Yankees @ Pirates - Sun, Apr 06

Game Status: Final - Score: 5-4 Pirates

Links & Info

• Current conditions at PNC Park: 41°F - Overcast - Wind 10 mph, L To R
• TV: Yankees: YES, Pirates: SportsNet-PIT
• Radio: Yankees: WADO 1280 (es), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, Pirates: KDKA-FM 93.7
• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

Decisions

• Winner: Joey Wentz (1-1, 1.23)
• Loser: Devin Williams (0-1, 3.86)

Division Scoreboard

STL 4 @ BOS 5 - Final

STL @ BOS 07:10 PM EDT

TOR 1 @ NYM 2 - Final

BAL 1 @ KC 4 - Final

TB 3 @ TEX 4 - Final

^{Last Updated: 04/06/2025 05:33:03 PM EDT}

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Yankees @ Pirates - Sat, Apr 05

Game Status: Final - Score: 10-4 Yankees

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

Decisions

• Winner: Mark Leiter Jr. (1-1, 6.23)
• Loser: Bailey Falter (0-1, 8.10)

Division Scoreboard

BAL 8 @ KC 1 - Final

TB 1 @ TEX 4 - Bottom 3, 1 Out

TOR 0 @ NYM 0 - Top 3, 0 Outs

STL 0 @ BOS 0 - Postponed

Next Yankees Game: Sun, Apr 06, 01:35 PM EDT @ Pirates

^{Last Updated: 04/05/2025 07:54:00 PM EDT}

Does anyone have a clip of Kay explaining anime to Flash?

It's a different clip than the one where he's explaining one piece. He says something like "it's a level above cartoons".

Would love to see it again. Didn't see it in the subreddit anywhere. Thanks!

My brother and I are trying to figure out who the voice is who says "You're watching YES" and he thinks it's Bob Sheppard, but the answers I'm finding say it's Michael Kay for some reason. Does anyone know you says "You're watching YES" during that graphic?

Blah blah blah small sample size blah blah blah. Ben Rice has been absolutely crushing the baseball every time he steps up to the plate this year. He fully passes the eye test, but the underlying metrics back it all up. Year over year his bat speed has increased a full 3.2 MPH from 71.4 MPH to 74.6. It's possible that adding the 10 pounds of muscle of whatever has actually made a difference in that regard. Not too close to Stanton's 81 MPH swing (no one is), but actually moved him pretty close to Judge's speed of about 76.5. Another metric that goes along with that is his fast swing rate (swings of 75 MPH or above). That he has increased nearly 3x, from 14.6% to 47.4% (not even close to Judge's 73%). He is also making contact at a significantly higher rate, evidenced by the fact his barrel percentage has nearly tripled, from 15.6% to 42.9%. Additionally, his average exit velo has increased 10 MPH from 90 to 100.

A lot of those stats are probably unsustainable over the long-term, but we do know he was one of the unluckiest hitters in the MLB last year.

ZIPS has him projected to hit 23 HRs with a .778 OPS in 111 games (a 34 HR pace over 162) this season, which at this point seems to be his floor, considering they have him batting .233 and with an OBP OF .327. If Ben can deliver 25-30 HRs and ~.800 OPS, that would be insane production to get from a guy who was never really considered a top prospect by any means. The depth in our lineup would actually be insane, but again, I fully believe that ZIPS projection is only his floor. If you disagree let me know. I know some will probably accuse me of setting unreasonable expectations for a young guy, but is the 25-30 HRs with a .233 BA and .327 OBP really the best you think will get from him?

I'm just very nervous about his playing time once Stanton comes back. I want to see Rice, not a guy who has a net of .6 WAR over his last 325 games. I guess we might just have to wait till next year when Goldy's contract is up.

Sorry for rambling and if this seems like a low effort post. I'm actually very high right now so it did take a lot of effort for me lol, but it's all relative, so please advise if I should look like an idiot and should just delete this, because I genuinely cannot tell.

I’m loving watching this team. Yes it’s early and yes today’s game was against the Pirates. But things feel different and better.

Double plays & defense. The last few years, I used to predict how often we would hit into double plays. I felt it in my bones. It was so disappointing. They changed that last year though. Then today I saw our guys get at least two double plays??

Offense. Of course the offense is insane. Obviously it will cool off at some point, but the big thing is that they always feel like they’re in it. They felt that way last year too, but besides that they didn’t feel that way too much. And literally every at bat I’m waiting for Judge to hit another home run.

Battling. Last year if they didn’t get an early lead, it was likely they’d lose. They’d just shut down and give up. But now I feel like they are always in it.

Veterans & Young Guys. And the combination of veterans and new guys is great. I’m one of those fans that mostly pays attention to the Yankees, although I’m keeping up more with others, but when I heard Goldschmidt was coming, I just went with what people said about him being older. But I love watching this guy, he’s a total pro and anchors this team with Judge, Bellinger and others. Volpe has exceeded my expectations and so has Dominguez and others for what we’ve seen so far.

When I think of a World Series type team, this mix of veterans and younger guys, this energy and drive, this is what I think of. And they’re having fun. I would say when we got to the World Series last year, they weren’t having fun, it was so much pressure. Glad to see them enjoying the game right now.

Feel like the defensive has massively improved too. Just feels like I’m not used to seeing them like this!

Again, we’ll see how the season progresses, they’ll obviously cool off for a bit, and the years I’ve been watching a lot again they are very streaky (so we’ll see about that too). Feel like that’s the last test. August usually seems like a low month for us. We’ll see how it shakes out.

And it’s hard to imagine a world where we win a World Series without Cole. But my wife said, “Other teams have done it without him. The Yankees can too.” I hope they win it all and Cole gets a ring with the rest of them, even without playing you know he’s impacted this team.

Let’s go Yankees!

i got my boyfriend yankees tickets for the 4/26 game for his birthday. he’s a huge yankees fan! i’m not as big into baseball, but got us seats in section 120A, row 15. they’re listed as field mvp on ticketmaster, but does that row come with any perks? just curious as to what to expect when we go! i’ve tried looking it up & from what i see it depends on what row you’re in? idk, only my 2nd time going to yankees stadium & we weren’t in a field mvp section last time!

Yankees @ Pirates - 01:35 PM EDT

Game Status: Pre-Game

Links & Info

• Current conditions at PNC Park: 40°F - Overcast - Wind 9 mph, L To R
• TV: Yankees: YES, Pirates: SportsNet-PIT
• Radio: Yankees: WADO 1280 (es), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, Pirates: KDKA-FM 93.7
• MLB Gameday
• Statcast Game Preview

Division Scoreboard

STL @ BOS 01:35 PM EDT

STL @ BOS 07:10 PM EDT

TOR @ NYM 01:40 PM EDT

BAL @ KC 02:10 PM EDT

TB @ TEX 02:35 PM EDT

^{Last Updated: 04/06/2025 10:30:59 AM EDT, Update Interval: 5 Minutes}