Rolling Game Thread for the 2023 Yankees
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He had one last year off Jon Gray, so nice to see him drive one again. He has 33 HRs in 647 AAA ABs the past two seasons and we saw it some in MLB in Sept last year, but NY screwed with his head so much starting in last year's postseason that in this stint it has seemed like he is just trying to slap the first strike he sees into play, a lot of weak ABs.
Anyway, more of that, Oswald! 403, no cheapie.
Also good to see him come back from a midgame defensive fumble by erasing that runner with a very slick start of a DP to the next batter (game 1, I think).
So much to process in the last MLB CBA that it seems like no one has noticed the new rule this time for breaking a tie between 4th and 5th place in a division:
"In the extremely rare event that two thoroughly mediocre teams are tied for the last two spots in a division, both missing the playoffs, the tiebreaker will no longer be season head-to-head record. We have collectively decided instead to reward organizational continuity, so the tiebreaker is now how long your main baseball person (they have various job titles) has been running the show."
"In the extremely rare event that two thoroughly mediocre teams are tied for the last two spots in a division, both missing the playoffs, the tiebreaker will no longer be season head-to-head record. We have collectively decided instead to reward organizational continuity, so the tiebreaker is now how long your main baseball person (they have various job titles) has been running the show."
Peraza still with just 174 career MLB ABs after 9 today, he should be well over 500 by now. I had him up originally in 2021 at the end of the season, he was not ready as a hitter but NY was starting Andrew Velazquez at SS every day, as bad a hitter as I remember seeing and Peraza could match his defense, and he was already on the 40 man.
I could see that being too aggressive (he was still 21), but then starting IKF for almost all of 2022 over him was obviously a mistake by May or June at the latest and it took until August or September. I'd also even make an argument that their not using him as the everyday SS in the playoffs (after a .832 OPS down the stretch!!) has a lot to do with why Nestor has had such a washout season, because IKF's errors at SS lengthened the ALDS, forced Nestor to throw on 3 days rest for the first time ever in the deciding game 5 because NY was out of pitching after games being played five straight days. He was heroic and NY won, but he has not been the same since, injured and ineffective.
Anyway, would be great to see Peraza finish strong here, he just turned 23 in June.
I could see that being too aggressive (he was still 21), but then starting IKF for almost all of 2022 over him was obviously a mistake by May or June at the latest and it took until August or September. I'd also even make an argument that their not using him as the everyday SS in the playoffs (after a .832 OPS down the stretch!!) has a lot to do with why Nestor has had such a washout season, because IKF's errors at SS lengthened the ALDS, forced Nestor to throw on 3 days rest for the first time ever in the deciding game 5 because NY was out of pitching after games being played five straight days. He was heroic and NY won, but he has not been the same since, injured and ineffective.
Anyway, would be great to see Peraza finish strong here, he just turned 23 in June.
Funny box score, NY scored 8, Florial/Volpe/Peraza/Cabrera at the bottom of the lineup with 6 runs scored and 2 RBIs and DJ/Judge at the top with 6 RBIs and 2 runs scored, the kids getting on and the vets driving them home.
https://www.milb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-red-sox/2023/09/14/716593/final/box
https://www.milb.com/gameday/yankees-vs-red-sox/2023/09/14/716593/final/box
Neither of the two biggest plays in this one can be found in the box score:
3-3, two outs and bases loaded for PIT, Gleyber completely whiffs on a slow grounder allowing two runs to score, a 'hit' because he didn't even touch it. 5-3 PIT.
5-4 PIT in the 9th, one out and bases loaded, Volpe grounds right to the SS for an easy DP. Except Florial is flying from first and just runs through second, never even feigning a slide. This understandably seems to confuse 2B Bae who bounces a throw well short of first. It beat Volpe and would have ended the game as a 5-4 PIT win but instead it bounced past the 1B and NY was up 6-5 and won 7-5.
W: Florial (1-0)
3-3, two outs and bases loaded for PIT, Gleyber completely whiffs on a slow grounder allowing two runs to score, a 'hit' because he didn't even touch it. 5-3 PIT.
5-4 PIT in the 9th, one out and bases loaded, Volpe grounds right to the SS for an easy DP. Except Florial is flying from first and just runs through second, never even feigning a slide. This understandably seems to confuse 2B Bae who bounces a throw well short of first. It beat Volpe and would have ended the game as a 5-4 PIT win but instead it bounced past the 1B and NY was up 6-5 and won 7-5.
W: Florial (1-0)
Also that Misiewicz play was horrific, yikes. This sounds promising, fingers crossed:
"Update on Anthony Misiewicz: Anthony is alert and oriented. He was assessed by Pittsburgh team doctors and was transported to Allegheny General Hospital where he will undergo further testing."
View: https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1702855905203650663
"Update on Anthony Misiewicz: Anthony is alert and oriented. He was assessed by Pittsburgh team doctors and was transported to Allegheny General Hospital where he will undergo further testing."
View: https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1702855905203650663
With that last second win, NY now controls their own fate over BOS (1 game ahead) and TOR (6 behind with 6 to play and a current 4-3 lead in the season series) at least temporarily.
14 left to play and 75-73, NY needs to win all or close, catch TOR and hope for one of the AL West teams to fade.
That is all of course infinitesimal probability but NY is 10-2 in their last 12 road games (DET, HOU, BOS, tonight).
14 left to play and 75-73, NY needs to win all or close, catch TOR and hope for one of the AL West teams to fade.
That is all of course infinitesimal probability but NY is 10-2 in their last 12 road games (DET, HOU, BOS, tonight).
That same play occurred in the Sox game on Thursday, resulting in a throw that bounced past the first baseman. Well coached.
I suppose it's a thing now that you can't slide into the fielder. Good coaching and executing.
Happy to have slept through that one, another four hit masterpiece from the offense. Maybe see if you can pay Sean Casey to stay as DJ's personal hitting coach, but hire a real hitting coach for the rest of the team. someone with experience. Thanks.
Stanton just pulled a Manny Ramirez at home plate, looking at three straight strikes and heading back to the dugout. Woof!
Stanton struck out his first two times up tonight, on just 7 pitches, concluded his night by hitting into two DPs.
He used to own lefties, dunno what they're going to do there.
This is how much faith I have in these Yankees: I was behind on the DVR as usual, and when it was 1-1 and Peraza threw one away to put runners on the corners, I checked the final score. My lack of faith was rewarded.
This is how much faith I have in these Yankees: I was behind on the DVR as usual, and when it was 1-1 and Peraza threw one away to put runners on the corners, I checked the final score. My lack of faith was rewarded.
If there was an award for ugly swings, I'd give one to Stanton for his AB vs Pearson in the 9th. I dunno what he thought he was swinging at, but he missed it by 2 feet.
Sometimes he does that in his first two ABs, looks as overmatched as anyone ever, then launches one 450 effortlessly next time up. Sadly not nearly enough of the latter this season, maybe he needs a goatee.
Yanks need to “Ellsbury” Stanton. Stick him on the 60-day in April and let him jog around Tampa like Ellsbury did late in his pinstripes existence. Do it for two years. Keep him away from the young players. Then buy him out in 2026.
Boone has really overplayed his hand with umps. The ump last night shouted at the dugout. “I hope you are not talking to me!”
I'm oddly looking forward to seeing the ump scorecard from this game. I have no idea which team benefited the most from the totally random strike zone. I suspect it was the Jays based on a couple of really awful low strikes early that Gausman got, but it was pretty bad for both sides. King was excellent with or without the ump.
Pretty bad but doesn’t look like it affected much (I didn’t see any of this game except somehow Wells’ HR in the 9th):
View: https://twitter.com/umpscorecards/status/1704867214006817095?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g
A couple of promising ABs from Florial late in this one too, a roped lefty vs lefty RBI double on the first pitch against the unhittable this season Mayza and then a tough 8 pitch walk against Pearson, fouling off two FBs in the strike zone at 3-2 and then taking a curve for ball four that was right across the plate but broke low.
It's him vs Gausman / Gray / Eflin / Castillo for the AL CL Young? Nobody else stands out, so he's probably winning that barring a bad last start, right (he has 2 left?)
And Jays, Twins and Tampa are first seventh and ninth in defensive runs saved. Yankees are fourteenth
While it makes sense that Cole is the frontrunner and should win (nobody else really stands out, essentially), I've always found the "if he's not unanimous there should be public hearings held" to be annoying. Why is shaming always such an important component of this to people.
There are some decisions so clear cut that anybody voting the other way is just silly (Pedro or Mo Rivera going to the HoF, etc), I'm not sure Cole's excellent but not historical 2023 season is one of them
There are some decisions so clear cut that anybody voting the other way is just silly (Pedro or Mo Rivera going to the HoF, etc), I'm not sure Cole's excellent but not historical 2023 season is one of them
NY will be mathematically eliminated in the next day or two, but what they do still have on the line from a team perspective is their streak of 30 straight seasons with a winning record, the second longest ever.
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1. 1926-64 Yankees (39 seasons)
Streak stats: 26 postseason appearances, 19 WS titles
Top player: Lou Gehrig (110.0 WAR over that span)
2. 1993-2022 Yankees (30 seasons; active streak)
Streak stats: 24 playoff appearances, 5 WS titles
Top player: Derek Jeter (71.3 WAR)
3. 1968-85 Orioles (18 seasons)
Streak stats: 7 playoff appearances, 2 WS titles
Top player: Jim Palmer (65.3 WAR)
4. 1951-67 White Sox (17 seasons)
Streak stats: 1 playoff appearance (lost to Dodgers in 1959 WS)
Top player: Nellie Fox (47.8 WAR)
5. 1967-82 Red Sox (16 seasons)
Streak stats: 2 playoff appearances, 0 WS titles
Top player: Carl Yastrzemski (71.7 WAR)
6-T. 2008-2022 Cardinals (15 seasons)
Streak stats: 10 playoff appearances, 1 WS title (beat Rangers in seven games in 2011)
Top player: Adam Wainwright (38.6 WAR)
6-T. 1939-1953 Cardinals (15 seasons)
Streak stats: 4 playoff appearances, 3 WS titles
Top player: Stan Musial (90.5 WAR)
6-T. 1991-2005 Braves (15 seasons)
Streak stats: 14 playoff appearances, 1 WS title (beat Cleveland in six games in 1995)
Top player: Greg Maddux (66.2 WAR)
6-T. 1899-1913 Pirates (15 seasons)
Streak stats: 2 playoff appearances, 1 WS title (beat Tigers in seven games in 1909)
Top player: Honus Wagner (108.7 WAR)
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STL's 15 year streak has already been snapped this year, NY is 77-76 with 9 games left, so they need to go 5-4 at least to keep the streak going.
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1. 1926-64 Yankees (39 seasons)
Streak stats: 26 postseason appearances, 19 WS titles
Top player: Lou Gehrig (110.0 WAR over that span)
2. 1993-2022 Yankees (30 seasons; active streak)
Streak stats: 24 playoff appearances, 5 WS titles
Top player: Derek Jeter (71.3 WAR)
3. 1968-85 Orioles (18 seasons)
Streak stats: 7 playoff appearances, 2 WS titles
Top player: Jim Palmer (65.3 WAR)
4. 1951-67 White Sox (17 seasons)
Streak stats: 1 playoff appearance (lost to Dodgers in 1959 WS)
Top player: Nellie Fox (47.8 WAR)
5. 1967-82 Red Sox (16 seasons)
Streak stats: 2 playoff appearances, 0 WS titles
Top player: Carl Yastrzemski (71.7 WAR)
6-T. 2008-2022 Cardinals (15 seasons)
Streak stats: 10 playoff appearances, 1 WS title (beat Rangers in seven games in 2011)
Top player: Adam Wainwright (38.6 WAR)
6-T. 1939-1953 Cardinals (15 seasons)
Streak stats: 4 playoff appearances, 3 WS titles
Top player: Stan Musial (90.5 WAR)
6-T. 1991-2005 Braves (15 seasons)
Streak stats: 14 playoff appearances, 1 WS title (beat Cleveland in six games in 1995)
Top player: Greg Maddux (66.2 WAR)
6-T. 1899-1913 Pirates (15 seasons)
Streak stats: 2 playoff appearances, 1 WS title (beat Tigers in seven games in 1909)
Top player: Honus Wagner (108.7 WAR)
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STL's 15 year streak has already been snapped this year, NY is 77-76 with 9 games left, so they need to go 5-4 at least to keep the streak going.
ARI was scheduled to play the White Sox in Chicago on Monday, but that series has now been shifted from Mon-Wed to Tues-Thursday, so NY and ARI will try to get in the two remaining games here tomorrow or a doubleheader Monday if they need.