Dellin Betances doesn’t have the fine control he had last year. He’s still tough though. Dude came in the game in the 7th inning with nobody on and two out and walked the bases loaded. Gasp. Then, he struck James Loney out on 3 perfect pitches–breaking ball, fastball (pea at the knees, inside corner), breaking ball in the dirt (swinging). Tuesday’s hero, Nick Franklin couldn’t get a bunt down against Betances with a man on and nobody out in the 8th. He popped the pitch up–it was caught and the runner nailed off first. And that was the last moment of tension for the visitors. Greg Bird hit a moon shot in the 9th to push the Yankees’ lead to 3-1 and Andrew Miller struck out the side to end the game.
Yanks have the day off and then visit Citifield this weekend, followed by 3 in Toronto.
[Photo Credit: Daniel Shea via MPD]
Sinced it's an off day, I wondered whether I could get some feedback on whether Harper has a legit shot at MVP in the NL, since the Nats are (in all probability) out of it (although a Yankee sweep of the Mets could help!). He's leading the NL in just about every HR, OBP, Slugging, WAR). But are voters going to ignore him by going with a playoff teamer? (BTW, his season stats are really historic for a playert of his age; while he is signed thru '18, many here in the DC area see him in CF for the Yanks eventually).
Nats technically still in it, so I say yes. Cubs last place wasn't a hindrance to Andre Dawson.
So, Nova to the bullpen? Discuss. The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, Roman or an empire.