Tyler Alexander (#14, 29, LHP, 1-0, 6.46) vs. Clarke Schmidt (#36, 28, RHP, 1-0, 3.68)
RAYS
1B Yandy Diaz R
CF R. Arozarena R
LF R. Palacios L
3B I. Paredes R
DH H. Ramirez R
RF Amed Rosario R
2B Curtis Mead R
SS J. Caballero R
C Ben Rortvedt L
YANKEES
SS A. Volpe R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
DH G. Stanton R
1B A. Rizzo L
2B G. Torres R
LF Alex Verdugo L
C Jose Trevino R
3B O. Cabrera S
Okay, another turn through the rotation, let’s see if these guys can’t pitch a little better this time through.
And, above all, don’t let Rortvedt have a great game. That would just annoy me way too much.
Schmidt day, yay
randy arozarena, star, continues to confuse me
grr
Hahahaha holy shit there’s a commercial on Gameday about “responsible sports betting”
Sensing a certain amount of flop sweat here
It’s about betting on the PGA!!! Is another scandal about to drop?
Volpe revisiting the K Zone
secret pleasure: Stanton abs
Must keep Volpe in the leadoff spot. Can’t have him in the middle of the lineup. Nooooo.
Struggling against this Rays line up is not a good sign.
I find this game stressful
ESPN Iceland has Curling at 8pm.
this pleases me
Good job Clarke.
Are there a higher percent of MLBers with the first name Tyler than in Gen Pop?
Volpe bunting is certainly something that can be done
Struggling against Alexander is so the past decade Yankees.
I’m now shocked when Gleyber makes contact (and he actually had a big couple of hits the last two games).
Stellar offensive showing, zero legit hits against this guy who is not Jaimie Moyer.
Beeter off a terrific outing, a not so terrific 4ip 5r 4h 4BB 5k
Vrieling OTOH his third terrific start in a row 7.2ip 0r 0h 6K 2BB. His era now 0.48, in 18+ip he’s given up 1 run and 5 hits. He’s the first Yankee to start his pro career at AA in years. He went to Gonzaga which is not an actual college.
Trystan Vrieling 7.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K 100 pitches/63 strikes.
When will they learn?
You cannot win a game with zero runs. You cannot win this game with 1-run.
The starter with a 6.5 era, the first man out of the pen 4.5, this guy 8. Let’s see if we can hit him.
Boom!
But can they make it hold up?
No cheapie ground balls errors or weak line drives for Soto. Will we be pissed when Cohen steals him because Hal gave Cash a hard and fast budget.
how bout we just go ahead and give Soto as many gold toilets as he wants?
Maybe Hal can sell a piece to an Oil Shiek and skip the toilets, just give him the bullion.
I think ROE should count towards you OBP. You put the ball in play, you reached safely.
If Hamilton’s gonna suck its season over.
The starting pitching hasn’t been great but on balance better than I feared. The bullpen, which I didn’t think about at all, it turning into a problem.
They tried to blow it but avoided the ignominy.
An undeserved, lucky win.
Dave Valle? Who dat?
Dave Valle hit a home run in Clemens’ 20 strikeout game, right?
Nope. Gorman Thomas. Valle DID hit a home run off of Clemens, but not in that game.
Nice first 2024 outing for Monty.
So the strategy is for the pitchers to universally give up more hits than innings pitched. Preferably at least twice as many.
Not really on board with that as a strategy for winning games.