Ah, a new thread.

What? No where near a strike, blue.

Oh, whoops.
Didn't notice this thread.

Gerrit didn't look like the best pitcher in baseball at the start, but he seems to be improving as the game goes on.
Well, knock on wood.

Yeah, a lot better! (The fourth inning was excellent.) Getting swings-and-misses, which he wasn't in the first inning.

Grumble grumble.

Yeesh.
I stopped listening -- was Cole on a strict pitch count or something?

80 pitch limit, which I’m fine with, probably 90 or so next time.
I just wish the offense would show up.

4 pm start tomorrow

Tied in bottom of the ninth

The Clay Holmes era may be coming to an end. He just doesn't perform like a closer.

Yay, Judge is back

Well this is not a good start

Gil isn’t fooling anyone today.

Finally

Another streak is gone — first Yankee starter not to complete four innings, I believe.

Orioles have not lost an intradivisional series for the last 21 series, which ties the MLB record. The opponents of the other three team had a sub .500 record. Orioles’ opponents record is .549.
So the Orioles are the real deal.

Outfielders didn’t even move. I guess Judge is fine.

The pitching however, is a mess.

As is the defense.

Well that sucked, bigly.

It could be that this is happening at a good time, highlighting some trade deadline needs. I haven’t lost faith in Holmes, but it would be nice to get some swing-and-miss guys out there in the bullpen.

The catcher situation seems to be an organizational issue, so I don’t expect much to change there. They prioritize framing over throwing, and I don’t think even those nine steals from the Red Sox will change that.

And are Cabrera and LeMahieu the long-term solutions at the corners? One of their problems is the outfield logjam. They’ve got only one sure thing for the long term — Judge. Let’s assume they sign Soto. That’s two. I’ve loved having Verdugo, but there’s zero chance they keep him. So they have to fill that third spot with Jasson Dominguez or Spencer Jones. Do they keep one and trade one? The Twitterverse wants to move Judge to 1B tomorrow and promote both prospects, but I don’t know how realistic that is. I could Judge moving there in five years, but now? My ideal outfield would be Judge in right, Soto in left, and the Martian in center. But do they dare trade Jones?

So many decisions…

After this headline, I could have predicted the Yanks would have a losing streak.

And now the Martian is out 8 weeks with an oblique strain. We’ll see him in ST.

Apple TV game. Sigh.

Looked safe, but close.

This might be the interview David Pinto mentioned where Reggie recounts playing in Birmingham as a minor leaguer. I haven’t listened yet, but apparently it was, um, less than pleasant
https://bsky.app/profile/rochaa.bsky.social/post/3kvhhyiegsa2w

[26] Reggie was my favorite player growing up. I thought he explained himself pretty well.

Welp. The “other good teams” part of the season is starting to wear on me.

So here I am at the game in New York, and it’s pretty clearly the worst game of the season. One. Hit.

But at least there’s this. I’m here with 63 of my eighth graders. A few sneaked into the bleachers, and one of them actually caught Olson’s home run on the fly. He’s even got a photo of it pulled from MLB.com. He’ll never forget it.

Can we have some good pitching, hitting, running and defense from the Yankees tonight?

All rise! Thank you Judge.

Tight zone tonight.

So far so good.

Stanton injured?

Ah, walking the terrorists worked.

“Hamstring tightness” for Stanton. Probably grade 1, 4 weeks?

This is just the most Frank thing ever ...
FRANK! Don't run, just jog!
OK!
Frank jogs to 2nd ... tweaks hammy.
I wonder if they'll try having him walk the bases to avoid injury when he returns?
https://www.pinstripealley.com/2024/6/22/24184015/yankees-giancarlo-stanton-injury-hamstring-tightness-braves

The inevitable has occurred ...

https://www.mlb.com/news/giancarlo-stanton-to-injured-list-with-left-hamstring-strain

It begins ... by which I mean the cycle of get hot, get hurt, return cold, warm up, get hurt, lather, rinse, repeat.

Only the 10 day list, which should be encouraging.

Good start for Nestor.

[40] It always is ... when it first begins.

Would be nice if the offense showed up.

Running home on the "contact play" and that fucking dumb play by Volpe are the 2 most boneheaded things to watch! Grrrr......

Waste of a good outing by Cortes.

Good afternoon spoilt

Stanton “expects” four weeks. So it’ll be 2 months

TBS game. Who is Brian Anderson, I think Jeff Francouer was a pitcher. Mets, I believe.

[47] It begins ... by which I mean the cycle of get hot, get hurt, return cold, warm up, get hurt, lather, rinse, repeat.

That's the end of useful Frank in 2024.

[48] Also available on YES, at least for me.

Vladdy is open to a trade to the Yankees, I guess last place is worse than the Bronx.

Uh ... REALLY, Juan?

[51] From MLB.com

However, it is simultaneously worth noting that Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said on MLB Network radio earlier in June that it "doesn't make any sense for us" to trade Guerrero.

[52] That's a DOUBLE DUH! for Juan.

Uh oh, bases loaded, no outs, Yankees run scoring probability 0.01

Yup.

Bravo, fellas ... BRAVO!

[55] It is MIND BOGGLING how many times the Yankees manage to snatch zero or one runs from the jaws of a big inning ... sigh.

Yeah, it has to be below random chance. Way below.

I'm glad that Cole has decided to throw 8 BILLION pitches to start off this game ... sure promises a deep run in this game.

Well ... I'll take THAT, all things considered.

Ah Mutts can make bad baserunning decisions, but they did get one.

Likely a bad send by the 3rd base coach ... TBF ... it was a damn fine throw

DJ Outz

The title of this thread is not aging well. Sigh.

Sigh

Sigh sigh.

Why NOT hit Judge ... it's NOT like Torres or Verdugo are going to make you pay for it ...

If Judge and Soto are Germany and Japan ... Volpe is TOTES Italy in this Tripartite Pact

That was a shite at bat.
Sigh.

DOINK!
LOL.

Sigh sigh sigh

Sigh sigh sigh sigh.

I have to imagine that's it for Cole:

4ip ... 6 runs ... 4HRs ... 4W ... 0K

Yay, a run.

I'd be curious to see the actual numbers on runs scored vs expected runs scored for the Yankees in bases loaded and either no or 1 outs this season ...

We should ask David Pinto, shouldn’t be too hard a query.

Pulling us back in

When does the best pitcher in baseball join the team?

Let's hope we don't get another Gil turn from Gil tonight ...

MLBN game

Sigh ... how will we fail *this* time???

Aw crap, bases loaded, one out, the Mets have the Yankees right where they want them.

Modammit, I hate being right.

Oh ... first pitch GiDP ... I should have called it.

Honestly ... if Rice gets a hit tonight ... he's my #5 hitter going forward. This is just GHASTLY to watch.

Last night ... Yankees fail to score from a bases loaded situation in the Top of the 1st

Mets lead off with a double down the right-field line in the bottom of the inning...

Tonight ... Yankees fail to score from a bases loaded situation in the Top of the 1st

Mets lead off with a double down the right-field line in the bottom of the inning ...

SIGH.

Well phew

Wait, what happened?

The good thing is the Orioles have been sucking lately too.

Send the rain south, we need it.

I think there might be a weather window coming up here

It's here ...

It should have kept raining.

BUT THAT'S WHY YOU STICK AROUND ... 7-2

And that's why you go to bed ...

Is it too much to ask for a victory tonight?

Flaherty & Rucco?

[97] It appears to be ... yes.

Yeah ... I think that answers [97] emphatically