Yanks arrive in Baltimore for a three game set and 2-1/2 games behind for the second wild-card spot. While that speaks volumes about their resilience throughout this largely mediocre season (and a little about how watered-down the playoff format has become of late), I am more impressed by how the Baby Bombers (Sanchez, Judge, et al) have made such impacts the moment they were entrusted with reasonable playing time. And now that it’s largely because of this impact that the Yankee September call ups has been more about strategy than development; the most intriguing of the Six Pack arriving being Jonathan Holder, who since being drafted two years ago has cruised through the minors with a 1.63 ERA and forced Cashman’s hand as they try to make their way once again into the playoffs.
Looks like reinforcements are on the way…
Boo, Brett
that's a big K there, kid!
lotsa movement on green's pitches.
crap. better than an earl weaver special though!
That "hit" is below the legal size limit, throw it back
grade 2 hammy strain for hicks. he did great in august. he'll be out a coupla weeks easy...
nice, chad!
struck out "scope" - yankee killer.
Phew
castro has no constraint. or game plan...
I hate Scope
i'll be back in a bit.
rbj - keep the oreo's at zero and score us a bunch o' runs, will ya!
adam jones back and makes us pay with a fuckin' bloop.
Could be a long night.
Shit!
Uh oh, not good
You have got to be shitting me
Okay, batting practice is over. Let's play!
I may switch to football
Uh.
Okay, now batting practice is over.
The Orioles have killed three rallies this inning!
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!
: /
So I think Girardi has already thrown in the towel tonite. Let's hope their bats get worn out tonite and we can come back and win the next two games.
I may switch to beer.
RI - my oldest nephew left for college today...in enemy territory. he wanted ivy league but got a full ride to BU, which he couldn't pass up.
Oh yeah, I think you told me that!
Full ride for what achievement? They don't give percussion scholarships at BU, do they?
so, chad green is injured. think sevy will start instead of being a "force" in the pen? not sure when bryan mitchell will be ready...
[25] He's really smart. But, I imagine they do indeed give some type of percussion scholarship. I got one for Penn State : )
Oh, cool.
Well, it's in a great neighborhood. If you don't count that big green eyesore.
he's stocked up on NY and Yankee specific gear! rangers too, as my brothers family are hockey fans.
elbow pain for chad green. stay away from pitching, kids.
Right elbow pain. Double plus ungood
seeing eye single.
ok, sanchize - cut the deficit in half!
... or, swing at pitches in the dirt.
Stop expanding the zone, Gary
Houston up early...
weak ass inning.
oh, goody - it's yates.
i really wanted to sweep this weekend...
Two out of three won't get the job done, I think
good lord. batting practice.
It's everyone give up a homer night!
I don't like those nights, when it's the Yankee pitchers handing out the favors
Ah.
Always nice to see Kirby Yates make a contribution.
I would totally sit near the ball girl out by right field. damn.
i believe i'm going to see the muts here next saturday...
Machado gets to wear gold spikes? NFL would fine him big time
What are the chances that Machado is wearing pinstripes in 2018?
Aaron is still a work in progress.
The Yankees will have cleared a lot of payroll by 2018 . . .
[46] Yeah, this is what I'm thinking. Next year will be the get-under-the-threshold year, and then Cash will go nuts the following winter. (When Machado is a free agent.)
When does Bryce become a free agent
bryce is a FA the same year as machado. jose fernandez too. 2018.
That sounds like a nice trio. Expensive as hell though. 8 years maximum on the contracts though
Yeah, all three might be too expensive, even for Cashman on a spree. But I'd take Fernandez and either of the others!
jonathan holder era begins.
nice, kid!
3 pitches, 3 strikes. siddown, adam.
Holder for Attorney General
nice hook.
nice play by castro in the shift.
Boo, a non-strikeout out
this kid is showing moxie!
Hah!
Yeah, so we've had two Attorneys General on the team in the past few years, that means.
Hot damn!
out.
I guess the score truck is stuck on the Jersey turnpike. Question is, what exit?
Nice, Didi
Holder and Severino didn't understand the whole Batting Practice thing.
Blergh, night all, I'm tired
How nice that we didn't waste a lot of base runners this game.
Hasta, rbj.
[62] somewhere that has a roy rogers and sunoco.
i can't stand blake's windup and delivery.
so...i guess our hope here is we don't get shut out?
our run diff back to sucking...
Why don't people talk about Tanaka as an ace? Is it because he's not a Shit Sock? Because he has a potential injury that obviously doesn't affect him? Oh, I guess it's because he's not a Boston prospect who is already being sized up for Cooperstown...
still, he's pretty good in the junior circuit:
DIPS - 2
K/BB - 3
WHIP - 5 (close to 2)
ERA - 7 (close to 3)
WAR - 7 (close to 4)
IP - 7 (close to 5)
GB - 7
K - 13
I don't think there's another pitcher in the AL that's this high in this many categories.
I hope his opt out isn't after this season...
[68] It got stuck at the Alexander Hamilton rest area. Not necessarily a bad spot to get stuck at, unless it's rush hour of course. I prefer the Woodrow Wilson stop because that's my uncle's name (he's never completely come to terms with that, either).
I guess no new game thread
just a little bit high...
Still got him!
What the hell was that?
CC lobbing lots of pitches. Gonna be a bull pen night.HATE the O's.
Sorry that the Judge looks lost
Oh, two base runners!
Three base runners!
Dud I mention that I hate the O's?
Sigh
Oy
He's out. Holy shit what a play.
Out, jeez, can't catch a break
Yup, I want Machado in 2018
Game over
Nothing going right for the Yankees
Strikes Manny out! You can't predict baseball
Back to back shutout losses. Boo!
Yanks back to their old tricks, failing to capitalize on quality starting pitching.
Sanchez looking very ordinary in the batter's box.
Judge is a defensive liability in RF (the easiest position on the diamond).
Looks like the season will end the way it started. Bleah.