Gerrit Cole (#45, 35, RHP, 8-7, 3.29) vs. Michael King (#34, 31, RHP, 9-9, 3.11)
YANKEES
DH Ben Rice L
LF C. Bellinger L
1B Luis Garcia L
CF S. Jones L
2B J. Chisholm L
RF J. Dominguez S
SS G. Lombard R
3B Ryan McMahon L
C Austin Wells L
PADRES
RF F. Tatis R
2B J. Cronenworth L
3B M. Machado R
1B Ty France R
CF J. Merrill L
C L. Campusano R
LF D. Harris L
SS X. Bogaerts R
DH Ethan Salas L
If I told you in March that Spencer Jones, Jasson Dominguez and George Lombard were all starting in a big game in September, you’d probably say, “That is either really good news or really bad news.” And the answer is…I dunno, really.
I DO know that Mike King is going to dominate these guys, though. Speaking of Mike King, how the fuck did Juan Soto not resign here? What a fucking weirdo he is.
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Yup. San Diego has great weather and with Soto, machado, etc would have a really good team and he made that decision before the Dodgers went nuts.
But we know he’s a weirdo. He decided to stay in NY and sign with the Mets. Either a weirdo, not very smart, or a guy who has received some really bad advice.
It sounds like the last one. The rumor is that it was his family that was pushing him to sign with the Mets (as they threw in a bunch of perks for his mom), and he’s a dutiful son.
Cohen also rolled out the red carpet. It worked w/ Lindor to start it off not unlike the Jayson Werth signing w/ the Nats.
Two words: Scott Boras
Rays are winning, Bosox are winning.
Worse interviewee Judge or Jeter?
Boston at most will lose 1 of their last 20.
King dominates, Cole dominated. Yankee hearing footsteps. Glad I got home early for this.
Schmidt 2 innings 0r 0h 1k 1bb, Boone says he’ll need a couple of more outings. phenom 1-5, 3Ks, falling back to earth.
When does batting practice end?
Is this the first round of the Southern California regional Home Run Derby?
First and second one out, no chance. Lombard 0-7 since return.
Nice start, Cole. 😡
No not the bases loaded.
0-4 RISP, 5 LOB
Can Jose Feliciano light a fire in the San Diego franchise?
Yankees have had some hard hit outs.
Cody just got under that one with the bases loaded.
The Rays lose after taking an early 4-0 lead. Bosox win, Jays lose. Yankees are either just missing pitches or hitting LD at ’em.
“I think sustained excellence is fun, too.”
Agreed. But a winning season isn’t excellence.
If they were over 600 winning percentage all those years, that would be something. If they’d won the division all those years, that would be something.
All those winning seasons is “never sucking, but never been good enough,” not sustained excellence.
One American League Championship in 16 years, soon to be 17, is not good enough except for Hal.
I’m Not a cashman defender as I think he’s way past his sell date but Making the playoffs almost every year (9 out of 10) is pretty good. Of course when you spend more than anyone in the league that gives you a huge advantage.
in theory they could have that run and be virtually at .500.
Given who they are and what they spend, I mean – so what?
WHAT IS WITH THE TAKING STRIKES WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO STRIKES?
jEZUS CHRIST, JUST *TRY* TO FOUL THEM OFF, YOU MORONS!
JONES!!!!!
Can’t keep up with the Jones!
Hmm?
i like this kid
Fuck. Would I really rather have Rosario hititng than Jazz?
Really?
Would I really have Rosario batting than pretty much anyone?
LUCK!
Go, luck!
Amazing. Not enough, but amazing!
A little luck always helps.
At least they challenged. Would have been appalling if they didn’t try it.
Their base stealing sucks.
Let’s keep running on this guy when their pitcher’s having trouble throwing strikes.
even i thought he was out
Padres catcher 864 OPS threw out 4 baserunners
Yankee catcher 586 OPS Wells -2 CS above average.
Escarra was one of the top 10-15 catchers in baseball, Sanchez is better than Escarra and Wells is much better than Sanchez.
So the 4th home run after Cole settled down is the killer.
Mason Miller vs Lombard, McMahon and Wells. Fair fight or the ref should stop it?
Must be nice to have a catcher who can impact games and win series for you.
A faint heartbeat.
Paul bravely trying to sell this, as if this were April or May Rice.
Why take aq time out when he’s bouncing sliders?
You’re giving HIM time to settle down.
And Rice challenges the wrong pitch.
HE FOULED A PITCH OFF WITH TWO STRIKES!
OH, JOY!
And then?
Fuck. Couldn’t ask Rice to foul off TWO two-strike pitches. That’s just too much to dream of.
Yankees 17-21 in one run games.
I’d have thought the record would be much, much worse.
and they say solo shots won’t beat you
They love taking called strike three.
It’s shocking how close they came to sweeping this series.
This is why the Soto move, as thrilling as it was, was dumb.
Remember when they asked Severino about having to face the Yankees now, and he said: look, you pitch around two guys and they have nothing.
They lean on Judge and just ignore the rest of the offense.
They can’t use Judge as a crutch. They need a genuinely above-average non-Judge offense, and with what they spend – one without gaping black holes.
Sometime in 2027, Stanton placed on the IL. Just beating everyone else to the punch.
The Spence attempted steal of third fucked us.
Nobody else was touching Miller, but yeah.
You assume a hit w/RISP.
Good points.
Hoch: The Yankees have no game scheduled for Monday, but Yankee Stadium is still expected to host one of its most important events in months.
Aaron Judge is scheduled to face live pitching for the first time since breaking a rib in late May, suggesting the captain could be in the lineup during this homestand against the Rockies and Mets — a return that, in Judge’s mind, is long overdue.
Bosox win.
And the suns will set. Out of their finally 20 I predicted a minimum of 19 wins, more likely they’ll run the table. Besides this time of year no good team could possibly lose any games to the Halos.