Cristian Javier’s success tonight will hinge on the effectiveness of his four-seam fastball, as the Phillies' top four hitters all slugged at least .502 against four-seam fastballs during the regular season.
Cristian Javier’s success tonight will hinge on the effectiveness of his four-seam fastball. He throws it 59.9 percent of the time and allows just a .183 batting average against it. Philadelphia’s top four hitters — Kyle Schwarber, J.T. Realmuto, Rhys Hoskins and Bryce Harper — all slugged at least .502 against four-seam fastballs during the regular season. This is strength vs. strength.
This year, Mancini will write Ryan Minor’s name on his card. Minor was Mancini’s Low-A manager in the Orioles system and recently received a Stage IV colon cancer diagnosis. “I texted him a couple days ago, and he got back to me, so I've been talking to him and just wanted to let him know I was thinking about him, and I know what he's going through,” Mancini said.The Astros enter Game 4 trying to buck a recent trend. Eleven of the past 14 teams to lead the World Series 2-1 have gone on to win it, including the past five instances.
despite all the social media chatter about what Bryce Harper might have told teammate Alec Bohm. Before Wednesday’s Game 4, Phillies manager Rob Thomson was asked for his opinion and if he thought it might be an advantage for the Astros to think they might have picked up a tell on McCullers even if they haven’t really. “I don’t think we had anything on him, but I don’t know whether it helps or hurts if someone thinks we did have something on him,” Thomson said.
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