Carlos Rodón (#55, 33, LHP, 4-2, 3.30) vs. Shane Baz (#34, 27, RHP, 4-12, 4.00)
YANKEES
CF T. Grisham L
DH Ben Rice L
LF Heliot Ramos R
1B Luis Garcia L
RF S. Jones L
2B J. Chisholm L
SS G. Lombard R
3B Ryan McMahon L
C Austin Wells L
ORIOLES
2B J. Holliday L
DH Pete Alonso R
RF T. O’Neill R
1B Coby Mayo R
SS G. Henderson L
3B C. Encarnacion-Strand R
CF L. Taveras S
LF C. Franklin R
C C. Narvaez R
I like that Boone’s answer for the shitty offense is to just keep running the same shitty lineup out there.
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Okay, that was a fucking awesome play by Wells.
Strong top of the first for the hitters.
Another exciting first inning from the top of the order.
Make sure to throw as many pitches as possible before you walk the guy, Rodon, you douche.
Was that a 20-pitch first for Rodon? Not ideal.
Jazz is absolutely LOST at the plate, but no, keep running him out there as the #6 hitter. Good thinking, Boone.
Another day, another WOE.
The only Yankees to not strike out so far are Ramos, who walked, and Jones, who weakly flew out on the first pitch.
I’m so glad that the Yankees decided to take their shitty offense and just do nothing different.
Who needs to adjust the lineup? Who needs to give Ramos a day off for Cabby? Why change anything? Just keep running the same lineup out there and it’s bound to work at some point, right?
I mean, there is at least a CHANCE that Fried is just dealing with inflammation from the original injury. I bet Fried is just fucked, but there is a CHANCE that this is just a problem with the original injury just acting up.
i saw that la is booing tucker pretty badly. i remember the narrative by dodgers fans that the mistreatment of our stars was why no one wanted to come to ny anymore.
how the turntables
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I don’t recall that being an argument.
On top of his hitting problems he dropped an easy, easy fly ball.
brian, i have the misfortune to know at least 2 passionate dodgers fans that keep me informed about the various current narratives about what is going wrong in the bronx.
Haha, fair enough!
That walk was so embarrassing. SO MANY PITCHES.
Yankee Class A team end of 1 trailing 7-6.
Jesus fucking Christ, Jazz.
You can’t blame the umpire when he was there ahead of the play. If you had a problem with the umpire being there, tell him to move BEFORE the play.
Again, to be clear, the umpire clearly DID fuck him up on the play, but, again, if the umpire is blocking your way, tell him to move. So it’s still on Jazz ultimately.
How the fuck was Wells THAT confident about that strike?! I mean, I’m glad it worked out, but how could he POSSIBLY see it that clearly?
I know they suck. I get that. However, they have also been EXTREMELY unlucky the last week or so. That McHahon foul ball could have easily been a double.
The guy is throwing strike one to each batter and they are taking strike one each time. It’s really annoying.
He’s CLEARLY TRYING TO GET AHEAD IN THE COUNT RIGHT AWAY! STOP TAKING THE FIRST PITCH!
See, Grisham knew he was going to come right back with a strike, and this time he was ready for it. That’s good, to be sure, but he could have done that on the first pitch, too!
But, again, I get that it is tacky to knock a guy after he hit a home run.
Grisham almost has no back swing.
Yeah, that was really unusual looking.
reminds me of richie sexson’s all forearms swing
you know the offense is bad when trent is your biggest offensive threat.
The weird thing was that Rodon was clearly trying to pitch carefully to Mayo. It did not work out.
They take SO many strike threes.
Other than an occasional anomaly pitcher X has looked very sharp.
What a fucking terrible challenge by Jones. Holy shit was that bad. It wasn’t as bad as that one Ben Rice one early on in the season, but it’s pretty fucking close to that.
Holy shit, dude, what in the fucking world are you doing?!
Jones wasted a challenge.
Kay says they’re out of challenges. Who else missed on a challenge?
ramos on a strike 2 call in the first iirc. one of the worst i’ve seen.
Wow, Lombard, that was an amazing fucking play!
Terrible challenge. Clearly a strike. Isn’t Jones supposed to know the strike zone?
Last 15 games Spence is hitting 160/236/320 with only 1 home run. Is he really better than Jasson?
i’m fairly certain dominguez would’ve miffed that routine fly ball to Jones just now
Clearly a strike AND the timing of it just made no sense. Two outs and no one on base in the fourth inning.
I think Jones’ ability to play center in a pinch (and play a good left and right vs. whatever it is that Dominguez does out there) gives him the nod over Jasson right now.
But yes, he needs to start hitting again.
OTOH Dominguez has been shite at Scranton. Volpe also. Garverbatting third for Scranton tonight. Is that a sign?
I would SO love to see Sanchez fucking exiled to the moon.
Once again, what is a fucking swing?
At least Jazz HIT it, ya know?
man, the orioles are terrible at developing players.
re: Jackson Holliday & company
That was a really bad defensive job by Holliday, right?
eh, just blame advanced scouting and the positioning quant nerds…
or blame the umpire
As long as Lombard’s not the next Volpe.
I give Rodon a lot of shit (and I think it’s well-deserved), but I’ll give him this much, the guy really does have GREAT stuff. He’s a moron about it sometimes, but the STUFF is so good every game, even right off of the IL.
The swing decisions by the Yankees are so bad. Wells looked lost on that pitch.
And then he popped up. What a fucking loser.
He’s turning the corner, just a little hiccup and he’ll be all the way there. He can definitely see the light at the end of the tunnel.
ah wells, good old inside-out approach to an inside fastball leading to a foul ball… and now a weak IFF.
Right?!! What the fuck was that shit?!
It’s clearly me, but I’ve misread many fly balls expecting Yankee HR only to met with middling fly ball out… Blasted torpedo bats…
That’s a long corner that Wells is turning.
Broadway is 13.8 miles long so it takes a while.
Of course, Grisham had runners on this time, so he couldn’t do anything.
Man, Holliday is platooning and he still stinks. But has a positive oWAR. Ergo, 2b in general stinks!
Anyone have any guesses for “Name That Yankee”? I’m stumped.
sweet mama jamma, grand slam by dbacks
They have a chance to get Baz out of the game, so of course RIce weakly grounds out on the first pitch.
heliot answers to the same god
It kills me that Garcia Jr. came here, hit a home run in his first game, and then promptly started slumping like every other loser in this lineup.
Now Baz will definitely pitch the 7th. Fucking losers.
Adley seems like a pretty good acquisition so far…
ok that was a terrible read by Grisham, he hooked right as if rounding 1st for a ball to his left.
“A strong six innings for Baz.” No a typical pathetic impotent six inning for the Yankees. One run, two hits.
Last 4 games, regulation only, 4 runs scored, ONE RUN A GAME. They suck and they’re getting worse.
I loooooooooove Ken Singleton, but Hall of Fame? Come on, buddies.
did you hear about Kay suggesting to and about Arod that Arod come back for 1 PA to restart the HOF selection process? That would be a very Arod move – ie hilarious, backfire instantaneously, somehow be the cause of the impending 2027 labor strike / lockout, cause Jeter to take a minority position in the Rockies only to be ousted by a tandem of DePo and Bill Plaschke, so on and so forth. I’m in favor!
Yeah, what a weird, weird idea.
Last six games, including a ten run game, Yankees hitting 192.
Jones at least got a hit, thank goodness.
I guarantee in the alternate universe where Baz is pitching against Boston, every pitch the same, Boston has 3+ runs and 5+ hits.
That last Jazz strikeout was one of the most pathetic strikeouts I’ve seen this season.
Every once in a long while he just strokes one to left and gets a hit and then back to swinging for the fences.
Sure would be nice if Goldy could have challenged either of these bullshit strikes, JONES.
Re Lombard: Cash he was ready two weeks before you pulled the trigger.
Just be glad he’s here. He should really be batting higher in the order, right?
Can you imagine using the Yankees front office for your ad? Seriously, dudes?
Being PH for by Rosario is the ultimate embarrassment for Wells.
Grisham broke the site!
contrary to Boone’s decision, i’m more in favor of saving the bench for the psychological edge against opponents
this pitcher Walker stinks! I feel bad
Grisham great QO or greatest?
I don’t get Headrick here. Is the plan for Blackburn to pitch the 8th?
Heliot Ramos fighting back from a 3-0 count. Heliot for Jake Bird, who hangs up?
Holy shit, Headrick let him fucking bunt!
Should have just let him fucking bunt. McMahon would have gotten that.
Ramos was just letting him try to throw two strikes. I was okay with that. Then he pathetically swung at ball four.
i thought the same thing, though McMahon probably would’ve killed the rally last inning where Goldy walked
Very true. They had to make that move. Just unfortunate.
Also unfortunate is that Headrick’s overusage seems to have affected him.
How are you not putting Franklin away, Headrick?!
shades of Joe Torre and ol Scott Proctor
Holy shit was that a bad walk. Like oh my god, that was TERRIBLE.
Headrick’s whole DEAL is that he throws strikes. This is awful.
“Struck him out on three strikes. Let me waste a couple.” Get your shit together, Headrick!
Cruz heating up, by which I mean he’s in the pen not returning to form
Unbelievable this team, somebody does something very good so Heliot strikes out with the bases loaded after being ahead 3-0, now Headrick walks the tying run a 182 hitter.
That was a dreadful AB by Ramos in the top of the seventh.
I really don’t mind him taking the first two. That swing on the 3-2 pitch, though, was godawful.
Ramos is very graceful.
That was too, too funny. What the fuck is that guy’s deal?!
This inning should be over. That walk by Headrick was insane.
What? Headrick at 25 pitches in 2/3 of an inning? Dude!
He just didn’t have it tonight. I seriously do worry about the overusage fucking with him.
Cruz last 14 days OPS against 891 over Blackburn?
He needs to have Cruz walk the bases loaded.
BOY, did Cruz get lucky there or WHAT?
Whew. 2-0 LD out to RF off the bat of Alonso.
SO fucking lucky!
Rays are losing 10-3 after seven. Bosox up 6-4 in the sixth.
That probably had a high hit probability. Weren’t they looking for a soft spot for Cruz?
The weird thing is that Blackburn is going to pitch teh eighth. So couldn’t he have gotten four outs?!
Boy, do they love to take strike three. Suarez is TERRIBLE, so that inning was particularly bad.
WHY IN THE WORLD IS JAZZ BATTING SIXTH STILL?!
Was it Mayo who tagged Headrick for a game-winning home run earlier this season?
I don’t love the walk, but I sort of get it.
First batter a 1 pitch out, Jones saw 9 pitches, Jazz followed with a 1 pitch out.
What the fuck was Grisham doing on that flyout?
Cruz line drive 700 xBA. Bad decision Booney, got lucky.
No one was on when he walked Mayo. Are the Yankees going to pitch worried to Coby Mayo?
He can hit a home run, while the other guys clearly don’t worry Blackburn, so I get it.
Okay, Bednar now needs to save it before letting two guys on base so that Alosno comes up.
Henderson can also hit a home run.
I think it’s just about the pitcher’s comfortability. If a guy worries him, I don’t mind him pitching around him. He went RIGHT after Henderson. Clearly, Gunnar didn’t worry him.
Suarez is SO bad, and he was six up/six down. Ugh.
mother fucking red sox
The earthling 0-4 with 4 Ks, Elmer 5ip 1r 6h 5 Ks no walks.
No worries, just give up one run, and you’ll probably win.
Easy breezy.
“9-8 and they got great pitching in every single one.” Oh, even the Warren games, Kay?
An easy save.
Gil 2ip 0r 0h 2k 2bb