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Post by chiyankee on Jul 27, 2024 17:35:43 GMT -5
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 27, 2024 17:36:05 GMT -5
Same lineup as last night's.
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Post by Max on Jul 27, 2024 17:36:24 GMT -5
No DJ again.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 17:45:11 GMT -5
For the 2nd game of the series (on FOX, unfortunately), the Sox send righty Kutter Crawford to the mound. Crawford has pitched a great game against the Yanks in each of the 1st two series, so no need to re-hash his history. The 2nd of the two starts he shut the Yanks down for 7 innings on just 68 pitches, as if he was the second coming of Greg Maddux. AFter that, he shut down the Royals more or less the same way for 7 more innings, but in his last start, the wheels fell off the express trian; Crawford surrendered 5 HR and 6 runs to the Dodgers in a game in LA just after the break. On the season, Crawford is 6-8 with a 3.37 ERA. In 20 starts and 117 2/3 innings, he's allowed 95 hits, 52 runs, 44 earned, 19 HR, and 29 BB, with 112 K's. His WHIP on the season is 1.054.
Tonight is the 7th start and 9th game of Crawford's career against the Yanks. He's 4-1 with a 1.96 ERA against them, and in 36 2/3 innings, he's allowed just 22 hits, 9 runs, 8 earned, 5 HR, and 12 bB with 39 K. His WHIP against them is a tiny 0.927, and their quadruple team slash line against him is .176/.254/.320/.574. His last game was 7 shutout innings at the Stadium not quite 3 weeks ago, giving up just 4 hits and striking out 4 in a 3-0 Sox win (the game that Gil threw 6 shutout innings using his new slider, giving up just the solo HR to Devers in the 7th).
Repertoire: No need to go over his assorment again, I did that three weeks ago. Instead, I'll go over how his assortment is different in his two outstanding starts against the Yanks from what it has been against other teams: in other words, what is Crawford doing differently against New York? On the season as a whole, Crawford has thrown 4-seamers averaging 92-3 about 34% of the time, the cutter 87-88 about 31%, the sweeper 81 about 20% of the time, the splitter 92 about 9% of the time, and the curve 77 about 6% of the time. In the two games vs. the Yankees, the FB usage was normal, 34%, the cutter was down a bit, 29%, He used the sweeper more than average in the first game, 27%, but much less than average in the 2nd, just 12%. The splitter was near normal, 7% in the first game, but more than normal, 15% in the 2nd. The Curve was average over the two games, but used more in the first game than the 2nd. So it seems that he traded breaking balls for splitters in the better 2nd game. The velocities and spin rates in the 1st game were near year-long average, except the spin rate on the curve was down some. The vertical and horizontal break on the pitches was near average as well. In the 2nd game the velocities on all five pitches were 1/2 mph, to 1 mph faster than average, the spin rates on all his pitches was also a bit higher, except the curve, which was a bit lower than normal. The Vertical and Horizontal break on his pitches was also near normal, except for the sweeper, which got less break in both directions than usual which might be why he set it aside for more splitter and cutters. Looking at the 2nd game more closely, most of his FB were above the zone, or in the upper 3rd, very few were low in the zone, or below the knees (just 3). The splitter were low or below the zone, all but 2. He got called strikes on a lot of his pitches, 25% of the them, which let to a very high CSW rate: 38%. Either the Yanks weren't aggressive enough, or they called a near-perfect game for him and the Yanks were constantly looking for a pitch they didn't get.
Reviewing his name game quickly: Therre are no other Kutters in MLB history, and the best Crawford, for the 3rd time, is Ty Cobb's long-time running mate with the Tigers, MLB all-time triples leader Sam Crawford.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 17:46:17 GMT -5
The Yanks send Marcus Stroman out there, hoping to turn his recent stuggles aroound. He's 7-5 with a 3.51 ERA on the season, but hasn't won any of his last 4 starts, hasn't made it past 5 1/3 innings, with an ERA of 5.21 and a WHIP of 1.526. In 20 starts, he's pitched 110 !/3 innings, allowing 97 hits, 48 runs, 43 earned, 17 HR, 47 BB and has struck out 83 K's. His WHIP is now slightly below average at 1.305. He's trying to do this with among the worst K/BB date in all of MLB. He's allowed the 6th most walks, and his BB/9 of 3.8 is 2nd only to teammate Luis Gil's 4.2. His K/BB ratio of 1.72 is the worst of 70 qualified MLB starters, and his K-BB% is 2nd worst, better than just Chris Flexen of the White Sox.
Against the Red Sox, he's made 17 starts, and is 7-5 with an ERA of 3.69. in 102 1/3 innings, he's allowed 102 hits, 48 runs, 42 earned, 7 HR, 37 BB and struck out 77. His WHIP against them is a mediocre 1.358, and their team quadruple slash line against Stroman is .265/.329/.392/.722. Stroman's last start against the Sox was the Sunday night debacle in which Sox set a franchise record with 9 steals, 6 of them off of Stroman and Trevino. In 5 innings, he gave up 7 hits, 4 runs (earned) 4 BB and 3 K. When he left the Sox were up 4-1 on their way to a 9-3 romp.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 17:47:16 GMT -5
Yankees lineup vs Crawford:
1. Verdugo (LF) is 0-5 with 1 K
2. Soto (RF) is 1-6 with a double
3. Judge (CF) is 3-16 with 2 solo HR, 2 BB and 9 K (!)
4. Wells (C) is 0-4 with 1 K
5. Torres (2B) is 2-12 with a double, 1 BB and 1 K
6. Rice (1B) is 0-3 with 2 K
7. Volpe (SS) is 1-8, 1 K and 1 GIDP
8. Grisham (CF) is 1-2
9. Cabrera (3B) is 1-4
On the bench: Davis is 0-2 with 1 K.LeMajieu (3B) is 1-9 with 1 double, 1 BB, 4 K and 1 GIDP
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Red Sox lineup vs. Stroman:
1. Duran (CF) is 1-5 with 1 BB and 2 K
2. Abreu (RF) has never faced Stoman
3. Yoshida (DH) is 0-6 with 1 K and 1 GIDP
4. Devers (3B) is 1-12 with 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K and 1 GIDP
5. O'Neill (LF) 2-11 with 1 double; 2 RBI, 2 BB and 3 K
6. Smith (1B) is 1-9 with 2 K and 1 GIDP
7. Wong (C) is 1-4 with a BB
8. Hamilton (2B) is 1-2 with a BB
9. Rafaela (SS) is 2-2 with 2 RBI
On the bench: Refsnyder is 1-4 with 1 BB and 1 K; McGuire is 0-3 with 1 K; and pitcher Chase Anderson is 0-3 with 1 K
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 17:48:06 GMT -5
Yesterday, Nestor Cortes had another bad game on the road, putting the team into several early holes. He gave up a run in the 1st, the Yanks got it back in the 2nd. He gave up another in the 3rd and 4th, they got those two back in the 5th. He put them behind again in the 5th, and they took him off the hook a 3rd time with a 4-run 7th on back-to-back HRs, a 3-run monster blast out of Fenway in deepest left center by Judge, 470 feet, and a solo shot to right by Wells. And the Yanks had their two best relievers ready with two days' rest, and...it didn't matter. Weaver gave Rafaela a FB he could hit, and he belted his 5th HR against the Yanks in 11 games, a 2-run shot to cut it to 7-6. In the 8th, he gave up a single and a walk, and got a pop fly from Devers and Weaver was done at 32 pitches. Holmes came in and gave Abreu a waist high sinker on the corner away, and he promptely ripped it into right center for the double that tied it up, and fell behind Yoshida 2-0, before leaving a sinker almost right down the pipe that he hammered back up the middle for the two run single that gave the Sox the lead for good. Judge opened the 9th by taking strike 1, strike 2 and strike 3, all cutters, all near or just outside the middle of the plate. Wells and Torres singled, but the wrong man, LeMahieu came up. He got ahead 2-0, but that didn't matter either. He chased a cutter inside on 2-1, then after fouling another, chased another cutter about 3-4 inches high on the inside corenr for the K. Volpe got waist high cutter on 0-1 and 0-2, and couldn't do more than foul them off, because he was trying to pull them, even the one on the outside corner. Jansen finally threw him a slider below the outer 3rd, and rather than go to right, he rolled over on it for a force play that ended the latest, and most regrettable of a long line of games that they've blown lately (when not getting blown out). Most regrettable because the 4-run rally in the 7th should have been decisive, and it wasn't even close to being. By the end of the inning, the lead was back down to 1. Before there were two outs in the 8th, they were down two, and heading down the tubes. After a four run rally in the 7th to give them a three run lead, the Red Sox got 5 against their top two relievers within the next four outs, and the Yanks couldn't rally back a fourth time. Putrid performance. The win was just the 2nd for the Sox in 7 games in the 2nd half, and the loss was the Yanks' 3rd in a row and 23rd in their last 33 games.
In other AL East activity, the Rays traded two of their veterans away, outfielder Randy Arozarena (to the Mariners) and pitch Zach Eflin (to the Orioles), and lost to the Reds in 10 innings. Cincinnati got 2 in the 1st, the Rays got the two back in the 2nd, and the game stayed that way until the top of the 10th when hit a double to left to knock in the ghost runner Slater for a 3-2 lead. Closer Alexis Diaz worked around the Rays' ghost runner with a HBP thrown in and got his 20th save. The win was the Reds 3rd in a row. In Camden Yards, the O's took a 2-0 lead into the 6th, but the Padres got a 2-run HR from Jurickson Profar, and RBI doubles by Xander Bogaerts and Jackson Merrill to take a 4-2 lead. The O's did their usual come from behind bit in the 8th, tying the game on Santander's 29th HR and a sac fly by Mountcastle, but the Padres responded with Profar's 2nd 2-run HR of the game off of O's closer Craig Kimbrel, and Padres' closer Robert Suarez got himself a vultured win after giving up the sac fly that tied it with a 1-2-3 9th, getting the red hot Santander to pop foul off 1st for the game-ender. In Toronto, the Rangers and Jaws exchanged the lead four times, but the Jays won it on a walkoff single by Ernie Clement with the bases loaded and two outs of Rangers' closer Kirby Yates. Both starters pitched poorly; 4 runs in 5 innings for the Rangers' Heaney, 5 runs in 4 1/3 innings for the Jays' Kikuchi. Clement had two RBI in the game for Toronto, Adolis Garcia hit his 18th HR and knocked in three for Texas.
Going into Staurday's games, the Yanks are still 2 behind the O's, just 3 1/2 up on the Sox, 8 ahead of the Rays, and 12 up on the Jays.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 17:58:31 GMT -5
In other AL East action today, Daulton Varsho hit a grand slam in the 1st and the Jays coasted to a 7-3 win over the Rangers in Torronto, winning the series. Kevin Gausman went all the way on a 4 hitter, striking out 8 to get over .500 at 9-8 on the season. Michael Lorenzen was knocked out by the slam and fell to 5-6 for the year. Manny Machado hit 3 hits and 3 RBI on a run-scoring single and a two-run HR, and the Padres have kept tacking on runs; they went on to beat the Orioles 9-4 in Camden Yards. Mike King threw 6 1/3 innings of 2-hit, 2-run ball, striking out 9 for his 9th win against 6 losses; Dean Kremer took the loss and is 4-7 on the season. Zack Littell threw 7 shutout innings against the Reds, allowing just 3 hits a 1 walk, and got the win in a 4-0 victory over the Reds to even that series. He's now 4-7 on the season. Andrew Abbott, who shut down the Yanks at the Stadium a few weeks back, gave up 8 hits and 4 runs and took his 7th loss against 9 wins. DH Yandy Diaz and catcher Alex Jackson hit solo HRs for the Rays.
Coming into tonight's game at Fenway, the Yanks are now 1 1/2 behind the O's, 3 1/2 up on the Sox, 7 1/2 ahead of the Rays, and 11 1/2 up on the Jays.
Stroman vs. Crawford starts in about 15 minutes, so I have just enough time to sneak in The Saturday Leaders™ for July 27th...
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 18:00:03 GMT -5
Among AL hitters....
Aaron Judge leads in bWAR at 6.8. Gunner Henderson of the O's is right behind at 6.7. Juan Soto is tied for 4th at 6.2, and Bobby Witt, Jr. of the Royals is 3rd at at 6.4.
Witt leads in BAVG at .343, and Steven is 2nd at .340. Soto has jumped back in 3rd at .307, just ahead of Jose Altuve of the Astros, also at .307, and Judge is 5th at .306
Judge now lead in OBA at .437, and Soto is 2nd at .433.
Judge still leads in slugging at .672; Soto is 2nd at .593.
Oviously, Judge still leads in OPS at 1.109, and Soto is still 2nd at 1.026
Witt is tied for the lead in games played with Anthony Volpe and J.J. Bleday of the A's at 104. Judge is 4th at 103. Alex Verdugo is in an 8-way tie for 10th at 101.
Witt and Soto have pulled ahead of Gunnar Henderson of the O's with 84 runs scored, Henderson is now 3rd at 81. Judge is 4th with 77. Volpe, out of the lead off spot, continues to slip down the top 10 list and is now 8th with 66.
Volpe still leads the AL in at-bats with 432, but Jarren Duran of the Red Sox has passed him in plate appearances with 474. Volpe is 2nd in PA with 467, Soto is tied for 4th with Marcus Semien of the Rangers at 460, Henderson is 3rd with 465. Judge is 6th with 456
and 396. Soto is tied for 4th in PA withWitt at 417, and Judge is 7th with 414
Witt now has a sizable leads in hits with 142, 15 ahead of Altuve, the Astros Jose' Altuve is 2nd at 115. Volpe has dropped out of the top 10. Soto is 6th with 114, and Judge is 7th with 112. In between those two and the top two are Duan at 125, Vlad Guerrero, Jr. of the Rays at 117, and Henderson of the O's at 115.
Judge still leads in total bases with 246, and with teams having stopped pitching to him much of the time, his chance at 400 total bases has pretty much disappeard, as has most of his lead in the category. Soto is 4th at 220, with Witt (244) and Henderson (229) between he and Judge.
Duran and Bleday are tied for the lead in doubles with 30, Judge is now tied for 5th with Willi Castro of the Twins at 24, with Witt (28) and Yordan Alvarez of the Astros (25( between them and the top two.
Duran still leads in triples at 12, but Witt is still 2nd with 10. Volpe is still 3rd with 7.
Judge still leads in HR with 38, 7 ahead of Anthoney Santaders of the O's who has exploded up the list to 2nd with 29. Henderson is 3rd with 28, and Soto is 4th at 26.
Judge still leads in RBI with 92, Jose Ramirez of the Guardians is now 10 behind. Soto is 10 behind those two, tied for 3rd with Josh Naylor of the Guardians and Brent Rooker of the A's.
Soto is first in BB with 83, but Judge has close the gap significantly, now just 3 behind Soto.
Cal Raleigh of the M's leads in batter K's with 121, 2 ahed of Zack Gelof of the A's. Judge is tied for 5th with Paul DeJong of the White Sox and Julio Rodriguez of the Mariners at at 112
Jose Caballero of the Rays still leads in steals with 25, but David Hamilton has moved into a tie with him for the top slot. Volpe is in a 5-way tie for 7th wth 18.
Vinnie Pasquantiino still leads with 12 sac flies adding two this week; Verdugo is now in a 3-way tie for 2nd with 7, along with Ynier Diaz of the Astros and Alejandro Kirk of the Jays. Soto has fallen out of the top 10, but Gleyber Torres is now in a 6-way tie for 7th with 5.
Josh Smith of the Rangers leads with 16 HBP, Willi Castro is 2nd at 15.
Judge still has 15 GIDP this season, but Justin Turner of the Jays is now tied with him for the league lead, one ahead of Yanier Diaz of the Astros and George Springer of the Jays.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 18:00:35 GMT -5
In the NL:
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads the NL in bWAR at 5.9. Ketel Marte of the D'backs is still 2nd, at 5.2.
Ohtani leads in BAVG at .315, Luis Arraez of the Padres is back in 2nd at .312. Christian Yelich of the Brewers has dropped down and out because of his back injury. Same for Yelich in OBA; he's dropped to 3rd and will drop out as he misses more games.
Mookie Betts of the Dodgers leads in OBA at .405, Ohtani is 2nd at .402.
Ohtani's still leads in slugging at .638, , but Marcel Ozuna is 2nd at .592 and Bryce Harper of the is now 3rd at .562
Ohtani and Ozuna are also 1-2 in OPS; 1.039 for Ohtani and 0.978 for Ozauna. Harper is 3rd at .946.
There is now a 4-way tie for 1st in games played: Christian Walker of the Diamondbacks, Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers, with Jurickson Profar of the Padres and his teammate Ha-Seong Kim all have played 104 games.
Ezequiel Tovar of the Rockies has moved into the lead with 423 at bats, with Arraez now in 2nd at 420. Francico Lindor of the Mets now leads in PA at 471, 6 ahead of Ohtani.
Arraez still leads in hits with 130, 5 ahead of Ohtani.
Ohtani still leads in runs scored with 79, 9 ahead Marte of the D'backs, Elly De La Cruz of the Reds and Lindo.
Ohtani still leads in total bases with 256, 33 ahead of Ozuna.
Alex Bohm of the Phillies Has opened up a sizeable lead in doubles with 36, 8 ahead of Tovar, Ohtani, and Ozzie Albies of the Braves, who landed on the IL again this week.
Corbin Caroll of the D'backs is still tied for the lead with 7 triples with Elly De La Cruz of the Reds. C.J. Abrams of the Nationals is one behind, tied with Mike Yastrzemski of the Giants.
Ohtani has still leads in HR with 31, 2 ahead of Ozuna .
Ozuna leads in RBI with 81. Ohtani and Bohm are 7 and 10 RBI behind, respectively
Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies still leads in BB with 70, Freeman is 9 behind.
De La Cruz of the Reds continues to be way out front with 51, now 20 steals ahead of Brice Turang of the Brewers, but not so much in K's with 137, just 1 ahead of the Cards' Nolan Gorman.
Brandon Nimmo of the Mets still leads in HBP with 11 but he's now tied with his teammate Lindor, as well and Nico Hoerner of the Cubs and CJ Abrams of the Nationals.
Marte still leads the NL in sac flies with 8; Bryson Stott of the Phillies is 2nd with 7
Manny Machado of the is moving further ahead of Judge with 19 GIDP to lead the NL and all of MLB, Arraez is tied with Judge and Turner, 4 behind Machado.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 18:01:09 GMT -5
Among AL pitchers:
Tairk Skubal of the Tigers now leads in pitcher bWAR at 5.0, Eric Fedde of the White Sox is now 2nd at 4.7.
Skubal leads in ERA at 2.34. Seth Lugo of the Royals is now in 2nd at 2.37. Still no Yanks in the top 10
Lugo still leads in wins with 12, but is now tied with today's O's starter Grayson Rodriguez. Skubal is now by himself in 3rd with 11. Luis Gil and Carlos Rodon have won their 10th games, and are tied for 3rd with 10, along with Brayan Bello of the Red Sox and Orioles' ace Corbin Burnes.
T.J. McFarland is now tied with Hunter Gaddis.of the Guardians for first in games pitched with 51. Brayan Abreu of the Astros is 3rd at 50.
Nestor Cortes is in a 4-way tie for the lead in games started at 22, togeher with Luis Castillo of the Mariners, his teammate George Kirby and Yusei Kikuchi of the Jays. Rodon is among 13 pitchers tied for 2nd with 21 starts.
There are now pitchers in the AL with 1 complete game, and four of them are shutouts. If the ties are ever broken, I'll let you know.
Logan Gilbert of the Mariners still holds the league lead in innnings pitched at 139, and Lugo has 136 innings pitched in2nd, Cortes is 6th at 124 1/3.
Garrett Crochet of the White continues to lead in K's at 157, and leads in K's per 9 innings 12.69. Gil continues is still out of the top 10 in K's, but 5th in K's per 9 at 10.40.
Logan Gilbert of the Mariners leads in WHIP at 0.86 and Skubal is 2nd at 0.92
Ronel Blanco of the Astros has moved back ahead of Gil in fewest hits per 9 inning, 5.49 to 5.53.
Zac Eflin of the Rays Orioles has dropped to 2nd in fewest walks per 9 inning at
Kirby still leads in K/BB ratio at 9.91, and Eflin is now 2nd 1.06, George Kirby of the Mariners is now the leader at 0.96. Cortes, despite multiple bad starts in a row, is still 8th at 1.88.
Houck leads in fewest HR per 9 innings at 0.439. Gil has risen to 6th at 0.756.
Gil leads the AL in walks allowed with 50, and teammate Marcus Stroman is tied for 4th with a surprising Chris Bassitt at 47. Triston McKenzie of the Guardians and Tyler Anderson of the Angels are between then at 49 and 48.
Emmanuel Clase of the Guardians still leads in saves with 32. Clay Holmes is still astonishingly in 3rd 21, still astonishly two behind Craig Kimbrel of the Orioles.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 18:01:46 GMT -5
On the NL side:
Hunter Greene of the Reds has zoomed into the NL lead in pitcher bWAR with 4.1. Chris Sale and Reynaldo Lopez of the Braves are tied for 2nd at 3.5
Chris Sale of the Braves won two more games this week and leads the NL with 12. Aaron Nola of the Phils is now 2nd with 11.
Tyler Glasnow of the Dodgers no longer has enough innings to qualify, so Zach Wheeler of the Phillies now leads in ERA at 2.55. Sale is 2nd at 2.68.
Sale leads in WHIP at 0.92, Glasnow is 2nd at 0.956, and Wheeler is 3rd at 0.978
Glasnow leads in H/9 innings at 6.00 just, ahead of Zack Wheeler of the Phillies at 6.11
His injury has caused Glasnow to fall to 3rd with 147 K's. The leader is now Dylan Cease of the Padres at 168; he's gotten 19 in two starts since the Break including 9 in his no-hitter this week against the Nationals. Sale is in 2nd with 19.
Logan Webb of the Giants continues to lead in games started with 22, but he's now tied with Cease. Webb still leads in innings pitched at 135 1/3; Cease is 2nd at 131.
Miles Mikolas of the Cards now leads in fewest BB per 9 at 1.445, Shota Imanaga of the Cubs is 2nd at 1.71. Imanaga is 1st in K/BB ratio at 6.35, Sale is 2nd at 5.97
Crisitan Sanchez of the Phillies leads the NL and all of MLB in fewest HR per 9 innings at a microscopic 0.235 Webb is 2nd at 0.486
Max Fried is still the only MLB pitcher with 2 complete games this year, and he's still one of now 7 pitchers (Cease's no-hitter being the 7th) in the NL who have thrown a shutout.
Tyler Rogers of the Giants is tied with teammate Ryan Walker for the lead league in games pitched at 53, both 2 ahead of Derek Law of the Nationals.
Ryan Helsley of the Cards still leads all of MLB in saves with 31, now just 1 ahead of Clase for the major league lead, and just 5 ahead of Kyle Finnegan for the NL lead.
And that wraps up the Saturday Leaders™. See you in about 15 minutes for the in-game interviews, uh, game.
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Post by presceo on Jul 27, 2024 18:13:03 GMT -5
I'm not ready for this tonight
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Post by inger on Jul 27, 2024 18:17:36 GMT -5
I'm not ready for this tonight I read you, friend. I’m not either… |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 27, 2024 18:17:54 GMT -5
I'm not ready for this tonight Ready or not, pres, here they come. Sox take the field. Crawford throwing his warmups. Verdugo getting ready to come to the plate. And good "Jazz Chisholm Will Save Us!!!" evening. |
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