Will Warren (#98, 26, RHP, 8-6, 4.28) vs. Casey Mize (#12, 28, RHP, 13-5, 3.87)
YANKEES
CF T. Grisham L
RF Aaron Judge R
LF C. Bellinger L
1B Ben Rice L
DH G. Stanton R
2B J. Chisholm L
C Austin Wells L
SS A. Volpe R
3B Ryan McMahon L
TIGERS
3B Colt Keith L
2B G. Torres R
DH K. Carpenter L
LF Riley Greene L
1B S. Torkelson R
RF W. Perez S
CF P. Meadows L
C D. Dingler R
SS Trey Sweeney L
Boone is never going to give Volpe up. No matter how much it screws the Yankees.
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MLB features Vin Scully’s call of the last inning of Kaufax’s perfect game.
It’s… fine. I liked the bit of description – taking helmets off and putting them on again. There was no analysis whatsoever, though – nothing like “after these two pitches he’s set him up for this pitch,” or “he’s trying to pitch him this way,” or… anything.
The final call was “A perfect game!” – neither inventive or striking. And then silence… fanboys will say “to let us bask in the noise of the…”
…of the crowd of only 29000, which wasn’t particularly loud or interesting.
I’ll never get the cult of Vin Scully. He’s… okay. Offer me Cone and Kenny and I Scully wouldn’t even cross my mind.
I prefer fewer words from announcers and their sidekicks.
I’d prefer some insight into the game instead of florid pseudopsychology (the mound right now is the loneliest place in the world and that kind of nonsense).
Cant be a Yankee start without their starter throwing a million pitches in the first inning.
I like it better when he doesn’t expand the zone.
I think maybe I kind of even agree with this a little bit.
Granted, he actually DID expand the zone earlier in the at-bat. But just once!
JUDGE!
Go on a rampage, guy. This is the time!
Maybe Judge made friends with a squirrel, as Fried did. Look at what it did for Fried.
It can only be one thing behind most Yankees starters throwing so many pitches, especially in the first inning. Some weird pitching philosophy which permeates the entire organization.
I think that the issue is clear. They like guys with big stuff. And they’re RIGHT to like guys with big stuff. But guys with big stuff are often headcases, and therein lies the problem.
Volpe heating up. 😏 A very unserious team.
Volpe is so embarrassing.
Warren and Gil must lead the league in most games where it feels like they’ve had a bad game, but they haven’t been terrible.
Better idea than a bunt, Belli!
Belli has had a 5 bWAR season! I sure didn’t expect THAT from him!
“Two-run lead now? Okay, I’ll just walk the leadoff guy then.”
That foul ball down the third base line rattled Warren.
He doesn’t seem to have the strongest willpower.
Warren thought his pitch count was just way too low heading into the fifth. He could pitch seven at that rate! Can’t have that!
Brutal, Warren, just brutal.
This is why you can’t constantly pitch from behind, dude!
You just KNOW the 5th inning is where it breaks down.
I said it (can’t prove it) before the inning started.
Can they just do a double shift, put Warren in the outfield for the 5th, then let him come back rested for the 6th? (They can’t, but – damn.)
It’s not just Warren, either, of course.
Just bunt Volpe. He’d probably fuck that up, too, though.
Prescient.
Please, Boone, buddy, he can’t do ANYthing right! Just pull him!
What are you swinging at, McMahon?! He is nearly as bad as Volpe! Okay, no one is THAT bad.
You can’t be greenlighting Grisham 3-0 with Judge on deck! I don’t care that he hit it hard!
This is just clownshoes.
Just saw the video, that was one hell of a play Jazz made.
What does Volpe do well?
He’s been playing above average defense the last month or so.
But yeah, it’s roooough.
‘Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical’
Oh my god, ump, fuck you so hard! How do you call that shit when Rice had been handling the at-bat so well to that point?!
I would have let Warren start the seventh, but Cruz was a reasonable pick. Too bad he sucks tonight.
0-2 to a walk. The Yankee way.
Dude, before you can get them to expand the zone, you have to first throw a strike!
What the fuck is this shit?!
Does every reliever have to have a night where they pitch like shit? Is it a rule?
At least the guy who hit the home run isn’t up no…shit.
Had you not been so wild earlier, they might have swung at those splitters, but since you were, they won’t!
Boone, dude, he doesn’t have it. Take him out!
This is just managing malpractice. Sometimes dudes just don’t have it! That he watched him walk in a run is just pathetic.
Davey Johnson’s corpse would do a better job than Boone.
Are you fucking kidding me, Leiter?!
At the very least, at least Caballero will be out there tomorrow night.
Maybe. For one game.
Excellent work, Leiter.
Another great bullpen night. What a mess.
How are you STILL throwing balls?!
Just let Blackburn finish it out.
Yankees against a decent pitcher? Yeah, 2-runs in 6-innings. So inept.
You can put this loss in the books!
You have to work very hard to allow six runs without getting a single out.
Eight runs without a single out!
A good bullpen, my kingdom for a good bullpen. And a good manager.
Okay, A. Why the fuck are they burning Hill in a blowout? and B. If they WERE going to use Hill, why the fuck wouldn’t it have been against the dude who can’t hit lefties?!
Answer: Boonerism.
It doesn’t get more pathetic than this game.
I blame UJD and his Substack. Too many Centidays in this inning.
I can forgive Cruz, as he’s been so good lately, but Leiter, just fire him into the sun. I’d honestly prefer Yerry and Blackburn on the team than Leiter at this point. Blackburn can at least eat innings.
Can Volpe pitch?
I’m glad I’m out. Four hits and two runs from home runs but BA doesn’t matter.
More importantly the worst bullpen in history. Every single MF except Bednar sucks.
Katie S Yankees are the 2nd MLB team in the last 75 years to have 2 relievers allow 4+ ER and get 0 outs in a game.
🎆 🎉
The Angels also did it on August 31, 1999 vs Indians
From Katie S:
Aside from that one bad inning…4 hits?? Is that 15 hits over the last 4 games? This is insanely bad.
Last two games
Volpe 0 for 6 with 5 Ks. (One bunt pop out)
McMahon 0 for 6 with 6 Ks.
But don’t worry – they both have 19 HRs and before the season ends I’m sure they’ll hit one more each. And then our arrogant GM can talk about his great left side of the infield.
And now the Astros fucked them over by choking against Toronto.
That was indeed a choke.
The first round is going to be yankees vs Boston in Fenway isn’t it?
(My only hope is that this will get Boone fired. Cashman would be an added bonus. Whatever they’re doing isn’t working.)
This from the previous thread. A sad and unserious way to run a team. Maybe Cashman fed Boone this line of BS?
Tell me about the rabbits Aaron.
“The lie of a pipe dream is what gives life to the whole misbegotten mad lot of us, drunk or sober!”
Watching some replay how the fuck can Volpe not even be able to bunt.
Volpe sucks but now he can’t even put the ball in play. Last 23 games, 30 Ks.
Now I’ve caught up, Volpe looks even worse than ever.
BTW Jake Bird today 1ip 2r 2h minor league era 7.15. Good find Cash.
Last 3 batters in the lineup 214, 206, 218-six starters 240 or lower. Boston 2 hitters, Jays 1.
Boone has been watching a different bullpen from the rest of us.
More Volpe stats
Statcast gave Volpe a 99 percent catch probability on Sweeney’s bloop single
There have been 8 players out of 465 in the past 5 years who’ve had at least 550 plate appearances in a season to finish with an 80 wRC+ or worse.
Volpe can become the 9th. He currently has an 81
At least after the bullpen exploded they battled back with… no walks, no hits, no nothing.
Actually, a whole lot of nothing.
Well, they could’ve hit another solo HR or two.