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New York Post
19-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Jorbit Vivas takes ownership of costly Yankees blunder: ‘It's on me'
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free ATLANTA — Jorbit Vivas says he likes to 'play the game hard and correctly.' But the Yankees' rookie third baseman took his foot off the pedal at the worst time Friday night, committing a costly baserunning blunder that loomed over a 7-3 loss to the Braves at Truist Park. The Yankees trailed 3-0 in the third inning with two on and one out when Cody Bellinger flew out to right field. Vivas tried tagging up from second to advance 90 feet and thought he had third base, only to get tagged out to end the inning on a brutal double play that left Aaron Judge on deck. Vivas slowed down before he got to third as Ronald Acuña Jr. made a terrific throw and third baseman Nacho Alvarez made a heads-up play to act as if the throw was not coming until the very last second. 3 New York Yankees' Jorbit Vivas was caught tagging up in the Yankees' loss on Friday night. AP 'He's standing there, and it looked like he wasn't receiving the ball at all,' Vivas said through an interpreter. 'But that's not on him; it's on me there to make it to that base. Acuña has a really strong arm and he can make a throw from anywhere. That's on me.' Third-base coach Luis Rojas ran up the line trying to get Vivas to slide on the play. 'I picked him up, but I picked him up kind of late,' Vivas said. 'The third baseman was standing there a little bit in the way. But it's my fault.' Manager Aaron Boone, a former third baseman who often tried the play that Alvarez deftly made, said Vivas read Alvarez's body language and got tricked. Boone said he told his infielder, 'You can never let that happen again.' 3 New York Yankees second baseman Jorbit Vivas (90) is thrown out at third base after a fly ball caught by Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect 'Jorbit is a guy that plays his tail off,' Boone said. 'He's a hard-nosed player and he got caught up there. Obviously a situation that can't happen.' Relievers Mark Leiter Jr. (left fibular head stress reaction) and Fernando Cruz are making progress in their respective recoveries. Leiter could get on a mound for a light bullpen session as soon as the Yankees' next series against the Blue Jays in Toronto that begins Monday. He will then undergo another MRI to see how much healing has happened, which could pave the way for a full side session by next weekend. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Check out more newsletters Cruz, meanwhile, could begin a throwing program as early as this weekend after suffering a high-grade oblique strain at the end of June. He recently underwent a follow-up MRI that showed enough healing to start throwing, though he will be built up slowly until he is fully healed. Luis Gil (lat strain) made his second rehab start Friday with Double-A Somerset, building up to 57 pitches across 3 ¹/₃ innings in which he struck out seven, walked two and gave up two runs. If he recovers well, he is expected to make his next rehab start Wednesday with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. 3 New York Yankees Luis Gil (81) throws from the mound for practice before the game when the New York Yankees played the Baltimore Orioles Saturday, June 21, 2025 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY. Robert Sabo for NY Post 'Then we'll decide at that point, do we want one more to get him over 70 or do we take him at that time?' Boone said. The Yankees plan to call up Allan Winans on Saturday, The Post's Joel Sherman reported, taking the place of Rico Garcia, who was designated for assignment after throwing 2 ²/₃ innings Friday. Ryan Yarbrough (oblique strain) is throwing but has not yet advanced to a bullpen session.
New York Post
28-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Yankees' offense completely disappears in ugly shutout loss to A's
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free Forget flirting with a no-hitter. Clarke Schmidt would have had to pitch a perfect game for the Yankees to have had a chance against the A's on Saturday. Instead, Schmidt — who hadn't allowed a run in his previous three starts — gave up four and the Yankees offense went missing again, as they were thumped, 7-0, by the lowly A's in The Bronx. After picking up a win on Friday with just four hits, the Yankees were completely shut down Saturday against an ex-Yankee — JP Sears — and the A's bullpen. And the defeat displayed several worrying trends for the Yankees, who remain in first place in the AL East, but often haven't looked like a first-place team. 5 Clarke Schmidt reacts after allowing a homer to Nick Kurtz in the Yankees' loss to the A's on June 28, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Aaron Judge continued his cold streak, and the rest of the lineup hasn't been able to pick him up. He left a pair of runners on in the third, although he nearly sent one out in the sixth. Then he ran into an out at third base to end the game. Giancarlo Stanton hasn't homered since his season debut nearly two weeks ago, while Paul Goldschmidt, Anthony Volpe, DJ LeMahieu and — especially — Austin Wells are in serious slumps. CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND YANKEES STATS When that happens, mistakes like the one Wells made on Max Muncy's bunt in the eighth and a botched relay to third from Cody Bellinger to Jazz Chisholm Jr. later in the inning become more magnified. 5 Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees reacts after he flies out in the third inning. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST On Saturday, the Yankees did just about everything wrong. In Schmidt's first start since he pitched seven innings of no-hit ball before being pulled after 103 pitches, the right-hander was solid until the sixth. Schmidt saw his scoreless streak end at 26 innings when Brent Rooker took him deep with one out in the fourth. And he gave up a three-run shot to Nick Kurtz with one out in the sixth, as Schmidt allowed more than three runs- as well as more than one homer- for the first time since April 21. The Yankee offense threatened against Sears for the first — and only — time in the bottom of the third. 5 Cody Bellinger and the Yankees couldn't get anything going on Saturday. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST LeMahieu opened with a walk before Sears retired Jasson Domínguez and Goldschmidt. Volpe followed with the second walk of the inning to bring up Judge. After a visit from pitching coach Scott Emerson, Sears fell behind Judge 3-1 before Judge flied out to the warning track in right to keep the game scoreless. Rooker homered off Schmidt in the next inning, which proved to be enough for Sears and the pen. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you Enter your email address Please provide a valid email address. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Check out more newsletters The lefty tossed 5 ⅔ shutout innings, surprisingly dominant given Sears' recent performance. He began the season with an ERA of 2.80 over his first eight starts, but followed that with an 8.75 ERA in his next eight and had allowed eight earned runs in 8 ⅓ innings in his previous two starts heading into Saturday. But he kept the Yankees off balance, with Bellinger's opposite-field single in the first hit their only hit until Goldschmidt led off the bottom of the sixth with a base hit. 5 Jasson Domínguez strikes out in the fifth inning of the Yankees' loss to the A's on Saturday. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST The A's took control of the game in the sixth after Schmidt walked the first two batters of the inning — his first walks of the afternoon. He recovered to fan Rooker on three pitches, but Kurtz homered into the right field seats to put the Yankees in a 4-0 hole. After Goldschmidt's single to start the sixth, Sears got Bellinger to fly to left and Judge sent a fly ball to the warning track in center for the second out. 5 Nick Kurtz of the Athletics is greeted by his teammates after he scores on his three-run homer in the sixth inning on Saturday afternoon. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST In the eighth, with Allan Winans in the game, the A's had runners on first and second with no one out when Muncy popped up a bunt in front of Wells, who let it drop and then fired late and wild to first base and no outs were recorded. Austin Wynns' two-run single gave the A's more insurance, as they won for just the second time in seven games.
