"You can blame the enigma that is Carlos Rodon, he of three lights-out innings before imploding in the fourth, all you want for the Yankees’ Game 2 loss, but the fact is, he had one bad inning and the bullpen was aces for five behind him."
I mean, he sort of kept his team in the game, if that counts for anything. I suppose it does.
It wasn't a complete disaster. I've seen worse.
But "one bad inning" always means it's a bad start. You don't get credit for almost getting out of an inning.
"To Boomer & Gio, it was the other side, where the Yanks had just five hits entering the ninth and squandered multiple opportunities, that bears the brunt of the loss."
Sure.
Two runs isn't enough.
So in yesterday's game, the offense was bad and the starting pitcher was bad.
The bullpen was excellent. Both games. Zero runs combined.
" '... he pitched much better this year than he did in previous years, and you would think that he’s gonna be a guy that's gonna at least get us through six innings – but they used eight pitchers last night.' ”
Did he pitch much better this year?
He got a lot of wins.
He surged at the end of the year to get his ERA down to around 4.00.
I certainly did not think he would get through six innings.
He pitched 175 innings in 32 starts. A lot of those starts against non-playoff teams. Do the math, kind sir.
The other aspect which unfortunately played out is that the guy seems to be a head case, which is bad news in the playoffs.
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