From Bryan Hoch:
It has been 27 summers since Interleague play became a regular event on our calendars, and in one of those hard-to-believe nuggets of trivia, no Mets or Yankees player had ever walked four times in a Subway Series game — that is, until Aaron Judge did it on Tuesday evening.
The Yankees’ captain boasts an excellent eye, but the reasons behind that statistical note go deeper. With J.D. Davis batting behind Judge, the visitors made a conscious effort to avoid the Majors’ home run leader, then challenged him for a crucial ninth-inning showdown in the Bombers’ 3-2 loss at Yankee Stadium.
“I wouldn’t mind that [four-walk] day if it comes with a win,” Judge said. “It’s part of it. It’s a team game. Even if I went 4-for-4 today, we still might not win. So it’s just about, if I get a pitch to hit, I’ve got to do some damage on it.”
Boy, these guys are such losers.
Michael Tonkin gets the featured image for being so good all season, except for when it was needed here, as he gave up a two-run home run to Jeff McNeil, who is in the middle of a bizarre power surge. If the Yankees were trailing, you can be sure Tonkin would have been lights out.
The trade deadline can’t get here fast enough. This team needs a third good hitter desperately.
Who would have looked at that line-up and the starting pitcher and expected a low-scoring games where they just wouldn’t score enough to help the starting pitcher?
Everyone but the guy who fills out the line-ups.
I got the logic for the catcher – fine, but then don’t put in the weakest imaginable line-up around him that day. Etc.
Also, about “Davis” – “that’s why we got him” is a pathetic excuse. First of all, you got him to put him in a position where he could fail with the greatest possible public embarrassment? Very nice.
But even leaving that aside – the distance between “that’s why we got him” and “batting him clean-up is a good idea (and expecting him to do well is rational)” is astronomical.
I’m starting to think that Boone is not a good manager.
MLBTR mentions Mark Canha and RAB seems to think he might be a good fit. He’s crushing LHPs this year, but in the past he didn’t have any split.
JD Davis hitting 063/167/125 here
Getting JDD and then batting him 4th is the best example I can think of on why cashman and Boone both need to be fired.
“The trade deadline can’t get here fast enough.”
Brian, I really feel like you’re setting me up to be bitterly disappointed. I’m working hard to expect from the trade deadline only someone I don’t even want in the lineup.
I’m expecting something like the Martian for Jazz Chisholm Jr. Something I wouldn’t even begin to consider so much as casually considering.
Our best hope is PHENOM reemerging and Stanton and The Martian stopping the lineup from being a farce. Maybe a right handed hitting 1B to platoon with Rice or take the job might be doable. Effross or Neely or Shrieve might help the pen.
Michael Kay “ Why is JD Davis on the Yankees.” Good question.
G Torres (R) 2B
J Soto (L) RF
A Judge (R) CF
A Wells (L) C
A Volpe (R) SS
A Verdugo (L) LF
J Davis (R) DH
D LeMahieu (R) 1B
O Cabrera (S) 3B
Our hope is a rusty, oft-injured Stanton and, twice injured in less than a season, Jasson. IOW, uh-oh.
Cora 3/21. Does that mean Boone 4/32?
Wow, he DIDN’T test the market.
It’s like the Red Sox are smart.
And to answer your question: if Boone’s paying the Yankees the 32, then yes, that math might make sense.
I think he only wanted to test the market if they were going to suck. Otherwise, he wants to be there.