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1. Devin Williams was damaged goods when the Yankees traded for him, as was Nestor going through other way. It was always a risk for both teams. Hope it pans out because Williams means way more to NYY’s fortunes than Nestor means to Milwaukee’s, but right now mr. airbender looks like a complete bust

2. Downvote it but the fact that Devin Williams couldn’t handle shaving a couple times per week has left me with zero faith that he can come through in a big spot. I’m usually wrong about everything and probably am here but he screams head case to me

3. Fried looked like an ace. Glad we eeked out a win in the end.

4. I wish we had 4 other Max Fried’s in the starting rotation

5. What an ace like outing from Max Fried. Gets our first Quality Start of the season going 7.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 11 K. Thought his fastball and sweeper were his best pitches, but really had everything working and was highly efficient today. Got out of a couple of jams in the 5th and 7th and gave us much needed length.

   Rice continues to rake with a 2-run HR for the lead while Judge tacks it on in the 9th with a 2 RBI single to make up the offense for the day. Special shout out goes to Goldschmidt who had a excellent series. Went 7-13 with a double. He’s provided the 1B production we’ve longed for since pre-concussion Rizzo in the early going.

   Weaver had a solid 8th but Williams unfortunately can’t say the same thing. Williams has been underwhelming so far and today was another reminder giving up 2 BB and 3 ER. Thankfully Leiter Jr gets the final out to salvage the series. Yankees go .500 on the road trip where they head back to Yankee Stadium to face the Giants and Royals.

6. Fried Rice

7. Doomsday Devin?

8. If this game showed anything, it’s that we need better pitching. This is what good pitching does, in low scoring games, it gives the lineup a chance to get enough runs to win.

   I’ve said it since the Brewers series, 10+ runs isn’t the norm, and they can’t keep allowing 5+ runs hoping they’ll just outslug the other team while having bad pitching.

   We need a couple of more Max Fried’s and idk how or where they’re going to find them without trading important players.

9. I think the scorer needs a new abbreviation for how Williams pitched to day and failed to accomplish. We know S for save, BS blown save, H hold. I am coming up with F for reliever who comes in, doesn’t blow the save, but pitches so horribly bad he has to be taken out for another pitcher. It’s on my scorecard. Remember where who saw it and heard it first.😁😁😁

10. I always wondered who the fans target for booing would be this year. If Williams doesn’t clean it up we have our answer

11. The beard shit with Williams – although I’m happy they reversed the policy – looks more and more each day like it was a warning sign about his fit here.

    Dude’s supposed to be the air-bender.

    Instead we got the air-boner.

    He’s either broken and headed to the IL, reinventing himself and it’s going poorly, or he inhabits an unhealthy mental space. It burns me that that Yankees are paying 25% of Nestor’s salary for the privilege of any of those outcomes.

    (I get Nestor’s out for probably a month, so I don’t exactly have the high ground, but it’s Nestor and I still love him and I just know he’ll answer my texts any minute now…I know he’s just busy and he still loves me and our turtle)

12. cant say i am enthralled with the Devin Williams experience thus far.

13. Maybe considering swapping Williams and weaver?

14. It’s a long season guys, Devin Williams historically needs some time to ramp up.

    Wins are all that matters and thankfully we got there.

    A nice break before facing the surprisingly great giants and the top 3 of their rotation.

15. I think it’s interesting that we haven’t spoken about how great escarra has been paired with Max and even the cookie outing. Seems like he knows them both well

16. Didn’t we get rid of Clay Holmes? Williams gives me those bad Holmes vibes…I’m going back to Weaver. Let Williams try to prove he’s better than Weaver before he’s anointed our closer. Every outing the guy looks like shit…

17. Devin Williams career ERA by month:

    Mar/Apr: 3.03 before today, 3.86 after today

    May: 2.51

    Jun: 1.65

    Jul: 0.87

    Aug: 1.55

    Sep/Oct: 1.89

    I’ve hated watching his performance thus far in pinstripes as much as anyone. But he seems like a guy who needs a long time to fully warm up, him struggling out of the gate isn’t that unusual for him.

    That said, if it wouldn’t wound his pride to the point of hampering him, he should yield the closer reins to Weaver until June, or whenever he happens to reach midseason form.

18. Dicey Devin at it again..

19. So much about Williams. If he’s still struggling like this in a month or two, I’ll probably be more worried. The man has a sub 2 ERA over 6 regular seasons (some weren’t full years though). I’m inclined to give him some benefit of the doubt – a lot of it.

20. **Fuck the Detroit Four Seasons!**

    **Fuck those chicken wings!**

21. Okay so what’s the deal with Devin Williams? Is he just a slow starter?

22. It’s crazy how DW isn’t even AVERAGE right now. Hopefully it’s just one of those cold stretches.

23. Glad we won, but Devin Williams so far is not what I thought he would be. I am glad that the facial hair policy has changed, but he makes all that noise about the rule, and now falls flat. Thankfully, it’s still early in the season, but he’s got to pick it up.

24. Devin Williams has to learn to get outs in the strike zone. The book is out on him. Lay off that change up out of the strike zone. Pitchers who get outs “out of the zone” will always struggle against teams that are disciplined enough to stay in the strike zone. Williams gotta throw more GOOD fastballs in the zone to be able to make batters chase that change up.

25. Oddly encouraged that Boone actually lifted Williams.  Feel like we saw this act too many times last year where he chose to just die by Clay or the designated guy for that inning.

26. I know it’s early, but Max Fried is looking like everything Carlos Rodon is not

27. That catcher dropping 2 foul balls really ended up winning us this game. Williams needs to get it together

28. I’ll take a 3-3 road trip through miserably cold cities as a win. People need to lighten up on Williams, he obviously hasn’t looked great but it’s a handful of innings in April. Dude has been nails most of his career and I’m sure he’ll regain his past dominate form

29. Nestors 2nd outing went 6 IP, 0 ER. What is the return policy on a Devin Williams?

30. I have a feeling I’m really gonna like Max Fried as a yankee for a while

31. Sure this will be downvoted per usual but this team has a major issue with fundamentals. Even veterans like Judge and Goldschmidt.

    Goldschmidt gets two good base hits. Wiyh the bases loaded and no one outs, he completely fails and can’t elevate the ball for the worst possible double play. Not even a run scoring DP.

    Bottom of the ninth and two outs with men on 2nd and 3rd. Guy hits a single. In every situation, you throw to second to keep the runner at first. Judge, the 32 year old captain, throws home advancing the tying run to second.

    What is going on? Well rhetorical. We know the issue is our manager. No one gets on these guys at all. I like Boone for not babying Dominguez’s defense and (way too late) getting on Gleyber last year but it has to be consistent and all encompassing.

    The team has to become smarter but they won’t under Boone.

32. I was on my way home from work and Max Fried’s curveball just buckled my knees