Andre Pallante (#53, 27, RHP, 11-6, 3.72) vs. Will Warren (#29, 27, RHP, 8-5, 4.14)
CARDINALS
SS J. Wetherholt L
C Ivan Herrera R
1B A. Burleson L
RF Jose Fermin R
CF N. Church L
3B Blaze Jordan R
LF Bryan Torres L
DH Jimmy Crooks L
2B Cesar Prieto L
YANKEES
CF T. Grisham L
DH Ben Rice L
1B Luis Garcia L
LF Heliot Ramos R
RF S. Jones L
2B J. Chisholm L
3B Ryan McMahon L
SS G. Lombard R
C Austin Wells L
With Carlos Rodon nearing a rehab start, Will Warren is pitching for his rotation spot tonight, and Ryan Weathers just had a great start last night, so it’s a tough competition!
About the Author
Weathers allowed no runs in his last two starts (13 innings). Let’s see if Warren coming off no runs in his last start can match that.
Hoch Approximate start time is 8:05 p.m. ET, the Yankees say.
nothing against the guy, but i am so happy when i see that volpe isn’t the starting ss.
the pythag is in shambles and the yanks are neck and neck with the rays and boston. we play today, we win, das it.
Really either of Weathers or Warren could break out. They’re CAPABLE of pitching lights-out ball. They do it with some frequency. Just long enough to make you think – and then they implode in the lamest manner imaginable.
But they’re not just mediocre. You can see there’s real potential there.
Maybe one of them clicks.
Imagine this rotation then!
Imagine this staff, if Cash had actually gotten one more good reliever…
I mean, if they break out, doesn’t that mean that one of them would be way better than a typical reliever when Rodon returns?
Imagine the effortless domination Warren was doing against the Cubs condensed into two innings?
Imagine this team if they were just mediocre offensively without Judge.
That would be nice!
That’s the Warren I remember.
Walking the leadoff hitter, ungood.
Okay, that was a really nice bounceback.
After the leadoff walk Warren was lights out!
Well, that’s just INCREDIBLE!
Garcia’s been here all of three days.
How could they he POSSIBLY have absorbed all the Yankee wisdom on baserunning in that ridiculously brief period?
Yankee sportsmanship . The Cards make a bad play. The Yankees refuse to take advantage. That’s what sports are all about out.
Candidates for Sterling’s call for Heliot?
Jones swung at that? Yikes.
If Heliot had gotten a single, things might have been different. But he immediately put himself in scoring position, and the RISP fail machine lurched flawlessly, inevitably, into action.
He could’ve stolen first.
Runner on second no out. Spence strikes out. Jazz ‘wild swing’ also strikes out.
Yankees went into their extra-inning offense.
And 0-3 with RISP. Lovely.
They have an reputation to live up to.
Do phenom or Jeter make that play? Or the one yesterday?
Come on, Grisham, the runner’s only on first! Trying to show off, are you?
Rice is a mess. Fried rice?
Is Lombard the next Roger Peckinpaugh
Pitch one, per GD, was clearly low. Pitch 3 right at the edge, possibly low, too.
Meet the new offense. Same as the old offense.
Not a smart challenge even tho it was correct.
Bob Tewksbury! I remember him!
2nd pitch – just where pitches were called strikes for the other pitcher.
Warren is being so annoying this inning.
Jazz last 15 games hitting 185, last 7 125.
Whether he was right or wrong, that was a good challenge.
That he was right was even better, of course!
Not in the 4th with 1 challenge gone IMO.
The percentage of Yankee low hit games if off the chart.
What the fuck was that, Grisham!?
Eh, I guess O’Neil was right, it didn’t catch much air.
He used to look like he was moving fast. He now seems to be kind of lazily loping after everything. And then he crouched as if the ball was going to hit him?
Bizarre.
I was wrong about how hard it was hit. It was hit so hard it had a 76% hit chance.
I agree that it looked AWFUL both times, though. But I guess I didn’t realize how fast they were hit.
Well, 2 runs are too big a hill to climb for WOE. And 3 runs certainly is.
How about three?
How could Warren possibly be a good reliever if he falls to pieces when there’s the slightest pressure? That’s all the good relievers on your staff ever see!
It’s not that he’d be good but he’d probably be better than the other options. And maybe if he just can throw as hard as he can for two he might be effective.
He can throw hard. He can throw brilliantly.
But the minute he gets in trouble, he sucks.
It’s not about throwing hard.
You can’t expect Warren or anyone to hold the opponents to less than two. Warren is not that good. Didn’t he have a string of mediocre starts before the last gem.
Just like he had a string of untouchable starts before that, yes.
76% hit chance on the first one, and 73% hit chance on the second. They were both just clobbered way too hard. 103 MPH on the first one and 110 MPH on the second one.
I didn’t see the first but 73% on the second?
Brian, maybe. But he still loped after it, and it still looked as if he could have caught it if he’d really run. Just watched it again.
I absolutely agree that that is what it looked like, but 110 MPH, you’re not catching up with that at an 18 launch angle.
Ahahaha hilarious in-game commentary by the GD app:
“Jazz Chisholm Jr. went 1-for-3 with a home run, a run scored, and an RBI yesterday in a 2-0 win vs. the Cardinals.”
Brilliant!
Peckinpaugh? How about DiMaggio!
He has a hit in every Major League game he’s ever played in.
The Yankees response? Maybe next game.
Hopefully they move Lombard up soon. Wells is painful to be the guy coming up after him.
Wells is so bad it’s preposterous that he’s still the starting C. Cashman is really not good at his job.
He had months to fix this. He waits and waits and then it was too late. Like an old man too scared to do anything
Great pitch to try and pull Jazz, 690 OPS, 813 last year. Grisham 695/811, Wells 557/712. But In no way are Boone or the hitting coaches to blame.
Yankees 28th in BA
Yeah, that was a terrible 3-2 swing by Jazz.
Rays won, Bosox won.
At this point the Yankees are more likely to be the third wild card or worse than to win the East.
They’ll make the playoffs and lose. Like every year. 2024 was a fluke.
Their ceiling is second wild card.
Just fucking fire Rowson if only to keep his ideas out of Lombard’s ear shot. Promote the AAA hitting coaches. I’m serious what level of sucking do Cash and Hal need to see?
For sure Lombard needs to move up in the lineup, probably to lead off, and if I’m Lombard Sr I tell Jr never to listen to Boone or Rowson about hitting.
Unyankee like AB. Rowson will put a stop to all those time wasting foul balls.
I love how he just DARED Jones to swing at that shit.
You HAD to challenge that. Poor Jones.
We are going to see him throw so many bad pitches to Jazz, and he’ll eventually strike out on one of them.
How did Jazz NOT strike out?!
And that’s why you don’t make challenges in the fourth.
Ay-yep. That said, the Cardinals were doing that same shit yesterday.
what was macmahon crying about? does he ever think about how we feel?
0-8 RISP. Exactly what open AI predicted. Expected number of ABs before a nit RISP 11.
More Classic Yankees RISP Fail.
that grisham at bat was worth every penny
It’s crazy how all the new guys know how to fail with runners in scoring position, too.
Switching in Ali Sanchez for Garcia is probably a fine move unless the Yankees get within a run or tie the game and Ali has to bat.
https://tomkosensky.com/2026/08/05/yankees-milb-8-5-yostin-pena-crushes-450-foot-hr/
Nice!
Hey, Lombard, no pressure, just go hit a go-ahead home run, m’kay?
Lombard fitting right in with RISP Fail.
Rooooooough.
Cardinals had lost their last 6 series and then they came to NY..
blackburn’s number one fan here.
Oh, baby! Fasten your seatbelts; here comes the bottom of the ninth.
I mean, come on, they’re going to lose, of course, but that was badass walk by Rice.
As I said Sanchez up. I’d rather lose PGold than Garcia.
I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaated that double switch.
And not even because it brought Sanchez into the game.
In all seriousness, Rice can’t even catch in an emergency?!
Fake suspense like when you know the hero won’t die.
That was exhilarating, wasn’t it?
Worst call ever in a heads up final table of the main event Sic? What did he think the kid could’ve been bluffing with? Aaron Boone wouldn’t have made that call.
Yankees 1-18 RISP this series, 25th in the MLB for the season.
AI overview AI Overview The New York Yankees have logged a split 15-15 record over their last 30 games, largely driven by persistent struggles with runners in scoring position (RISP). The team is currently batting a meager .194 with RISP over their most recent stretch.
Katie S with more.
Entering Wednesday’s game, Yankees with RISP since June 1 :
.199 BA (29th)
.274 OBP (30th)
.355 SLG (29th)
.629 OPS (30th)
Overall (not just RISP) is not much better in that time frame. Data per StatMuse:
.219 BA
.283 OBP
.386 SLG
(.669 OPS)
.
And the consistent difference indicates some choking on top of general sucking.
Just abysmal.
O’Neill keeps pointing out how everyone is trying to break out of a slump by hitting a home run. Jazz is the poster child for that. So instead of a hit to the opposite field we get a ground ball to the infield. I’m surprised Cashman wanted Ramos, who actually seems to have a decent approach at the plate.
And just like that the Red Sox are tied in the loss column
Any owner that allows this crap from the highest payroll in the AL year after year without firing his GM and manager is either in a coma or a total idiot.
Year 17. One year away from the longest winless streak in team history. And that streak resulted in the team being sold. I guess I can wish.
Woops. Longest streak ever. 1962-1978 is less than 2009-?.
This team is bad, but it shouldn’t be this bad. Jazz, 690 OPS, 813 last year. Grisham 695/811, Wells 557/712, Rice in a terrible slump 130 last 15 days, 050 last 7 days. Jasson never developed, only regressed. Could phenom have sucked less? There’s no way all these things are merely random bad luck. I don’t know how much is no one having intelligent ABs, or Boone creating an atmosphere of tension and choking.
Does Hal know how bad these guys have been? Does he care?
https://www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffee-august-6-2026/
good bit in here about Lombard’s grandma
Six of the last 7 games scoring 2 or fewer.
And the one they scored 7 runs in the bullpen blew up.
It’s like watching a soccer game. If you’re down 3-0 the game’s over.
https://www.mlb.com/news/baseball-injury-updates
Nice to know Stanton was making contact.
A few infiled hits for Stanton and we’ll be fine.
The Scranton game is on tonight. I hear they have this exciting young short stop and a young Dominican outfielder who can hit 500 foot home runs. He’s so good they refer to him as extra terrestrial
A much-needed off day for the Yankees, as they must be tired from all the hitting and baserunning they’ve been doing. They’re also off on Monday. Rest up, boys!
Elmer 4ip 2r 3h 5BB 6k