re: DAT 3/28: Astros (Framboni) vs Yankees (Cortes) 3:10 CT Opening Day Edition

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1) no feel for framber sucking today from espada, after 4 and getting lucky with 3 GIDP he should have been pulled but like most managers he wanted to get his starter the W and cost us the game

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I think with Abreu suspended, he had to try and ride him as long as he could. He needed 6 min out of Framber and couldn’t even get 5.

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2) Seth Martinez came in with 2 on, really? That was probably our worst reliever last year not named montero, he is terrible

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This is what happens when you don’t do enough in free agency to address the mid relief departures.

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3) Montero picked up where he left off, bomb to the 9 hole, pathetic

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See above

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4) pinch hit a guy who homered with singleton instead of dubon who hit over .400 this spring, played great last year and went in anyways.

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This was Dusty like and inexcusable. And at the very least, the one thing Singleton is capable of is giving a good AB and he didn’t even do that.

Re Pressly, I don’t have supreme confidence in him, but I do think he was the best option there other than Hader and it was too early to bring him in. I like what seems to be a trending thing of bringing in the best option based on who is coming up rather than what inning it is. Didn’t work out today but I think it was better for Pressly to face those guys than the new kid. JV and Uriel’s injuries hurt because having France or Blanco would have been nice today.