00:16:16
Speaker
Otani with Friedman. I think you get the same results. Well, it used to be Mookie then, Otani. But yeah, I think. I don't. I think you I think you picked that up next season. I think Mookie is in kind of like a. Two or three groove. And do you think it was Freeman's more of a contact hitter? Do you think it was because like last year, the Mookie and Freeman did terrible?
00:16:47
Speaker
Maybe. And I don't know, like Otani never being into the postseason, just figured, well, might as well, might as well go for it. I don't know. But even then, it's your another round deep. I don't know why you don't make the change. Yeah. That is kind of seems like a little little baffling of a situation over there. I mean, it worked for them for one game, at least.
00:17:15
Speaker
the So, I mean, it seems like the strategy for the Mets is, or I guess for any team going against this these these bombs is going to be, you have to neutralize Otani? Sure. i You neutralize him because...
Yankees' Scoring Position Challenges
00:17:34
Speaker
The only thing i'm you'd really have to worry about with Otani is a home run and sure, stolen base, but You just got to be vigilant, I guess, when he's on, when maybe like that's the thing. Because if you you were saying like bets and Freeman go cold or whatever, you have Otani on the bases and you can steal at leisure. But even then that can just be remedied by bothering to pay attention to when he's, when he's moving.
00:18:10
Speaker
who's the Mets catcher Alvarez I haven't heard much from him I don't know how good his arm is ah but so before we go the this won't talk about the the Yankees and their runners in scoring position mm-hmm 0 for 7 this game 8 8 runners left on base that though they'll do that yeah that's a That's just how the lineup be shaken. Yankees baseball. That's a little bit scary.
00:18:46
Speaker
oh It just they get people on base and then eventually like there's no like big bat to drive multiple people home at once. So it's just little by little. And there's always just going to be another like maybe someone will come across, but there's always going to be like another the person to take their place. How do you think tomorrow goes? Do you think Yankees take it or?
00:19:08
Speaker
I think the Yankees take it because they're still at home. OK. I think I lean more towards the Yankees taking it just because it wasn't a blowout. Sometimes it feels like after a team gets blown out, they. But even then, I think the the Guardians kind of feel like it was a blowout to some extent. Oh, I'm sure they do. I mean, I think they're treated like it.
00:19:31
Speaker
Yeah, I kind of I kind of feel feel that because like Take away that that can to you outing and if everyone else does exactly what they did you've You've used this a tie game hmm, so you probably still be watching who knows All right, I want to see was on the the bump tomorrow that also help me gauge what to expect.
Game 2 Predictions: Cole on the Mound
00:20:00
Speaker
Tomorrow's the 15th. I don't think ah it looks like it's going to be baby versus Cole. Cole is what is what and MLB has as probable pitchers. Good night, Guardians. Yeah, if Cole stays, if he has a performance as he did on that last, the last, his last start. i'll I'll make a prediction. I don't think he's going to be worse. so I think it's going to be better.
00:20:25
Speaker
he's gonna be better i think it's gonna be better overcast like that