Yankees Beat Cubs 2-0 After Pair of Solo Home Runs

And we did have one game already off and running earlier today. The Yankees, who went back to back extra inning losses, Craig against the White Sox, had a afternoon game against the Cubs. Now the Cubs, well, they had an extra inning affair themselves yesterday against the St. Louis Cardinals. They ended up winning that one. Not so good today, though. Yankees, you know, I give them credit to nothing. They win. They beat Imanaga. I think Warren pitched fantastic earlier today. It wasn't a great spot for either team as far as that goes. Early afternoon after playing doubleheaders and having to travel, both teams did in that spot. But Imanaga, I thought he pitched pretty well. But the Yankees, another low scoring game. The one in eight and extra innings. How much do I how much do we look into that for such a good bullpen? Yeah, it's it's Joe, it's it's variance with that. It's the same thing as as an example, one run games. Like, for example, if you told me the Yankees were 17 and 26 and one run games, I would say the following year they're going to be 26 and 17. It's luck. That's what that is with extra innings and stuff like that. So I wouldn't look at it too deep. The one thing that take away from that game today is something that you mentioned, I believe, a couple of days ago, which is that if the Yankees can reinvent themselves a little bit and find ways to win these close, low scoring games, that could really help them in the postseason and just not count simply on the two run or three run home run. And they didn't get that today. So naturally, that's why they were able to win. And look, it's a tough environment to go to Wrigley, even if the wind is not blowing out, you know, and these afternoon games that happen. And, you know, naturally, it's a Friday. So Wrigley is famously opening up the gates early on a Friday and everyone's drinking and having a great time for that 220 eastern start. But yeah, but but credit to them. Yeah, I mean, it's a it's a tough place to play always. And the Yankees didn't get any help with the wind. And in Managa, I thought pitched well, too. It's just, you know, somebody had to win that, as they say. And today it was the Yankees. And who knows what will happen this weekend? But a lot of Yankees fans, as you can imagine in Chicago, because the Yankees don't go there every year. Usually it's every other year. Yeah. Yankees apparently desperate for catching help. And you don't all teams don't usually like to add catchers in this point in the sea, right? So it's there. We're hearing Goodman out of Colorado. Maybe you're talking about, you know, it's time for St. Louis to pack it up. And Ivan Herrera, maybe there's another name that's come up. But they are that bad in the catching position, are they not? I mean, they're kind of back against the wall here. How did the Yankees not have a catching prospect? Yeah, I mean, not only that, but how did they end up with this Ali Sanchez? I'm not really sure how that even happened. So, yes. So I look Hunter Goodman to me. That's that would be wild if the right look. The Rockies are years away from being relevant again. I get it. But he's so far away, Joe, from free agency. It doesn't make any sense at all to me that the Rockies would do that. He's been their best hitter. And, you know, they have made like a little bit of wacky trades in the past. But, Joe, if I'm looking historically, guys like, for example, Charlie Blackman, who only retired about a year or two ago, they usually keep their young guys and sign them and keep them for a while. Arenado played there for a long time. They trade guys on the back end of their deals, but usually not the front end. I'm going to guess Hunter Goodman is not being traded at this deadline. I would be very surprised if the Rockies decided to do that. But there are other players available. I think more than anything, Joe, the Yankees just need a secondary option to catch her. A primary would be great, but I think they just need somebody to play half the time. It's not like they need somebody of that category like Goodman, who's arguably one of the best catchers in the game right now. Yeah, I know Rushman of Baltimore is, I think this is the last of his contract too, right? But I would be shocked if Baltimore is ever going to let him walk anywhere. I'm sure they're looking to re-sign him. They have another guy. They have Sam Basalo, who they like a lot. So they do kind of have that dynamic going there. But Rushman, he's been banged up, I know, a lot this season. But when he is on the field, he has been one of their best players. So I don't know which way that's going to go, Joe. But I also think Baltimore is in like that Houston category where they're under some pressure to win too. So Albernaz in his first year, Mike Elias is now, I think, in his third or fourth year as GM. I don't see them pulling back too much, but again, we'll see what happens between now and then. I do still like Baltimore's offense. I still do like their offense. It's their pitching. It's just the same thing every year, it feels like, with the pitching. But I do really like Pete Alonzo, Rushman, Ward, Wright. They got him. He's had a fantastic year too. They're talking maybe they would trade him. I like their offense. Yeah, no, they have a lot of guys still.