JP Sears (#38, 28, LHP, 1-1, 4.35) vs. Carlos Rodón (#55, 31, LHP, 1-1, 3.66)
ATHLETICS
CF Esteury Ruiz R
RF Tyler Nevin R
DH Brent Rooker R
C S. Langeliers R
3B Abraham Toro S
2B Zack Gelof R
1B Ryan Noda L
SS Nick Allen R
LF M. Schuemann R
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
The Athletics are way too good for a team that messed up, right? How are they only 6 games under .500? That concerns me a bit, as Rodon can explode against anyone, and JP Sears hasn’t actually pitched awfully against his old team.
Glad to see Gleyber’s shin is doing okay.
I know it’s Oakland but Flash and Ruocco?
Don’t know who the radio guys are, but I’m putting that audio on. Got to be an improvement.
Oh hey, maybe they got a shot with Boonie getting the quick hook.
Very poor start for Wendlestedt. Not only does he eject Boone for no reason, he then calls the next pitch to Nevin a strike. That had to have been four inches off the plate.
That was one of the weakest ejections I’ve ever seen.
Rizzo takes a LOT of timeouts when he has two strikes on him. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him NOT make out after doing so.
Judge 3 home runs, 6 GIDPs.
we want gil!
It really was great to see Gil do well yesterday.
I’d just tell my pitcher no walks except Soto. Do they score yesterday without the three walks or the other days without the 2 errors?
Like Gil, it’s like Rodon hates success.
Once he was in a jam, he buckled down, which was nice (it helps that he obviously doesn’t think much of the A’s hitters).
hmm, maybe the a’s are pretty good
Can Rodon be good long-term if he can’t strike anyone out?
no. well at least not on a contending team
Yeah, probably not, but I think he might still round into form on K’s.
ump is a glavine fan
Hunter still drunk from last night or something?
To be fair, the Yankees strike out a lot even when they’re doing well. On the other hand, how are they striking out so much against this guy?!!?
I always thought Sears had a little something going on
this game is boring as shit. boo!
Now that he’s healthy, I’ve really been impressed by Trevino’s hitting. He’s never going to be a great hitter, but he just needs to not be like he was last year when he played hurt all (half) season.
Volpe, Judge, Rizzo and Gleyber The Invisible Men.
Not Volpe.
Walks and errors are our only hope.
[Princess Leia voice] Help me, walks and errors, you’re our only hope
Judge can’t do anything with pitches anymore. That second strike was the type of pitch he normally does damage on, but this year? Nothing.
Way to make sure that Sears pitches the seventh, as well, guys!
Judge with an out to the short outfield.
Is that a triumph after yesterday?
Another mediocre pitcher dominating
it’s like 2022 came early. again.
Since it’s 2024, it can’t be that early
That was em-barrassing.
What happened, Brian?
The A’s pitcher made Gleyber look like a little kid, whiffing badly on three pitches. The first two pitches made it clear that Gleyber had NO idea where the ball was, and so he stuck with the same pitch, and Gleyber struck out swinging, again, clearly with no sense of where the ball was. Just really bad.
Hoch Yankees have scored runs in 3/35 innings this homestand. They have 2XBHs this homestand.
Whats going on
I’m legit surprised that both teams pulled their starters when they did. Only six innings for Sears?
RAB JP Sears came into this game with a 3.9 K/9. He has 7 K in 6 IP.
Yeah, them striking out in general is fine, but Sears striking them out that much is embarrassing as heck.
Who had Judge emulating 2023 Stanton on their card?
That was a baaaaaaaaad walk, Hamilton.
That HBP wasn’t much better.
Excellent Ian. We need the walks and HBPs not them.
“And he will hurt you with that power, if you let him”
Is he broadcasting baseball or some kind of bdsm broadcast?
BattleHam
Big deal. I do that every Easter.
The K was good, but holy shit, Hamilton, way to fuck around, dude!
You gotta bunt Trevy here, right?
Sigh.
The radio broadcast is faintly unappealing.
Which makes it light years better than the TV broadcast today.
I guess it’s hard to bunt 100 MPH?
I get not bunting, but taking two strikes down the middle is a really bad idea.
Holy fucking shit, Trevy!! That was so, so bad!
Who could’ve predicted that?
Thank god they didn’t bunt, and instead grounded into the double play. Fucking morons.
I don’t think anything has ever been more overdetermined than that DP
I can’t even blame Boone for that. That was all on Ausmus.
I think Boone’s earned more -credit than you’re giving him.
You think he’s managing from the clubhouse?
Ausmus is also a very shitty manager.
Sure, the managers are terrible, but what big portions!
Et tu, Victor?
Oh well, they BADLY deserved this loss.
for sure
RAB reliever unable to put a hitter away after getting ahead in the count 0-2? Never seen that before.
Nothing like slogging through 8 innings of offensive futility in a day game against scrubs only to torch it all in the 9th with a guy who ain’t got it, and couldn’t field it.
Worst Yankee pen since the early 90s? Meanwhile A’s bring in guys who throw 99.
The tricky thing is that I can’t even blame them too much for not making a move, when they have Kahnle, Effross and Trivino coming back soon.
I do blame them for not making a move, though. Just not TOO much.
Rodon deserved better.
Please, please, just move Volpe out of the leadoff spot.
Wow, that was rough to watch by Soto.
If he’s dominating Soto like that, what is Judge’s at-bat going to look like?!
That’s what were left to worry about, is it?
Fitting ending.
So… when DO they start to worry about Judge?
Now.
WOEful.
They’re 15-4 when they score.
0-4 when they don’t.
I think I see a trend.
Gee, I thought they’d be better than that when they don’t score. That’s really bad.
Shoutout twice since the official John Sterling retirement.
Should be ‘shutout’ twice.
Shutout twice in three games. What, they think they’re the White Sox?
Volpe 2-25, 0 BB.
Rizzo 3/26 1BB, 3K. Judge 3/28 ONLY ONE WALK, 16Ks, Gleyber 3/19 11Ks, 3BBs
So Gleyber, at 3/19 11Ks, 3BBs, has seriously outperformed Judge.
Nice.
I’m more disappointed that this was a game the Yankees should have won
so i was digging into the numbers and it appears that the differential with Judge’s woba and xwoba is considerable, a 10% delta. Have no fear, he’s due.
wouldn’t mind seeing:
verdugo
judge
soto
stanton
rizzo
gleyber
cabrera
volpe
wells
I don’t think they’re going to change Soto’s spot, so maybe Waldo in the leadoff spot?
Verdugo has a 348 OBP, he might be a good choice for now.
free Ben rice
Really surprised Rice didn’t start the year at 1B in AAA. His bat is being wasted in AA.
yea