Jordan Montgomery pitched a 1-2-3 first inning tonight, then left the game with left elbow tightness. Jordan is being sent back to NYC where he will be examnded by Dr. Chris Ahmad. This couldn't suck much more. Years ago we also lost Chien Ming Wang in that South Texas Hell Hole. Fortunately, and perhaps fortuitously, Justus Sheffield K'd 9 in 6 innings of shutout ball in what was probably, one way or the other, hist last AA start. Down in High A Tervor Stephan gave up a homer and nothing else in a 6 inning 6K start. But prayers right now for Gumby.
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BIG WIN!
How in the blue hell did they win that game?
German, Green, Betances, and Robertson kept it scoreless, then Judge singled, Didi doubled, Stanton did nothing, the Sanchino went yard, Didi doubled then came around and scored on savy baserunning. Chapman closed it.
Best to Monty.
A comment on RLYW:
When the pitcher releases the ball it leaves his hand with some amount of kinetic energy, which can be expressed as a velocity vector (KE=0.5mv^2). The easiest way to think about it is in terms of components - one component is energy that gets the ball to home plate (the velocity vector in the direction of home plate) and one component that gives the ball spin (the velocity vector that’s tangential to the ball that results in rotation.)
So, same amount of energy for every pitch but the distribution of that energy - ie how much is spin velocity and how much is velocity in the direction of home plate - is different with every pitch but the total energy is the same.
When a pitcher throws a slider, for example, he basically grabs the outer third of the ball, Google “Steve Carlton slider”. That’s not easy to do - the pine tar makes it easier to grab less of the ball without dropping it. The results is more energy for spin and less in the direction of home plate. More spin means more break and it’s harder to see that it’s a slider.
Didi AL player of the month. Well deserved.
What a heist by njnja-Cashman.
Just an elbow strain for Montgomery. Or rather, hopefully that’s all it is.
He isn’t a ninja with starting pitching.
They’re saying Montgomery is out until at least July. Looks like they’ll be trading for a starter at the deadline. Problem is, Bumgarner is the only one in which I’m even remotely interested, and we still don’t know how he’ll recover from the broken finger.
Sheffield is their best option given the cost and all their deficiencies in trading for/coaching up quality SP.
Gumby's out for 6 to 8 weeks. That puts us mid June or early July. Justus could be ready by June. Meantime, Domingo German is better than people think, and can probably do the job. If Sonny comes around, which he seemed to be the other night, they don't need to make a trade at all.
I agree.
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