My frustration from the past half dozen years is approaching a boiling point. There's nothing wrong with a single or two every now and then and being as focused as he has been with launch angles and exit velocities (and imposing this philosophy on the entire roster) has crippled the offense.
An opposite field single in the ninth by Volpe last night would have been golden but with him opening his hips as early as he does (being drilled to lift and drive the ball) makes it impossible for him to hit anything with solid contact.
Judge is doing the same thing and has spent most of the post season swiping at pitches he can't reach, putting his rhythm out of sorts, making it difficult to correctly time a fastball or breaking ball. I'd instruct him to look for something he could drive to right field until he falls behind in the count.
All in all its difficult to knock what our bullpen has done in this series but Cole was pulled early (which left us short in bullpen arms for game one) and Cortes seeing gamrle action for the first time in five weeks in basically a sudden death situation was insane.
Finally, Rodon needs to learn that if there are two strikes on the batter, he has to avoid the meat of the strike zone. There is no excuse for any two strike home runs yet I'd wager nearly half of his come that way.
We haven't lost at home yet so.....
