[Music] you are locked on Yankees postcast part of locked on Sports New York on the locked on podcast Network your team [Music] everyday all right we are back welcome welcome welome welcome it's the lock on Yankees postcast for another day we'll be with you immediately following every Yankees game if you recall from last night my name is Jay Burman happy to have you aboard all right Yanks lose a snoozefest of the Royals tonight the final score was five nothing really was a quiet night in the Bronx the story as we said the bats go silent and a big reason why Seth Lugo how about that seven Innings does not allow a run strikes out 10 at one point he retired 15 in a row as we said double digit strike strikeouts that's 10 felt like a many points he struck out every battery faced and as frustrating as this particular loss is and it was frustrating because the bats were quiet all night especially considering the Orioles beat the Red Sox as well tonight we'll get to the standings sometimes you just have to tip your cap Seth Lugo he was the best player on the field tonight and it wasn't even close couple of bloop singles from glaber one in the first inning bottom of the first inning then you had that long streak of consecutive outs reti uh registered Austin Wells had a hit as well and that was it strikeouts everywhere all night really so a rough uh rough night for the Yankees they lose five nothing thanks for making lock on Sports New York your first listen every day we are free and available wherever you get podcasts and on YouTube We're part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day again my name is j Burman you can follow me on XJ Burman jyb r m an if you're wondering who I am I'm gonna rattle off a list of places that you might have seen me at wdf RNN wlny si.com mlb.com news12 networks Bloomberg Radio 1010 WINS 880 CBS Sports Radio and sports grid just to name a few also want to mention our partners in crime over at lock on Yankees at Stacy gulus and Brian mckin they handle all the stuff at lock on Yankees they really are the best so follow subscribe and enjoy as we said a 5 nothing win a real ho home win for the Royals tonight Yankees fall to just a half game in front of the Orioles in the division it was a game and a half lead coming into tonight Yanks in fact had the best record of the American League entering play tonight game and a half half lead over the Orioles in the AL East magic number entering play tonight was nine it'll stay there the lineup tonight and we'll get to this in just a little bit the lineup tonight I'm thinking is what we're going to see pretty much the rest of the way and probably assuming there are no injuries probably the way we're going to see the lineup constituted in the playoffs as well at least early on obviously things can change in the postseason never know what happens but at this point in time if this was the week the playoffs started Stanton's going to be in there and Verdugo is not just a fact because Dominguez is gonna play Left Field judge is gonna play center the DH spots locked up by Stanton so guys like Alex Verdugo and Trent Grisham who were for some reason integral parts of the team early on I think they're going to be relegated to the bench we discussed that last night in regard to Verdugo despite the home run the fact that they called up Dominguez could it light a f a fire under Verdugo or does it banish him to the bench one of those two things is going to happen we saw the home run last night we saw the benching tonight so it'll be very interesting to see how much Dominguez plays and O obviously the uh the structure of the Outfield do you want Aaron judge playing center field every day for the next really two months if it goes into the World Series remember the World Series goes into November once again which seems crazy every single year but that's a topic for another day but again if Dominguez is going to play Left Field judge is going to play center and obviously stto and right that means you're not gonna see Verdugo or or Grisham at any point in time and that's probably uh good news all right Marcus strowman was not great tonight he was Seth lugo's opponent and we'll look inside the numbers as we discuss strowman Falls to 10 and eight on the year five and a third seven hits three earn two walks four K his ER still north of four we talked a lot last night about the bullpen and we'll talk tonight about the bullpen as well lighter Jr and Mesa each gave up an earned run but some notes on the bullpen coming into tonight relievers the last four games before tonight opposing batters were one for 37 now the home runoff later junor tonight ended that streak but as we said coming into tonight the bullpen over the last stretch has been great 12 and the third scoreless Innings from the bullpen again that was coming into tonight the home run by fam off of Mark ligher Junior mid game ended that streak but again Lugo and strowman they had faced uh their these respective opponents back in June in Kansas City Lugo did go seven Innings that night but allowed four runs he went seven Innings tonight and a big Bagel did not allow any runs he did Pitch well did strowman against the Royals in Kansas City in early June but his last start before tonight was against the Rangers five runs in three and two-thirds Innings pitched against the Rangers as we said in his last start so not great from strowman tonight so so he needed to be great the offense needed to be better none of those things happen and for that reason the Yanks lead over the Orioles down to a half game all right as we mentioned that Playoff lineup it's amazing at least here in the Northeast the uh the flip has been uh the switch has been flipped if you will in regards to fall it is now fall somehow went from Summer to fall in just days and it kind of has that feeling of playoff baseball just a little bit of a nip in the air especially at night when the Sun goes down and that had me thinking about the playoff lineup coming up and again we did not see vulpi who got a unusual day off in fact it was his first stay off since March we did not see Stanton the question now is we'll see vpy every day at Short will we see Stanton every day at DH will we see Dominguez in left field every single day now obviously that makes the lineup deeper makes the bench deeper banishes guys like Verdugo and Grisham and birdie to the bench but again this is at this point in time what you saw tonight despite Lugo this is the best Yankees lineup Gaber at the top then obviously stto and judge Wells comfortably in that cleanup spot now one note on Austin Wells amazingly this point in time he could be the American League Rookie of the Year not just the favorite not just a candidate he could be the winner he's hitting 309 in the cleanup spot in 28 games coming in pretty good stuff and the Yankees have found their cleanup hitter so top four is pretty lethal there and again we're g to see Dominguez and we're going to see Stanton in the PO season all right Aaron judge and Bobby Whit they were your MVP battle storylines coming into at least last night uh Whit did it again uh he opened the scoring with a riby single in the third Salvador Perez got him home after that and so on and so forth and it was a five nothing win for the Royals point being wit and judge struggled coming into tonight wit has been pretty good judge now it 14 straight games without a home run it's a drought it's officially a drought by the way his career long stretch without homering is 15 games so he's at 14 he is one fewer than his record uh for a home run drought all right now through September 22nd all FanDuel customers can bet $5 and get a three-week free trial of NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube and from YouTube TV visit fanduel.com to get started again now through September 22nd all right we'll take our real quick break and when we come back we will discuss as we said the playoff lineup the judge 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I've total it totaled it up that's 14 102 and two 14 strikeouts for the Yankees tonight by the way Seth Lugo 16 and8 very much alive for an Al sa young Tariq scoel has lots to say about that but that's again a topic for another another day and by the way lugo's ER on the season below three now 294 Tommy fam another XM sticking it to the Yankees with a home run tonight Bobby Wood Jr did have a hit his average up to 334 how good is Salvador Perez we made mention of it last night again tonight driving in his 100th run of the season in fact he uh had two RB tonight now has a 100 RB as a catcher that doesn't play every day and obviously played first base tonight but still really amazing stuff all right Gaber had the Two Hits Austin Wells had the hit and nothing else as we said 14 strikeouts the that's simply put silent really no other way to describe the night that was a 5 nothing victory for the Royals over the Yankees thanks for making lock on Sports New York your first listen every day we are free and available wherever you get your podcast and on YouTube We're part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day also want to mention our partners in crime over at lockon yanki Stacy gulus and Brian mcken uh they're the best follow subscribe and enjoy as we mentioned June 10th was the last time Lugo faced the Yankees seven Innings four runs tonight seven Innings no runs and retired 17 straight Yankees before Gaber had the second of his bloop singles to center field Marcus strowman five runs three uh pardon me uh three and two-thirds Innings five runs in his last outing against the Texas Rangers tonight a little bit better but not much as I take a look at the stats for strowman five and a third seven hits three earn two walks four K did not allow a home run Mark lighter Jr allowed that home run to Tommy fam but again it's interesting times for the Yankees I think the focus tonight big picture is obviously the lineup in the Home Run drought from Judge which we know will be fine but that's big picture after tonight's game it was frustrating but again chalk it up to an ace-like performance from Seth Lugo who forever was a middle relief guy really wanted to start by the way he could win the saong this year his contract amazing three years 45 million he signed with Kansas City this past off season so again three for 45 he's making 15 million dollars this year well on his way to a top five finish in that American League Sai Young race we talked about it last night the MVP battle between judge and wit and we also talked about unfortunately that home run drought which is rearing its ugly head now and admittedly it's only been a couple of weeks but 133 coming into tonight now 14 straight games for judge without a home run career long as we mentioned 15 15 really remarkable stuff from Aaron judge all right let's talk about the Yankees lineup or the uh rubber game of three between the Royals and the Yankees Cole Reagan goes for Kansas City he's been excellent Luis heel goes for the Yankees 13-6 324 ra if I told you a couple of months ago that heel was no longer the front runner for American League rookie of the year but it was a Yankee you would probably suggest that I was out of my mind so heel first half of the Year Rookie of the Year in the American League second half of the year in the American League probably Austin Wells and it's probably going to lead Wells to a rookie of the Year award win so that's an excellent pitching matchup for what it's worth and we don't talk about it much here on the show but that total tomorrow night eight and a half Royals and Yankees have the Reagan heel combo going and that number is still pretty high eight and a half despite the fact that we don't have a home run from Aaron judge in what feels like a year it's only been a couple weeks 14 games now 14 games all right we talked big picture as we said the line line up tonight is the lineup you'll probably see a majority of the time throughout the rest of the regular season 17 games now to play Yanks up a half game on the Orioles to beat the Red Sox tonight at Fenway we'll take it a step further it's the lineup you'll see in October it's the lineup you should see in October from top to bottom ignore tonight because tonight they stunk but Torres stto judge Wells Stanton Chisum Dominguez Rizzo vulpi amazing that's your lineup that's going to be the lineup be it in the Wild Card round be it in the divisional round be it the championship round and assuming things don't change and they always do we saw A-Rod bat eth in the postseason so things could definitely change in fact I would suggest that they will but right now at the playoffs began I'm thinking it's Torres stto judge Wells Stanton Jazz Dominguez Rizzo and vulpi all right as we said Yanks lose the snoozefest of the Royals tonight final score five nothing the story the Yankees bats just going silent once again Seth Lugo struck out 10 I I don't I wish I looked it up not an easy stat to look up and find but there were tons of swings and misses tonight from the Yankees would love to know what that number is uh hit us up in the chat if you know what that number is that would be uh interesting to find out but again we said best player on the field tonight was Seth luga wasn't even close Gaber had uh two more hits on a light night glaber with two hits how about that and the combination of Judge and stto going through a night without getting hit you know the Yankees aren't going to win when that happens so that's where we are right now again rubber game of three is tomorrow we'll take a very quick break we'll reset on the other side and we will discuss everything we've been discussing tonight but first we got to pay some bills all right we are back you've heard us talk a lot about FanDuel America's number one sports book we'll have something a little different for you now through September 22nd all FanDuel customers can bet $5 and get a three-week free trial of NFL 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strikeouts for Seth Lugo who really coming to his home he is now 16 and eight on the season seven Innings as we said three hits struck out 10 by the way didn't walk a batter did not issue a free pass strowman now 10 and eight he takes the loss five of a third seven hits three in fourks two walks and again glaber Torres the lone Yankee with multiple hits on the night in fact there were only two Yankees that had any hits Torres and Austin Wells Wells had a single he's batting cleanup and again the Yankees struck out 14 times truly remarkable 14 times all right we have to look ahead to Thursday as well when the Yankees and Red Sox kick off a series it's amazing how things go back and forth couple of days ago you would have said the Yankees would have no difficulties with the Red Sox Red Sox are so beat up got swept by the Mets this could be a push over this could be three games in our pocket but you know what the Red Sox aren't done yet they bounced back last night to beat the Orioles yes they did lose tonight but you know what that's going to be tricky those are going to be four tricky games for the Yankees some national broadcasts as well the Thursday night game is on Fox the Friday night game is on Apple TV uh and then the Sunday I believe is the uh yes it's a day game in the Bronx on Sunday so very interesting four game series coming up for the Yankees uh against the Red Sox but before we get there Cole Reagan has to uh try and shut down those Yankees bats and the Yankees will tend to Luis heel to do the same to those Royals bats the Yankees lose tonight again final score five nothing it was frustrating lot of uh lot of this lot of that tonight with the swings and misses uh interesting times in Yankee land because it seems like 104 Breezy Victory last night seemed like everything was okay it seemed like the Yankees were going to bully through the red uh through the Royals this series didn't happen that way I guess it's as good as your next starting pitcher if you will and that's Seth Lugo Seth Lugo dominated tonight really was uh very few balls put in play Yankees just didn't have it tonight so very uh it was very frustrating by the way we didn't mention this but let's do that Marcus strowman is the Yankees nominee for the Roberto Clemente award so that's uh tremendous news for him really is a special honor and he will uh he will represent the Yankees and uh again the Roberto Clemente award goes uh or at least is awarded later on this year so we'll have to wait and see if it's him but uh Marcus strowman was was pretty darn good he wasn't Seth Lugo tonight again five nothing the final score Yankees struck out 14 times tonight and speaking of 14 make it 14 consecutive games that Aaron judge is not in a home run what are we gonna do it's amazing he was on Pace for over 62 then 61 then 60 59 58 I think it's now 57 it's either 56 or 57 it comes down a little bit every single day considering the drought but he'll be fine we don't need to worry about American League home run records anymore all right uh it's funny because strowman put two guys on in the first inning and I figured at that point in time we were up for a for a rough night he's been struggling in the first inning his erra is over five in the first inning this entire season he got through it after putting two men on and after he settled down after that first inning I thought that that was the worst behind us and it really wasn't a blowout obviously a lot of nickel and dime stuff from the royals with the exception of the fam home run uh but nothing um blastworks nothing High Velocity um nothing too high in the exit vo but uh you know it is what it is Lugo is the best player on the field as we said he struck out 10 seemed like he struck out 50 just constant swings and misses all night from the Yankees all right thanks for making lock on Sports New York your first listen every single day we are free and available wherever you get podcasts and on YouTube we are part of the locked on podcast Network your team every single day all right we're going to wrap things up here we'll be with you once again tomorrow night uh the Yankees will face the Royals once again another night game getaway day for the Royals but it's a night game so difficult spot for them do believe the Yankees make that call when the schedule comes out what time they want to play their home games no favors to the Royals tomorrow tomorrow it is what it is Reagan is your starter for Kansas City heel for the Yankees should be fun again my name is Jay Burman this is the locked on Yankees postcast we'll be with you immediately following every Yankees game Jay Burman with you no longer we are out