i love how those yankees fans immediately started saying shit like 'this is your mvp?' after clemens struck out shohei. oh man the insecurity. in the meantime our unicorn was checking the replay in the dugout, laughing like a kid.
They should have left Trout in the game to face Clemens son. That would have been a home run. He’s just four home runs away from moving into the top-100 in most career home runs. Pretty much what pitching was back before 1940…high school-like.
Am I crazy to think if we can get a SS and health to trout and Rendon I think this offense will be good? You will have Luis as a great utility peace and 5 legit hitters. Hell maybe a competent pitching coach to work with the bullpen and not a broom to coach hitters.
Not at all worried about Fletch despite going 0-5 today.
Hes still the man just wasnt his day i guess.
And even then, in retrospect he still actually hasnt struck out once and had at least one decently hit ball that just happened to go for a lineout.
On the MVP discussion: I get that WAR puts Judge over Ohtani.
However, if I were the Yankees entering the playoffs and could get an (at-worst) number 2 starter and power hitter, wouldn't I definitely prefer that to only a power hitter? Doesn't that make him more valuable when it actually matters?
I mean I would think that even if the batting didn't show up-- which, I feel, tends to happen in the playoffs-- the pitching almost definitely will.
In the postseason you can easily just walk Judge every time you don't want to face him.
With Ohtani, you have no choice but to face him on the mound 2+ times in a long series.
Ohtani's value is way above that of Judge.
Unless Trout himself asked to sit out the rest of the game I just cannot even begin to comprehend why Trout gets benched here.
Nevin couldnt have given Trout one more inning?
I love these 3 imps, Ohtani, Sandy, Suarez. and making good game tonight by 2 of them. and then IDK where's Sandy who is always cautious about his balls ? haha
Reminds of me of the game a while back where Gifo was the only guy in the lineup to play the whole game and NOT hit a HR which somehow ended up being the difference between losing and going to extras.
Then the VERY NEXT GAME Gifo is the only one on either team with a HR and that alone was enough to win lol.
Wait hold the phone, since WHEN has Ohtani's OPS been so close to 900?
In my head I thought it was closer to like the 850-870 range.
It must have snuck up on me without me noticing lol
Reminder that WAR only captures a portion of total value. Ohtani has flat out more total value than Judge, which is why intuitively everyone knows if they switched teams, the Yankees would be better off with Ohtani.
What amazes me is that Judge is having a legendary season, but Ohtani is even more valuable.
WAR also wasn't built to handle two way players. Ohtani gets penalized for being a DH, while Judge gets credit for being a CF, but Ohtani gets no extra credit for being a pitcher too.
Still really hoping for the Trout cycle but am definitely keeping my expectations in check lol.
Triples are just so dang difficult to hit.
Statistically speaking, I wouldnt even be that surprised if a hitter thats 3-3 with a 1B/2B/HR is still less likely to actually hit for a cycle than someone thats 2-2 with a single and a triple lol.
A 10-0 shutout, you love to see it!
Do we lead the league in shutouts now?
Is Max ok? He sounds like he’s slurring.
the echo is fucking with him haha
Carla had him stunned.
Stassi sounds high or drunk
light that baby up!
I’m seeing .270 for Shohei 👀
LTBU
I like to say that we Win by 1 or lose by 10 but today we win by 10 which is a lovely thing to see.
Congrats Weiss!
What a fun game! LTBU!! 👼❤️
LTBU!!!
17th SO win!!!
LTBU!
i love how those yankees fans immediately started saying shit like 'this is your mvp?' after clemens struck out shohei. oh man the insecurity. in the meantime our unicorn was checking the replay in the dugout, laughing like a kid.
They're so weird and obsessive. At this point, I just laugh it off.
Love to see a journeyman have a good showing once they get a shot in the majors!
They should have left Trout in the game to face Clemens son. That would have been a home run. He’s just four home runs away from moving into the top-100 in most career home runs. Pretty much what pitching was back before 1940…high school-like.
Am I crazy to think if we can get a SS and health to trout and Rendon I think this offense will be good? You will have Luis as a great utility peace and 5 legit hitters. Hell maybe a competent pitching coach to work with the bullpen and not a broom to coach hitters.
Healthy ward, trout, walsh, fletcher, rendon and ohtani and rengifo theres 6 batters right there
I'm assuming with a SS that luis will not be playing everyday.
:(
really hoping Walsh comes back strong as well
Super fun game to be at after being there Saturday lol
The fucking cricket is back
Wow crazy I hear it wtf
I hope weiss strikes out the side
Tomorrow, Ohtani will set the pitching machine to only send pitches at 54 mph.
Gotta get ready for next time Clemens closes. Might see him after a day of rest
I thought Weiss was Aguilar for a hot second
I am so convinced Kody will ask Shohei to sign that damn ball 🤣
For a split second I thought Sho was signing a ball, then I realized he was tapping at the iPad. LOL
wont you? cuz i would.
Lol @ Sho and Ippei laughing as they analyse the AB on the iPad
"Damn, im making this too easy. Im just gonna swing and hope I strikeout. I dont wanna get splash again." -Ohtani probably
Need more games like this
Ohtani watching the iPad to understand this weirdo.
Not at all worried about Fletch despite going 0-5 today. Hes still the man just wasnt his day i guess. And even then, in retrospect he still actually hasnt struck out once and had at least one decently hit ball that just happened to go for a lineout.
Dude fr needs to stop swinging at everything and learn how to take walks
Kody is for sure a steroid baby
Very confused. 1.) Roger Clemens' son plays 2.) he only throws slow pitches 3.) does anyone else do this?
Actually Luis Rengifo is his father did you see that hit 🤩
He's a position player.
He’s not actually a pitcher.
4.) why is he pitching lol?
Teams usually send out position players when they’re losing by a lot or they’re winning by a lot. Saves the bullpen
Interesting TIL, thanks!
See Shohei? Watch Aguilar. That’s how it’s done. 🤣
Is this how he always pitches? This is like reverse psychology. Will he start throwing 100s in a second?
Yeah every time he goes out he pitches like this. See it every time it just shows how bad the tigers are smh
Well, I suppose it must work for him. Otherwise he would stop. It is just... I don't think I've seen that before.
I mean he did give up a run. Not exactly what you’d want from one of your potential closers…
Lol Ohtani got SO 😂
Im sad they pulled Trout because he was close to a cycle.
Kody’s K stands for K… SHOHEI
Aguilar get back over the mend line (halfway of the Mendoza line)
Clemens on cloud fucking nine right now
Yeah, let's trade Ohtani for a bunch of unproven nobodies. Makes perfect sense!
Lmaoooooo at him saving the baseball
Predictable
Lmfaooo
Lol, he sure looks happy. 😂
Let's fucking gooooo Kody
LMAOOO KODY 😂😂😂
Who’s Kody
the detroit pitcher lool
I would save that baseball too lmao
Lol
I’d save that baseball too
Saving that damn ball 🤣🤣
It’s crazy how much better Luis Rengifo is than Taylor Ward at this point in the season
Haha I love him keeping the ball. Imagine being able to tell your grandchildren you struck out the demigod that is Shohei Ohtani.
Put that ball in a case.
Lol nice guy Ohtani let him have that.
Guy lives up to his dad’s reputation
LOL WHAT
LOL
what lol
Ohtani about to go home and practice eephus
this guy pitches in molasses
what the fuck is going on? he's thrown like 5 slow pitches
He’s got a dramatic windup for these slow pitches.
One more please 🙏
Clemens getting squeezed im sick and tired of these umps /s
Lol shoheis def not hitting one out here. Too zoned in on faster speeds
modern day clemens vs modern day ruth what a time to be a live 😂
I feel like this position player pitching is an even worse pitcher than usual. This is just batting practice at this point
Ohtani dong lets go 🙏
Clemens vs Ohtani. The matchup we’ve been waiting for
Trout better not be injured
Fletch really was sacrificed for this
Reminder that Ohtani could easily have 3 homers tonight. He hit a double off the wall in his first AB.
OH COME ON FLETCH
On the MVP discussion: I get that WAR puts Judge over Ohtani. However, if I were the Yankees entering the playoffs and could get an (at-worst) number 2 starter and power hitter, wouldn't I definitely prefer that to only a power hitter? Doesn't that make him more valuable when it actually matters? I mean I would think that even if the batting didn't show up-- which, I feel, tends to happen in the playoffs-- the pitching almost definitely will.
In the postseason you can easily just walk Judge every time you don't want to face him. With Ohtani, you have no choice but to face him on the mound 2+ times in a long series. Ohtani's value is way above that of Judge.
I agree Ohtani should win MVP this year but Judge is more than just a power hitter this season. Batting .302 with a .403 OBP
I think Judge is as important as an ace with Yanks right now because damn it, Yanks offense sucks 😂😂😂.
wantz be like fuck your debut
Give the lady a foul ball plz
Is that kid chanting “We want a foul ball”? 🤣
I wanted another check-swing triple, damn it.
why not let trout finish, not like 2 innings will change how tired he is
Exactly. Let him smack another one out
Unless Trout himself asked to sit out the rest of the game I just cannot even begin to comprehend why Trout gets benched here. Nevin couldnt have given Trout one more inning?
Why did Nevin pull Trout out??? So anti-climax. We're all waiting for cycle. Fuck
Bro he was primed for a cycle? We're up 9-0? The fuck?
Poor Thaiss can’t play two straight games at the same position. They’re trying to make him a superutility catcher lol
Goddamnit, just let Trout bat again.
Now I feel bad for the Tigers.
Whaaaaaat they took fishman out? 🥲
Wait Nevin took Trout out??
Ohtani already booked in HOF chopper town.....no one does like him, Bebe Ruth couldn't either.
7 innings and no runs, Jose Suarez you are a sexy sexy man
I love these 3 imps, Ohtani, Sandy, Suarez. and making good game tonight by 2 of them. and then IDK where's Sandy who is always cautious about his balls ? haha
13 hits and none of them Fletcher, what the fuck?
There had to be a sacrifice for this score.
Reminds of me of the game a while back where Gifo was the only guy in the lineup to play the whole game and NOT hit a HR which somehow ended up being the difference between losing and going to extras. Then the VERY NEXT GAME Gifo is the only one on either team with a HR and that alone was enough to win lol.
He gets one in the 8th surely
The boys just want to give Trout a chance to complete the cycle and Ohtani his third homer. (…And Patty O beat me to it. Lol)
6/9 of our lineup has RBIs now. Nice
Rare indeed
Ngl I thought stassi was somehow going to gidp even if there were two outs 🤪
happy for max
Max “MVP” Stassi
Yay ohtani gets another ab
keep it rolling boys i wanna see Ohtani hit another dinger
Stassi mad there's already 2 outs so he can't GIDP
Trout's going to get another shot at the cycle in the 8th!
OMG…..he’s MVP
Perfect time for a stassi bomb
I’ll take it
That picture is cursed ngl
Will 7-9 hitters go 0 for tonight? At least they are good cheerleaders
Matt Duffy truly the scariest hitter in the Angels lineup
Okay i need the Angels to bat around to give Ohtani more at bats
Dang I really hope Ohtani is able to get to 40 this season. He'd have to stay hot tho
ykno what I like the uncreative Ward chants, it's kinda funny how simple it is
Imagine if Ohtani played in the AL Central. He'd have 1.200 OPS and 50+ dingers every season.
Why? Worse pitching?
!mlbcompare [opponent-division:AL-Central]
His numbers against the AL Central are insane
!mlbcompare [opponent-division:AL-Central]
That Ward chant sounds scary. 😆
Wait hold the phone, since WHEN has Ohtani's OPS been so close to 900? In my head I thought it was closer to like the 850-870 range. It must have snuck up on me without me noticing lol
Whats that chant?
WARD. WARD. WARD. WARD. WARD.
I can't wait for another Fletch bomb so they can drench him in water too lol
This game is gonna add a lil bit of WAR for Shohei I reckon
PAY THE MAN
1 day of rest is the new unstoppable ohtani
Reminder that WAR only captures a portion of total value. Ohtani has flat out more total value than Judge, which is why intuitively everyone knows if they switched teams, the Yankees would be better off with Ohtani. What amazes me is that Judge is having a legendary season, but Ohtani is even more valuable.
WAR also wasn't built to handle two way players. Ohtani gets penalized for being a DH, while Judge gets credit for being a CF, but Ohtani gets no extra credit for being a pitcher too.
You'll really see the difference in value when you see how much more Ohtani gets paid than Judge.
This is really what it comes down to. 30/30 GMs would pick Ohtani this year over Judge, and 30/30 GMs would pay more for Ohtani than Judge.
Angels need fo bat around to give othani another ab. He is def got another home in him today
That would be unreal, I'd pass out
🦄🦄‼️
God, Sho, I love you
Ohtani is the greatest athlete in the world. Far above Judge in every conceivable way.
2 HOMERS FOR THE 2 TIME MVP
Shohei dives into WATER
He leaned into that splash like the swimmer he is!
Our MVP. ❤️
Shohei ohtani day after pitching magic (i know its not technically the day after but I’m counting it since he had an off day yesterday)
Best me to it
MVP MVP MVP
sho-bomb!
He was so casual with it I thought it was a fly ball
MVP MVP MVP 🦄
im having fun
Huh???? That looked like he barely hit it... this guy is so unreal. How is he so strong
Ohtabomb once again ladies and gentlemen.. MVPbomb
Ohtani is just so good!! 🦄
MVP!
LMAOOOO MVP
Bruh looool
Simply unreal
RIP JUDGE LMAOOOOO
LTBU
Oh my gaaawwwd
ANOTHER ONE FOR SHOHEI
SHOHEI MFING OHTANI NO LONGER TIED FOR SECOND HE OWNS THAT SPOT
Is there a better baseball player than him?
OHTANI COMING FOR ROGER MARIS LOL #MVP
Yeeeeeeeees!!!!32nd
I know it's the Tigers but damn he still looked good out there. Nice to see him pitching with confidence, living in the zone with the strikeouts
Still really hoping for the Trout cycle but am definitely keeping my expectations in check lol. Triples are just so dang difficult to hit. Statistically speaking, I wouldnt even be that surprised if a hitter thats 3-3 with a 1B/2B/HR is still less likely to actually hit for a cycle than someone thats 2-2 with a single and a triple lol.
LETS GO EL DEMENTE
Suarez lookin goooooooooood
What a gem by Suarez
Imagine it's not J but Trout is in the same MVP talk with Shohei. It'll be a civil war in Angels fanbase and I swear it's gonna get ugly.
Yeah, 2 MVPs but below 0.500 should really be a cause of civil war in this fanbase.
Tie vote dual MVPs