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This Weekend in Baseball: Aaron Judge and Juan Soto Are Inevitable

Check out This Weekend in MLB with the Aaron Judge Juan Soto show, Tommy Pham being unhinged and Daryl Strawberry getting his flowers.

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Welcome to this weekend in baseball where we talk about some of the more interesting storylines of the weekend in MLB. This week, the Aaron Judge Juan Soto led Yankees spank the Giants and the Tigers punt on their former no. 1 overall pick.

 

 

1. Aaron Judge and Juan Soto on the same team should be illegal

Before signing his 9-year $360 million deal with New York after the 2022 season, rumors filled the streets about Aaron Judge’s possible return to his hometown on San Fran and the face of the Yankees would be playing for the Giants.

Not only did he reject San Francisco’s contract offer but this weekend, he and his new running mate, Juan Soto, went to the Bay and murdered everyone in sight. Perhaps the homeless problem was solved due to all of the new vacant homes following Judge and Soto’s Giants massacre.

Judge crushed 3 homers and roved in 6 runs this weekend but Sunday Night Soto made me leap from my chair like an actor hired by a televangelist to wheelchair up on stage and pretend to be cured of all ailments after he prayed for me. Juan Soto is my Joel Osteen.

With the Yankees down 4-5 in the top of the 9th and 1 out, Soto hit a 2-run bomb to put New York up 6-5 before Stanton drove in an extra insurance run. The Yankees swept the Giants.

Aaron Judge and Juan Soto are inevitable.

2. Tommy Pham is perfect for the White Sox

After being swept by the Milwaukee Brewers this weekend, Chicago is in the midst of an 11-game losing streak (they’ve lost 14 of their last 15 games) and Tommy Pham isn’t taking it anymore.

In the top of the 8th inning of a 1-run game with Chicago down 3-4, Tommy Pham was waved home from third base as the ball landed in left field, not too far away from him, resulting in Pham getting thrown out at the plate because duh.

Pham, either feeling disrespected by William Contreras celebrating the out or feeling embarrassed by how easily he was thrown out, elected to try to fight all of the Brewers.

If you notice, no one on Milwaukee’s side exited the dugout to fake fight. Pham was being held back from swinging at ghosts. Not a single player on the Brewers gave a shit about whatever Pham was angry about.

Tommy Pham is perfect for the White Sox. He is a massive loser and this organization is run and operated by losers too. Feels appropriate to add Pham went 0-for-3 and struck out all 3 times. Then tried to fight imaginary opps. Loser.

 

3. Spencer Torkelson

In 2020, the Detroit Tigers selected first baseman, Spencer Torkelson with the no. 1 overall pick of the draft. On Sunday, they sent Torkelson back down to AAA following a disappointing start to his 2024 MLB campaign posting a .201 batting average with a 70 OPS+.

This weekend, Torkelson went 0-for-8, striking out 5 times against the Boston Red Sox. Gio Urshella stepped in at first base on Sunday with a RBI double. Not great for Tork.

Last season, Spencer hit 31 homers with 94 RBIs in 159 games. At age 23, Torkelson looked as though he had the potential to follow the tradition of jacked first basemen who crush baseballs into outer space like Jason Giambi or Jim Thome.

And just a few months later, Torkelson cannot figure out Major League pitching. He was in the midst of a 3-for-40 slump with all 3 hits coming in the same game.

Joining professional baseball before a global pandemic shut down the world and took a season of the minors away with it, may have hindered Tork’s development. Combine that with potentially being called up to the Majors too soon in 2022 so the then-GM, Al Avila, could try to save his job and the beginning of Spencer Torkelson’s career has been covered in land mines.

Also, this stat doesn’t help much either:

Yike.

 

4. Shout out to Daryl Strawberry

I loved Daryl Strawberry growing up. From the 90’s to like, the mid-2000’s, New York sports was the home for some of the most eccentric weirdos in sports, including Daryl Strawberry, who was living his life like a Jason Statham character who needed to hump or suck or snort or inject in order to keep his adrenaline going so he could hit 335 career homers.

This weekend, the New York Mets retired Strawberry’s no. 18. The 8-time All-Star and member of the 1986 Mets World Series team deserved every clap, whistle and cheer he heard.

This man has health with some serious mental issues and has come out the other side as a highly-respect spokesman for a Mets team that lost 5-10 this day and was actually down 10-1 before scoring 4 meaningless runs in the bottom of the 9th.
 

 

 

 

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Written by thelesterlee

Creator of Deadseriousness. Diehard Knicks, Yankees and Giants fan who wants to create a sports and pop culture space that isn't the same copy and pasted AI content you see everywhere else.

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