Carlos Rodón (#55, 31, LHP, 8-2, 3.08) vs. Seth Lugo (#67, 34, RHP, 9-1, 2.13)
YANKEES
SS A. Volpe R
DH Juan Soto L
2B G. Torres R
LF Alex Verdugo L
1B DJ LeMahieu R
CF T. Grisham L
RF Jahmai Jones R
C Jose Trevino R
3B O. Cabrera S
ROYALS
3B M. Garcia R
SS Bobby Witt R
1B S. Perez R
DH N. Velazquez R
2B Nick Loftin R
C F. Fermin R
RF H. Renfroe R
LF D. Blanco R
CF G. Hampson R
There’s at least theoretically a chance that Soto just can’t play the field the rest of the month, in which case, okay, obviously you’re going to have to rest Judge eventually. But if Soto is going to be back in the field within a week, you cannot rest Judge tonight. It’s just madness. Unless, god forbid, something is ailing Judge…I don’t even want to speak that evil into this world.
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No judge sucks.
They can rest Judge a day but put Stanton in the outfield.
And they’ve DONE it before this season, right? Stanton HAS played the field. It is very odd.
Judge follows up player of the month in May with player of the week. But tonight, he sits.
fucking libs
I won’t front, when he took two pitches down the middle and then fouled off a ball way out of the zone, i thought, “Is he going to have injury lag like every other yankee?” I should have known better.
you sound oddly like francis
I do NOT like that bunt, but I like that they at least executed it correctly.
grisham time! (Defensively)
I seriously don’t care about this game. last night took it out of me. I turned off the TV when I saw the Yankee announcers. not tonight, devil, not tonight!
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Small ball bombers
nice looking stadium, if i’m in the area one day i hope to see a game.
I did once, was there for work and got both MO stadiums inside of a week. Negro League museum, Arthur Bryant’s BBQ and then a night cap to catch the Royals & white Sox in a meaningless Sept game. But it was a nice night, and great seats down the RF line.
O’s about to put away the Rays for the weekend wrap around sweep.
anyone see the big push for house of dragons? seems like something Francis and Cronin would like
Watched the first season. It was … ok. A bit better than the last few seasons of Game of Thrones.
Gotta be able to put Renfroe away, Rodon.
This is the shittiest at bat by Rodon.
Thank goodness he finally k’ed him. Very conspicuous that it wasn’t a swinging strike three.
Rodon definitely seems like a different pitcher this season, which is a very good thing for the team. Touch wood he stays healthy.
Nice play from Jones. Stanton doesn’t get that ball.
can’t believe Caitlin Clark didn’t make the us Olympic team
Why is everybody so obsessed with her? So much hate. So much love.
um
nvm, hooray
hip hip jose?
How smart was that bunt? I love how Boone has gone small ball.
It’s nice to see Seth Lugo returning to form. Was weird seeing his name up there as a fringey Cy contender.
Volpe needs to hit the chicken parm on the next homestand.
boh
Sweet play DJ
that was epic
this game is a travesty
I don’t think you’re going to find Soto highlights there.
But … I can’t swear you won’t, either.
advanced scouting on royals – walk witt and possibly perez. win.
we should all be refunded for this game
Lugo looks atrocious.
Hope Rodon can get through 7th quickly. Just that one tough AB with Renfroe…
eager for basketball and hockey to be over, so summer can truly begin and baseball moves up on ESPN.coms header bar
this is the pitcher we thought we were getting. maybe with fewer ks tonight but he’s on a real nice run. and that black and purple mitt is pretty cool, and i need a new one.
this was quite possibly the worst game ever
The first hit was bad luck. Witt was a legit hit, but, well, he’s Bobby Witt, he’s fucking awesome, so I’m not too angry with Hamilton for that inning.
my only quibble was that i felt he could challenge the hitters a little more. i hate completely wasted pitches, but you know, it turns out i have very limited mlb experience.
Who pitches the ninth?
Michael Tonkin, relief ace – Blake should be canonized.
Who is that new pitcher with the bad 70s mustache?
If this Rodon without the strikeouts is maintainable, then his recover has been amazing. But Rodon without the strikeouts isn’t something I’m totally sold on yet. Baseball used to have lots of pitchers like that, these days not so much. COULD it be maintainable?
Weird game. Somehow, without Judge, without Volpe, really, without Stanton, without a really impressive options, and with only the 3 strikeouts for Rodon, they won it. But it would be more encouraging if Volpe kept hitting, if both the pitching and the offense looked more formidible. Weird game.
Volpe, I think, is closer to what he can be, but not there yet.
My guess is that he just has one approach. Last year it was trying to hit consistently for power – didn’t work out at all.
This year it’s consistently giving himself away slapping the ball to the opposite field. Better.
But when you only do one thing, I bet it’s much easier for the pitchers to adjust.
He has some power. He needs to be able to pick his spots, often just getting on base, sometimes going for the xbh. In other words, he needs to make himself harder to adjust to.
he’s missing b squared