Game Thread ALDS Game 4 - Yankees vs Guardians @ Progressive Field - Sunday Oct. 16th 7:07pm on TBS

All hands on deck….the only problem with that is A shaky manager will be making the moves.
Tonight could be his last game as Yankees manager!

 

Wouldn't that be sweet! I bet on California sliding off into the ocean to occur first, or the rock that is New York to be swallowed up by a mega earthquake, before either FrankenSteinbrenner or Trashman have the decency & sense to fire BaBoone !

 

Good news: Cabrera will play SS tonight!
Bad news? Hicks at LF.

 

^^^Beat me to it....and Boone putting his typical diplomatic spin on it.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34810456/yankees-bench-isiah-kiner-falefa-play-oswaldo-cabrera-ss-aaron-hicks-lf




The New York Yankees are shaking up their starting lineup as they face elimination Sunday night against the Cleveland Guardians.

Rookie Oswaldo Cabrera is replacing Isiah Kiner-Falefa at shortstop, while Aaron Hicks will take over for Cabrera in left field.

The moves come after defensive miscues from Kiner-Falefa cost the Yankees in their 6-5 loss Saturday to the Guardians.

• Manager Aaron Boone said before Sunday's game he felt Kiner-Falefa was "pressing," which led to the decision.

"You know, playing a little bit not to make that mistake," Boone said. "And I think that's gotten in his way a little bit. So I just felt like I needed to do this today. I still expect him to play a huge role for us in what we hope is a couple more weeks of baseball, but I felt like today it was something that was the right thing to do."

Cabrera, an infielder by trade, was playing out of position in left field and failed to keep a ball in front of him in the ninth inning that turned a single into a double. He will slot back into his more natural position Sunday.

"I have a ton of confidence in Oswald Cabrera ... at shortstop and what he brings to the table as an infielder and how he's established himself in the back half of the season," Boone said.

Hicks, meanwhile, will see his first action of the series.

Boone also reiterated his decision to not use Clay Holmes in Game 3 was due to the closer's recent shoulder issue and some minor soreness Holmes reported after his outing on Friday. Boone said Holmes would be available in Game 4 as well as a potential Game 5 if he reports no soreness.

The Guardians lead the Yankees 2-1 in the series; a win Sunday will send them to the American League Championship Series to face the Houston Astros.

 

Just got home from a great giants win today over the ravens. Hope the yanks can follow suit

 

Rizzo with the first RBI, followed by his base running miscue, to take the Yankees out of the inning.



Judge with his ninth strike out of the series. He's definitely pressing/ overreaching.

 

Bader with a 2 run shot to LF seats.

 

Good start, 3-0, good guys.

 

For some unknown reason Videos from Twitter aren't working?

 

Wish donaldson would stop running out to left field and distracting the LF and never catching the ball. And where the hell was hicks who should have been theee and calling donaldson off

 

Indians, I mean the Cleveland Generics Jose Ramirez caught in a base running miscue at first, saves Donaldson's and Hicks's credibility of goats, on their inability to communicate with each other, as the fly ball drops in.
Thanks to Jose Ramirez- The Yankees save face!

 

Hicks was too busy looking into the stands and wondering what he was going to have for dinner after the game. Or what kind of alcohol he's going to start drinking soon.

As Ron Darling points out at least Hicks threw it to the right person... Torres.

 

Donaldson still can neither recognize nor hit a breaking ball...this POS better not be on this team next year.

 

Goddamnit Cole...you throw 4 straight breaking balls that Naylor can't, and then decide to challenge with a FB down the middle...brilliant, just fucking brilliant.

 

And then narrowly miss giving up another HR on the next pitch....some ace, eh?

 

Cole won’t last 6, maybe not 5, with his lackluster fastball. If this is their “ace” , this team will be playing golf tomorrow!

 

It's hard to believe Donaldson was evera MVP of anything.