But for some reason Yankee manager Aaron Boone planned this European weekend as a mid season vacation for his starting pitchers except Masahiro Tanaka, who started game one in London yesterday. Game two was supposed to be one of those all relief pitcher jobs that Boone has robotically embraced this season to be like many of his peers.
It didn't make much sense, except that the Yankee starting pitchers have not been consistent.
| Rk | Pos | Name | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Masahiro Tanaka | 30 | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.74 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 98.2 | 93 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 405 | 121 | 4.06 | 1.176 | 8.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 7.8 | 3.70 |
| 2 | SP | J.A. Happ* | 36 | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.23 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.1 | 89 | 49 | 49 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 354 | 87 | 5.48 | 1.281 | 9.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 3.47 |
| 3 | SP | Domingo German (10-day IL) | 26 | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.86 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 59 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 291 | 117 | 4.07 | 1.114 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 9.9 | 4.05 |
| 4 | SP | CC Sabathia* | 38 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.04 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 68 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 112 | 5.27 | 1.362 | 8.9 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 2.54 |
| 5 | SP | James Paxton* | 30 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.34 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.1 | 64 | 34 | 31 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 279 | 104 | 3.83 | 1.430 | 9.0 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 11.3 | 2.89 |
Paxton started the final game in the USA June 26, 2019 before the trip but he only went 4.33 innings, 8 hits, 6 ER, 3 HR.
The previous game to that was an all relief job June 25, 2019.
Sabathia started June 24, 2019: 6 innings, 6 hits, 2 ER.
Happ started June 23, 2019: 4 innings, 11 hits, 8 ER, 3 HR; Old Timers Day at Yankee Stadium.
Tanaka started June 22, 2019: 6 innings, 8 hits, 2 ER, 1 HR.
Game one in London:
Start Time: 1:10 a.m. ET
Attendance: 59,659
Venue: London Stadium
Game Duration: 4:42
Night Game, on grass
Yankees 17, Red Sox 13
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | Pit | Str | Ctct | StS | StL | GB | FB | LD | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | WPA | RE24 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masahiro Tanaka | 0.2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.74 | 8 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0.00 | 0.0 | |||
| Chad Green, W (2-2) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.04 | 10 | 44 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| David Hale, H (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.04 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Nestor Cortes Jr. | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5.22 | 14 | 58 | 36 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Tommy Kahnle | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.48 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Adam Ottavino | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.49 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Zack Britton, H (17) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Aroldis Chapman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13.00 | 50 | 214 | 133 | 89 | 13 | 31 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
Uh, oh. Things didn't go as planned. Aaron Boone depleted his bullpen. So, of course, one would reasonably expect Aaron Boone to change his silly plan to go with all relief pitchers in game two in London. But no, Aaron Boone is sticking with what obviously is an untenable position. He didn't even have a suitable relief pitcher to be his "opener". Aaron Boone started Stephen Tarpley. It's Tarpley's first major league start. Here's his entire MLB career:
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 25 | NYY | AL | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 147 | 2.27 | 1.333 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 2.17 | ||
| 2019 | 26 | NYY | AL | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 72 | 4.02 | 1.560 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 13.0 | 2.40 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 4.67 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.1 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 77 | 97 | 3.11 | 1.442 | 7.3 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 13.0 | 2.27 |
Instead of starting Sabathia or Happ, who had full rest, Aaron Boone started Tarpley. Instead of starting Paxton on three days rest after he had pitched only 4.33, Aaron Boone started Tarpley.
Aaron Boone could even have started Tanaka, who threw only 37 pitches the day before.
Aaron Boone, should have shown some imagination and flexibility. Is he capable of doing so?
Tarpley pitched the first inning in game two in London: 4 runs, 3 HR.
Those people in London should have demanded a refund when they realized what was happening.
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