October 8, 2024

93 thoughts on “Yankees (81-60) @ Cubs (72-69) Saturday, September 7, 2024, 2:20 PM EDT

  1. More lousy AB’s with a great situation. But hey! They got a run out of it. And funny how they now pitch to Judge in that spot, that’s how bad Judge has been scuffling for 2 weeks as he K’s with 2nd and 3rd and no outs.

  2. No way the Martian would be an asset I guess. He couldn’t give Judge a rest once a week, Stanton and Verdugo twice a week? This team never hits starters any more

    1. Most Yankees look bad against most pitcher most of the time lately. But for the wild pitch it would be a shutout.

    1. he’s more upright at the plate as well, but even his hop-pivot post-contact really impresses me

  3. interesting relief here. I’m really happy w Schmidt’s performance. challenged hitters, didn’t nibble, clearly rehabbed effectively which is credit to him and the org

    1. I think the Yankees are very formidable in a playoff schema especially w a 4-man and stroman in the pen

  4. So, all these games versus the Cubs are 2:20 PM starts, and it’s nice to get the loses out of the way early. Okay, they fooled you and won the first two games, but tomorrow we will get the loss out of the way early on Sunday.

  5. More honors for Verdugo

    RAB Alex Verdugo is two groundouts away from tying the Statcast Era (since 2015) record for most groundouts to the right side in a single season (three-way tie with 111). The Yankees have 20 games left to play after today

    1. i hope he gets it. it’s a little easier to point at how stupid the team is when you have concrete stuff like

      most ground outs
      most blown saves
      dumbest manager
      etc

  6. I can’t believe Boone was smart enough to let Nestor finish. In his last 4 starts he went into the 7th three times allowing one run total. The 4th start was bad. But when he’s “on” he’s on. So good move there.

    I also can’t believe cashman is so stupid as to let vertugo stay on the roster while Jasson is in the minors.

  7. Dang, Nestor! From Hoch:

    “Obviously, I was upset. I feel like amongst all the starters, I’ve been the workhorse here,” Cortes said. “Once [Gerrit] Cole went down, they picked me to be the Opening Day starter; not necessarily the No. 1, but the Opening Day starter. I had to switch my routine there, and now they do this.

    “I’m never going to back down from a challenge, I’m never going to leave my teammates out to dry. You’re always going to get my best effort, no matter if I’m happy or not. That’s what I did today. I just came out there and proved that I can be put in any situation, and from here on out, if that’s what’s my role, then I’ll accept it.”

    1. If he pitches this well when he’s angry and upset I suggest we make sure he’s always angry and upset! Who’s with me to put nails in his tires the day the playoffs start?

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