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Gerrit Cole (#45, 33, RHP, 0-1, 9.00) vs. Kevin Gausman (#34, 33, RHP, 6-6, 4.26)
YANKEES
TBA
BLUE JAYS
SS I. Kiner-Falefa R
2B S. Horwitz L
1B V. Guerrero R
DH J. Turner R
RF G. Springer R
LF D. Varsho L
C Danny Jansen R
3B E. Clement R
CF K. Kiermaier L
Cole typically struggles against Toronto, and Gausman typically does well against the Yankees, so this could be a rough day.
Continuing from before Gil and Rodon aren’t injured but if they were that would at least be an excuse. Gil went from being the best pitcher in baseball to maybe the worst. Vertigo went from being a solid contributor with a little pop to DJ level bad 140/229/163 the last 14 days.
A Volpe (R) SS
B Rice (L) 1B
A Judge (R) RF
A Verdugo (L) LF
G Torres (R) 2B
J Davis (R) DH
A Wells (L) C
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
T Grisham (L) CF
RAB “bc they’ve seen many LHP lately, Wells has started only 3 of last 10 games. He hasn’t started 3 straight games once in 2024. Lots of RHP coming up. DH him when he’s not catching and see where it takes you. Under the hood numbers are better than his slash line (but not amazing)” xBA 250, xSLG 419 assuming same walk rate would be xOPS ~720
Wells catching Cole for first time.
Good.
I still want some kind of answer to what suddenly happened to Trevino’s throwing game. (Hint: it’s NOT the arm strength they keep throwing at us – the stats have that as consistent – and consistently paired with an excellent pop stat – for years now.)
SOTO!
and… Soto!
My God.
He’s baack
A Volpe (R) SS
J Soto (L) RF
A Judge (R) DH
A Verdugo (L) LF
G Torres (R) 2B
B Rice (L) 1B
A Wells (L) C
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
T Grisham (L) CF
What kind of a dizzy swing was that, Vertigo?
OK the offense is over. Let’s see what Cole has.
Gleyber at least is hitting the ball hard, unfortunately that was right at Kiermaier.
Yes, I hear the chatter. Silly.
I do not miss IKF.
Couldn’t be happier he’s somewhere else.
Wonder whether Volpe could have snagged that… maybe not, actually, on the replay.
He’s been so unexpectedly great, anyway.
Well, that was lucky. Although the ground ball hit was lucky for them , I suppose.
Really nice walk. Several pitches half the Yankee line-up would have flailed at theatrically.
Rice with some nice ABs. The jury’s still out. Be nIce to see some home runs.
How was the pitch clock not violated there?
(The pick-off move on Rice.)
How lucky that the death-and-taxes DJLM ground ball wasn’t a double play… and even snuck through.
Would’ve liked a bunt there but Trent was up next. That was a few inches from a Le Machine DP.
Why does bases loaded make me so certain the Yankees are doomed?
They’re better with a lead than a tie.
Fine. Happy to have been wrong to the extent I was. A run is something.
Volpe with 10 Ks in his last 7 games. He’s OPSing under 600 for June. Remember when he was a borderline AS?
I really believe Volpe can be a fine hitter. But either he’ll turn that corner or he won’t. Probably helps that they appear to be willing to stick with him either way at that position – and his fielding helps him carry it at least a bit.
Thinking about what we’ve been seeing – his eye seems to vary a lot. For a while, he’s got great plate vision. Then suddenly he’s swinging at garbage nowhere near the zone (usually down).
Verdugo 140/392 before today last 14 days. Even worse than DJ. Somehow he’s still batting cleanup.
It’s nuts. The previous manager was in love with the hot hand, as I recall – the other dumb extreme. (But I’d take him over Boone in a heartbeat, of course.)
A strikeout – nice.
Looking better, Mr. Cole.
Gleyber fooled me before.
Can Cole get us to Bickford and Caleb?
Pretty sure he can’t get us to Bickford.
What kind of pitch was that 3-2, up 4-0 to Spencer Horowitz (not a baseball name).
Can we stop hitting guys, putting men on and inviting retaliation against Judge?
Wasting opportunities and allowing the Jays to stay close. Ugh. They could’ve had 8-runs by now.
Well, the offense scored 4 and I guess that’s it. Can the pitching hold it to 3 or less? I say not.
Vertugo is another guy playing himself out of the chance at a nice big contract.
DP incoming?
Wow, DJ with a double with men on, knocking in one.
Grisham with a 2b and 2 RBI’s.
DJ and Grisham with RBIs. Gleyber with a good game and a good series. Verdugo still shite.
I can’t wait for Brooks Kriske be the Name That Yankee Guy.
Effross 0ip 3r 3h 1hr. Yeah he’s ready.
Pasta a diving Jeter. Oh wait nice range Anthony, now start hitting.
Yeah. But he’s not folding in the field, and we’ve seen that. He’s doing everything else well – fielding, running the bases. He’s bright, unlike some of the idiots we’ve seen on the field. And he’s shown he can hit for power and hit for average (not at the same time, granted). It’s there. He’s got to be so close.
Maybe give him a game or two to collect himself.
Just let DJ lead off, let Volpe bat in the middle of the lineup.
With Soto and Judge hitting 2/3 the job of the leadoff hitter is 95% to get on base. I don’t care if it’s DJ, Volpe, Gleyber or Verdugo. Even Rice.
If the yanks play 500 the rest of the way that 92 wins and a playoff spot.
Be careful what you wish for.
Up to 250/752 meh and on the upswing hopefully
https://x.com/sompatriots/status/1807519602001231882?s=61&t=fhOaqwtc8q2TMSXUDRjPeg
He had a pretty miserable May/Early June. Also, AA is a tough place to hit.
True about AA. Which makes me wonder what is going on with Arias and Lombard down there in Low A.
So did the Martian. The upside is still there.
Arias is 19 (turns 20 in September) and has a 662 OPS in low A. Jasson age 19 (turned 20 the following February) had an OPS 814 in Low A and a 906 OPS in High A.