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Just a normal David Price playoff gameComment -
BOSTON -- David Price's tortured postseason history continued Saturday night as the New York Yankees belted two home runs in the first two innings of Game 2 of the American League Division Series. Price exited after recording just five outs as the Yankees rolled to a 6-2, series-tying win over the Red Sox.
Price is now 0-9 in 10 career postseason starts (he has two wins as a reliever). Price's teams have never won a postseason game that he's started, the 10 straight losses the longest streak in postseason history.
Next closest is Randy Johnson, whose teams lost seven straight starts. Price is also the only pitcher in MLB history to allow multiple earned runs in each of his first 10 career postseason starts.
The only pitcher to allow multiple earned runs in 11 straight postseason starts is Roger Clemens, but those starts were not at the start of his postseason career.
Price's postseason ERA as a starter now stands at 6.03, and he's allowed 13 home runs in 59⅔ innings. This was the shortest starting stint in his career and marked the first time in 299 career starts -- regular or postseason -- in which he failed to record a strikeout.Comment -
Do or die Rockies. Might try the series priceComment -
Dodgers should get the sweep tonite .Comment -
let's have some historic games!Comment -
Goodbye Braves.Comment -
David Price has been terrible in the playoffs ever since he left the Rays[quote=jjgold;5683305]I win again like usual
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[quote=Whippit;7921056]miami won't lose a single eastern conference game through end of season[/quote]Comment -
Do any these 3 teams down 2-0 get a win?
Does Atlanta score a run?Comment -
David price is a meme at this point.Comment -
The Brewers look legit I will find it hard betting against them in the NLCS even though they likely get the Dodgers who have the experience.Comment -
To qualify, a reliever must have thrown at least 20 innings this past regular season. Notably, we’re leaving Sean Doolittle, Mark Melancon, Pedro Strop and Brandon Kintzler off the list. Everyone from that group has either a team option or an opt-out for 2019 (or both in Kintzler’s case), but it appears highly unlikely any will hit free agency. On the other hand, just to be safe, we are including Milwaukee’s Joakim Soria, Oakland’s Fernando Rodney and the White Sox’s Nate Jones.
Soria and the Brewers will have to decide on a $10MM mutual option, but he may instead return to free agency on the heels of a strong season. Both Rodney’s age (42 in March) and the Athletics’ low payroll seem to increase the odds of them buying out the journeyman for $250K instead of exercising his $4.25MM option. Jones has a similarly affordable option ($4.65MM), so it’s hard to imagine the White Sox cutting ties with him in favor of a $1.25MM buyout, but perhaps his history of injuries will convince the team to go in another direction. (The guess is he’ll remain with the White Sox, but we’ll err on the side of caution.)Comment -
I like the Braves again today. Not completley sold on DodgersComment -
Braves manager Brian Snitker says that Mike Foltynewicz will start Game 4. Foltynewicz started Game 1 but was pulled after just two innings.Comment -
lets get some big plays in these seriesComment -
Walker Buehler is a bum.Comment -
Roctober did not last very long into October.Comment -
Brewers going to win the World Series, no doubt.Comment -
The Rockies’ Game 3 loss to the Brewers not only bounced them from the 2018 postseason but may also have marked the end of the Colorado tenure for a number of impending free agents, Kyle Newman of the Denver Post writes. Second baseman DJ LeMahieu and setup man Adam Ottavino could land with new cubs this winter, as could outfielders Carlos Gonzalez, Gerardo Parra and Matt Holliday. The 30-year-old LeMahieu said after the loss that he’d like to return, though there’s hardly any certainty that the Rox will make a concerted effort to retain him. Trevor Story has a firm grip on the shortstop role, while the Rockies have top middle-infield prospect Brendan Rodgers also looming in the upper minors and another young option in Garrett Hampson. And, as Newman points out with regard to Ottavino, the bullpen already has three large contracts in Wade Davis, Jake McGee and Bryan Shaw, even if each of those three relievers took a step back in 2018 after inking a three-year pact this past offseason. Meanwhile Scott Oberg stepped up as a cost-effective potential replacement for Ottavino.
Here’s more from the NL to kick off the week…
- Center field has been a position of extreme turnover for the Cardinals in recent seasons, writes Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, but Harrison Bader’s exceptional defensive prowess gives hope for some much-needed continuity. The last player to make consecutive Opening Day starts for the Cardinals in center field was Peter Bourjos, Goold notes, and no Cardinal has started 100-plus games in center in consecutive seasons since Jon Jay. “He’s sort of taken that job and run with it,” GM Mike Girsch tells Goold. “The way Harrison plays center field defensively makes it pretty obvious he’s the best defensive center fielder that we have, and he’s hit more than well enough to earn the first shot.” Bader still needs to improve his offensive consistency — specifically, his output against breaking balls — but after after being declared by Girsch as the team’s center fielder moving forward, the 24-year-old should have an extended chance to do so.
- After acquiring additional international bonus allotments in a weekend trade with the Reds, the Marlins are exploring the trade market for opportunities to further pad their bonus pool, reports MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro. It’s not yet clear how much money Miami added to what was already baseball’s second-largest bonus pool ($4.3MM) with their latest move, but they’re still looking up at the Orioles, who carry a reported $6.7MM. Miami and Baltimore have the most money available to sign Cuban outfielder Victor Victor Mesa and both are widely expected to make aggressive pitches to the 22-year-old.
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Genius move by Alex Cora; Brock Holt and Rafael Devers had horrific numbers against Luis Severino but he put them in the lineup anyway. Still shocked two lefties did some serious damage to the Yankees. 16 - 1! Does Boston seal the deal on Wednesday?Comment -
astros dodgers re match i believeComment -
Red Sox/DodgersComment -
Astros / dodgers with the astros winning again .Comment -
Agree with most posters that Astros look like the team to beat still. Absolutely mauled Cleveland.Comment
