From Casey Drottar:
Max Fried was put on notice immediately on Friday night – he was going to need his best stuff on the mound.
His counterpart – Brewers phenom Jacob Misiorowski – set down the Yankees’ first three hitters with some of the fastest pitches ever seen in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008). It was going to be an uphill battle for New York’s offense, so Fried could ill afford significant struggles.
Come the second inning, that’s exactly what he ran into.
Fried was undone by a pair of walks and loads of soft contact during a frame in which every Milwaukee hitter came to the plate. The Yankees’ left-hander allowed four singles and four runs in the second despite not allowing a single hard-hit ball. And after logging 40 pitches in the frame, he departed the mound having put New York in a 4-0 hole.
Though the second inning turned out to be Fried’s only true blemish, the deficit proved too much for the Yankees’ bats to overcome as they fell, 6-0, in the series opener at American Family Field.
On the one hand, the true story of the game is Misiorowski. The featured image is from the first at-bat, where you could just tell what kind of night this was going to be, as he just blew 103 MPH fastballs past Trent Grisham and Ben Rice, and it was, “Well, let’s see if they can at least get a hit off of him.”
On the other hand, Max Fried still fucking SUCKED. Until he stops walking dudes, I think he is very much behind Cam Schlittler in this rotation.
The Rays’ demon magic faltered against the Red Sox, so the Yankees remain in first place for at least one more day.
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Chase Hampton returned with 3 innings of 1 hit, 3k ball
So you strongly disagree with that article’s view of Fried’s 2nd inning?
Pinstripe Alley “ Baseball Prospectus | Smith Brickner & Timothy Jackson: ($) Upon his call-up, a recap of the scouting report that has made Jones the Yankees’ “most polarizing prospect in perhaps a decade.” A steep attack angle has contributed to low contact and high chase rates, a difficult combination to transcend. The question — is his power legit enough to make it work? Timothy and our old friend Smith compare Jones with Munetaka Murakami, who’s hitting .237 but already has 14 homers. Unlike Murakami, though, Jones figures to provide value with his speed and defense, making him a fascinating test case for a singular all-around profile.”
Murakami strikes out 35% of PAs, and 42% of ABs.
Would he really sacrifice a lot by levelling his swing at least a bit?
Spencer splits 2025 189/314/344 vs LHP 296/373/629 vs RHP
2026 154/251/308 LHP 281/397/656 RHP
He might be an impactful hitter even now as a mostly platoon bat.
R.I.P. Bobby Cox.
I’m thinking I don’t know what to say to that. I remember him well, he should be a big deal, but when I think of what to say about him, he seemed… unobjectionable. Competent. Just kind of there.
RIP, of course. Here’s hoping you guys can do better than my subconscious in this case.
Kyle Harrison has a reverse split so I suppose that’s the reasoning for playing Spencer but then why are Grisham and McMahon, both of whom have been hot lately, sitting?
P Goldschmidt (R) 1B
B Rice (L) DH
A Judge (R) RF
C Bellinger (L) LF
A Rosario (R) 3B
J Chisholm Jr. (L) 2B
J Caballero (R) SS
S Jones (L) CF
A Wells (L)
I’d rather bat Jones 9th, let Goldy be his protection.
Not even Goldy, it’s more like “one away from Rice/Judge/Bellinger.”
That’s protection, and I agree with your idea completely.
Gil being shut down for shoulder issues makes a ton of sense.
If “shoulder issues” = “being unable to pitch in professional baseball after winning the ROY”, then I hae to agree 🙁
UPD: I was going to fix the “hae,” but then I decided the Scottish seems oddly grumblily appropriate.
I always thought Gil’s vulnerability would be his Achilles.
Fascinatingly, the Astros contacted the Yankees about acquiring Volpe. Crazy.
Trash recognize trash.
I, for one, enjoyed that comment.
(Possibly for one and all.)