Forget last night. It never happened.
We faced the dreaded Curse of Eovaldi, and we were never gonna win.
Damn Nathan Eovaldi. Guy played for six teams. We're hardly the only franchise to let him walk. Guy haunts us like an enraged telemarketer, and, by now, it's clear that he always will - at least until he retires, or the Doomsday Asteroid hits. Let's just hope that, at the August deadline, Texas doesn't trade him to a team we must beat.
Like Tampa.
That's another thing. Tampa just keeps winning. You know how the Artemis astronauts used a gravity slingshot to soar home? The Rays are using the Tropicana Dome - (Note: They call it "Tropicana Field," but it's not a field, it's Trump's ballroom) - the most horrible venue in baseball - to slice through the AL. Visiting outfielders cannot track flies against the ceiling. Bouncers "splash" in the fake turf. The P.A. system never relents. ("EVERYBODY CLAP YOUR HANDS - clapclapclapclap-clap-clap-clap.") Yesterday, they won with six hits - six measly hits - beating Toronto with a bullpen game. They used five pitchers. Can you imagine what would happen if the Yankees tried a bullpen game? With the comedy team of Bird and Doval?
Wait. Did someone say, "Bullpen game?" Funny, because that's what the Yankees will attempt today. Ryan Weathers was scratched due to a stomach bug - Hantavirus? - and Paul Blackburn, the 26th man, will start. It's hard to hold out hope for a bullpen that squandered three innings last night by Lana Del Ray Fernando Cruz Yerry de los Santos, who was quickly dispatched on the Scranton Shuttle.
Let's not panic. Tampa cannot win forever. Does anybody think Ryan Vilade - a 27-year-old Colorado castoff - can bat third? They will come to earth. The question is where we will be?
So, here's where everything stands...
We're still waiting on Giancarlo. He's eligible to come off the Injury List, but the calf is still barking. The problem: We must not only wait for Stanton, but when he returns, we'll have to wait for him to heat up. He is starting to mimic the old Aaron Hicks' Cycle of Hell: Get healthy, get hot, get hurt, repeat.
We keep telling ourselves not to worry about Ben Rice. It's early in the season, with no reason to rush him back from what could be a nagging injury. Then again, how badly is he bruised? The Yankees lie about injuries. They don't even try to hide it. So, how bad is it... really?
Last night in Scranton, Anthony Volpe: 0 for 6 with a strikeout. Yikes. (George Lombard Jr., playing 3B, went 1-3 with three walks.)
Meanwhile, The Martian is struggling - 1 for 12 over his last three games. When Stanton returns, he might find himself back in Triple A. He needs 150 ABs and a green light to steal bases, neither of which look likely. On top of everything, Trent Grisham isn't hitting, and Spencer Jones - last year's most intriguing Yankee prospect - is once again our most intriguing Yankee prospect.
Everywhere, the lineup is churning. The first place Yankees are a roster in chaos. Weird, eh?
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This all feels familiar. Feels like...uh...deja vu all over again...
Nah. First, TB is not going to acquire Nathan Eovaldi. Our nemesis is making $29 million this year—TB's entire payroll is just over $102 million—and against everyone else he's terrible; Eovaldi's ERA is the highest it's been since pre-Covid.
It's good for us that the Rays are spending their time knocking off other AL East teams, and not just us. We'll appreciate their wins against Toronto come August.
What inflames my inner curmudgeon more is Weathers, who the Yankees had already decided yesterday could not pitch today.
Really, Ryan? You're 26, making $1.35 mill, and this is finally your big break in the big town. And...you got a bad tummy? The Monty Stratton Story, this ain't.
Well, if he has diarrhea, Hoss, he may be better off in the clubhouse toilet. This team is enough of a mess at the moment.
As a person who's had stomach problems off and on for my entire life, I can say that I usually have absolutely no energy at all when I'm stricken. Basically can't do much of anything except sit in front of the TV.
Maybe Weathers ate a bad crab cake. That'll do it.
https://images.storck.com/en_US/werthers_original_chocolate_covered_caramels.webp?noWhitespace=1
Shame that he’s feeling under the Weathers.
He’s also a new dad so maybe that has something to do with it.
NEVER EVER EAT BALLPARK SUSHI !
I never eat any kind of sushi. I'm crazy enough as it is.
If the Yankees are smart, like the Tampons, they could announce an opener, then have Weathers magically appear to start the game, because he made "a miraculous recovery". It completely destroys the other team's video preparation for their batters. But the Yankees aren't smart enough to do that, right?
Boston liked to do that kind of thing too. Announce one pitcher, then do the switch 1/2 hour before game time.
Alternatively, if Weathers is really sick, the Yankees should've waited until game time, then inserted the opener. Head games, by Foreigner!
Instead of a starting pitcher
We play head games
This is a brilliant, sneaky idea, HoG. The first adjective explains why they didn't do it.
What’s a Brendan Beck?
I have a couple of times at the stadium/shopping mall. Nether time was there anything I would mistake for fish.
The Yankees cannot sniff Eovaldi. It was one game. All they could do is win their games. Batting Spent Grishom leadoff is Yankees Dumb. Conehead said last night that Spent would hit .270 with a little luck. He has never hit above .251 and his lifetime average is .216. This doe not matter because putz Fishman reads the nerd analytics and the Yankees blindly follow. A few players are carrying the Yankees putrid batting order.
Fun fact...only the Yankees and the Rays are ABOVE .500...
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