From Bryan Hoch:
Will Warren received no guarantees when he opened the season in the Yankees’ rotation, just a mandate to keep the team in games. As the rookie right-hander looks up here in September, it is meaningful that he stands alongside Max Fried and Carlos Rodón as the club’s only pitchers to register at least 30 starts.
Yet while Fried and Rodón will be central to the club’s postseason plans, Warren’s role is less clear. There is a real possibility the Yankees will face the Red Sox in a postseason series, and Warren’s results against Boston have not been encouraging, including a six-run first inning in Sunday night’s 6-4 loss at Fenway Park.
Honestly, you can’t be too down on this series. They won the series, and it wasn’t like Crochet dominated them in this game. They only need three starters in the Wild Card series, so they just won’t use Warren. Easy breezy. Cam Schlittler can be used in relief, which could be VERY helpful.
Jose Caballero, by the way, was nice to see, in that he really made it seem like, “Wow, is this what it is like when the shortstop isn’t the worst hitter ever?”
The featured image is Warren giving up six runs in the first inning.
Very creepy in here when it’s so quiet.
I’m here.
Yes that was a good series.
They went 7-5 in 12 Game stretch against 4 playoff teams. (Probably. I hope 3 since Houston might blow it.)
Cabby is playing over his head but he plays a nice SS, steals bases, and won’t be the reason we lose in the WC series. There will be other reasons like Judge coming up small or Boone doing something idiotic
But Cabby sure seems like our best option at SS for the rest of the season.
I wasn’t watching early, and I’m no fan of Warren, but he was unlucky in the first. Jazz and Slater let a pop up fall, there was a broken bat hit, and Gianni misplayed a triple. Props for hanging tough after that inning.
It’s really true. And it’s not even that Stanton made a miserable play, it was just hit in the most difficult place.
If that play is made, it’s easy to imagine no runs scoring that first inning.
I admit – lots of things are easy to imagine.
Warren may have been unlucky in the first, but it feels like asking him for five innings in a playoff game is like asking to play five consecutive turns of Russian Roulette.
Trap series coming up against a team that really really wants to beat the Yankees.
is there a game day thread?
let’s go Caballero.
Maybe Trent’s due for a day off and let Martian get a game.