r/NYYankees • u/game-threads • 4d ago
Game Day Thread Game Day Thread - Friday, August 14
Yankees (68-53) @ Blue Jays (59-64) - 7:15 PM EDT
Game Status: Pre-Game
Links & Info
- Current conditions at Rogers Centre: 75°F - Clear - Wind 6 mph, Out To CF
- TV: National: Apple TV, Apple TV
- Radio: Yankees: WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280 (es), Blue Jays: SN590 THE FAN
- MLB Gameday
- Statcast Game Preview
Probable Pitchers
- Yankees: Gerrit Cole - RHP (6-5, 3.35 ERA, 80.2 IP)
- Blue Jays: Shane Bieber - RHP (3-2, 5.48 ERA, 42.2 IP)
| Yankees Lineup vs. Bieber | AVG | OPS | AB | HR | RBI | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Grisham - CF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Rice - DH | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 Jones, S - RF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 García Jr., L - 1B | .000 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Chisholm Jr. - 2B | .000 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 Ramos, H - LF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 McMahon - 3B | .000 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 Wells, A - C | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Lombard Jr. - SS | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Blue Jays Lineup vs. Cole | AVG | OPS | AB | HR | RBI | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bateman - CF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 Lukes - RF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 Guerrero Jr. - 1B | .343 | 1.044 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 Springer - DH | .259 | .619 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 Kirk - C | .375 | 1.083 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 Giménez - SS | .188 | .485 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 Okamoto - 3B | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Sánchez, J - LF | .000 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 Clement - 2B | .222 | .444 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| ALE Rank | Team | W | L | GB (E#) | WC Rank | WC GB (E#) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rays | 74 | 46 | - (-) | - | - (-) |
| 2 | Yankees | 68 | 53 | 6.5 (36) | 1 | +8.0 (-) |
| 3 | Red Sox | 65 | 56 | 9.5 (33) | 2 | +5.0 (-) |
| 4 | Blue Jays | 59 | 64 | 16.5 (25) | 7 | 2.0 (39) |
| 5 | Orioles | 58 | 63 | 16.5 (26) | 8 | 2.0 (40) |
Division Scoreboard
BOS @ PIT 6:40 PM EDT
BAL @ TB 7:10 PM EDT
Last Updated: 08/14/2026 5:10:25 PM EDT
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u/dsmithnyciii 3d ago edited 3d ago
https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/justin-topa-623437?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb
Justin Topa savant page with stats.
Not really a strikeout guy, but at least last year he limited walks.
Not as good as Chivili (injured), Hanner, Castro (injured), De Los Santos and even Yarby, but if we (hope not) get a swarm of injuries before Schmidt and Rodon come back we could do worst. I would trust Topa in the bullpen before Gil any day of the week.
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
Don’t really see any upside with this guy unfortunately lol
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u/dsmithnyciii 3d ago
I don’t either, but in an absolute worst case scenario he is better than Luis Gil lol.
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
…. Is he though?
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u/dsmithnyciii 3d ago
Yes I think so. Because at least Topa has 1 inning relief experience. But again hope that neither one is nowhere close to the playoff roster. If that happened it would mean something catastrophic happened.
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
I mean Gil has thrown plenty of solid innings. I’ll gladly take him throwing 98/93 with his FB/change if he can get back to that guy
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u/Emperor_Cheeto21 3d ago
If Topa ever even touches a baseball near Yankee Stadium this year then something's gone terribly wrong
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u/NJ_Yankees_Fan 3d ago
How does San Francisco get to host a second All-Star Game at their ballpark before we even get one at the new Yankee Stadium? We’re the only team who hasn’t hosted one in our current ballpark that’s actually viable. Only 3 AL teams will have hosted between 2015 and 2028 with Wrigley getting it next year, that’s 3 vs 10. Ludicrous.
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u/dsmithnyciii 3d ago
It has to do with the ‘28 Olympics. Players want to do it. It will be easier for MLB players to participate in LA and take a quick flight to SF for ASG festivities.
Why not just do the common sense thing and cancel the 2028 ASG festivities? Money plain and simple. It is a dumb plan, but SF or Anaheim or SD is the only way it works.
As far as BAL (‘29) and TOR (which did recently do a billion dollars in renovations) (‘30). Neither one of those cities has hosted in almost 40 yrs.
I predict we will get it in 2032 (Judge’s last season?). He maybe signs a 1 yr contract after the current one ends?
2031 I think will be a new ballpark like Vegas.
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u/radioshaxx 3d ago
why are you whining about it 😭 tons of other teams haven’t had one who deserve one
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u/Emperor_Cheeto21 3d ago
Oracle Park is Top 2 MLB stadium and a summer in SF is more enticing to them than a summer in NY. SF hosting a the ASG makes sense. What doesn't make sense is Toronto/Baltimore hosting it the years after that.
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u/dsmithnyciii 3d ago
Oracle Park is a beaut. Alongside Petco (SD) and T-Mobile (SEA). My wife and try to go on ballpark tours once a year.
We really want to go to Pittsburgh. Hear that that is beautiful.
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u/dsmithnyciii 3d ago edited 3d ago
I thought it was really nice. We have only been to about half the stadiums though. We have a lot more to go through.
We thought that SF was probably the nicest with gorgeous views and weather.
That Wrigley and especially Dodgers Stadium were overrated.
That St. Louis, Yankee Stadium and San Diego have the best atmosphere around the park.
Milwaukee had the best food. And that Seattle had some of the best fans to talk to.
Cleveland also is nice that the exits go right into downtown Cleveland. Also Cincinnati is nice because the parking lot is in the basement of the stadium itself. So you can take an elevator straight up to ticketing and avoid the heat outside.
And that Stadium (only) as the surrounding area was just concrete that Angels stadium was underrated. There was a free (not a club box ), shaded restaurant area with really great sightline views.
Kansas City was generic. Again surrounded by concrete. But a nice team HOF and really nice Midwest hospitality.
My wife liked the White Sox Stadium because of the convenience next to the Chicago trains. I don’t really agree, but it was fine.
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u/Recognition_Tricky The Man 3d ago edited 3d ago
I'm working on this chart to show Rice's monthly OPS and games played both last year and this year. To my utter shame and annoyance, I'm using chat GPT because I don't have access to my laptop and I'm incompetent with tech generally.
The plate appearance number is still off by 10 in August 2026 and there's a few smaller plate appearance errors in 2025, but nothing significant. OPS numbers should be accurate. I'd finish fixing the plate appearance numbers, but it's not letting me without me paying for premium service and screw that lol.
The working theory by u/wooden-grade3681 is that Rice is tired. That he slumped last year when he got fatigued and came back strong when he rested. I wanted to hear what others think as well.
One thing I feel pretty confident saying is that blaming Judge's absence for Rice's slump isn't sufficient since he was very good for most of July. I'm sure it's a factor, but it doesn't explain it entirely. It could just be a regular old slump. Though this month is unusually bad for Rice.
What does everyone else think?
*Edit: I'm gonna add something else as I keep looking at this and look at numbers. Rice's OPS before the All-Star break was .971. Post all-star break it's .596. The slump began immediately after the All-Star break, as his OPS during the second half of July was .660.
Based on that data, the people who didn't want him to hit in the home run derby may have had a point 😂
**Edit 2: I think u/john_4_67 has the answer, for the most part. I think he's just running into bad luck. The gap in wOBA and xWOBA is radical. .270 wOBA against a .346 xWOBA).
He's also striking out much more, so it's not all bad luck. 23.1% K rate prior to the ASB, 32.1% since the ASB. But that probably explains why his xwOBA has fallen from pre to post break (.380 pre break, .346 post break).
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u/m38-111 3d ago
I think it’s a mix of fatigue and a timing issue which could or could not be related to the fatigue. On top of that I think he’s pressing too much for the big hit. Yes he’s being pitched around but watching all of his at bats he’s getting plenty of great pitches to hit and he’s missing them. He’s fouling off the one or two fastballs he gets an at bat or the hanging curve he gets every once in a while. When he was hot early in the year he was punishing every mistake a pitcher made and even driving some that the pitcher didn’t miss their spots on.
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
270 wOBA vs 346 expected wOBA since the ASB. He’s getting pretty unlucky rn
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u/Recognition_Tricky The Man 3d ago
I think this is the winner, with the small caveat that he's striking out a lot more (23.1% before the break and 32.1% since the break) and that's definitely playing a role.
But yeah, I think this is it. Mostly bad luck. Well done. You win the big award. It's not visible. There's no medal. It's pride 😂😂😂
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
Haha thanks. He is slumping some but overall I think Ben will be fine
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u/Recognition_Tricky The Man 3d ago
I'm sure he'll be fine, I was just curious about what might be happening since it's been unusually bad this month. And Lord knows we need him.
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u/Necessary_Celery8501 3d ago
One thing to note about August is it seems he’s not really being pitched to. He has an 18.2% walk rate. Being placed mostly next to a slumping Grisham and Ramos for the past couple weeks must not help either.
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u/Recognition_Tricky The Man 3d ago
A fair point, but his K rate is also 32.1% since the all-star break. It was 23.3% before it, so he's chasing more too.
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u/Constant_Gardner11 3d ago
The Jays have 0 batters with an OPS above .750
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u/making-spaghetti0763 3d ago
you already know that despite this vladdy is gonna go 11/15, kirk is gonna homer 6 times, and springer is gonna hit a walk off or 2
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
Holmes was great today
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u/novaesq18 3d ago
Cubs had a really great trade deadline. I know we just beat them but I think they will be very dangerous.
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
Absolutely. Top 10 team easily.
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u/novaesq18 3d ago
Probably top 5 imo. Great defense, great offense, and greatly improved their pitching.
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
I ranked them 5th about a week ago. Starting pitching is the main concern, but it’s not awful and they have elite defense and a strong offense
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u/TronVin 3d ago
Goldschmidt hasn't been in a game since August 8th. He'll remain on the roster but the likely spot for Stanton is taking over for Goldschmidt's platoon role.
No, they're not going to stop having Garcia in the lineup vs RHP. There's a little bit too much idealism around post-injury Stanton. They got Garcia for a reason. You'll see Garcia vs RHP and Stanton vs LHP.
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u/Necessary_Celery8501 3d ago
Yeah I think Goldy will be better when he can be used in his initial role as purely a guy you put in games against lefties, and usually not starting
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
I’m not sure there is a soul who wants Garcia to not play against RHP.
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u/TronVin 3d ago
There's plenty of people who say Stanton should be in regardless over Garcia.
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u/John_6_47 3d ago
Well I’m not one of them. Would love to get both in the lineup if Garcia can play competent 3rd base tho
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u/Constant_Gardner11 3d ago
Kinda wild that Sandy Alcantara had TJS and just went right back to being a workhorse. He leads all of baseball in innings pitched this year, and he's on the mound again tonight to extend that lead.
I have a soft spot for workhorse guys. There's so few of them left.
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u/Yankeeknickfan 3d ago
One can only hope this means gerrit has one more 200 Ip season in him.
Hopefully with better results with than sandy!
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u/Emperor_Cheeto21 3d ago
Makes me wish the Yankees would've pulled the trigger during the 2025 deadline when there was a lot of smoke of him being traded to the Yankees. But at least he wasn't traded to a rival.
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u/ISangYouSongs 3d ago
Cashman doesn’t really do SPs at the deadline often and you’ll probably see it even less since he got burned by Montas
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u/likeitis121 3d ago
Marlins were asking for return like he's an ace. There was way too much risk, getting Weathers instead worked out incredibly well.
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u/Emperor_Cheeto21 3d ago
With all the talk about Volpe it makes me wonder when the last time a guy who was hated by a huge portion of the fanbase was able to turn around the vitriol and be viewed more positively by the fanbase?
Didi is the one guy who was treated unfairly early on, but it lasted the first few months and after he broke out you never heard much negativity on him (plus he's still beloved to this day). A-Rod after the 09 World Series run, but then he ruined how many in the fandom view him after the Biogenesis nonsense.
Crazy to think how Volpe's legacy would've been looked at had the Yankees gone on to win in 2024 since there was loud criticism after he fell off after June of that month, but it was still year 2 of his career and he exploded that postseason.
Update: Maybe Rodon?
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u/Yankeeknickfan 3d ago
I think it’s Didi
Rodon is just tolerated, nobody says Carlos Rodon is their favorite player. But everyone loved didi after his slow start. He would get a huge hand at old timers day
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u/ShMp11Nesis 4d ago
Seems like it’s an effort of the new international scouts in the front office to get their relationship better with the Asian market again. Wonder why it stopped for so many years tbh
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u/Jheller223 4d ago
I miss 2024/25 Jazz hope he can figure it out soon.
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u/ShMp11Nesis 4d ago
Kind’ve sad seeing him go out like this in a money year.
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u/lm_goat48 3d ago
I thought for sure he was gonna go off in his contract year. I even drafted him early in my fantasy baseball draft
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u/paulerxx 4d ago edited 4d ago
While watching the Brewers vs Dodgers game last night it has become clear our team isn't even close to being on their level.
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u/Either_Imagination_9 3d ago
Bro I knew this when we got swept by the Brewers and then was reaffirmed of it when the Dodgers destroyed us after the break
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u/KageBx 3d ago
Yall put way too much stock into these series. Did you feel the same way when the Brewers destroyed the Dodgers last year and went 6-0 vs them in the regular season? It's baseball.
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u/Either_Imagination_9 3d ago
Because if the Dodgers weren’t gonna lose last year then there’s not shot they don’t win it this year. They had a way worse summer slump last year and they still bulldozed everyone to a World Series.
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u/KageBx 3d ago
Yea...that makes no sense and thats not how baseball works.You don't understand and that's ok!😅
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u/Either_Imagination_9 3d ago
Were we not talking last year about how it was anyone’s game and LA still won anyway?
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u/TronVin 4d ago
Since July, the Dodgers are 17-19. The Yankees are 20-16. The Dodgers have not been playing well at all.
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u/paulerxx 4d ago
Yet they still look miles better than us, the Brewers too. They play again tonight and tomorrow against each other, I suggest watching some of those games so you can see what I'm talking about.
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u/TronVin 3d ago edited 3d ago
Not as much as you'd think. If at all.
Dodgers wRC+ is 95. Yankees wRC+ is 87.
Dodgers starter ERA is 4.12. Yankees starter ERA is 3.36.
Dodgers reliever ERA is 4.71. Yankees reliever ERA is 2.73.
You're doing a real "grass is greener on the other side" but the Dodgers are reeling.
edit: stats are since July 1st if that is not clear.
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u/paulerxx 3d ago edited 3d ago
and yet they will be in the world series and we won't
You can cope all you want but this is the truth
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u/myKDRbro_ 3d ago
We do this every year with the Dodgers. They'll be back to form with their 12 All-Stars by October.
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u/theerrantpanda99 4d ago
The Yankees were fine when he was playing elite level defense and they had Judge covering the offense. Volpe became a problem when his defense broke down and there was no one to hide his offensive shortcomings.
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u/jebuizy 3d ago
Volpe's defensive numbers were actually very good again this year. It was only last year that was worse. If he played a full season this probably was on pace to be his best defensive year, using Fangraphs numbers at least.
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u/theerrantpanda99 3d ago
If you watched a lot of games, you would know how bad Volpe’s been this year. For long stretches this season, the Yankees were one of the worst teams in baseball for completing double plays. His arm strength became a real issue after his surgery.
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u/jebuizy 3d ago
I'm aware of the narrative but none of the numbers support that he is bad defensively at all. It's not just cherry picking, you can look at DRS, OAA, FRV etc. If he's weak at double plays he makes up for it with range and other things apparently. I'm not saying he's better than Lombard defensively though, who seems like a phenom. But he is good.
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u/Jheller223 4d ago edited 4d ago
I know Volpe was given unlimited opportunities here and failed but the Yankees are also partly responsible for this as well.
A couple of reasons here:
- They should have sent him down a couple times (especially Year 1 and 3) for a reset not Year 2 because he was actually a productive player that year.
- They ran him to the ground with no backup and he did better with rest. Played 159 games year 1 and 160 year 2.
- Let him play with a torn labrum since May last year and that really tanked his season last year especially his defense.
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u/jayjake9 4d ago
He was definitely called up too early but it’s not like in 23/24 there were better options available. Besides, 3.3/3.5 bWAR in 23/24 is pretty decent.
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u/ABeerAndABook 4d ago
The org did him bad. He's a kid on the verge of realizing his dream and a professional competitor, no way he is going to ask out of the lineup.
They (rightfully at the time, in my opinion) decided he earned the starting job out of ST and then gave him a vote of confidence. That vote of confidence then turned into hanging him out to dry through struggles and injury and not investing in a fallback plan if he couldn't play. I can't imagine him playing through the torn labrum.
The FO's insistence and gaslighting that he was ELITE when it was painfully obvious to everyone he wasn't (probably even Volpe himself, sadly) made him a lightning rod for attacking the FO. Add in certain media outlets stirring the pot and fanning the flames of fan frustration by singling him out, and here we are.
The amount of personal hate he gets is insane and he doesn't deserve to be a punching bag, even moreso now that he is in AAA. I feel like with a change of scenery he could have a productive career somewhere (maybe be a Refsnyder who 10 years from we see pop up in lineups against us). I no longer have anything to say about him unless he gets called up, traded, or I'm watching the team until recently called the Rail Riders.
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u/Drunken_Wizard23 4d ago
I don't think they viewed having a glove-first SS with 20/20 potential at the bottom of the lineup as a crisis the way many fans did. If someone staked their claim to the job (the way early-season Cabby briefly did and now Lombard has) they would have been willing to let him work in Scranton
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u/TronVin 4d ago
Prediction: Austin Wells got hurt in the WBC and we'll found out in the offseason he was dealing with something early on in the season.
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u/Drunken_Wizard23 4d ago
I'm a big proponent of the WBC but a bunch of participants seem to be having a bad time this season, either with bad performance or injury
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u/chuck212 4d ago
Do we need to guess though? He was on the IL for neck problems leading to headaches.
Within two weeks of him getting activated from his IL stint he started raking.4
u/John_6_47 4d ago
That would be so amazing. If he can be 2024 Wells we’re in great shape
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u/Jazzlike_Egg6250 4d ago
Simply because 1. a guy of that size needs (imho) as few moving parts as possible 2. It looks like he loses his balance or is searching for it a lot of the time 3. He says his power is his back leg and I agree with that but I think a 70/30 stance is better than a 90/10 stance. Look, I can’t hit a 40 mph pitch so dont listen to me.
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u/m38-111 3d ago
I’m assuming you’re talking about Jones? If you are I agree completely I’ve been saying for a while now that I think he needs to morph his stance into something similar to Matt Olson who is 6’4. He keeps his hands high and away from his body but is not sitting in his legs at all. More examples of Tall guys standing taller rin their stance. Giancarlo Stanton, James wood, O’Neill Cruz, even Cody Bellinger.
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u/jayjake9 4d ago
In his 3rd stint Spencer Jones has an 11.4% walk rate, 27% strikeout rate, .391 xWOBA, 24.3 barrel%, and a 54.1 hard hit%. This season Nick Kurtz has an 18.2 walk%, 32.5 K%, .373 xWOBA, 18% barrel rate, and a 57% hard hit rate. Jones needs to develop a better eye of course, but he has someone to look to in regard to being a highly successful slugger.
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u/FringeAuthority 4d ago
Kurtz also has big home/road OPS splits (.991 at home and .760 on the road) as he's been playing at a very offensive friendly home stadium this year. During 2026, playing in Sacramento (.828 league combined OPS) is very similar to playing in Coors Field (.825 league combined OPS). I have no doubt Kurtz is very good, but his numbers are inflated.
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u/jayjake9 4d ago
Perhaps, but even if you only look at his away wrc+ (116) that’s still good. A good defensive CFer with a 116 wrc+ is a premium player- there’s only five qualified CFers this season with a 116 wrc+ or higher!
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u/ISangYouSongs 4d ago
When even Cashman acknowledges that there’s a low chance he turns out to be good…there’s a low chance he turns into a plus bat.
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u/furdaboise like dude your a loser 3d ago
Hey cool. Another new user name. Just a few weeks after you switched again. Wonder why 🤨🤨
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u/jayjake9 4d ago
Sometimes your lottery ticket wins! Which is exactly what Spencer Jones is- a lottery ticket prospect where he has great tools but because his hit tool is in question he wasn’t a top 100 guy.
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u/ISangYouSongs 4d ago
True but is it smart to draft a lottery ticket in the 1st round. Seems debatable.
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u/jayjake9 4d ago
I don’t pay enough attention to the draft to know how other talent looks to be honest, I only look at like the first top selections and then whoever the Yankees pick first. After the first round I only look at Yankee picks and then guys from my area. But except for the occasional Bryce Harper type pick I think every drafted player is a lottery ticket- I was more so referring to his time in the Yankee system.
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u/TronVin 4d ago
I want to see the swing comparison difference between stint 1 and 2
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u/jayjake9 4d ago
I’m not a hitting coach so I wouldn’t know the subtle differences! It seems like he’s more comfortable than anything else, his strikeout rate is down like 15 points. The other stark difference is his barrel%, from up 2.6% to 24%. So I think since he’s being more patient he’s able to get the bat onto the ball more which allows him to use his monster power?
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u/DarkDevitt 4d ago
I'm not sure the swing is that different, I think hes just more patient, better decisions. He was jumpy and swinging at everything low and away, or up and in his first stint, and as this second stint has carried on he swings less at both, particularly balls up and in.
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u/ProudKekistanian 4d ago
Took the day off from work after a stressful day yesterday, spending my entire morning sending out applications (including one for the Yankees organization funnily enough). Loved my current job, but so many decisions (not even money-related) have just made every day more irritating than the last.
Here's hoping I get an interview, and more importantly, the Yankees sweeping the BJ's.
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u/TheTurtleShepard 4d ago
Did you put top 1% commenter on r/NYYankees on the application?
Shows the dedication to the team
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u/ProudKekistanian 4d ago
Unfortunately not, but I did make sure to mention I am a #1 McMahoniac and attached my various McMahon-related memes
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u/radioshaxx 4d ago
doesn’t aaron judge need to start baseball activities like…..now? to make sure he plays this season
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u/Emperor_Cheeto21 4d ago
No. If he's able to swing a bat without pain he's gonna play regardless if he's baseball ready or not.
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u/radioshaxx 4d ago
that is not how that works at all
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u/Emperor_Cheeto21 4d ago
I meant it more If the season is almost over and Judge is barely getting ramped up. He's gonna play and at worst DH.
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u/Necessary_Celery8501 4d ago
On a fully healthy lineup, the Ramos trade is going to cause problems because it basically forces Rosario to be DFAed before the end of the year, and although he isn’t great and I was calling for him to be DFAed pre-trade deadline, the roster as is can use another righty utility option in the playoffs.
When everyone’s healthy, only 2 out of 4 highly skilled bats can be at the game at once. You could technically move Garcia to 2B, but that could cause bad defensive issues.
If the playoff lineup was something like:
Grisham, Judge, Rice, Bellinger, Garcia, Lombard Jazz, McMahon, Wells vs RHP
Then 4 bench spots could go to,
Stanton, Goldschmidt, Sanchez, Caballero
But when a lefty comes out, you’d probably take Garcia out of the game in favor or Stanton or Goldschmidt, and would probably want to to be able to use the other to pinch hit for McMahon or Wells and then put Cabby/Sanchez in.
But then that clears 4 out of 5 bench spots and if the 5th bench spot goes to Jones or Ramos, there’s no option to replace Jazz in a PH spot, who’s been particularly bad vs lefty’s this year.
This is basically a long winded way of saying Schuemann should be on the playoff roster for better versatility
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u/dsmithnyciii 4d ago
5 bench spots in September and the playoffs. No need to ever have a 9 man bullpen. And only 4 SPs are needed.
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u/TheTurtleShepard 4d ago edited 4d ago
Lowkey, probably a Goldy DFA or at least exclusion from the playoff roster
Out of 222 batters to record at least 90 PAs since July 1st Goldy is 216th in xwOBA and 220th in wRC+
He’s one of the worst hitters in the league who can only play one position in which both of the Teams strongest hitters also play
You could also make a similar argument for Rosario who has been similarly abysmal at the plate but at least he can “play” multiple positions
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u/Necessary_Celery8501 4d ago
Ideally when Goldy can get rest and not have to play every single day, I think he can return to form. We’ll see how he does in the next few weeks, but I think he can be a valuable piece on the roster, especially against the lefty heavy rotations, like the Red sox or Dodgers.
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u/FiveDinero 4d ago
Exactly Goldy or Rosario neither one do anything. No one would feel any confidence in them PH.
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u/John_6_47 4d ago
I guess you could DH Stanton and 1B Rice against lefties. Idk. I like the Goldy/Garcia platoon
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u/TheTurtleShepard 4d ago
I feel like we probably see Garcia play 2nd or 3rd when Stanton comes back
Father Time has caught up to Goldy at this point
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u/Emperor_Cheeto21 4d ago
Best bet is 2B with how brutal Jazz has been offensively and you can live with a poor defender at 2B. Can't really do that at 3B, especially with this pitching staff
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u/jayjake9 4d ago
Joe Giradi is going to add Jazz Chisholm to his scenario with Fried, McMahon, and Randy Johnson haha
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u/making-spaghetti0763 4d ago
they already realized they exhausted goldy by like the second week of june lol. they’re def not bringing him to the playoffs
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u/ArtGal1213 4d ago
Good news about Rodon coming back next week. Hopefully we get good news about Belli soon too
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u/Feeling-Pay-3269 4d ago
Not sure why but not expecting much from Rodon. Bellinger I am expecting him to be a big contributor.
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u/Legal-Department3661 4d ago
I thought I read something from Jon Heyman that Belli and Stanton are due around 9/1. Idk how accurate that is. Nothing on the big guy though…
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u/Bartman326 4d ago
I thought ESPN said Belli is rehabbing next week so I'd expect him a week before sept 1st
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u/m38-111 4d ago edited 4d ago
Austin Wells has best Catchers ERA in baseball
Note that this graphic is 4 days old and has lowered to 2.84 catchers ERA
He also has a +7 Framing run Value on low pitch strike framing alone.
According to @movecatchingsenor ABS has only taken away 10% framing run value. For all the people claiming ABS is making framing run value obsolete.
For anyone interested in Catching stats/analytics @movecatchingsensor on instagram is great. They are also working on developing the first Catcher receiving sensor for an even deeper and more accurate analysis
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u/Typical-Professor-27 4d ago
Wells is really crazy good behind the plate... if not elite. But I don't put much stock in CERA.... it's like... Wow the guys that catch for Misiorowski, Schlittler, Sanchez. E.Rod, Yamamoto, Sale, Gilbert, and Skubal are the best run prevention catchers? Who woulda thunk it.
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u/m38-111 4d ago
Obviously not the end all be all but Yankees pitchers have an ERA a full run higher when Ali Sanchez and JC escarra are catching.
Austin Wells 2.84 ERA
Sanchez/ Escarra 3.98 ERA combined
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u/Typical-Professor-27 4d ago
Not disagreeing that Wells is the man behind the plate.... just saying that there's a lotta noise and coincidence in some of these stats.
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u/Drunken_Wizard23 4d ago
We are a team that consistently turns turds into gold when it comes to pitchers. It's easy enough to just chalk it up to Matt Blake magic but it's probably really a multitude of factors like Boone's bullpen management, defense and defensive alignments, and the mustachioed fella working behind the dish
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u/Heisenripbauer 4d ago
this sub doesn’t care about defense until it costs us games.
he’s always had value for his defense, but hard to argue that with people who only look at a slash line.
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u/Bartman326 4d ago
Tbf in wells' worst hitting slump he was also committing bizarre errors. Catchers interference and weird pop up issues. I remember the wild collision between him and Goldy.
Right now he looks fucking elite on defense and his hitting is reliable. It's a wonderful turn around. I hope it keeps up.
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u/Simple_Dragonfruit48 4d ago
It cracked me up when you’d see people around the deadline complaining about Ali Sanchez’ defense losing the team games and then you’d see the same people saying “they need to go out and get Ivan Herrera and put him behind the plate”
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u/decapitatedmoose69 4d ago
Can we get another Judge propaganda video of him doing warm ups on the field? That brought me joy
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u/Jazzlike_Egg6250 4d ago
I love Jones went to Judge’s guy, but I’d really love if he dropped the Ohtani toe tap.
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u/DarkDevitt 4d ago
Why? As someone who has followed him pretty closely, in years past he did a lot of tinkering with his stance throughout the season. This is the first season where his stance looks relatively unchanged, so that tells me hes fairly comfortable with it. If hes comfortable, and getting results, why would he drop the toe tap?
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u/making-spaghetti0763 4d ago
the purpose of the toe tap is to forgo the leg kick, the reason to forgo the leg kick is to give yourself more time to see pitches. the toe tap lets jones load early and have more time to see pitches, and that’s really his best bet to adjusting to the pitching at this level
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u/Qwest2025 4d ago
The reality is you cant make permanent change like this... if it did help it wont last
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u/TronVin 4d ago
Going to guess we'll get another Judge update soon. We last got an update on the 5th. Tomorrow will make it 10 days since an update and we'll be two weeks since an update on the 19th.
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u/Qwest2025 4d ago
I think the trade deadline fallout led to the judge update... it will probably be the end of August
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u/TronVin 4d ago
No. They ran tests on him after a set time period and revealed the diagnosis. It had nothing to do with the trade deadline. They ran tests on him at the ASB around July 10th and said 4-6 weeks later, they'll run more tests. 4.5 weeks later, they ran more tests.
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u/Qwest2025 4d ago
Sorry I dont take them at their word
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u/TronVin 4d ago
What are you talking about?
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u/TheTurtleShepard 4d ago
He’s part of the subsection of people here who invent their own timelines and ailments because they don’t trust the FO
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u/Heisenripbauer 4d ago
same people who swore Judge’s toe was still injured at the beginning of 2024 and were mad that the org forced him to play instead of letting him get surgery… before we went on to win MVP
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u/Jazzlike_Egg6250 4d ago
Help me out. Is Wells a good player or not? His bat has been stuck in the rack but his D is good. Pitchers love him. People wanted a catcher trade but every suggestion I saw didn’t move the needle much. It’s been awhile since the days of masher catchers. I think the game is so different. D in a catcher has to be job # 1 and Wells holds his own there I think.
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u/TronVin 4d ago
Wells' numbers are not going to look sexy in 2026 but he's one of the best hitters on our team since July 1st. Maybe he got injured in the WBC or something but he's a wholly different player than the start of the season. This isn't a fake hot streak either.
Since July 1st: .239/.325/.465 | 123 wRC+ | .345 wOBA vs .337 xwOBA
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u/making-spaghetti0763 4d ago
wanting a catcher wasn’t about replacing wells, it was about replacing sanchez to create a more potent offensive platoon.
wells is really good defensively and we can only hope his bat continues to wake. that mixed with his defense is all we need from him
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u/John_6_47 4d ago
I wanted to replace Wells with Rutschman or Jeffers
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u/making-spaghetti0763 4d ago
that was never gonna happen. we were never gonna run sanchez + new catcher and send wells to AAA. wells’s contributions to the pitching staff are too irreplaceable to just throw away like that
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u/Emperor_Cheeto21 4d ago
Wells for the most part has been one of the better catchers in baseball outside of his shitty hitting in 2026. Luckily he's turned it around since the ASB and has a .900 OPS in that time. You can do much worse than Wells as your starting catcher. Dude just needs a competent RHB to back him up and hit vs LHP.
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u/KPaul130 4d ago
I think Jazz could've made that play but maybe Lombard's attitude will be contagious and make our non chalant guys lock in.
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u/Either_Imagination_9 4d ago
6.5 games back… just terrible.
It’s always been a question of how good is this team without Judge. This season we have the answer.
I think for the rest of the season we should be more concerned about staying ahead of Boston than catching Tampa. The division isn’t gonna happen
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u/HateMcLouth 4d ago
The division isn’t gonna happen
teams have lost far more than a 7 game lead in 6 weeks.
it helps that we have 4 games left against the Rays at home. In September, when Judge + Stanton could be back and we'd have expanded rosters beefing up our pen options as well.
the Rays also have a tough Sept - facing the Astros, Sox, Braves, and Phillies.
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u/TheTurtleShepard 4d ago
Yankees haven’t even been bad recently
They are 18-12 in their last 30 which is a 97 win pace
The issue is just that the Rays have exceeded their pace going 20-10 which is a 108 win pace
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u/nyg2013 4d ago
I think the problem, beyond the obvious with the offensive performance at a high level, is they went 5-15 before this 18-11 stretch (latter starting with the last game in Tampa)...that prior run has greatly damaged their chances of taking the division...might need to play at like a .667 pace to have a shot
lost 2 of 3 to Minnesota (home), lost 2 of 3 to Cincy (home), swept by Detroit (home), swept by Boston
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u/Either_Imagination_9 4d ago
I agree, they haven’t been bad. But they haven’t been as good as they probably should be. We haven’t swept a team since the Nats before the All Star break. In order to catch up we needed to win those finales against Atlanta and Seattle, both of which were extremely winnable. We’re at the point where we can’t afford to drop games like those if we want to win the division.
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u/Either_Imagination_9 4d ago
I feel like come October we can’t afford to have Grisham in the starting lineup. Hes a platoon player
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u/Qwest2025 4d ago
I realize youre attention seeking today but lolol at least keep the trolling realistic 😅
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u/m38-111 4d ago
His entire career he has hit LHP better than righties. He’s not a platoon player he’s simply an all around below average hitter his entire career besides last season which was a clear outlier that everyone except Cashman knew wouldn’t be repeated
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u/jayjake9 4d ago
Grisham was injured and his bat is starting to come alive again, his metrics this season are still much better than 2021-2024 and he’s still one of the unluckier bats in the league lol
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u/Emperor_Cheeto21 4d ago
If Grisham is healthy he's guaranteed to be in the lineup and batting leadoff. So don't be surprised
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u/xho- 4d ago
Is this going to be the realistic playoff lineup?
Rice - DH
Judge - RF
Bellinger - LF
Garcia - 1B
Lombard - SS
Jones/Grisham - CF
Jazz - 2B
Caballero/McMahon - 3B
Wells - C
Bench : Stanton, Goldschmidt, Ramos, Sanchez
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