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A lot of memorable things have happened this season but this is definitely up there as one of my favorite plays of the year: https://twitter.com/BrendanDUB/status/1158913023228227586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1158913023228227586&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.12up.com%2Fposts%2Fvideo-slo-mo-clip-of-orioles-outfielder-dj-stewart-getting-hit-in-head-is-unfortunately-hilarious-01dhmxnne659

Just saw stats showing that Mike Tauchman has a 1.8 WAR (6th on the Yankees, 95th out of all position players in the MLB) despite only playing 59 games w/ 190 PAs. His slash line is .294/.368/.541 with a 137 wRC+ Pretty wild. I remember Yankee fans wondering what he was doing on the roster at the beginning of the year (myself included), and now he's a core part of the current team.. or at least until everyone gets healthy. I don't think his play is sustainable but it's been fun to watch.

Defense saved tanaka from 3 additional runs all in separate innings. Masa didn't look good after the lineup turned over just once. Luckily the murderers row of tauchman, ford, valera, and romine combined for 4 HRs and 7 RBIs.

I think Weber just looked good compared to Price. DP had absolutely nothing yesterday. He managed to make career minor league hitters look good. Although that two-seamer Weber was throwing did look really nice at times.

Word on gleyber is that it's a core issue. Test results forthcoming. This is what I get for that optimistic post I made about our injury situation a few days ago.

Full of optimism until Rodgers' knee gets broken in 5 places by week 3

A Sunday night game on ESPN ughhh.

Hicks with a f***ed up elbow now. At this rate Tyler Wade will be our cleanup hitter in the ALDS.

EE with a broken wrist. Let's see who else hits the IL by tomorrow night.

Sox definitely got hosed by the umps. Maybe Sale boinked Estabrook's wife

Could be a tough matchup. McKay is a consensus top 20 prospect in baseball. He's had a handful of starts in the bigs this year with mixed results, so I'm curious to see which version shows up.

Porcello??? More like POOR SMELL OH!!!!! Gosh I am really bored at work.

The only reason I can think that Frazier is still in AAA is to manipulate his service time and get an extra year out of him. Which is f*cked up but seems to be a pretty common occurrence around baseball.

Alright there's been too much negativity lately in Yankees universe, let's get some positive news going: DJ LeMahieu went through pre-game warmups yesterday with no issues. They've been holding him out as a precaution but he'll likely be available against Boston. Brett Gardner was able to run and hit after getting a cortisone shot in his left knee over the weekend, and is looking on track to return tomorrow when first eligible to come off the IL. Gary Sanchez ran inside and hit in the cage on Tuesday. He's progressing ahead of schedule but is not expected back this weekend. Could possibly return towards the end of next week if all continues going well in his recovery. Luis Severino and Dellin Betances threw from 90 feet yesterday. While they're still far away from returning, it is positive that they're no longer sitting around in recovery mode. Jonathan Loasiaga and Mike King began rehab assignments on Tuesday. This is important as they are our best minor league depth should any other starters get injured. And lastly, despite no significant trades yesterday one thing we can be happy about is that Clint Frazier is still on the team and capable of injecting some pop into the lineup should we need him down the stretch. My guess is that he's called up at some point in August and plays a lot of DH with Edwin spending more time at 1st base.

Can't argue with the stats. But just to defend my memory.. Greinke with: LAD: 2.38 ERA MIL: 6.48 ERA AZ: 7.27 ERA Don't mind me, I'm just trying to convince myself that the Astros will be worse with another ace on their team.

Maybe my memory is serving me incorrectly. I remember he looked bad in the playoffs back when he was on the Brewers, and all the talk about him was that he folded under pressure. I also remember a couple of years ago he looked lousy pitching for the D'bags in the playoffs.

Greinke is really good but has been known throughout his career as someone who can't pitch in the spotlight. I'm curious to see how he'll handle the postseason.

The rain is supposed to break in a couple of hours. Maybe we'll get lucky and have Greinke pulled early.

Didi and Urshela come up hobbled in consecutive innings, but stay in the game. Chad Green back to pitching like someone you wish was injured. This team is a mess right now. They better get their s*** in order before they lose their whole AL East cushion.

I think the Yankees will go hard for Minor. Or Bumgarner (though I don't know if he's for sale).

And Happ still sucks. It's like April all over again.

For real. Looking at where our starting pitching is now, missing out on Keuchel for nothing but cash looks really bad.

I still don't get how the Mets are always such s*** despite having one of the best rotations in baseball annually. Adding Stroman seems like a good move but it's the Mets, so I anticipate him losing a hand in the ball retrieval machine at a bowling alley.

What a s*** series. Nothing like getting manhandled by your biggest rival to make you forget how great the season is going. Next series against them is in less than a week at YS, would be nice if they get s*** straightened out by then.

They're definitely going through a rough patch. It happens.. it's just unusual that every starter is struggling at the same time. Before this past week Yankees' starters were ranked 8th in MLB in park adjusted ERA. This past week+ has caused that ranking to shoot up to 15th. Recency bias is causing everyone to exclaim that the rotation is utter dogshit, but they've actually been quite effective for most of the season. Either way I agree they need at least one more starter.