From Bryan Hoch:
Trent Grisham would be the first to admit his season hasn’t measured up to expectations. The Yankees outfielder also knows it’s not too late to change the story.
Grisham continued his recent offensive surge on Tuesday night, homering and driving in three runs in the Yankees’ 3-1 victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards.
“Having him at the top, I feel like he gives us that impact bat from the start,” said catcher Austin Wells. “I feel like that’s what we need, and he’s been doing a great job of that, so it’s been awesome.”
Though hits were sparse through the season’s first several months, Grisham has begun to produce – a welcome sign for a lineup desperately in search of thump, with big bats Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton all working their way back from the injured list.
“I would say I’m more consistently getting into my process, not really caring about the results, really making that my number one priority,” Grisham said.
Wow, THREE runs! An offensive explosion!
In any event, great win. Carlos Rodon looked as good as ever, Yerry was awesome, Blackburn and Bednar were awesome, and Headrick and Cruz…got out of their inning, at least.
A fun moment was when George Lombard made a great play at shortstop, so good that Rodon turned to him and said, “You’re a bad motherfucker, man” Hilarious.
Grisham gets the featured image for the game-winning ribbies.
Warren goes tonight, which is, you know, not great.
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Bethancourt to Bucs for cash.
If they are planning on Garver being the guy, then it’s only fair to Bethancourt to let him get a chance somewhere else.
Hal’s so strapped he needs cash considerations from the Pirates?
T Grisham (L) CF
B Rice (L) DH
L García Jr. (L) 1B
H Ramos (R) LF 077/217/154
J Chisholm Jr. (L) 2B
S Jones (L) RF
R McMahon (L) 3B
G Lombard Jr. (R) SS
A Wells (L)
Is there no place for Lombard 370 OBP, the best on the current squad, near the top of the lineup? Maybe bat Grisham third while he’s hot.
I get the idea of easing him into things, but come the fuck on.
Bosox up 2-0 after three innings.
Red Sox just scored five off of Brandon Pfaadt, who would probably no-hit the Yankees.
Rolling Prop bet Boston runs scored vs Yankee three game total.
Nasty Nestor has recovered from last year’s surgery and just signed with Philly.
Also, some nifty new statcast data on how first basemen receive throws, translated into Outs Above Average. On the year, Rice is an average receiver (0 OAA), Goldy is above average (+2 OAA), and Garcia is below average (-3 OAA). However, when you also figure in the direct fielding of batted balls, Garcia improves to -1 OAA, Goldy to +6 OAA, and Rice falls to -6 OAA.
So basically, Rice should just be a DH and BUC within the current roster, if he ever learns to hit again.
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/first-base-scoops-receiving?viz_players=676475_2026&viz_selected_idx=0
D’Backs get 3 in the fifth, 2 in the sixth; Bosox tie it with 3 in the bottom of the sixth.
Two hits in the first inning?
What team is this?
Ah, yes, it’s the right team.
The two hits were the warmup act before the real show began.
Nice to get the depressing stuff under way quickly.
Are Ramos and Garcia going to wind up as bad this year as Doval and Bird were last year?
Before that AB Garcia was 217/260!/348 not as bad as Ramos but pretty, pretty bad.
Four at bats, four grounders to the right side.
At least it’s better than four called strike threes.
The game thread is up.
Last 7 days Yankees hitting an astonishing 165/237/265. That’s 26 points lower than the next to last team in BA and 39 points in OPS.
But Rowson and Boone have nothing to do with it.