Aaron Civale (#34, 29, RHP, 2-1, 2.74) vs. Luis Gil (#81, 26, RHP, 0-1, 3.86)
RAYS
DH Yandy Diaz R
CF R. Arozarena R
LF R. Palacios L
3B I. Paredes R
1B A. Shenton L
RF Amed Rosario R
2B Curtis Mead R
C Ben Rortvedt L
SS J. Caballero R
YANKEES
SS A. Volpe R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
DH G. Stanton R
1B A. Rizzo L
2B G. Torres R
LF Alex Verdugo L
C Jose Trevino R
3B O. Cabrera S
Rortvedt being 3-5 in the series while Austin Wells hasn’t even SLIGHTLY hit this season is awfully annoying.
Hopefully Gil can pitch well, but I guess more importantly is that the Yankee offense actually finds a way to score off of a Rays starter. It’s been pretty embarrassing so far.
first
power change looking really crisp
he’s fucking out of slot. do your fucking job Trevino
peg him for stepping out. such insolence
Does Gil think he gets a bonus for every pitch thrown?
count da kssss
It’s crazy how much talent he has, and yet constantly struggles with harnessing it. You can’t go 3-2 every batter, guy!
What Yogi once said: Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical.
Guys have always been around with all the physical tools but never grasped the mental part of the game.
exhibit a
send volpe down
oh my fucking god
great 2-2 take on the low curve. hard to lay off
I enjoy the Juan Soto experience. I’m a Soto-enjoyer.
send judge down
mother of God why
I really hate volpe in the leadoff spot right now. The Yankees seem dedicated to forcing him into extremely challenging situations.
Why not let him settle in where he was?
I do like volpe as a potential lead off option eventually, but not right now, he’s still adjusting. If they needed to move a struggling Gleyber, Verdugo would have been a better decision.
100%. And they say he’s remaining there when DJ returns. It’s just madness.
stfu both of ya’s
Fucking hell judge
On tape delay. Oy.
Spencer first home run.
https://x.com/firesideyankees/status/1782098647846388219?s=61&t=fhOaqwtc8q2TMSXUDRjPeg
stanton looks less suck than usual
Veggie did an analysis of Judge’s struggle. Has anyone broken down Volpe’s recent awfullness? And last year’s strikeouts are back.
He’s been very good hitting out of the 6/7 spot and not very good hitting out of the leadoff spot.
Obviously, teams have approaches for each batter, but I think he’s being exposed at the leadoff position more. He did change up his game quite a bit, so teams could just be adjusting to it and he has to figure out how to adjust back.
why’d they bench goldy
wonderful. the vivas experience begins
I think they eventually pull him for the rest of the day, but I bet it is ultimately more a momentary issue than a broken foot.
he got shinned. hurts and will yield a welt, but nothing structural
give the man some Dominican b-12!
Civale and Gil trying to outpitch each other in terms of pitches thrown.
gil needs a 3rd pitch. his other 2 are dynamite
Yeah, agreed. He COULD be a stud.
eat my shit batter before Rosario!
fuck you mead!
eat my shit mead!
fucking Trevino
Not helping, Trevy!
peg rortvedt
fuck you rortvedt!
how ya like that Cronin???
I was very pleased to see it.
Need that Rortvedt batting average to come way down.
ump mad at Torres delay of game, speeding things up ump style
civale confuses me, cutter, splitter, change tail arm side. curve is simple 12-6, 4 seam is straight. I don’t understand how he hasn’t been colostomized yet
Just no double play, Volpe.
He tried, but he just couldn’t quite GIDP.
hmm, 2 on, 2 out for soto
civale out of sync, somehow pulls himself together to k judge w bases loaded
meh
Still a Soto enjoyer, regardless.
bottom of the 3rd – k, Stanton hr, k, k
Donny would’ve had that one
eat my shit diaz!
gil. I swear to god
great, now he’s rattled. do your fucking job Trevino!
woof
woof?
kinda woof
strike out south American yoshida!
woof
ffs
this ump needs either +/- carlsburgs
Oof
Gil might turn into a good pitcher yet. Eovaldi did.
3 ip, 7k
Stanton is close, just not sure if up or down
Man, it’s embarrassing in a lot of ways, but Gil is still pretty impressive out there, mixed into the stupidity.
he’s like smart joba
nice try there, riz
I now see more clearly why
It does seem like gil picked up some command/control coming out of tj. a better 3rd pitch would be nice, but his future as a starter is looking up.
of all the guys who are cooked, Rizzo is cooked the most
What did Torres just do? It looked odd.
he secured some ppl their… 3rd inning arepas!!!
tanner Swanson taught him too well…
fuck. just off the end of the bat
slider looks horrible. big fucking red dot
fucking slider ruining the atmosphere. now 4-seamer is out of sync
caught ya guessing eh meady boy?
great, now we have a balk problem. k for the save
I legit don’t get how the heck you have multiple balks in a single game.
I didn’t see the second one, but the first one was debatable, right on the edge, a matter of interpretation.
68 pitches through four is honestly not too bad.
How does Ozzie swing at that?
And THIS is the week Volpe’s player of the week?
volpe is like the bizzaro 9 hole hitter – good way to end an inning… with a sad out
I’m thinking you have to take the pitcher when you have him on the ropes, with baserunners in every inning (until now, of course)… but I guess it’s better to hit the pitcher and not break through – but at least get the pitch count up a bit – than to not hit the pitcher at all, so – whatever.
Score already.
peg him!
woof time
I said woof, not red dot
fucking red dot drag is real
4 seam endures and overcomes red dot drag
What’s your basis for thinking that pitch is suddenly worse? I mean, it’s not based on results, obviously.
it’s a cement mixer. it also visually looks like shit. it’s not breaking much x or y, and it’s the same speed as the power change
gil > rodon
hey Brian, how’s your wunderkind now?
I think the yes graphics intern is trapped in some sort of antebellum wormhole
a stantonian bb
riz likes em down and in, and past him, aaand thrown
hmm, late on 92 eh
Volpe, Judge, Rizzo and Gleyber right now OMG.
hmm, out in front on 88
hmm, surprising bb
we want vivas!
shutup dolce (Jeff)
Yes!
So what if I hate Verdugo. Win the game.
verdugo for secretary!
fuck you o-zone, fuck you hacking, um, fuck you wells!
Is Boone managing the Rays? How did they let Civale give up five runs!?
game plan v civale – hack