Especially with Judge on deck. They walked him to load the bases earlier in this series to face Judge
Shouldn't have pitched to Soto under any circumstances with an open base. If you are, don't throw anything in the zone when you have him in a 1-2 count. He was fighting off everything that he was throwing in the zone. It will be real hard for Rocchio to live down those multiple game killing errors. Makes me appreciate the Astros stellar defense in the '22 post-season even more.
And all the pitches were off speed and I believe the last pitch was a finally a fast ball and Soto kills it.
It’s actually one of his weaker zones (over a large sample size), believe it or not…. But he’s special. Spoiled off a ton, and didn’t miss that one.
Guardians didn't do squat at the deadline and not going to do much when Jose Ramirez and Steven Kwan are your best players, Great players but not elite. Yankees truly had a cake walk to the World Series.
But like, didn't everyone know that **** was gonna happen. Who to root for.... I'll choose a civilization ending asteroid.
Honestly I would almost suspect him of missing a few on purpose to bait them into throwing them in situations like that
Much like the Astros… who would have made a difference for them? Their bullpen was a strength all year, and was a liability in this series. Short series baseball is a different beast, but when you lose largely due to your strength over 162… it is what it is.
