Goat Talk

Tampa Bay Rays Recap of 2017: The Tampa Bay Rays had an average season just by the numbers; but a very good season for what fans were expecting. In 2016 they finished last in their division; and had one of the worst records in baseball. They went 68-94 which was worse than what people thought. Nonetheless the Rays made huge strides this 2017 season. One of those strides was the starting pitching staff in Tampa. Their ace Chris Archer who was coming off an awful year in 2016; where he went 9-19 with a 4.02 ERA. He looked to improve that this season. His record was better; Archer went 10-12 but his ERA fell a little bit going to a 4.07. Not exactly what you think in ace, but he did eat up a lot of innings this season for that bullpen; being 11th in the league in Innings Pitched (IP). Alex Cobb also came back this season after missing 2016. Cobb had Tommy John Surgery in September of 2015; which sidelined him for most of 2016. He came out looking strong this season; after now r...

New York Yankees Recap of 2017: The 2017 season was an interesting but a good one for these young bronx bombers. Going into the year Yankees manager Joe Girardi was on the hot seat. This was his 10th year with the club; after winning the 2009 World Series he has had lot of success; but in the last 3 years the Yankees haven’t been contenders or have even made the Postseason. Which was for Yankee fans is not acceptable. When you’re the most winning franchise in sports history, fans will get frustrated faster than others might. This year was looked at as a rebuilding year in the beginning of the season. Especially with that dismantled pitching staff; and young bats the Yankees took this year as a stepping stone in the right direction. This quickly changed as the Yankees started to pile up wins. Leading their divisions for points of the season; but really extending their lead in the Wild Card. The Yankees ended the season at 91-71. They made the playoffs as the first wildcard team a...

Boston Red Sox 2016-2017 Recap: The Red Sox are coming off a very good but disappointing season. With adding Chris Sale and Doug Fister in the offseason; the Red Sox thought they had the pitching rotation with Chris Sale, David Price, Rick Porcello, and Doug Fister leading the way the Red Sox thought they were going to have a championship season. With David Price and Doug Fister getting injured; they were constantly trying to find pitchers to fill their role. They however did overcome these odds, to win the AL East with a 93-69 record in a competitive division with their rival New York Yankees. They were eliminated by the world champion Houston Astros in the ALDS in 4 games to end what Red Sox fans thought could've been the year once again. After the season they fired manager John Farrell, and went in a new direction with signing former 2nd baseman for the team and bench coach of the Houston Astros, Alex Cora. The Red Sox hit well, they were an above average hitting MLB te...