Yusei Kikuchi (#16, 33, LHP, 0-1, 6.23) vs. Marcus Stroman (33, RHP, 1-0, 0.00)
BLUE JAYS
RF G. Springer R
1B V. Guerrero R
SS Bo Bichette R
DH J. Turner R
LF D. Schneider R
2B Cavan Biggio L
C A. Kirk R
CF D. Varsho L
3B I. Kiner-Falefa R
YANKEES
2B G. Torres R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
DH G. Stanton R
1B A. Rizzo L
SS A. Volpe R
LF Alex Verdugo L
3B Jon Berti R
C Jose Trevino R
Interesting to see them trying to get Berti some work. Glad to see Volpe remain ahead of Verdugo. Interesting to see Stanton get the cleanup spot.
Hopefully the Yankees’ 33-year-old pitcher has aged better than Toronto’s 33-year-old pitcher…
No Coney for the home opener?
Why would the Yankees have that dumb music in the background overshadowing from the roar of the crowd?
The Jays have scored, what, one run over their last 28 innings of baseball?
In all seriousness, how does a hitter have as obvious of a weakness as “Will swing at anything” at this stage of his career?
almost as big a problem as “can’t make contact with anything over 92” .
he’d be awesome on the Ducks though.
I find it hard to believe the Yankees juggled the rotation so MARCUS STROMAN could start the home opener
I think what happened is that it was either going to be Stroman or Schmidt in Game 3, and whoever pitched Game 3 would pitch the home opener, and Stroman likely asked that he get the home opener, so they agreed. Then when Cole got hurt, Stroman didn’t want to give up the home opener.
long single for kirk.
Swing and a miss, did Vegas have a price on the outcome at 3-2?
I say it again, Stanton for yoshida!
So right now the lineup consists of…Soto and Volpe
don’t sleep on dugie. babip goat
I at least hope Volpe will give up 11 when they bring Brett Gardner back finally.
the beard is a good look for ikf. this is a real win win for all of us.
I think MLB has somewhat figured out Volpe’s moves. The days of 13/13 are gone.
This ump isn’t, like, TERRIBLE, but he has a very specific type of strike that he’s giving that has been specifically helping Kikuchi.
angel Hernandez looms
It’d be nice if Soto showed off some of his power.
soto wanted that first pitch
After all of that, to not give THAT strike is just insane.
And then Kikuchi whiffed him anyways.
Boy, Stanton sure is a piece of shit hitter right now, huh?
but 3 hr game…
There was pre-2022 and there is “now.” No need to modify “now.” He is totally cooked and will be unless someone indulges him by throwing flat breaking pitches.
Time to send Stanton to the glue factory
Now he can’t even hit LHPs?
could he just need glasses? someone has asked, right?
i got nothing else, he just doesn’t deserve a spot on the roster until proven otherwise.
very hard to see him getting to 500
stroman nibbling
There are many of us who have been saying Stanton’s cooked for a while. How many more at bats do they give him? Yes every now and then he’ll run into one, but mostly he’s just no longer a good or even average baseball player. Does the GM understand the concept of “sunk cost”? I know he costs you $30m but must he ALSO cost us games? Literally below replacement level player. Just find a replacement level player and be done with this nonsense.
I take it all back, Marcus, please forgive me
Trevy double plays are the absolute worst double plays. It’s, like, Trevy, you suck at hitting, the very least you could do is to not hit into double plays.
And that’s why Trevi shouldve bunted
I think Trevino should adopt a fatty Arbuckle routine. ie he does a belly flop on his way to 1st
It’s like each Yankee is trying to outdo each other in terms of embarrassing at-bats.
stanton smirks
I don’t get why you remove Kikuchi while he has been baffling the Yankee lineup all day long.
It’s not good when you’re Aaron Judge and dudes are just blowing dead center fastballs by you.
Yawn
Good pitching change, Booner.
Caleb is not a baseball name. More a square dancing, corn shucking name
That’s the second run the Jays have scored in their last 36 innings.
it feels like two more than us
Waldo for Birdie, Wells for Trevi?
When Toronto even went to a righty, I was REALLY expecting Waldo, but alas, it wasn’t to be.
But yes, Wells has got to be pinch-hitting for Trevy next inning.
This is classic dicking around after getting ahead 0-2.
Man, how do you let Trevy hit here?
boone is still a major liability, people have simply moved on to complaining about other things and wishcasting based on a SSS.
This ump’s outside corner calls are TERRIBLE. You have to at least be fucking CONSISTENT. The batters can’t adjust if SOMETIMES it is a strike and SOMETIMES it is a ball.
I absolutely can not believe Booner did not pinch hit for Trevi. Even Grisham let alone Waldo or Wells would be more likely to get on base. Bad Booner is back as are the 23 Yankees.
Something that a few of us noted when the Yankees were first talking about Soto, the dude is an extremely streaky hitter, so I was worried he would start off slowly and the fans wouldn’t be able to handle it, but instead, it looks like he’s delayed his early slump.
Volpe is still hot, Soto is /16, Judge is the only hitter over 600 in the lineup. Stanton at 471 and Trevi hitting 083/237, 2022 Trevi is gone forever. (Waldo 346/1008) crazy glued to the bench apparently.n
Well, THIS inning has not gone well.
Not that the Yankees were going to hit in the bottom of the inning, but still…
If they give up a few more then the Yankees will score. Stanton might even homer.
I have a feeling the back end of the pen is due for a big meltdown.
Can’t win em all
Game, over.
Stanton, how long a string will they give him?
So, it’s win or get shutout so far this season.
Yankees are very lucky to be 6-1 the way they’ve played
Hey, cut it out. Passed balling your way to victory is the Yankees’ thing.
Is three wild pitches in an inning good?
Yankee ex WL 4-3 before this afternoon which seems right.
3 curves to judge. interesting
rally!!!
TYM or mini CT?
or that.
Boy, Verdugo is a moron.
Good for Chad Green, at least.
Yankees have scored in one of last 33 innings in which they did not have a Manfred Man on second.
Kelly and Kikuchi are similar in that they get by on outsmarting hitters, and the Yankees have a lot of dumb hitters (Soto, to be fair, really seemed fucked over by the ump’s inconsistent strike zone today, but the rest are just dumb).
Dumb, a reflection on management.
July 2024 and we’ll still be asking, how long a string for Stanton. If he doesn’t get injured along the way.
as long as he’s injured before the martian is ready to suit up.
They asked Boone if there was any consideration of hitting for Berti or Trevi, Booner said no. Now its true Richards has a reverse split and maybe letting Berti hit was fine but Trevi is terrible now.
guasman tomorrow. though I’m excited to see Schmidt pitch
It’s obviously early, but Schneider was managing this game like it meant a lot and Boone…wasn’t.
Not using Birdie or Hamilton in the 7th was weird. Not pinch hitting for Trevi in the 8th inexcusable.
Sure he was. That’s just what Boone doing that looks like.
UPD actually, maybe you’re right, he’d probably have pulled more pitchers for no reason if he were really trying.
Spencer Jones not in lineup tonight. What career ending injury are we about to discover or what 35 year old former star pitcher has he been traded for?
Jones had a stiff neck, so he was a late scratch.
A “stiff neck” like DJ’s bone bruise.
Arias with 2 hits including a HR.
My wife a UConn graduate cursing at the TV.
Tough call with 4 seconds
That was an overall poorly officiated game capped with that egregiously terrible call.