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Time of India
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- Time of India
Struggling rookie Jorbit Vivas may be on the way out as Yankees eye infield help
Image Source: Getty The New York Yankees are making significant moves as the 2025 season heats up. Young infielder Jorbit Vivas was sent to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on June 4, 2025, after struggling in the bigs. With playoffs near, the Yankees want a better team. Fans are curious about what's next for Vivas and the team's infield plans. Yankees send Vivas to Triple-A amid roster changes On June 4, 2025, the New York Yankees made some tough cuts before the series against the Cleveland Guardians. Jorbit Vivas, 24, was sent to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre because he couldn't hit in the big leagues. In 22 games he hit .156 and got one hit in his last 6 games. His glove was good, but his bat wasn't helping the team. To fill the gaps they brought back Jazz Chisholm Jr. who brings energy and Yerry De Los Santos to the bullpen. They also let go of pitcher Carlos Carrasco to make room. V Vivas was sent down partly because he has minor league options, meaning the team can move him without losing him. Another player, Pablo Reyes, can't be sent down without risk. The Yankees need more hits from their infield to stay strong in the AL East race. Also Read: The story behind the No. 4 patch worn by Yankees and Dodgers in Los Angeles Injuries and trade rumors shape Yankees' infield future The Yankees' infield has been decimated by injuries so they're looking for new bodies. With Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Oswaldo Cabrera out earlier, Vivas, Oswald Peraza, and DJ LeMahieu stepped in and hit .141 combined. This weak hitting has the Yankees thinking about trades before July 31, 2025, which is the official deadline day. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like (COUNTRY): The cost of solar panels that changes the price Solar Panels | Search Ads Search Now Undo They're especially looking for a strong third baseman, as their current players rank low with a .545 OPS. Names like Nobuhiro Matsuda from Japan are being mentioned as possible additions. Vivas still has hope, as he hit well in Triple-A with a .319/.426/.436 line. His home run against the Rangers on May 22 showed his talent. He'll work on his skills in Scranton, but the Yankees need better infield play now to win games. With injuries like Luke Weaver's hamstring issue, the team is making tough calls to stay in the playoff race. These changes show the Yankees are serious about winning. Sending Vivas to Triple-A was hard, but they need players who can perform now. Vivas has a chance to improve in the minors and come back better. At 24, he's young and has room to grow. The Yankees are also looking at trades to strengthen their infield. With players like Weaver injured, the team is relying on Chisholm and others to step up. Fans hope Vivas will return stronger, but for now, the focus is on fixing the roster. As the trade deadline gets closer, everyone's watching to see what the Yankees do next to boost their chances for the playoffs. Vivas' quiet bat could still make noise in the future.
Fox Sports
23-05-2025
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- Fox Sports
Last Night in Baseball: A long time coming
There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to handle themselves. That's why we're here to help, though, by sifting through the previous days' games, and figuring out what you missed, but shouldn't have. Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball: Hello It's Me Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, which means it's time to crank up the Yacht Rock Radio and listen to some smooth tunes by the likes of Kenny Loggins and Todd Rundgren. And look at the Nationals, sending us into the holiday weekend on a high note like they were Michael McDonald. After the Braves took an early 2-0 lead on back-to-back homers, Keibert Ruiz got the Nats on the board in the bottom of the first inning. This wasn't an ordinary RBI double, either. For the first time in his MLB career, Ruiz was playing in front of his parents, who made the trip to Washington from Venezuela. Ruiz has appeared in 450 games since making his debut for the Dodgers in 2020, and his parents had tried to see him four different times earlier before their visas were approved this year. The 26-year-old catcher had another RBI in the fourth inning that broke up a 5-5 tie, though the Braves battled back to send it to extras. In the 10th inning, Amed Rosario stepped up to the plate for his first at-bat in a week and brought in the game-winning run for the home team, who have now won five in a row. Rosario had been out since last Friday after cutting his leg on a table at the team's hotel. (Strange injury, but maybe he's a Bills fan.) His return, and Ruiz showing out for his parents, were the highlights of the hottest stretch yet for Washington this season. On the other hand, it was a tough loss for the Braves, who have lost three of four since finally getting above .500. Fortunately for them, reinforcements are coming: Former MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. is set to make his 2025 debut Friday night. Vivas' first MLB dinger Jorbit Vivas had to wait a long time for his first homer in the majors. He signed as an international free agent with the Dodgers all the way back in 2017, and was traded to the Yankees in the Trey Sweeney deal in 2023. He was brought to the majors in mid-July 2024, and optioned back down without ever being put into a game; it happened to him again at the start of the 2025 season, when he was called up to take Trent Grisham's roster spot while he was on paternity leave. Vivas got another chance — an actual one this time — when Jazz Chisholm Jr. landed on the IL. The 24-year-old infielder hasn't hit much at all in the 17 games he's now appeared in — he entered play on Thursday batting .156/.250/.188 — but he got a hit that made a difference against the Rangers. Vivas took Nathan Eovaldi deep in the bottom of the fifth, a solo shot that gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead … and the only offense either team would see all afternoon. Eovaldi was excellent otherwise, allowing just four other hits and one walk across six innings, in which he also struck out six Yankees hitters. Too bad for the righty and the Rangers, though, is that Carlos Rodon was even better: He tossed six innings himself, but they were scoreless ones, with eight strikeouts against four baserunners. Five scoreless innings combined out of the team's bullpens later, and New York held on for the win and a sweep of Texas. Astros party like it's 2017 As much fun as it is to see young players experience career firsts, it's also worth celebrating when veterans put together old-school performances (and honestly, there's a sense of relief, too, that Father Time hasn't caught up quite yet). Jose Altuve and Lance McCullers Jr., the longest-tenured Astros, did that on Thursday night in a 9-2 win over the Mariners. Altuve knocked two shots out of the park to end a 20-game HR drought. Meanwhile, McCullers struck out eight batters, his most in nearly three years. Although he didn't get the win, McCullers still went longer (4.1 innings) and threw more pitches (91) than in his previous three starts this season. Altuve, who turned 35 earlier this month, hadn't even had an RBI in May before his four-RBI night. He had also been on pace for his lowest slugging percentage of his career until then. We'll see if Thursday night was simply a throwback game for Altuve, or if, like the Astros' theme weekend, The Force has awakened. Even the security at Coors Field is struggling First, the setup: There are two ways to approach making a joke about this happening to Johan Rojas, who was batting just .259/.316/.341 for the Phillies in 34 games this season at the time of this case of mistaken identity. You could be like all the amateur comedians on social media saying, "The guards are right, though, Rojas isn't a big-league player." There's a problem there, however: As poor as Rojas' season has been, it's still significantly better than what the Rockies are hitting as a team. Colorado is batting .219/.286/.362 even with Coors Field's inherent boost to offense, giving them an OPS+ of 74 that's 10 points lower than Rojas' own. So, the solution is to instead say that you can't blame the guards for this, they simply don't know what a baseball player is even supposed to look like anymore. This one is on the house, no need to credit us after you one-up your buddy's bit. Gavin Sheets vs. the Blue Jays The Padres entered the series finale with the Blue Jays as losers of their last five, as well as the recipients of a 14-0 drubbing at the hands of Toronto the previous game. Padres first baseman Gavin Sheets did his best to make sure there wasn't a repeat of those events, as he went deep in the top of the second with a two-run shot to put San Diego up 2-0 … … and then tied it up 4-4 in the ninth with a second two-run blast: Both times, it was center fielder Jackson Merrill on base for Sheets to drive in, and good thing, too, because the Padres couldn't seem to get anything else going outside of a double by Luis Arraez; he was stranded, however. Sheets would once again come to the rescue in extra innings. With the score tied 5-5 in the top of the 11th, he'd single on a line drive to center, scoring someone besides Merrill — Manny Machado. Alas, it was not to be for the Padres, despite Sheets' many efforts. The Jays would score two in the bottom of the 11th, with Daulton Varsho hitting a game-tying triple and then scoring on a Nathan Lukes' single. "A" for effort for the Padres' first baseman, though. Sadly, effort is not the same thing as a win, so San Diego has now dropped six in a row. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account , and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! recommended Get more from Major League Baseball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yankees At-Bat of the Week: Jorbit Vivas (5/18)
The first edition of the 2025 Subway Series is in the books and what a series we were treated to! Juan Soto's return to the Bronx may have been the main headline, but there was some hard-fought baseball played between two first-place clubs, the Yankees grinding out a deserved series win. Cody Bellinger capped off the rubber game with the dagger blow grand slam in the eighth, handing the Mets their heaviest loss of the season. However, that moment does not happen if not for a less flashy but equally important moment earlier in the inning. Pinch-hitter Jorbit Vivas won an 11-pitch battle against the flame-throwing Ryne Stanek, an at-bat that Bellinger said '100 percent won [the Yankees] that game.' With that ringing endorsement, I thought we could break it down pitch by pitch on AB of the Week. Advertisement We join Vivas with one out in the bottom of the eighth with the score knotted at 2-2. Jasson Domínguez drew an impressive leadoff walk and managed to advance to third on Austin Wells' one-out double. Stanek starts Vivas with a 100-mph four-seamer, and immediately the rookie infielder knows what he's up against. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to a nasty pitch. This fastball starts about a foot off the plate in before tailing back across the inside black for a called first strike. Now that he's got his aiming point for the fastball, Stanek goes right back to that spot up and in. He replicates his execution from the first pitch and nails the same target. Vivas gets off a daddy hack looking to end the game with one swing. He's on time, but works underneath the baseball and fouls it back. Advertisement In the span of about 40 seconds, Vivas finds himself in the hole, 0-2. That's a scary place to be against a reliever hurling triple digits. Stanek goes right back to the well and uncorks his third straight 100 mph four-seamer. This one leaks out over the plate, but this time Vivas is late with the off-speed in the back of his mind in a strikeout scenario and he fouls it off to the left. When you've got a pitcher with such effortless gas, you have to stay geared up for the fastball no matter the count. Stanek leverages this expectation by throwing his first off-speed pitch of the encounter hoping to catch Vivas out in front. This in an impressive piece of hitting by Vivas to stay alive. He is indeed out in front of the splitter — frankly a perfect pitch low and away that would've been a called strike three on the corner had Vivas watched it go. Instead, Vivas is able to lag his bat head in the zone just long enough to top this ball into the dirt at home plate foul, living to fight another pitch. Advertisement Now that he has planted the seed of off-speed with the previous splitter, Stanek looks to elevate a heater to blow Vivas away. Fortunately for Vivas, this uncompetitive pitch sails way above the strike zone for an automatic take. The count leverage still vastly favors Stanek, all he has to do is command the elevated heater a little closer to the top of the zone to entice Vivas to chase. He does just that, but Vivas spits all over this pitch for ball two. It's a surprisingly mature take from a rookie on a pitch that was pretty close to the zone. However, we shouldn't be shocked — he may not make a lot of contact, but the one thing we've seen from Vivas in his short stint in the majors is a precise knowledge of the strike zone, and there's not even a flinch on a pitch that would've tempted many more experienced hitters to chase. Advertisement Regardless, Stanek still believes he can get Vivas out by executing to the same spot. Stanek hits 101 with this offering, but it's in the same location as ball one, and we even get a confident little nod from Vivas as he takes it for ball three. That's three straight elite takes from Vivas to battle back from 0-2 to a full count. First base is open, so Stanek doesn't need to give in and groove one, maintaining the latitude to be precise to the edges with the heater. Stanek once again reaches back for 101 and it's his best pitch of the AB, right on the corner up and in. However, Vivas is all over it timing-wise, fouling the elevated pitch back to the screen. Advertisement At this point Stanek must be wondering what it will take to get this guy out. All he can do is stick with the heater hoping for a whiff or some weak contact. Stanek has shown no trouble executing to that spot up and in — this is the fourth triple-digit heater of the AB he's gotten to that location. It's the same story from Vivas, another foul ball to add a little more fatigue to Stanek's arm and a little higher probability that he will get a mistake as the pitch count in the AB and inning climb. However, Stanek has shown no sign that he's going to miss his spot over the heart of the plate, and he executes another pinpoint four-seamer right on the top shelf of the zone. Once again, Vivas is right on time, happy to foul this pitch back to keep the AB going and hope for something a little easier to get on top of. Advertisement It took eleven pitches, but Vivas finally gets a pitch he can put in play. Pretty much everything has been elevated or in on his hands — his perseverance is paid off with a belt-high four seamer that he can get his arms extended. He rips the pitch to first, and for a terrifying split second it looks like the Yankees have botched yet another contact play leading to an out made at home. However, Pete Alonso yeets the ball well wide of the catcher as Domínguez slides across the plate as the go-ahead run. It's a classic case of putting pressure on the defense with a ball in play, and for once the baseball gods favor the Yankees. Here's the full AB, minus the first pitch called strike: Courtesy of Baseball Savant After the game, Aaron Boone made a point of singling out this AB as the turning point of the contest. 'Vivas, what an AB, man... You could see his adjustment, like the third or fourth pitch in, you felt him settle in a little bit. You could tell he settled down. Some great takes, some great battles. Advertisement Vivas echoed the words of his manager in his own post-game scrum. 'To be honest, I'm really just trying to make contact there and put the ball in play... He's throwing 100 miles (per hour). So I don't want to do too much, just help the team and out the ball in play.' This is an awesome illustration of a mid-AB adjustment as well as an adjustment from his previous games. You can see how the viciousness of Vivas' swing gets reined in with each successive pitch. Whereas with the first two hacks he's swinging for the fences, by the middle of the AB Vivas has shortened up just looking to put the barrel on the ball. In previous games I've complained about a lack of a two-strike approach from Vivas, but we got to see it put into fruition in real time. I'm still not entirely convinced that Vivas can stick at the major league level. The way he cocks back his hands during his load creates an elongated swing that to this point has made it hard for him to catch up to the heater. The violence of his swing creates excess head movement that makes it difficult to be precise with the barrel. But if he can expand upon the growth we saw in this single encounter, there's a chance we could see productive AB's start to stack up. More from
Yahoo
20-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Yankees rookie Jorbit Vivas may push out former top prospect
With Oswaldo Cabrera likely done for the season after suffering a fractured ankle, the Yankees may be turning the page on another infield experiment. While the Yankees gave Oswald Peraza two starts in the Subway Series games, he didn't make much of the opportunity. Peraza went 0-for-5 with a walk and committed a costly fielding error. That might be enough to give Vivas a longer look as the lefty side of a platoon, particularly against right-handers. Advertisement So, Yankees' beat writer Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record believes the door is now wide open for 23-year-old Jorbit Vivas to take on a more prominent role — and he's already making the most of his moment. In Sunday night's finale, Vivas didn't start but came up in a critical late-game situation. He battled Ryne Stanek for 11 pitches and put the ball in play — a routine grounder that turned into the game-winning run when Pete Alonso threw wide of first. New York Yankees rookie Jorbit Vivas singles against the Mets on May 16, 2025 at Yankee Stadium. © John Jones-Imagn Images Vivas, a left-handed hitter with a contact-first approach, was a standout in spring training and has quietly earned the respect of teammates. 'I was a huge fan of him in spring training,'' said Cody Bellinger after the Subway Series finale. 'I loved his at-bats. He's a very exciting player. He's got a lot of confidence and he's fun to watch.'' Advertisement That kind of plate appearance speaks to the approach the Yankees need right now: patience, contact, and pressure. With DJ LeMahieu still easing back into everyday work and the roster thin on natural third basemen, Vivas could end up filling more than just a temporary role. Whether he's spelling LeMahieu or stepping into a regular platoon, Jorbit Vivas is no longer just a depth name. He's forcing the conversation — and possibly the lineup card. Related: Yankees rotation shake-up highlights Aaron Boone's big-picture strategy Related: Yankees' Jazz Chisholm, Jr. Throws Shade at Juan Soto as Subway Series Starts
New York Post
19-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Jorbit Vivas' tenacious at-bat adds him to list of unlikely Subway Series standouts
Dave Mlicki. Steve Bieser. Matt Franco. Mr. Koo. Well, you can add Jorbit Vivas to the pantheon of unheralded players to leave an unexpected but indelible mark on the Subway Series. Vivas battled through an 11-pitch at-bat for the Yankees in the eighth inning, resulting in a tiebreaking throwing error by Pete Alonso a few batters before Cody Bellinger clubbed a grand slam to right field for an 8-2 Yankees win Sunday night over the Mets at the Stadium. Advertisement Vivas entered the game defensively at third base in the top of the frame after Ben Rice pinch hit for starter Oswald Peraza in the seventh. Jorbit Vivas battled in his eighth inning at-bat that led the Yankees scoring the go-ahead run on May 19, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post With runners on second and third and one out in a 2-2 game in the eighth, Mets reliever Ryne Stanek got two quick strikes on Vivas, but he eventually worked the count foul and fouled off six pitches in the AB before hitting a grounder to Alonso, who airmailed the throw home to allow Jasson Domíinguez to slide headfirst with the go-ahead run. Bellinger, whose slam capped a six-RBI night, said Vivas' at-bat '100 percent won us that game.' Advertisement Ten of Stanek's 11 pitches to Vivas registered at least 99.4 mph on the radar gun and five were over 100. 'Vivas, what an AB, man,' Aaron Boone said. 'You could see his adjustment, like the third or fourth pitch in, you felt him settle in a little bit. You could tell he settled down. Some great takes, some great battles. 'We get a break with the throw, although I don't know, Jasson was coming down that line so fast.' Advertisement CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND YANKEES STATS The 24-year-old Vivas was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on May 2 — after Jazz Chisolm Jr. went on the injured list — and made his major league debut that night with two walks in three plate appearances against the Rays. The infielder, who was acquired by the Yankees in a trade with the Dodgers in 2023, is batting just .167 (5-for-30) overall in 15 games since getting promoted. But his name is now etched alongside the other unheralded contributors in Subway Series lore. Advertisement Jasson Dominguez scores the go-ahead run on Jorbit Vivas' ground ball. Robert Sabo for NY Post 'To be honest, I'm really just trying to make contact there and put the ball in play,' Vivas said through a translator. 'He's throwing 100 miles (per hour). So I don't want to do too much, just help the team and out the ball in play. 'Exciting series and like I said, just trying to do my job, that's all I wanted to do.'
