Tonight, the New York Yankees were in Camden Yards to face off against the division rival Baltimore Orioles in a three-game weekend set. Luis Severino took the mound for the Yankees tonight and pitched pretty well,but was really let down by the first poor bullpen outting of the season. Ubaldo Jiminez got the start for Baltimore and was hit hard early and often, leading to an early departure from the game. But, his offense rallied late and slugged their way to a come-from-behind win.
Jiminez struggled right out of the gate; throwing 30 pitches in the first inning as he gave up the early lead. Gardner led off the game with a single, advancing to second on a stolen base. After Gary Sanchez walked, Greg Bird went down on strikes as the first out of the inning. Since he didn't get a chance to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the designated hitter yesterday, DH Matt Holliday celebrated today with a line drive opposite field single that plated Gardner and gave the Yankees a one run lead.
But the O's were quick to respond as they went on to tie the game in the bottom of the first. Seth Smith started off the frame with a line-drive double to right field, scoring when the next batter Adam Jones squibbed a single just inside the first base bag. Like Jiminez, Severino also needed a lot of pitches(24) to get through the first.
After both starters cruised through an easy second inning, the Yankees used the long ball to re-take the lead in the top of the third. Brett Gardner started the rally with another single, advancing to second on a fielders choice by Gary Sanchez. After Gardner stole another base (third), Matt Holiday rocked a split finger fastball into the left field seat to put the Yankees up 3-1.
After being on the ropes all game long, Jiminez was finally knocked out of the game in the top of the fifth inning. Once again, Brett Gardner got to the righty; this time for a one out double, his third hit of the night. The next batter Gary Sanchez unloaded on a Jiminez fastball to the tune of a 400+ft homerun to left, extending the Yanks lead to four. Manager Buck Showalter popped right out of the dug out and pulled Jiminez for right-handed reliever Oliver Drake. Jiminez departed with a final line of 4.1 innings pitched, allowing five runs on seven hits while walking one and striking out five.
Severino cruised through innings two, three and four but was touched up in the bottom of the fifth. Jonathan Schoop started the fifth with a single, advancing to second on a rare Severino two out walk of Adam Jones. Manny Machado proceeded to drive in both runners by blasting a Severino fastball over the left-centerfield wall, pulling the O's back to within one at 5-4. Severino would get Chris Davis to ground out, but because of his high pitch count, was pulled to begin the sixth. The young rghty left the game with a final line of five innings pitched, allowing four runs on six hits with just the one free pass and six punchouts.
The Yankees bullpen finally allowed their first run of the season, which was all the more disappointing because it was at the expense of the lead. Tyler Clippard started the seventh by giving up a ground ball to Schoop that was errantly thrown by Headley to first, allowing Schoop to reach second base. After a JJ Hardy bunt advanced Schoop to third, Seth Smith hit his first Orioles homerun over the wall in right to put his guys up 6-5. After the Headley error, it looked like the air was taken right out of the Yankees dugout and were overmatched the rest of the ballgame.
Let's hope the offense keeps it rolling and the bullpen can put this one behind them as they take the field tomorrow at 4:05 PM for game two.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Game Thread: New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles 4/7
Yankees family it is game time between the New York Yankees
and the Baltimore Orioles. Tonight marks the first time that these two teams
match up in this very young season and the first of many head-to-head matchups
between these two American League East rivals. The Yankees will send Luis
Severino to the mound looking to start his season off better than he did last
season while the Baltimore Orioles will counter with Ubaldo Jimenez. The game
will be played at 7:05 pm ET inside Oriole Park and Camden Yards and can be
seen on the YES Network, MLB Network and MLB TV while the contest can also be
heard on the radio with WFAN.
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follow. Go Yankees!
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I’m Hungry: New Stadium Food at Yankee Stadium
So we covered some stadium food around the league already
this winter including the tamale dog that the Texas Rangers organization will
be rolling out this season but we have yet to touch on the new dishes that you
can enjoy this season at Yankee Stadium. We right that wrong today as we take a
look at the new stadium food that you can enjoy all year long in the Bronx.
Take a look.
Yankee Stadium is bringing in Mighty Quinn’s BBQ, Bareburger
and Lobel’s to go along with their six new social gatherings that were
renovated into the stadium this winter. Those menus can be found online but
they are pretty well known in the area so I doubt you will need to. You know
what these big “star” vendors bring to the table each and every day, literally.
New York also has the Yankee Dinger which is basically a
grilled slider topped with shaved white onions, pickles, American cheese and
yellow mustard on a steamed potato bun as well as their classic French Dip
sandwich which consists of shaved prime rib, caramelized onions and melted
Swiss cheese on a Semolina roll dipped in French onion soup. I just gained
three pounds just thinking about that sandwich. If you’re looking for gluten
free options you can find those at Melissa’ Farmers Market but my personal
preference would be Chinese bao which is filled with pork belly, prime rib or
buffalo cauliflower which can be found on the Toyota Terrace. I have a weakness
for pork belly.
It’s hard to turn down The Mutz though which is a concession
sandwich shop whose specialty sandwich consists of stuffed chunks of mozzarella
tossed with mixed vegetables. Because vegetables are good for you and all.
So much good food and so much to see inside Yankee Stadium
this season… where to begin?
First It’s His Hair, Now It’s His Number?
Come on people… it’s time to get a grip here. Here’s a quick
hit and a bit of a rant because the talk regarding Clint Frazier, one of the
Yankees top prospects in their farm system, has been borderline ridiculous.
First it was his hair, which I believe was within the Yankees team policy
although I am not 100% sure because this wasn’t as big of an issue to me as it
was to others apparently, and now it is supposedly because of the fact that he
asked to wear the legendary Mickey Mantle’s #7 jersey? Come on now people… if
you’re going to just flat out make stuff up because your journalist and writing
skills are that bad and you need something to write about at least make it
conceivable and believable… please? And thank you.
Now before everyone starts jumping down my throat let me
start by saying that I am not talking about WFAN’s Suzyn Waldman. Waldman is
not a journalist, she is the Yankees radio broadcaster, and she simply
reiterated what he had heard supposedly. Now either she completely made this up
and I am totally off base his by sticking up for her or she really heard it
from a poor old soul that already had his article typed up and was waiting for
her to go on with Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts before he hit submit on his
dashboard. Either way it’s sad and it’s the entire reason I got into this whole
blogging and news reporting thing, to be different. To go against the grain. I
would ask for the #7 jersey because that’s just how I am but Frazier didn’t.
Why would he? Was he somehow unaware that the number was
retired? Unlikely. Some may not know that the Yankees retired #8 jersey twice
and they may not know who it belongs to but even the most casual of baseball
fans knows who Mickey freaking Mantle is. Come on now. You guys are better than
that and the season has started so you should have plenty of recycled crap to
talk about that will garner you more views than you deserve so how about you
just stick to that and leave Frazier alone for once.
Thanks. Rant over.
Game Preview: New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles 4/7
Ladies and gentleman welcome to the weekend and welcome to
Baltimore as the New York Yankees begin a three-game weekend series with the
Baltimore Orioles tonight inside Oriole Park and Camden Yards. The Yankees
stumbled a bit out of the gate against the Tampa Bay Rays losing two-of-three
to their division rival but with an off day yesterday and three potential big
guns in their starting rotation going this weekend for the Bronx Bombers it could
be time to turn it around for New York. It is always fun when these two teams
get together, especially when the Yankees win because Buck Showalter’s blood
pressure visibly goes up which is always great, and this weekend should be no
exception. Now about those pitching matchups…
The Yankees will send Luis Severino to the mound looking to
improve on a disaster of a season as a starter in 2016. Severino posted an 0-8
record with an 8.50 ERA in 11 starts last season although he did find himself
and his secondary pitches in the bullpen which should help his confidence
entering this season for New York.
The Orioles will send Ubaldo Jimenez to oppose Severino on
the mound tonight in Baltimore as he also makes his first start of the young
season. Ubaldo was pushed back by manager Buck Showalter because the Orioles
manager believed the lefty matched up better with the Yankees than the Orioles
first opponent of the season in the Toronto Blue Jays.
The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET inside Oriole Park and
Camden Yards and can be seen on the YES Network, MLB Network and MLB TV and can
also be heard on the radio with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on WFAN. For
the first time this season, because I’m a slacker and I’ve been busy as hell,
Go Yankees!!!!
How Early is Too Early to Discuss Locking Up Greg Bird and Gary Sanchez?
You know not too long ago the New York Yankees just flat out
refused to negotiate with a player that was currently under contract. That probably
came back to bite them in the butt more than once because it meant there would
be no extensions happening whether they were deserved or not. The team finally
broke this unwritten rule with Brett Gardner a couple seasons ago which means,
in theory, they will do it again for others which begs the question…. When will
the New York Yankees look to extend Greg Bird and Gary Sanchez and how early is
too early to even be having this discussion?
Many teams take these chances on locking up their young players
early and like anything else sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. The
Cleveland Indians just did it with Jose Ramirez, the St. Louis Cardinals did it
with Stephen Piscotty, the Texas Rangers did it with Rougned Odor, the
Pittsburgh Pirates try to do it with every player they bring up including
Starlin Marte and the Tampa Bay Rays made this mainstream by doing it with
young players like Evan Longoria. The Yankees have yet to really jump on that
bandwagon but they have two prime candidates finally that will make the team at
least consider it in Gary Sanchez and Greg Bird.
Sanchez used up his rookie season in 2016 while Bird enters
his second season with the club after missing the 2016 season with a shoulder
injury. Neither have really done much to warrant being locked up on a long term
deal, especially for a team like the New York Yankees who have a literal ton of
money coming off their books after this season. The Yankees can afford to take
their time for at least the 2017 season if not the 2018 season with these two
before making a decision on buying out their arbitration years and a few years
of free agency if possible. Now for a player like Didi Gregorius on the other
hand, a young player who is set to reach free agency after the 2019 season, has
done enough for this discussion to be had within the Yankees front office.
So for now the Yankees need to wait before locking up
Sanchez and Bird. If anything the team needs to keep the fact that the luxury
tax is calculated by the average annual value of the contract and extending
them now would be significant in terms of the team getting under that threshold
or not. The argument against Didi getting extended could be made for that
reason as well as the team would need to spend every day of a single season
under the cap, the 2018 season seems to be the target year, to reset the tax
penalties. The Yankees could always extend Didi and maybe even Sanchez and Bird
during the 2019 season after they sign Manny Machado and Bryce Harper while
bringing home yet another World Series Championship.
Hey, a man can dream can’t he?
Derek Jeter the Potential Owner!
Major League Baseball, are you ready for the return
(potentially) of the great Derek Jeter to the game? No the Yankees shortstop is
not returning to the field as a player but the future Hall of Fame player is
trying to get back into the game in another way, as an owner. The Miami Marlins
are reportedly up for bid and Derek and his wife Hannah are one of three
potential bidders for the franchise.
Jeter, who is represented by Gregory Fleming in the
potential transaction, is joined by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and a
group of businessmen from Goldman Sachs as potential buyers for the franchise.
Jeffrey Loria bought the team back in 2002 for a whopping
$158 million and the potential price tag for Mr. Jeter or Mr. Bush could go
anywhere from an estimated $800,000 to $1.6 billion. Loria is putting the team
up for sale after reports came out that stated he may be nominated by President
Trump to become ambassador for the United States to France.
You know what I am going to say to the potential return of
Derek Jeter to the sport and game we all love. Yes please. I’m rooting for you
Jeter! Good luck.
This Day In New York Yankees History 4/7: Forbes Rates the Yankees
On this day in 2010 Forbes estimated the value of the New York Yankees to be worth approximately $1.6 billion, nearly twice as much as any other Major League franchise. The Yankees were reigning World Series champions and recently moved into a new ballpark and were using a new found $441 million in revenue after adjustments were made for its payment to baseball's revenue sharing program and the costs of financing Yankee Stadium III.
Also in case you were wondering the Tampa Bay Devil Rays retired former Yankee and Red Sox Wade Boggs #12 uniform number on this day in 2000. Boggs got his 3,000th hit in Tampa Bay and hit the first home run in the franchise's history.
Also in case you were wondering the Tampa Bay Devil Rays retired former Yankee and Red Sox Wade Boggs #12 uniform number on this day in 2000. Boggs got his 3,000th hit in Tampa Bay and hit the first home run in the franchise's history.
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