Carlos Rodón (#55, 31, LHP, 0-0, ) vs. Cristian Javier (#53, 27, RHP, 0-0, )
YANKEES
2B G. Torres R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
1B A. Rizzo L
DH G. Stanton R
LF Alex Verdugo L
SS A. Volpe R
C Austin Wells L
3B O. Cabrera S
ASTROS
2B Jose Altuve R
DH Y. Alvarez L
RF Kyle Tucker L
3B Alex Bregman R
1B Jose Abreu R
LF C. McCormick R
C Yainer Diaz R
SS Jeremy Pena R
CF Jake Meyers R
Obviously, I guess it’s POSSIBLE that he could suck tonight, and still end up good for the season overall, but I think it’s probably fair to say that if Rodon sucks tonight, he just fucking sucks, so this becomes one of the most important starts of the season for the Yankees. They really need Rodon to not suck.
I sense… a quality start
Once again I am predicting the Yankees getting crushed
Congratulations to Cristian Javier on his third career combined no-hitter.
Well, a 1-3 start and then the powerhouse D’Backs upcoming. ⚡️ The 2024 ‘Season of Gloom’.
Tonight starts the 20 game win streak.
Brutal call
Rodon better be getting those suuuuuuuuper generous calls, too.
So it’s just, “Get it somewhere near the plate and I’ll call it a strike.”
This ump is going to be an issue, huh?
Yep, but at the same time, the Yankees love to swing at shit in the dirt ALL THE TIME. It’s just exacerbated with a shitty ump.
Oof
That was fucking grooved
Okay, so he still sucks.
Well, that does not bode well for this season.
Was he hitting 97 last year?
Stuff looks good, no fastball control/command
Rodon is sort of leaning towards effectively wild
Hixie would’ve caught that. Exit velo 81mph on that.
I mean, whatever, I guess Altuve is not a bad hitter, so whatever, it’s not like Bregman hit that hard.
So I’m willing to concede that he might not suck…yet.
Weren’t you already at “D-U-N” months ago?
He was overthrowing his fastball, but seemed to be calming down.
Not a good inning, but not that bad.
What the fuck is this approach the Yankees have for Javier?
Fucking hell
…
When Rodon misses he really misses.
Now he had no idea where any of his pitches are going
wells abs excite me
boh
I like this soto guy.
Slap hitting Soto
Seriously!?
Not good Judge.
Good recovery Vertigo
lol. sweet
Rodon is not fun
he’s really laboring, but he’s not grooving them at least. ie he hasn’t given up
Yet.
Guy is either way wild, way good or injured.
I just like rodons makeup, he doesn’t strike me as a pitcher who gives in. fip/bb% be damned
fuck. yea.
Wow. That was unexpected.
Methinks the book on Wells is, “Run on him, run on him, run on him.”
fucking 1-2-3
Think Stanton has trouble laying off that pitch?
Seven pitch inning so2023
Rodon does indeed suck
fuck you o-zone
Yeah my hair spray doesn’t work as well.
Is anybody up in the pen? Burdi.
ooo, burdi.
fuck. yea. x2
Flirting with disaster every inning. I guess that’s it.
I honestly don’t know what to think. There were moments
I’m actually generally pleased with how he’s looked. The key with him is the stuff, and the stuff wasn’t there last year, but in generally has been there tonight.
I wouldn’t call weissert a prospect…
Not even REMOTELY a prospect.
Gleyber Stanton
WOE returns.
era > fip
got bregman right where we want em
sliders all day
Is Burdi a one inning guy?
Volpe swinging at high out of the zone pitches. But not that one.
Volpe walking again is a very, very good sign.
Both close, both balls to Waldo
Waldo!
Nice piece of hitting.
You can’t stop Waldo, you can only hope to contain him.
Oh. Losing gleyber would be killer
hooray
BOOOO!
And another “strike” below the knees
Judge has not looked good
Seriously Aaron. More GIDP than hits.
Ungood Judge Night.
it’s gonna be a GIDP summer.
id imagine it’s still weaver in
This team should have scored a lot more runs than it has. Not sure if that’s good or bad (or both).
The other team also.
He swung.
Wandy could’ve done that.
Gleyber pulled.
What did Berti do to Boone?
What happened with Gleyber?
He was hit on the thumb by a pitch last inning
Thanks. How bad did it look? Have they said anything?
He stayed in for a bit, so I’m guessing it just swelled up. I’d expect him to miss the next few games
The new QuanGorMo WeavGonFerg
This is a guy Stanton should handle. Or not!
This ump has had a terrible night
Blooper, blooper blooper
Yankees offense