Game 18: Royals (8-10) vs Yankees (10-7)

Philip Cashier
Apr 16
1 min read

Schmidt activated!

Winans optioned to AAA.

For the first time, the Yankees are at full Schmidt strength.

The total of the BAs for the guys hitting in front of and after Judge do NOT equal his.

Rice is off the menu.

Dominquez gets start vs lefty.

ROYALS

India, 3B -- .196

Witt, SS -- .313

Pasquantino, 1B -- .194

Perez, C -- .206

Garcia, DH -- .276

Melendez, LF -- .193

Waters, RF -- .182

Tolbert, 2B -- .000

Isbel, CF -- .268

Bubic, P -- 2-1, 0.96

YANKEES

Goldschmidt, 1B -- .349

Bellinger, RF -- .180

Judge, DH -- .381

Chisholm, 2B -- .167

Wells, C -- .217

Volpe, SS -- .196

Grisham, CF -- .343

Dominquez, LF -- .275

Peraza, 3B -- .211

Schmidt, P -- 0-0. -.--

Game on Amazon Prime Video at 7 pm.

NEXT UP: Thursday, April 17, 7 pm, at Tampa Bay

12 Comments

fuster

Apr 17

would anyone blame Judge, currently hitting .409, if he decided to sit out the final 144 games?

Robert Malchman

Apr 17

Replying to

It wouldn't work since you need 502 PAs to qualify for a batting title. Adding an 0-for-421 would bring his BA down to .050, so probably not worth it.

fuster

Apr 17

phil gets his gavel

in absentia

fantasyfb3313

Apr 17

Jazz is really a pleasure to watch on the bases. on the Volpe double, Jazz was right on Judge's heels and scored so easily from first

fantasyfb3313

Apr 16

I think you have the BAs correct but the names flipped. Volpe is batting 5 and Wells 6.

kind of starting to find it a little strange that JDom continues to get treated like he has to prove he can play defense, but Volpe and Jazz do not have to prove they should be batting in the middle of the order.

fuster

Apr 17

Replying to

strangely, the middle infielders are NOT putting up even average averages, but both are power threats as well as excellent baserunners.

gotta hope that their BAs improve, but their doing rather well in the other 4 main tool measurements.

fantasyfb3313

Apr 16

i find it quite strange but I am VERY happily surprised!! for anyone with the MLB package the Royals broadcast of the game is available

I REALLY hate having to listen to the announcers for any other team, but at least I get to see the game

Alan B.

Apr 17

Replying to

Years ago, when living in Toronto, I had the MLB Extra Innings package. Some announcers are OK, some are just way too homey, and some are just bad.

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