From Theo DeRosa:
Ben Rice knows how much getting hit by a pitch can hurt. In fact, Rice knows it better than nearly anyone.
During Sunday’s 12-2 win over the Athletics at Sutter Health Park, Rice was plunked twice in the same game for the second time this season, running his 2025 total up to six hit-by-pitches — tied for second in the Major Leagues.
“I’ve got one for the left knee, one for the right knee today,” Rice recounted afterward.
Of course, there are ways to ease the pain from baseball-shaped bruises. There’s already a perfect acronym for it: RICE (rest, ice, compression and elevation).
Can hitting a grand slam be another way to dull the hurt?
“Yes,” Rice confirmed with a laugh. “100%, yeah.”
The second-year Yankee wasn’t licking his wounds after his first career slam, a no-doubt blast to right field in New York’s romp. The dinger broke the ballgame open for New York, which clinched a series victory before heading to Seattle to begin a three-game set Monday.
I’ll be honest, normally, five innings of two run ball wouldn’t be enough for me to consider it a “good” enough game to get a featured image, but with the gaping hole at the #5 spot in the Yankees rotation right now, Ryan Yarbrough being able to have five pretty good innings is HUGE for this team, and I will gladly give him the featured image for it.
The Yankees’ offense was the real story, crushing old friend, Luis Severino, who nicely pretended like it was 2023 all over again, only this time his sucking BENEFITED the Yankees.
Judge got his average back over .400, Goldy had three doubles, Dominguez looked good, Rice had a grand slam. It was a grand old time for everyone involved.
On to Seattle!
The featured image is one of Yarbrough’s many groundballs. Kind of funny that Toronto just dumped this dude for no fucking reason, huh?
Jesus, Theo’s running 20 mph on the treadmill for that lede.
While Judge’s .480 BABIP might be unsustainable, it is fun to watch him to have this kind of success just by not trying to do too much.
It would be by far the highest BABIP ever if he kept it up, but also it’s not like he’s sustaining it with cheapies and infield hustle hits.
Yes, Judge really IS an outlier, so outlier stats are not entirely implausible.
His xBA is 353
Judge has two cheapies already this year.
Sorry, I mean triples. Judge has two triples.
I almost wonder if there were clubhouse/personality reasons Toronto let him go
Watched part of Tino with Gracie Cashman. He has some great stories, especially a crazy one about Fidel Castro.
Erik Boland
Not yet clear if he’ll be in uniform tonight but DJ LeMahieu is en route to Seattle, scheduled to land later today
Sad news.
I would’ve given him two more games and then had him play Friday at home. Its not like Peraza, Vivas, Reyes or Waldo are any good.
I don’t get why you WOULDN’T give him two more games.
Jidge through 40 games (1923): 46 H, 11 HR, 40 R, 34 RBI, .353/.524/.734 (1.258 OPS)
Jidge through 40 games (2025): 63 H, 14 HR, 38 R, 39 RBI, .409/.494/.779 (1.274 OPS)
Damn, but he’s been playing a long time.
He was on the IL for 93 years.
Yankees crack medical team.
Peak RLYW
T Grisham (L) CF
A Judge (R) RF
B Rice (L) DH
P Goldschmidt (R) 1B
C Bellinger (L) LF
A Volpe (R) SS
A Wells (L) C
O Cabrera (S) 3B
O Peraza (R) 2B
This is the weirdest shit. Why would you send him to Seattle and NOT activate him?!
Amazon Returns.
Why is Jasson sitting
I think they don’t want him to play 3 days in a row especially after a cross country trip.
As for Jasson, Boone is semi alternating days off for Bellinger, PGold, Rice, Trent and the Martian.
Gift horse, mouth.
As a 22 year old, Dominguez needs plenty of time to recover.
Gleyber 304/857
Soto 248/835