July 13, 2026

111 thoughts on “Yankees (53-42) @ Nationals (48-48), Sunday, July 12, 2026, 1:35 PM EDT”

    2. Even if that’s the case, I don’t love it. And I don’t love Wheeler whinging about being snubbed and refusing to tap in.

      I think there’s a net positive effect to guys taking these things seriously and taking pride in being asked to play. (Or at least having the shame to pretend like they do.)

  4. That right there is what you get by being cute.

    “Let me try to get them to swing at pitches out of the zone. No? Okay, I guess I will either throw it in the zone and get crushed or walk the guy.”

  6. It’s a miracle we’re not looking at avoiding the sweep today. Sixteen unimpressive offensive innings and two good innings against their dregs of a pen.

    1. But that’s the Nationals team, right? Their bullpen sucks. That’s a known problem. So it wasn’t, like, a fluke that they beat up on their bad bullpen.

  10. Martian batting 3rd 240/698 is proof that this offense sucks, Yankees with one hitter over 800 (900), two more over 700. Nats with a 900+, 2 at 800+, 2 at 700+.

    1. The Nationals have a very good offense, so they’re a weird comparison.

      “The Yankees’ offense sucks, they’re not as good as the best offense in baseball!”

    3. Belli was batting third last year with a .600 OPS. In other words, obviously they think the Martian is better than his current numbers. He’s been hitting better lately, no?

    1. Oh, they’ve obviously been horribly slumping. No doubt about it. Part of that, though, was playing without two of their regulars who were actually hitting a bit (Grisham and McMahon). This current lineup should be a lot better than what we are seeing.

  18. That was some BULLSHIT. Wells thought that the umpire had called the obvious strike three strike three, so didn’t challenge it, but the umpire HADN’T called it a strike, and since Wells didn’t challenge it in time thinking that the umpire had called the obvious trike a strike, he couldn’t challenge it. The batter then fucking doubled.

  28. So yeah, Schlittler isn’t pitching because Schneider was going with his guy over Schlittler. Schneider didn’t let Schlittler save face, though, as he made a point of saying Schlittler wasn’t going to start no matter what. Seems like a bit of a dick move. You don’t have to say anything.

    1. It really is bizarre how he acts like he isn’t washed. If you HAVE to use him, have him pitch against the non home run hitters. Bringing him in for 2-3-4 was just mind-numbingly stupid.

  33. The real key, though, is that, as we’ve noted, the Yankees bullpen has been good overall because Boone has to throw the same guys out there CONSTANTLY to cover up for the other, bad pitchers. So, when those guys are unavailable, you’re basically fucked.

    5. Devin Williams is in the midst of fucking the Yankees again. He just walked the base loaded in the ninth inning with one out with the Red Sox trailing 2-0.

  38. Infield defense is almost as bad as the hitting, and hitting is the pits 25th in runs. Jazz has been so shit. He hits a home run and he thinks he’s Alomar.

    What was the error?

    1. Jazz made a great play to get to the ball, but then made a terrible throw over Rice’s head. And he wasn’t even rushing! It was bizarre to see.

    2. What does a bunt even ACHIEVE there?! What a moronic bunt by Schuemann, even if he is called safe, and he’s probably going to be called out.

    1. As YC notes, he has become a true weapon. You have to wonder how many games were lost earlier in the season by not trusting Blackburn in high leverage at ALL?

    2. Funny tweet, “Yankees $2 million closer Paul Blackburn held a 2-run lead against the offense who has scored the most runs this season”

    2. I don’t agree. The Yankees main obstacle is the Yankees, Boston’s on a roll and the Jays have some good players.

      This rope a dope won’t continue to succeed.

    3. I mean, of course your team should inherently always be your concern, but sure, yes, they should be worried about themselves and the Rays.

      The Yankees are 12 games over .500 and the Red Sox are two games under .500, and the Blue Jays will be, at BEST, four games under .500. Why worry about them right now?

    1. A reporter asked Boone if Blackburn reminded him of Weaver, and he, was, like, “Huh?” As obviously, as good as Blackburn has been, he’s a MUCH different pitcher than Weaver.

  56. How come the CONDENSED GAME is also just highlights. It used to be the last pitch of every at bat.
    Stop editing and just give me the facts, you bastards!

    1. I mean, that’s the whole difference between the condensed game and the highlights, right?

  60. Remember those heatmaps like 16 years ago that illustrated how awesome Mo was at pitch placement? What if there were something similar that illustrated how good Cam is at tunnelling his pitches?

    This video gets really interesting about 7 minutes in. In addition to exploring how Schlittler’s stuff has improved this year vs last, the guy defines a couple new (admittedly kinda arbitrary) metrics that he argues show Schlittler is the best in MLB at tunnelling; and then he shows some animations of Schlittler’s average pitch trajectories to illustrate how similar Schlittler’s various pitches look up till the batter’s “decision point” about 200ms in flight, and how far they then diverge.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qby_oRvtY

  61. I have no issue if Cam doesn’t want to pitch in the ASG. It’s not an insult to the fans – we didn’t vote for him – and he doesn’t owe Schneider anything.

    If Manfred wants the All Star Game to mean something to the players again, then he can abandon interleague play.

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