Daily dose of Yordan (Game 113)

Today's statline: 0-2, 2 BB, 2 K

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At bat 1 (Bottom of first): 5 pitch strikeout swinging

Yordan took the first pitch of the at bat, a slider right down the middle, for strike one. He then took a high fastball and a low slider, to get ahead in the count 2-1. He then got another low slider, right in his sweet spot, but he tapped it foul to put him into a 2-2 count. He then swung and missed at a high changeup catching the zone to end the inning with a rare swinging strikeout.

At bat 2 (Bottom of fourth): 6 pitch strikeout swinging

Once again, Yordan watched the first pitch of the at bat, but this time it was a fastball high for a ball. He then fouled off and watched strikes low for the second and third pitches, respectively, to put him in a 1-2 hole. However, then instead of caving in or swinging at a bad pitch, Yordan worked back into a full count by watching a low slider and a fastball to add two balls to the count. However then he swung and missed at another low pitch to again strike out to end the inning. A bad end to a pretty nice valiant at bat, hopefully his good discipline translates to tangible results later.

At bat 3 (Bottom of fifth): 5 pitch walk

Yordan once again watched a fastball, right down the middle to start the at bat off with a stone-cold strike. This time however, Yordan decided to become extremely selective with his pitches, choosing to take four consecutive low offspeed pitches to work the walk. Great job here by him to not swing at an obvious ball and instead get on base. Having two strikeouts in the prior at bats he could have been pressured to try and get a hit, but instead he decided to take what was given to him. He would go to second on a Correa walk, but Tucker grounded into a double play to end the inning.

At bat 4 (Bottom of seventh): 5 pitch walk

After getting almost exclusively offspeed pitches in the previous three at bats, it must have been a relief for Yordan to face the reliever Miguel Almonte, who threw him three fastballs. He once again watched a low fastball for ball one, but then swung and whiffed pretty badly at a changeup low to even the count. He couldn't be fooled twice though, as he watched the exact same changeup for a ball, and then took two more outside low fastballs to draw the walk.