Game 20: Rays (Alexander) at Yankees (Schmidt)

Judge's first SB of the year. He winces and grabs at his side a bit getting up. Not great.

Stanton gives one a ride but caught.

Stanton is 1-3 with a K vs. Alexander.
Takes a curve at the knees, 0-1
Sinker well inside thigh high, 2-2
Change finishes low, Stanton recognizes and takes, 2-1
Judge goes as Stanton swings through a sinker inside, the throw is bounced and late, Judge steals 2nd, 2-2 on Stanton.
I'd bet he won't get a sinker here.
Alexander would have to have huge stones to put a sinker in the zone here.
Slider down and in just out of the zone, Stanton just misses, hits a fly to fairly deep left, Palacios comes in a few steps, catches, inning over.

Top 2, 0-0.
19 pitches in the 1st for Alexander
Ramirez, Rosario, and then the first of the Rays' two brand-new toys, elite prospects Mead and Caballero.

launch angle was 40, distance just 335 feet.

Yep... The first 16 games, he had very few swing and misses.  The last 3 games, a lot of swings and misses.  Hard to understand...  I can see a slump, but the increase of swings and misses is mystifying..  

Slider on the low outside corner, 0-1 to Rosario.
Takes a hanging slider down the middle, 0-2
Slider way outside 1-2.
no-chance curve way outside and low, 2-2
This is INFURIATING to watch, batter after batter.
Slider outside at the knees, Rosario checks in time, 3-2.
Runner goes and the cutter away is knocked through the open right side as Torres started to cover 2nd. 1st and 3rd nobody out.

I'm so tired of watching this from Schmidt game after game after game.
I will be so happy when they move him back to mop-up long reliever.

Schmidt is a serious slog to watch.