Cam Schlittler (#31, 25, RHP, 2-1, 1.95) vs. Payton Tolle (#70, 23, LHP, 0-0, 0.00)
YANKEES
3B Amed Rosario R
RF Aaron Judge R
1B Ben Rice L
DH G. Stanton R
LF R. Grichuk R
CF T. Grisham L
2B J. Chisholm L
SS J. Caballero R
C Austin Wells L
RED SOX
LF Jarren Duran L
CF C. Rafaela R
DH M. Yoshida L
1B W. Contreras R
RF Wilyer Abreu L
SS Trevor Story R
2B M. Mayer L
3B Caleb Durbin R
C C. Narvaez R
No one ever said that Rosario was a good defender.
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It is Thursday, April 23, 2026, not Wednesday, April 23, 2026. 😎
The Yankees are generally at their best on the second Tuesday of the week.
Yankee JV: How could they all be this bad.
185-159-171-235-172!
The hitting coach triumvirate has no clue.
Tolle had 152 Ks across 106 MiL IP. This Yankees lineup is perfect for him.
When Stanton’s bad he’s horrid.
Grichuk is bad!
Once he got past Stanton, it was the JV and smooth sailing.
When Grisham is bad he’s, yeah, a bad signing.
Congrats to Jazz Chisholm, Jr. on his first of 50 home runs this season.
Pesky and disgraceful, but it’s a start.
The Russians thought Lech Wałęsa was a pesty Pole.
At least we cleared the JV.
Their JV is better than ours.
Judge is hitting 236. I don’t know what to make of that.
Jomboy thinks Judge has been selling out for homers, which I think is a reasonable explanation. It seemed a few weeks ago that he was just stepping in the bucket and he’d sort it out, but even as he’s mostly fixed that he’s had stretches of worse contact or no contact at all, then occasionally he’ll run into one.
Going into this game only one team, Cincy, has a lower team BA than the Yankees.
Grichuk 172/470!
This would be a good time for a home run.
Or a walk.
Wells turned out to be such a total POS, 167/544.
I’m all in favor of OBP but is it possible Wells and Grisham are too passive because they’re looking too hard for a walk.
Cody with a MLB AB.
Stanton is
Cole final 4.1 2r 5h 4k 0bb
Brutal game by Stanton.
Gettin a lot of this lately: “ You must be logged in to post a comment.” what’s up with that?
First my beloved Fuck Your Stupid Beard policy, now alternates, like they’re the goddamn Rangers?
This team was already hard enough to like under the steady, surgeon-like hand of Aaron John Boone.
Despite their (too often delayed) reliance on orthopedic surgeons, Cashman’s Yankees have more often needed the steady hands of a forensic pathologist.
Lagrange final 5i 2r1er 4h 8k 1BB!
Stressless 9th. Unusual.
Winning when you strike out 17 times.
Third in the majors. Probably second now.
I like dialed in Bednar better than fucking around Bednar.
Not sure you agree but I’m beginning to think this guy Schlittler can pitch a little.
I’m also beginning to think this team – with the best record in the AL – isn’t going anywhere in the post season because their lineup isn’t good enough. And I don’t think cashman is the right guy to fix it.
This team isn’t going anywhere in the postseason not only because more than half the starting lineup stinks, but also because even the good hitters strike out too often against decent pitching.
Agree 100%. As evidence I present the last 15 years.
Katie S Cam Schlittler in 2026:
6 games, 41 strikeouts, 26 baserunners
Schlittler is the only Yankee with 40+ K and 26 or fewer baserunners allowed in his first 6 games pitched of a season
Was glad to see Judge take an RBI single to right field. He’s not entirely lost.
Remember when idiot Cashman traded away obvious All Star catcher Carlos Narvaez? He hit pretty well for two months last year. In the 79 games since then he’s a .210/.251/.373/.624 hitter. Is he even their starter? This year he’s started only 61% of games.
It still galled me when he briefly gave them the lead. But yeah, Elmer has obviously been a very good return for Narvaez. I thought that last year even when Narvaez was practically an All Star in the first half!
I was angry, but now I wouldn’t even consider reversing the move. Cash gets credit for this result like he gets blame for Garret Whitlock.
And if Peraza continues to hit,OPS 889 after 76 PAs, I will wonder why our hitting instructors and batting coaches are so bad.
Well, can we see Elmer do something in MLB before giving credit?
This series against Houston should be very informative.
Usually, if there’s a 50 run disparity in run differential after just 1 month (Astros -13, Yankees +37), you’d expect there to be a clear favorite in the series. But I’m not sure. The Astros have scored more runs than the Yankees (137 vs 122), but have the worst WHIP (1.63) and second worst FIP (5.1) in the league.
Can the Yankees’ lowest-esteemed pitchers (Warren, Weathers, Gil, and the bullpen) succeed against a good offense? If so, this team has a real shot in the postseason.
Can our lowest-esteemed hitters (all of ’em) succeed against bad pitching? If not, then it’s time to look for replacements.
After the editing, this text reads:
“It’s time to look for replacements.”