This is a throbbing secondary headache.
The good news for the Yankees, the first house of books, is that Gary Sanchez has shown some signs of life, his biggest risk of playing the low season as if he were salvageable.
The bad news? Another winter risk, of minor importance, appeared at that time, has left quite punctured.
Gleyber Torres ’ten-goal throwing error didn’t directly lead to a 4-3 loss for the Yankees against the Orioles Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium, as the game ended in the 11th frame. However, the second official error of the year of the short circuit, in addition to other memorable unofficial fouls, revealed the first defeat of the Yankees against the Orioles at home since May 15, 2019, ending a stretch of 12 consecutive wins over these guys. in the Bronx.
And he intensified the scrutiny of the fourth-year player, who reached the major leagues as a second technical base and has struggled to move to Didi Gregorius’ successor on the football field, even though he played there. like everything in Venezuela. If it’s obviously too early to wonder about a change in the crucial position, it’s too late to notice the problem here.
“He has all the skills to get out there and do it,” manager Aaron Boone said of Torres after the game. “When he makes a big profile mistake, he has to overcome it. … He has the whole team to work on it, through the pits, and he has the confidence to know that he has the team to overcome it. “
While obviously Boone is not opposed to spinning on behalf of a player (he opined before the game that Baltimore’s Ryan Mountcastle should have been called up on Tuesday in a ninth inning play that took Torres too long to execute , giving Mountcastle a single on the pitch), did not offer alibis for Torres’ game-changing relay.
Chad Green had recorded two exits, allowing the runner of the innings, Anthony Santander, to advance only from second to third, when Pedro Severino, the receiver of O, dropped the ground to Torres. With plenty of time to get the Severino standing slow, Torres threw an absolutely terrible throw that inexperienced first baseman Jay Bruce couldn’t do, allowing Santander to cross home. Those who remained of the announced crowd of 10,254 let Torres have it with a stream of outbursts.
“He made a really hard throw for Jay,” Boone said. “You have to go further into the goal.”
Kyle Higashioka gave his teammate a temporary heartbreak when he pointed to local runner Tyler Wade from second place at the end of the inning. Still, when Green offered a simple and easy to stop Chance Sisco in the 11th, scoring Rio Ruiz from third base, the spotlight returned to Torres.
He stood on the deck at the bottom of the inning as Santander grabbed DJ LeMahieu’s line to the right field and nailed a marked Gio Urshela home, leaving Urshela baffled and Yankees fans expecting the questionable shipping did not cause any injury. Boone said Urshela was fine, had a “miserable neck” and that it seems like a good time to mention that Judge Aaron, prone to injury, was unavailable and has doubts on Friday due to pain in his left side.
Sanchez lived a strong night, providing a walk, single and double and managing his functions behind the plate without controversy. He returns to Florida with a .278 / .350 / .667 bar line.
Torres provided a walk and a solitaire to elevate his line to .250 / .333 / .292, well below what was expected of him. His mark, after all, demands that he overcome his mistakes with the glove.
For now, the Yankees can do nothing but support their younger player and wait for their faith to pay dividends. That even if it will never be Ozzie Smith, it will greatly reduce mental errors. They made the bed with him in the premium place.
At the moment it is a headache. It’s not incurable, for sure. One, however, that the Yankees hoped to avoid before playing a road game.