From Bryan Hoch:
Ryan Weathers didn’t hear it, his earbuds firmly in as he studied pregame video, but his mound demeanor was likened to “a bull in a china shop” on Tuesday – fueled by the left-hander’s max-effort delivery, which occasionally gets him into trouble.
Interested observers didn’t have to wait long for a glimpse of what Yankees manager Aaron Boone was talking about. Over a span of five pitches, Weathers surrendered three consecutive first-inning home runs in a 7-1 loss to the Angels at Yankee Stadium.
After Mike Trout reached the loading dock in left-center field, Jo Adell dented the back of the visitors’ bullpen with Weathers’ next offering, and Jorge Soler reached the left-field seats to get the Bronx crowd groaning early.
“Obviously, it’s not a good idea to misfire a heater down the middle to one of the best hitters that’s ever played this game,” Weathers said. “I definitely wish I had that pitch back.”
With each missed chance, the Yanks’ hitters expressed similar sentiments. As Boone would later remark, the Yankees “didn’t mount much” behind Weathers, the only Major Leaguer with multiple starts this season yet to receive a run of support while he’s the pitcher of record.
You know a game is terrible when I’m almost more irritated at the offense in a game where the Yankees starter gave up FOUR HOME RUNS. But whether Weathers should have lost or not, the game should have still been COMPETITIVE, but it was not because the offense was putrid against Reid Detmers.
That said, of course, Weathers allowed back-to-back-to-back home runs, which is never going to be good, either. That takes a special kind of shitty pitching. You have to imagine he was tipping the fastball early, as they were all sitting dead red on it.
Yerry came up, but after 44 pitches, the Yankees needed ANOTHER reliever, so he’s back down. I’ll be fascinated to see who gets the call. I guess it’s gotta be Chivelli, right?
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Insignificant really, but the Yankees are in 2nd place for the first time this season. With their playing THE opening game of the season, sweeping the Giants in the opening series, and their 7-1 start, they had a nice lead and I thought this might be a year they went wire to wire… something only done 11 times in baseball and only done once by the Yankees in 1927. The last team to do it in the AL East is the O’s in 1997.
Alas, it was not to be… but they should have made it further than April 14th.
And since we have linguists here… is it farther or further in that case? I know it isn’t technically distance, but it also isn’t really metaphorical either. I probably should have just gone with “longer”.
I think you’re correct with further.
Actually, I’d advise “farther.” It is metaphorical (time of season equated to physical distance), but not in the way “moreover” is metaphorical – here you’re visualizing the season as a distance to be traveled, so it’s like you’re really talking about distance, not simply continuation.
AP Style would be further. Further is the one for time or degree, which fits the bill here.
Last time the Yankees had five starters hitting under 200 this late in the season.
https://x.com/kyloco22/status/2044385206220509571?s=61
Since they seem content with a below-replacement-level lineup and bullpen, I’ve decided to let the Yankees know that I am available for league minimum as a position player or long reliever, and for a quarter of that, as manager or GM.
The stinking will continue until morale improves.
Peraza OPSing 838. If Rowson couldn’t fix him, I doubt anyone can. Just look at McMahon and Wells.
Pereira also off to a small 20 AB start.
Yerry down Chivilli up. How to pronounce.
https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/pronunciation
Never seen that page. Nifty to hear the players say their own name. Would be great to do that for every player in the league.
Also, odd that Schlittler’s name is the only one they don’t re-spell phonetically. Kind of amusing if they’re just trying to avoid photoshop/memes; and not as amusing if they just forgot to because, well, reasons.
Grisham (L) CF
B Rice (L) 1B
A Judge (R) RF
C Bellinger (L) LF
G Stanton (R) DH
J Chisholm Jr. (L) 2B
A Wells (L) C
J Caballero (R) SS
R McMahon (L) 3B
Makes sense, except for McMahieu, who should be relegated to late-inning defensive replacement; and except for Wells, who should be supplanted by Rice at C and Goldy in the lineup.
Platoon advantage can’t compensate for overwhelming stench.
Agree 100%.
Agree 100%, too – but playing the lefty-righty thing looks like you’re MANAGING, man!
He’s such a moron.
Like dropping Judge to third