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Post by laurenfrances on Aug 9, 2024 16:28:56 GMT -5
Tonight's game is postponed. Are we expecting torrential rain? In regards to pitching rotation, it might not be a bad thing. A split doubleheader on Saturday.
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 9, 2024 16:46:20 GMT -5
Tonight's game is postponed. Are we expecting torrential rain? In regards to pitching rotation, it might not be a bad thing. A split doubleheader on Saturday. The Yankees will have 6 games in 5 days, so eventually they'll have to use Warren again. |
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Post by qimqam on Aug 9, 2024 17:09:57 GMT -5
Tonight's game is postponed. Are we expecting torrential rain? In regards to pitching rotation, it might not be a bad thing. A split doubleheader on Saturday. The Yankees will have 6 games in 5 days, so eventually they'll have to use Warren again. And Nestor and Stroman ... We need Schmidt back asap |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 9, 2024 18:00:21 GMT -5
The Yankees will have 6 games in 5 days, so eventually they'll have to use Warren again. And Nestor and Stroman ... We need Schmidt back asap Yeah, I wish Cashman could have found a way to make the Soto trade without including King. They could really use him right now. |
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Post by Max on Aug 9, 2024 18:36:12 GMT -5
In my opinion, it would be nice if the Yankees could add another starting pitcher like Schmidt to their rotation. Also in my opinion, it would be nice if the Yankees eventually decide to add a retractable roof to their stadium.
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Post by kaybli on Aug 9, 2024 20:43:16 GMT -5
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Post by laurenfrances on Aug 10, 2024 9:39:20 GMT -5
Josh Smith (L) SS
Corey Seager (L) DH
Marcus Semien (R) 2B
Josh Jung (R) 3B
Wyatt Langford (R) CF
Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B
Adolis García (R) RF
Robbie Grossman (S) LF
Jonah Heim (S) C
Alex Verdugo (L) LF
Juan Soto (L) RF
Aaron Judge (R) DH
Austin Wells (L) C
Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (L) 3B
Anthony Volpe (R) SS
Ben Rice (L) 1B
Trent Grisham (L) CF
Carlos Rodón
LHP
12-7, 4.37 ERA, 137 SO
Nathan Eovaldi
RHP
8-5, 3.62 ERA, 113 SO
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Post by ypaterson on Aug 10, 2024 9:57:40 GMT -5
In my opinion, it would be nice if the Yankees could add another starting pitcher like Schmidt to their rotation. Also in my opinion, it would be nice if the Yankees eventually decide to add a retractable roof to their stadium. I don't think that is going to happen in my lifetime. ( I am talking about the roof, not the starter !) It almost did though. I hope you enjoy the read: riveraveblues.com/2011/02/when-the-new-house-almost-had-a-roof-43093/ |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 10, 2024 10:54:15 GMT -5
I know the rotation needs help...
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:17:47 GMT -5
The defending World Series champ Rangers come into the Stadium to play the first of two 3-game series against the Yanks this season; the second one will be in Arlington about 3 1/2 weeks from now. The Yanks lost 4 of 7 to the Rangers last year, and were outscored by plenty, 31 to 16. The Rangers' pitching shut them down in those games; allowing them less than 3 runs in 5 of the 7. The Rangers' defense of their title has not gone well so far. They were playing reasonable ball for the first 6 weeks of this season, and after a 4-game winning streak in early May, they'd hit their high-water mark for the season to date: 21-16. They then lost 13 of 16 to drop 5 games under and 24-29, and have been meanadering back and forth between 1 and 9 games under since then. They got within a game of .500 by winnng 5 in a row two weeks ago, but have since dropped 9 of 12, and come into the series at 7 games under, 54-61. The poor state of the division has kept them in the race up until now; the Astros lead the Mariners by 1 games and are 5 games over, so the Rangers start this Yankees series in 3rd, just 6 out of 1st. There's still time for them to go on a run and win the division to take a shot at repeating, but if they mean business, they should get started on it. Soon. The rainout last night forces the Yanks to play their 2nd doubleheadeer in four days today.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:20:00 GMT -5
I apologize for the overly long Eovadli history that follows. I had extra time to look into it with the rainout yesterday, so I used it...
In the first game today, the Rangers send out Yankee nemesis veteran righty Nathan Eovaldi. the 34-year-old Eovaldi was drafted by the Dodgers in the 11th round in 2008 out of high school in Alvin, Texas (hometown of Nolan Ryan). He was a classic Texas High School righty; he threw hard, had nasty breaking stuff, and mediocre command/control. The Dodgers didn't let him pitch much that first season, just 10 2/3 innings across the very low levels of the their farm system. In 2009, the limited his starts and innings; he pitched pretty well, but just 16 starts, 26 games and just under 100 innings. In 2010, his innings were limited by some sort of injury that knocked him out of action for a month in mid-July. He came back and rehabbed the injury with 4 starts at rookie ball to close out the season. The seasonal numbers don't show it, but he pitched well enough to be named the the mid-season all-star team in the California League. His work took a big leap forward in 2011. He pitched very well in 19 starts in AA, so the Dodgers called him up to the majors. He pithed good ball for 6 starts and then, again probably trying to limit his innings, they moved him to the pen for his last 4 games. He was 1-2 as a starter with an ERA of 3.05. That off-season, both Baseball America and MLB.com had him in their Top 100 prospects. His innings for the season was 137 2/3, and he looked ready to jump into the rotation.
Instead, the Dodgers made Eovaldi start the 2012 season, possibly for service time reasons, possibly to limit his innings again, at AAA. He made 3 appearances of 1 innings among his 8 starts and 1 relief game. But they finally called him up at the end of May, and while he wasn't great, he didn't do too badly: Holding the opposition to 3 runs or less in 8 of the 10 starts. Just before the trade deadline, he was 1-6 with a 4.15 ERA. But the Dodgers were just 2 1/2 behind the eventual champion Giants, and had a gaping hole at short with Dee Gordon having a dreadful season, so the Dodgers began Eovaldi's Tour of America by trading him to the Marlins along with pitching prospect Scott McGough for ex-Yankee Randy Choate and the big prize: shortstop Hanley Ramirez. He pitched better for the Marlins but still didn't win much: 4-6 in 18 starts with a 3.39 ERA. He was a disappointment to the Marlins in 2013, going 6-14 with an ERA of 4.37, and leading the NL in hits allowed. The Yanks saw his big arm and lackluster results and thought maybe they could "fix" Eovaldi, so that offseason, they traded Martin Prado, David Phelps and cash for Eovaldi, Domingo German and firstbaseman/DH Garrett Jones.
He started out with the Yanks poorly, as was 5-2 with a 5.16 ERA after a violent beating he suffered at the hands of the team that had just traded him away, the Marlins. Pitching coach Larry Rothschild got him to add a splitter, and it seemed to work wonders: over his nest 12 starts, he was 8-0 with and ERA of 2.93. In an ominous sign, he went on the IL in early September with elbow inflammation, missing the rest of the regular season. He was going to pitch in the ALDS, but the Yanks didn't make it, losing the Wild Card game to Dallas Keuchel's power junkballing. He was back in the rotation at the start of 2016, and seemed to be doing OK, going 6-2 in his first 10 starts with an ERA of 3.71, but got hammered in his next 6 starts losing 4 of them and driving his season's ERA up to 5.51. The Yanks moved him to the pen for a few games, and returned him to the rotation. He made four decent starts, but then, the Yanks pulled him from his start against Boston after just one inning, later announcing that he had torn his UCL and would need Tommy John surgery. Realizing that his team control would run out by the end of 2018, and that he'd miss the almost a year and a half rehabbing, the Yanks DFAed Eovaldi at the end of the year, and released him in November when no team claimed him.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:22:40 GMT -5
But the Rays, who think they can fix any pitcher and are usually right, saw Eovaldi's potential and signed him to an inexpensive 2-year contract for $2 million a year. They held him off their 40-man for 2017, and let him rehab. When he came back, they made a crucial addition to his pitching assortment: they added a cutter he could use as a weapon against lefties, tying them up inside to get them off his fastball. He was up and down in 10 starts with the Rays: 3-4 with a 4.26 ERA, but knowing they'd lose him at the end of the season, the Rays took stock of their situation. On June 25th, they had a decent record, but were 18 1/2 behind the juggenaut Red Sox and 8 1/2 behind the 2nd wild card, so they cashed in Eovaldi, trading him to Boston for a lefty pitching prospect they thought they could develop (but never really did), Jalen Beeks. Buoyed by the Sox powerful attack and strong defense, Eovaldi went just 6-7 down the stretch, but with a 3.33 ERA. That fall, he established his reputation as a clutch big game pitcher by shutting down the Yanks for 7 innings in a 16-1 rout in game 3 of the ALDS, making a solid start for another win against the Astros in game 3 of the ALCS, then coming out of the pen on two days' rest to get 4 outs in the 7th and 8th of the deciding game 5, allowing closer Kimbrel to pitch just the 9th. In the World Series, Eovaldi had pitching an inning of relief in the first two games, and was supposed to start game 4, but when game 3 went 18 innings, to save the unused relievers, Eovaldi took maybe the greatest relief loss in World Series histor. On just 1 day's rest, he gave up just an unearned run in 6 innings and 90 pitches, and went out there for a 7th inning, finally losing a 7-pitch battle to Max Muncy, who hit a leadoff walkoff HR in the 18th for the Dodgers' only win of the series. Thanks partly to the saved bullpen, the Sox won the next two and the series.
In 2019, Eovaldi's season was crippled by bone fragments in his elbow. He had surgery in April, was on the IL until mid-July. The Sox made him their closer for about 3 weeks, and when that didn't work, they moved him back to the rotation, but he still wasn't right, going 1-1 in 8 starts with a 6.21 ERA to finish the season. In the COVID season of 2020, he was in the rotation the whole way, and went 4-2 with a 3.72 ERA. In 2021, he was again able to stay in the rotation the whole way, tying for the league lead with 32 starts, going 11-9 with a 3.75 ERA, making the all-star team for the first time in his career, and finishing 4th in the Cy Young vote. In the postseason, he stiff-armed the Yanks in the Wild Card game for 5 1/3 innings in a 6-2 Sox knockout, and pitched decently in a no-decision against the Rays in the ALDS. In the ALCS, he got the win in game 2 against the Astros in a so-so start, got hammered in relief and took the loss in game 4, and even though he only gave up 1 run in 4 1/3 innings in game 6, took another loss when Luis Garcia and 4 relievers combined on a 2-hit shutout. Eovaldi pitched well for the Sox in 2022, but his season was interrupted twice by injures. He missed a month with back inflammation from mid-June to mid-July, and missed another month from late August and late September with shoulder inflammation.
Feeling that he was showing wear and tear on his pitching arm in 2022, the Sox let Eovaldi leave via free agency. The Rangers, who had a solid offense in 2022 but were short several starters, took the gamble and signed him to a 2-year deal. He started 2023 pitching brilliantly for Texas, making the all-star team for the second time. He made 1 start after the All-Star Break, and after that game, he was 11-3 on the season with a 2.63 ERA. He was then put on the IL with a strained right forearm, and though he was supposed to be back in two weeks, didn't get activated for over a month. He rebuilt his pitchcount in the Rangers' rotation over 6 starts and was terrible, almost costing the Rangers a post-season slot: 1-2 with an ERA over 9.00. He got hammered by the Mariners in his last start of the season, cutting the Rangers lead to a single game with 2 to play, and had the M's won the last two of the series, Texas would've wound up in a 3-way tie with the Astros and Rangers, and they would have been out of the playoffs even though they'd beat the M's 8-5 in the season's series, because the Astros beat the Rangers 9-4, and the M's beat the Astros 9-4. But the Rangers won the next day, as did the Astros, and it was Rangers that won the West, with the Astros taking the 3rd Wild Card. Even though he pitched so badly down the stretch, manager Bochy didn't hesitate to name Eovaldi to game 2 of the Wild Card, and he shut down the Rays for 6 2/3 in a a 7-1 win that clinched that series, 2-0. He shut down the O's again in game 3 of the ALDS to sweep that series. In the ALCS he went 6 solid innings in game 2 for his 3rd win of the postseason, putting the Rangers up 2-0, and after the Astros took all three games in Arlington, pitched another great clutch game, holding the Astros to 2 in 6 1/3, and getting anothere win. The Rangers won the 7th game to get to their 2nd World Series ever. He had his only bad start of the postseason in Game 1 of the Series when the D'backs knocked him out in the 5th, but Paul Sewald blew the save in the 9th, and ex-Yankee Miguel Castro gave up the walkoff HR to Adolis Garcia in the 11th, and the Rangers got Eovaldi off the hook. In game 5, he came back to start the clincher, and was brilliant yet again, throwing 6 shutout innings for win and the first title in Rangers team history.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:25:55 GMT -5
This season Eovaldi has been mostly healthy, missing 3 1/2 weeks in May with a groin injury. But he's been able to make 20 starts, and is 8-5 with a 3.62 ERA. In 117 innings, he's allowed 97 hits, 47 runs (earned), 17 HR, 27 BB and struck out 113. His WHIP for the season is an excellent 1.066. He's been up and down in his last 5 starts, pitching very well against the Astros, Cubs and Cards, but hit hard by the O's and Red Sox (11 runs and 5 HR in the 10 innings combined). Against the Yanks, he's mostly done very well. In 20 games and 17 starts, he's 4-4 with an ERA of 3.40. In 101 2/3 innings, he's allowed 94 hits, 42 runs, 39 earned, 13 HR, and 18 BB with 92 K's. His WHIP against them is an excellent 1.102, and the team's quadruple slash line against Eovafdi is .243/.283/.403/.686, and none of that counts to the 2 excellent post-season starts he's made against them, both wins: 12 1/3 innings, 9 hits, 2 runs, 0 HR, 0 BB and 13 K's. He pitched twice against the Yanks last year: the first was a 3-hit shutout, striking out 8 in late April at Texas, the 2nd was a no-decision in late June at the Stadium, in which he gave up 2 runs in 5 2/3 inning in a 5-3 Yankees win.
Repertoire: Eovaldi is has been a 5-pitch righty ever since he junked his sinker after the 2018 season: fastball, slider, curve, splitter and cutter. The fastball acts like a sinker almost; far less rise than average but gets elite "run"; 7th most among nearly 400 MLB pitchers who throw a 4-seam fastball. The cutter gets average drop and considerably less break than average into left handed hitters. The splitter has above average movement in two planes, down and also in on righties. The curve has below average drop and break arm-side. He uses the slider about 3 times a game; it has more or less average drop and break. Run values: the FB and splitter are sizeable plus pitches, the curve and slider are sizeable minuses, which is why Eovaldi uses them less than the other three pitches. His cutter is more or less neutral in terms of run value. His FB velocity used to be elite, now it's merely above avearage. The FB spin is below average. The curve spin is 4th lowest among 155 pitchers in baseball who throw the pitch. His extension used to be near-elite, now it's just a bit above average. Eovaldi's hard hit and barrel percentages are slightly above average this season. His line drive percentage is about normal, the groundball percentage is well above average at 50%, and the flyball and popup pecentages are well below average. In spite of the flyball and popup percentages, his HR/FB rate is very high, the highest among 67 qualified starters, but his BABIP is below average, and his strand rate is very high. The three "luck factors" are close to cancelling each other out and his ERA estimators are just slightly above his current 3.62. He get considerably more swinging strikes than average but fewer called strikes than average, so his CSW is a bit above average. The pitch mix for this season to date: fastball averaging 95-6 about 38% of the time; splitter 89 about 31%; cutter 92 about 14%; curve 77 also about 14; and slider 86 about 3%.
Playing the name game: Of about 40 Nates or Nathans in MLB history, the best hitter was Nate Colbert, who put up 173 HR and 520 career RBI in a little over 1000 games playing for, among other teams, the original Padres of 1969. He made the all-star team three years in a row, and was 8th in the MVP voting in 1972 when he hit 38 HR and knocked in 111 runs. The only MLB player with the last name Nathan is Yankees' fans favorite Nathan, Joe, the closer for the Twins who blew several key games against the Yanks including the blown save in the 9th inning of game 2 of the 2009 ALDS, and giving up the hits that allowed two insurance runs in the 9th inning of game 3, sealing the Twins fate in that series. Nathan is the one and only Eovaldi in MLB history.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:28:47 GMT -5
Carlos Rodon goes for the Yanks in the first game today. He's pitched pretty well in last 3 starts after a terrible stretch of six awful starts, winning all three with a K/BB ratio of 25/5 in 18 2/3 innings with just 10 hits and 6 runs allowed. In his last start against the Jays, made it through 5 1/3 and gave up just 3 hits and 2 BB, but he left runners at 2nd and 3rd with the Yanks up 6-1, and Jake Cousins allowed the inherited runners to score on a 2-run single by Alejandro Kirk. The Yanks won anyway, 8-3. On the season, Rodon is now 12-7 with an ERA of 4.37. In 23 starts, he's pitched 125 2/3 innigns, allowed 114 hits, 63 runs, 61 earned, 24 HR (2nd most in the AL), and 38 BB with 137 K's. His WHIP on the season is an acceptable 1.21.
Against the Rangers, he's made just 5 starts, and is 1-1 vs. Texas with an ERA of 4.70. In 30 2/3 innings, he's allowed 29 hits, 16 runs (earned), 5 HR and 12 BB, striking out 32. His WHIP against them is 1.337, and the Rangers' team quadruple slash line against him is .250/.320/.405/.726. His last start against Texas was back in 2018, and he gave up 5 runs in 5 1/3 innings on 6 hits, 2 BB and 2 HR, striking out just 3, taking the loss in a 13-4 rout.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Aug 10, 2024 11:29:53 GMT -5
Yankees lineup vs Eovaldi:
1. Verdugo (LF) is 1-5 with a BB
2. Soto (RF) is 1-2 with 2 BB and 1 K
3. Judge (DH) is 10-28 with 2 doubles, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 6 K and 3 GIDP
4. Wells (C) has never faced Eovaldi
5. Torres (2B) is 8-39 with 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 8 K, and 3 GIDP
6. Chisholm (3B) is 0-2 with 1 K
7. Volpe (SS) is 0-6 with 3 K
8. Rice (1B) has never faced Eovaldi
9. Griham (CF) hasn't faced him either.
On the bench: Cabrera is 0-2 with 1 sac bunt; Stanton (DH) is 9-33 with 2 doubles, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 2 BB (1 IBB), 12 K, 1 sac fly and 1 GIDP
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Rangers' lineup vs. Rodon: As he hasn't faced the Rangers in 6 years, and the Rangers have turned over the great majority of their roster since then, it's not surprising that only 4 current Rangers have ever faced Rodon, and 3 of them are in the starting lineup:
Grossman is 5-19 with 1 double, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 6 BB and 6 K
Semien is 4-16 with 1 HR, 2 RBI and 4 K
Seager is 4-6 with a two run HR.
On the bench: Kelly is 0-9 with 4 K's and 1 HBP
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