Daily dose of Yordan (Game 31)

Gonna be trying a different style of analysis today, by breaking down every at bat instead of a game summary. Let me know which one you prefer.

At bat 1: 4 pitch strikeout swinging

Once again, Yordan did come out aggressive, swinging at a couple bad low pitches. He did take one off the plate for a ball, but then struck out on a fastball high in the zone. It definitely looked like he was adjusting to the mid 90s heat Cole was throwing, and as we saw in the next at bats, he definitely did.

At bat 2: 4 pitch home run to right

I will say, Yordan did not look good in the beginning of the at bat. He swung and missed badly at a Cole slider down and a fastball up. However, it only takes one pitch, as Cole threw a fastball inside and low into Yordan's sweet spot as he connected on a beautiful lefty swing that sent the ball 424 feet. Great job by him to locate and launch that even in an obvious pitcher's count.

At bat 3: 6 pitch home run to center

Another one of those at bats where Yordan quickly dug himself into a hole, but then worked into a decent count and then capitalized on another inside middle meatball. He quickly dug himself into a 0-2 hole on some pretty bad swings, but then worked into a 2-2 count and fouled off some hard pitches before launching another bomb into monument park. Just some great discipline on the last 2 at bats.

At bat 4: 8 pitch single to center

Yordan had a valiant at bat here against that Yankees lefty reliever, working into a full count with multiple hard fouls away before slamming a high fastball into center field for a single. I was extremely impressed with his approach here, as the pitcher was obviously trying to get him to chase away and he just kept fouling them back, eventually forcing him to throw a mistake. Textbook example of what makes him such a dangerous hitter.

Overall:

Not really much to say outside of what I already wrote. Yordan did struggle a bit in the beginning, but he started locating the pitches and working into good counts, and the Yankees eventually caved in and threw him fastballs in the zone, which he pummeled. I was in a group chat with a couple of my Yankees friends during this game debating Yordan vs Judge as a hitter, and boy did it feel good to see Yordan go 3-4 with two homers while Judge went 0-4 with 2 strikeouts. Very encouraging to see such a bold display after a down game yesterday, hopefully this is the start of a hot streak!

I feel like with Yordan's first multi-homer game, this is a great time to introduce a Yordan flair. Mods please?