Michael Lorenzen vs. Nolan McLean
USA
Bobby Witt Jr. – SS
Gunnar Henderson – 3B
Aaron Judge – RF
Kyle Schwarber – DH
Will Smith – C
Roman Anthony – LF
Paul Goldschmidt – 1B
Ernie Clement – 2B
Pete Crow-Armstrong – CF
ITALY
Marsee CF
Berti 2B R
Pasquantino 1B L
Canzone DH L
Dezenzo 3B R
Teel C L
Caglianone RF L
Antonacci SS L –
Nori LF
Team USA has BASICALLY clinched a spot, but haven’t OFFICIALLY clinched yet, since there’s still a scenario where they lose to Italy and Italy loses to Mexico, and then the United States CAN lose due to run differential after the three of them are all tied.
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Yarbrough not acquitting himself well.
Team USA might seriously not make it out of the group stage!
Yankee relievers looking pretty bad.
Ex Yankees Marinaccio and Weissert with the hold and the save.
Yeah, crazy, and Judge, of course, strikes out to end the game.
Mark DeRosa thought the US team had already clinched a spot in the quarters
We found one worse than Boone.
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“I misspoke… Completely misread the calculations.”
Manager Mark DeRosa confirms he did not know Team USA could still be eliminated during pool play
It’s fucking INSANITY that this asshole seriously didn’t know the qualifying rules.
It makes his decision-making make a lot more sense, at least.
Aaron judge is never going to win anything other than his MVPs
lollll
DeRosa should have pinch hit Spencer Jones for Judge. Platoon advantage and the hot hand.
Judge is projected to have the best projections next year too. But you know, Suzyn, you just can’t predict predictions. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/how-long-will-aaron-judge-hold-court/
MLB distinguished itself. “ MLB Network conducted the most significant/newsworthy interview in WBC history. They had a manager saying his team had advanced when they hadn’t. And they took that video down as soon as they realized its significance and newsworthiness.”
Yeah, SUPER embarrassing.
Looks like Cashman just found his next manager. Unless DeRosa gets a Cabinet post first.
And yeah, MLB Network just proved itself worthy of acquisition by an Ellison or Bezos or Murdoch.
Exactly Veggie
Dynamic, overpowering first for Cam.
9 up, 9 down, 6 K’s.
32 pitches, 25 strikes.
Not bad, even as the Jays aren’t playing their MLB lineup.
Nine up, 9 down, 6 Ks thru 3, 4 seamer 99, cutter 95,curve 85
Gianni effortless
Lagrange 4ip 0r 0h 3K
Cam throwing 99. Lagrange says take a seat. Betances raving about Lagrange. Fast ball 102, slider 87, sweeper 85, change 93, 102 consistently.
It’s fucking amazing. Again, remember, even when Schlittler was impressing everyone, Lagrange was still ahead of him in the prospect rankings. Could they possibly have TWO young stud starters?!?
They might have a bigger need in the pen this year. Mason Miller comes to mind.
Hoch: Over four dominant relief innings Wednesday, Carlos Lagrange threw 19 fastballs that AVERAGED 101.5 mph, maxing at 103.1 mph.
He was so efficient, Lagrange (42 pitches) had to empty the rest of his allotted pitch count in the bullpen after the game.
What I’ve been saying since 2025, if these guys stay healthy, they have a lot of pitching talent. But health is always the name of the game with pitchers.
Deja Vu-The Martian homers off Verlander in the first. JC also.
Warren 6ip 2r 2h 2k
Roto World Gerrit Cole threw a 35-pitch live bullpen session and told reporters he and the Yankees “will likely” discuss him pitching in a Spring Training game.
This is a great sign for Cole’s chances of coming back sooner rather than later, but the Yankees will likely be cautious with him and he will need to build up to be ready to pitch in the majors. Still, a late April or early May return sounds like what this is trending towards barring a setback.
Tim Hill to WBC for Yarbrough.
While his awful performance certainly played a part, I think this is mostly just about dumping long men in general, as the starters are allowed to throw more pitches. Boyd and Holmes will be gone soon, as well. So they’re adding short men.
That said, how crazy is it that Tim fucking Hill is now well-regarded enough to be a guy who gets into an All-Star Game-type scenario?!
I missed that the Red Sox signed Danny Coloumbe. He might suck, but he might not. They needed a lefty, and now they got him. Boo.
Yeah but if he stinks – like say DevW did last year – his negative WAR will help the Yankees.
Setting my expectations low – I suspect Grisham will be this year’s DJLM / Donaldson figure, pressing and underperforming but getting lots of playing time through mid-August.
Meanwhile, Bellinger will get injured and they’ll try a Grichuk/Dominguez platoon, depriving Jasson of more AB’s against lefties and more practice on defense.
Yeah I’m scared Grisham will revert to his mean offensively while his defense continues to deteriorate.
Weathers surrenders four in the first while the Braves 20 year old was perfect thru 3.
grish for jasson not much of an upgrade today
Stormy Weathers.
Weathers is definitely an enigma. Luckily, he’s the current #5 starter, so if he struggles, it’s not as much of a concern with Rodon and Cole returning sooner than expected.