Jesús Luzardo (#44, 26, LHP, 0-1, 4.35) vs. Nestor Cortes (#65, 29, LHP, 0-1, 6.30)
MARLINS
2B Luis Arraez L
LF B. De La Cruz R
DH Josh Bell S
1B Jake Burger R
SS Tim Anderson R
RF A. Garcia R
3B E. Rivera R
CF Vidal Brujan S
C Nick Fortes 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
C Jose Trevino R
3B Jon Berti R
I had no idea this was a 6:05 PM start. My apologies. We’re scoreless through two innings. Let’s hope the Yankees start hitting.
I wonder if berti got the start in part bc of his familiarity w Marlins/luzardo
Very possible. Didn’t seem to help him, though, k-ing on three pitches.
wtf was that ab by Torres. 5 pitches middle middle in a row
Juan Soto is a fucking PROFESSIONAL HITTER. It’s crazy how good he is at just HITTING. The last Yankee who struck me as as good of a hitter (well, not counting juiced ball DJ) would be Donnie Baseball (Boggs was still good when he got here, but clearly not quite AS good). Even Paul O’Neill wasn’t this disciplined. It’s just remarkable to watch.
yea, he makes yankee games estimably more interesting to watch
I realize “just be a .350 hitter” isn’t exactly workable advice but it really is amazing how much better lineups look with these types of guys and baffling why they don’t seem to put more emphasis on this at the instructional levels.
It also makes me marvel at how good A-Rod was while NOT being a disciplined hitter at ALL. He was a total “feel” guy.
arod was pretty disciplined. he was around 15-19% k rate with around a 10-12% bb rate (both eyeballed). that and/or the roids helped his eyesight a fuckton
I think that was just how good he was naturally. He was all “feel,” and just on FEEL he was able to be such a good hitter.
But note that his OBP was not crazy high for his career.
hmm, I’ll give you this one, Cronin, seeing as I can’t contest your premise
Nestor is killing his pitch count with this one at-bat.
How about trying to just put the hitter away, Nestor?
there ya go Stanton, just hit the ball and good things will happen
lucky bounce rizzo
this ump doesn’t like low and inside corner. missed a few for cortes and one there for liz
Which is SO weird. “Yeah, nah, I don’t like that pitch.” How can you just, like, DECIDE THAT A STRIKE ISN’T A STRIKE!?!
volpe!
A revelation.
I love how it’s, like, “Oh, yeah, sorry, this is what I meant to do last year.”
I remain in the peraza > volpe camp
Imagine if the Yankees had given volpe a few weeks to figure things out in the mil last year
Like a moth into a butterfly, phenom metamorphoses into PHENOM.
Small ball yanks at it again.
Who is this team?
huzzah
What a great call by the third base coach.
Just a contact hitter making contact.
Nestor feasts!
Six runs with Gleyber and Judge doing nothing.
Just making up his own strike zone as he goes along.
lol. he just moved the zone up a few inches. nothing to see here
berti doesn’t approve of an accurate zone
I’d like to see a…. sixxto Sanchez acquisition!!!
Who is this pitcher they’ve replaced Games 1-2 Nestor Cortes with?
sub 500 “tude” cortes
if Stanton gets a hit I believe he qualifies as “hot”
ump 2, volpe 0
Nestor Cortes is pitching in the 8th inning of a game. And not as mop up duty. This is…strange.
102 pitches. Do you let Cortes go for the shutout?
why the hell not
Okay, no shutout for Nestor. Boone told him no.
I think Trevino has regressed considerably
2022 was probably just an aberration. Trevy is fine as a backup catcher. He’s still excellent defensively.
Rortvedt is basically the Rays’ starting catcher now, batting .375. Grrrr.
hmm, his xwoba is pretty good too. same bb% as k%. if the rays unlocked something in him then kudos to them. either way, he’s still very injury prone
Josh Maciejewski making his MLB debut! I forgot to mention that they called him up today, sending Cousins down and DFAing Clayton Andrews (who has been TERRIBLE in the minor so far this year).
One day equals lifetime medical benefits.
I mean it’s just the Marlins, but this is exactly what Cortes SHOULD do to the Marlins.
Fastest Yankee game since 1992. Also the last time they started a season 5-0. 1992 is not a season you want to recapture!
Wow, game took a mere 2:01 to play.
Nick Swisher doing the post game? I assume if we make the playoffs they won’t let him do the post game.
I think he just started, which is hilarious. Who hires a guy 11 games into the season?
montas and severino starting season decently
They’re getting paid $14 million and $13 million respectively to MAYBE be good. I’d have be fine with either one of them returning at a “prove me” salary, but $14 million and $13 million? That was crazy.
I agree on the $ amounts, but they’re my rortvedts. I’m just mad at the situation