Matt Martell

@mattmartell.fangraphs.com

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Associate Editor of FanGraphs. Former Sports Illustrated Baseball Editor. My work has appeared in The New York Times, Men’s Health and The Messenger (RIP). I also write The Martell 100, a newsletter about movies. Penn State/Daily Collegian alum.

Shoutout to the dude in baseball pants on top of the Mariners dugout
Meet Armando, the Section 409 trumpeter, who flew in from Panama today with 8 of his friends. This is their first time at Yankee Stadium. They landed at Newark at 5 pm today and came directly to the game. Somehow, Armando got his trumpet through security. And everyone up here is glad he did.
Because of what happened next, a lot is going to be made of Boone’s decision to pull Fried after 6 1/3 scoreless innings with the bases empty, the bottom of the order due up, and the Yankees leading by a run. But it was understandable. Unlike Crochet, who was getting better as the night wore on, Fried had labored through the middle innings and was showing signs of fatigue. His command was slipping, and hitters were fouling off some pitches that they’d swung through earlier in the game. Even if Boone had stuck with Fried, he wasn’t going to last much longer. At some point, the Yankees would have to turn to their suspect bullpen. No, the bigger problem was Boone’s decision to bring in Weaver, specifically, when he did. The righty-hitting Ceddanne Rafaela was much better against right-handed pitchers this season than lefties, and Weaver was a reverse-splits guy too. The Red Sox center fielder was also 2-for-6 with two home runs in his career against Weaver. Small sample size, sure, but it wasn’t an ideal matchup.
Mets press release announcing they set a single-season attendance record at Citi Field this year, on the same day they fell out of a playoff spot.
Photo by Dean Moses of amNY
MLB players with 6 HR entering play on April 14: Wilmer Flores, Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwarber, Tommy Edman, Tyler Soderstrom
The ballparks where Anthony Volpe's solo shot would've been a home run.