Clarke Schmidt (#36, 28, RHP, 5-3, 2.52) vs. Javier Assad (#72, 26, RHP, 7-4, 3.21)
YANKEES
2B G. Torres R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
C Austin Wells L
DH G. Stanton R
3B J. Chisholm L
1B A. Rizzo L
SS A. Volpe R
LF Alex Verdugo L
CUBS
LF Ian Happ S
1B M. Busch L
DH Seiya Suzuki R
RF C. Bellinger L
2B Nico Hoerner R
SS D. Swanson R
CF P. Crow-Armstrong L
3B P. Wisdom R
C C. Bethancourt R
Please don’t suck, Schmidt.
A run is better than no run, but still, for Wells and Stanton to both be 2-0 and both ground out is quite annoying.
Nick Burdi with the surprising DFA. Apparently, though, his fastball had lost THREE MPH on it in the minors. THAT ain’t good. So it makes a lot more sense to risk losing him.
Can no one on this team ever get a big hit, especially lately in the first? We scored 3 yesterday. Big fucking whoop.
WWWAJ?
I see Schmidt still loves to throw a TON of pitches.
It’s the Yankees way.
More lousy AB’s with a great situation. But hey! They got a run out of it. And funny how they now pitch to Judge in that spot, that’s how bad Judge has been scuffling for 2 weeks as he K’s with 2nd and 3rd and no outs.
Did people REALLY think Flash and Kay had a problem with each other due to their shtick during the game? How fucking stupid are people?
Come on, that’s freaking adorable that they still give him an extended standing ovation every time he gets his first at-bat in the game.
Wow, the umps have been really bad this series.
A first pitch groundout by Verdugo with a runner in scoring position? Who could possibly predict THAT?!
Who cares about a few hundred wasted at bats, vertigo barked like a dog that one time.
Second and third where Yankees go to die.
It’s RISP FAIL DAY! in Chicago. Woo-hoo.
great pop on that FB by Schmidt
Right? VERY impressive second inning.
Assad is a good pitcher, so I’m not too irked at all of this nonsense.
This team is so pathetic. As long as we hold the Cubs to one hit, we might win.
No way the Martian would be an asset I guess. He couldn’t give Judge a rest once a week, Stanton and Verdugo twice a week? This team never hits starters any more
see, Trevino, that’s how you throw runners out
I’d love to see our 1st inning BA RISP the last 2 weeks to a month.
Please, fire this moron Verdugo into the sun. That’s one of the dumbest baserunning plays I’ve ever seen.
ETA: It looks like he made it back in time, but holy shit, that it was even THAT close is INSANE.
Even if he was safe that was pure stupidity Verdugo.
INSANELY stupid.
Ooph, Assad made Soto look BAD on that strikeout.
Most Yankees look bad against most pitcher most of the time lately. But for the wild pitch it would be a shutout.
If Gleyber did that he’d be benched.
Wow, what a throw by Wells!
I think wells has been strengthening a lot this season. his balance at the plate is much better than earlier in the season.
Agreed. They’ve clearly been drilling it a LOT all season long.
he’s more upright at the plate as well, but even his hop-pivot post-contact really impresses me
Schmidt is the younger, cheaper, more capable stroman
Man, Soto is so shitty in right.
That fucking sucks that Schmidt won’t get the win now because of that stupid play in right.
judge you mean, judge
Nestor coming in with a runner in scoring position. This will go well.
And it did. 😉
Wellsey
interesting relief here. I’m really happy w Schmidt’s performance. challenged hitters, didn’t nibble, clearly rehabbed effectively which is credit to him and the org
He was OUTSTANDING. Very, very happy about him and Gil doing so well.
I feel a lot better after those two starts
Right? How can you not be? Not even just for this season, but for the near future, too.
I think the Yankees are very formidable in a playoff schema especially w a 4-man and stroman in the pen
I like tricky guys like Nestor in relief. He throws the hitters timing off and BA against of 220 first 2 innings.
assad has pretty good tunneling. they look like 90 (flat) mph meatballs but they keep moving
his pitch path and release kind of remind me of Yarborough
yay
The Yankee’s best offense today has been wild pitches and errors.
Big wheels
gj Nestor, caught bell guessing
Nasty
ump very generous w the cubs and stingy w Yanks…
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but yeah, it’s fucking annoying.
Gotta keep Verdugo’s bat in the lineup. Can’t lose it. He’s so good. Who else would groundout every other at-bat?
Verdugo ground out. Bad luck.
This is your 2024 Yankees offense.
Okay, Judge, time to wake up.
Nope. RISP FAIL DAY!
balls are just dying out there
Yeah, it’s hard to get too mad at him for that one. The wind kept it in the park, what else is he supposed to do?
A typical 0/7 RISP
If Nestor continues pitching well, does he just finish the game?
he hit the ball 110 fucking mph, adequate la, and a routine flyball
Clay Holmes is loosening up.
Clay Holmes hilariously warming. Is he seriously going to try to close this one?!
No ground out haters.
Touche!
So is Weaver just the closer now period? Not today, because it’s a weird setup, but just in general.
Very nice play by Gleyber. It’d be hilarious if he finally became a good defender just in time for his Yankee career to be over.
Nestor! Great job.
Nestor’s, like, “Uhm, maybe Marcus should be in the bullpen, mkay?”
I like trick pitchers as middle inning, setup guys.
So, all these games versus the Cubs are 2:20 PM starts, and it’s nice to get the loses out of the way early. Okay, they fooled you and won the first two games, but tomorrow we will get the loss out of the way early on Sunday.
I liked Nestor for when they brought him in but I didn’t expect 4.1ip, 2.1 maybe.
ya
Now let’s try scoring some runs tomorrow. WP, ground out. Stolen base, error. That’s all.
Taillon is going to dominate them.
Henderson: Hello Siri
https://x.com/ballyrays/status/1832534838496391290?s=61&t=fhOaqwtc8q2TMSXUDRjPeg
The Yankees keeping Jasson Dominguez in the minors in order to play Alex Verdugo is such a bad move that it has united both the analytics and anti-analytics crowds
The former hate Verdugo because he sucks and the latter hate Verdugo because he sucks
https://x.com/SayomGD/status/1832083194474295733
LOL!! Thanks, that made me laugh.
More honors for Verdugo
RAB Alex Verdugo is two groundouts away from tying the Statcast Era (since 2015) record for most groundouts to the right side in a single season (three-way tie with 111). The Yankees have 20 games left to play after today
Pretty funny. I knew ir was bad, but this?
i hope he gets it. it’s a little easier to point at how stupid the team is when you have concrete stuff like
most ground outs
most blown saves
dumbest manager
etc
looks like the rays are going to win
Even at 5-1 I was thinking, “They’re going to still blow this, right?”
Huge win for the Yankees.
I can’t believe Boone was smart enough to let Nestor finish. In his last 4 starts he went into the 7th three times allowing one run total. The 4th start was bad. But when he’s “on” he’s on. So good move there.
I also can’t believe cashman is so stupid as to let vertugo stay on the roster while Jasson is in the minors.
Jasson, 2-for-4, 2 R, BB
Quiet night. Verdugo was unlucky with a BABIP of 0 this afternoon?
Dang, Nestor! From Hoch:
“Obviously, I was upset. I feel like amongst all the starters, I’ve been the workhorse here,” Cortes said. “Once [Gerrit] Cole went down, they picked me to be the Opening Day starter; not necessarily the No. 1, but the Opening Day starter. I had to switch my routine there, and now they do this.
“I’m never going to back down from a challenge, I’m never going to leave my teammates out to dry. You’re always going to get my best effort, no matter if I’m happy or not. That’s what I did today. I just came out there and proved that I can be put in any situation, and from here on out, if that’s what’s my role, then I’ll accept it.”
Like!
If he pitches this well when he’s angry and upset I suggest we make sure he’s always angry and upset! Who’s with me to put nails in his tires the day the playoffs start?
I did a little research and found this picture of Cashman convincing Hal that they don’t need to bring Jasson up a month ago.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2iU1GybwAAmjiD.png
🤣🤣🤣
Nice.
Grima Wormtongue, eh.
Taillon has more strikeouts than Cole this year.
go rays