Rolling Game Thread for the 2023 Yankees

[Al Zarilla]

Oof.

You could edit that.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Tampa doesn‘t have the bullpen for four more innings.

 

[shawnrbu]

What a comeback.

 

[jon abbey]

But do the Yankees have the bullpen for three more innings?

 

[EvilEmpire]

When Judge started smiling in that last AB, I had a feeling he would put another one out. Good things happen when he looks relaxed at the plate.

 

[mauidano]

What a helluva game!!!!

 

[AMS25]

What a helluva game!!!!

Yeah, at first I thought it was going to be a pitching duel but now it's just a slug-fest.

 

[shawnrbu]

Kay calling out Franco for not running out a groundball.

 

[Jace II]

The Rays and Yankees have both blown 6-0 leads to each other now (and gone on to lose those games). AL East is intense

 

[Jace II]

It must have happened before (right?) but does anyone remember a team 5 games over .500 being in last place in the wild card era? Or any mlb era

 

[jon abbey]

It must have happened before (right?) but does anyone remember a team 5 games over .500 being in last place in the wild card era? Or any mlb era

NY has the 8th best record in MLB, 5th in the AL East (barely).

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/ktsharp/status/1657486194966691840?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[Jace II]

I wonder if AL Central team execs have real conversations about missing the imbalanced schedule

 

[jon abbey]

That run by Volpe to cut it to 6-5 was so impressive, bunt single, two stolen bases, scores on a wild pitch.

 

[VORP Speed]

View: https://twitter.com/ktsharp/status/1657486194966691840?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

Gonna be a lot more coming, unfortunately.

Outcomes sucked but the last 2 games of AL East Heavyweights standing in the middle of the ring and trading punches were fun.

 

[jon abbey]

Peraza is finally back, playing in AAA today. He evidently made a sparkling play at SS to start the game, then hit a homer in his first AB.

 

[Wingack]

This team is fun all of a sudden.

 

[jon abbey]

There we go, two run homers for Cabrera and Rizzo give NY a 4-3 lead.

 

[jon abbey]

This team is fun all of a sudden.

8-3 with Bader playing.

 

[jon abbey]

Albert Abreu is awful.

 

[VORP Speed]

This series is stupid. I’m glad I’m blacked out.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

The reaction by Adam was amazing.

 

[jon abbey]

Severino will take this spot next time around (Sunday), but Brito gets an opener today, I like it.

View: https://twitter.com/ChrisKirschner/status/1658132862405693441?s=20

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Albert Abreu is awful.

View: https://twitter.com/ktsharp/status/1657838699311435776




With that above stat, I'm curious why the Yankees would bring him in with the bases loaded? He obviously pitches better with a clean inning.

 

[jon abbey]

With that above stat, I'm curious why the Yankees would bring him in with the bases loaded? He obviously pitches better with a clean inning.

I mean, that's a pretty small sample size, especially since it was 8 of 13 before the grand slam yesterday. More relevantly, they had almost no one in the bullpen available yesterday who was any good. Most importantly, Boone and whoever else is making the calls there are absolutely horrible at managing a bullpen.

 

[jon abbey]

I recommend Yankee fans not even look at the two lineups today, between that and the two pitchers, this is as much of a giveaway game as NY will ever have.

 

[Wingack]

I recommend Yankee fans not even look at the two lineups today, between that and the two pitchers, this is as much of a giveaway game as NY will ever have.

I saw. And immediately vomited.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

As much as I hate JoDo and his noodle bat, I'd rather watch him than Willie freaking Calhoun.

 

[jon abbey]

As much as I hate JoDo and his noodle bat, I'd rather watch him than Willie freaking Calhoun.

Mr. Calhoun has answered your post.

 

[jon abbey]

Judge was 1 for 19 against Manoah before that, both hits now have been solo HRs.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Mr. Calhoun has answered your post.

Forgot the game had started and just caught up. Hilarious.

 

[Wingack]

So, this lineup has worked out.

 

[jon abbey]

I am only a few innings into this but David Cone is Usain Bolt-level way ahead of every other Yankee announcer, please somehow get him on more.

 

[terrynever]

Judge with a monster bomb to center. Gone from the moment it left his bat. 462 feet.

 

[Murderer's Crow]

Holy judge

 

[Wingack]

Some awkward allegations from the Jays announces, just before his BOMB.

View: https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1658286528018239488?s=20

 

[cromulence]

Was just coming here to ask about that because there's been a ton of questions about it after the game. That's ridiculously weak stuff.

 

[jon abbey]

It’s not my imagination that Gleyber’s shoddy D at 2B has hurt NY, he is near the bottom of the 2B DRS rankings at -3, and that’s before his error led to three more unearned runs tonight.

https://fieldingbible.com/DRSLeaderboard

 

[jon abbey]

Was just coming here to ask about that because there's been a ton of questions about it after the game. That's ridiculously weak stuff.

View: https://twitter.com/yankeelibrarian/status/1658300265370472449?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[Wingack]

View: https://twitter.com/keeganmatheson/status/1658563855771992064?s=46&t=-M7K07aV9oTvsCKHtZkfZQ

 

[jon abbey]

Not even sure why that matters, Will Middlebrooks confirmed that TOR was using Pitchcom at the time, and Kirk's signs were dummy signs so why would it matter where the NY coaches were?

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Is the catcher calling the pitches with PitchCon? Or does the bench call them directly? Or use signals to the catcher who uses the buttons?

if the latter, I can see how signs can still be stolen. IIRc, not many catchers call their own games

 

[Jace II]

Is the catcher calling the pitches with PitchCon? Or does the bench call them directly? Or use signals to the catcher who uses the buttons?

if the latter, I can see how signs can still be stolen. IIRc, not many catchers call their own games

But if they were stolen due to a non-electronic step in the process, what is the issue? Non-electronic sign stealing is the status quo, right

 

[jon abbey]

Is the catcher calling the pitches with PitchCon? Or does the bench call them directly? Or use signals to the catcher who uses the buttons?

if the latter, I can see how signs can still be stolen. IIRc, not many catchers call their own games

I don't think there's time for the bench to be involved anymore, and I think Middlebrooks would have broached that in his Twitter posts about this if it was a possibility, I think it's just the catcher or pitcher (it can go both ways as of this year).

 

[Wingack]

Here we go. Jays definitely think the Yankee are up to something.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Domingo's luck ran out.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Here we go. Jays definitely think the Yankee are up to something.

And they appear to be right. German caught cheating again?

 

[cromulence]

This fucking blows.

 

[Looch]

Boone looked his head was going to explode in rage at German, not the umps.

 

[Looch]

There’s going to be a brawl at some point in this series. Boone vs. Schneider will set it in motion.