I'M AS BAFFLED AS THIS GUY WHEN IT COMES TO GERMAN & SCHMIDT

 

There's no doubt about it. The Yankee rotation is not doing great and when we all watched Domingo German pitch last night, it was even more amplified after I watched Clarke Schmidt just a few days before in his appearances.  We have alot of trouble with some guys, don't we?

Last night German just couldn't get it done. The New York Post writes:

"The Yankees kept on offering free passes to the Guardians, and eventually it made for just enough kindling to burn them.

Domingo German was the main culprit, walking five batters in a rough three-inning start, but the bullpen added four more, one of which came around as the winning run in the Guardians’ 3-2 victory Monday night in the series opener at Progressive Field.

German walked the leadoff batter in three of the four innings he started and matched a career-high with five walks overall.

He did not record any strikeouts and threw 87 pitches (only 49 strikes) by the time he was mercifully removed with no outs and two men on in the fourth inning of a 2-2 game."

This can't happen. I understand it's the beginning of the season and kinks are still being worked out, but this is a guy that the Yankees trust. He laid an egg. 

And then you have Clarke Schmidt who currently owns a 9.45 ERA in 2 games. I'm not sure how that happens, but it's happening. Not impressive. The Yankees have been wanting Schmidt to be part of the starting rotation. Hell, even I have written about it, but the guy is just not cutting it at all.

Empire Sports Media says they may be putting this guy in the pen, 'cause they need to build his confidence somehow:

"Schmidt hosts a 9.45 ERA, 5.22 xFIP, 10.80 strikeouts per nine, and a 31.8% ground ball rate across 6.2 innings. His velocity is around his career averages, but he’s had a difficult time shaping his pitches and dotting the corners, leaving sliders over the middle of the plate and failing to locate his fastballs efficiently.

In fact, Schmidt’s cutter, which he’s thrown 30% of the time this season, has produced a .667 batting average with one homer and six hits allowed. Opposing batters are hitting .400 against his sinker, failing to produce a strikeout with the pitch up to this point. His sweeper has done the most damage, producing a .182 batting average, but his fastballs have been inefficient. Schmidt added the cutter this past off-season to his repertoire, but it is still a developing pitch he’s had trouble locating."

Alot of nerd stuff here, and it's important talking about pitching, but the eye test alone will tell you these 2 guys have trouble.

I'm not sure if the Yanks are concerned about this yet or not, but something needs to be done with these 2. The Yankees have to start winning and I'm talking consistently. Hell the Rays are 10-0, pretty impressive. Can we please get there Yanks?