by Paul Semendinger
July 20, 2025
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Baseball is a funny game.
Within 24 hours, Trent Grisham and Marcus Stroman both become heroes.
Grisham hit a game-winning grand slam last night. Marcus Stroman pitched 6 innings today, allowing only one run.
The Yankees end up taking 2 out of 3 from the Atlanta Braves.
It's now on to Toronto.
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Hey, bottom line, as Prof. Robert noted.
The Yankees looked like toast. It was all over. And then it wasn't.
And maybe it's not.
Let's see if Fried is healthy.
Let's see if Gil can come back.
Let's see if they can get on a roll...
Maybe, just maybe, happy days are here again...
With another solid start by Stroman, who is now obviously healthy, and wasn't at the start of the year, and we know about Volpe's shoulder, or any number of things over these last several years, and I'll only go back to 2017, at what point is whatever is the Yankees Medical Group actually put a spotlight on to the point that someone from the Yankees at least have to give a terse on camera no comment, or act like babies and refuse to even hear these questions?
After the 5th inning yesterday, the only question was whether the Braves would sweep the Yankees this weekend. It's a remarkable turnaround, largely fueled by performances by Grisham and Stroman. If your No. 5 starter is giving you 5+ innings a start with a 3.00 ERA, your starting pitching is in good shape, which bodes well for the season.