Carlos Rodón (#55, 32, LHP, 13-7, 3.24) vs. Dustin May (#85, 27, RHP, 7-9, 4.59)
RED SOX
1B R. Gonzalez R
3B Alex Bregman R
DH R. Anthony L
SS Trevor Story R
CF Nate Eaton R
LF Jarren Duran L
2B C. Rafaela R
C C. Narvaez R
RF J. Garcia R
YANKEES
CF T. Grisham L
DH Aaron Judge R
1B Ben Rice L
LF C. Bellinger L
RF G. Stanton R
2B J. Chisholm L
3B Ryan McMahon L
SS J. Caballero R
C Austin Wells L
If Carlos Rodon and the Yankees hitters can’t succeed in this one, they should just pack up their shit and go home.
I guess they’re going to need to just pack up their shit and go home, right?
Fuck, that dude’s hitting 63, ain’t he?
At the VERY least, Boston better be forced to fucking PAY Bregman this offseason.
This inning really contains everything that makes Rodon good, and everything that makes him infuriating.
In the end, it’s a scoreless inning with a gazillion pitches thrown. Typical Yankee starting pitcher. They’re legit all GOOD pitchers, stuff-wise, they’re just all fucking headcases.
Do the Yankees understand that you’re allowed to go with the pitch and you don’t need to try and put it in the bleachers? This is why Rowson needs to go. 23rd in BA in the MLB last 30 games.
I can’t even be mad about Judge losing the MVP at this point. The dude’s just been a flat out choker for a while now, so why should I give a shit if he wins MVP or not?
Normally, someone with a opening like this from May would be crushed. I somehow doubt that will be the case tonight.
And on cue.
Just your usual Yankees starter first inning with a too many pitch performance (19 a mere 19 here).
DP in 321
It’d be funny if it weren’t so pathetic.
Easiest prediction I’ve ever made. Rice does that a lot.
NO idea why he was moved to the #3 spot. That’s neither here nor there on the DP, I just don’t get the move one way or the other.
I liked the Grisham/Judge/Belli/Stanton/Rice lineup.
Walks the first two batters, gets out of the inning on four more pitches. Pa-thetic.
Started off well, went downhill fast. Already 0-2 with RISP.
I’d rather see Cody 3, Gianni 4 and Rice 5. I’d also rather see PGold in the lineup than Wells.
Much rather.
Yeah, the Belli/Stanton/Rice option is a much more logical order.
Jazz almost threw that away.
I’m assuming a Narvaez home run here (I also wouldn’t be surprised by a walk, with Rodon afraid of the home run).
There’s seemingly no logic to how Boone construct his lineups. I bet he thinks he’s being terribly clever. Stanton has to hit in the first four.
He smartly batted him here so that Jazz would drive him in with a home run. Smart managing.
I’m calling swinging K
Luckily no.
But I prefer option 2.
I just feel Jazz has it in him to be much better.
I think he’s fine as is, he’s just super frustrating. He’s nowhere near the shittiness of Wells, Volpe, and Yankee hitter McMahon.
It’s important to remember, as bad as the Yankees are, the Red Sox suck, TOO, ya know?
I’m sure the Yankees will blow this, but don’t think that the Red Sox are some great team. They just suck less than the Yankees.
And as bad as the Yankees are the stupid multi wild card system makes it almost immaterial.
Yeah, they legit could get swept here, and I think they still make the playoffs pretty easily. So the freaking out over these losses is, on the one hand, understandable because they’re so pathetic, but on the other hand, this isn’t THAT big of a deal.
Swind for the HR often enough and you’re bound to hit a few, Jazz. Congrats!
McMahon hitting 151/491 in August before that.
Yeah, he’s also lost all power as a Yankee. It’s bee-zarre.
Whatever Rowson touches dies
You have to wake up pretty darn early to have a more pathetic walk than that one. Just got a 2-0 lead, the number nine hitter, rookie in his second game, 0-2 count…four straight balls. PATHETIC.
Just mind-boggling.
Ah, then comes a leadoff walk.
At least this Bregman homer will be a solo shot.
This is really the full Rodon experience. So much good, and so much bad. It’s insane.
Seven more solo shots and I think they have a chance in this one.
May fooled some people with two straight good starts, but he’s an outright dogshit pitcher, too. A team competing for the World Series was just, like, “Nah, no thank you” to him. That says SO MUCH.
I assume he still gets the win, though, tonight. Maybe in a 6-5 Boston win.
Every run but 2 on home runs and one was an excuse me pop up.
I assume the mound visit was to say, “Just fucking throw it out of the zone, Judge will still swing at it.”
Funk-a-dilly, Judge.
Leadoff homer, then give him two outs on three pitches. Smart hitting. Really smart hitting.
Three outs on four pitches AFTER a leadoff home run. Man, I love me some Belli, but he has been AWFUL lately.
You might want to keep Stanton in the lineup, Boonie.
For sure and if they have to give Judge the day off ok.
I don’t reel that’s a great job especially with Stanton running and McMahon up next. It was an acceptable job, better than a strikeout. Great? Nah.
Yeah, huge reach there.
Stanton scoring on a sac fly is hilarious.
They’re 12th in runs scored the last 30 days.
And the loss goes to Leiter, he’s second in the MLB with 7? I think Rodon would be gone before 5. Hill? Weaver? Doval? Weaver? Bernard?
I guess Weaver? I don’t think Doval sees the light of day in this series.
The leadoff walk here to a guy who can’t hit lefties is just a chef’s kiss.
Rodon is straight out AFRAID of Narvaez.
Thank goodness he runs slowly.
66 pitches through five. He at LEAST goes six, but do you try to get seven from him? I like the idea of keeping Lowe on the bench.
Where would this team be without Trent Grisham?
6-5 win for May still in play.
HOLY SHIT, JUDGE.
I legit cannot believe how bad that at-bat was.
Rodon stepped up big time tonight. Grisham has truly helped save the team this year. But I’m not signing him to a long term deal because he’ll turn into Aaron Hicks.
That was a bomb
That’s why Rice has room to grow.
Good grief, another awful Judge AB. What is going on?
They really should tell him. “It’s okay, you can strike out on called strikes. Just DO NOT expand the zone. No one will complain if you strike out on called strikes, we promise you.”
You canNOT walk this guy, Rodon.
I’m so shallow but do you think phenom is rooting for Caballero?
He’s so, so frustrating. All the talent in the world, and he makes it so difficult for himself.
Similarly to the Judge point, “It’s okay, Rodon, if Romy Gonzalez gets a hit, he gets a hit. DO NOT WALK HIM.”
What are you dooooooooooing, Rodon?!
Phil Hughes finishing stuff.
Why is he so fucking stupid? Why? Why is he like this? Why can’t he just help himself out?
Why is no one up in the bullpen? Because Boone is slooow
He should be able to pitch seven, and now, he probably doesn’t get out of the sixth. It’s INSANE.
Why is he THIS stupid?
All I know is thank goodness for that Grisham home run. It makes me feel a lot better about this upcoming three-run home run by Story.
How are you throwing waste pitches at 100 pitches?!!?
This guy is just insane. He doesn’t know WHAT the fuck he is doing.
I legit cannot believe he fucking walked him. WHAT IS HE DOING?!
It’s literally a 37-pitch inning!!
You use Hill so they can’t use Lowe, you fucking MORON.
Boone is so dumb it boggles my mind
FIVE-FOR-SEVEN AGAINST WEAVER AND HE CAN’T HIT LEFTIES, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING, BOONE, YOU FUCKING MORON?!
So now Weaver sucks too. Great pen.
Lowe OWNS him. Boone HAD to know they were going to use Lowe there. WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?!
Here comes all the pop ups!
Buehler. Fascinating. Who starts over Buehler then?
Boone is always a batter or two too late. Like that guy in high school who after getting embarrassed wakes up the next day says “I should have said…”
But this wasn’t even a case of him being a better too late. It was “Do I want Weaver to pitch to a guy who was 5-7 with a home run against him, including a double just two games ago? Or do I want Tim Hill against Nate fucking Eaton?”
There’s this great combination where we know the Yankees won’t score anymore, and we know the Yankee relievers can’t keep the Red Sox from scoring, soooo….quite a combo.
I think you start the 8th with Williams, and then bring in Hill if Lowe comes up in the 8th.
Boone was “too late” because no one was warming up – after the first 10 pitch walk they should have had a righty and lefty warming.
Let’s agree that he’s both slow AND moronic.
Classic awful 2-0 swing by Wells.
I honestly think they might want to consider resting Judge for a game to get his head straight. You simply CANNOT keep expanding the zone like a total loser.
Why would you EVER throw Judge a strike at this point?
Okay, that last pitch by Buehler was fucking nasty to catch Rice looking.
We all know the Yankees are never scoring again, so it’s just whether they can somehow go two innings without allowing three runs.
I don’t like their odds.
Does every team have a better pen than us or do we suck?
The Yankees just make bad pens look good. And their good relievers always find a way to suck.
Yeah Eduardo that’s your job as a broadcaster to parrot Aaron Boone.
Who had Aaron Judge morphing into Anthony Volpe at the plate?
The dude is a total Beta, but you gotta love Beta Williams.
That was awesome by Williams in the eighth, no denying it.
So long as he doesn’t have to close, he’s really fucking good. That was sort of obvious, though, which is why it was absurd that they didn’t have Bednar closing right from the start. That was two losses right there, ya know?
Five walks and 3 Ks in 5.2 and Rodon was ‘very good’?
He was impressive at times, and infuriating at times. The typical Rodon experience. All in, probably on the better side of things.
I am NOT LIKING THESE ONE PITCH OUTS, BELLI.
Also, fucking pull Stanton AFTER he bats in the 8th, you dipshits. Intentionally losing Stanton’s bat in a three-run game is moronic.
If I’m not mistaken DWilliams has struck out 15 of the last 22 batters he’s faced, allowing 2 hits and 1 walk.
And the only bad inning he had was when they used him in a high leverage spot. It’s CRAZY how beta this dude is. And beta is obviously a made-up concept, but it works for him.
It’s a luxury for teams not to have to use their best relievers against us.
Atta fucking boy, Jazz!
Bullpen-proof?
Swing for the HR often enough, and you’re bound to hit a few, Jazz. Congrats, twice!
Hi, I’m Ryan McMahon, do you know me?
You GOTTA let Hill or Yerry close this out, right? They play TOMORROW night.
I cannot believe Doval is pitching in this series.
Boone has to be the dumbest man alive.
Are we just realizing this?
Maybe not Doval-safe.
Good job, Boone, you fucking idiot. HOW COULD YOU LET HIM PITCH IN THIS SERIES?!
How bad is Doval? I’d prefer Shelley Duval pitching.
It’s not even good for DOVAL’S psyche. Just terrible, terrible managing.
You let him get right against Washington. Not this series!
Bring in Hill for Yoshida!
Whew. Yay, we won 1-of-4!
I’m glad the last ball wasn’t hit to Volpe because you know what would have happenned. And yeah using Doval was assinine which for Boone is normal
Boone on Rodon “if not for that long inning, some really close, tough at bats.”
Boone called Caballero the kind of ‘tenth man’ we need.
Fuck you so hard, Boone.
https://x.com/SharpStats17/status/1959783115918036994
Not Rodon’s fault tonight, Boone said Boston had some really tough, close at bats.
Totally random. Anthony Volpe said he was told he’s out of the starting lineup tomorrow vs. the Nationals, but will be back in Tuesday.
So fucking weird.