The Yankees enter the week still trailing the Toronto Blue Jays by four games. With 13 games left in the regular season, it is safe to say the Yankees are staring down the barrel of a Wild Card spot for the 2025 postseason.
Aaron Judge hit home runs No. 359 & 361, which now places him ahead of Yogi Berra (358) and Joe DiMaggio (361). He is now the 4th hitter on the all-time Yankee home run leader list, just sitting behind Lou Gehrig (493), Mickey Mantle (536), and Babe Ruth (659).
Might have a while before Judge catches the rest of these Yankee legends on this list!
Series 1: Detroit Tigers (Home) → Lost 2-1
I cannot explain what happened here except that the team was underprepared. This series was at home. Detroit is 5-5 across their last 10 games, and the Mets and the White Sox just beat them in back-to-back series before having to travel to New York. Completely unacceptable in my book. The Tigers were vulnerable to take a series, and instead resulted in wins from Game 1: 12-2 and Game 2: 11-1. Putting up a run differential of 23-3 across 18 innings of baseball is brutal to say the least.
Series 2: Boston Red Sox (Away) → Won 2-1
A sweep was too much to ask for against Boston. It would have been nice to dish out some payback to Boston from the last series against the divisional foe, but taking 2 out of 3 is not the worst situation in the world. I will never complain about winning a series; I am just being greedy.
Arms to Highlight Across the Past Week:
Luis Gil —> 6 IP | 4 K | 0.00 ERA | 0.67 WHIP | 1 W | 1 QS
Cam Schlittler —> 6 IP | 7 K | 1.50 ERA | 1 W | 1 QS | 1.17 WHIP
David Bednar —> 2 IP | 2 K | 0.00 ERA | 2 SV | 0.83 WHIP
Notable Team Cumulative Pitching Statistics Thru 9/14:
+ 5th in H (1,160)
+ 4th in SO (1,320)
- 13th in QS (55)
- 16th in ERA (4.00)
Losing Anthony Volpe to injury is not ideal. I know he is having a very disappointing season both with the glove and at the plate, but you never want to lose guys to injury, especially right before the playoffs. He is recovering from a partially torn left labrum and had a cortisone shot to help the pain.
It is really becoming hard to come up with new adjectives to describe Aaron Judge’s game. He is a generational talent, plain and simple. I mean, just look at his number this season.
Aaron Judge - 139 GP | .326 AVG | 1.125 OPS | 123 R | 48 HR | 102 RBI | 11 SB
This will be his 5th season in a row hitting 37 or more bombs. He also has hit 48 or more home runs in 3 of the last 4 seasons, which is actually absurd. Once again, I will say that this team lives and dies on Aaron Judge producing at the plate. Let us hope he continues this hot streak into the playoffs.
Bats to Highlight Across The Past Week:
Aaron Judge —> 5 HR | 5 RBI | .450 BA | 9 R | 4 BB | 1.760 OPS
Jose Caballero —> 1 HR | 2 RBI | .333 BA | 3 R | 1 BB | .979 OPS
Jazz Chisholm Jr. —> 1 HR | 2 R | .333 BA | 1 BB | 3 SB | .818 OPS
Notable Team Cumulative Hitting Statistics Thru 9/14:
- 12th in AVG (.249)
+ 1st in BB (578)
+ 1st in R (774)
+ 1st in TB (2,292)
- 28th in SO (1,333)
The Yankees hit the road to take on the Twins and then head to Baltimore, as they will be traveling for their two series this week. At this point, taking 2 of 3 games in each of these series will be satisfying for me. Others may be greedy, but I just want a ticket to dance in the playoffs.
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