Carlos Rodón (#55, 31, LHP, 2-1, 2.48) vs. Kyle Bradish (#38, 27, RHP, 0-0, )
YANKEES
SS A. Volpe R
RF Juan Soto L
DH Aaron Judge R
1B A. Rizzo L
2B G. Torres R
LF Alex Verdugo L
3B O. Cabrera S
C Austin Wells L
CF T. Grisham L
ORIOLES
SS G. Henderson L
DH A. Rutschman S
1B R. Mountcastle R
RF A. Santander S
3B J. Westburg R
2B Jorge Mateo R
LF C. Cowser L
C James McCann R
CF Ryan McKenna R
Bradish looked like he might miss the season, and instead, he made it back in time to face the Yankees in the final game of this series. Awesome, just awesome.
At least Verdugo is back. I’m sure his time off will make him rusty, though, as it always seems to do for Yankee hitters.
go rodon, go
Daytime WOE.
Volpe 260/727 I miss 900 Phenom last 7 days before today 167/552
Judge 200/731 I miss 1000+ Judge
Rizzo 252/726
Gleyber 215/542
hmm
Very nice Carlos
I wanna be an MLB authenticator
How did the 3rd base ref call that a swing?
Jorge Mateo would look good in pinstripes, where did that guy come from?
Suboptimal.
One of the best things about Rodon during his peak period was that he kept the ball in the ballpark.
This is not his peak period.
The funny little animated game tracker on Gameday makes it look like Soto is standing behind the 3B bag
From 6-0 to 20-13, after losing today. IOW since that start, they will have gone 14-13, about who they are. And we see how bad the Cheatstros have been so far, so sweeping them to begin the season was nice, but Houston has looked bad since.
Gleyber with a clutch home run
After Rodon’s first 1/2 inning, I was upset I had to go out for a while. What a fool I was!
So Cabrera was just SSS.
Would have made a nice story.
VOLPE DIDN’T STRIKE OUT!
He has been striking out at an alarming rate.
Imagine how good this team would be if they only had 8 more guys who could hit.
The offense has demonstrated a foolish consistency this series. The pitching not so much.
So that stuff that happened in Milwaukee was just a mirage.
batting order doesn’t matter much but could it hurt to put verdugo at the top and swap judge already?
And the Yankees go down meekly. Six runs in 4 games. Shut out for 4 games by their ‘struggling’ pen.
The loss really isn’t as bad as Rodon just getting his ass KICKED. That’s much more worrisome than the loss in and of itself.
Disagree 4 games in a row the offense was useless. Judge, Volpe, Rizzo, Gleyber all mostly shite.
Oh sure, the offense is a major issue, I’m just saying that had they lost, like, 3-2 or whatever, the offense would still be a problem, but at least I wouldn’t be as worried as I am that Rodon might just suck.
This doesn’t sound good:
RAB 11th time in 33 games the Yankees scored two or fewer runs. On average, once a series they score what you can reasonably say isn’t enough runs to win.
So after a month or so of not being able to get into the old site, I finally googled…
Great job taking over Brian.
Quick season recap from my perspective…
1) I was more positive going into this season than I have been in 3 or 4 years but I still don’t think this is a serious WS contender. More like a solid playoff team that could win it all with some good luck and a hot run in October.
2) So far I’m not worried about the hitting. I don’t think they are great but I think they are above average.
3) The pitching HAS been great… in results. I think they are bottom 3rd and their results have over performed their actual level.
To recap, this is ‘The Season of Gloom’.
Stanton is a below average player. No idea what’s going on with Gleyber. Not sure about Rizzo either.
Judge I have faith in.
Volpe? He was pretty bad last year so a hot streak early this year means nothing.
DJLM may never come back.
Grisham can’t hit.
In a nutshell, this team isn’t winning the WS.
They probably aren’t making a WC either. Unless Cole returns to solid form, Jasson returns and hits like he hit before the stupid injury, and Judge isn’t channeling Stanton. They had Cy Young Cole in 2023 and missed the playoffs in spite of that.
Last year, the only damage Volpe did was on fastballs. So far this year, he’s struggling against them. Overall, his approach this year had been better, and I’d expect his results against fastballs to improve.
I do think it’s time to reevaluate the expectations for Volpe though. He came up billed as a bat first, ok defensively SS. There are signs of that bat, but realistically he doesn’t look like he’s going to be an elite hitter. His arm is a bit of an issue, but he does appear to be a pretty fantastic defender.
As a general question, is a elite defensive SS with very good running skills and a roughly average bat a disappointment?
I definitely got fooled by his hot start. And he needs to be moved back to the 6-8 spot. But, if he can keep his roughly average batting line obp heavy, he’s probably a 3 win player.
Clay, you may well be right. It’s interesting, though, that he hasn’t be consistently mediocre – he’s waffled between really having it and totally losing it. That suggests at least the possibility of the upside people saw in him. It may be largely psychological. Which isn’t necessarily good – remember the players who never got over the yips.
I like his pitch recognition skills, but I don’t think he can consistently hit for power at the MLB level without selling out (he’s not a huge guy). That was basically his big adjustment coming into this year. Opposing teams have adjusted to him and he’s not making quality contact any longer. But his Ks are still down and his BBs up, so the overall approach is still good.
I think the flashes do show more potential, and I think it’s very likely he ends up with a plus bat, I just don’t think he ends up being the high end hitter projected a year ago or so. But his baseline is so solid with his way better than expected defense. If he hits to his fangraphs RoS projections (106 wRC+), he’ll be a roughly 4 win player.
Volpe has 14 BBs so far in 2024.
Former Yankee news: Deivi DFAed by White Sox. Shreve opts out of Texas minor league deal.
DFA’s by the White Sox is truly the end of the road.
His TYM while still in MiLB.
Spencer Jones: 1-for-6, RBI, SB (4), 2 K
He had a chance to be the hero with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th, but it just wasn’t meant to be.
So he’ll fit right in here!
No he flied out, to fit in properly he would’ve needed to strike out or if less than two outs went 643