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2 Lanesborough Place, Belgravia, London SW1X 7TA
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A subterranean sanctuary in the heart of central London, The Lanesborough Club & Spa offers a moment of calm away from the city's hectic hustle and bustle. After navigating your way through several corridors and around many corners, you'll find a hidden world of bliss that brings together marble floors, silk touches and brass accents. The luxury begins from the offset with spacious changing rooms featuring a Spa Butler while other amenities include a hydro-therapy pool with loungers, separate male and female sauna and steam rooms, a spa treatment lounge, and five treatment rooms including one double room. Much-loved brands such as ila, Tata Harper and La Prairie are used in the treatments while bespoke sessions with resident practitioners are also available.
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The Miscellaneous Relievers [2017 Season Review]
December 8, 2017 by Mike Leave a Comment
Heller (and Gary). (Rich Gagnon/Getty)
Every season, without fail, teams cycle through a parade of relievers as injuries and poor performance force roster changes. The average MLB team used 22 different relief pitchers this year. The Mariners led the way with 34. The Yankees used 18, third fewest in baseball, if you can believe that. Only the Nationals and Indians used fewer relievers this year. They used 17 apiece.
This season the Yankees put an end to the bullpen shuttle they'd used so extensively from 2015-16. The days of calling up reliever, using him for an inning or two, then sending him down the next day for a fresh arm came to an end. We saw relievers stick around even after extended outings, the type of outings that usually land them back in Triple-A. It was a refreshing in a way. Here are the miscellaneous relievers the Yankees used this season. Weirdly enough, three of these dudes were on the Opening Day roster.
Gio Gallegos
A dominant minor league season in 2016 earned Gallegos a spot on the 40-man roster last winter, and he received his first MLB call-up in mid-May. He had one great three-inning outing against the Astros on May 14th, allowing just one unearned run and striking out three, but he then allowed seven runs in his next six appearances and 7.1 innings.
On June 15th, in the tenth inning of a game in which Joe Girardi had already used all his top relievers, Gallegos was brought in to protect a one-run lead in Oakland. The inning went ground out, strikeout, single, double, intentional walk, two-run walk-off bloop single. You remember that one, don't you?
Gallegos had four different big league stints this season, during which he threw 20.1 innings with a 4.87 ERA (3.65 FIP) and 25.0% strikeouts. He also threw 43.1 innings with a 2.08 ERA (2.18 FIP) and 40.8% strikeouts in Triple-A. Gallegos did survive the 40-man roster purge last month, though I'd say his grip on a spot is tenuous. There's no guarantee he makes it through the offseason on the roster.
Domingo German
Little Sunday (Domingo Acevedo is Big Sunday) made his MLB debut on June 11th under unusual circumstances. He was pitching well in Triple-A and lined up perfectly to make the spot start when the Yankees decided to push Masahiro Tanaka back a day, but they gave the start to Chad Green, who wasn't stretched out. German wound up pitching in long relief anyway. Weird.
German, who returned to the 40-man roster last offseason after completing his Tommy John surgery rehab, made seven relief appearances with the Yankees this season, throwing 14.1 innings with a 3.14 ERA (3.44 FIP). Those 14.1 innings featured lots of strikeouts (29.0%) and lots of ground balls (54.5%). German also had a 2.83 ERA (3.17 FIP) in 76.1 Triple-A innings and was especially great down the stretch, as the RailRiders made their postseason run.
It seems German is in position to take on a larger role next season, either as a Green-esque multi-inning reliever or spot starter. He's shown he can handle Triple-A and his stuff is quite good. I think he's got a chance to have a real impact in 2018. The Yankees acquired German in the Nathan Eovaldi-Martin Prado trade three years ago and he's on the cusp of paying dividends.
Ben Heller
Heller is a personal favorite. He came over in the Andrew Miller trade and he made his MLB debut last season, and going into Spring Training, I thought he had a chance to win a bullpen spot. Instead, he went to Triple-A, and it wasn't until mid-June that he was was called up. And that was for only one appearance. In that one appearance, Heller allowed a walk-off single off his butt.
Heller was called back in mid-July and again, it was only one appearance. That one appearance was memorable for a good reason, thankfully. Remember the 16-inning game at Fenway Park? When Matt Holliday took Craig Kimbrel deep to tie it up in the ninth? Heller was the last guy out of the bullpen. He tossed a scoreless 15th inning, the Yankees scored three runs to take the lead, then he closed it out with a 1-2-3 16th inning.
The Yankees brought Heller back in September and he was the one September call-up reliever who got regular work, appearing in seven games and throwing 8.2 innings in the season's final month. He was great too, allowing just one run in those 8.2 innings. All told, Heller, had a 0.82 ERA (3.16 FIP) with 20.9% strikeouts in eleven big league innings and a 2.88 ERA (3.09 FIP) with 36.8% strikeouts in 56.1 Triple-A innings in 2017.
Heller is in the same camp as German for me. I think he's in position to take on a larger role next season and have a real impact. He has some of the best stuff on the 40-man roster. His fastball sits in the upper-90s and the ball runs all over the place, and his slider has been a wipeout pitch at times. It's tough to see where Heller (and German) fit right now, but like I said, the average team used 22 relievers this year. The opportunity will come.
Ronald Herrera
Boy, that series in Anaheim did not go well. That's when Holliday first came down with his illness, Heller allowed the walk-off single off his rear-end, then Herrera made his MLB debut in the seventh inning of a tie game. The first batter he faced? Albert Pujols. One of best hitters in history. Herrera allowed a solo home run to Andrelton Simmons that inning and wound up taking the loss. Womp womp.
Herrera made one more big league appearance later in June, then he went to the minors and dealt with a nagging shoulder injury most of the rest of the season. He did get healthy in time for the Triple-A postseason, though the Yankees did not give Herrera a September call-up. That was a good indication he wouldn't be around much longer. Sure enough, the Yankees traded him to the Rangers for a pitching prospect last month. Herrera allowed two runs in three big league innings this year, and had a 1.91 ERA (3.20 FIP) in 75.1 minor league innings.
Jonathan Holder
Holder. (Tom Szczerbowski/Getty)
Holder is the first of the three relievers in this post who was on the Opening Day roster. He pitched in low-leverage situations and did see some sixth and seventh inning worth when the top relievers weren't available, and for the first few weeks, things went fine. Holder then allowed ten runs on 19 hits (including five homers) and five walks in 14.2 innings from May 23rd to June 26th, earning a demotion to Triple-A. Opponents hit Troutian .322/.385/.644 against him during that time. Ouch.
The demotion to Triple-A was more or less permanent. Holder returned for a quick stint in mid-July and again as a September call-up, otherwise he was a RailRider in the second half. He threw 39.1 innings with a 3.89 ERA (3.62 FIP) and 23.4% strikeouts with the Yankees, though his performance was uneven. He was great for the first few weeks before things collapsed. It should be noted Holder had two appearances of three shutout innings. Once in the 18-inning game at Wrigley Field and once in the 16-inning game at Fenway Park. Well done.
Down in Triple-A, Holder threw 16 innings with a 1.69 ERA (3.21 FIP) and 30.0% strikeouts. The Yankees really seem to like him — they added him to the 40-man roster and called him up way earlier than necessary for Rule 5 Draft purposes — probably because his overall minor league performance has been great and he's a spin rate darling, so I doubt Holder goes anywhere this offseason. I do wonder whether German and Heller have jumped him on the depth chart, however.
Tommy Layne
Another member of the Opening Day roster. The Yankees picked Layne up off the scrap heap last season and he did fine work, securing a bullpen spot this season. Then he went out and allowed 12 runs on 16 hits and eight walks in 13 innings this year. Lefties hit .304/.407/.391 against him. Not great, Tommy. He was designated for assignment on June 10th, clearing a roster spot for German.
Layne cleared waivers and spent some time with Triple-A Scranton before being released on July 5th. The Yankees had too many quality arms in Triple-A and needed the roster spot, so away went 33-year-old journeyman. Layne hooked on with the Dodgers a few days later, but didn't make it through August with them. He had a 7.62 ERA (4.85 FIP) in those 13 innings with the Yankees, and he allowed two runs in 6.2 innings with the RailRiders. Relievers, man. Great one year and unrosterable the next.
Bryan Mitchell
The third and final Opening Day bullpen member in this post. Seriously. Holder, Layne, and Mitchell were all on the Opening Day roster. Mitchell would've been on the Opening Day roster last year had he not managed to break his toe covering first base at the end of camp. This year he made it through Spring Training in one piece and started the season as a low-leverage reliever.
Mitchell allowed one run on one hit and one walk in his first six outings and 6.2 innings of the season, but the wheels came off in late-April, when he allowed seven runs on nine hits and three walks in 2.2 innings across two appearances against the Orioles. That was the series in which he played first base, which is a real thing that happened.
That was way too cute a move by Girardi. The best case scenario there was putting Mitchell back into the game after a 20-30 minute break, which usually leads to bad things for control challenged pitchers. Mitchell blew the game in the next half-inning and that was that.
Amazingly, Mitchell was called up and sent down at least once in every single month this season. He made two big league appearances in May, one in June, and one in July before resurfacing for an extended period of time in August. Mitchell finished the season with a 5.79 ERA (4.20 FIP) and 11.1% strikeouts (not a typo) in 32.2 MLB innings, and a 3.24 ERA (4.23 FIP) and 25.4% strikeouts in 63.2 Triple-A innings.
Mitchell somewhat surprisingly survived the 40-man roster purge last month. He hasn't been good in the big leagues and he'll be out of options next year, meaning he can't go to Triple-A without passing through waivers, and I thought the Yankees would cut bait. They still might at some point this winter. The kid has a good arm, but with his 27th birthday four months away, it's past time for potential to turn into production.
Tyler Webb
Although he didn't reach Colter Bean status, Webb was the "why aren't they calling this guy up???" guy the last few seasons. The Pirates took a chance on Webb as a Rule 5 Draft pick, and while he pitched well enough in Spring Training (13 IP, 13 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 11 K), they couldn't find room for him on the roster, and back he came to the Yankees.
Webb continued to do what he'd been doing for a few years now, and that's dominate Triple-A hitters. The Yankees gave him his first MLB call-up in late-June and he stuck around for a little while, allowing three runs on three hits and four walks in six innings across seven appearances. With the first base situation a total mess, the Yankees traded Webb to the Brewers for Garrett Cooper on July 13th.
Milwaukee kept Webb around for two appearances before sending him down to Triple-A, where he remained the rest of the season. Didn't get a September call-up. Ouch. Webb is still on the 40-man roster though, so he has that going for him. He allowed three runs in six innings with the Yankees, and had a 3.24 ERA (2.14 FIP) in 33.1 innings with Scranton before the trade. Those "why aren't they calling this guy up???" guys have a way of show why they weren't getting called up, don't they?
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2017 Midseason Review: Holliday and the Rest of the Roster
July 13, 2017 by Mike Leave a Comment
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So far this season the Yankees have used 43 different players — 23 position players and 20 pitchers — which is the seventh most in baseball. The Mariners lead the way with 47 players and both the Indians and Diamondbacks have been lucky enough to use only 35 players. The Yankees used their fair share of shuttle arms in the first half, though position player injuries also forced them to dip into their farm system more than expected.
We've already covered most of those 43 players as part of our Midseason Review. Now it's time to wrap things up and cover whoever has been left behind. Among them is one regular because I am bad at scheduling. Time to finish off the Midseason Review.
Matt Holliday: As Advertised
When the Yankees signed Holliday in November, he came billed as a good clubhouse guy and a professional hitter with some bounceback potential given his exit velocities and things like that. Nothing was guaranteed, of course. Holliday did turn 37 in January and he very easily could have been at the end of the line. The Yankees bet $13M on a rebound and so far he's been worth every penny.
Holliday, as the team's regular DH and occasional first baseman, is hitting .262/.366/.511 (132 wRC+) with 15 homers in 68 games so far, and he's the No. 1 reason the Yankees have the most productive DH spot in the baseball.
Yankees: 137 wRC+
Mariners: 129 wRC+
Indians: 127 wRC+
Oddly enough, Holliday's strikeouts are way up this year. His 25.7% strikeout rate is on pace to shatter his previous career high (19.6% as a rookie in 2004). I think there's a chance Holliday is selling out for power, which might partially explain the strikeouts. Holliday has also been pretty streaky. That's alright though. He's been productive more often than not, and day-to-day consistency in baseball is a myth anyway.
Beyond the on-field production, Holliday has also been a positive on all the young players the Yankees are incorporating into their lineup. Aaron Judge went out of his way to praise Holliday at the All-Star Game media day Monday. Here's what Judge told Brendan Kuty about Holliday earlier this month:
"I just pick his brain on what he does," Judge said he often asks Holliday. "'What are you doing in a situation, with a certain pitcher? What are you doing with this guy? He's a sinkerball pitcher, what do you try to do with those guys?' I've picked up a couple little things."
"He's just really committed to his plan," Judge said. "That's one thing I've noticed. I'll talk to him (in the early afternoon) and I'll say, 'Hey, what are you doing this game? What are you trying to do against this guy?' Every single time I ask him, 'What are you working on?' He'll say he's trying to stick to his plan and drive the ball to right field. That's why he's so successful. He just sticks to it, no matter the situation."
An illness, which was recently confirmed as Epstein-Barr, has had Holliday on the shelf since June 24th and holy cow did the Yankees miss his bat these last few weeks. He did play a pair of rehab games last weekend and is tentatively scheduled to rejoin the Yankees for the second half opener tomorrow. That's huge. Holliday has been everything the Yankees could have expected and more.
The Extra Position Players
Among all the random position player call-ups the Yankees have made this year, whether it was an injury fill-in or a one-day audition, the leader in plate appearances is … catcher Kyle Higashioka. He served as the backup catcher in April when an injury forced Gary Sanchez to the 10-day DL and Austin Romine into the starter's role. Higashioka went 0-for-18 and started only five games. If that changed your opinion of him, you're thinking too hard.
Another April injury fill-in was veteran Pete Kozma, who served as the backup while Didi Gregorius was hurt and Ronald Torreyes started at shortstop. Kozma went 1-for-9 with the Yankees and had nothing resembling a signature moment. The Yankees lost him to the Rangers on waivers when Gregorius returned and Kozma is still on their bench because Jurickson Profar played his way down to Triple-A.
Last month the Yankees finally got sick of Chris Carter and finally called up Tyler Austin, who missed the start of the season after fracturing his ankle with a foul ball early in Spring Training. Austin mashed with Triple-A Scranton before the call-up, hitting .300/.366/.560 (151 wRC+). He came up, went 2-for-13 with a home run and six strikeouts at the plate, then landed on the 10-day DL with a fairly significant hamstring strain. The Yankees can't have nice things at first base.
The final two position players both played only one game in the big leagues this year, for very different reasons. After Holliday landed on the disabled list, the Yankees called up third base prospect Miguel Andujar for a day, and he went 3-for-4 with a double in his MLB debut. He became the first player in franchise history to drive in four runs in his big league debut.
The Yankees sent Andujar down to the minors the next day because they didn't have regular at-bats to give him and there's no point in making the kid sit on the bench. Andujar is really breaking out in the minors this year — he's hitting .302/.336/.476 (121 wRC+) between Double-A and Triple-A — but he needs to work on his third base defense, so that's what he's doing. I'm glad the Yankees have resisted the temptation to move him to first to plug a short-term hole.
The other one-game position player in the first half was outfielder Dustin Fowler who gave us, hands down, the saddest moment of the season. In the first inning of his first big league game, Fowler crashed into the side wall in foul territory chasing a pop-up, which ruptured his right patella. It was an open rupture, meaning it broke through the skin. Yikes. Fowler had emergency surgery that night and is done for the season.
Fowler came up to replace Andujar after hitting .293/.329/.542 (137 wRC+) down in Triple-A Scranton. The Yankees called him up before Clint Frazier. They like him that much. Fowler's injury is so sad. I feel terrible for the kid. The good news is he is expected to make a full recovery in time for Spring Training. Plus he's on the big league disabled list collecting service time and big league pay, so his bank account is doing better. But still, you know Fowler wants to play. What a terrible and sad moment.
The Extra Pitchers
For the first two months or so of the season, the Yankees did away with the bullpen shuttle. The days of calling up a new reliever every day to make sure Joe Girardi had a fresh arm in the bullpen were over. The Yankees stuck with their guys. Then the bullpen melted down and started blowing leads left and right, and the Yankees started shuttling guys in and out regularly. Such is life. The shuttle returned last month.
The one shuttle reliever who made the Opening Day roster is Bryan Mitchell. Back-to-back rough outings (seven runs in 2.2 innings) earned him a demotion to Triple-A at the end of April. He came back up briefly at the end of May and again at the end of June. So far this season Mitchell has a 5.06 ERA (4.02 FIP) in 16 big leagues innings and a 3.60 ERA (2.27 FIP) in 35 Triple-A innings. He'll be back at some point in the second half, I'm sure of it. Mitchell's time to carve out a long-term role with the Yankees is running out though.
Luis Cessa, who was in the running for an Opening Day rotation spot, has made three starts and three relief appearances for the Yankees this year. The three starts came when CC Sabathia was on the disabled list and they did not go well (eleven runs in 13.2 innings). The three relief appearances were better (two runs in eleven innings). The end result is a 4.18 ERA (4.50 FIP) in 23.2 innings. I like Cessa — I seem to the be the only one who likes Cessa — and hope we see more of him going forward.
Four shuttle relievers have made their MLB debut this season: Gio Gallegos, Domingo German, Ronald Herrera, and Tyler Webb. They've combined for the the following line: 31 IP, 32 H, 20 R, 18 ER, 16 BB, 30 K. Replacement Level 'R Us. German showed the most potential among those four. By far, I think. He also returned from Tommy John surgery a little more than a year ago and needs to pitch, not sit in the big league bullpen as the eight reliever. He's in Triple-A where he belongs. Also, Ben Heller spent a day with the Yankees. He faced three batters: grounder, walk, walk-off single off his butt. He does have a 2.68 ERA (3.11 FIP) in 37 Triple-A innings though.
The Yankees have used 43 players this season and over the last four years they've averaged 56 players per season, so recent history suggests we're going to see several new faces in the second half. New faces from outside the organization or the farm system. Probably a little of both.
Filed Under: Players Tagged With: 2017 Midseason Review, Ben Heller, Bryan Mitchell, Domingo German, Dustin Fowler, Gio Gallegos, Kyle Higashioka, Luis Cessa, Matt Holliday, Miguel Andujar, Pete Kozma, Ronald Herrera, Tyler Austin, Tyler Webb
Yankees send Tyler Webb to Brewers for Garrett Cooper
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A trade! A small one, but a trade nonetheless. The Yankees have shipped lefty reliever Tyler Webb to the Brewers for Triple-A first baseman Garrett Cooper, both teams have announced. This is very much a spare part for spare part trade. The Yankees need first base help and the Brewers need a lefty reliever, so they got together for a minor deal.
Cooper, 26, is hitting .366/.428/.652 (171 wRC+) with 17 homers in 75 Triple-A games this season, though he's playing in an extreme hitter's park in Colorado Springs. So far this year's hit .442/.503/.829 at home and .300/.359/.500 on the road, in all the other hitter friendly Pacific Coast League ballparks. Consider yourself forewarned: don't read too much into the overall stat line.
The Yankees are tentatively scheduled to face four left-handed starters in the first give games of the second half, so I think there's a decent chance the right-handed hitting Cooper will join the Yankees in Boston tomorrow for his MLB debut. They've been use Austin Romine as a platoon first baseman in recent weeks and no. Just no. I highly doubt the Yankees are looking at Cooper as a long-term first base solution. He's a Tyler Austin replacement, basically.
Webb, 27 next week, has allowed three runs in six innings with the Yankees this year. He also has a 3.24 ERA (2.15 FIP) in 33.1 Triple-A innings. This was his fourth year spending time at Triple-A. The Pirates took a look at Webb as a Rule 5 Draft pick in Spring Training, and, when he didn't stick, he cleared waivers and was returned to the Yankees. Going to the Brewers should be a pretty good opportunity for Webb.
With Webb gone and Tommy Layne recently released, the Yankees are left with Chasen Shreve as their only real lefty reliever option. (Not counting Aroldis Chapman.) There's Joe Mantiply in Triple-A, and I guess they could give Caleb Smith or Dietrich Enns a try in relief, but that's about it. The Yankees have been looking for a lefty reliever since the offseason and there's no reason to think that'll change.
The Yankees now have an open 40-man roster spot and an open 25-man roster spot, both of which could go to Cooper if he is called up. I suppose the other alternative is playing Matt Holliday, who is tentatively scheduled to come off the disabled list tomorrow, at first base and continuing the four-man outfield rotation. Hmmm. Then again, the Yankees would be playing both Brett Gardner and Jacoby Ellsbury against lefties in that scenario. We'll see.
Filed Under: Transactions Tagged With: Garrett Cooper, Tyler Webb
A calm, rational discussion about the Yankees' dumpster fire of a bullpen
June 28, 2017 by Mike Leave a Comment
In a season full of ugly bullpen meltdowns, the Yankees hit a new low last night. Three relievers combined to walk six of 13 batters faced, and another was hit by a pitch. Dellin Betances, working for the third straight day, couldn't protected a one-run lead against the bottom of the lineup. Why was he working for the third straight day? Because he had to bail out Jonathan Holder with a five-run lead (!) Monday night.
Holder was sent down prior to yesterday's game, though by then the damage had been done. Betances had to pitch Monday night and Holder himself has helped blow a few games these last few weeks. He's not the only problem though. Hardly. He's part of the problem. Not the problem. Here is the bullpen in June:
4.56 ERA
4.55 FIP
25.2 K%
12.3 BB%
1.29 HR/9
Can't win like that. Can't be done. Not with starters throwing fewer and fewer innings each passing season. Bullpens are far too important to get that performance for a month and come out unscathed. The Yankees were four games up in the AL East as recently as 16 days ago and now they're one game back, and they're lucky they're still that close. June has been a terrible month for the Yankees overall and especially the relief crew.
So what do the Yankees do now? It's easy to say they should designated this guy for assignment, send down that other guy, and call up those two prospects I really like. I wish it were that easy. Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman surely wish it was as well. Want to get this bullpen on track? Here are some possibly fixes.
1. Eight is too many. The Yankees have been carrying eight relievers for weeks now and I think it's that's too many. Even with a seven-man bullpen, that last guy gets used maybe once a week. Domingo German was brought into the eighth inning of a two-run game last night after pitching once in the previous nine days. How could you expect a kid who has never been a reliever before to be sharp after that layoff?
Removing an arm from the bullpen seems counterintuitive when no one can protect a damn lead, but less is often more. Shorten the staff to your seven best arms and make sure they each get enough work to stay sharp and ready to go. There's a fine line between regular work and overwork, but Girardi is generally pretty good at toeing that line. Pick your seven best arms and let them carry the load. Eighth relievers only get used in blowouts, and in situations they're unqualified to pitch, like German last night.
2. Get Betances to go back to the fastball. En route to blowing that game last night, Betances threw 21 pitches, and 13 of them were curveballs. Only six of the 13 were strikes too. Dellin has a great curveball! He's also been leaning on it way too much lately. From Brooks Baseball:
This is something that goes back to last year. It's not necessarily new. Throwing all those curveballs is fine when Betances can drop it in for strikes, but lately throwing it for strikes has been a problem, and he's not adjusting. He's been trying to force it in there anyway. Not good!
"I have to be able to rely on my fastball more. Probably got too breaking ball happy," said Betances to Erik Boland following last night's game, so he's aware that all these curveballs can be a problem. Dellin has a great fastball. He was working for a third straight night last night and the pitch still averaged 97.5 mph and topped out at 98.2 mph.
Betances doesn't have to shelve the curveball entirely. That would be silly. But I think he needs to start using his fastball more often — he's at his best when he has close to a 50-50 mix a la 2014 and 2015 — because a) his heater is so good he'll get swings and misses with it, and b) it'll help keep hitters off the breaking ball.
3. Give Webb a shot. The Yankees have been trying to dig up a reliable left-handed middle reliever since last season and, for a while, Tommy Layne did the job. Chasen Shreve has been the guy last few weeks and he's had his moments. He hasn't been able to get back to where he was in the first half of 2014 and chances are he never will, though he has been better this season. Good, not great.
Webb is by no means a budding shutdown reliever — or maybe he is! — though the tools are there for him to contribute, and as something more than a left-on-left matchup guy too. He's low-90s with the fastball and he throws both a slider and changeup regularly. It's a starter's repertoire in the bullpen. Webb throws strikes — he has a 34.1% strikeout rate and a 2.2% walk rate in Triple-A this year — and what more could you ask? Girardi would have killed for a reliever who could throw strikes last night.
Layne fizzled out and Shreve isn't good enough to keep a middle relief spot uncontested. Webb did everything he had to do at Triple-A over the last four years, and the Pirates saw enough to give him a look in Spring Training as a Rule 5 Draft pick. Given the bullpen issues, the time to give the 26-year-old a chance is now. If it works, wonderful. If not, then you move on to the next guy. The Yankees have been there, done that with Layne and Shreve.
4. Consider Adams. I'm ready for the Yankees to stick Chance Adams, their top Triple-A pitching prospect, in the big league bullpen. I made this argument last week. Adams was a reliever in college and in his first partial season of pro ball, so he's familiar with the role. He misses bats and he's said to be a tough as nails competitor, and that's never a bad thing. Adams has had success at Triple-A and there are plenty of reasons to believe he's ready to help in some capacity.
Adams. (Presswire)
I get that people are squeamish about putting a top starting pitcher prospect in the bullpen, but it's really not that big a deal. Teams have been breaking in their young arms as relievers for decades. I know the Yankees seemed to botch things with Joba Chamberlain, but Luis Severino was in the bullpen last year, and look at him now. Severino doesn't become the pitcher he is today without that stint in the bullpen last season. I absolutely believe that.
Putting Adams in the bullpen allows him to get his feet wet at the MLB level and learn how to get big leaguers out. That's valuable experience! That will help a) the Yankees win games right now, and b) Adams succeed as a starter going forward. The Yankees could break him in as a reliever this year and consider him a rotation candidate next season. That is a perfectly reasonable development plan.
5. Be patient. Okay, this won't be easy, but the Yankees have to remain patient and not completely tear things down because of a bad month. Overreacting is never good. The bullpen isn't actually this bad. At least I don't think it is. The relievers are in a collective funk right now. It happens. They can make some changes (Webb, Adams, etc.) though overall, they still need Betances and Aroldis Chapman to be their rocks, and Tyler Clippard to be not awful.
Adam Warren is expected back from the disabled list next week and he'll going to help as long as his shoulder stays healthy. That's tricky, but Warren has never not been solid for the Yankees. Also, Chad Green seems to be coming into his own as a reliever, so within a few weeks he could really find his footing and take off as a dominant bullpen arm. Making tweaks at this point makes sense. There's also something to be said for trusting the guys in the bullpen to sort things out soon. We know these guys can be reliable because they were just a few weeks ago.
The Yankees are 11-14 overall in June — they've outscored their opponents by 39 runs this month, underscoring the general stupidity of baseball — and the bullpen is a big reason why. It's not the only reason. Definitely not. But it is the reason that is most smacking us in the face. The offense has vanished for long stretches of time and the starters haven't been great either. Don't get me started on the baserunning either. Goodness. Those outs on the bases added up.
The bullpen situation, however, is not getting better. It's getting worse. Just when you think they can't sink to a new low, they go out and do what they did last night. The Yankees aren't going anywhere with the bullpen performing like this. Changing some personnel, changing some roles, and changing some pitch selection could go a long way to getting things straightened out. And, if it doesn't, the Yankees will have no choice but to really shake things up and go outside the organization for help.
Filed Under: Death by Bullpen Tagged With: Adam Warren, Aroldis Chapman, Chance Adams, Chasen Shreve, Dellin Betances, Tommy Layne, Tyler Clippard, Tyler Webb
Game 75: Win it for Starlin
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The Yankees are down yet another player. Starlin Castro was indeed placed on the 10-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain today. He left last night's game with the injury. Castro joins Aaron Hicks (oblique), CC Sabathia (hamstring), Adam Warren (shoulder), and Greg Bird (ankle) on the shelf. Also, Matt Holliday is still out with his mystery illness/allergic reaction.
The show must go on though. Every team deals with injuries and no one feels bad for the Yankees. The Yankees did get back in the win column last night, though not before the bullpen made things unnecessarily interesting. I could really go for a blowout win. When's the last time the Yankees had one of those? The bloodbath series against the Orioles, I guess. Here is the White Sox's lineup and here is the Yankees' lineup:
CF Jacoby Ellsbury
3B Chase Headley
RF Aaron Judge
C Gary Sanchez
SS Didi Gregorius
DH Tyler Austin
2B Ronald Torreyes
1B Austin Romine
LF Rob Refsnyder
RHP Luis Severino
It's a bit cloudy in Chicago and on the cool side. There's no rain in the forecast though, and that's the most important thing. This evening's game will begin at 8:10pm ET and YES will have the broadcast. Enjoy the game.
Injury Updates: Castro has a Grade I strain. There's no word on an exact timetable, but those usually take 2-3 weeks. Sometimes even less … Holliday went for tests but still doesn't feel right. If it lingers another day or two, he could be placed on the disabled list … Austin's hamstring is sore, which is why he's the designated hitter tonight.
Roster Moves: In addition to placing Castro on the disabled list, the Yankees also sent down Jonathan Holder, and called up both Tyler Wade and Tyler Webb. The Yankees already had an open 40-man roster spot for Wade, so no other move was required. Technically Webb replaces Castro on the roster since the injury allows the Yankees to get around the ten-day rule. Wade is replacing Holder. The active roster is now 16% Tylers.
Filed Under: Game Threads Tagged With: Jonathan Holder, Matt Holliday, Starlin Castro, Tyler Austin, Tyler Wade, Tyler Webb
Game 74: Split vs. Reverse Split
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Tonight the Yankees open a four-game series with the White Sox in Chicago, where they are undefeated so far this season. They swept three games from the Cubs back in May. Remember that? It was awesome. Brett Gardner hit that insanely clutch ninth inning home run in the first game and the Yankees outlasted the defending World Series champs during the 18-inning game on ESPN in the last game. Good times.
Tonight left-hander Jordan Montgomery will face baseball's very best hitting team against left-handed pitchers. Their combined batting line: .307/.370/.474 (125 wRC+). Big right-handed power bats like Jose Abreu, Todd Frazier, Matt Davidson, and Avisail Garcia explain that. Montgomery, however, has a reverse split. He has a 3.43 FIP against righties and a 6.72 FIP against lefties. The best lefty hitting team in baseball against a lefty who gets righties out. Intrigue! Here is the White Sox's lineup and here is the Yankees' lineup:
LF Brett Gardner
2B Starlin Castro
DH Gary Sanchez
1B Tyler Austin
C Austin Romine
SS Ronald Torreyes
LHP Jordan Montgomery
It is cloudy and cool in Chicago this evening, and, of course, windy. Lots of wind. Tonight's series opener will begin at 8:10pm ET and WPIX will have the broadcast. Enjoy the game.
Roster Moves: As you can see, Ellsbury is back. He was activated off the disabled list earlier today. The Yankees also officially placed Aaron Hicks on the 10-day DL with an oblique strain and sent down both Mason Williams and Tyler Webb. Ronald Herrera and Rob Refsnyder were called up. So that's Hicks, Williams, and Webb out, Ellsbury, Herrera, and Refsnyder in.
Injury Update: Matt Holliday (allergic reaction) was sent to see a doctor and is not available tonight … Greg Bird (ankle) is with Triple-A Scranton. He's going to take batting practice with them the next few days. I imagine he'll begin another minor league rehab assignment with the RailRiders if things go well … Castro (wrist) is feeling better after his cortisone shot. He said he originally hurt the wrist on multiple check swings … Adam Warren (shoulder) played catch over the weekend and is tentatively scheduled to throw a bullpen later this week. He hopes to be back in time for the homestand next week.
All-Star Voting Update: MLB released their final fan voting update earlier today and Judge remains the leading vote-getter in the AL. His 3,442,597 votes are second only to Bryce Harper's 3,617,444 among all players. Pretty cool. Sanchez (second), Castro (second), Didi Gregorius (third), Matt Holliday (fourth), and Gardner (ninth) are also getting votes at their positions. Here's the ballot. Voting ends Thursday and the All-Star rosters will be announced Sunday. Also, Judge said he still hasn't decided whether to participate in the Home Run Derby. (It's an easy yes, dude.)
Filed Under: All Star Game, Game Threads Tagged With: Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, Adam Warren, Greg Bird, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mason Williams, Matt Holliday, Rob Refsnyder, Ronald Herrera, Starlin Castro, Tyler Webb
DotF: Wagaman homers twice in Pulaski's season opener
Here are the day's notes:
The Yankees called up LHP Tyler Webb, they announced earlier today. UTIL Rob Refsnyder was sent down to clear a roster spot. Webb, the team's tenth round pick in 2013 and LHP Jordan Montgomery's former college teammate, spent nearly all of the last four seasons with Triple-A Scranton. Cool to see him get the call. Webb has a 3.24 ERA (2.14 FIP) with 47 strikeouts and only three walks in 33.1 innings this season.
SS Gleyber Torres told Conor Foley and D.J. Eberle he is heading to Tampa on Saturday following yesterday's Tommy John surgery. He'll rest the next two weeks before beginning rehab work. Apparently Torres was told he could be ready to play by November, which means winter ball could be in play, though I don't see that happening. The Yankees won't push their top prospect. Gleyber said he's focused on Spring Training.
C Kyle Higashioka has been placed on the 7-day DL, the RailRiders announced. Foley says Higashioka is dealing with bad lower back spasms. He was supposed to see a doctor today, and if they're calling it spasms, I guess that means there's no structural damage. That's good.
No Triple-A Scranton players lead their positions in the All-Star Game fan voting. Here's the update. RHP Chance Adams does lead the write-in votes, however. Lehigh Valley fans are really stuffing the ballot, it seems. Voting ends tomorrow. Here's the ballot.
Two links to check out: Chris Crawford asked executives whether they'd take the Yankees farm system or the Braves farm system, and Jim Callis listed OF Clint Frazier as a potential impact prospect for the second half.
Triple-A Scranton (11-1 with over Pawtucket)
SS Tyler Wade: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP
CF Dustin Fowler: 1-5, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 SB
DH Tyler Austin: 2-5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 K — three straight games with a homer … here's video of the double and home run
3B Miguel Andujar: 1-4
RF Jake Cave: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI — four homers in his last six games
LF Mark Payton: 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI — some team's future fourth outfielder is hitting .293/.350/.421 on the season
RHP Chance Adams: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 5/5 GB/FB — 60 of 100 pitches were strikes … has a 43.7% ground ball rate this year, which is pretty terrible for a good pitching prospect in the minors … the book on him is that he doesn't get great downhill plane on his fastball (he's only 6-foot-1) and his heater can be pretty straight … I worry that when he comes up, he'll initially be really home run prone, especially with the ball flying out of the park all around the league this season
RHP Ben Heller: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 19 of 30 pitches were strikes (63%)
Filed Under: Down on the Farm Tagged With: Gleyber Torres, Kyle Higashioka, Rob Refsnyder, Tyler Webb
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Enjoy a "quiet fireworks" display this long weekend
By Andrew Cruickshank
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If you're feeling torn about putting on a fireworks show at the cottage, there may be a solution. There's a rising awareness that while the display is a meal for the eyes, these loud explosions are not so enjoyable for pets and nearby wildlife.
In 2010, thousands of red-winged blackbirds fell out of the sky during Beebe, Ark.'s New Year's Eve fireworks display. It's theorized that the birds were scared from their nests by the explosions, sending them into flight where they became disoriented, crashing into objects. Deer, squirrels, and other mammals have also been known to dash out onto roads to escape the noise, and anyone who owns a pet dog has seen them whimper and cry—or worse, bolt for the woods—during holidays like Canada Day.
Beyond wildlife, fireworks can also have adverse effects on people with post-traumatic stress disorder and autism, the loud explosions causing severe stress and anxiety. That's why more and more people are looking for alternatives to noisy firework displays.
Last year, during Canada Day, Banff, Alta., ditched the noisy chaos of exploding rockets, opting instead for "quiet fireworks." The display was orchestrated by Fireworks Spectaculars out of Calgary and focussed more on the lights and aesthetics of the show rather than the noises.
The switch to quiet fireworks was prompted by the Bow Valley Naturalists, a conservation group that was looking to protect the wildlife that inhabits Banff National Park. Banff, however, isn't the first town to adopt quiet fireworks. According to the New York Times, in 2015, Collecchio, a town in northern Italy, passed a law banning loud fireworks. That town, too, was making an attempt to assuage the anxiety of local animals.
How are quiet fireworks different from regular fireworks? "They're not really different," says Melanie Sutherland, the executive director of the Canadian National Fireworks Association. "What it is is there are different products that have different amounts of powder in them and provide different displays in the air. Some of them go up with a big boom and have a big display. Some of them aren't as loud and produce a different type of display."
Sutherland explains that "there's noise to every firework," some just make less noise than others. Quieter fireworks tend to be wrapped looser and packed with more black powder rather than metallic powder.
If you're looking to purchase quiet fireworks for the August long weekend, Sutherland recommends that you consult with your local retailer about which fireworks have a lower noise level. "Fireworks like fountains and fly fish will make a swoosh noise and some will come with a crackle," she says. "It's just a different type of noise, but it's a quieter noise."
The louder products would be aerial shells where they have multiple shots, thumping as they launch and releasing loud bangs when they explode.
If you want to avoid fireworks entirely—they are known to have a polluting effect because of their smoke and the tiny metal particles that they release after they explode—there are other ways to celebrate. Sparklers and glow sticks are a fun alternative To avoid unnecessary pollution and to mitigate the chaos of loud explosions, the California State Fair has replaced fireworks with a coordinated display of hundreds of drones outfitted with LED lights—a solution that may not be reasonable for a small lake gathering (or a DIY budget). Maybe, at the end of the day, a good old-fashioned campfire is all you need to celebrate being at the lake with family and friends.
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Seeding Waves
As discussed before, seeding tends to enhance fairness (C), which measures the tendency of a tournament to distribute its rewards to the better players, at the expense of fairness (B), which measures the extent to which every entrant is given an equal chance.
But the extent to which the better players are given an advantage is not uniform through the skill distribution. Seeding creates a pattern of advantages and disadvantages that affect different parts of the skill distribution differently.
Take, for example, the fate of the number 8 – 12 seeds in the annual NCAA basketball tournament. Considering only the first round, it's better to be seeded 8 or 9 than 10, 11, or 12. But whichever of the 8 or 9 seeds wins their first round match against each other then will almost certainly face the number 1 seed in the next round. 10, 11, or 12 seeds that get by the first round will have an easier opponent in the second round. Thus, despite facing a tougher first-round opponent, experience shows that the 10, 11, and 12 seeded teams are actually somewhat more likely to reach the "sweet 16" than the 8 or 9 seeds.
Here is a chart that shows the log of the expectations for the top 50 players in a hypothetical U.S. Open tennis tournament, run both as a blind draw, and as a fully-seeded tourney. The red curve for the blind draw tourney is smooth, representing a more or less gradual decline in the player's expectation. The blue curve for the fully seeded tourney shares this basic pattern, but also shows a secondary effect that makes the line a bit wavy. To make the wave pattern clearer, here's another chart, showing differences in the log of the expectations, this time for the full 128-player draw:
The benefit of better seeding comes and goes, on a period relating to the powers of two. In general, it's less desirable to be the 9th, or the 17th, or the 32nd, or the 65th seed because that tends to give you matches against top-ranked players.
Depending on the parameters of the competition, this wave can be large enough that it's actually desirable, in terms of overall expectation, for a player to have a lower seed than a higher one. In the hypothetical U.S. Open simulation, this wave effect overcomes the general decline at only one position, and there just barely. The expectation for the 17th seed is $188,616, and for the 18th it is $189,223. Otherwise the expectation curve declines monotonically.
But the possibility that a player might do appreciably better with a lower seeder than a higher one is a matter of concern for tournament administrators. If the U.S. Open were run as a fully-seeded tourney, it might well be desirable for a player to throw a match at the Western and Southern in order to avoid creeping up into an undesirable seeding position.
This, then, might be a good reason for the unusual tiered seeding procedure used by professional tennis. By randomizing the positions of seeds 17 through 32, for example, there can be no incentive for a player to seek a lower seed (and a very strong incentive to break into the next-higher seeding tier by reaching number 16).
Author tourneygeekPosted on August 28, 2017 Categories Uncategorized
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Donald the Potholer says:
Documentation released by the NCAA in October 2018 ("how-field-68-teams-picked-march-madness") says, for all intents and purposes, that teams are set in groups of 4; but the highest team within each group gets a geographic advantage, so long as it would put a Top 16 team at a "home field disadvantage". And, Conference Play is prohibited in the First Round (outside of the First Four) and restricted in Rounds 2 & 3. This effectively randomizes each individual seed line of four relative to the Top Line (though that Top Line is still set.)
Combining the At-Large Play-Ins as a single team each, (because where they would fall varies, last year they occupied spots 41 and 42, SB Nation's Bubble Analysis defaults to giving them spots 43 & 44,) the seed lines become {1, 2, 3, 4, {5, 6-8}, 9-12, 13-16, 17-20, 21-24, 25-28, 29-32, 33-36, 37-40, 41-44, 45-48, 49-52, 53-56, 57-60, {61-62, 63-64, 65-66}}.
There are some restrictions, hence the second tier of {brackets}: 5 is effectively protected from being in the same region as 1 unless 2-5 are all in the same Conference. And while the worst 2 auto-bids would have to play each other and the next 2 worst have to play each other, which region each ends up in is determined by the geographic preference of the other 2 teams in the #16 line. As an example, UMBC, who beat #1 overall Virginia last year, did NOT play in a First Four game; UMBC was the Highest of the 6 #16 seeds. If it was a true S-Curve, they would have faced Xavier instead who actually got the worse #16 Play-In. (Side note: The sports-talkers I heard from left me with the impression that the game was a demonstration of the old Boxing adage "Styles make Fights" with UMBC's style being the Paper that covered the Cavaliers' proverbial Rock.)
I would imagine that, with so many tiers, the magnitudes of the seeding waves would be reduced, but the waves would "spread out" more. Sort of like a "stretched-out" version of the fully-seeded 16.
I also wonder what would happen to the seeding waves if the bracket was "reset" after each round, i.e. each surviving entrant was reseeded based on their rank relative to the entrants not yet eliminated.
The way that the NCAA committee fills the bracket seems a likely opportunity for abuse, at least around the margins. It violates the new fourth maxim because the committee is working things out only after they know the identities of the teams involved. I suppose it helps a little for them to publish rules like the ones you describe, but I'm still inclined to worry – those committee members are scarcely disinterested outsiders.
I take the point that considerations other than strict team quality affect which region a team goes to. That makes the seeding of the NCAA work more like seeding in 4-team tiers than strict 1-68 seeding. I think you're right that each regional 16 bracket the seeding ends up being pretty conventional full seeding, and that's bad enough from my point of view.
I know that some have suggested that the seeding be refreshed each round – they do that for the NFL playoffs. Whatever the other merits, however, the NCAA would never do this because it would make it impossible to run the kind of office bracket pool that's found almost everywhere, and that would cut deeply into fan interest (and hence television revenue).
I concede the point about the Committee seeding teams only after their identities are known. I would prefer awarding Conferences At-Large slots based on their postseason performance over the prior 3 years, as Bill Connelly of SB Nation has suggested and UEFA does for their annual Club Soccer Tournaments. I would extend this allocation throughout all of the Basketball tourneys, but I would not necessarily use the same method that UEFA does. I would then allocate the bids within each Conference based primarily on Regular play, but with allocations for the Tournament Winner and Runner-Up.
After that, within each tournament, I would have initially seeded teams strictly according to NET (RPI prior to this year). However, reading through your blog has made me reconsider that stance. I would place the Conference Tournament Winners in one partition and the At-Larges in another. I would then order these partitions according to NET. For the Champions, the split would be {1-16, 17-28, 29-32}; for the At-Larges, the split would be {1-32, 33-36}. The bottom partition of each form the "First Four" Play-Ins; the At-Large Play-Ins getting 2 of the #13 Lines and the Champion Play-Ins getting 2 of the #16 lines. The {17-28} Champion Tier would form the other #13-#16 lines, while the Top Tiers of each partition would be combined into the "General Population". How the seeding would progress further has been altered by a revelation I made further down, allowing me to set the non-bottom tiers as {1, 2, 3-4, {5, 6-8}, 9-12, 13-16, 17-32, 33-48}. Within each tier, (including the Bottom tier and subject to the Play-Ins and certain Principles that I could retain,) the teams are assigned Geographic Preference in order of NET. (Yes, this creates the possibility that 17-20 could all be in the same region; but so does random sortition.)
As for refreshing seeds, given how the tourney is now, I would only suggest refreshing seed in Rounds 3 and 5, and for Round 3, only within each respective region. i.e. if you were originally in the Midwest Region, you would still go to Kansas City for Rounds 3 & 4, not Anaheim. Reseeding Rounds 2 & 4 would cause a heavy logistical strain, and also see the next paragraph; Reseeding the Finals is pointless. As for the bracket pools, I have one word: Javascript. (Then again, seeding all teams allows me to just roll a 20-sided die to fill out my bracket; the Target Number would be based on prior results of specific seed matchups.)
Granted, being able to fully reseed in Round 3 could be supported as well, but that would only allow teams to know their Round 3 destination on the Monday following Round 2. This could have teams that played on Sunday have to turn around and play on Thursday instead of Friday. If they faced an opponent who last played on Saturday, that would be a legitimate Fairness(A) concern due to the differences in rest days. Granted, even with that concern in play, you could allow reseeding between the 2 regions that play on the same days. But if you do that, you might as well have the winners of the Thursday regions meet in the 1st Semifinal and the winners of the Friday regions meet in the 2nd Semifinal regardless of seeding. This would force the #1 overall and the #2 overall to play on different days, unless you are willing to throw out Fairness(C) altogether.
Actually, forcing #2 to play on different days from #1 and aligning the Semis based on "Days Played" could be a beneficial modification. It would allow for an actual {3-4} tier instead of having the 2 places be separate tiers: Once the Top 2 teams have their picks, (#2 would be restricted to the venues that are not played on the same day as #1 is playing,) #3 gets their choice from among the remaining 2 Regions, 1 playing on the same day as #1, 1 playing on the same day as #2. Under my system #2 and #3 would only know which 2 regions are unavailable at the time of their respective picks. Yes, this creates a Fairness(A) concern for #2, in that its geographic mandate is significantly reduced (choice of only 2 regions instead of 3). This could even be a Fairness(C) concern, as Home Court still has a demonstrated impact on skill level in College Basketball; the NCAA has recognized this in the formation of the NET tiers and by the Principles explicitly protecting the Top 16 overall from having a "Home-Field Disadvantage" in Round 1. However, the Principles also prohibit a team from playing on its Home Court outside of the Final Four and the Principles explicitly grant only the #1 overall seed the privilege of region preference.
I'll have a post or two about March Madness again this year – I think I may have an even more outlandish suggested bracket to offer, but I'm still a bit vague on the details.
Would you consider being tourneygeek's first-ever guest author for a March Madness post? I have some thoughts about how this might work – drop me a line by regular email if you're interested.
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UK TV review: Constantine Episode 12 (Angels and Ministers of Grace)
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Ivan Radford | On 12, Feb 2015
"What's going on out there is pervasive," Manny warns John in Episode 12 of Constantine. "Invunche, brujeria, the serpent himself… We're off the map now."
It's a rallying call for the show's growing ambition; a sign that the series is building to something. The Rising Darkness. Newcastle. Something. But whatever it is, there's still a sense that the climax is some way off – despite there being only one episode left of the show. If that's what happens when a US TV series isn't renewed beyond its initial 13-episode run, though, at least this semi-standalone episode feels more complete than the last one.
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