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@PARAM Kahnle is like the current day Brian Bruney. Little girl with the curl. Hopefully he gets that FB back.
I like Bird in the lineup too, Stanton can play LF.

Kahnle has a 98 MPH fastball and a change that devours hitters.....when he's using his FB. I like him more than Holder, though he has a great bullpen name.

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Kahnle has a 98 MPH fastball and a change that devours hitters.....when he's using his FB. I like him more than Holder, though he has a great bullpen name.

*Had* a 98 mph fastball...
Was throwing 93-94 last year, which is why he was a AAA pitcher.

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*Had* a 98 mph fastball...
Was throwing 93-94 last year, which is why he was a AAA pitcher.

Correct. If, like you said, he gets his fastball back....the 98 MPH one....he'll be tough.

BTW, Ottavino = Jeff Nelson from that great run. I just hope he doesn't get in any fights in the bullpen at Boston.

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In the "glad we made that move" department, Sonny Gray made his debut in Cincinnati today. Before being removed in the 3rd inning with the bases loaded, down 3-0, he faced 18 hitters. 8 of them got to a 3 ball count, including the pitcher whom he walked to force in the third run. Yeah Sonny, the Yankees wanted you to throw too many sliders. Actually, they wanted you to throw strikes!!!!!

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Kahnle is awful.
What a terrible 1st series.
Getting beat up by weak hitting team that will be lucky to win 50 games. And strike out seemingly every other AB against awful pitching.

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Kahnle is awful.
What a terrible 1st series.
Getting beat up by weak hitting team that will be lucky to win 50 games.

We split with Toronto (2-2) to start last season, beat Tampa twice, lost 3 of 4 to Baltimore before losing 2 of 3 to Boston. 6-7 to start the year last year then 94-55 the rest of the way. Not getting worried just yet.

And strike out seemingly every other AB against awful pitching

Reminds me of that Tim McCarver line.....Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever caught. He always pitches against teams who don't hit.

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We split with Toronto (2-2) to start last season, beat Tampa twice, lost 3 of 4 to Baltimore before losing 2 of 3 to Boston. 6-7 to start the year last year then 94-55 the rest of the way. Not getting worried just yet.



Reminds me of that Tim McCarver line.....Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever caught. He always pitches against teams who don't hit.

Didn't say I was worried, Boston pitching staff getting shelled every day, THAT I'd be worried about.
Stanton out 2 weeks now, yikes

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Didn't say I was worried, Boston pitching staff getting shelled every day, THAT I'd be worried about.
Stanton out 2 weeks now, yikes

Yeah let's get all that injured bullshit out of the way early. Didi, Severino, Betances, Hicks and now Stanton!!! Weather the storm and come out stronger because some other guys got more experience.

Two things on Kahnle. He has his velocity back, now he's just gotta control it. He loaded them with 0 outs and got out of it himself. That's good.

And I never said you were worried. Who could be 3 games into the season (other than Max)?

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In the "glad we made that move" department, Sonny Gray made his debut in Cincinnati today. Before being removed in the 3rd inning with the bases loaded, down 3-0, he faced 18 hitters. 8 of them got to a 3 ball count, including the pitcher whom he walked to force in the third run. Yeah Sonny, the Yankees wanted you to throw too many sliders. Actually, they wanted you to throw strikes!!!!!

I definitely checked the live updates when he made his start. I got a good chuckle out of it. He had like 51 pitches through 1.1 innings or something like that. But ya...……. the Yankees were stupid and made him worse by asking him to do stuff. Good riddance.

On the flip side...….. that Bryce Harper home run kinda sting especially now that we lost Big G for a while and watching Gardner at the plate is painful. Clint has been called up...….. really hope he does something with this opportunity. He didn't have a good spring.

Kahnle is awful.
What a terrible 1st series.
Getting beat up by weak hitting team that will be lucky to win 50 games. And strike out seemingly every other AB against awful pitching.

Kahnle does seem to have his velocity back which is a good sign. He did admit that he had a problem with weight and red bulls last season. Lets hope can return to his old self.

Losing to an ass team like the Orioles does leave a bad taste in the mouth no matter how early in the season it is. We shouldn't be losing any games to these bums let alone 2 at home and now we have the weak part of our starting rotation coming up for the next couple of days against DET. Can't wait to start getting some of our starters back from injuries, especially Hicks.

But I guess we can just play Ellsbury, right guys?

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But I guess we can just play Ellsbury, right guys?

Everytime I manage to forget all about him, somebody mentions his name. Thanks HMB!!!