July 5, 2024
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A sloppy game. The Yankees were one strike away from winning, but then... they didn't.
In the 10th, Soto singled. Judged poped out. Verdugo popped out.
And then... Oswaldo Cabrera grounded out.
The Yankes are 1-6 in extra innings. Yes, MLB worst.
The Yankees need to win games. It keeps getting uglier and uglier.
Full recap at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow from Tim Kabel.
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I was traveling today, and when the plane landed, I turned on my phone, saw the Yankees were up 3-1 in the eighth, and I swear to you my first and only thought was, "Wow, this is great, as long as Holmes doesn't blow it in the ninth." I didn't look again until now because I was busy with car, food acquisition, hotel check-in. So glad that I will have no access to watching Yankee games for the next week. They play today; they lose today. 5 wins out of 20 games is the same winning percentage as the '62 Mets.
Because I was invited out for a Sabbath dinner, I watched via DVR. What strikes me as peculiar, it's now Holmes's issue with not getting that put away pitch. Too many outings with too many foul balls. The last couple of years it's been an issue with Severino, Schmidt, and other pitchers. At what point does the Yankees pitching gurus get a clue? Could, maybe, Sam Briend come and do some work himself? Or how about going with more pitch sequence, instead of pitch usage?
They'd start with Jones, Selvidge, Shields, Cowles, then more. A first year bullpen guy, no thank you. Remember when Hicks burst onto the scene in STL with his 102 mph heater? Now, if he was in a 2nd dominant year, let's talk.
Someone ask Dr. EJ what the Yankees' record is without Giancarlo Stanton. I mean, he's "barely a major league player now", right? Seems to me, with only a BA, that Stanton might just be the team's MVP...
Here's a crazy question. If the Yankees go 0-for-homestand, is Boone's job safe?