Postgame Report: NYY (-160) Winner

There have been no picks since Sunday.  I had to relocate my office and have yet to get settled into my new location but I'm close to being back online and should be back to the picks soon. 

Here is last Sunday's Postgame Report on NYY (-160) over NYM:

It was Goldschmidt, Judge and Bellinger getting to David Peterson in the first.  The Yanks scored a pair of runs and took an early lead but Peterson managed to settle in and dueled with Max Fried for six innings.  It was a 2-2 game when both starters exited in the seventh.  Fried finished with 8 K's.  Both pitchers recorded quality starts.  

Yankee veteran Jonathan Loaisiga nailed down the seventh for the Yanks with a pair of K's, and off-season acquisition Devin Williams pitched a clean frame in the top of the eighth.  

Met's reliever, Ryne Stanek, walked two and gave up a pair of hits in the bottom of the eighth and the Yankees took a 4-2 lead.   With one out and runners on first and second base, the Met's called in lefty Genesis Cabrera.  Cabrera walked Trent Grisham to load the bases for none other than the best hitter in the world, righty Aaron Judge.  

Met's skipper Carlos Mendoza had to have been aware of Judge's extraordinary slash line against left-handed pitching.  I'm uncertain as to why he left Cabrera in to face Judge, I didn't listen to Mendoza's postgame interview, but with the bases loaded, Cabrera struck Judge out on four pitches!  

When Cody Bellinger stepped into the batter's box, the Met's were still in the game.  Oddly, the left-handed Bellinger has hit left-handed pitching far better than right handed pitching over his entire career.  I don't know why Carlos Mendoza left Cabrera in the game to face Bellinger.  I didn't listen to the postgame presser.  With two outs and the bases loaded, Cabrera delivered his first pitch to Bellinger, a 97 mph fastball right down the middle of the plate,  and BaBaBooey!  He golfed it over the right field fence for a grand slam, Yankees lead 8-2.  

I don't know off hand who was available in the Met's bullpen to face Judge and Bellinger in the eighth but it's a tough spot for any reliever, lefty or righty, to get Judge out.  After Cabrera struck out Judge, Mendoza must have figured the lefty was the best option to face Bellinger, despite Bellinger's long track record against lefties.  

It is an odd situation.  Normally, as a manager, you're happy to get a lefty versus lefty matchup in that spot but with Bellinger at the plate, it's a tough call.  

Tim Hill shut down the ninth for the Yankees, and it might not have mattered, but the inning does shine a light on the Met's shoddy bullpen.  They have been short on left-handed relief pitching since losing both AJ Minter and Danny Young to injuries. 

Third win in a row for the Pickstreak blog, we'll get back to the picks as soon as we get settled into our new offices.  




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