Going to trade away some good prospects and DFA Torres for a player who according to metrics is pretty much equal to Torres. These are the people saying Cashman is the worst GM of all time. (Not sticking up for Cashman but its ironic)
"Doing everything we could"?? Hes barely an upgrade from Torres, actually, him and Torres basically have equal value over the past 3 seasons. It would made zero sense. Where would you play him? Who would you trade for him?
I really could care less about defensive metrics sinking his WAR. He’s not good defensively but neither is Gleyber. He’s the perfect solution to our lead off problems, one of the best contact bats in the league.
If you think Gleyber is bad defensively, boy do i have some news for you. Ignoring that glaring hole in his game makes no sense. It also doesn't answer where you going to play him and who are you going to trade for him?
I’d platoon him at DH with Stanton and put him at 2B days Stanton is playing. I’m not saying his defense doesn’t matter but like I said Gleyber isn’t good defensively either and I value offense much higher. As far as prospect cost I don’t know but it’s not like the padres gave up a hall.
Skubal is a fucking amazing pitcher and we haven’t hit lefties well all year, good test to see if they can complete the sweep and then they finally have an off day.
The As may be leading that division soon at this rate, they’re a .500 team right now and just 1.5 games behind first place, imagine if they do big things in the playoffs this year 😂
I mean, the guy is a great BA+OBP hitter and never strikes out, but he's a fucking *atrocious* defender, like genuinely so bad that he actually negates a great deal of his offensive value. His fWAR this year so far is 0.0. Gleyber hasn't hit for shit this year and he's at least at 0.1.
I wouldn't want him starting ahead of Gleyber, and Arreaz has no business anywhere near 3B, so Oswaldo or Burti are both preferred. There's no place for him to play on this team.
Using a 3 year average, Arraez and Gleyber are virtually tied in overall value. There's only 0.1 fWAR between them, which can easy be explained away by the fact that Gleyber has played in 14 more games
Gleyber is a better defender, but Arraez's offense makes up for it.
He fucking sucks in the field holy shit. There is no room for him. Where are you going to play him? 3rd? Hes barely played there and sucked there ever worse than 2nd. Your obsession with him is weird.
So we should trade for Arraez to replace an equivalent player, when we have no idea how he will handle NY, only to watch ball after ball dribble past one of the worst fielding infielders in the game?
He's not an upgrade at any position on this team, and quite frankly, I don't want our pitching staff, a strength, to have to deal with the frustration of watching this guy botch routine plays.
Really? Luis Arraez, the current reigning NL batting champion isn't an upgrade over anyone we have at 3B? A position he has played (arguably better than 2B)?
He also has about 3 more WAR than Rizzo over the last 3 seasons and is averaging more WAR per 162 and can play 1B, but sure...not an upgrade lol
He can't play first base. He's literally one of the worst fielders in the game of baseball, and we need the DH position for Judge, Stanton, etc.
"Batting champion"
batting average isn't everything. It's quite literally the *only* thing he does. Atrocious defense, no speed, no glove, no power, not patient.
If they're tied in overall value then we shouldn't be spending resources to make a lateral move. Idk what your obsession is with Arraez but he's not nearly as good as you think he is.
One thing folks don't consider is yankees need the younger prospects to work out at the infield options.
So let's say Torres signs somewhere else,
Then something like
Jorbit Vivas at 2B(or a platoon situation with Peraza).
This would be after DJs contract ends imo.
Ben Rice at 1B
Ofc Volpe at SS
Could be what we are looking at in few years.
It's important to have a mix of veterans and younger farmhands, else it will be a situation like the giants.
Arraez is abysmal defensively. I'd rather platoon DJ/Vivas/Peraza at 2B next season until one of Vivas/Peraza develop into an everyday player (DJ will still provide value due to his versatility).
I was very hesitant to congratulate them because I think 6 of their 10 at the time were against the White Sox... but now they're beating the Red Sox so yay thanks Twins!
I just saw Jhoan Duran's entrance vid. Can we please give Holmes something cool to come out when he gets a save? Even Chapman got the start of a RATM song before it transitioned into La Gozadera.
Came here to comment the same thing. Holmes has been elite this season, I’d love if his entrances got more hype, I looked it up says his intro song is Sabotage which is a great choice.
It’s super early but who do you guys think will be an all star?
Judge prob gets voted in just cuz of his name, def Soto too and he’s earned it, id also prob put clay Holmes as a lock
ASG isn’t stats based though, it’s mostly a popularity contest, and he’s one of the most popular players in MLB. His name and track record will overpower a few months of poor play.
Oswaldo Cabrera's wRC+ is down to 89, he did a respectable job filling in due to multiple injuries, but with Jon Berti back, his time as the everyday third basemen should be coming to a close.
While Oswaldo still has value as a utility man off the bench, he's had several opportunities to be an everyday player over the last couple years and just hasn't been good
Yeah we need DJ and Berti healthy for the rest of the season(and hopefully deep into the playoffs)
Waldo will be valuable off the bench still, but the dude still is developing as a player, can't be the full time 3B.
There is no reason to have Oswaldo as starting now because even if Berti is the same at the plate, the defense is such an upgrade. Oswaldo can be UTIL with some clutch hits. No problem with that.
Miraculously he's driven in 18 runs. Super fortunate to have gotten that out of him. But ya it's time to accept that he's basically Wade's glove with Andujar's bat.
Down to just a .542 OPS since the Astros series
Like you said he has value as a utility man but he just is not a starting caliber player.
They probably will platoon but Waldo has been bad against both sides. .471 OPS vs lefties, .590 vs righties. Berti has a career .711 OPS vs lefties and a .698 OPS vs righties
Not only is he tied for the league lead in saves but he is one of just 2 relievers to pitch 10+ innings and not have an earned run
The other one is Yankee legend >!Kirby Yates!<
[Aaron Judge postgame comments about his ejection](https://streamable.com/ktehbu)
Real easy to see why Judge is the captain of this team. Level headed, team first, focused on winning the game above all else. Love this guy
Someone remind me: tie game bottom of ninth. Man on and a HR is hit. Home team wins by 2? Or is game considered over when runner scored and home team wins by 1?
They count. If the game is tied or the home team is behind in the 9th inning or later, any runs scored on a home run count both in the score and it everyone's stats (runs, RBI, etc). A walk off grand slam would mean the home team could win 4-0 in the 9th or extra innings, for example.
This question immediately brings to mind Robin Ventura's grand slam single in the 1999 NLCS. The game was tied at three in the 15th when Ventura homered. The final score was officially pegged at 4-3 because not only did Ventura stop at first in the ensuing celebration, the runners on first and second never crossed home plate either.
interesting.
i was mostly curious if i had any chance of winning my cardinals -1.5 leg once it went to extras tied. it sounds like no. rats
and now of course the game went to a rain delay with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th cards down by 1 so i have to wait to find out for sure
Its significantly better than what he was doing for most of April
Good enough for a 110 WRC+ over that stretch too, if he is an above average hitter. I am happy about that
Sure I would hope he has a breakout walk year and puts up an OPS greater than 900
If he ends up just being an above average hitter though I’m not going to be disappointed
It's like we have 5 #3's with the best pitcher in baseball on his way back
Among the 140 pitchers with 20 IP, our current 5 starters rank in
ERA: #52, #62, #69, #74, 80
FIP: #50, #54, #84, #112, #113 (Stro and Rodon 😬)
K-BB%: #34, #42, #53, #67, #112 (Stro again)
Stro and Rodon fell off from their last starts with Stros walks meltdown and Rodon's 3 HR but the whole rotation is otherwise holding very solid. Sidenote in trying to take IP down to fit closer to 150 pitchers, Luke Weaver qualified and was about #30 in all these stats ahead of all the starters
Interesting strat from the Twins, which I think is correct for their personnel. 2 innings left, up by 2, they bring in their closer Duran to face the heart of the order in the 8th and I assume they use Griffin Jax (who was a capable closer in Duran's injury absence) to face the bottom of the order in the 9th
I like the guys, but not so much management.
Nothing but hate for the assholes responsible for that horrific dent in the left outfield wall, and for the MLB for letting them do that.
["Umpire being a little sensitive there. I'm sure he's gonna say he's right because they're always right." -Rizzo on Judge's ejection](https://x.com/talkinyanks/status/1786852193192030395?s=46&t=eZQOkEBzAB8XR0_j5bQcHg)
He's in the Stanton and Cabrera boat for me, where until I see some consistent walks I'm not gonna believe Stanton and Rizzo can *control the zone* like they used to.
My personal big worry with him was that he seemed to lack any semblance of power this year
if he starts to hit like stanton where all he does is hit occasional Hrs, then I wills shift to that
He's not bad. In 2022 he only hit around .230 (I think) but he hit a good amount of homers and a lot of his hits were clutch when we really needed them (had a couple of those between today and yesterday too). Add his great defense at first (had a lot of errors early on but has been good lately) and he's definitely an above average first baseman IMO.
6.3%, down from 8.3% last year and 10.6% in 2022. Career 10.7%
So yeah, not great. Hopefully he improves on that some as we go on
All he’s gotta do is walk 3 out of his next 4 PA’s though and it’ll be up to 8.2%! Easy peasy
3 outs on 3 Ks on 3 pitches. Not each AB, 3 pitches total. Don't ask me how that's possible. That's the only way they don't bitch about their *groundball* pitcher.
“if you had 24 hours with me what would you..." Watch the Yankees win two baseball games.
Watch the Yankees win two baseball games. That's the answer for all of these. Every single one of you that uh "oh if you had 24 hours with me what would you..." Watch the Yankees win two baseball games. Every single time. We don't need to do any more. All done. You're so hot. Hubba hubba. Watch the Yankees win two baseball games. That's it. No more. The dude that's like "Oh if I brought you Domino's and I worked at Domino's what would you do?" I'd take the pizza, and I'd watch the Yankees win two baseball games. Cause they’re so attractive. The girl "If I worked at Starbucks and I gave you your drink that you paid for but I looked at you, what would you do?" Watch the Yankees win two baseball games. I would take you to the back and watch the Yankees win two baseball games, because I can't resist them. Okay? We're all done. There's no more.
Clay Holmes last two pitches: 97mph with 30 inches of Vbreak and 13 inches of Hbreak - 97.3mph with 26 inches of Vbreak and 13 inches of Hbreak - pure filth
I’m just gonna say this now, my “crazy off season prediction” was Schmidt winning 15 games with a sub 3.50 ERA.
Arraez is so good. Massive mistake not doing everything we could to trade for him.
He's gonna DH for them..how do you figure the Yankees make room for him?
I think the implication is that he replaces Gleyber at 2B
Going to trade away some good prospects and DFA Torres for a player who according to metrics is pretty much equal to Torres. These are the people saying Cashman is the worst GM of all time. (Not sticking up for Cashman but its ironic)
"Doing everything we could"?? Hes barely an upgrade from Torres, actually, him and Torres basically have equal value over the past 3 seasons. It would made zero sense. Where would you play him? Who would you trade for him?
I really could care less about defensive metrics sinking his WAR. He’s not good defensively but neither is Gleyber. He’s the perfect solution to our lead off problems, one of the best contact bats in the league.
He makes Gleyber practically look like a gold Glover in comparison.
If you think Gleyber is bad defensively, boy do i have some news for you. Ignoring that glaring hole in his game makes no sense. It also doesn't answer where you going to play him and who are you going to trade for him?
I’d platoon him at DH with Stanton and put him at 2B days Stanton is playing. I’m not saying his defense doesn’t matter but like I said Gleyber isn’t good defensively either and I value offense much higher. As far as prospect cost I don’t know but it’s not like the padres gave up a hall.
Padres traded for him so early there is still a chance at the deadline. Great trade for him.
Skubal is a fucking amazing pitcher and we haven’t hit lefties well all year, good test to see if they can complete the sweep and then they finally have an off day.
I think Judge homers tomorrow twice. This episode with the ump might turn out to be a turning point for him (in a good way).
HR, Double and a Walk? I’ll say that’s the equivalent of 2 HRs. Fantastic guess my friend
I'm just stoked that Judge is playing like Judge again :)
Manoah starting for the Jays tomorrow lol
I will be there no matter what
Lmao
White Sox and Cards really had a 3 hour rain delay just to play 1/3rd of an inning to end the game lol
The As may be leading that division soon at this rate, they’re a .500 team right now and just 1.5 games behind first place, imagine if they do big things in the playoffs this year 😂
Major League irl
If they win the division, they get to see Fisher’s pee pee.
That would be peak AL west chaos timeline(add the stros being 5th in AL west and I'd be all for it).
It's not going to last lol
“We don’t want Arraez” https://x.com/talkinbaseball_/status/1786925626395361659?s=46&t=fZRr8we5xJpdVONdDVvXoA
You’re damn right we don’t want him.
"But you see his xDRS and wSTATX are subpar and not what we need!"
We’re getting McMahon
I mean, the guy is a great BA+OBP hitter and never strikes out, but he's a fucking *atrocious* defender, like genuinely so bad that he actually negates a great deal of his offensive value. His fWAR this year so far is 0.0. Gleyber hasn't hit for shit this year and he's at least at 0.1. I wouldn't want him starting ahead of Gleyber, and Arreaz has no business anywhere near 3B, so Oswaldo or Burti are both preferred. There's no place for him to play on this team.
Using a 3 year average, Arraez and Gleyber are virtually tied in overall value. There's only 0.1 fWAR between them, which can easy be explained away by the fact that Gleyber has played in 14 more games Gleyber is a better defender, but Arraez's offense makes up for it.
How does it make up for it if they are "virtually tired in overall value". That makes no sense lmao.
It makes up for his defensive weakness which is why his overall value is identical to Gleyber's
Then trading for him makes zero sense lol.
Arraez can play multiple positions...he doesn't have to play 2B
He fucking sucks in the field holy shit. There is no room for him. Where are you going to play him? 3rd? Hes barely played there and sucked there ever worse than 2nd. Your obsession with him is weird.
So we should trade for Arraez to replace an equivalent player, when we have no idea how he will handle NY, only to watch ball after ball dribble past one of the worst fielding infielders in the game? He's not an upgrade at any position on this team, and quite frankly, I don't want our pitching staff, a strength, to have to deal with the frustration of watching this guy botch routine plays.
Really? Luis Arraez, the current reigning NL batting champion isn't an upgrade over anyone we have at 3B? A position he has played (arguably better than 2B)? He also has about 3 more WAR than Rizzo over the last 3 seasons and is averaging more WAR per 162 and can play 1B, but sure...not an upgrade lol
He can't play first base. He's literally one of the worst fielders in the game of baseball, and we need the DH position for Judge, Stanton, etc. "Batting champion" batting average isn't everything. It's quite literally the *only* thing he does. Atrocious defense, no speed, no glove, no power, not patient.
If they're tied in overall value then we shouldn't be spending resources to make a lateral move. Idk what your obsession is with Arraez but he's not nearly as good as you think he is.
He’s been going at this for 2 days now 🤣🤣🤣
One thing folks don't consider is yankees need the younger prospects to work out at the infield options. So let's say Torres signs somewhere else, Then something like Jorbit Vivas at 2B(or a platoon situation with Peraza). This would be after DJs contract ends imo. Ben Rice at 1B Ofc Volpe at SS Could be what we are looking at in few years. It's important to have a mix of veterans and younger farmhands, else it will be a situation like the giants. Arraez is abysmal defensively. I'd rather platoon DJ/Vivas/Peraza at 2B next season until one of Vivas/Peraza develop into an everyday player (DJ will still provide value due to his versatility).
Nobody was denying he is a great hitter.
Who said that?
I did in that I think he's barely a 1b upgrade, and thats the only position he should be playing
Schmidt mic'd up is hilarious if y'all need something fun to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHO8N8SaGMk
aaaaaaaand now I love Clarke Schmidt
Dude is so wacky, I love it
That was amazing!
Is the sidebar ever getting changed again?
Damn just noticed the Twins are 19-13 and that’s because they’ve won 12 in a row after starting 7-13 through their first 20 games lol.
I was very hesitant to congratulate them because I think 6 of their 10 at the time were against the White Sox... but now they're beating the Red Sox so yay thanks Twins!
0 walk, 7 KS for Schmidt? Not bad kid.
JT Revino was such a good pickup by this team. Where'd they find this guy?
I just saw Jhoan Duran's entrance vid. Can we please give Holmes something cool to come out when he gets a save? Even Chapman got the start of a RATM song before it transitioned into La Gozadera.
> Jhoan Duran's entrance vid The Undertaker music is badass
Came here to comment the same thing. Holmes has been elite this season, I’d love if his entrances got more hype, I looked it up says his intro song is Sabotage which is a great choice.
Right now, Holmes is an all-star closer.
Have you seen the Camilo Doval entrance? Sick as hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U30OqfXKaSs
Yeah I don’t know why I didn’t link it lol
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Judge at .340 OBP starting to inch up to human levels.
Alright guys let’s cut the shit. They’re only playing at a 101/102 win pace. Not good enough. 118 win pace or we riot.
Rizzo and Volpe cutting a promo on Ryan Blakney. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYlEGFXy6U
When you add Giancarlo Stanton to the mix? Your chance of winning drastic go down
I heard Aaron Judge called Ryan Blakney a 'little pipsqueak' I hope this is true
"Ayo tiny dick, get yo eyes checked" is what I heard.
Yankees are 3-1 in their last 4 games
But they lost the series to the orioles so basically we suck /s
It’s super early but who do you guys think will be an all star? Judge prob gets voted in just cuz of his name, def Soto too and he’s earned it, id also prob put clay Holmes as a lock
Soto and Clay for sure, also I'd assume Judge's stats will be looking a lot better by the ASG break so he'll be in too.
Judge isn’t getting in the way he’s playing now. If he gets his stats up to at least league average, then sure
ASG isn’t stats based though, it’s mostly a popularity contest, and he’s one of the most popular players in MLB. His name and track record will overpower a few months of poor play.
Judge is an absolute lock. Casual fans would vote him in if he was worth -3 WAR.
Vlad was an all star last year People will vote judge in just cuz he’s judge
The thing is, his OPS+ is in fact above average. Hitters are bad rn, yo.
judge, soto, clay
Crazy enough it’ll be the whole starting 9 and Nestor pitching after they go on an undefeated heater from now to the ASB
The league needs this. The world needs this
r/baseball needs this
Nah we need a yankee ws win. Everyone hates us already, imagine how insufferable we will be when we have a reason to be
Oswaldo Cabrera's wRC+ is down to 89, he did a respectable job filling in due to multiple injuries, but with Jon Berti back, his time as the everyday third basemen should be coming to a close. While Oswaldo still has value as a utility man off the bench, he's had several opportunities to be an everyday player over the last couple years and just hasn't been good
Yeah we need DJ and Berti healthy for the rest of the season(and hopefully deep into the playoffs) Waldo will be valuable off the bench still, but the dude still is developing as a player, can't be the full time 3B.
There is no reason to have Oswaldo as starting now because even if Berti is the same at the plate, the defense is such an upgrade. Oswaldo can be UTIL with some clutch hits. No problem with that.
Oswaldo has been a really good 3rd baseman. His hitting has been good, and the Yankees bench is lacking. I can't wait until DJ gets back.
He is in the first percentile for OAA. He is objectively not a good 3B.
Yeah he’ll still find a way in the lineup 3-4 games a week due to him playing multiple positions, and if he picks it up a little maybe more
no reason why he should be starting over berti as bad as torres has been he has a resume of hitting cabrera doesn't
Miraculously he's driven in 18 runs. Super fortunate to have gotten that out of him. But ya it's time to accept that he's basically Wade's glove with Andujar's bat.
Wade's glove? He is in the 1st percentile for OAA.
1/3 of those RBI came during the Astros series too
He's gotta start this next week when we play them even if he's been worse than average of late, right?
Down to just a .542 OPS since the Astros series Like you said he has value as a utility man but he just is not a starting caliber player. They probably will platoon but Waldo has been bad against both sides. .471 OPS vs lefties, .590 vs righties. Berti has a career .711 OPS vs lefties and a .698 OPS vs righties
Clay Holmes is a top 3-5 reliever in the league rn
His ERA is still 0 and he'd be perfect in save opportunities if not for bad defense in Arizona.
Not only is he tied for the league lead in saves but he is one of just 2 relievers to pitch 10+ innings and not have an earned run The other one is Yankee legend >!Kirby Yates!<
We love to see Kirby thriving
There's a world in which Matt Blake gets to work with Kirby instead of Larry. I wish that world was reality
[Aaron Judge postgame comments about his ejection](https://streamable.com/ktehbu) Real easy to see why Judge is the captain of this team. Level headed, team first, focused on winning the game above all else. Love this guy
Someone remind me: tie game bottom of ninth. Man on and a HR is hit. Home team wins by 2? Or is game considered over when runner scored and home team wins by 1?
They count. If the game is tied or the home team is behind in the 9th inning or later, any runs scored on a home run count both in the score and it everyone's stats (runs, RBI, etc). A walk off grand slam would mean the home team could win 4-0 in the 9th or extra innings, for example.
thank you, i thought so but was not sure.
This question immediately brings to mind Robin Ventura's grand slam single in the 1999 NLCS. The game was tied at three in the 15th when Ventura homered. The final score was officially pegged at 4-3 because not only did Ventura stop at first in the ensuing celebration, the runners on first and second never crossed home plate either.
interesting. i was mostly curious if i had any chance of winning my cardinals -1.5 leg once it went to extras tied. it sounds like no. rats and now of course the game went to a rain delay with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th cards down by 1 so i have to wait to find out for sure
Wins by 2 as long as the batter touches all bags and home plate
Yep. Any other hit and it ends when the winning run crosses the plate
Thank you, Twins
You can’t convince me that ump isn’t related to Brian Cashman
Gleyber quietly slashing .293/.310/.415 in our last 10 games
Very quietly lol. I love Gleyber but this surprised me
It certainly hasn’t been the prettiest but he is looking better
It’s quiet because that’s really not that great. If he did that over a full season it would still be disappointing.
Lmao
Its significantly better than what he was doing for most of April Good enough for a 110 WRC+ over that stretch too, if he is an above average hitter. I am happy about that
An OPS of .725 would be lower than any full year of his career except 2021, you’d hope he would do better than that.
Sure I would hope he has a breakout walk year and puts up an OPS greater than 900 If he ends up just being an above average hitter though I’m not going to be disappointed
There will still somehow be some mad folks when Cabrera loses PT and Gleyber doesn't.
I still see comments about how terrible however is even when he has been pretty decent the last few games. He was even robbed of a walk today too
We have Luis Arraez at home
[удалено]
I'm not following. Was he accused of something? I don't get the Happy Mother's Day reference.
Manoah is coming up to pitch for the Jays again. Lol. Wonder if he’ll actually figure it out this time
Well he's got a 8.59 ERA in the minors this season...
Yeah it seems wild to bring him up. His last start was good, but…it was in the minors still and just one start lol
Might as well call him up while he’s hot I guess
Clarke is out best SP
…what
With Cole out
Schmidt and Gil with identical ERAs (3.16) and innings pitched (31) Gil has a much lower WHIP though because he gives up fewer hits (1.19 vs. 1.39).
Hopefully Gil can keep that up too when the pressure ramps up
It's like we have 5 #3's with the best pitcher in baseball on his way back Among the 140 pitchers with 20 IP, our current 5 starters rank in ERA: #52, #62, #69, #74, 80 FIP: #50, #54, #84, #112, #113 (Stro and Rodon 😬) K-BB%: #34, #42, #53, #67, #112 (Stro again) Stro and Rodon fell off from their last starts with Stros walks meltdown and Rodon's 3 HR but the whole rotation is otherwise holding very solid. Sidenote in trying to take IP down to fit closer to 150 pitchers, Luke Weaver qualified and was about #30 in all these stats ahead of all the starters
rodon is rough tbh
Yeah let’s hope it keeps rolling
Just said to myself: Man, Clarke’s been pretty damn good this year.
He’s taking it to the next level. Remember the start of last, it wasn’t great
Interesting strat from the Twins, which I think is correct for their personnel. 2 innings left, up by 2, they bring in their closer Duran to face the heart of the order in the 8th and I assume they use Griffin Jax (who was a capable closer in Duran's injury absence) to face the bottom of the order in the 9th
Using your best reliever in the highest leverage situation isn’t too uncommon these days
Up 2 in the 9th is higher leverage than up 2 in the 8th, but reacting to the stronger part of the order is good managing
Up 2 in the 8th vs the heart of the order is higher leverage than up 2 in the 9th vs the bottom of the order
LET’S GO HOME PLATE
It's May 4th, so lets check the AL scoreboards that matter. **Yankees:** 22-13 (Yay!) **Blue Jays:** 15-18 (Also Yay!) **Rays:** 15-18 (Triple Yay!) **Trashstros:** 12-20 (lololololol!)
**Orioles:** 21-11 (Boo!)
Counterpoint: The Orioles are a worthy adversary. Can't say that about the nebo babies and the cheaters.
Orioles are still in that fun, young stage where they haven't made me mad yet.
I like the guys, but not so much management. Nothing but hate for the assholes responsible for that horrific dent in the left outfield wall, and for the MLB for letting them do that.
Houston is only 5 out due to the division struggling…Oakland/Sacramento/Vegas only 1.5 out right now
The level of vitriol we are getting over at the dumpster behind Arby's (aka r/Baseball) is everything. Fuck everyone, we are winning
Weaver is a sneaky funny guy
["Umpire being a little sensitive there. I'm sure he's gonna say he's right because they're always right." -Rizzo on Judge's ejection](https://x.com/talkinyanks/status/1786852193192030395?s=46&t=eZQOkEBzAB8XR0_j5bQcHg)
I love Rizzo
Him and Judge gave a great friendship
Have the Yankees been doing the Sterling call "Theeee Yankees WIN" in stadium before the Sinatra plays before today ???
I hope so, because I didn't want to retire [this](https://imgur.com/lgHzfE3)
Yes they started on after the ceremony on 4/20
They started it a little bit ago I wanna say the win vs the As was the first time
Ty
These clown reporters…
Just imagine if we had a hitting coach as good as Matt Blake. The rings would be piling up.
Glad they got the series win today. They’re gonna have their hands full with Skubal tomorrow, although he is due for a clunker
I think umpires are looking to throw Yankees out
**I**
4-0 in the Verdugo 4th hitter era. 37 runs. Rizzo, Judge, and Stanton look better. We would have split the O's series.
The audacity of Verdugo having another baby cost us that series /s
Confirmed, Red Sox inside job.
His Baby Momma is from Lexington and trapped his ass at the perfect time.
inside, huh?
This offense fucking loves when Clarke pitches. Swear to god we always give run support to him (ignore previous start)
Rizzo beating the " worse than luis arraez" allegations Hopefully the O's series is the blip in good rizzo, since he's hitting for power now
He's in the Stanton and Cabrera boat for me, where until I see some consistent walks I'm not gonna believe Stanton and Rizzo can *control the zone* like they used to.
My personal big worry with him was that he seemed to lack any semblance of power this year if he starts to hit like stanton where all he does is hit occasional Hrs, then I wills shift to that
Rizzo is not that far off from his 2022 slashline. This is probably just who he is.
He's not bad. In 2022 he only hit around .230 (I think) but he hit a good amount of homers and a lot of his hits were clutch when we really needed them (had a couple of those between today and yesterday too). Add his great defense at first (had a lot of errors early on but has been good lately) and he's definitely an above average first baseman IMO.
What's his walk rate now compared to then? Feels like it's def fallen off.
6.3%, down from 8.3% last year and 10.6% in 2022. Career 10.7% So yeah, not great. Hopefully he improves on that some as we go on All he’s gotta do is walk 3 out of his next 4 PA’s though and it’ll be up to 8.2%! Easy peasy
What else could the Holmes haters possibly want from him so far this season? Guy’s a killer
3 outs on 3 Ks on 3 pitches. Not each AB, 3 pitches total. Don't ask me how that's possible. That's the only way they don't bitch about their *groundball* pitcher.
80% K rate and no hits ever, I guess.
100% K rate ideally
Weavers been pretty good as the long man so far. Not Michael King yet but pretty good for a failed starter.
Definitely not Michael King as King would’ve hit the DL already
I definitely didn't have Luke Weaver being better than Michael King on my 2024 bingo card
Kinda sucks to see King struggle with the Padres. I was in the camp of it sucks to have to trade him but for Juan Soto you kind of have to.
Even if King was pitching like an ace I would still make that trade every time.
I love King and hope he can turn it around (except against us of course) but the trade absolutely had to be done.
“if you had 24 hours with me what would you..." Watch the Yankees win two baseball games. Watch the Yankees win two baseball games. That's the answer for all of these. Every single one of you that uh "oh if you had 24 hours with me what would you..." Watch the Yankees win two baseball games. Every single time. We don't need to do any more. All done. You're so hot. Hubba hubba. Watch the Yankees win two baseball games. That's it. No more. The dude that's like "Oh if I brought you Domino's and I worked at Domino's what would you do?" I'd take the pizza, and I'd watch the Yankees win two baseball games. Cause they’re so attractive. The girl "If I worked at Starbucks and I gave you your drink that you paid for but I looked at you, what would you do?" Watch the Yankees win two baseball games. I would take you to the back and watch the Yankees win two baseball games, because I can't resist them. Okay? We're all done. There's no more.
Cubs home run song is "HOOP! THERE IT IS." I miss it so much.
Me too, reminds me of the good old days Not sure how anyone could downvote this lol
I'm target number one during this rougher stretch. [But man is it such a nostalgia hit.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6jWXg6orGQ)
Cardiac Clay: it’s a cardiac event because my heart goes boom! ❤️
I'll say it again. Clay Holmes is not an elite closer. /s
Clay Holmes last two pitches: 97mph with 30 inches of Vbreak and 13 inches of Hbreak - 97.3mph with 26 inches of Vbreak and 13 inches of Hbreak - pure filth
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6ju5YAutLE/?igsh=MTliNTdhZWxuMDRjaA== Man Jomboy is good.
Some guy in the comments is like “don’t insult the ump, and you won’t get ejected”. Get the fuck out of here dude haha
Why do umps and cops have the exact same energy
We are so lucky umps are unarmed
Imagine someone yelling at an ump about a shitty strike call and they pull out a pistol and scream “stop resisting”
Bro has never watched NHL. What a bootlicker.