Rolling Game Thread for the 2023 Yankees

[cromulence]

And now IKF homers. What a bizarre game.

 

[EvilEmpire]

More not-great baserunning from Gleyber.

 

[Murderer's Crow]

I hate German. This guy doesn't have a single redeeming quality unless you care about a quality start every couple of weeks. Fuck him.

 

[Murderer's Crow]

View: https://twitter.com/PlayoffTanaka_/status/1658625066610081792?s=20

 

[EvilEmpire]

I know the rotation is already short, but I hope they send him packing.

Of course I've wanted the Yankees to move on from him for a while, so that's not exactly new.

 

[Murderer's Crow]

Toronto really does have all the ingredients of a team I am growing to truly hate. They over-celebrate singles, Vlad Jr is a total dick, they seem to think they're the best team to ever grace this planet, and their fans follow suit.

 

[Murderer's Crow]

Judge!

 

[BigSoxFan]

Ha, that had to feel good.

 

[cromulence]

Hahahaha fuck the Blue Jays. That must've felt good.

 

[EvilEmpire]

448. Must have gotten an extra good peek that time.

 

[EvilEmpire]

He broke the maple leaf at dead center. I love it.

 

[Wingack]

The games the past week have been really fun.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

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

If the coaches are out of position it may not be ok, or perhaps it is an electronic signal and the coach thing is a red herring. But didn’t they get away with that once before without a penalty?

 

[jon abbey]

Oh no.

 

[jon abbey]

Please pick the kid up, Wandy.

 

[jon abbey]

Just one more pitch, yes!!

 

[EvilEmpire]

Good win.

Nice to see IKF coming through too. Nice offense. Good baserunning. Smooth at 3rd.

 

[EvilEmpire]

I think Volpe will settle down at SS, but I sort of get IKF vibes from him there right now. Like, I know he has the talent to be good, and I bet DRS will like him at the end of the season, but sometimes he seems a little anxious when the pressure ramps up.

Edit: Like he thinks a little too much, maybe.

 

[cromulence]

Was there a reason given for Vlad getting pulled? Ended up being a pretty big decision.

 

[jon abbey]

German presumably suspended for 10 days a la Scherzer and Hamilton hurt after having to warm too quickly, NY can’t replace German so maybe Krook for Hamilton and then Severino for Krook on Sunday.

 

[Looch]

Was there a reason given for Vlad getting pulled? Ended up being a pretty big decision.

It looked like he pulled a hammy or something when he caught that short pop up earlier in the inning.

 

[jon abbey]

Florial with 2 HRs in a 3-5 night in AAA, 4 RBIs and 4 runs scored, .978 OPS now. Give him a shot to play some before Stanton is back.

 

[EvilEmpire]

Also, FTR, John Schneider has an extremely punchable face. What I imagine an older Luke Voit managing a baseball team would look like.

 

[cromulence]

Also, FTR, John Schneider has an extremely punchable face. What I imagine an older Luke Voit managing a baseball team would look like.

Yeah, I went from not giving a shit about him to reallllllly not liking that guy in 24 hours.

 

[jon abbey]

Yeah, he seems cut from Phil Nevin cloth.

 

[jon abbey]

Take two days off, dude.

View: https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1658660348776284165?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[Jace II]

If the coaches are out of position it may not be ok, or perhaps it is an electronic signal and the coach thing is a red herring. But didn’t they get away with that once before without a penalty?

Seems like you're covering multiple bases there. Not sure what you're referring to in the 2nd sentence, is this something from a prior season?

 

[strek1]

Is there any ramp up of penalty for repeated infractions as with PED's?

 

[jon abbey]

Is there any ramp up of penalty for repeated infractions as with PED's?

Good call, it took a bit of hunting but this says ‘repeat offenders will be subject to progressive discipline’:

https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2021/06/15/report-mlb-to-slap-10-day-bans-on-pitchers-caught-using-foreign-substances/

 

[jon abbey]

Watching through this game now, so many mistakes again from Gleyber, a handful of defensive ones and also thrown out on dumb attempts to advance at both second and third, the one at second was with Judge up next.

 

[jon abbey]

IKF and Trevino as the 8/9 hitters responsible for 5 of NY’s 6 runs scored (IKF 3, Trevino 1, Hicks pinch-running for Trevino 1), wild game.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Seems like you're covering multiple bases there. Not sure what you're referring to in the 2nd sentence, is this something from a prior season?

Articles last year about back in 2017 they were using an electronic device to steal signs

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33808987/what-did-new-york-yankees-do-does-matter-need-know-sign-stealing-letter

 

[cromulence]

Seriously? We're doing this?

 

[Murderer's Crow]

Watching through this game now, so many mistakes again from Gleyber, a handful of defensive ones and also thrown out on dumb attempts to advance at both second and third, the one at second was with Judge up next.

He did have a clutch sac fly though, but yes.

 

[jon abbey]

He did have a clutch sac fly though, but yes.

It was a foul ball, Cone said after that if he had been the pitcher at the time, he would prefer the OF not catch it.

But yeah, two big RBIs, still an awful game overall.

 

[Jace II]

Articles last year about back in 2017 they were using an electronic device to steal signs

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33808987/what-did-new-york-yankees-do-does-matter-need-know-sign-stealing-letter

Sure, I recall. Similar to the Red Sox and the Apple Watch thing, which also was in 2017, and also resulted in a fine. This was all before MLB made sign stealing rules more explicit. Not sure what bearing it has on 2023.

 

[Lose Remerswaal]

Sure, I recall. Similar to the Red Sox and the Apple Watch thing, which also was in 2017, and also resulted in a fine. This was all before MLB made sign stealing rules more explicit. Not sure what bearing it has on 2023.

This was in regards to this being a possible 2nd offense. Which is what you were asking about

 

[jon abbey]

OK, let’s move on, there’s a Judge thread if anyone needs to keep that going.

View: https://twitter.com/bryanhoch/status/1658956132436570118?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[jon abbey]

So it seems the person Schneider told to “shut up fat boy” was Brad Wilkerson, former player/NY assistant hitting coach.

View: https://twitter.com/cturs3/status/1658905957374607362?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[jon abbey]

Two TOR batters, two errors. Promising.

 

[terrynever]

Never seen that before.

 

[jon abbey]

Man I love Harrison Bader.

 

[cromulence]

Ridiculous catch by Bader. Hard not to love him, he's doing everything right now.

 

[jon abbey]

I'm a little behind still but any other game I would have pinch-hit Volpe there but for this one, how do you not go to IKF after his game last night? Then you still have Volpe for a pinch-runner too, terrible decision.

 

[EvilEmpire]

They need to bring Peraza back. Maybe Volpe sharing time between SS and 2B would help him settle down a little but still keep him in the lineup.

But maybe 2B would put more stress on him. Dunno. I'm worried that all these errors will crush him.

 

[jon abbey]

I paused mid-10th only to come back not long after to see that Amazon had unpaused me with an 'event ended'. I still have no idea what happened (I saw the score) and I will keep it that way for a bit.

So strange, seems like if you score zero runs in ten innings, it's hard to win. Who'da thunk it.

 

[cromulence]

Nice start to the day with Baltimore and Tampa losing. Would be a great outcome to take three out of four.

 

[jon abbey]

After this one, NY doesn’t play TOR again until Sept 19.

 

[terrynever]

Volpe turns on 99 mph, lines a shot off the LF screen to make it 4-2 in the ninth. He’s on pace for 25 homers.

 

[cromulence]

Really nice win. Can't believe they got away with Weber/Abreu in the 7th and 8th.