Cole Irvin (#19, 30, LHP, 6-3, 3.03) vs. Luis Gil (#81, 26, RHP, 9-1, 2.03)
ORIOLES
SS G. Henderson L
C A. Rutschman S
1B R. Mountcastle R
DH Ryan O’Hearn L
RF A. Santander S
2B J. Westburg R
CF C. Mullins L
LF Austin Hays R
3B Ramon Urias R
YANKEES
SS A. Volpe R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
DH G. Stanton R
LF Alex Verdugo L
2B G. Torres R
1B DJ LeMahieu R
C Jose Trevino R
3B O. Cabrera S
The nation turns it’s lonely eyes to you, Luis Gil, can you come through?
So good to have Judge back in the lineup. Sitting Ben Rice SOUNDS moronic, but Boone notes that the Yankees face lefties in five out of six games, so it makes some sense to give Rice an occasional day off against lefties, as I believe he has a decent enough split.
Please don’t suck at throwing today, Trevy!
Henderson is so good, I don’t know why they don’t bat him second or third.
Girardi has a different take on going on contact.
He JUST CAME UP.
He doesn’t need to rest AT ALL in his first six games, for Pete’s sake.
Yes, if you HAD to rest him, that might be a reasonable consideration. But you absolutely don’t.
It’s not about rest, it’s about him not hitting lefties well, so if you’re facing five lefties out of six, he’s going to sit one of those games when you have right-handed hitters to play third and first.
Gonna be one of those game, two batters, two line drive outs.
And the other team gets the two-out RBI. Agreed, it seems like that sort of game.
First round Baltimore 10-8
A one-run lead obviously is nothing, but it is still pretty annoying after last night’s frustrating loss, that Gil couldn’t even go an inning without giving Baltimore the lead.
Girardi and Cone are like: nasty pitch, nasty pitch… and the hits keep coming.
Let’s see if Wesburg runs.
He didn’t
Damn it seems like, and It’s probably my imagination, that we give up a lot of 2 strike hits.
Fuck, Gil, way to choke. You should be listening to Gerrit Cole more often than Carlos Rodon.
Oh well, at least they got a game in the series, so they’ll still technically be in first place after this game. The Red Sox annoyingly will be only single digits behind them after this, though.
What the hell?
Gil back to being a pumpkin.
Cole checks in, Gil checks out.
WHAT THE HECK?!
Sometimes dudes just don’t have it. You don’t have to wait for him to give up six runs before you pull him.
Yankees about to be 4-8 against Baltimore, LA and Boston and 500 against the AL East. Not exactly championship caliber and the Phillies loom.
In many ways they are a hollow team. Too many noodle bats, awful on the base paths, bullpen shaky. Judge and Soto, with hot-June-Stanton cover up a lot of flaws.
Has to be tipping his pitches.
This could get out of hand pretty quickly here. EDIT And it has. The only question is will the O’s hit the 13 run pool.
“You don’t have to wait for him to give up six runs before you pull him.”
Apparently you do.
Optimism: Yay Judge! He’s back!
Pessimism: He’s going to struggle for a month and they they find a small broken bone.
About to lose three of the last four series.
Is it disappointing to see him choke? Sure, but whatever, dudes have bad days sometimes, just fucking PULL HIM. Why are you torturing this poor guy, Boone?
Especially considering his age.
When it was twenty-two
It was a very bad year
It was a very bad year for city teams
And they came undone
When it was twenty-two
Now it’s twenty-four
He has no idea where his pitches are going. Why are they just fucking torturing this guy, who has been so good for you this season?
It’s not like he’s a veteran who can easily forget this. Boone could be ruining a talent as we watch.
This is who Gil is. He’s going to have runs and he’s going to have starts where he gets bombed because he has no clue where the ball is going and no Plan B when the velo isn’t playing. I’d be shocked if he ends the year under 3.50
I don’t necessarily disagree, but, again, that’s why you pull him when he falls apart.
Good thing we saved Tonkin for this.
TONKIN?!!? What in the fucking WORLD is Boone doing?!
Seriously who else would you bring in? I love Tonkin but he’s a journeyman. Not like we’re burning Mo here. At least it’s hot as hell at the Stadium!
You bring in anyone but Tonkin, Weaver or Holmes.
Because on the basis of 20 IP, we think this 34 year old is actually a commodity?
I’m with Brian
“Because on the basis of 20 IP, we think this 34 year old is actually a commodity?”
Yes.
Boone is just out of his fucking mind. Tonkin here, but not to keep Cole from getting a loss yesterday. And fuck, if Tonkin WAS going to be the guy, why the fuck wouldn’t you bring him in at the VERY least at 6-0 and a runner on second base?
Aaron Small, Shawn Chacon, Edwar Ramirez, Bruney.
Lots of guys can look great in a 25 IP sample
I bet Matt Blake could have done wonders with Shawn Chacon. The other guys, not so much.
It was an awful move, but fuck, Tonkin is still amazing.
Man, think about it, if Tonkin was the guy who was going to come in, why the fuck wouldn’t you just go to him at 3-0, bases loaded?
Why is Brian still surprised at Boone moves?
It’s so early in the game, you might as well just go to the journeyman who can throw a few innings
Hey, quick question: Is it good when you forget it’s a day game and they’re in a 7-0 hole before you turn on the TV?
Wait until Tonk has a few outings like Gil today (and btw, Gil is far from done with the stinkers unless they shut him down early)
Hope I didn’t jinx this dude! Bc all of a sudden he looks much more like a mid 30s dude with one good pitch and lots of minors miles
I think he pitched fine. Henderson and Rutschman are really good hitters. He handled the other dudes.
Otherwise, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln.
I wasn’t pissed that Gil gave up the double to Henderson, for instance. Cole ALSO gave up a leadoff double to Henderson. The guy’s a really good hitter. It’s everything else that was the disappointing part.
This stinker follows on the heels of the greatest CT in memory.
Boy, if only Boone hadn’t decided to concede the game early.
All rise. What a relief.
Brian, may I remind you that Boone, as an in-game manager, is a halfwit lunkhead imbecile? A historically bad manager, one who singlehandedly destroyed the common wisdom that managerial strategy doesn’t really change a team’s won-lost record.
You may be disregarding this salient fact.
I was more succinct above. 😎 But you are correct.
Ah. Out of work, let’s turn on the…
oh fuck this.
I love when they use these guys BEFORE Blake gets a chance to work with them.
In all of the embarrassing BS of the game, Trevy still being unable to throw anyone out remains especially embarrassing.
I swear, it Rutschman steals a base here…
At least the defense is also shitty.
Oh, for crying out loud.
Yep, sure glad they used this guy BEFORE Blake had a chance to work with him.
Remember when Boone used Tonkin in the 10th inning right after he got here? And it surprisingly did not go well?
They want to show him that he’s hit rock bottom so he’ll willingly follow whatever Blake says.
The infielders are giving Hill a fine welcome.
After seeing this team the last 6 games it’s hard to believe anyone would have put them at the top of any Power Ranking. So many liabilities…
Bullpen
Base running (for and against)
Infield defense
Bench
Bottom of the order
Oh man, can you even IMAGINE being up 7-0 and not even getting a win? What a loser!
Soto went into the tunnel after his groundout. Hopefully it was just a piss break.
How the FUCK are you first pitch swinging there, Verdugo!? This team is not exactly filled with brainiacs.
Doesn’t this game have to end by 7:00 so everyone can flip over to FOX for Rickwood game?
I hope this is the last time we hear about Rickwood.
Wooooooooooooooow, I think Boone just actually benched Gleyber after that pathetic error in the fifth. That’s so unlike Boone’s management style, but I like it!
And on cue, Waldo then makes an awful error at second. The big difference, though, was that this was stupidity, Gleyber’s error was a lack of hustle.
Henderson on second. For fuck’s sake, Trevy, please throw him out.
Marinaccio looking out for Trevy. He can’t steal second if Marinaccio just walks the next guy.
It would be funny – in a sad way – if when Trevino is pitching (and I’m sure he will be) he picks Henderson off.
I now need that desperately.
LOL
Nope, of course Boone wouldn’t actually provide any consequences for Gleyber’s terrible defense. Gleyber’s just hurt.
I’d honestly just give Jahmai Jones a shot at playing every day.
RAB weighs in: “14 runs and 11 strikeouts for this garbagio bullpen this series. Roster spots 19-26 or 20-26 are just so bad.”
Cash just doesn’t have the proper resources, but you can’t fault any of his decisions.
The Orioles are actually going to be able to pitch a position player in the ninth if they want.
If you’re going to hit someone on purpose, now’s the time to do it, not yesterday if that was in fact deliberate.
Effross’s return means one of these schmucks will be gone. I am totally prepared for it to be Gonzalez or Ferguson. If you can’t be helped by Blake, you can’t be helped.
One rehab game. It’ll be a while and no guarantees.
TheRunFairy does his bit.
Well, they not only hit the 13 run pool but the 17 run pool as well. After last night’s amazing CT they shit the bed the next day.
Boone in the post game a lot of we’re looking at it.
you guys are giving blake way too much credit. who is his biggest success story, clay? i am not saying he’s bad at his job but we’ve had plenty of shitty pitchers the last few years even if the pitching has been somewhat better than expected.
the roster sucks in general. i’ll believe the team is serious about winning when they start cutting some dead weight. they can start with two seasons ago and Josh Donaldson, but there are upgrades they should be looking at now.
Verdugo is one of our good hitters, ops+ 107.
In all fairness, for a good part of this season the Yankees just didn’t give up runs at all. It was hard not to see Blake as some kind of savior.
Suddenly half the bullpen is as helpless as newborn kittens and the best pitcher in baseball this year couldn’t get an out. Now, of course, it’s hard not to question how much of a savior Blake really is.
This team needs upgrades at catcher, 2B, and all over the pen. DFA Trevino now…he’s been exposed!
first, third
Just recently, in almost have a season, they had the best record in baseball having played a much harder schedule than the Phillies. Setting pitching records right and left. FWIW. They can’t be THAT bad.
if carpenter and judge can’t keep this up in the second half this team is going to have real problems.