From Bill Ladson:
Luis Gil is human after all.
Before Thursday’s game against the Orioles, Gil was the Yankees’ best starter. After 14 starts, Gil led the Majors in opponents’ batting average (.160) and was fourth with a 2.03 ERA.
The Orioles didn’t get the memo. Gil was out of the game after 1 1/3 innings as Baltimore won, 17-5, and ended up taking two of three games at Yankee Stadium. New York has a half-game lead over Baltimore in the American League East entering Friday night’s action against the Braves.
“They are a good club. We saw that last year,” Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge said about the Orioles. “They have some great young players. They play hard. They play fast. They have some great arms, starting pitching and a bullpen.
“It’s fun competing against those guys. They bring it every single day. Even like today. They came out swinging early on. They had some early success against Gil. We really couldn’t answer back after that.”
In his first start against the Orioles on May 1, Gil had his way, pitching 6 1/3 scoreless innings in the Yankees’ only win of the four-game series at Camden Yards. It was a different story more than a month later at home.
It’s worth noting, of course, that the Yankee bullpen actually allowed MORE runs than Gil, so this was just a shitshow all the way around.
I never trusted this pen, except for Holmes and Hamilton, even when the results were good. Weaver’s still performing and Holmes is having his annual fainting spell, as the two lefties and Santana have hit the skids.
Coming in, I agree that Holmes and Hamilton were the only trustworthy guys, but I now trust Weaver and Tonkin. Hamilton, too, except when he pitches hurt like a FUCKING MORON. “Gee, Ian, suddenly your pitches are all being clobbered, maybe you’re secretly hurt and not telling anyone because you’re a fucking moron?” “No, no, I just suddenly suck.” These morons who pitch through injuries, I just don’t understand them.
So with Hamilton and Burdi out, that gives them Weaver and Tonkin as reliable relievers, and Holmes as, well, you know, Holmes. Amazing when good, awful when not good. Adding Effross will help a lot.
But yes, Cash needs to go out and get another guy, because while I can live with Marinaccio (and I assume Tim Hill will be good once Blake is done working with him, and I even have some faith in Mieskiskskskssksz), Ferguson and Gonzalez are just wastes of space, and Kahnle is essentially fungible.
Signed RHP Phil Bickford (#53) to a Major League contract
• Designated LHP Victor González for assignment.
• Recalled RHP Yoendrys Gómez (#94) from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Marinaccio to Scranton.
Yay Phil Bickfird! Who?
Phil Bickford another Dodger, mutt cast off. Cash collects them
Also a former first round pick.
Reggie on playing with racism:
https://bsky.app/profile/rochaa.bsky.social/post/3kvhhyiegsa2w
Verdugo is sitting against Sale and Booner is inserting Jones career OPS+ 38 in the 5 spot. To Boone’s credit Jones has a big split he’s hitting 167/549 against LHPs. Who’s the bigger idiot Booner for batting Jones 5th or Cash for making him the key RHB off the bench? Verdugo is hitting 255/662 against LHPs.
Cash gives us garbage, Booner serves the garbage back up to us.
A Volpe (R) SS
J Soto (L) RF
A Judge (R) CF
G Stanton (R) DH
J Jones (R) LF
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
J Trevino (R) C
B Rice (L) 1B
O Cabrera (S) 2B
Mets shuffle their rotation, no Sevy against the Yankees.
Gonzalez had a ERA under 4 so better than some, but that’s not so meaningful in a RP. 11 Ks to go with 13BBs and 3 HBP is terrible.
At least the guys they brought up struck out some guys in the minors, 35 in 27 innings for one and 54 in 46 for the other.
the week of painful ERA correction. Shoto Imanaga just got shelled too.
Gleyber day-to-day.
Jones actually playing – actually STARTING – is inconceivable.
And not batting 9th. And batting 5th behind Judge and Stanton. I’m going to go out on a limb to say no other MLB team will have a worse 5 hitter today than the Yankees.
How did we go, in the blink of an eye, from best record in baseball, and DOMINANT pythag advantage, to … this?
The orioles being really good is a big part.
They didn’t look great against Boston
And you’d think the Yankees would have the same effect on the Orioles.