Kinda petty to give this much attention to a low level team and city imo. Our winning does all the talking, don't need to stoop to their level.
I never thought the Yankees could keep up their early on winning pace for a full season, especially because their line up has a lot a of holes and they rely on HR too much. Their home winning streak kind over glossed over some flaws of their team. I think the Astros are bit more complete, but even their current pace will take some luck to continue for the full season. This where Dusty's "rest everyone every so often" really does help along with this team having recently having 3 straight 100 win seasons helps.
R 2B ALTUVE, Jose 365 515 880 R SS PEÑA, Jeremy 307 446 753 L DH TUCKER, Kyle 338 465 803 R 3B BREGMAN, Alex 354 416 770 R 1B GURRIEL, Yuli 285 385 670 R LF DIAZ, Aledmys 291 372 663 R RF McCORMICK, Chas 316 412 728 R OF DUBÔN, Mauricio 250 261 511 R C MALDONADO, Martin 232 336 568 Alvarez and Meyers rest days.
That is called kicking the field goal on third and goal. Not sure why Alvarez needs a rest day as a DH with a night game tomorrow against Oakland, but this is about the long game.
If you are going to rest him, it's best to do it against good lefties. His OBP is still good, but his power is human. In fact, McCormick has a higher OPS against lefties so I really like him in todays lineup. Bregman hit lefties well until this year. Here are the numbers against lefties (MLB.com stats) LEFT R 2B ALTUVE, Jose 375 700 1075 R SS PEÑA, Jeremy 322 476 798 L RF TUCKER, Kyle 289 419 708 R 3B BREGMAN, Alex 293 281 574 R 1B GURRIEL, Yuli 299 440 739 R SS DIAZ, Aledmys 317 327 644 R LF McCORMICK, Chas 426 623 1049 R LF DUBÔN, Mauricio 231 194 425 R C MALDONADO, Martin 247 448 695 L DH ALVAREZ, Yordan 359 479 838 R CF MEYERS, Jake 267 276 543
