The taking of hittable pitches, the popping up of hittable pitches, the swings and misses at balls way out of the strike zone, the glaring lack of power, and the constant shuffling of bodies is all frustrating enough when you watch the Yankee offense right now. But to me the most maddening thing has been their continued stubbornness in not adjusting to the Tigers' pitching strategy and failing to take outside pitches the other way. What is the deal? Has everybody just gotten that bad at staying back on the ball and taking it to the opposite field? Has Kevin Long turned every left-handed hitter into a pull-only baseball robot?? I refuse to believe that, but let's go to the numbers:
I knew it! I know for a fact that Chavez hit an opposite field HR against the Tigers in their own park earlier in the year, and I watched Cano hit one over the Green Mawnstah. Teix has pretty much given up on it, and C-Grand and Raul's numbers aren't pretty, but the other guys can get it done.
It's not like this group doesn't have the ability to go the other way; for whatever reason they're just not doing it in this series. The Tigers' pitchers have executed their game plan and are just straight up taking the Yankee lefties to school.
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I'm surprised Granderson has any opposite-field PAs.
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