About Yesterday: Yanks Get One Hit
- Paul Semendinger
- Apr 10
- 3 min read
by Paul Semendinger
April 10, 2026
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Ryan Weathers started for the Yankees and looked great. There was some good defense behind him as well. In the first inning, Ryan McMahon made a diving catch off a line drive for the third out. In the second, Randal Grichuk chased a long fly down in deep left-center to end the frame. More than that, though, Weathers threw strikes getting ahead of almost every hitter. He threw a first pitch strike to 15 of the first 18 batters he faced.
As the Yankees were held hitless, the A's broke a scoreless game in the top of the seventh inning. Max Muncy led off the inning with a triple and score on a single by Tyler Soderstrom.
Overall, Ryan Weathers pitched eight innings, allowing one run on seven hits. He walked no one and struck out six. He demonstrated why the Yankees traded for him. The question will be if he can pitch well consistently. He was certainly deserving of a win yesterday.
The Yankees finally got a hit (a Ben Rice single) in the bottom of the seventh. They had gone 12 full innings without a hit dating back to the previous game. That hit was the only one they'd get as they lost 1-0.
The Yankees have dropped three of four games and are now 8-4 on the season.
Notes:
I probably shared that I am reading Will Durant's 11-volume history of civilization series with my oldest son. We read Volume 1 last year and are reading the second volume (The Life of Greece) this year. In between innings, I read from Durant's last book (published posthumously), Fallen Leaves. Reading books is much better than watching the commercials - most of them are horrible. I most dislike the Liberty Mutual and the Allstate ads the most. Those are horrible. Reading allows me to escape the banality they force on the viewers.
In the first inning, there was an injury to a batter on the A's (Brent Rooker), and as the pinch-hitter got ready, in the background the organist played "stadium music" the way the organ used to monopolize the sounds of the ballpark. I miss those days and wish there would be more organ music and (many) fewer sound effects and dumb noises at the games.
As I sat and watched the game, I also couldn't help but think about my first game on the mound in 2026. Our season begins Sunday. I am hoping to be the Opening Day starter. I cherish every game. As a guy who will turn 58 this summer, I fear I don't have many seasons left.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Jose Caballero took a strike, challenged it, and it was determined that it was, in fact, a strike. The Yankees should have a standing rule that if a batter is batting .143, as Caballero is hitting, he does not have the luxury of asking for an ABS challenge. The challenges should be saved for big moments and/or hitters that are actually...hitting.
The ABS system works so well that they should just use it for every pitch next season. An umpire should be in a booth who can confirm every call. This would happen seamlessly in the time that the ball is thrown from the catcher to the pitcher. Right now the ABS system is a gimmick because teams have to strategize when to challenge. The purpose should be to get all the calls correct not just some if and when a player challenges.
Randal Grichuk, brought in to "mash lefties," struck out his three times up. None of his at bats was competitive.
This was the first time since 2016 that the A's won a series in the Bronx.
Jazz Chisholm, Randal Grichuk. Auston Wells, Ryan McMahon, Jose Caballero, Trent Grisham, and J.C Escarra are all batting under .200.
Rather than a June swoon maybe the Yankees have begun a glacial April...
The Yankees play in Tampa tonight. Luis Gil makes his first start of the year for the Yankees.
8-4 start is pretty good and Weathers should improve as season progresses.... 3B, CF and to lesser extent SS need some adjustments.... otherwise team is about where they should be this early in the season.
Ryan Weathers went 8. While everyone focuses on the pitch count, to me, the up and down of the different innings is just as important. I don't think Weathers ever went past a 5th up & down, and yesterday he went 8. With his injury history, I hope the 8 innings yesterday don't end up putting him on the IL.
While ABS confirms or corrects balls/strikes, it still doesn't change the bigger picture - the bad umpires still cannot be let go for poorly doing their jobs.
Cade Winquest got somewhere around $58,000 in salary plus MLB meal money, and is now headed back to the Cardinals organization without getting into the game, in order to make room for Luis Gil. Gil looked pretty good on Sunday once he knocked the rust off in a bad first inning - after not pitching for about 12 days.
GLJ has started off 2026 10-21, and an almost 1.000 SLG%. With Ryan McMahon's struggles, Jose Caballero being exposed as not even a injury-replacement fill-in, and who knows if the Yankees are using hi…
Mid season form. 2 hits. 20k last 17 innings.
I am in agreement with you that many Yankee hitters should not be allowed to challenge strikes. in truth I think almost nobody but Judge should be able to challenge until at least the 7th inning, OR if there is a runner on 3b
but Caballero did what Yankee hitters have already done way too many times this year. he challenged with nobody on base and without looking it up, I am pretty sure there were 2 outs. 2 outs and nobody on, SERIOUSLY?? that is almost a 100% never challenge scenario. who could ever maybe challenge then? better be someone who is capable of hitting at least 40 HR a year on a very regular basis