Richard Fitts (#80, 24, RHP, 0-0, 0.00) vs. Clarke Schmidt (#36, 28, RHP, 5-3, 2.34)
RED SOX
CF Jarren Duran L
3B R. Devers L
LF T. O’Neill R
DH M. Yoshida L
C Connor Wong R
RF Wilyer Abreu L
1B T. Casas L
SS Trevor Story R
2B C. Rafaela R
YANKEES
2B G. Torres R
RF Juan Soto L
CF Aaron Judge R
C Austin Wells L
DH G. Stanton R
3B J. Chisholm L
1B A. Rizzo L
SS A. Volpe R
LF Alex Verdugo L
Due to Tanner Houck being a late scratch, the Yankees will be facing Richard Fitts, the decent starting pitching prospect that they traded for Alex Verdugo. Well, knowing this piece of shit lineup, they’ll be dominated by Fitts tonight, just to twist the knife a bit more.
Caught stealing easy Austin
Can’t be a Clarke Schmidt start without him throwing a gazillion pitches each inning.
Seems to be a Yankees thing.
This is what Fitts looked like in his first start. A LOT of hard contact. I’m not too worried about him being some great pitcher for the Sox. He at least doesn’t seem to be a DUMB pitcher, who does sadly matter a lot.
RISP. We know what that means.
Stanton’s approach after it was 2-0 has been BAFFLING.
I take it back, Schmidt, you haven’t even thrown the most pitches of the pitchers in this game!
First inning CT. Come on WP/PB!
EDIT: And more RISP Fail.
I mean, hard to blame Jazz too much there. He hit it HARD. Lots of hard contact and three walks. Can’t say I’m too impressed by Mr. Fitts.
Don’t poke the bear.
Yankee baseball 2024 sports fans.
Yeah, we have to settle for ‘hit it hard’.
That’s the only kind of hit Rizzo can get. Opponents should play the LF WAY IN.
For phenom that passes for hit it hard. And why aren’t Rizzo and phenom hitting 8/9?
He [Volpe] has played almost every game for 2 seasons, yet they cannot wait to sit Jasson.
How do you swing at that 3-1 Soto up next?
The pitcher has sucked for 2 innings yet no runs. Your 2024 NY Yankees.
These 3-1 and 2-0 swings so far tonight have been DREADFUL.
Fitts is getting by almost entirely by luck and the Yankee batters taking HORRIBLE cuts ahead in the count.
Boone, Rowson, Yankee approach, stupidity
This guy is pitching like shit, but they’re hitting like even MORE shit.
Judge K’ing was special.
It was so, so embarrassing.
Does it matter who’s pitching?
Meredith “Aaron what were Assad, Taillon, Singer, Lugo, Ragans, Criswell and Fitts doing?”
Unsurprisingly last 7 days the Yankees 3rd worst in OPS and 4th worst in BA. There’s no way so many hitters have been SO BAD without input from Boone and Rowson. Gleyber and Verdugo career worst years. Volpe at age 23 regressing. DJ a horror show.
Boone gets the kind of free pass every politician would envy.
Going back 15 days Yankees 15th worst in BA, 9th worst in OPS.
115 MPH out. FFS.
When Rizzo is hitting you that hard, you KNOW you suck. And yet they’re letting this dude completely off the hook.
What would bunting for a hit even DO there?!
At least the other hitters can say they’re hitting it hard. Volpe is just shitting the bed period, with weak ass flyballs.
phenom bunting with a runner on second and two out is the CHICKEN SHIT PLAY OF THE SEASON. phenom just admitting he sucks and has no chance of getting a hit and driving the run in. He should lose his starting job just for that alone no to mention that he’s hitting 125 the last week or two.
It really was VERY weird.
These announcers are fully fellating Boston. That was a nice catch that any competent RF should make.
Let’s not even play next year and give Boston the 2025 Championship.
Waldo must be given a chance to win the SS job.
Who’s the lead announcer Curt Shilling?
In Boone, Cashman Yankee land failure is the key to job security.
I can’t believe they’re letting this dip shit get through five innings. So, so pathetic.
Verdugo is the future, Jasson is the past. Off to Bedlam.
When Juan Soto is taking three straight shitty splitters for strikes one, two and three, you know something is horribly, horribly wrong.
RAB The Yankees have scored three runs in their last 20 innings and all three were the automatic runner in extra innings.
Just the normal ebbs and flows. If we play Houston we might get negative runs.
Soto takes a called strike 3. A Bizarro world game.
It’s a truly BONKERS game so far.
Devers swinging 3-0 with no outs was a Yankee-esque decision.
There’s the ballgame.
RISP fail for you, RISP, fail for you, RISP fail for everyone.
Reminder Boston is not good at pitching. Reminder their pen era is over 6 since the ASB.
Yeah, while keeping a pretty good Red Sox offense down is nice, the Yankees offense should be putting some hurt on this staff.
Again, this is a very different Boston bullpen now that Slaten and Martin are here. Them being pathetic against Fitts is one thing (it was embarrassing as hell). Them being pathetic against Slaten and Martin isn’t a big deal.
rough jinx there on my part.
Fortunately the O’s caught the Yankee’s disease. Lost to DET 1-0
Did Cashman actually try to get Leiter Jr or did Selig insist he give him a job.
Mark Leiter better spend the offseason getting his shit together. This is outrageously bad.
He’s signed for next year?
He’s arb eligible.
Leiter with a 6.67 Yankee era. What a find. DFA his ass!
CT Time
Now, Zach Kelly, HE was part of the bad Boston bullpen.
Put in Leiter in a 2 run game and this is the result.
Hilariously, he’s in line for the win at the moment, right?
523 or 543?
FUCKING YES!
Exactly this.
Not another double play. Wait, What! It wasn’t?
I watched a show on the TV while keeping the game on iPad. That brought the good luck.
Booser got fucked on the second pitch, but, like, that 2-0 pitch was INSANELY down the middle, on a fucking TEE.
No Leiter for two?
Are they planning on getting two from Weaver?
You know who has closing experience…?
Who gets the BS?
That’s a lot of pitches.
That was Moesque
Weaver deserves a Gatorade bath.
Best win of the year?
It’s way up there. That comeback against the Red Sox where Grisham tied it in the ninth inning was pretty fucking sweet, too.
Highly unexpected. Nice to see the big kid get a HR.
Leiter for the win, naturally.
I bet you all love the Yankees now
How many home runs did Judge hit in that game?
Remember when Luke Weaver and Jake Cousins were pitching really well, and the Yankees were, like, “Nah, let’s just keep running Holmes out there to blow games?” Good times, good times.
Mark Leiter knew the Yankees would score five, so he made sure to keep the Red Sox at four. Clever pitching.
a whole new level of pitching to the score.
Katie Sharp: Players with 50+ HR, 30+ 2B, 120+ BB, 130+ RBI in a season in MLB History:
Aaron Judge (2024)
Barry Bonds (2002)
Babe Ruth (1920, 1921)
Those are pretty good names.
Judge’s was uncomfortable post-game on-field Q-&-A. Every question brought a shrug and a look of “I don’t know, man, I mean – yes, that guy’s always great, this was a team win…”
It was the look of a guy thinking “I’ve let a pile of games go by where I did nothing, nd this was one damn home run, the pitch was just grooved, I have no real assurance that this means I’m out of it.”
It was interesting.
That whole broadcast team was amateur hour. I turned it off knowing that interview was going to be cringe inducing.
Martian day, Stanton sits, Judge DH, Waldo still suspended and the worse Volpe hits the more solidly the job is his.
As I said he should be benched for bunting last night with a man on second and two out in a scoreless game. The most chicken shit play of the year, an admission that he knows he can’t hit.
It’s going to be incredibly frustrating when Volpe goes to another team and turns into a good hitter.