Luis Gil (#81, 26, RHP, 9-2, 2.77) vs. Sean Manaea (#59, 32, LHP, 4-3, 4.16)
YANKEES
SS A. Volpe R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
DH J.D. Davis R
LF Alex Verdugo L
3B DJ LeMahieu R
C Jose Trevino R
1B Ben Rice L
2B O. Cabrera S
METS
SS F. Lindor S
LF B. Nimmo L
DH J. Martinez R
1B Pete Alonso R
C F. Alvarez R
RF T. Taylor R
3B Mark Vientos R
2B Jeff McNeil L
CF H. Bader R
Boone, dude, these guys can hit fucking lefthanded pitchers. You don’t have to do lefty righty every fucking time! Austin Wells should be playing more, especially since Trevy has a noodle arm now! But hey, at least Ben Rice is starting. That’s something.
I’ll be honest, win or lose, I just want Gil not to suck. That’s all I need today. Please, Gil, don’t suck.
Gil is the elephant in the room of this game.
That’s a worthwhile point, though – an apparent mania about avoiding having two lefties or righties in a row in the order is yet another ridiculous and crippling Boone obsession.
Is Gil the next Andy Pettitte or Michael Pineda?
Cheatstros reach .500.
Juan Soto & Aaron Judge combined this season:
.304/.431/.635
1.066 OPS, 198 wRC+
48 HR, 132 RBI
10.3 fWAR
All other Yankee hitters combined this season:
.235/.302/.375
.676 OPS, 95 wRC+
69 HR, 256 RBI
7.1 fWAR
So they have the Yanks just where they want them.
I so wanted to think I was kidding.
Why does Ben Rice not bat ahead of Verdugo?
Cashman, going for that DP record, is smiling right now.
Again, why in the fucking WORLD is Ben Rice batting fucking EIGHTH when shitty Verdugo and “100% would have grounded into a double play had Verdugo not beaten him to it” LeMahieu?
You ask that question like Boone is sentient.
Verdugo does have 41 RBI’s and until recently had been cromulent.
I don’t want to bump Verdugo to, like, 9th, just bat him below Rice until Verdugo stops slumping.
Verdugo vs LHP 195/595. 2023 220/609. This is the team that Cash built.
Doesn’t matter because this game will be over soon.
Play on Volpe in the top of the first turns out (ignoring the fallacy of the predetermined outcome) to have been a big deal in the top of the first.
Gil about to fall apart.
Come the hell on. What we don’t need is a replay of last night.
And “trust your stuff” is not part of this anymore?
If Gil can’t get the guy out in the zone, that’s not the Gil of the first half.
A DJ LD, wow.
Nope, can’t play Austin Wells. He’s a lefty. Have to use Trevino. Just have to.
Was anyone even marginally surprised? Trevino hits so many no brainer double play balls.
he’s sort of similar to hicks and dj in that they went all in based on the SSS
Yes! Another DP. Gotta get the team record and challenge the Bosox MLB record. Cashman is da man.
that wasn’t a swing
Ten GIDPs for Trevi in 52 games, 2022 he had 5 in 115 games. Between that and his throwing he’s become a liability.
Oy, Volpe.
did i just see that bader is significantly outperforming verdugo on the year?
verdugo, our cleanup hitter?
So embarrassing of a line-up.
How bad are you when 1 run is too big a hill to climb?
EDIT. Well, this is a dagger now. Gil wilting.
Win or lose, I’m going to be really upset that Gil sucks now.
Another million dollar arm with a 10¢ head, it appears. I was never a believer because I’ve seen this act from others before.
RAB : The entire staff top to bottom is just incapable of striking guys out now, I guess. 18.8 K% as a team the last 18 games coming into tonight. MLB average is 22.2 K%.
Is this the Stottlemyre approach of pitch to contact?
But we have a genius as our pitching coach.
He’s literally added a run to his ERA in two fucking starts.
Six innings.
can’t wait to hear boone spin some more bullshit about a season going down the toilet.
I’m surprised that any team helmed by the steady, calm Aaron Boone would panic.
Now they’re throwing the ball away, they’re so scared of letting Trevino throw the ball.
Re my previous question Gil is Pineda not Petitte.
Not enjoying this game.
In all fair ness other than Right Field and Center Field with SS maybe a push the Mets are a much better team.
I am the original anti-Cashman from years back. But I take no solace in that. 2009 seems long ago and far away.
Before Ellsbury, Hixie, Gallo and Donaldson was he that bad?
He’s been bad for years, this is 2024. He got lucky when the draft people took Judge, otherwise …
Please, please, please, move him down the lineup. please!
Pumped for that DP record! Cashman is da man.
DJ actually hit that a bit. it’s sadly something.
How soon before the Cheatstros and the Yankees pass like ships in the night, and they have a better record? It’s coming.
They’re totally winning the West, right?
I guess they really did use a lot of relievers last night, but boy, Ferguson is just waving the white flag.
A Cashman discovery.
Our idiot manager still thinks Caleb TheRunFairy’s 5.5 era is just bad luck.
Yankees in Caleb, Hill and Bickford have 3 relievers with 5+ eras.
The GM signed Weaver, Santana, Gonzales and TRF, only Weaver was any good. Since he added Tonkin, Hill and Bickford. Giving a bad manager a mediocre pen and ask him to make good decisions is a record for disaster.
O’s end their 5 game skid.
No Caleb?
6/26/22 Yankees 53-20
As of tonight 52- 30
RAB Seventh time in the last 10 games the Yankees have allowed 7+ runs. Did it seven times in the first 72 games.
Let’s not get to a faux CT please. Yesterday I was forced to watch the 9th.
The Curse of Gerrit Cole.
Considering who’s batting 4/5/6 they should just walk Judge any time the game is close
JD Davis great pickup or the greatest pickup. Reminds me of David Justice.
Now Vertigo gets a hit.
DJ tried SO hard to hit into a double play.
We got T J Sikkema, the O’s got Gunnar Henderson four picks later.
Some bullpen.
Cash’s bullpen, Caleb, Gonzales, Santana, Bickford and Hill.
This is not a good metric
https://x.com/riveraveblues/status/1806163020894130445?s=61&t=fhOaqwtc8q2TMSXUDRjPeg
Yankees league leading 13 GIDPs with bases loaded. Is any of this approach like not swinging at pitches you can’t lift? It’s just hard to believe it’s just Rando bad luck.
Boone we’re just in a little bit of a rough patch.
Feels more like quicksand.
oh, harro