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Post by kaybli on Aug 3, 2024 10:26:26 GMT -5
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Post by JEGnj on Aug 3, 2024 10:41:59 GMT -5
What the heck is going on with Judge at DH, Grisham in CF, and Stanton OUT? I am no Stanton fan but the guy has to play to get in the groove.
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 3, 2024 10:43:10 GMT -5
I guess two straight games is Stanton limit, it's shame since I liked the way his at bats have looked.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 11:25:20 GMT -5
What the heck is going on with Judge at DH, Grisham in CF, and Stanton OUT? I am no Stanton fan but the guy has to play to get in the groove. Easy to anticipate, actually. Boone wants to be careful about playing Statnon every day, at least for a little while, plus Stanton is 2-14 against Berrios with 8 K, and Grisham is 1-5 against him with a 2 run HR. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 11:26:17 GMT -5
The Jays send out veteran righty Jose Berrios to start the middle game against the Yanks this afternoon. If the Jays win, they take both this series and wrap up the season's series against the Yanks. Berrios has had more than a few bad games against the Yanks in his career, but when he faced them in Toronto five weeks ago, he pitched a terrific game against them. As I covered his professional history then, no need to do it now. As usual in such games, I'll go over what Berrios has done since then. In the first 4 starts he made after the game against the Yanks, he struggled, going 1-2 with an ERA of 7.78, He gave up 4 or 5 runs in three of those games, and the one game he gave up 3, he couldn't make it through 5 innings. He turned it around last start against the Rangers in Toronto, going 7 innings, allowing just 3 hits 1 BB and 1 run, while striking out 5 in a 7-3 Jays win.
On the season, Berrios is 9-8 in 22 starts with an ERA of 3.93. In 130 2/3 innings, he's allowed 117 hits, 57 runs, all earned, 22 HR, 39 BB and struck out 97. His WHIP on the season is somewhat better than average at 1.194. The 22 HR are tied for 2nd most in the AL, behind only his opponent tonight, Carlos Rodon, and his K/9 is an acceleration of a trend the last couple of seasons. Up until 3 years ago, his K/9 was 9 or better in 3 of 4 seasons from 2018 to 2021, but it's been below 9 the last 3 seasons. This seaasons 6.9 K's per is a career-low rate for him, and 4th lowest in the AL. His K/BB ratio is his worst since his rookie season.
Barrios is making his 14th career start vs. the Yanks; he also had a poor relief appeance against them in the Wild Card game in 2017, taking the loss, and a mediocre and short start against them in game 1 of the 2019 game against them, getting a no-decision. Just counting the regular season work, Berrios is 4-7 vs. the Yanks with a 4.96 ERA. In 74 1/3 innings, he's allowed 72 hits, 42 runs, 41 earned, 10 HR, walked 24 and struck out 88. His career WHIP against New York is a so-so 1.29, and the Yankees team quadruple slash line against him is .249/.394/.415/.734. In the start against the Yanks in late June, he made it through 7 innings, allowing just 2 hits, 2 runs (earned), 1 HR, 3 BB and K'd 8, getting the W in a 9-2 Jays' romp.
Repertoire: Berrios had added a pitch to his mix this year, a cutter that he throws maybe 4-5 times a game. To make room for the cutter plus a slightly increased use of his 4-seamer, he's using his sinker, slurve and change a bit less. He gets close to average movement on his pitches with 2 exceptions. The tail on his FB is better than average, but the drop on his sinker is considerably less than average. By run values, the sinker, change and slurve are small plusses, the cutter is a small minus, and the 4-seamer is a relatively big minus. While his HR/FB rate is high (as you might expect for the 2nd highest HR total in the league) his BABIP is well below league average, and his strand rate is well about league average. His ERA estimators show he's been pretty lucky overall, all 3 are between 4.55 and 5.25. His batted ball profile is fairly average in all other respects, the barrel rate is average, and the hard hit rate is high, 7th among 69 eligible MLB starters.
Playing the name game: We've been here before, Jose Cruz, current leader in bWAR for Joses, and Altuve and Ramirez will fight for the all-time lead, and Jose is the only Berrios in MLB history.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 11:28:32 GMT -5
Carlos Rodon takes the mound for the Yanks this afternoon, looking to extend his modest turnaround of two excellent starts after six bad ones. He's in a 3-way tie for 4th in the AL in wins, but as mentioned above he leads the AL (and all of MLB) in HR allowed. On the season, in 22 starts, Rodon is 11-7 with a 4.34 ERA. He's pitched 120 1/3 innings, allowing 111 hits, 60 runs, 58 earned, 23 HR, and 36 BB with 129 K's. His WHIP on the season is slightly below MLB average at 1.222.
Including this season, Rodon has pitched poorly against the Jays. In 6 starts, he's 1-2 with an ERA of 5.01. In 32 1/3 innings, he's allowed 37 hits, 18 runs (earned), 4 HR, and 11 BB, striking out 38. His WHIP against Toronto is a lowly 1.485, and the Jays' team quadruple slash line against him is similar bad history: .287/.361/.434/.795. In two starts against them this year, he pitched a laborious 4 innings against the Jays in Toronto in April, allowing 5 hits and 3 runs while needing 101 pitches. In his 2nd start against them in Toronto in late June, they destroyed him for 7 hits, 2 HBP, and three-run HRs by George Springer in both the 1st and 2nd, and buried the Yanks in an 8-0 hole afer two innings they never remotely challenged, losing 9-2. He threw 41 pitches in the 1st and was at 65 pitches through 2, and got some consolation brownie points for talking Boone out of lifting him after he gave up back to back singles to open the Jays 5th, and retiring the next 3 batters to complete 5 innings at 107 pitches.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 11:34:33 GMT -5
Yankees lineup vs Berrios:
1. Verdugo (LF) is 7-25, 1 double, 1 solo HR, 1 BB, 8 K and 2 GIDP
2. Soto (RF) is 7-12 with 1 HR, 3 RBI, 5 BB (1 IBB), 3 K and 1 GIDP
3. Judge (DH) is 10-30 with 2 double, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 4 BB (1 IBB), 5 K, and 1 sac fly
4. Wells (C) is 0-2 with 1 BB and 1 K
5. Torres (2B) is 7-26 with 1 double, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 8 K, and 2 GIDP
6. Chisholm (3B) has never faced Berrios
7. Volpe (SS) is 3-10 with1 double, 1 BB, 4 K and 1 HBP
8. Rice (1B) is 0-2 with 1 BB
9. Grisham (CF) is 1-5 with a 2-run HR, 1 BB and 2 K
On the bench: Stanton is 2-14 with 2 RBI and 8 K; LeMahieu is 8-24, with 3 doubles, 1 RBI, 1 BB and 7 K; Cabrera is 6-16 with 2 doubles and 4 K's.
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Jays lineup vs. Rodon:
1. Springer (RF) is 5-20 with 1 double, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 1 BB, 4 K and 1 HBP
2. Loperfido (CF) has never faced Rodon
3. Guerrero (1B) is 5-9 with a double, 3 RBI, 3 BB and 1 GIDP
4. Kirk is 1-4 with a double, 1 K, and 1 HBP
5. Horwitz (2B) has never faced Rodon
6. Clement (SS) is 2-5 with 1 K
7. Schneider (LF) is 1-5 with 3 K.
8. Jimenez (2B) has never faced Rodon
9. Berroa (RF) hasn't either
On the bench: Varsho (CF) is 2-6 with 1 double, 1 BB, and 3 K
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 11:35:17 GMT -5
Yesterday, the Yanks watched Marcus Stroman go to the mound again with nearly nothing, and the Jays knocked him out the game having already allowed 5 runs on 8 hits and a BB with 2 outs in the 2nd and the bases loaded. Tonkin came in to give up a 2-run single to Serven, put the Yanks down 5, and though they rallied for 3 in the 5th, knocking out Jays' starter Gausman before he could qualify for the W, they never got any closer, losing 8-5. The loss ended the 5-game win streak and pushed them back down to 19 games over .500 at 65=46.
In other AL East action yesterday, the Guardians got two in the 2nd off of Dean Kremer, and two more in the 5th on a two-run double by Josh Naylor to take a 4-1 lead over the Orioles. They added 4 in the 6th off reliever Gregory Soto, newly acquired from the Phillies, and though Baltimore rallied for 3 in the 7th of Scott Barlow, the back end of their pen shut down the O's in the 8th and 9th for an 8-4 win. Carlos Carrasco gave up only one run, but lasted until just one out in the 5th, so the win went to reliever Cade Smith, who retired 5 in a row with 3 K's following Carrasco, his 6th win of the season against just 1 loss. Kremer took the loss to fall to 4-8. The loss was the O's 2nd straight after winning 4 out of 5; the Guardians have now won 5 straight. In Arlington, the Red Sox jumped on veteran right Jose Urena for a 2-run HR by Abreu in the 2nd, 4 more runs on 5 hits in the 4th, and finally knocked him out when Duran led off the 5th with a triple. The Rangers rallied a couple of times, and even cut the lead to 9-6 in the 6th. Kutter Crawford struggled through 5 1/3 innings, giving up 6 hits, 5 runs, including two HRs from Seager and one from Semien, but lasted long enough to get the win, improving to 7-8 on the season. Urena's loss dropped his record to 3-6. The win was the Sox' 2nd in a row after losing 8 of 11; the Rangers have now lost 6 of 7. In Houston, the Rays started the game with a single from Yandy Diaz, who was not traded to the Yanks or anyone else, then got a 2 run HR from Dylan Carlson, who they just acquired from the Cards for Shawn Armstrong, But that was all they got off starter Yusei Kikuchi, who struck out 11 in 5 2/3 innings and four relievers. The Astros got 2 in the 4th and took the lead in the 7th on an RBI single by Yanier Diaz. Bryan Abreu got his 2nd win with a scorless 1-2-3 inning, striking out 2, and Josh Hader closed it out in the 9th with his 22nd save.
Going into today's games, the Yanks and Orioles are still tied for first, 65-46. The Sox improved to 5 1/2 games back in 3rd. The Rays are in 4th, 8 games back. Despite their win, the Jays remain iu the cellar,
Elsewhere in the AL East today...the Red Sox play the middle game of their series against the Rangers in Arlington at 7:05 pm. Cody Bradford (3-0, 3.38 ERA) makes just his 4th start this season for Texas; Tanner Houck (8-7, 2.79 ERA) goes for Boston, trying to avoid his 3rd poor start in a row. At 7:15 pm in Cleveland, the O's play the middle game of their series against the Guardians. Zack Eflin 6-7, 4.11 ERA) makes his 2nd start for Baltimore; rookie Joey Cantillo makes his 2nd major league start for Cleveland. Also at 7:15 pm, the Rays play the middle game of their series vs. the Astros. Zack Littell (4-7, 4.18) hopes to make it two good starts in a row for Tamps after 7 shutout innings in a win over the Reds. Low-hit specialist Ronel Blanco (9-5, 2.95) goes for Houston; he leads all off MLB with the lowest hits per 9 innings at 5.5.
And, this afternoon at 1:07 at the Stadium, it's Berrios vs. Rodon.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 11:40:49 GMT -5
Now comes The Saturday Leaders™ for August 3rd.
Among AL hitters....
Aaron Judge leads the AL in bWAR at 7.4; Bobby Witt, Jr. of the Royals is 2nd at 7.2. Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles is tied with Juan Soto is tied for 4th with 6.6 bWAR.
Witt has been on a tremendous heater, and his BAVG is up to .348, leading all of MLB. Steven Kwan of the Guardians is 2nd at .333. Judge is 3rd at .318. Vlad Guerrero, Jr. of the Jays and Juan Soto are on hot streaks of their own, and have moved up to 4th and 5th at .311 and .309.
Judge is now 1st in OBA at .449; Soto is 2nd a .436
Judge still leads in slugging at .695; Rafael Devers of the Red Sox is 2nd at .615. Witt is now 3rd at .600, and Soto is 4th at .592.
Obviously, Judge still leads in OPS at 1.144, and Soto is still 2nd at 1.028.
Witt is leads the AL in games played 111, Anthony Volpe is 2nd at 110. Judge is in a 4-way tie for 3rd at 109 with Henderson, Guerrero and J,J. Bleday of the A's.
Witt has taken over the lead in runs with 94. Soto is 2nd with 91. Henderson is now 3rd with 88 and Judge is 4th with 85. Volpe is tied for 8th with Deversat 71 runs.
Jarren Duran or the Red Sox leads in plate appeances with 504; Henderson is 2nd with 496. Volpe is 3rd at 496; Soto is 4th at 491, Judge is 5th at 487. Volpe is still 1st in at bats at 459, Duran is two back.
Witt still leads in hits with 154, Duran has moved into 2nd with 134. the Astros Jose' Altuve is 3rd at 1ee. Volpe has dropped out of the top 10. Guerrero is 4th at 132, and Judge is tied for 5th with 124 hits. Henderson is 6th with 123, Soto is 7th with 122, and Volpe has moved back into the top 19; he's 8th at 119.
Judge still leads in total bases with 271 and once again threatens to reach 400 for the season. Soto has moved back up to 4th at 234, with Witt in 2nd at 265 and Henderson in 3rd at 240.
Duran is back in the lead in doubles at 33. Witt is tied for 2nd with Bleday at 31. Judge has dropped into 3-way tie for 6th with Yordan Alvarez of the Astros and Jordan Westberg of the Oriolles with 25, Devers and Guerrero are tied for 4th at 27.
Duran still leads in triples at 13, and Witt is still 2nd with 10. Volpe is still 3rd with 7.
Judge still leads in HR with 40, but Anthony Santander's hot streak has moved him to 2nd at 32. Soto is tied for 5th with Brent Rooker of the A's at 27. Between then are Henderson and Jose Ramirez of the Guardians, tied at 28.
Judge still leads in RBI with 101, Jose Ramirez of the Guardians is now 10 behind and Soto has dropped to a tie for 6th with Josh Naylor of the Guardians. In between are Rooker at 79 in 3rd, and Vinnie Pasquantino of the Royals and Witt, who are tied at 78.
Soto is first in BB with 90, and Judge is 2nd at 87.
Cal Raleigh of the M's leads in batter K's with 125, 2 ahead of Zack Gelof of the A's. Judge is 3rd at 121.
Jose Caballero of the Rays still leads in steals with 28, 1 ahead of Maikel Garcia. Volpe is in a 3-way tie for 9th with 19.
Vinnie Pasquantiino leads with 12 sac flies adding two this week; Verdugo is now in a tied for 2nd at 8, with Alejandro Kirk of the Jays. Gleyber Toors is in a 3-way tie for 5th with 6, together with Taylor Ward of the Angels and Witt. between them and Verdugo?Lirk is Yainer Diaz of the Astros with 7.
Josh Smith of the Rangers leads with 17 HBP, Tyler Freeman of the Guardians is 2nd with 16.
Judge is now in a 3-way tie for the lead with 15 GIDP, together with Diaz and Justin Turner, now with the Mariners, and Diaz.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 11:41:25 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 5.6
Ohtani leads in BAVG at .308, Luis Arraez of the Padres is 2nd at .307.
Ohtani leads in .398, his teammate Freddie Freeman is 2nd at .395.
Ohtani's still leads in slugging at .630, but Marcel Ozuna of the Braves is in 2nd at .579.
Ohtani leads in OPS at 1.028, Ozuna is 2nd at 0.954
There is now a 8-way tie for 1st in games played: including Alonso and Lindor of the Mets, Olson and Ozuna of the Braves, Profar and Kim of the Padres, Adames of the Brewers, and Castellanos of the Phillies are all at 109.
Lindor leads in PA at 497, Ohtani is 2nd at 489.
Ezequiel Tovar of the Rockies is 1st in at bats in 452, Lindor is 2nd at 442.
Arraez still leads in hits with 119, 6 ahead of Ohtani.
Ohtani still leads in runs scored with 84, Marte is 2nd at 76.
Ohtani still leads in total bases with 264, 29 ahead of Ozuna.
Alex Bohm of the Phillies continues to leads all of MLB in doubles with 39, Tovar is 2nd in the NL, 8 back.
Corbin Caroll of the D'backs still leads in triples at 9, Mike Yastrzemski of the Giants is 2nd at 8.
Ohtani has still leads in HR with 3, 2 ahead of Ozuna .
Ozuna leads in RBI with 85, Ohtani is 2nd with 79,
Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies still leads in BB with 78, Ohtani is 2nd with 62.
De La Cruz of the Reds continues to be way out front with 55 steals, 23 ahead of Brice Turang of the Brewers. He's also retaken the lead in K's with 143. Nolan Gorman of the Cards is 2nd with 140.
Brandon Nimmo of the Mets has finally lost the lead in HBP. He's in 2nd with 11, tied with Nico Hoerner of the Cubs, Lindor, and Brendan Donovan of the Cards. C.J. Abrams of the National is now in the lead by himself at 12.
Marte still leads the NL in sac flies with 7; there's still a 5-way tie for 2nd at 6.
Manny Machado of the leads the NL and all of MLB with 19 GIDP, Arraez is 2nd overall and in the league with 17.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 11:41:59 GMT -5
Among AL pitchers:
Tairk Skubal of the Tigers now leads in pitcher bWAR at 5.3, Seth Lugo of the Royals is 2nd again at 4.5. Eric Fedde has 4.9, but he was traded out of the AL to the Cards.
Corbin Burnes of the Orioles leads in ERA at 2.47. Lugo is 2nd at 2.57, just ahead of Lugo.
Lugo still leads in wins with 13, Still tied with O's starter Grayson Rodriguez. Skubal is now by himself in 3rd with 12. Luis Gil and Carlos Rodon have been are in a 3-way tie for 4th with Burnes.
T.J. McFarland is still tied with Bryan Abreu of the Astros for first in games pitched with 54. along with Hunter Gaddis of the Guardians.
Nestor Cortes is in a 6-way tie for the lead in games started a 23, togeher with Luis Castillo of the Mariners, his teammate George Kirby Yusei Kikuchi of the Astros, and Lugo and his teammate Cole Ragans.
Kevin Gausman is by himself with 2 complete games, the only such pitcher in the AL. 4 of them have shutouts.
Lugo is back in the lead in innings pitched at 150 1/3. Logan Gilbert of the Mariners in 2nd at 141 2/3
Skubal has passed Garret Crochet into 1st in K's at 162. Crochet is 2 back. Luis Gil is tied for 9th with Tanner Bibee of the Guardians at 132.
Crochet remains in first in K's per 9 innings 12.59. Skubal is well behind in 2nd at 10.69. Gil is 4th at 10.54, with Ragans between at 10.68,
Logan Gilbert now leads in WHIP at 0.90, Skubal is 2nd at 0.95.
Ronel Blanco is back in first with just 5.52 hits per 9 innings. Gil is 2nd at 5.67.
George Kirby of the M's now leads in BB per 9 innings at 0.99, and Zack Elfin, now with the O's, is 2nd at 1.01.
Kirby still leads in K/BB ratio at 8.73, and Eflin is now 2nd at 7.23. Nestor Cortesis barely hanging on to 10th at 4.36.
Houck leads in fewest HR per 9 innings at 0.42. Ragans is 2nd at 0.63. Gil has moved up to 7th at 0.80.
Gil leads the league in walks allowed at 53. Marcus Stroman is tied for 3rd at 49, tied with McKenzie, and Tyler Anderson of the Angels is 2nd at 51.
Emmanuel Clase of the Guardians still leads in saves with 32. Craig Kimbrel is 2nd with 23, and Clay Holmes is tied for 3rd with Josh Hader at 22.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 11:43:14 GMT -5
On the NL side:
Hunter Greene of the Reds leads in pitcher bWAR at 4.5. Reynaldo Lopez of the Braves is 2nd at 3.7.
Chris Sale leads in ERA at 2.71, Ranger Suarez of the Phils is 2nd at 2.87.
Sale leads in wins with 13, 2 ahead of Dylan Cease of the Padres and Aaron Nola of the Phillies.
Sale leads in WHIP at 0.95, barely ahead of Tyler Glasnow of the Dodgers at 0.96
Greene now leads in hits per 9 innings at 5.94, Cese is 2nd at 6.06.
Cease leads in K's at 174, Glasnow is 2nd at 155.
Glasnow still leads in K/9 at 11.53, just ahead of Cease at 11.46.
Logan Webb of the Giants continues to lead in games started with 23, but he's tied with Cease and Jake Irvin of the Nationals. Webb still leads in innings with 144 1/3. Cease is 2nd at 136 2/3.
Shota Imanaga of the Cubs still leads in BB per 9 innings at 1.22, and in K/BB ratio at 6.94. Miles Mikolas of the Cards in 2nd in BB per 9 at 1.45, and Sale is 2nd in K/BB ratio at 5.54.
Despite surrending a HR to D.J. Lemahieu of all people (and a grand slam, no less), Crisitan Sanchez of the Phillies leads the NL and all of MLB in fewest HR per 9 innings at a microscopic 0.30. Webb is 2nd at 0.44, and Sale is 3rd at 0.59.
Joining Gausman, Max Fried is still the only NL pitcher with 2 complete games this year, and he's still one of nine pitchers in the NL who have thrown a shutout.
Ryan Walker of the Giants now leads the NL with 55 games pitched, one ahead of his teammate Tyler Rogers and Derek Law of the Nationals.
Ryan Helsley of the Cards leads the NL in saves with 33, now 1 ahead of Clase for the major league lead, and 5 ahead of Kyle Finnegan for the NL lead.
And that wraps up the Saturday Leaders™ See you in about 25 minutes for the game.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 12:06:25 GMT -5
Girardi still questioning whether Torres would've made two had he run out of the box last night. He would've.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 12:12:03 GMT -5
Game underway.
Springer takes a Fb high above the middle, 1-0
Curve on the corner down and in, 1-1
FB misses inside near the top, 2-1
FB inside waist high, 3-1
FB waist high, outer 3rd, rolled over to Volpe, who gathers it in, throws him out, 1 down.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 3, 2024 12:13:18 GMT -5
Loperfido fouls off a first pitch FB, waist high, outside corner.
Slider on the corner away, hitt o pretty deep center, Grisham thinks it's right at him, then has to go back quickly to haul it in with a stretch on the backhand behind him for the 2nd out.
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