The Yankees optioned Luis Gil to Triple-A after today’s ballgame, per the team. A corresponding move is likely to follow tomorrow. Gil started today’s game, an 11-3 loss to Cleveland. Though today’s outing ended poorly, Gil had given the Yanks five very strong starts. He logged a 2.88 ERA/3.96 FIP in 25 innings heading into today’s ballgame.
Let’s check in on some other roster moves made today around the Junior Circuit…
- The Rays optioned righty Joey Krehbiel to Triple-A today after making his Rays’ debut, per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times (via Twitter). The move is likely a precursor to the call-up of top prospect Shane Baz, whose debut is scheduled for Monday. Krehbiel, 28, tossed a scoreless inning today, striking out two while walking one.
- The Angels demoted yesterday’s starter Jhonathan Diaz to Triple-A, recalling Cooper Criswell in his place, the team announced. Diaz made his Major League debut last night, giving up two earned runs on two hits and four walks while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings. Criswell made his own debut under similar circumstances earlier this year, giving up three earned runs in 1 1/3 innings in his lone start on the year.
- The Rangers have sent Matt Bush out on a rehab assignment to Triple-A, per the team. Bush has been on the shelf since April 8 with a right elbow flexor strain. He made just three appearances in what had been his first big league action since 2018. The 35-year-old former first overall draft pick has 139 career appearances – all with the Rangers – and a 3.47 ERA/3.88 FIP over 140 career innings.
If Gil can learn some control he’s going to be awesome.
Gil wasn’t bad today, Abreu got hit hard and Yankee O was awful. Sloppy game by the D
It was grouse opener today, so thankfully I missed nearly all of it. Looking at the box score, “highlights”, reading a recap it looks like today’s loss was a total team effort.
I still think Gil has a better chance of making it in the ‘pen than he does as a starter. Hell, if he were in Tampa he’d’ve been up in ’19 & would get traded next summer.
I just really question his command/control & his secondary pitch quality.
Sanchez with another inexcusable blunder, I would think his days as a catcher are numbered.
I saw that. Pretty ugly.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player harder to watch when they are struggling than Phat Sancho.
But 3 runs is the bigger problem to me. You’re not going to win many games that way. All season long that has been our biggest problem; a terribly inconsistent offense.
I guess I don’t see it that way, myself.
Sanchez & Higashioka are a pretty good catching tandem if you look around the league. Yanks probably just run them back again.
Which is how I’d play it too.
NYY offense wasn’t a problem when they were scoring nearly 6 runs a game against good teams during the 13-game win streak.
They showed what they are capable of doing during that streak, they can easily replicate it.
The firepower is there.
We just don’t tap into it consistently.
Look. In the last week, we have had two games that we hit 5 home runs. We’ve also had three games that we scored 4 runs or less in that same time frame. You have to score more than 2 runs (in 10 innings!) against Baltimore.
We’ve put too much pressure on the pitching staff. All year long.
GIDP today. Offense killer.
Honest Question: Is Sanchez calling most of the games (with regards to Pitch Selection and Overruling Power in the Battery) or are most of those calls coming from the bench? Seems as if, in a lot of these games, there are 1-2 pitches that they get locked into, almost to a point that it makes one think every pitcher only has 1.5 pitches he can locate at any point in an at bat…
I have been saying it since Sanchez’ days in the minors. Catcher is too important of a position to be trusted with a paycheck player. Sanchez has more pure talent than 90% of MLB players. Unfortunately, that is all he has. He has zero drive and ambition to become one of the greats. It’s too bad you couldn’t put Posada’s drive with Sanchez talent. You would have the best catcher since the last time Bench took the field. His talent will continue to ebb and he will eventually turn to PED’s like the other paycheck players do when they no longer possess the raw talent to stay in MLB. Just another what could have been while players like Torreyes struggle to make rosters.
Any way that the yankees could option Boone to Tampa ?
Any way that the yankees could option the whole team to Tampa ?
This team is loaded with talent. I’d like to know how they come to need quality starts out of Nil to make the playoffs. They were preseason favorites to win in the AL, and right now they are on the outside looking in.
It’s because this team is maddeningly inconsistent/streaky. They wanted to stay under the LTT and signed high-risk guys like Kluber and Taillon. Unsurprisingly, Kluber missed time and Taillon took a while to find himself. The offense has been feast or famine and was the latter in the first half. The bullpen which was supposed to be their greatest strength lost early Britton, Wilson, O’Day and, recently, Loisaga.
@YBC –
CBT: the AL MVP.
I liked what Cashman did over the winter. I thought he had an excellent deadline, too. But Hal’s reticence to pay even a small fine may very well cost him that precious playoff loot he seems so fond of.
Going into Spring & up until Right Now, the Yanks need(ed) some rotation stability. Just a solid, *durable*, #3 starter added over the winter – or this summer – & the Yanks might still be in AL East race. Let alone the play-in game “race”. Just a little more money.
Ya know?
@Ducky I sure hope the penny-pinching is their precursor to loading up next season. I can’t watch anymore of Heaney on the hill.
The problem with the Yankees since George passed is they play the offseason like the team plays during the season, Feast or Famine. They either spend a half billion signing the top free agents or they plug holes with cheap “if the stars align” players. They need to bring in a GM that will build a team. Not one that spends $150m on 5 players and the rest get make good contracts. Enough with the Cole, Ellsbury, and Stanton super contracts. Not a single one has worked out since Jeter’s 10 year. Let’s start seeing more 4/$60m and 3/$40m contracts for solid production players that suit up 150+ games a year. The first DJL contract was brilliant. Thought so at the time because he hits for high average. That counts the same in Denver as it does in Cleveland. The 2nd DJL contract was foolish. All that money to Cole who was an ok #3 before developing his addiction to stick em in Houston was insane. It’s time to cut Cashman lose. He is living a decade and a half in the past.
“Preseason favorites” doesn’t mean squat, just a bunch of talking heads who use the prior year’s performance combined with big name acquisitions to make worthless predictions. Then later in the season, when their predictions begin to look comical, they pretend that their predictions don’t exist.
They were favorites because they are the yankees,and all the so called experts live in the northeast and are yankees fan boys. Same reason they are on national tv more then the rest of league put together, even when they suck. It also brings in more money for mlb if they overhype them.
As a Jays fan, I’ve been watching the Yankees a lot lately, due to the wild card race. This Gil kid is gonna be a really nice pitcher. He’ll have a spot in the big leagues for a while for years to come. He reminds me of a Yordano Ventura type. (Rest in peace to him). Explosive fastball Gil has with a nasty slider, he works on his other pitches more, works on his command which will come with time, and like I said, he’ll most certainly be around. I wouldn’t have sent him down, let him get more seasoning in at the big league level, but that’s just me.
Gil just needs a good catcher behind the plate. Plus. the Yankee’s front office is good at ruining young talent! Cash and Boone needs to go!
I miss Yordando, he was electrifying
They are just showcasing him for the offseason. Cashman will trade him for another oft injured possible TOR type with a year left on his contract. Exactly like he did with Sheffield for Paxson. It will probably be Cleveland’s Bieber or Hendricks from the Cubs. They will have 5 good games with the Yanks then their arms will fall off from overuse by their old clubs and once again Cashman will look foolish.
great to sew Bush doing well.
He doesn’t deserve a MLB paycheck. Unless 99% of it goes to his victim.
They were favorites because they are the yankees,and all the so called experts live in the northeast and are yankees fan boys. Same reason they are on national tv more then the rest of league put together, even when they suck. It also brings in more money for mlb if they overhype them.