Austin Gomber (#26, 30, LHP, 4-8, 4.64) vs. Marcus Stroman (33, RHP, 8-6, 3.82)
ROCKIES
DH C. Blackmon L
SS E. Tovar R
CF B. Doyle R
3B Ryan McMahon L
2B B. Rodgers R
1B M. Toglia S
RF Jake Cave L
LF Nolan Jones L
C Drew Romo S
YANKEES
2B G. Torres R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
DH G. Stanton R
3B J. Chisholm L
SS A. Volpe R
C Jose Trevino R
LF Alex Verdugo L
1B DJ LeMahieu R
Let’s see if they can avoid this whole “Play down to their opponent’s level” nonsense. I doubt they can. Man, this is such a bizarre baseball team.
Yankees vs a league average lefty. Rock solid bottom of the order. What could go wrong?
LeMahieu in for defense, so good that you tolerate his absent offense.
Two plays in a row he didn’t make. The first one was hard… for Chisholm.
Damn. I have no faith in Stroman, but what the hell else can he do?
Jazz with a great stop, tough throw that DJ fails to finish off. But he’s an offense first 1B.
I mean, I’d be going for strikeouts instead of relying on my fielders there, too!
That’s a hell of a job by Stroman. He must be pissed.
Jazz with an error on a routine ground ball. Stroman at 31 pitches. Rockies worst road team in baseball. Caldron bubble.
I was sick of Gleyber getting on in the first and no one driving him in. Bout time.
Even kind of reaching for it.
FGAS, this one’s for you!
Need 3-4 more
It really is insane what Judge is doing.
God, please give us mechanical ball and strike counts.
So dumb.
“Guys getting calls wrong – that’s what makes baseball great!”
Lunacy.
And the meek shall inherit the earth.
Wait, why didn’t that go out?
I guess he’s right, he’s not locked in yet.
I agree. Not enough to overturn that.
Did the ump collapse?
He got hit in the head and the throat by the part of Stanton’s bat that broke off (he breaks bats all the time).
A sixteen-minute delay and Stroman can’t come out again? Shouldn’t it be the opposite – wouldn’t a rest late in his outing be just what he’d need? I just don’t get the logic of some of these “accepted” things in baseball.
Damn. They couldn’t get one lousy hit? Or walk? I don’t care about the runs, I just want to get Judge up as many times as possible.
This team is so pathetic with the bases loaded.
The Rockies have the WORST PITCHING STAFF IN BASEBALL and the Yankees can’t do shit.
So glad they bought jazz back quickly and threw him right into the middle of the lineup.
Jazz has hit the ball hard, I think, every time up today.
It’s funny, usually when this team is winning, unless it’s a blow-out, it FEELS like they’re losing.
Today it feels like they should be winning by a lot more than one run.
Wait, so Stroman is out of the game because of a 16-minute break… but the Rockies’ pitcher isn’t, after a longer break? What the hell is that?
I guess 97 pitches is enough through 5-innings.
Cy Gomber at 85 through 6 innings.
No team has better 5–6 hitters than we do today. WS Trophy, here we come!
phenom, Trevi, Vertigo and DJ make pitchers into aces. They might as well have been facing prime time Koufax
Rizzo 0/3 2 Ks. He’s ready. Poteet 3.2ip 1r 4h.
While I have a little hope for Rizzo (10%), I think mainly that he’s done. I hope he proves the little bit of me correct, not the 90% of me.
Can he be worse than the alternatives?
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Well, they had to go back-to-back-to-back and belly-to-belly-to-belly to score again.
Making it harder for Holmes to blow it. Harder, not impossible.
phenom harshing my vibe
Our powerful 5–6 hitters are a combined 0-8, but they are somehow winning without them.
Well, Verdugo, DJLM, Gleyber… we all saw that coming, right?
They picked the right team to do it against. But yeah, this will get Verdugo and LeMahieu another 50 PA’s. Boone will be so ecstatic post game.
When was the last time the Yankees had hitters 1-4 in the lineup all hit HRs?
After touring the country, including a return to Wrigley Field, and six plus hours in extended bidding tonight, Babe Ruth’s ‘Called Shot’ Jersey closes at $24.12 Million to become the world’s most valuable piece of sports memorabilia
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Acceptable. Feels like Judge is loafing a bit though.
Saw the replay of the ump’s injury. Jesus. Nearly punctured his carotid. Lucky he only got the smooth side of the broken bat and not the sharp end.
If they go to an automated strike zone, then the home plate ump can stand back a few yards and be a bit safer…
Martian 2/4 with a double.
Not needed, Verdugo and LeMahieu are back. Boone must be giddy. When’s the last time each had 2-hits in the same game? Never?
Please stay Soto
https://x.com/snyyankees/status/1827819930789572972?t=P7E07f4ZW2tzLpXZJif9-w&s=19
I sincerely doubt there’s any way he’s leaving unless he doesn’t want to be here, and he seems to be fine with being here, so I think he’ll be back. Hal knows he has to pay for Soto.
Boras is his agent, never underestimate the loony things that Boras has done with clients (ask Monty).
Boras wants to get his clients the most money possible, and the Yankees are fine with giving Soto the most money possible, ya know? So they’ve linked up with Boras many times over the years, including recent huge deals for Cole and Rodon.
If Soto just wants money, the Yankees have a chance. But if Soto wants to win more championships, he would be within reason to choose the Dodgers, even if they do some financial engineering to make it happen. Imagine a lineup of Ohtani, Betts, Soto, Freeman, with a rotation of Yamamoto, Ohtani, Glasnow. I have trouble seeing how that team isn’t a favorite for the next 3-4 years, and a strong contender for the next 10.
Boras has misled many clients over the years.
Also, how much more are the Yankees wiling to pay Soto over what they are paying Judge? Now, Soto will be in his prime years starting in 2025 (as will I be – but never mind that), so they have to be willing to make the AAV higher just because Prime Soto©. Like prime beef. Mmmmm! Prime beef. Anyway, I digress.
Aaron Judge has 51 homers, Shohei Ohtani is 40/40, and there’s a month left in the season.
I guess the Yankees have decided that Tonkin was going to be the guy who got cut when Effross, Ian Hamilton, or Trevino returned, as they just DFAed Tonkin for Phil Bickford. Obviously Bickford isn’t going to be here long term (and likely neither is Tim Mayza), but they likely DID need to free two spots (Mayza AND one more guy), and since no one has options except for Cousins (who might be their best reliever), I guess Tonkin is the guy.
It’s disappointing, but it makes sense – there’s just too many other guys doing better than him in Holmes, Weaver, Kahnle, Leiter Jr., Cousins, and Hill.
Holmes has 10 blown saves, but he’s doing ‘better’?
Than Tonkin, yes. I like Tonkin, but everyone else is doing too well (plus the guys who are coming back from injuries are likely better than him, too).
Ten blown saves is not doing well. They’d be up 6 in the loss column with 6 blown saves by Holmes.
RAB: 16 runs in last 19.1ip, only 3 of last 12 appearances were scoreless.
Obviously, no GM would take Tonkin over Holmes right now at the same price. Nor would I, although I’d never have Holmes closing.
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But there was a good while where Tonkin pitched shockingly well and Holmes was consistently disappointing. I’m betting there’s a view (the last 20 appearances for each?) where Tonkin’s record looks significantly better.