A.J. Puk (#35, 29, LHP, 0-2, 9.00) vs. Carlos Rodón (#55, 31, LHP, 0-0, 2.79)
MARLINS
2B Luis Arraez L
LF B. De La Cruz R
DH Jake Burger R
1B Josh Bell S
CF J. Chisholm L
SS Tim Anderson R
RF A. Garcia R
3B E. Rivera R
C C. Bethancourt R
YANKEES
2B G. Torres R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
DH G. Stanton R
1B A. Rizzo L
SS A. Volpe R
LF Alex Verdugo L
3B Jon Berti R
C Austin Wells L
Puk is a better pitcher than a 9.00 ERA pitcher, and I don’t know how good Rodon is, so this might be a lot more worrisome than it would normally appear with a 9-2 team playing a 1-10 team.
If Rodon can continue his effectively wild act, that is OK. It would be much better if he were just effective though.
7:05 EDT
Thanks, thought I changed that. Fixed now!
Nice to see the control is still there! There was one strike in those five pitches, a huge improvement!
i look forward to the day i don’t know a single umpire’s name.
Okay, Rodon saw my comment, and said, “Fuck that guy,” and he then dominated the next three Marlins.
I truly do like Gleyber, but boy, I could do without him leading off. Hurry back, DJ (since Waldo is going to sit anyways, might as well sit for a good leadoff hitter).
Puk does have a huge split 757-584 so playing Berti tonight makes sense.
Jones still not playing. Just a stiff neck from sleeping?
Yeah, well, the next diagnosis is ___________.
How did Soto not feel the tag?
Considering Puck’s huge split why not bat Volpe 5 instead of 6. Don’t you want him up with the big OBP guys on base.
Okay, four strikeouts through two innings doesn’t totally suck, Rodon.
Including a lot more swings and misses.
Sure feels like the book on Wells is run run run.
Some bad batted ball luck tonight. Maybe we’ll get a cheap run in the 5th
all hail our savior, Carlos rodon!
puk has a goofy delivery
soto not seeing him well
This is a very good performance, no doubt, but I worry that the Marlins just can’t hit right now. I mean, NESTOR just through eight shutout innings against them. So I’m tempering my expectations for both Nestor and Rodon’s next start.
Now, if Rodon sucks next inning, I will not. 😉
Why is Wells starting against the guy with a huge split? Is he Rodon’s personal catcher?
my thought is wells is still developing and Trevino is essentially what he’ll be at this point. can’t hurt to throw some lefty abs at wells
sixto Sanchez sighting! my night is made
Cortes looked better than Rodon has IMO. Carlos has had more big misses on location but definitely pitching fine
With Cabrera out 8/9 154/368 and 136/422 are no factor.
dude, berti has had 13 abs, and would you rather the mighty Trevino get abs? (defense notwithstanding…)
That should’ve been Volpe’s AB.
here comes the 0-2 changeup of doom
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As I like to say, it’s only the Marlins, but this is what a good pitcher SHOULD do to the Marlins
Sixto Sanchez is a reliever now?
Weird, right? I guess they feel his arm will explode at any moment?
Amusingly, that was basically the theory behind the Yankees having Lo pitch every third day, and he STILL blew out his hip AND his UCL anyways!
yea I don’t get it. he’s throwing 4 different pitches, his fastball isn’t really playing up, and like half of the marlins’s sps are tommy johned
Poor Loaisiga. That guy is never going to be a consistently healthy player. I assume he’ll get a league minimum deal when he comes back, and then some MiL deals, and then he’ll pitch in a foreign league for a year or two.
I mean the Yankees got plenty of value from loaisiga. he’s basically Betances-lite. unfortunately we’re in the mets betances era for loaisiga
Bad baserunning Berti
I like contact.
Sic this Robl guy is some kind of cash games player, and lucky to boot. High Stakes Poker has been giant action this season.
Yuh oh.
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Yankees with some hard hit outs.
Rizzo has been offfffffffffff on defense so far to start the season. It could be nothing, or, well, it could be a problem.
fucking Tim Anderson. swing damn you!
Fucking Berti.
A. Shouldn’t have walked Bell, but B. Yeah, that was some fucked up shit for Rodon. I feel for him.
nice, wells, nice
Yanks wasted too many opportunities
Man, that sucked. Such a good pitch and such a easy groundball, and yet it still got a run in and moved the runners over.
wasn’t spring training like last week?
Okay, that second run (and if that third run scores) is unearned, right?
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Hamilton pitched so well and two runs have scored. Very irritating.
Rizzo’s been underwhelming in the field and at bat.
Brian, can you lift the duplicate post censoring? I like my ellipses with 3 periods(!)
I legit don’t know if I can. I’ll try!
much thanks good sir
Huh, fascinating, NONE of the runs were earned, because the groundout wouldn’t have scored Bell if not for the error. Interesting call. I agree with it, but still interesting.
volpe in a dp kinda mood this game
Verdugo’s .719 OPS would have been, like, third on the team last year.
Holy shit, they are teeing off on so many pitches, and they’re all going right to fielders.
don’t worry, xwoba has you covered
This has tough loss written all over it
if that happens I’m going to be really mad
100%. Let’s hope not!
That was one of the oddest four pitch walks I’ve ever seen, where each pitch JUST missed.
throw strikes, please
wtf was that
I certainly won’t miss Gleyber’s shitty defense when he’s on some other team next season.
EDITED TO ADD: I WILL miss Gleyber overall, though. Just not his shitty defense.
-torres – Stanton – verdugo = recreating Soto in the aggregate
score runs, please
Hamilton is so fucking good. Even when his defense fucks him over.
Yankees could use a rp who throws high spin rate gas to complement Holmes’s and Hamilton’s sinker-heavy profiles
Nice shitty game overall tonight, Gleyber.
I can’t wait until he’s no longer the leadoff hitter.
I can’t think of a redeeming quality in his abs that would lend themselves to a good leadoff hitter. he doesn’t have a high obp, his abs aren’t especially long, is slow, is a bad baserunner, um
For a good player Torres sure is bad
I’m just reliving the, what, 17 runs Holmes gave up against the Marlins in the 9th inning last year.
Surprising.
But a GOOD surprise!
Jesus Christ, Glasnow 7 ip 0 runs 0 bb 14k on 88 pitches
also, Jackson Holliday called up to replace O’s crappy 2b. huzzah.
Now they only need to go 77-73 to vaguely be in contention for WC2 before fizzlinng out after a 3-6 homestand against the Rays, Royals and A’s.
I strongly dislike the dodgers.
I’m thinking that maybe Rodon is not done? Ok a game against the Marlins isn’t proof but seriously, he’s pitching pretty OK so far this year.