Stanton in RF
IKF benched
Volpe dropped to 8th in order
CUBS
Tauchman, DH -- .241
Hoerner, SS -- .274
Happ, LF -- .249
Suzuki, RF -- .258
Bellinger, CF -- .298
Morel. 2B -- .273
Young, 1B -- .192
Wisdom, 3B -- .191
Barnhart, C -- .189
Hendricks, P -- 3-3, 2.64
YANKEES
Torres, 2B -- .249 (106)
Stanton, RF -- .208 (93)
Rizzo, 1B -- .258 (115)
Bader, CF -- .259 (105)
Donaldson, DH -- .146 (82)
McKinney, LF -- .239 (103)
LeMahieu, 3B -- .220 (78)
Volpe, SS -- .215 (87)
Higashioka, C -- .224 (75)
German, P -- 5-5, 4.52
Game on YES and MLBN (OOM)
NEXT UP: Fri, 7/14, 8:40 pm, at Colorado
The only chance the Yankees have to win this game is for the rain delay to last until Judge can come off the IL.
Rain delay....
We are also having erratic Internet so... After the game, the Quick Hit might be delayed.
What can possibly go wrong here?
And Boone took out the guy pitching a one-hitter after 74 pitches why? To give the bullpen some work? Be careful what you wish for. Hamilton and Kahnle are getting plenty of work this inning.
fuster had a comment that seems to have disappeared about the Yankees being at .544 and tied for the 3rd Wild card. So I ran some numbers:
We know that with Judge, the Yankees played .612; without Judge, .463. Yankees.com says Judge is back "possibly August." So let's consider four scenarios: Judge returning August 1 (out for 16 more games, including the current one), August 16 (30 games), September 1 (44 games) or 2024 (72 games). That at the current rates, they'd expect to win, respectively 42 more games, 40, 38 and 33. Right now, the Yankees are 49-41, so that means 91 wins (.561), 89 (.549), 87 (.537) and 82 (.506). That's good right now for, respectively, 2n…