Yankees (Fried) vs Red Sox (Bello): 6/15/25, 1:35pm

[Brandon Glick]

Did someone say Father's Day sweep?

[moonslav59]

No Anthony or Mayer vs yet another lefty.

1. R Refsnyder RF

2. L Devers DH

3. R Romy 1B

4. R Story SS

5. S Toro 3B

6. L Duran LF

7. R Rafaela CF

8. R Wong C

9. R Campbell 2B

[Bellhorn04]

Imagine the stark terror of lefty pitchers now seeing Refsnyder as the leadoff hitter.

[moonslav59]

5 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

Imagine the stark terror of lefty pitchers now seeing Refsnyder as the leadoff hitter.

This guy is amazing. He's done this for over 3 seasons, now. He's for real!

1.005 in '22 (.792 v R)

.828 in '23 (.466 v R)

.941 in '24 (.733 v R)

1.010 in '25 (.804 v R)

He has only been bad vs RHPs once in over 3 years. He'd probably play FT somewhere else.

He's a top 10 batter vs LHPs since 2022 (.924 places him 10th among all batters with 400+ PAs.)

Since 2022, he's hit .689 vs RHPs. That's not good, but these days, that's not far from being okay. .689 places 273rd out of 444 batters w 350+ PAs vs RHPs, which is near the 60th percentile. That's not horrible.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Maybe Cora should sit Devers for a game or two.

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Maybe Cora should sit Devers for a game or two.

We have to go through this, again?

[moonslav59]

This latest plot change to the Story is a welcome sight to see.

[d-money]

Bello still has a tendency to throw too many pitches. 

[moonslav59]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Maybe Cora should sit Devers for a game or two.

He's just 3 games removed from a 4 game stretch of a .979 OPS, including 2 HRs.

Also, a 41 game stretch of 1.062 w 11 Hrs and 42 RBIs.

Now, giving him a day off against one of these 3 lefties might make a little sense, but these are the Yankees, and Devers has been a Yankee killer.

[moonslav59]

1 minute ago, d-money said:

Bello still has a tendency to throw too many pitches. 

He reminds me of the early ERod.

[d-money]

Scoring runs today will be tough. I am greedy and want the sweep. 

[d-money]

It feels like a full count everytime with this guy 

[Nick]

1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

This guy is amazing. He's done this for over 3 seasons, now. He's for real!

1.005 in '22 (.792 v R)

.828 in '23 (.466 v R)

.941 in '24 (.733 v R)

1.010 in '25 (.804 v R)

He has only been bad vs RHPs once in over 3 years. He'd probably play FT somewhere else.

He's a top 10 batter vs LHPs since 2022 (.924 places him 10th among all batters with 400+ PAs.)

Since 2022, he's hit .689 vs RHPs. That's not good, but these days, that's not far from being okay. .689 places 273rd out of 444 batters w 350+ PAs vs RHPs, which is near the 60th percentile. That's not horrible.

I don't think he can play full rime. Needs rest.

[Tedballgame]

Doubleplay Devers kills another rally.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

26 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

He's just 3 games removed from a 4 game stretch of a .979 OPS, including 2 HRs.

Also, a 41 game stretch of 1.062 w 11 Hrs and 42 RBIs.

Now, giving him a day off against one of these 3 lefties might make a little sense, but these are the Yankees, and Devers has been a Yankee killer.

Yankem Killer? More like Rally Killer.

[Nick]

59 or 60 pitches for for Bello. 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, Nick said:

59 or 60 pitches for for Bello. 

Normal Bello pitch count.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The main difference between Dobbins and Bello is one attacks the batter and the other one tries to nibble.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Better to be lucky than good, but this season Wong has been neither.

[moonslav59]

23 minutes ago, Nick said:

I don't think he can play full rime. Needs rest.

Agreed. He almost retired, after last year.

He may not do as well vs lefties, if he played FT or even more than he does now vs righties, but I do think he'd play more on some other teams. At least, they'd try it more.

I'm fine with leaving well enough alone, and besides, we have 3 LHB OF'ers (Abreu, Duran & Anthony) plus another RHB GG candidate (Rafaela) playing FT CF.

[moonslav59]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Better to be lucky than good, but this season Wong has been neither.

He just does not look good, at all.

Too bad Jo Garcia is so far away.

[Nick]

Wong is completely lost at the plate. Its all in his head now.

[Nick]

2 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Agreed. He almost retired, after last year.

He may not do as well vs lefties, if he played FT or even more than he does now vs righties, but I do think he'd play more on some other teams. At least, they'd try it more.

I'm fine with leaving well enough alone, and besides, we have 3 LHB OF'ers (Abreu, Duran & Anthony) plus another RHB GG candidate (Rafaela) playing FT CF.

At some point lefthandedness must be addressed in OF.

Even Duran struggles vs lefties.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The obligatory error.

[Nick]

Campbell looks like OF trying to play infield..

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Yankem players take after Boone. Just a bunch of whiners.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That's a HR at Fenway.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Just now, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

That's a HR at Fenway.

Still not as embarrassing as the RF porch at Yankem Park.

[moonslav59]

38 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Yankem Killer? More like Rally Killer.

You crack me up.

Scoreboard dude!

Not just today, either.

Career:

.858 overall

.874 vs Yankees (30 Hrs in 499 PAs & 77 RBIs in 115 games, not counting today.)

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Judge being reminded of his performance in the '24 WS.