
Ryan Yarbrough (#33, 33, LHP, 1-0, 3.70) vs. Jacob deGrom (#48, 37, RHP, 4-1, 2.29)
RANGERS
CF Sam Haggerty S
LF W. Langford R
3B Josh Jung R
RF A. Garcia R
2B M. Semien R
C Jonah Heim S
1B Jake Burger R
DH K. Higashioka R
SS Josh Smith L
YANKEES
CF T. Grisham L
1B Ben Rice L
DH Aaron Judge R
RF C. Bellinger L
LF J. Dominguez S
SS A. Volpe R
C Austin Wells L
2B DJ LeMahieu R
3B Jorbit Vivas L
This is certainly the pitching matchup of the century right here. Hopefully they start and then get into a rain delay, and DeGrom has to leave the game, because otherwise…yikes.
Had to swing 3-0 with phenom on deck and 2 on.
Greenlighting him 3-0 was insane, but the second and third strikes were FILTHY sliders, so I don’t blame him for those.
This is a first.Never seen this before.
What’s happening?
DJ grounding out worked for a change!
bop, what was a first?
Heim got a single off the end of his bat on a 50 degree night, his hand went numb and in the bottom half he couldn’t even throw the ball so the catcher had to come out.
thanks
Currently DJs groundout is available as a highlight but not the triple
Is it Yarborough or Texas? Was it Warren or Texas?
little column A, little column B
Judge just missed. Judge and DeGrom exchanging looks.
Gil could start pitching in a week or 2.
Awesome news. Yarbrough as a long man would be quite a weapon.
DJ got robbed
Another good game by Yarbrough
no need to rush Gil
This bullpen and their fucking walks.
Johnny…Semien is washed, you can go right at him
not like that though
Hill could’ve easily messed up that play.
Hopefully the Mets do better with their bases loaded situation.
Fuck, Judge has had awful BABIP luck tonight.
Regression. His BABIP was 483.
Fucking Jake Burger singlehandedly beating them tonight.
At least DeGrom likely can’t go eight tonight.
I can’t be too upset, Yarbrough pitched great and this game was ticketed for a loss
Why pull Hill NOW? For a guy who just hit Hamilton hard LAST NIGHT?
Hill lat 5 games before tonight batters 333/385/667 for the season 250/769, last year for the Yankees he held hitters to a 549 OPS
Hamilton came into the game with a 5.65 era.
Some problems in the rear of the pen.
That was one of the most inexplicably bad Boone decisions.
That is quite a claim!
Boone has made worse calls, I just don’t even know what his thought process was here, though.
Hamilton has never looked the same after his various injuries. He didn’t look sharp late last year, either. I’d be fine with just cutting bait on him when Cousins returns.
Beeter is closer.
Sure, Beeter is fine, too. I think Hamilton is inching towards washed.
DeGrom has got to be done at 103 pitches, right?
Yankees need a starter and an infielder who can hit at replacement level or better.
Walking a 127 hitter.
I know Garcia is their actual best reliever, but why make it easy for Boone to pinch hit Goldy?
I hate these 3-0 green lights.
Boone even gave J C Escarra a green light in a big situation. How nuts was that? I don’t mind PGold getting a green light.
CT or Car Wax?
Where was Grisham going?
He was trying to draw the throw. I don’t mind it.
If they had a shot at PGold they would’ve taken it. I’m not a believer in that play and a quick throw might’ve got Trent before PGold scored.
I can’t believe I can’t find this game on any channel.
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But now they’re tied in the game started by Yarbrough and De Grom.
Why is De Los Santos still in the fucking game?!
What a fucking terrible decision by Boone.
Way to fuck with your star closer for no fucking reason.
Boone is always trying to steal outs.
DLS in a tie game in the 9th – a new low in stupidity even for Boone.
As bop notes, Boone is all about stealing outs.
Four pitches in his last six days, but can’t start the fucking inning.
Twice over the weekend Pinstripe Alley was complaining about Boone trying to “steal outs.”
And you KNOW Haggerty is going at some point.
He’s so out. I dunno if they’ll give them the call, though.
Weaver should have been able to get him easily, though. Bad play by him.
MARTIAN!!!! What a fucking win!!! Ten games over!!
RED PLANET MARS
Car Wax not CT
MARS ATTACKS!
Mars triumphant!
Jasson!
When a yarbrough vs degrom start ends in a victory you know things are breaking your way.
They won a one-run game.
Nice.
I was feeling pretty good about belli and martian.
not playing jasson last fall should have cost someone or their job. or at least playing verdugo.
it really ranks up there with getting into a land war in Europe or going in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
Anyway, great win, as usual in spite of Baboone. But I’ll take it.
Judge still over 400 too. Nice.
unexpected. Love Jasson being the hero, I hope it boosts his confidence.
As remarked above maybe when Yarbrough pitches a quality game and the opponents squander a DeGrom start, well, maybe this team is good?
However I have vivid memories of promising starts turning into shit, so, we’ll see
It’s a little to easy to say “pitcher good=Blake, pitcher bad=pitcher sucks.” But honestly Schmidt and Gil surpassed expectations and so have Yarbrough and Warren. Feels like Brian’s enthusiasm is entirely warranted.
I thought Brian’s confidence was in Blake’s ability to help fringe relievers solidify their stuff, not turning potential starters with great stuff into really good front-line starters, no?
But whatever – really, I totally agree. We’ve often wanted to change the coaches, but I don’t imagine anyone wants Blake fired.
Yes but also I think Brian has credited him for working with starters? I mean Rodon has been surprisingly good this year too (he says, as the monkey’s paw curls)
Actually, I’m pretty sure his take was (back then) that there was little he could do for established high-level pitchers, but I’m sure he didn’t mean to exclude the possibility. I don’t know how much credit he gets for Rodon, but he certainly didn’t hurt! Add Warren, and it starts lookng pretty good. And then if Schmidt gets back to where he was in the 1st half of last year, then this team has a lot to look forward to.
If only Volpe could hit some!
Yeah, that’s it exactly. For established high-level guys, you can obviously do some tinkering (they’ve been tinkering with Fried’s pitches), but it basically comes down to the guy doing what got him his big contract. Max Fried isn’t, like, “Okay, now that I got $200 million, let me fix how I pitch!” Similarly, Blake is not teaching Carlos Rodon how to pitch. I also wouldn’t give him credit for Ryan Yarbrough’s recent success. Yarbrough had a good year just LAST YEAR. Which is why Toronto DFAing him is still so baffling.
Now, what I think he DEFINITELY is doing is working with Rodon on focusing. Rodon has acknowledged that before, and we’ve even seen it during games when Rodon struggles. I wouldn’t put, “Helps Rodon focus” on par with the work he definitely has done with the younger starters like Schmidt, Gil, and Warren.
The guys I credit Blake for are the young starters, and the veteran relievers who are “desperate” to turn their careers around, like Warren. You can tell from Cruz’s discussions of his work with Blake that he considered himself in that category this offseason. He knew he had the stuff, but he also knew he had to improve on his pitching style dramatically to be a stud out there, and Blake worked with him EXTENSIVELY in Spring Training to alter his pitching approach.
Note, though, that even in the case of Yarbrough, he specifically cited Blake as the reason he signed with the Yankees. He wanted to work with Blake. So maybe he IS doing something different thanks to Blake. I don’t think so (as he looks pretty darn similar to how he looked last season), but I could be mistaken.
Rodon 2021/2022 185/137 ERA+
2023/2024 63/102 first 2 years with Blake
Yeah, but we saw how it happened.
I hardly think it’s reasonable to attribute Rodon’s catastrophic collapse to Blake – something was horribly wrong with him, and for a long while it looked like he’d never recover what he’d lost.
The extent to which his apparent resurrection may be attributable to Blake, however, is worth discussing.
I think there’s also the Coach Cole factor. He’s in the dugout every game and working with the pitchers – especially Warren. The guy eats and sleeps pitching and will talk with anyone willing to listen.
I agree that Cole has a major impact (he and Blake explain things very differently, and I know Will Warren specifically noted that he appreciates hearing from them both, to get as full of an understanding as he can get), but I also think that he’s mostly in sync with Blake’s philosophies/approach.
Fernando Cruz dealing with shoulder issues.
That’s berry berry bad.
Throwing that splitter is hell on the arm, maybe he’s been overcompensating to avoid the elbow stress.