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Jonny Lo on IL for "shoulder discomfort." Stanton to IL. Gallo activated. McKay and Spears called up. Brantly DFA'd Sill no DJ in lineup. BALTIMORE Mullins (CF) -- .240 Mancini (1B) -- .293 Santander (LF) -- .225 Hays (RF) -- .284 Mountcastle (DH) -- .264 Rutschman (C) -- .188 Urias (3B) -- .227 Odor (2B ) -- .220 Mateo (SS) -- .213 Wells (P) -- 1-3, 4.41 NEW YORK Hicks (CF) -- .216 Judge (RF) -- .314 Rizzo (1B) -- .232 Torres (2B) -- .241 Andujar (LF) -- .200 Gallo (DH) -- .176 Kiner-Falefa (SS) -- .261 Gonzalez (3B) -- .205 Higashioka (C) -- .154 Sears (P) -- 1-0, 0.00 Game on YES and free on mlb.tv (out-of-market)

Music to our ears!! DJ is back Still no Hicks! Gallo dropped to 9th. On fuster's call, Mar-Gon gets a day off. NEW YORK LeMahieu (3B) -- .250 (111) Judge (CF) -- .305 (198) Rizzo (1B) -- .221 (139) Torres (2B) -- .234 (109) Andujar (LF) -- .286 (80) Carpenter (DH) -- .200 (260) Kiner-Falefa (SS) -- .257 (81) Trevino (C) -- .246 (95) Gallo (RF) -- .168 (78) Cole (P) -- 4-1, 3.31 Numbers in ( ) are wRC+ TAMPA BAY Diaz (3B) -- .262 Choi (1B) -- .267 Franco (SS) -- .262 Arozarena (DH) -- .259 Margot (LF) -- .353 Keirmaier (CF) -- .239 Mejia (C) -- .241 Phillips (RF) -- .221 Walls (2B) -- .150 Kluber (P) -- 1-2, 4.42 Game on YES

Still no DJ! No Hicks! Donaldson transferred to 10 Day IL with "shoulder inflammation." Judge Streak: I believe that Judge has homered in every streaming game this year. NEW YORK Judge (CF) -- .313 Rizzo (1B) -- .226 Torres (2B) -- .234 Andujar (LF) -- .294 Carpenter (DH) -- .000 Kiner-Falefa (SS) -- .257 Gallo (RF) -- .165 Higashioka (C) -- .162 Gonzalez (3B) -- .220 Taillon (P) -- 4-1, 2.95 TAMPA BAY Kiermaier (CF) -- .248 Diaz (3B) -- .268 Franco (SS) -- .267 Arozarena (LF) -- .257 Choi (1B) -- .276 Ramirez (RF) -- .295 Margot (DH) -- .354 Brujan (2B) -- .140 Zunino (C) -- .158 Springs (P) -- 2-1, 1.32 Game on Amazon Prime

RP – Darren O’Day RP – Zack Britton RP – Aroldis Chapman RP – Justin Wilson That’s 22 locks out of 26 Is he a better option than say Tyler Lyons, Michael King, Adam Warren, Nick Nelson, or Kyle Barraclough

MATT SAUER, RHP (#26): Age/Date of Birth: 22 Years Old (01/21/1999) Most Recent Team(s) (Level and Year 67.0 innings, and have a 3.90 ERA while being about 2.5 years younger than everybody else. 2019 would bring

by James Vlietstra March 6, 2021 *** Thanks for reading and taking part in my thorough examination of the Yankees’ roster and minor league system. For easy reference, here is the complete series! Introduction The Catchers The First Basemen The Second Basemen The Shortstops The Third Basemen The Outfielders The Starting Pitchers The Left Handed Pitchers Right Handed Pitchers 23 and Older Right Handed Pitchers 22 and Younger The First Round Picks The Former Yankees The Conclusion: My Opening Day Roster #26ManRoster #MinorLeagues #OpeningDay

v=K5JlNATPkw0) Brandon Lockridge, OF (#26): Age/Date of Birth: 23 Years Old (03/14/1997) 2019 Team(s) Luckily, his speed with helping to increase his range could help compensate.

By now our readers know the story… I am looking back to see how the Yankees performed on my birthday each year since I’ve been born and then telling the story of what took place on that summer day. As always, whenever I do research like this, my first two stops are always Retrosheet and Baseball-Reference. Let’s head back to 2008… *** On July 12, 2008, the Yankees headed into Toronto to battle the Blue Jays. These were two closely matched teams. The Yankees were 49-44. The Blue Jays, 46-47. Darrell Rasner took the mound for the Yankees. He entered the game with a 4-7 record. Opposing him was Jesse Litsch who was 8-5. The Yankees sent the following lineup into the game: Derek Jeter – ss Bobby Abreu – rf Alex Rodriguez – 3b Jason Giambi – 1b Jorge Posada – dh Robinson Cano – 2b Melky Cabrera – cf Chad Moeller – c Brett Gardner – lf The Blue Jays countered with: Joe Inglett – rf Marco Scutaro – 2b Lyle Overbay – 1b Matt Stairs – dh Brad Wilkerson – cf Scott Rolen – 3b Adam Lind – lf Gregg Zaun – c John McDonald – ss *** The Yankees wasted little time scoring in this game as Derek Jeter led off the game with a home run. (He probably did not realize that he had now homered on two consecutive July 12th’s.) In the bottom of the first, down 1-0, the Blue Jays tied the game on a Joe Inglett triple followed by a Marco Scutaro single. If that was all the Jays got, it wouldn’t have been so bad, but it got worse. Lyle Overbay then reached on a catcher’s interference. One out later, Brad Wilkerson walked. Then, after another out, Adam Lind hit a three run triple. After one inning, the Blue Jays led 4-1. It was shaping up as an ugly afternoon for the Yankees in Canada. But, after seeing the Blue Jays load the bases and score lots of runs, the Yankees decided to do the same. Jorge Posada walked. One out later, Melky Cabrera singled. Chad Moeller was then hit-by-a-pitch. Brett Gardner then singled home a run to make it 4-2. Derek Jeter then reached on an error by Marco Scutaro that scored a run making it 4-3. A-Rod then hit a two-run single to give the Yankees a 5-4 lead. In the bottom of the second inning, the Blue Jays had batters reach on an error (Cano), a single, and a hit batter, but they failed to score any runs. In the top of the third, Robbie Cano reached on an error by John McDonald, Melky Cabrera singled, and after a runner advancing slow roller ground out by Chad Moeller, Brett Gardner singled home two runs to give the Yankees a 7-4 lead. Derek Jeter then singled home Gardner (who had advanced to second on the throw home) giving the Yankees an 8-4 lead. That was all, then, for Jesse Litsch. Brad Tallet came in and retired Bobby Abreu. The Blue Jays then went down in order in the third inning. Alex Rodriguez led off the top of the fourth inning with a home run. This gave the Yankees a 9-4 cushion. (Rodriguez probably did not realize that he had homered on two consecutive July 12th’s.) And it was there that the scoring stopped… In the bottom of the fourth inning, the first two Jays batters singled and then Darrell Rasner struck out Marco Scutaro (swinging), Lyle Overbay (looking), and Matt Stairs (swinging) in succession. In the fifth, Rasner gave up a double to Brad Wilkerson, but then retired the next three batters to end his day. The Blue Jays were now utilizing their bullpen. Brian Wolfe pitched the fifth and sixth. Jason Frasor pitched the seventh and eighth. Brandon League pitched the ninth. The Yankees used Edwar Ramirez in the sixth, Jose Veras in the seventh, Kyle Farnsworth in the eighth, and LaTroy Hawkins in the ninth to close out the 9-4 win. The game began with a collection of big hits, errors, and runs and ended with a collection of back-of-the-bullpen arms to close out the final scoreless innings. The Yankees won. That’s what mattered. *** Next, the 2009 Yankees, in their last World Championship season (to date), head to Los Angeles to take on the Angels. *** Yankees Record on July 12 (in this series – since 1968): 20-6 (There were no games played on July 12 in 1971, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, and 2006.) Hideki Matsui on July 12 (to date): 2 for 8 (.250), double, strikeout Derek Jeter on July 12 (to date): 10 for 29 (.345), 6 runs, 7 RBI, 5 SO, 2 BB, 2 HR Mariano Rivera on July 12 (to date): 3 innings, no runs, 1 hit, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, 1 save, 1 blown save (0.00) Don Mattingly on July 12 (in his career on July 12): 12 for 31 (.387), 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 BB, SO Graig Nettles (as a Yankee on July 12): 33 AB, 7 hits (.212), 1 run, 5 strikeouts, 4 walks. 1 RBI (I had hoped that my favorite player would have done better on my birthday.) #BirthdayBaseball

(Our expert team of numbers crunchers (ok, it was just me) neglected to factor in that extra day in February, or maybe I just counted incorrectly, when this series began all those weeks ago…)Embed from Getty Images #CountdowntoOpeningDay

by EJ Fagan August 14, 2024 *** NOTE: The following comes from EJ Fagan's substack page and is shared with permission. This was published a few days ago so the stats don't include the last few games. Please check out EJ's substack page for more great articles. *** The Yankees will play the Dodgers in the 2024 World Series. Heck yeah. I’m going to try to find some time to write a full breakdown before Friday. But I have some big picture thoughts about the ALCS and World Series first. Hitting wins in the playoffs I heard the old maxim a million times over decades: hitting wins in the regular season, pitching wins in the playoffs. I’m pretty sure that isn’t true today. The Yankees beat Cleveland by wearing them down with hitting. They ground away at Cleveland’s lackluster starting pitching, forcing the Guardians to use the best bullpen in baseball early and often. Cleveland almost never allowed big crooked numbers, but eventually caved under pressure from Judge, Stanton, Soto, Torres, Volpe and Rizzo in four out of five games. The Guardians had no way to counterpunch with the same kind of sustained pressure. They got a few big home runs, but had neither the depth nor the power to capitalize on all of those Stephen Kwan singles. They didn’t draw a boatload of walks. Yankee starters were able to last into the 5th inning despite not being very sharp. The 2021 Braves and 2023 Rangers had similar stories: good enough pitching and elite offense. The 2022 Astros had the best pitching staff in the league, but were no slouches on offense either. The Yankees and Dodgers were two of the three best offenses in the league and beat elite pitching staffs in San Diego and Kansas City, plus the incredible Cleveland bullpen. Every team is going to have a full staff of fireballers these days. Only a few will be be able to develop and buy the elite talent that the Yankees and Dodgers have. A Great Bullpen is Overrated in the Playoffs Conversely, I think we all witnessed the limitation of a great bullpen in the Cleveland series. Ever since the 2015 Royals, the conventional wisdom has been to rely on relief over starting pitching in the playoffs. I think we saw the limitation of that strategy in New York. Most of Cleveland’s bullpen saw the top Yankees hitters 3 or 4 times during the 5-game series. Just look at their ERAs: If Cleveland had managed to hold off the Yankees in Game 5, this group would have been completely gassed for the last two games in the series. I think the lesson for baseball is that you can’t manage a 7-game series in full sprint mode. Even in 2024, you need to get a lot more out of your starting pitching than Cleveland managed to, especially early. What about the Dodgers? They just won Game 6 on a pure bullpen day. I think they dodged (pun intended) a bullet. The Dodgers didn’t have to use their full bullpen in most of the NLCS games because they weren’t very close. It was a series of blowouts for both teams. Had these games been close, they would have ended up in the exact same spot as the Guardians. The Yankees Match Up Well Against the Dodgers I have will a lot more to say about the matchup before Friday, but I am very happy that the Yankees are playing the Dodgers rather than the Mets. New York would have thrown three lefty starters against the Yankees. The Dodgers have one lefty on their entire roster in Anthony Banda. Los Angeles can’t exploit the Yankees’ biggest weakness. Similarly, the Yankees are well positioned to exploit the Dodgers weakness in having no starting pitching. Yankee hitters have been wearing down pitchers all playoffs. They should be able to force a lot of relief pitchers into games. And, unlike the Guardians, the Dodgers bullpen is merely good. It’s better than the Yankees bullpen, but has a lot of ERAs in the 3.00s. The Yankees should be able to score runs off them, especially if they can tire them out early in the series. That’s it for now! Friday can’t come soon enough.

Ed Herrmann is one of those players who I have only a passing acquaintance to. I had his 1976 Topps Yankees card. It was one of those cards like we all had back then, bent a million times over with folds and creases and was in extremely poor condition. But it was a card of a guy on the Yankees! I later learned that Ed Herrmann wasn’t even a Yankee in 1976. he played for the Yankees in one season only, 1975. And…he actually did pretty well. A lefty-hitting catcher, Herrmann appeared in 80 games batting .255 with 6 homers and 30 runs batted in. Not bad! Ed Herrmann arrived for good in the Major Leagues in 1969 and played with the White Sox from that year through 1974. Just before the 1975, season the White Sox traded Herrmann to the Yankees for four minor leaguers of little note. None of those four players reached the big show although, one of those players was John Narron who I have to assume was future Yankee Jerry Narron’s older brother. I guess the Yankees in that time drafted both of the Narron boys. After his successful season in the Bronx, the Yankees sold Herrmann to the California Angels. He was then traded to the Astros. That 1976 season, the one with the card I had that was all folded and creased and an absolute mess was also a mess in actuality for Herrmann. Between the two clubs (California and Houston) he batted just .199. In 56 games in 1977, Herrmann rediscovered his batting stroke as he put up a solid .291 in 56 games. In 1978, after a .111 start in 16 games, he was sold to the Expos. It didn’t help. In 19 games for Montreal, he batted just .175. Somehow, he stayed with the club all season. In his last big league at bat, Ed Herrmann came up as a pinch hitter for pitcher Darold Knowles of the Pirates. He singled off future Yankee pitcher Ed Whitson. Pepe Frias then pinch-ran for Herrmann… and that was that. Ed Herrmann played 11 seasons batting .240 with 80 homers and 320 runs batted in. Not bad for a guy I knew little of.

Can you name this former Yankee?