From Bryan Hoch:
The Reds were on Gerrit Cole’s mind, having circled this as his date to pitch. That shifted sometime this weekend, when the right-hander learned the Yankees would adjust their rotation – a nod to their current string of 16 consecutive games without an off-day.
“I think it’s a real process-oriented decision,” Cole said at his clubhouse locker on Sunday, turning his attention to the Tigers on Monday while leaving little question that he would’ve been ready to face Cincinnati.
That handed Sunday’s start to rookie Elmer Rodríguez, the organization’s top pitching prospect according to MLB Pipeline, who took the loss in a 4-1 defeat at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees dropped consecutive games for the first time since June 2-3.
This was really the Earl Weaver series. Each game had one three-run home run hit in it, and the team that hit said three-run home run won that game.
I really don’t think that there is anything to be concerned about regarding this series. The Yankees just had a flukishly bad series with runners in scoring position. I believe it was something like 2 for 32 (or 2 for 34?).
That’s A. a SHIT TON of baserunners and B. an unsustainably bad percentage.
I would take more solace in the fact that the Yankees really didn’t look overmatched by a stud pitcher in Chase Burns. They just couldn’t get the big hit.
That’s likely a fluke, and they’ll be fine going forward.
The featured image is the aforementioned three-run home run.
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good thing they rushed Wells back from the il, i was getting tired of the winning!
what if Stanton’s nickname was the IL Duce
Heh.
Yerry up not Yovanny. Could be a short stint if they think Lagrange or Chivilli are ready. Though it’ll probably be Bird.