....finished the AI based algorithm I had been testing all year.
It is 100% predictive under the right circumstances. And those circumstances read, " today."
The simple, and unbearable conclusion, is this: "The yankees cannot win with this bullpen."
Luis Gil has to go nine innings or Boone has to have Stroman or Nasty Nestor ready to deliver 4-5 scoreless innings. No names like Weaver, Holmes, or Hill can be relied upon.
My formula, the hard AI product for which I am responsible, says more;
" Luis Gil could pitch 6 innings of shut out ball and leave the game with a 5-0 Yankee lead, and we cannot win with the existing bullpen. "
My AI model leaves us with one more miserable existential truth: " that blow up yesterday ended our season."
The key, and unavoidable reason, is that: " we have a highly lame bullpen and it cannot due the job at this level. "
As a person now trying to maintain sobriety ( I am close to an 18 day chip ), it will not be possible for me to watch the Yankees, until the meaningless games begin in the spring. I can't stand the pain without four manhattans.
But I can watch the Mets ( hee , hee ).
Sorry.
Good start by Gil and decent pitching from Stroman and we could still win tonight. Or we could watch Barney Miller reruns.
ReplyDeleteHey, c'mon, Dauntless Leader! Enough with the unwarranted cynicism! It's not like the Yankees have ever lost a critical postseason series before due to insufficient starting or relief pitching!
ReplyDeleteWell, all right. There was 2001. And, uh, 2002. And 2003, and obviously 2004 (uh, boy!). And I guess you could say 2005 (remember when they scored 7 runs for Randy Johnson and he couldn't win?). And, in a way, 2006 (remember when Randy Johnson lost to Kenny Rogers?). And then there was Jobs and the midges in 2007 (wonder if we'll see a return of them tonight?). 2011 saw the starters go south again. And then there was the Setback Sevvy debacle in 2018, the Aroldis Walk-Off I in 2019, the Aroldis Walk-Off II in 2020, Flouncy's Big Fenway Adventure in 2021, and now the Gopher Ball Kids of 2024.
All right. But aside from 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, inadequate pitching has never, ever cost the Yankees a postseason series. Until this year.