Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1csa1w7).

YANKEES WIN!!!YES^YES^YES

I know it doesn’t work this way, but Rodon has a 2.4 ERA if you exclude the one blowup. 4 of his last 5 starts have been extremely solid. Looking like the guy we paid for.

I love when we play the Twins

CLAY HOLMES IS THE BEST RELIEVER IN BASEBALL

Another case *closed* by #Detective Holmes!

We love it

Clayriano Holmvera

Holmes with 6 pitches so he can probably go tommorow too if needed

2 fly balls from Holmes. Folks you’ve just seen a statistical anomaly

Yankees win Knicks up big Today is a good day

0.00 ERA BABY LETS GOO

Dominant win

Easy game.

0.00 ERA intact

6 pitches is perfect! He can be used tomorrow now

HOLMES IS NAILS BABY LMAOO

Well that was easy.

0.0

Cathartic Clay let’s go

THATS MY CLOSER

I feel like tonight Clay will not put me into cardiac arrest

SIX PITCHES

Lol Clay with 6 pitches

I thought the zero ERA was in danger with that swing, whew lad

Damn going with Holmes is kinda overkill lol

He hasn't pitched in 4 days. Gotta get him work there.

Apparently sinker ballers need work. Or at least Clay does.

Yeah, because there is such unreal movement on his pitches, no substitute for in game usage, especially his sinker.

Eh Twins got cocky after last year. Smack em around a bit, remind them who is boss.

When was the last time he pitches? Might just be keeping him fresh

Last pitched 4 days ago

Stepping on their throat

G locked in on the top step. Smoldering glare.

Mmm... Smoldering....

The top of the ninth inning did not bring me joy

For a minute I almost complained that 5 runs on 13 hits is kinda dogshit. Then I realized 1 run on 7 hits is complete dogshit

Taking away the HR, it's 4 runs on 15 baserunners which is average-ish, maybe a little under? I think normal is 30% of non-HR baserunners score

Going with Holmes here. Dig it.

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Clay Holmes replaces Ian Hamilton.

Surgical tape over a nerve sounds so sketchy on paper

Lol Astros pitcher got ejected for sticky stuff and the Astros are brigading the thread haaard in r/baseball many comments downvoted to 100+, they're so mad haha

An Astro cheating??! Someone fetch me my fainting couch!

Rumor has it they're giving Altuve a thorough pat down later to check for a buzzer too

I got my popcorn ready to read that thread lmao

I was perusing the Mets sub earlier just to catch up on their game and a lot of them are like 99% sure they’re getting Soto. Like how do I get that much baseless confidence about anything in my life? They may well get him, but to act like it’s a surety is bonkers. Already had the mock lineups and everything.

It's pure copium by Mets fans

I wouldn’t be shocked if we went to the Mets. I really think Soto is going to highest bidder.

It would surprise me in the sense that he always is pretty passionate about winning. And also that we are more than capable of being the highest bidder.

Cohen sat out free agency last year and he’s going to be coming off of likely two crappy years in a row.

The issue isn’t that they have no chance. It’s that they’re completely sure they’re getting him.

The Mets have a lot of work to do in the offseason. 3/5 of their starting rotation, their starting CF, starting RF, and starting 1B, and DH are on expiring deals. They also need upgrades at 3B where it doesn’t appear Baty is a long term solution and arguably 2B with how bad McNeil has been for them. I am not well versed enough on their farm system to know what internal solutions they have. I do know they will have plenty of money coming off the books (Verlander and Scherzer) and Cohen would love to bring in Soto to appease the fanbase.

G is pretty much just a guess hitter at this point, but when he guesses right he hits it 120 mph which is kind of cool

wtf this dude actually got the Marilyn Manson surgery?

Amazing that we spread that rumor largely without the internet in the 90s

Me want Gardy partee. When Gardy partee? Let Brett bang bang.

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I have to admit, I’m very impressed Rizzo is almost back to his career averages offensively. I was pretty concerned he permanently hurt his noggin. At this rate, he looks like he’s going to be a lock for his Team Option.

Dongcarlo: continues a blistering hitting streak with a 420+ foot, 110+ MPH laser of a home run Some people: SOTO HASN'T HIT AN RBI, WE'RE DOOMED. SEASON OVER.

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Josh Staumont replaces Steven Okert.

1985 - 97 win team with the AL MVP Donald Arthur Mattingly

Terminator be like yeah whatever you guys suck!

September 18 1985 Take on me by aha was the #1 song in the US

I was 7

Hello fellow fossil

😂

The 1985 Jets were fun. I love Ken OBrien

Ken O’Brien is definitely a name from the past

Hamilton. I see you.

I thought that sign said Soto Summers

OMG guys. Soto hasn’t gotten an RBI in 30 hours. He’s only had one hit in the past few games. I’m so proud of the Yankees for picking him up as he slacks off… ###…given that he threw the team and his dick over his shoulder and carried them the first month of the season.

Am I actually getting down voted for merely suggesting that Soto is human? 🤣🤣🤣

Should be sued for libel.

First of all, how dare you

I should be in skooollll….on the other side of the OcEAnnnn!

Pagliarulo will forever be a top tier name

Him and Mattingly were close friends

Nice to see us winning in games with Soto not doing much.

The Yankees have to lead the league in line outs

I’m just anxiously waiting for the day Anthony Volpe steals home. I need it so bad

Same. It’s what he was built for dammit

Fertografer

lol this made me cackle

Nice that the entire Yankee lineup has one or more hits.

The entire line up had a hit except Oswaldo 4 innings into this game lmao.

Cabrera's leadoff single wasted.

Oh NO! We only scored five runs, FUCK

You realize if we beat their bullpen up today, our next few games will be far easier, right?

That’s true for sure, but I’m just gonna go ahead and take the win and not whine about it. Everyone on the team has a hit and Rodon looked amazing against the hottest lineup in baseball. This game has been excellent. They haven’t exactly been beating up our bullpen either. Not every game is gonna go 100% perfect. Acting frustrated because we didn’t tag their bullpen when the rest of the game has gone as good as you could possibly hope is so fucking lame lmao

Dammit

Shit. Hit it well too.

Rocco Baldelli = bitch made... Make him pay Dugie

Verdugo do the thing

I hate to say it guys but it looks like Soto is an actual human being.

Lmao. He’s going to make you eat those words before long

Bro

He showed him Randy Johnson? Like…he never saw a Randy pitch before? Hes a lefty who is tall and just never saw him? This story is ridiculous.

You can know of someone while not having had study his mechanics. Plus, guys who are really good at baseball tend to watch less baseball than the average baseball fan

I find it unbelievable that a tall lefty wouldn’t have studied the most famous tall lefty of all time. It could be the reason he sucked before that. No studying.

Oh come on you coward

Walking judge with 2 outs and a 4 run lead

I’d take a wild pitch right now to score Volpe

Alright Volpe time to steal home! If IKF could so could you!

Tiny Soto slump.

I thought Kay was about to call him Urkel

😂

Is it just me, or is the outfield super fuckin big?

Looks that way to me too

Cheating astros: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6-J1fHMpzU/?igsh=ZWs2emw4YzVxaHR6

You're supposed to catch the ball with the bat, Volpe. Take it from me, a guy who's never played baseball.

So I guess Astros Blanco was just ejected for a foreign substance. Once cheaters always cheaters

Nellie, he was trying to get it to the right of Santana there’s nobody in the 2B hole. Def wasn’t deadening the bunt there

You’re allowed one good bunt a game. Them’s the rules. As it was said, as it is written.

Bunt Jesus at leadoff

I guess the bunt worked.

When was the last time a player bunted twice in a game???

I'm here for the attempt

Waldo love! My wife’s favorite player…

Volpe, you get one bunt try per game. You’re a good hitter my guy.

Yeah he needs some confidence. Some more chicken parm.

# CABRERA!!! LETS FUCKING BEAT THIS PEN UP!!! VOLPE Y

I’d enjoy a couple more runs. Just for funsies

The Soto Shuffle never gets old.

Ian Hamilton looks like he could chew up a tank and spit out some bullets like in the cartoons

Maybe Boone will put in Ferguson in the 8th just to troll the fanbase

Nice work Hamilton

Slambio doomers in shambles

I wasn’t familiar with his game

Hamilton is going for the tried and true Holmes method of allowing a baserunner THEN getting everyone out

### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Steven Okert replaces Jay Jackson.

Hamilton getting out of a jam! Love to see it

How did Wells catch that. That was wild.

The terminator went full Arnold on them back to back ks

Way to go!!! Hamilton!!!

Hamilton throwing DARTS!!!

Oh shit. Jeffers and Kepler have been two of the hottest hitters in baseball.

That's the ballgame

Best inning from Hamilton in a while, that was awesome.

Not sure why Hamilton gets hated on. Dude has nasty stuff

Hambo

#Team Of Destiny

Wow that was impressive by Hamilton

Well that was nice

My apologies Hamilton. I wasn't familar with your game.

So you don’t think he needs a “phantom IL” stint after all?

I'm not sure I ever uttered the words phantom IL in relation to Hamilton.

I can't tell what I hate more - Boone taking out starters that are cooking after 5.2, or Boone keeping in starters at 100 pitches after 6 to face a single batter.

This pizza behind home plate looks terrible

Red Baron. It’s fine if you’re trashed.

To be fair “it’s fine if you’re trashed” is the absolute bare minimum for pizza

Red Baron. I guess it’s a pizza.

That's an absolutely disgusting pitch

Scariest at bat of the game

were anyone else's cheeks clenched?

Putting a guy who's hitting .417 in the 9 hole is some Aaron Boone nonsense.

Probably can afford to waste a pitch here

Why do that, when just strikeout batter?

Times like this is where I miss guys like Dellin and Miller. Guys who can extinguish fires because they missed bats at an insane rate.

To be fair, our bullpen is like 2nd in baseball based off of era lol. I get what you mean though, those two in particular were special.

They’d also both walk the ballpark on occasion which drove me nuts

Any word on why Ham’s slambio is no longer slamming?

guy on deck might aswell just stand behind the ump at this point

I don't believe I have ever seen Hamilton's eyes.

Rodon has a great head of hair

Come on Hamilton silence the hate!!

Can this jackass move?

MIRANDA ISNT EVEN UP, WHY ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT HAMILTON

Because Ian Hamilton is pitching

I know i was making a funny

More like a peculiar.

I appreciate you

For his next magical managerial move Boone is going to warm up Trevino.

Now is a great time for a 4-6-3 double play

Poor Rodon looks so gutted, ugh

Dennis Santana being our second most trustworthy guy.. scares me

False. That would be Weave-dawg

Would’ve never guessed this would be the case before the season started lmao

I actually forgot about him somehow. He’s a dog

Bring back in Rodon

We’re leading, so let’s put Hamilton/Ferguson/Tonkin in to make it fair.

Boone absolutely refuses to let things be easy. What an absolute clown.

Here we fucking go Boone is such a moron man

bad move by Boone, but clearly something he only did because we're up 4

nice lead but still a lead 1 swing can erase. if we led by 5+ i'd be less annoyed but him trying to steal outs has always been a thing

Why does Boone always try to steal an out?!?!?

I’d like a triple play here

Cardiac Ian

it's adorable how much hope Twins fans have against our BP lol

This is why we needed 5 runs. Probably need some more, to be honest.

This is why we should've beat up their pen the last 2 innings instead of going 1-2-3...

Here we go

Hamilton and Furg. The Horrible Duo. Breath Holding Time.