Will Warren (#98, 26, RHP, 6-5, 4.44) vs. Zebby Matthews (#52, 25, RHP, 3-3, 5.17)
TWINS
CF Byron Buxton R
LF Kody Clemens L
C Ryan Jeffers R
DH L. Keaschall R
RF T. Larnach L
SS Brooks Lee S
3B Royce Lewis R
1B E. Julien L
2B R. Fitzgerald L
YANKEES
CF T. Grisham L
DH Aaron Judge R
LF C. Bellinger L
RF G. Stanton R
C Ben Rice L
2B J. Chisholm L
1B P. Goldschmidt R
3B Ryan McMahon L
SS A. Volpe R
We pick the game up in the top of the third, with the Yankees having their early run scored that will never be added to, and Warren about to collapse.
This is why you have to get Stanton into the lineup.
And Rice, as well.
If I’m Stanton, I take whatever gig I can get after my Yankee deal ends that allows me to get 60 more home runs. If he hits 500 home runs, he has to be in the Hall of Fame, right?
If it’s as a pinch hitter on the Marlins or whatever, you take that deal.
@remindMe! 2050
it’s really a hate watch these days. i’m such a grump with this season going down the toilet. up 3-0, let’s see when boone taps devin.
Home runs or bust. I choose home runs.
If Warren can go 7, keep it close, and get it to Weaver and Bednar we might just hold on.
Even in that unlikely scenario, I’m going to assume Boone tries to close with Doval for some inexplicable reason.
Judge is hitting 239 since mid June which coincides with the Yankees sucking.
And it begins. The Yankees get to 3 and they think it’s time to go home.
I’m going to need Judge to stop sucking, please.
His BABIP is still over .400. This correction is, as expected, is a beastly one.
Warren with 6 innings. Last starter to
Go 6? Warren in late July. Maybe he’s not that bad.
There was that weird stat where he gave up two runs or less in, like, 90% of his starts. It’s just that in those other 10%, he was destroyed by so much that his ERA sucks.
It’s very aggravating that I’d prefer Will Warren start a game over Max Fried at this point.
Besides the home runs the Yankees look just as shitty offensively as expected.
Yankees love to keep it close. Hal said keep the fans at the game, there are hot dogs and beer to sell.
Boy, what a frustrating game this is.
So now it’s a one run game. They Yankees see a 3 on the board and they think it’s an 8 so they relax.Boston or Toronto or Houston would’ve already sewed up the game.
Hey look guys we got 3 just like the Babe and Lou and Joe D and Mickey and Yogi and Jeter
An insurance run (or insurance runs) would sure be nice.
Old friend Brooks Kriske owes them.
That’s what I was going to say.
Is Brooks Kriske related to Connie Kreske?
Ooh! An RISP hit.
And another.
How many runs do you need to pull Weaver and/or not use Bednar?
Then three straight RISP Fails. With Rice swinging at ball 4 on the 6th pitch of his AB.
The Night of the Home Run, an episode of ‘The Wild Wild West’, featuring the villain Dr. Miguelito Quixote Loveless.
I’d use Yerry here.
I don’t hate the use of Bednar, of course, as I assume he was already ready to go, so sitting him wouldn’t help him too much.
That’s what I’m talking about.
Bednar, twice in a row with 1-2-3 ninth innings. Nice.
It really IS weird how he technically blew the game on Saturday, and yet we all were very pumped about the guy after the game.
Crochet is going to have his first truly shitty start of the season, and the Red Sox are still going to fucking win. That is very annoying.
After going balls to the wall against the Yankees, the Astros are now punting against the Red Sox.
Astros D squad closes it out against the BoSox. Yankees get to a game and a half back of the Sox.
Stros get to Crochet for 5 runs 7 hits in 4 innings.
And only BARELY held on. But at least they held on!
It also hurts Crochet’s Cy Young chances, which is nice.
The Astros talent is not as staggering as it used to be but they employ a tenacious approach up-and-down the lineup. Correa and Altuve are still a nightmare for a lefty at the top of the lineup. They get to Fried and Crochet on back-to-back days. The Yankees do not match up well with Houston pitching Fried & Carlos on the road. The Yankees need to catch and pass Boston. Call me delusional, but I haven’t given up on the division. Toronto’s pen is showing signs of fraying. Yankees need to find Clemenza’s handgun in the bathroom and zip up their fly on their way out. Get it together guys. I believe in Fried-Rodon-Gil-Warren-Shitty. Let’s have a Moneyball A’s type finish to the regular season. Let’s go Yanks.
I love this plan. I’m excited to be a part of it. Let’s do it!
Katie S Luke Weaver now has a 0.81 WHIP this season.
That’s 2nd-lowest among all pitchers with 40+ IP.
Monday’s 6-2 win over the Twins is the Yankees first win by 4+ runs since July 11 (11-0 vs Cubs).
Since then and entering tonight, every other team had at least 2 wins by 4+ runs.
unexpected, but the worst teams still win games
Thinking more about Mason Miller, I think the pitch at the time was “You can control this stud closer for YEARS, but you could ALSO turn him into a possible stud starter this offseason, so you better give us a shit ton of prospects.”
I imagine that that IS the plan for the Padres with Miller. Built a super bullpen this season, then move Miller to the rotation next season to replace the departing Cease and King. It makes the cost paid for Miller make a lot more sense.
“Here are the only hitters who have a higher xwOBA than Rice this season: Aaron Judge, Soto, Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Schwarber, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Ketel Marte, Corey Seager and Pete Alonso.”
and
“Among 165 hitters who have seen at least 200 sliders this season, Wells’ .085 batting average is the worst. This isn’t a case of him getting unlucky, either. His .194 wOBA is the sixth worst in that group. And among 140 hitters who’ve seen at least 100 sweepers, Wells’ .045 batting average is the worst.”
and
“However, Boone wasn’t interested in entertaining the possibility of that happening, quickly dismissing a question regarding Rice getting more playing time behind the plate.
“I don’t know. We’ll see,” Boone said.”
Manager of the Year!
Wells OBP is 267, compared to last year 322, which indicates he’s chasing more and according to PA he’s a bad bad ball hitter. The only problem is PGold is not good against RHPs. So Rice has to play every day but with a RHP should PGold, Wells or Escarra also play. Or the radical solution bring up Rumsfeld who’s OPSing 913 against RHPs?