Saturday afternoon’s debacle was the 100th game of the season for the Yankees, and they now sit at 59-41, but that obviously doesn’t tell the whole story of this seesaw season. So let’s take a deeper look by the numbers.
1
The leadoff spot in the order has been a problem for the Yankees for quite a while now. Brett Gardner held the job for years, DJ LeMahieu was great in 2020 and 2021, but this year has been a struggle, with five different players hitting at the top of the order, Gleyber Torres, Anthony Volpe, Alex Verdugo, LeMahieu, and finally Ben Rice. Anthony Volpe seems to have the tools to do the job for the next ten years, but right now the Yankees are struggling to find someone to hit in the coziest spot in all of baseball.
2
The Yankees are two games behind the Baltimore Orioles in 2nd place in the American League East.
3
We’ve only seen three wins from Gerrit Cole, but in his last two starts he’s thrown 12 innings, allowed 11 hits, 2 walks, and 2 runs while striking out 15 in wins over the Orioles and Rays. He seems like the the Gerrit Cole we remember.
4
Here’s the most perplexing statistic about the team that’s scored more runs than any team in baseball. Juan Soto and Aaron Judge lead the major leagues in on base percentage by a long shot, but the spot behind them has been absolutely anemic. No team’s cleanup hitters have been worse than whichever player Aaron Boone pencils into that slot.
5
The Yankees are averaging (just a touch under) five runs per game — actually 4.95, which is among the best in the game. No team, in fact, has scored more than their 495 total runs.
6
Carlos Rodón’s last six starts have been awful. He’s 0-5 with an ERA of 9.67, and he’s allowed 55 baserunners (including 9 home runs) in just 27 innings. Batters are slashing .336/.410/.656 over that stretch. If I hadn’t watched all this, I wouldn’t believe it.
7
There have been seven different starting pitchers — Nestor Cortes, Carlos Rodón, Marcus Stroman, Luís Gil, Clarke Schmidt, Gerrit Cole, and Cody Poteet.
8
When Oswaldo Cabrera finished a blowout game on the mound, it was the eighth position that he’s played as a Yankee, all positions but cacher and designated hitter.
9
Carlos Rodón has nine wins; Nestor Cortés has nine losses.
10
Ben Rice has ten extra base hits — four doubles and six home runs — and his three home run game earlier this month was one of the highlights of the season.
11
Clarke Schmidt only had 11 starts before an injury sidelined him for a few weeks, but he was good while he was out there. His return, hopefully next month, would be a nice boost for a rotation that’s been struggling.
12
Even though there’s been a lot of concern about the Yankees’ inability to throw out opposing base stealers, they actually rank 12th in opponent steals per game.
13
The Yankees have hit 13 triples, which is sixth in the American League.
14
Aaron Judge has grounded into 14 double plays, most in baseball.
15
Marcus Stroman arrived with the reputation of being a ground ball pitcher, but he’s struggled with the long ball this season, coughing up 15 home runs and headed for what will easily be the highest home run percentage (3.4%) of his career.
16
Trent Grisham has walked 16 times.
17
Marcus Stroman has been good, probably about as good as most were hoping. How could? His ERA+ of 117 tells us that he’s been 17% better than league average, which isn’t bad for a fourth or fifth starter.
18
The Yankees are currently 18 games over .500 — which means they’d finish 90-72 if they go .500 the rest of the way.
19
Luís Gil has been the surprise of the season for the Yankees. He didn’t project to be in the rotation, but he’s made 19 starts, and about fifteen of them have been brilliant. He had three straight bad starts from June 20-July 2, but in his last two starts he’s looked like the world beater that he was in April and May.
20
Carlos Rodón has twenty starts and has given up twenty home runs.
21
Clay Holmes has 21 saves and went to the All-Star Game, but it’s the blown saves that we remember. If the Yankees have plans for October, they’ll need to upgrade the bullpen.
22
Gleyber Torres strikes out 22% of the time (22.4%), which slightly below league average.
23
Gleyber Torres has 23 extra base hits — 15 doubles and 8 home runs. In his first few seasons it looked like Gleyber was on his way to the Hall of Fame, but this appears to be who he is now.
24
Aaron Judge leads the team with 24 doubles.
25
Austin Wells has scored 25 runs. He’s not Mike Piazza, but he’s beginning to look more and more like the catcher of the future.
26
The Yankees have used 26 actual pitchers this season, plus two position players.
27
José Treviño has 27 RBIs.
28
Giancarlo had 28 extra base hits (18 home runs and 10 doubles) before his current injury. His bat has been missed, even if his baserunning hasn’t.
29
Anthony Volpe has walked 29 times.
30
Jahmai Jones has appeared in 30 games.
31
Gerrit Cole has allowed 31 hits.
32
Giancarlo Stanton has a strikeout rate of exactly 32%, which is the highest on the team.
33
The Yankees have hit 33 sacrifice flies, which is second best in the league.
34
Aaron Judge is the most fearsome hitter on the planet, but his 34 home runs tell only part of the story.
35
Reliever Jake Cousins leads the team with a strikeout rate of 35.2%.
36
The organization continues to build its reputation for finding and fixing relievers. This year’s success story is Luke Weaver. He’s appeared in 36 games and posted a 2.47 ERA.
37
The Yankees have played 37 games against the American League East, compiling a disappointing record of 17-20.
38
The Yankees have stolen only 38 bases this season. Only the San Francisco Giants are worse, with 31.
39
LeMahieu’s OPS+ is 39, which is preposterously low. This means he’s a staggering sixty-one percent below league average. His slash numbers are somehow even uglier. Since he has fifteen walks but just three doubles, he somehow entered Saturday’s game with a lower slugging percentage (.207) than on base percentage (.275), which is hard to do. I’d guess there are at least five players in the Yankee system right now who could play third base and top these numbers. It’s time to stop running him out there.
40
Closer Clay Holmes leads the team with 40 appearances.
41
The Yankees have 41 losses this season.
42
Yankee fans were spoiled by Mariano Rivera, and we knew it.
43
Ian Hamilton has a ground ball rate of 43%. (Well, actually 43.8%, but we aren’t rounding.)
44
DJ LeMahieu has a wRC+ of 44, which is 56% lower than league average. This is the worst on the team.
45
Forty-five different players have appeared in pinstripes this season.
46
The Yankees have played 46 games at home, compiling a 26-20 record.
47
Oswaldo Cabrera has struck out 47 times.
48
Number 48 on the roster, Anthony Rizzo, was a drag on the lineup when he was healthy. Ben Rice isn’t exactly Don Mattingly, but I don’t think he’s Kevin Maas, either. It would be disappointing to see Rizzo back in the lineup this season.
49
On June 12 the Yankees finished the day at 49-21. They’ve won ten games in the five weeks since then.
50
Oswaldo Cabrera has made 50 put outs at third base.
51
Oswaldo Cabrera has 51 base hits.
52
Trent Grisham has appeared in 52 games, which is far more than expected. He’s been solid in center field, but hasn’t produced much at the plate. (.188/.292/.376)
53
Oswaldo Cabrera has started 53 games at third base.
54
The Yankees have played 54 games on the road, compiling a 33-21 record.
55
Judge has cooled off recently, but he’s still on pace to hit 55 home runs this season.
56
Gleyber Torres has 56 singles.
57
Aaron Judge has played 57 innings in right field.
58
Luke Weaver has 58 strikeouts.
59
As Aaron Boone is fond of saying, the wins in April and May count just as much as the ones in August and September. He’s not wrong.
60
Sixty percent (60.7) of Aaron Judge’s balls put in play have had an exit velocity of 95MPH or higher.
61
Anthony Rizzo has 61 assists.
62
Yankee pitchers have hit 62 batters, most in baseball.
63
Nestor Cortés has given up 63 earned runs, already the most of any season in his career.
64
Luke Weaver and Michael Tonkin, two of the hardest workers in the bullpen, have combined for 64 appearances.
65
Game 65 was once of the best games of the season. The Yankees and Dodgers were scoreless all night until Teoscar Hernández doubled in two runs in the eleventh. Aaron Judge drove in a run in the bottom half, but the Dodgers held on for a 2-1 win.
66
Juan Soto has 66 RBIs, ninth most in baseball.
67
Clarke Schmidt has 67 strikeouts.
68
Aaron Judge has 68 unintentional walks.
69
Jose Treviño has 69 total bases.
70
Juan Soto has struck out 70 times, while walking 80 times. If this trend continues, it would be the fifth straight season with more walks the strikeouts, an impressive feat in this day and age.
71
In Game 71, the Yankees suffered a walkoff loss to the Royals. It seemed like nothing at the time, but it marked the end of a brilliant start and the beginning of a five-week malaise.
72
In Game 72, the Yankees beat the Red Sox 8-1 in Fenway Park. Alex Verdugo went 3 for 5 with a double, a home run, and four RBIs. It was clear in that moment that the Red Sox had made a huge mistake in trading him, as Verdugo was a key part of the best offense in baseball. And then Verdugo completely disappeared.
73
Aaron Judge has played 73 games in the outfield, 4 in left, 63 in center, and 7 in right.
74
Aaron Judge has walked 74 times this season, second best in baseball.
75
The Yankees have spent 75 days in first place.
76
The Yankees have played 76 games against right-handed starters, going 48-28 in those games.
77
Anthony Rizzo’s OPS+ of 77 is by far the lowest since his short rookie season of 2011.
78
Marcus Stroman has 78 strikeouts.
79
Juan Soto has an OPS+ of 179, which means he’s 79 percent better than league average. Aside from the Covid-shortened 2020 season, this is the best season of his career.
80
Juan Soto leads all of baseball with 80 walks.
81
Marcus Stroman has stranded exactly 81% of the baserunners he’s allowed.
82
Anthony Rizzo has a wRC+ of 82 according to Fangraphs, which is much lower than Ben Rice (118) and lower than all but two Yankees with significant at bats (Oswaldo Cabrera, 79, and DJ LeMahieu 44).
83
Tommy Kahnle has faced 83 batters in his 23 appearances.
84
Alex Verdugo has 84 hits. But not many of them have been recently.
85
Alex Verdugo has an OPS+ of 85, and his abysmal stretch over the past five weeks has been a big reason why the Yankees have struggled during that same period. He peaked when he hit a home run on the first pitch he saw upon his return to Fenway Park, and he’s been statistically the worst hitter in baseball since. He’s probably also cost himself tens of millions of dollars.
86
Aaron Judge leads all of baseball with 86 RBIs.
87
Ben Rice has 87 at bats, roughly 87 more than expected.
88
Gerrit Cole has recorded 88 outs.
89
Probably the most significant under-the-radar injury the Yankees have suffered this season was to #89 Jasson Dominguez. Were it not for his oblique injury, he’d likely be DHing in the Bronx right now during Giancarlo Stanton’s absence.
90
Giancarlo Stanton has struck out 90 times.
91
Ian Hamilton has an ERA+ of 91, nine percent below league average.
92
Juan Soto has played 92 games in the outfield, 89 in right and 3 in left.
93
Fangraphs currently projects the Yankees to win 93 games. (Actually 93.6)
94
The Yankees have hit into 94 double plays, the most in baseball.
95
Anthony Volpe has struck out 95 times, more than anyone but Judge. This is obviously a problem.
96
The average exit velocity of the balls put in play by Aaron Judge is 96MPH. (96.2)
97
According to Fangraphs, the Yankees have a 97% chance to make the playoffs. (Actually 97.9%)
98
Game 98 was the worst loss of the season for the Yankees. They had appeared to right the ship and were a pitch away from sweeping the Orioles and moving into first place heading into the all-star break. But Anthony Volpe bobbled a routine ground ball to allow one run, and then Alex Verdugo misplayed a routine fly ball into a two-run, game-winning double. It was a devastating loss in the final game of the first half.
99
No matter what happens, there’s still Aaron Judge, #99.
100
One hundred games down, just 62 (and hopefully a dozen or so more) to go. Let’s go, Yankees!
Wow, thanks, Hank
19 ... that's the number of runners the Yankees have LOB through 6 today.
Anthony Volpe seems to have the tools to do the job for the next ten years, but right now the Yankees are struggling to find someone to hit in the coziest spot in all of baseball.
I think you're going to have to make peace with what Volpe actually IS ... an adequate (slightly below average) bat that is above average overall because of his glove and running.
ANOTHER Rays homerun ... wheeeeee ... isn't this FUN????
[3] As for batting leadoff ... he doesn't walk nearly enough and strikes out entirely too much ... just because he's fast doesn't make him ideal to hit first.
FINALLY!
I honestly would’ve liked it if Judge had stopped and stood on third base and stared into the Rays’ dugout.
And then done the Keanu in The Matrix "come at me, bro" hand signal.
So, of course ... GiDP.
Sigh.
But as they pointed out on the broadcast, that was probably Judge’s slowest trot ever. He knew what he was doing.
Yeah, I know ... I was just embellishing your sentiment.
If Hal doesn't sign Soto, I'm done with this team.
Sigh
Final sigh ... c'ya'll tomorrow
Alright ... let's get the split today!
Hopefully the top 5 can overcome the negative vibes of the OUTZ boys at the bottom of the starting 9.
Not a great start for the Top 5 ... 3 up ... 3Ks
There we go!
AND AGAIN!!!
DJ OUTZ
At least it was a solo shot.
Siri Cadillac'n it again.
Urge. To. Kill. Rising.
OH ... MY ... GUD!!!
DJOUTOFTHEOPARK!
So I'm not watching, but tracking the score. The 4-1 lead had me feeling good about things, but then ESPN told me that D.J. LeMahieu hit a home run and I know that's all a lie. I'm not falling for that.
Feels like Siri needs to get a fastball in the ribs. Seriously.
Why do half of the Rays pitching staff look like they took part in Pickett's Charge?
Game Day tells me that strike three to Rice was significantly below the zone. Sigh.
[22] Well then, don't look at Rodon's pitching line ... you'll KNOW YER TRIPPIN'!
[26] Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. We're in Bizarro World.
[22] The annoying thing is that HR probably bought DJ another 20 games.
We shall see if that's a good idea ...
See?
Hey ... it's that Soto guy again!
The Soto home runs are the only parts of this game I believe.
Arozorena hit by pitch? I approve. Did it appear to be intentional?
Not a great series ... but a good game to finish it out.
Hmm, Cubs going to be sellers at trade deadline. Anything useful there?
This is the age-old question, but how do we feel about trading prospects? My problem is I've become emotionally invested in the idea of an outfield with Judge, Soto, and Dominguez/Jones. I've bought into the mythology. Intellectually, however, I realize that prospects are just prospects, and you could easily argue that Dominguez and Jones will never be more valuable than they are right now. (Unless, of course, they beat the odds and turn into Soto and Judge five years from now.)
I used to root for trades, but now I've gotten to the point where I can just wait and see what happens or doesn't happen. What do the rest of you feel?
I’d like to keep the Martian, in part just because he has a cool nickname.
Also ... we'd be selling, if not low ... low-ish ... he's basically lost over a full season of development (PLUS a TJS), so ...
And Jones hasn't exactly been lighting it up this season, so ...
Thanks, Hank.
The 1st hundred games list blew my mind. Like it was meant to be. I have not caught as many games or innings this summer but every time I tune in the Yanks are stranding runners. And so it goes....
Phew, that could have been so much worse.
Insert fart noise here ... thanks, Tonkin.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand ... that's that.
ANOTHER heartening display.
There seems to be some sort of curse on anyone the Yankees have placed in the leadoff spot the last 2 years.
Perhaps the Yankees can learn something from it.
Why do I feel like this team is going to stumble to a WC berth and get booted from the Playoffs early ... again?
Four letter network. At least we get Cone.
Ah, yes ... another lineup made up with an Ouija board during a seance ... except for Soto and Judge.
We shall see how *this* summoning goes ...
RAISE THE DEAD!
Oh, DJ OUTZ
That got out quickly
SOTO SOLO!
Tattoo those pinstripes on Soto.
Groan
DJ OUTZ OUTZ OUTZ!
Well, I guess the good news is we won’t see the Mets again until the World Series.
The stink is rubbing off on Cole
Well of course.
I was as big a Gleyber fan as anyone. I just don't know what happened to him. Sigh.
I know. Man, I thought Gleyber was gonna be great. Such a shame.
With this slide that’s looking more like reality than a slide, I feel like there’s more pressure than usual for this team to do something big at the deadline. They can’t waste these two historic seasons by Judge and Soto, and they also kind of have to show Soto that they’re in it to win. They HAVE to do something.
We need the ghost of the Boss to come back, kick busts and fire people.
[56] Yeah, they should trade Soto.
In baseball, even 2 great guys aren't enough when they're surrounded by mediocrity.
And that's what the Yankees are right now ... Soto and Judge and an assortment of replacement level (or below) mediocrity.
If they make the playoffs ... and that is an IF right now ... they're not going anywhere ...and there's no simple or obvious fix to that reality.
Soto instantly becomes the biggest trading chit that the Yankees have had since they traded Chapman and Miller in 2016.
Soto's the game changer in this market ... trade him ... get legit MLB ready pieces to fill in the obvious black holes on this roster ... and then make a run to bring Soto back in the offseason as a free agent, with a better team behind him and Judge.
[59] I actually thought about this last night. In a vacuum, it makes perfect sense. My only problem is that it's hard to defend in the public space, and it might be even harder to defend to Soto as (hopefully) negotiate with him in the off-season. I know it worked well with Chapman, the stakes are infinitely higher this time. In my mind, they absolutely HAVE to sign Soto this off-season.
I feel like they have to pretend that Soto is already signed and operate from there. That allows them to include Spencer Jones in a package and get something that makes them better. Brent Rooker and Mason Miller from the A's? Sign me up. Jazz Chisolm from Miami? Yes, please. Gio Urshela? Better than LeMahieu.
It's pretty clear to everyone watching that something has to be done, but I'm not ready to break things up.
Oh yay, Yankees Sawx weekend.
Sigh
Maybe this is what Verdugo needs to reverse the hoodoo hex he gave himself against the Sox.
Um, Nestor?
Phew, only one.
Volpe!
NICE!
Volpe is not dead
Grisher!
OMG ... Boone-y didn't put the Contact Play on ... I bet it's gonna be on now with 1 out, though.
Gee ... what a surprise ... the contact play ... FAILED.
At least Verdugo is hitting HARD outs.
Girardi continues to impress me.
All rise! That’s what the Yankees needed.
Belly to belly!
Made the Sox RF fall into the stands, even better!
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh
Yikes, there goes the insurance
Two innings to get it back.
Gah.
Blargh.
Soto deserved better.
If they LOSE this ... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Ummmmm,
Well, here we go…
Or rather, here we go again.
And there it is.
Fuck!
So there are lots of issues here, but one of them is this. Playing the infield in is obviously risky. The batter’s average climbs by fifty points or so, they tell us. But opposing teams can bring the infield in with impunity. Yankee batters just hit harmless grounders directly at waiting fielders. But here the Red Sox did what you expect — hit the ball hard through the infield, and here we are again, left only to debate where this loss sits in the second’s worst losses.
Fucking ghastly
I'm not sure where you rate that, actually ... but it's up there.
This is why I spit-balled selling Soto for a bag of magic beans.
This team HAS. TOO. MANY. HOLES.
The bullpen needs to be able to hold a three run lead.
Do I believe this team can make the Wild Card?
Maybe, probably, possibly ... one of those at least.
Do I believe this team can win the AL East?
NO.
Do I believe this team can win the AL Pennant?
NO.
Do I believe this team can win the World Series?
NO.
Remember the laser that Soto hit with two outs and runners on that ended the top of the eighth? Things could’ve been different. But there are so many problems. One night they can’t score and it doesn’t look they could ever score, then they score seven runs and the bullpen can’t get hold it.
Say what you will about Cashman and his past decisions, but looking at things now, what would you do? They can’t get a third baseman AND a left fielder AND a starter AND a setup man AND a reliever. I mean, what the hell do you do?
[90] This is when I wish BBB was in the 21st Century and I could post gifs ... because right now I'd post the gif of John McLain staring out the broken glass window down at the trashed cop car and saying ... "WELCOME TO THE PARTY, PAL!"
The reality is that THIS team is NOT a trade away ... it's TRADES away ... and even IF all of those were possible is it worth the cost to try and make them?
Jazz Chisholm incoming. I approve.
Why?
I'm being serious ... I looked over his stats and I'm not even seeing the point; though I guess the 2024 Yankees are at a point where a 101 OPS+ hitter is an upgrade, so ...
I looked over the stats also, and I’ll agree that it’s not overly impressive. I think I’m hoping that he’ll be a decent leadoff hitter. But I understand your skepticism. I posted that above *before* I looked at his stats, then came back here to walk it back a bit.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they flip Gleyber now. Admittedly, he doesn’t have much value given performance and contract status. We’ll see.
Sweet Jebus ... you're the 2nd person I've seen mention putting him in the leadoff spot ... WHY????
Because he's FAST?
You can't steal 1st base ... and 1st base is where you want to be when you have Soto and Judge hitting behind you!
Is this a flashback to 1985???
Look ... our BEST leadoff hitter right now is likely Wells.
But we *can't* hit him there because "mumble, mumble, catchers don't hit leadoff" AND ... he's ALSO our best cleanup hitter.
Sigh ...
Yeah, I’m pretty meh about the trade.
And these City Connect uniforms are stupid.
Sign him, Hal, or sell the team.
Back to belly
Um, this is shaping up to be a slugfest
My nickname for Jizz Chasholm is officially ... Deck Chair.
Nope, it came out. Home run
2ND NIGHT IN A ROW!!!
Scooter smiles. “That’s how you bunt!”
Gleyber!
Bad feeling.
That’ll teach me to fall asleep early.
A non wasted lead off double? Is that legal?
You are forgiven, Gleyber.
Nice start. Put a few hits together.
Oh, the Martian of the DL, probably headed to SWB for a few games.
Uh oh
Played that one poorly off the wall. Why isn't Verdugo out there?
Has Jazz ever played in Fenway before? It’s such a quirky park you don’t want to debut there without outfield practice.
Official game now. Call it.
Need more runs.
Ah, ok there’s one.
Jizz Chasm turning the DP!
JIZZ CHASM WITH THE HOMER!
Uncle Ben!
Ah, didn’t realize it’s a 6:30 start.
For Gleyber to act like he's Derek Jeter who won't move from ss to 3rd, his defense is brutal.
Well, Gleyber's gone this offseason, so ... queue the Powers Boothe from Tombstone.
Ooooooooooooops.
Frankly ... I drop Gleyber's ass down to 9th for a while ... might send a message.
Hell Yeah!
NO!
WELLS YEAH!!!
Wait, what? I got distracted and we got 4 more runs?
Alright ... let's end the bleeding, OK, Tonkin?
ONE PITCH ... TWO OUTS!!!
Ahahahahahahahaha ... hah
I like Jazz already.
Volpe's not bad when he's not batting leadoff ...
Clearly I need to be distracted more often.
Girardi is making excuses for Gleyber. Oi!
Eh ... managers do what they do ... when they're in public.
Yankees now have hit the trifecta on Leiters.
Keep the score truck humming for the kid's debut! Let's go Yankees!
Uh oh, bases loaded no outs, Phillies have the Yankees right where they want them.
Hey, the Yankees actually scored one.
Don't walk the leadoff batter. Fucking bollocks!
Sigh
Welcome to the show, kid. Try throwing strikes when dudes are not on base.
Warren has settled down. Damn that 3 run job.
And an offense that can’t bail him out.
Jazz, baby!
It's crazy that Volpe can tell Harper that he has watched him since he was a kid!
Or players who had Jeter’s poster in their bedroom.
All That Jazz!
That was fucking AWESOME!
More wizardry from Jazz. Hot damn!
Holmes is the uncle who ruins every Thanksgiving.
Jesus. Is Harper going to hit a salami?
This is agonizing.
That ninth inning from Holmes, man. He had great stuff! All ground balls, and most of them really WEAK ground balls. But that’s why you like the flame throwers. Or Mo.
Strike three!
Holy shite! What an improbable win.
12:30 start today
I'm watching. Career high 6 rbi for DJ. Judge with broken toe flashbacks to keep him from catching the deep fly triple.
Bases juiced. Nothing is easy.
Buckle up. Clay in for the 9th. Sweep is on the line. Nail biting time.
Hell yeah! Sweeeep!
So after that disastrous game on Friday night in Fenway, who among us could've guessed a 5-1 road trip through Boston and Philadelphia? Amazing.
Stupid Orioles also won.
[165] It's amazing that through the highs and lows of this season, the Orioles and Yankees have never really been out of touch at any point.
Yeah, their swoons occurred at the same time
Cole feeling better, phew
Let us hope for more of the good stuff for the homestand!
Uh ... no, I guess not
They should probably stop doing that.
Hot dog!
I have friend who became a town Judge today! I sent him a pic of a Judge jersey. I wrote you need to order one asap! lol...
All I really want is to watch Soto and Jusge in this lineup for the next ten years.
Pitching to Judge, I mean ...
477
https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/95209b7b-b6f4-4837-aa72-a9aa009003ad.mp4
That's Torres in a nutshell ... and why I'll be fine seeing the backside of him after this season.
Shitty year, smokes a ball, dogs it down to first.
Go away, Gleyber.
And that would have been a run, if he'd been on 2nd instead of loafing into 1st.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player ducking while sliding into home. Never.
I knew that slowfooted error machine would be thrown out at home the second that ball was hit. Grrrrrr......
That's not fair ... sadly, he's NOT slowfooted ... if he WERE ... he would have been held at third and NOT sent to get thrown out.
He's *average* footed ... and since the Yankees can't ever seem to hire a 3rd base coach with a lick of sense ... THAT'S why you felt the out coming instinctively.
5-2
Oy.
[169]
Obviously ... **I** am to blame, here ... and Gleyber, of course.
Starting to wish this game was on a channel I did not have.
Torres now out.
It appears Boone-y DID make an example.
Good.
Bryan Hoch keeps saying it couldn’t have been for discipline, but I think it clearly was.
https://x.com/yankee_hank/status/1819548466546393398?s=46&t=44_EUgyRa1nSHhdFK9Z8ww
I think Joe covered it on the YES broadcast ... Torres just went out to 2nd after making the last out, so it wasn't until after the next half-inning Boone could remove him in the dugout without making a Martin/Jackson level scene.
[186] I get it but why did he play in the bottom half?
THE VOLPINATOR!
[188] See [187]
The funny thing is Gleyber would have been thrown out by 20 feet if he raced out of the box and tried to turn that line drive off the wall into a double.
[191] 100% disagree.
He dogged that into a single.
[191] Of course, if he HADN'T dogged it out of the box, he'd have been in a legit position to make a legit CALL on that decision.
But.
Well.
He didn't.
Wells busted it out of the box on his ball off the wall ... and broke it down coming around 1st?
Nobody said a word.
Why?
Because he busted it out of the box, looking for at least a double, NOT taking a marginal HR for granted.
You DO that?
You get credit if you don't decide to go for 2nd.
You dog it?
You get NO credit, just disdain.
Twitter link Jomboy has Boone lip synching "I pulled you out of the game."
https://x.com/Jomboy_/status/1819553601762611540
YEAH ... GO, SOTO, GO!!!!
C'mon Frank!
Well ... c'mon Chizz Jasm!
Poop.
8-5
[188] Boone-y explained after the game he wanted to give Cabrera a half-inning to get warm, which ... I dunno ... might be the reason.
Sigh ... 1-0
If at first you don't succeed in giving up a HR to dead CF ... throw a better meatball to the NEXT batter!
Boom ... 2 is better than 1
I feel like I should start calling Trent Grisham Jizz Chasholm, because he looks like a 70s pornstar and Chizz Jazz can just stay Chizz Jazz.
Apparently it was the first time in fifty years that a batter has been walked intentionally with no one on base and two outs in the first two innings.
Oooooooooooooooooh, Foxy Volpe ... he's coming to get'cha!
So the Yankees are for the moment alone in first place.