Yankees bullpen decisions play major role in ALDS Game 2

HE CAN CAN MAKE THAT PLAY. MICHAEL, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE DECISION TO BRING TAILLON INTO THIS BALLGAME. YOU BRING HIM IN THE GAME BUT THEN YOU HAVE SCHMID WARMING UP RIGHT AWAY. IT’S TELLING YOU — I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE GUY PITCHED OUT OF THE BULLPEN THIS YEAR. YOU HEAR ME TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. TAILLON CAME IN THERE. HE WASN’T TERRIBLE. GAVE UP SOFT CONTACT. BUT THERE WAS QUESTION MARKS, WHAT WILL WE GET 42 THIS GUY? ANYTHING IN

LIFE, NOT JUST SPORTS, WHEN YOU ASK PEOPLE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE OR HAVEN’T DONE QUITE OFTEN YOU’RE ROLLING THE DICE. CLARK SCHMID PITCHED WELL DOWN THE STRETCH. HE HAD A BIT OF A STRUGGLE AND THEN PICKED IT UP. THAT WAS THE WAY TO GO. I THOUGHT WHEN THEY BROUGHT IN TAILLON, WHY NOT SEMI SCHMID. WITH SCHMID WARMING UP, THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE WORST ANYWAY. >> YOU HAD HERNAN, WHO HAS BEEN A RELIEVER. I THOUGHT TAILLON HANDLED HIMSELF WELL WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF PITCHING OUT OF THE BULLPEN. TO MICHAEL’S

POINTS, HE DID SAY HE REACHED OUT TO TEAMMATES. HE TALKED TO ZACH BRITTON ABOUT WHAT KIND OF APPROACH. HE TALKED TO DANIEL HUDSON WHO HAD TWO TOMMY JOHN SURGERIES.

WHAT TAILLON TOOK FROM THEIR ADVICE LESS IS MORE. TRY TO GET YOURSELF READY. DON’T PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON YOURSELF. WE DO NEED TO EMPHASIZE. TAILLON WAS NOTE SLAMMED AROUND THE BALLPARK. IT WAS TWO BLOOPS. THE THING WAS YOU ARE PUTTING HIM IN A SPOT HE IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO. >> THE YANKEES, TO ME, ARE THE OVERALL FAVORITE IN THE SERIES. YOU CANNOT UNDERESTIMATE OR OVERSTATE THE

LOSSES THAT THEY SUFFER IN THE BULLPEN. HOW IT MANIFESTS IN A GAME LIKE. THIS NO MARINACCIO. RIGHT THERE, HE WAS A HUGE PART OF THAT BULLPEN. HE PROBABLY PITCHES BEFORE THAT AND THEY EXTEND EVERYONE ELSE AN INNING. ALL THE LOSES IN THE SEASON. NO BRITTON, NO CHAD GREEN. THAT’S A MICHAEL KING SPOT. THOSE LOSSES REALLY HURT. >> MICHAEL, I’LL TALK ABOUT THE GUYS WHO PITCHED WELL IN THIS GAME. TREVINO, COULD YOU HAVE EXTENDED HIM. LOAISIGA, COULD HAVE EXPECTED HIM. WANDY, CLAY HOLMES. WHAT AARON IS DEALING WITH, HE IS SAYING WE MIGHT PLAY THREE OR FOUR

GAMES IN A ROW, I CAN’T EXTEND THESE GUYS BECAUSE THEY ARE MY BEST OPTIONS OUT THERE. AND THEY ARE. I’LL GO BACK TO TAILLON. WHY NOT CLARKE SCHMIDT IN THAT SITUATION? IT ALMOST FELT LIKE HE WAS FORCING TAILLON INTO A GAME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE HAD INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY OUT IN A SPOT WHERE STARTING PITCHER CAN COME IN. >> TAILLON MAY HAVE TO PITCH A POTENTIAL GAME 5. IF YOU USE HIM IN RELIEF TODAY WAS THE DAY. THAT WAS NOT THE REASON TO DO IT. THAT IS NOT THE

REASON SO FORCE HIM INTO THAT SPOT. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING AND BOONE DID THIS IN GAME 1 AS WELL. EVERY TIME HE HAS BROUGHT IN A RELIEVER, ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY ANOTHER RELIEVER HAS GROWN UP. OBVIOUSLY THE — GOTTEN UP. YANKEES WANTS THE PITCHERS READY FOR THEIR LANES. IT’S CURIOUS IN THE SITUATION WHERE TAILLON IS STRETCHED OUT