From Bryan Hoch:
The Yankees had the bases loaded in the first inning on Sunday, and that sound they heard was the knocking of opportunity, a drumbeat that they must capitalize upon to escape a slide that has spanned more than a calendar month. Those chances produced nothing, as Gleyber Torres flied out and Alex Verdugo lined out, leaving three men on.
So it went for much of the afternoon, prompting manager Aaron Boone to lament: “We’ve just got to get one to fall. We’ve got to stick one in the gap in those situations.” Instead, the bats produced little aside from Aaron Judge’s Major League-leading 35th homer, as the Yankees fell to the Rays, 6-4, at Yankee Stadium.
These fucking losers.
The featured image is Randy Arozarena slowly trotting around the bases after his home run put the Rays up 2-0. Stroman deserves to be shone up.
The Yankees once again couldn’t come through with runners in scoring position, as Gleyber and Verduo continue to be black holes of suckatude. The one NEW annoying wrinkle was that the difference in the game was actually Jake Cousins and Luke Weaver both giving up home runs. They’ve both been so good lately that it’s hard to be too irked at them, but it still sucks. Then again, if the Yankees could actuall TIE the game and not just do a CT, then they probably wouldn’t have scored the three. It was only going down 5-0 that made the 3-run Judge home run occur. Otherwise, Judge would have just weakly grounded out, Verdugo-style.
The trade deadline can’t come fast enough!
It is far better to have some fantastic players and some wretched players than all pretty good players.
In the first case, all you need is some decent players to improve on the wretched spot.
In the latter case, you’d need great players to improve on the already-pretty-good players.
Logically, you’re correct, but whatever good hitter Cashman trades for will just suck as soon as he gets here, so it’ll still just be two good players and a bunch of shit.
Judge has been hitting great, of course, but the home runs have fallen off dramatically from his admittedly probably unsustainable May-June run. If he hadn’t skipped the first month, the projections would be better. I imagine he’ll start up again – it would be nice to have that to watch when everything else is well on its way to hell in a handbasket.
Vertigo has never had a full season with an ops of under 100. This year it’s 82. His OBP is 40 points worse than his worst season. What the heck?
Gleyber is also at 82 which is even worse than his miserable 2021 and 36 points lower than last year.
DJ is at 36 – a number so low they really have to consider releasing him. 36?!!!
I guess this is what B-ref saw when they predicted 71 wins. While they are wrong this team fooled us for 2 months, again.
Teams are adjusting and we can’t. Which is not surprising when you have the stupidest manager in the game running the team.
I don’t believe that Boone and the coaches aren’t at least partially responsible sib,d.
Just a few years ago, it seemed like they were fixing/unlocking hitting potential in retreads/AAAA types with regularity. It was part of the reason they got ikf, bader and Donaldson, but those 3 failed miserably and they’ve been ruining guys over the last 2-3 years.
Ben Rice is struggling over the last few weeks. Not sure if they have an idea as to why, but I’m not confident that the MLB brain trust can figure it out. Maybe send him to Judge’s hitting coach.
Seems like he’s struggling with MLB breaking pitches. BAseball Savant stats make it seem like he’s good with four seamers and changeups.
“Just a few years ago, it seemed like…”
It’s really odd, since even then they couldn’t develop their own top hitting prospects.
Or, more accurately, they could occasionally get them to explode for a year or two before sinking into mediocrity. An odd pattern.
How many years has it been since they switched to the current hitting coach?
DJ playing today, Waldo at 2B, Volpe batting 5th. Rodon vs Littell doesn’t seem good.
“Then again, if the Yankees could actuall TIE the game and not just do a CT, then they probably wouldn’t have scored the three. It was only going down 5-0 that made the 3-run Judge home run occur. Otherwise, Judge would have just weakly grounded out, Verdugo-style.”
If we’re going to suggest this, we should look. It shouldn’t be too hard to look at the score in games at the point where Judge has hit a HR. My guess is that this may have some truth to it when he’s in a rut, but no truth at all when he’s hitting well.
Maybe they pitch tougher to the tying run then they do up 5 where they want to avoid baserunners and are willing to throw strikes.
Kirschner “Spoke with Juan Soto about how much he’s loved the Yankee Stadium support, hitting in front of Aaron Judge and his future.
The Yankees have what he’s looking for in a forever home. But he says he hasn’t thought about it yet.”
I’ll take that as a no.
Over under Rays home runs 3.5. OU Rodon HRs allowed 2.5.
Yankee offense has Littell right where they want him.
Forget about it being his first homer since May 16th. That’s the first time he’s pulled a fly ball in over a month (since June 20th).
Home runs 2. Double plays 1. I’ll take it.
Naaaaaw.
Ridiculous. The Rays know someone from 1919. Mirror-mirror.
Longest ground ball of the year.
How many of you put money on Volpe and DJLM homering tonight?
What? Who?
DJ safe for another 100 PA’s.
Seriously, what happened to fouling off close pitches WHEN YOU HAVE TWO STRIKES?
Don’t complain against the f*ing call – you risked it like an idiot, that’s the way it works.
(Not to mention the fact that it WAS a strike, but the umps get that wrong all the time.)
Rice now 4/45. Susan and Justin? say that was clearly a ball.
Wow.
It’s nice to have been here for the last home run of DJ’s career.
Ha Ha
Nice, DJLM gave the team an extra out with that AB.
Aaaand AGAIN Rice can’t pull the trigger, because he’s not thinking of spoiling a strike three.
So he looks at strike three.
He has to stop that. (And he’s not the only one.)
December 1 2025 Hal becomes the most hated man in New York when Soto signs with ????
The Mets. The Dodgers. The Red Sox.
This is how all the Yankees starters should have looked against the Rays; looking at you, Nestor, and you, Marcus.
If they play 500 the rest of the way they’ll win 90 games and make the playoffs.
If Rodon can pitch like this 2 out of every 3 starts I think they can go 500 the rest of the way.
If the O’s are seriously pursuing Skubal the Yanks have to do everything in their power to snipe him.
Yankees reportedly interested in Crochet as well as Skubal. Dodgers also in on Skubal, as are the Red Sox.
It doesn’t feel like the Yankees have the pieces or willingness to give up what Skubal will cost.
If the Yankees get a starter who’s the odd man out? If Nestor gets knocked around at home by the light hitting Rays it has to be him.
Will skubal be this generations Verlander? Or just another Sonny Gray/Montas/every other pitcher cashman traded for.
Trade for him he will be worthless.
Let him go elsewhere and he’ll be a star.
The Brian Cashman story.
The townies blow a 2 run lead and a 1 run lead in xtras to the Rockies.
Holmes is pitching for them now?