Andrew Abbott (#41, 25, LHP, 7-6, 3.41) vs. Carlos Rodón (#55, 31, LHP, 9-5, 4.42)
REDS
2B J. India R
SS E. De La Cruz S
1B J. Candelario S
LF S. Steer R
C T. Stephenson R
3B Noelvi Marte R
CF S. Fairchild R
DH S. Espinal R
RF Blake Dunn R
YANKEES
SS A. Volpe R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
1B J.D. Davis R
2B G. Torres R
LF Alex Verdugo L
3B DJ LeMahieu R
DH Jahmai Jones R
C Jose Trevino R
The Yankees are going to do wonders for the Reds’ home run totals this series.
Rice OBP 364, Volpe 311, Volpe last 28 day 220, last 7 days 103!! Let Rice lead off. If not Rice anybody but Volpe.
Gil and Rodon bizarro Koufax and Drysdale?
Two of the three highest wRC+, Judge 1, Soto 3, and we have to wonder if they’ll score a few runs. Too many noodle bats.
On Prime. I guess someone special will be getting the Mets instead.
Arias had 3-hits, Lombard a 110.3 MPH HR. They both need to start showing more, having an OP in the 600’s in Low A isn’t good. Arias will turn 20 in September, Lombard just turned 19.
Volpe with more leadoff fail.
They absolutely must put someone who can get on bases in front of Soto and Judge and the answer is not Volpe. I’d go with Rice, maybe Gleyber, maybe DJ leading off will just try to hit singles and walks. And maybe Soto should lead off. How many more PAs per 9 will Soto and Judge get hitting 1/2 and probably if you don’t have a guy who can get OBP close to 35% that’s the right move.
Already liked the 1st inning better.
2 hard-hit balls.
Just stop it and go back to what you did in the 1st. NOW.
Oh, come on.
Well, we’ll always have those first four outs.
Good first inning then hard hit liner Soto barely caught, line drive single, bullet home run to someone coming off an 0/16.
Rodón is a two pitch pitcher and he ain’t fooling people right now.
JD Davis hitting a solid 083 since coming here but he missed 8 days last week so lets give him 6 weeks. You rock Cash.
Well let’s see where a runner gets us.
Brian Cashman, saboteur.
The whole town’s talking about the Jones boy and they’re wondering how he’s DHing on the NY Yankees.
Spencer 296/901 in June. Led the league in home runs in June. Why isn’t he in AAA?
Still needs improvement in his contact skills would be my guess; 108 K’s to date.
Yeah, since AAA has the robo strike zone, AA has become the place you want players to test themselves against setups more similar to the Majors, and if you want to work on his strike zone, that’s the place to do it.
JD now hitting 077. But Rice is sitting and Waldo is forgotten.
Thank GOD they don’t have Ben Rice in this game.
CashBoone, we do what we do.
Yankees are so bad that fans get excited whenever anyone hits a fly ball.
Satnton’s [not unexpected injury] and Jasson’s injury really messed this up.
In any case there should be a better RH option than Jahmai Jones.
Yeah, the Martian was obviously a big part of their planning for this season, as injury insurance, and then he got a four-month oblique injury at 21 years old after TJS last year. just madness.
When I first started my job in a loft that was in bad shape the boss hired a buddy from the bar to install a half assed floor he said “it’s more than they deserve.Thats how I feel about Boone and Cash, they’re better than we deserve.
The Yankees are about to be just six games up on the Red Sox, five in the loss column.
Season of Gloom.
I went to the Buffalo Bisons game last night which wasn’t much, they were down 8-0 before they even batted. This was my first exposure to the ball-strike challenge system, which resulted in two inning-extending two-out walks. I think all 8 runs scored after the first challenged punchie. I’m in favor of making the strike zone fairer and more consistent but I have to say in the moment it felt boring, flat, unpleasant, like chewing on tinfoil. Now, the Bisons pitchers were bad and the hitters had plenty of chances to make it closer but didn’t, so I can’t say it was an unfair result overall, but it was just weirdly deflating.
Also the scoreboard didn’t show the line score, which my daughter, the most casual of fans, noticed and disapproved of. Also there were cameras at the game but no replays on the scoreboard. I’m prepared to like minor league ball and liked the SI Yankees back in the day but come on, give me a better experience.
What kills me is that everything is falling apart around them, and their reaction is to…change nothing.
This.
The Reds wanted to make the yankees feel better about their shitty DH.
The thing is, let’s say you want to play Jones against a lefty, then you sit Verdugo, not Rice!
The REALLY baller move would be pinch-hitting Rice for Volpe.
Now would be as good time to break out Antony
Okay, did not expect that. CT early tonight.
Rice for JD I presume
100%
That was a great 3-1 pitch. Not so much the 3-2 pitch.
Come on, Judge, just at least get the runner in from third!
Unbelievable how bad a move not walking Judge was but they step in shit and it’s caviar.
This team just wants to maximize pain.
Well, that was awful, Aaron.
Judge now has sole possession of GIDPs 2nd place after Machado
So many weak outs.
congrats on the double, Jahmai, now we’re pinch hitting for you with Trent fucking Grisham.
The CashBoone brain[less]trust.
You owe us for that Detroit game, Wilson!
Cashman’s bench strikes again.
That couldn’t have been the right call, could it?
What do we know? Who are we to second guess Boone? I’m off to Bedlam.
I don’t think much of Jones but he’s been swinging the back ok. Far better to let Jones hit vs a RHP than Trent who’s hitting 157 vs a LHP. If they needed a home run I’d go with Trent but not here.
Jones is hitting 263 over the last 2 weeks and is 5/13.
Nice job when the inning didn’t matter, Clay!
why why why why why
Yankee hitting coaches love to preach the value of hitting ground balls. Volpe just missed one before.
Please take Volpe out of the lead off spot. PLEASE.
Volpe is just such a stupid hitter. He’s basically Gleyber.
He [Volpe] is just a hot mess at the plate. His 2-run 2B was a blind squirrel moment, like the 2B DJ ha d a few games ago. Two of the top three wRC+ in MLB in the line-up, and the rest is dross.
Gleyber who can’t hit. Gleyber is a lifetime 112 OPS+, Volpe is a sad 87. He had one great month, that’s it.
He’s like Gleyber in that they’re both just guessing out there. Sometimes they guess right, but there is no plan in their at-bats. Total guesswork.
And he is their leadoff hitter!!
They love them some DP’s! And they have a real shot at the club record. Something to shoot for!
Rice needs to lead off.
At the very least, he has to play everyday. The STAGGERING amount of stupidity to not play him everyday is just so fucking aggravating.
Why can’t Verdugo sit if you want to get Jones in there? It is just beyond foolish. Jahmai Jones is the regular DH against lefthanders! This is not a serious team.
I agree but he’s hitting better than anyone not named Judge or Soto.JD OTOH is hitting 071 for the Yankees.
Volpe no walks in the last 7 games including tonight, 3 walks in the last 26 games. He can not bat leadoff but as importantly doesn’t that show he has little grasp of the strike zone? If you can hit 320 with walking that’s ok but if you’re a 250 hitter you’re not very good.
If the yanks play 500 the rest of the way..,,
Yanks got 8 walks and 5 hits. What’s the expected number of runs?
No one in the presser asked Booner about the hitting.
Volpe “I’m trying to stick to my plan, stick to my plan and my approach, day by day trying to stick to it.” What is his plan and his approach?
Not to walk is obviously part of his plan.
Yeah, what an absurd thing to say when there plainly is NOT a plan in his at-bats. That really kind of irks me, honestly.
Good or bad, DJ obviously has a plan out there. Austin Wells had a plan in the ninth. I’ll even allow that Verdugo clearly has a plan. I don’t see a plan for Volpe or Gleyber (or Stanton, for that matter, unless “grip it and rip it” is a plan).
who let the dogs out?