Yeah that was a tough loss but we played pretty well outside of one relief appearance (aided by Jizz's BS home run) and Springer's AB.
That was by far the worst pitching matchup for us and the Yanks got lucky to skate by. We will get them tomorrow with Cease on the hill.
Last year on May 18 we had a SLG+ of 94.
We just have a bunch of slow starters in the lineup who can't handle cold Spring weather.
Lucky for us the weather is HOT in NYY and I expect the bats to follow. Vlad (aka the King of New York) especially.
Game 1: I’m kind of worried about Corbin tonight. He's got 2 K's through his last two starts combined. But the Yanks have a lot of lefty bats so hopefully that helps him get through 5.
Game 2 & 3: Solid pitching matchups.
Game 4: I actually like a Jays bullpen game against Rodon but it will be important for the previous starters to eat some innings to make sure they are fresh for that game.
So tonight is probably our toughest pitching matchup, but we are catching the Yankees at a good time since they’ve lost 7 of their last 9 and the Mets taxed their bullpen pretty hard the last couple games.
On the flip side, our pitching is really starting to settle in. Our bats broke out at about this time last year, so hopefully they follow suit this year and the Jays take 3 of these games.
It very rarely happens. I think it's called the "brief and ineffective" exception and it's fairly new.
I've seen it just a couple of times but the reliever needs to come in and just completely s*** the bed and cough up the lead for the scorer to take the win from him and give it to another reliever.
Here's one example: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36173995/oakland-chad-smith-gets-win-scorer-applies-obscure-rule
The Yankees ace FRIED his elbow yesterday (see what I did there?)
Volpe is back in the lineup and booting the ball around
The Jays season was saved with a walk off grand slam
How's everyone feeling today?
Yep, the Yankees are cooked.
Step 1: The team ace gets hurt
Step 2: The Yankees do a whole song and dance to delay inevitable surgery, thus putting his whole 2027 season in doubt <----we are currently here
Step 3: Anthony Volpe makes an error in his season debut and the entire fanbase has a meltdown
Step 4: Yanks back into a WC spot but Aaron Judge underperforms and the Yanks are bounced early
Step 5: Yankees have a modest offseason and bring back Aaron Boone
Step 6: Rinse and repeat in 2027
This bullpen is nuts:
Late innings: Varland, Hoffman, Rogers
Middle Relief: Fisher, Yariel, Fluharty
Garbage Time: Nance, Mantiply
Long Relief: Miles
IL/AAA: Yimi, Little, Lee
Yeah idk why they dialed him back from starting, especially with this new splitter.
He probably just doesn't have the command and can't chew up the innings. Hopefully he can at least be a late-inning option or a multi-inning guy.
Can I say something positive?
Yariel was electric yesterday.
Overall Stuff+ = 123
4-seamer = 87
Splitter = 150
Sinker = 140
Slider = 107
Location+ = 103
Pitching+ = 119
It's only 1 inning but if he can get anywhere close to that the rest of the year he will be a very solid late inning option.