Carlos Rodón (#55, 31, LHP, 9-2, 2.93) vs. Cooper Criswell (#64, 27, RHP, 3-3, 4.13)
YANKEES
SS A. Volpe R
LF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
RF Alex Verdugo L
DH G. Stanton R
1B A. Rizzo L
2B G. Torres R
C Austin Wells L
3B DJ LeMahieu R
RED SOX
CF Jarren Duran L
RF R. Refsnyder R
LF T. O’Neill R
3B R. Devers L
C Connor Wong R
DH M. Yoshida L
2B J. Westbrook R
1B Bobby Dalbec R
SS C. Rafaela R
A very good test to see if this year’s version of Rodon is for real or not (you all know I have some real doubts). Hopefully he is! That would be really nice if he was!
O’s won.
ugh
My dog has some kind of intestinal upset and has been making smelly farts for days
I always forget how much I hate Smoltz. Worse than my dog’s farts
My dog’s farts are better commentary than what comes out of Smoltz
Augustin Ramirez C/1B age 22 leads Eastern League in home runs, 2nd in OPS.
Folks based on the unis I think the Yankees are playing a beer league team
Volpe last 14 days 230/230/344, last 7 152/152/212. No walks last 60+ ABs. I don’t like it.
This Soto’s sixth season, I think he qualifies as a veteran
What the hell are these uniforms?! They look like little leagers…
Is the townie pitcher allowed to use his psychic powers (The Amazing Criswell)
Cooper Criswell is the name of the HS quarterback who blew out his knee in his first season while running the scout squad for Rutgers and is now the third most prodcutive salesman at a Ski-Doo dealership. He helps out coaching his old team but he’s not allowed to talk to the players
Refsnyder has had some career for a bad player
Jeron Criswell King known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell (/ˈkrɪzwɛl/), was an American psychic known for wildly inaccurate predictions. In person, he went by Charles Criswell King, and was sometimes credited as Jeron King Criswell.
Criswell was flamboyant, with spit curled hair, a stentorian style of speaking, and a sequined tuxedo. He owned a coffin in which he claimed to sleep.
Who can forget his depiction in Ed Wood (1994)
Looks like I should make this movie night. Godzilla Minus One.
Good flick
Got a negative feeling about this game
Could be an early wrap for me
Rodan 2023
Looks like Brian was right it just took a while
Looks like Rodan is one of those pitchers who if he’s not on is a horror show.
I legit don’t get these guys who just collapse under the slightest bit of pressure.
Gil didn’t have his best stuff but he got it together.
Exactly.
In Rodon’s years as an ace he averaged12.3 Ks per 9. This year it’s 8.3. He been good overall, but not like he was.
I do like that Rizzo chokes up with two strikes, underrated move
Gleyber’s having a helluva series.
DJ Cheapo but I’ll take it.
Volpe hasn’t looked great this game
He hasn’t looked good for like 15 games.
This is the first one I’m actually watching in a while, Gameday doesn’t tell the whole tale
Volpe 10 Ks, no walks last 35 PAs.
Better get the pen up
Rodon and Volpe saying 2023 was a very good year.
Smoltz “another bad pitch”
In fairness my dog farted this out before Smoltz
I think Rodon might actually be hurting, he can muscle it up but cannot control his pitches. Getting tattoed
I still don’t get how they don’t ever just say, “Okay, he doesn’t have it, let’s try another day” with these guys. It’s a fucking one-run game!
And I said that BEFORE Devers’ double. This is just shitty managing. If the guy explodes and you have no chance, let him soak up the innings. But it was a fucking one-run game!
Not any more! Might as well leave him in to work it out!
Boone’s postgame on Rodon is sure to be a classic
A three-run game in the second inning is still very winnable. But not if you just leave the guy in to keep getting pasted.
It isn’t even kind to RODON.
I’m not gonna be too hard on Rodon today because even great pitchers have stinkers and he’s been good so far. But it’s time for Boone to go get him. It’s not like Rodon is giving up dinks and dunks here.
Nope, that sharp line drive he gave up shows that he deserves to stay in there for three more runs.
Brian I’m gonna defer to you here, you’ve got wisdom
Rodan textbook finishing pitches. Reminds me of Phil Hughes. Anybody gonna feel good about Rodan starting a playoff game.
I don’t mind him as a fourth playoff starter so long as he doesn’t do this again this season. If he gets more of these, then yeah, fuck this guy. I don’t want Nestor or Stroman starting playoff games either.
Cole, Gil, Schmidt, Rodon
Also however you wanna slice up that streak of good starting pitching this blows it up like Oppenheimer
I like Soto because he’s a good looking guy with a relaxed happy demeanor but he’s got an intense face at the plate. Sheff was a handsome guy with an intense face at bat but he never seemed relaxed or happy in other contexts. And Sheffield is one of my favorite all time hitters
the Yankees will win this game.
Kind of interested in the game at Rickwood Field
Rodon has zero command tonight. I get not wanting to burn the bullpen, but this is playing with fire.
Terrible AB by Stanton. Enjoy the rest of the game people
Atrocious.
Stanton is like clam pizza. terrible
I really don’t get how a player gets to the age Stanton is now without learning not to swing at EVERYTHING.
Crappy AB by DJ.
Not the moment you want Volpe up at the plate for.
Ugly game.
Yamamoto leaves after 2 innings with triceps tightness.
Ruh roh.
Since coming off the IL DJ has only hit 5 balls that went at lest 300 feet.
They say Yamamoto was roughly +2 MPH in the game he threw against the Yankees, they then held him back a day or two until tonight.
https://x.com/riveraveblues/status/1802132168778317887?s=61&t=fhOaqwtc8q2TMSXUDRjPeg
Pinstripe Alley: “Fangraphs stat, aptly dubbed “Base Running (BsR)”, aggregates stolen bases, caught stealings, runners thrown out on the base paths, taking extra bases, and other baserunning plays and turns them into runs above and below average. By this metric, the Yankees are the second-worst team in baseball with -7.2 BsR, in front of only the Angels.
“Statcast runner runs created to measure base running success, is based on the runner’s speed and position as well as the fielder’s arm and position. It’s basically a measure of how successful a runner should be compared against how successful they actually are. By this measure, Statcast has the Yankees tied as the second-worst team in baseball with -4 extra runs from baserunners.”
TJPSOB.