The Evil Empire

[LopaKa]

Game Recap: Series #4 -- Game #13
New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox







Jackie Bradley Jr. makes a beautiful diving grab to end the second inning



The Yankees get on the board in the 3rd thanks to an RBI-double by Brandon Drury



Greg Bird makes a fantastic diving play to get the final out of the inning




Boston ties the game at one thanks to a solo home run by Jackie Bradley Jr.




With the bases loaded, Nunez reached first on a fielder's choice to bring home the game-winning RBI in the 10th inning

[LopaKa]

Re: The Evil Empire

Great to see Giancarlo and Judge mashing it for you. What's your plan with Gleyber since he's already up in the big leagues? Is it try to start him as much as you can and see how it goes?

yeah bro they have been on fire this season, hopefully they can keep it up. I'm a little confused about what to do with Gleyber. He's not very good ratings wise, but I don't wanna send him down. Any advice? I'm kind of a newbie when it comes to roster management in baseball. I've been trying to play him the last few games and he hasn't done bad for me. He had a fielding/throwing error on his first fielding opportunity so that was a little sad, but despite his low batting ratings, he's not doing too bad for me.

[LopaKa]

Game Recap: Series #5 -- Game #14
New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers













Nicholas Castellanos makes a great diving catch in the second inning




Neil Walker records three errors in two innings and was substituted with Greg Bird



Daniel Norris comes in for Jordan Zimmerman in the 8th inning and went on to retire the next eight batters



Gary Sanchez is frustrated after leaving the potential go-ahead run stranded on third



Jordan Montgomery put on a show in his second start of the season




With two men on base and two outs, Adam Warren came away with a clutch strike out of Nicholas Castellanos to end the inning




After back-to-back singles by Brandon Drury and Jacoby Ellsbury, Greg Bird recorded a 2-RBI double to score the game's first points



Leonys Martin strikes out for Detroit's final out as the Yankees escape with a win despite recording six errors

[LopaKa]

Game Recap: Series #5 -- Game #15
New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers








The Yankees recalled 1B Tyler Austin and have optioned 2B Gleyber Torres to AAA Scranton




Jacoby Ellsbury is caught stealing in the first inning after being walked




Miguel Cabrera advances the runner to second and the Tigers strike first thanks to an RBI-single by Nicholas Castellanos



The Tigers add another run after the solo home run by Jeimer Candelario



Mikie Mahtook hits a solo home run of his own to increase Detroit's lead to three



After giving up back-to-back two out hits, C.C. Sabathia surrendered a 4th run to Dixon Machado, ending his day



The Yankees get on the board thanks to an RBI sacrifice fly by Austin Romine



After a walk by Jacoby Ellsbury and a ground rule double by Brett Gardner, Stanton grounded out and Ellsbury scored to cut their deficit down to 2



Alex Wilson came in and recorded his second save, retiring the side 1-2-3

[LopaKa]

Game Recap: Series #5 -- Game #16
New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers







Both teams will be sending out their aces on Jackie Robinson day



The Yankees and the Tigers come into the game as the Top 2 teams in the league in runs allowed this season




A routine single turned into an RBI-double by Gary Sanchez after center fielder Leonys Martin let the ball bounce over his head




The Yankees get an insurance run in the 6th after an RBI-double by Jacoby Ellsbury brought home Didi Gregorius




New York adds another run thanks to a solo home run by Greg Bird, ending Michael Fulmer's day



Ronald Torreyes pinch hits in the 9th inning and would hit into a routine double play, but Dixon Machado overthrew Niko Goodrum to allow Aaron Judge to score




Aroldis Chapman came in and retired the side to help the Yankees improve to 12-4



Luis Severino improves to 4-0 on the year with another impressive start

[LopaKa]

Game Recap: Series #6 -- Game #17
Miami Marlins @ New York Yankees











J.T. Realmuto records an RBI-single to give Miami the early 1-0 lead at the top of the 1st



Miami increases their lead to 2 after an RBI-single by Realmuto brought home Justin Bour in the 3rd




In the next half inning, Greg Bird tied the game at 2 with a 422-foot 2-run home run



Dellin Betances celebrates after striking out the side in the 8th inning, he retired the next six batters and finished with five strike outs




Garrett Cooper finally breaks the stalemate in the 10th inning with an RBI-single



Realmuto records his third RBI-single in the game to extend the Marlins lead to 2



Kyle Barraclough recorded his 4th save after recording the game's final three outs

[Stout]

Re: The Evil Empire

yeah bro they have been on fire this season, hopefully they can keep it up. I'm a little confused about what to do with Gleyber. He's not very good ratings wise, but I don't wanna send him down. Any advice? I'm kind of a newbie when it comes to roster management in baseball. I've been trying to play him the last few games and he hasn't done bad for me. He had a fielding/throwing error on his first fielding opportunity so that was a little sad, but despite his low batting ratings, he's not doing too bad for me.

The most realistic option is what you did, which is keep him in AAA until absolutely necessary so he plays every day and develops. I haven't played MLB past couple years so I'm not sure if the rule from real life where keeping a player in the minors to a certain point gives you an extra year of team control with them.

Or, if Drury or Walker gets hurt, call him up then. I wouldn't call Gleyber up if Torreyes gets hurt just so he can sit on the bench every day. (Unless there's a way to get Gleyber ABs elsewhere.)

[LopaKa]

Game Recap: Series #6 -- Game #18
Miami Marlins @ New York Yankees











Jacoby Ellsbury hits his third home run of the year, a lead-off 397-footer to give the Yankees the early lead



Sonny Gray starts off red hot, recording 7 strike outs and retiring ten straight batters through four innings



After reaching first on a walk, Starlin Castro tried to score the tying-run off of a double by Dietrich, but he was tagged out at home plate




Aaron Judge records his first triple of the year after center fielder Lewis Brinson missed the catch



Giancarlo Stanton hits an RBI-sacrifice fly to extend the Yankees lead to 2 in the 7th inning



Aroldis Chapman strikes out Brinson and records his 6th save of the season



The Yankees split the 2-game series with the Marlins, as they improve to 13-5 with a 3.0 game lead in the AL East

[LopaKa]

Re: The Evil Empire

The most realistic option is what you did, which is keep him in AAA until absolutely necessary so he plays every day and develops. I haven't played MLB past couple years so I'm not sure if the rule from real life where keeping a player in the minors to a certain point gives you an extra year of team control with them.

Or, if Drury or Walker gets hurt, call him up then. I wouldn't call Gleyber up if Torreyes gets hurt just so he can sit on the bench every day. (Unless there's a way to get Gleyber ABs elsewhere.)

Thanks for the terrific advice Stout, as I said before i'm kind of a noobie when it comes to this stuff. So he will develop by himself in AAA? I'll most likely keep him there until, like you said, a starter gets hurt.

[LopaKa]

Game Recap: Series #7 -- Game #19
Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees











Aaron Hicks misses the diving grab as Devon Travis records his first triple of the year



Justin Smoak gets the Blue Jays on the board with an RBI-single in the top of the first



Russell Martin extends Toronto's lead to 2 with an RBI-sac fly



Giancarlo Stanton gets New York on the board with his 8th home run of the season



Gary Sanchez ties it up at 2 with a solo home run of his own in the 4th



Sanchez makes a tremendous diving catch behind home plate to retire the side



Kendrys Morales takes the lead back for Toronto with a 453-foot bomb off of Chad Green in the 7th inning




The Blue Jays lead was short lived as Stanton hit a lead off home run, his 2nd of the game




In the next inning, with a 3-2 count and 2 outs, Stanton drilled a 454-foot 2-run homer to give the Yankees a 5-3 lead



Aroldis Chapman retired the side 1-2-3 to record his 7th save

[LopaKa]

Game Recap: Series #7 -- Game #20
Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees










Neil Walker turns the double play to leave Donaldson on base for the second time today




It has been a true pitcher's duel through the first six innings
Marcus Stroman: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 3 SO
C.C. Sabathia: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO



Sabathia finally takes down Donaldson as he strikes out the side




After back-to-back singles by Brandon Drury and Neil Walker, the game's first run was batted in by Tyler Austin, his first hit and RBI of the year



Aaron Judge catches a near game-tying home run in the 9th inning



Aroldis Chapman closes out another one, recording his 8th save

[johnstone1987]

Re: The Evil Empire

YOU ARE KILLING IT

[LopaKa]

Game Recap: Series #7 -- Game #21
Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees







Both starting pitchers are bringing the heat today as we are in a stalemate through three innings



Curtis Granderson gets the first run on the board with an RBI-double



Russell Martin hits a line drive right into the back of pitcher Luis Severino, resulting in an RBI-single



Didi Gregorius records an RBI-single after Gary Sanchez slides home safely in the 6th




Aaron Judge records his second double and third hit of the game, then scored the game-tying run thanks to a single up the middle by Ronald Torreyes




Ryan Tepera came in, got the force out at home plate, then struck out Gary Sanchez to send the game into extra innings




In the bottom of the 10th, Torreyes singled to advance Aaron Judge to third base, then Gregorius hit a line drive to left field for the walk-off RBI single

[LopaKa]

Re: The Evil Empire

YOU ARE KILLING IT

haha thanks Johnstone, this team is so much fun to play with. Really makes cranking these games out a lot easier. All of these games have been a blast to play.

[LopaKa]

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