December 11, 2024

24 thoughts on “Yankees.com: Encore! Jazz’s 2nd straight 2-HR game makes Yankees history

    1. If Chisholm is going to average over a home run per game, then it – yes, it was a very strong deadline.

    2. i’m high on the new relievers as well. we now have 2 types of relievers – sinker-y and throw-faster-y. the latter makes the former more r-y, and visa versa

  1. Jazz Chisholm … great Yankee or greatest Yankee?

    I don’t get lifting Rice for DJLM in the 7th. Especially for defense when DJ then booted a potential game ender (saved by Gleyber of all people) and predictably popped out in a key spot.

    1. DJ popping out – that is, hitting the ball IN THE AIR!!! – is anything but expected.

  2. I like the acquisition of Leiter if only for the nepo angle. And getting to hear how both his father and uncle pitched for the Yankees every time he comes into a game.

    That said, the guy was completely unfazed by the situation.

    1. smells like a QO for ol’ holmes-y, though looking at the rejection benefit(s), the yankees would get a bonus 4th round pick. not the best, not the worst

  3. re: neely and cowles, seems like a bit of rule 5 “wealth redistribution” in favor of the cubs, and, specifically the Hoyer regime. when the yankees invariably are sellers next year, cashman to hoyer “well y’know jed, chapman jr, miller jr, + the goodwill earned from last seasons runneth over for your top 5 prospects should just about do it”

  4. I really hate the one inning one reliever rule that Boone seems to embrace. While no one else in the pen should be anointed “closer”, continuing to exclusively use Holmes in that role makes no sense. Weaver threw 7 (!) pitches last night in the 8th. Maybe he pitches the 9th and gives up 2 runs. But using Holmes in that situation given his recent (meaning 6 weeks) performance he should not be given the highest leverage situations.

  5. Holmes may look unlucky, but when you have multiple guy on the bases every damned time, when you can’t pitch a clean inning, then it’s probably not bad luck.
    And if it is, there’s no difference between bad luck and bad pitching.
    Either way, it’s not what you want from your closer – or any pitcher who’s going to get high leverage situations.

  6. Speaking of DJ, the platoon is on because DJ mashes LHP, this season to the tune of 122/229/122. Rice OTOH has not been much better 120/281/240 Where’s JD David when you need him?

    G Torres (D) 2B
    J Soto (Z) RF
    A Judge (D) CF
    G Stanton (D) DH
    J Chisholm Jr. (Z) 3B
    A Volpe (D) SS
    A Verdugo (Z) LF
    D LeMahieu (D) 1B
    C Narvaez (D) C

    1. I was going to say that the best thing about these line-ups is that they’re all guys I’m interested in watching – Volpe, Rice and Wells, for whom I have real hope, Judge and Soto, Stanton, who can be great.
      Watching Torres and DJLM tank was just unbearable. Torres is playing much better, but really DJ should never start over Rice. He should play occasionally, if you really think he’s not done – until either Rice has fallen to that kind of level, or until DJ actually starts to prove he’s not a (semi-)living double-play.

  7. “That’s our closer,” Judge said. “I don’t know what else to tell you. That’s our guy. He’s been our guy. I want him out there in any situation, bases loaded and no outs or extra innings or bottom nine, top nine — that’s our guy.”

    Last night was especially unlucky. Seems to me Holmes is usually OK when he’s not walking guys or Gleyber and Vertigo aren’t botching easy outs. The only guy I might prefer is Kahnle and he has his periods where all the inherited runners score.

    1. But do you need to have “a guy” if none of them is clearly “the guy”? Just use whoever seems to be performing best for that situation at the time. And the players should say: I’ll do whatever they need me to do. Why worry about Holmes’ sensitivity until he earns it? And maybe he really WOULD say “I’ll do whatever they need me to do.” Let’s give him the benefit of that doubt.

      Judge is politic, as always. Has he ever said something like “listen, Holmes has been great for us at times, but he sucks right now and I can only hope he’ll get it back at some point.” That’s not how he sees the captain’s job (and really most would agree), and anything he says needs to be taken in that light.

    2. I don’t know. There’s no good solution. We needed/need a lights out closer, but we didn’t get him. We also need a 1B who can hit LHPs to platoon with Rice though I’d rather see Rice try to figure out than DJ.
      Holmes averages a little over a strike per inning, Kahnle is slightly higher and Leiter clearly higher. Maybe Leiter should be the guy.

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