The New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox with hammers on Tuesday night. A 12-2 victory over the surprisingly good White Sox team after exploding in the 4th inning to ruin Davis Martin’s night.
Davis Martin walked into the Bronx with the 2nd-best ERA in the AL—Yankees tied his arms behind his back, took turns, Tyson body blows, 9 runs and 3 ding dongs in 3 and 1/3 innings.
The Yankees got 16 hits off the White Sox, extending their AL East lead over the Rays to 2.5, while Chicago remains tied with Cleveland for first place in the AL Central. (Get well soon, Munetaka Murakami.)
Let’s talk about the guys who pounded Davis Martin the hardest.
I want to specifically narrow in on the 3 Yankees sluggers who t-shirt cannoned balls into the bleachers.
Spencer Jones vs. Jasson Dominguez
Aaron Judge out this summer with a bum rib. Trent Grisham newly added to the IL with a right hamstring strain.
Spencer Jones and Jasson Dominguez are here to take jobs.
Spencer Jones, starting in centerfield against the White Sox, hit his second career home run—a solo bomb in the 2nd inning.
Spencer Jones has his first Yankee Stadium home run! pic.twitter.com/jPVHPA9x2U
— MLB (@MLB) June 16, 2026
He later drew a walk with the bases loaded, another RBI on the books—his 7th RBI to go with his 109 wRC+ in 18 big league bouts.
Jones’s speed gives him the range to play any of the outfield spots without surrendering runs.
23-year-old OF Jasson Dominguez had a shot earlier this season but ran into a wall, literally, suffered an AC joint sprain in his left shoulder and got sent back down to Triple-A—where he hit .318 with 5 homers, 18 RBIs and a .900 OPS in 29 games.
Both players will get their outfield at-bats as Grisham and Judge ice their wounds—sharing playing time with Jose Cabellero, forced into a utility role as the shortstop duties are handled by Anthony Volpe—a guy terrified of his own success—but they’re really both competing to Old Yeller Trent Grisham, whose contract ends with the season.
I love Trent Grisham.
He’s got a slick glove in center and can smash the shit out of the ball. 34 bombs and 3.2 fWAR last season.
King shit.
The mustache? Cool as hell.
Even this year, Grisham’s 14.4 walk rate’s helped lower his strikeout rate from 23.6 percent to 15.9 through 64 plate appearances. Trent’s contributing enough to make the Yankees consider bringing him back next season. Unless Spencer or Jasson has some interesting evidence to present to the court over the next few months, while Aaron Judge heals from his rib removal surgery.
Who can snatch an outfield position before Aaron Judge returns, waist snatched?
Ben Rice MVP year
Hey man, Juan Soto can have his annoying family with their shoes on all the Mets facility couches but the Yankees are good without him…
I do this every time I write about Ben Rice but here’s what Ben Rice’s season looks like:
- .292 batting average
- 20 homers (3rd in AL)
- 49 RBIs
- 71 hits
- 1.007 OPS
- 174 wRC+ (2nd in AL)
Aaron Judge cannot singlehandedly win a World Series.
Ben Rice is the Yankees nuke.
Every time he steps into the batter’s box, I know an extra base hit is coming.
If he maintains this assault on opposing pitching in the postseason—and during this summer without Judge—then who in the AL is stopping New York from another trip to the World Series? The Yankees are 11-2 against the AL Central this season and the current favorites to acquire the 2-time reigning Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal.
Please keep mashing yarn to the Penjamin, Benjamin. Obi-Wan, we need you.
Old Man Goldschmidt
This week, the Yankees heard “bad news”: Giancarlo Stanton’s injury rehab hit a hiccup, potentially reinjuring his calf while running the bases. Stanton is built like a DC comic strip but his muscles pop off the tendon if he dares try “running”.
I hope the deal he made with the devil was worth it.
No big deal for the Yanks tho.
Paul Goldschmidt’ll just DH…
Paul Goldschmidt hits the second @Yankees homer of the inning! pic.twitter.com/aBdRmrh8Kk
— MLB (@MLB) June 17, 2026
Here’s a stat!
Paul Goldschmidt in 2025:
146 games
10 home runs
Paul Goldschmidt in 2026:
46 games
10 home runs
38-year-old Paul Goldschmidt is just one of the best hitters in baseball again.
Giancarlo Stanton can get well slow.
I don’t think Brian Cashman gets credit enough for his underrated roster-building strategy of simply acquiring former MVP winners. New York has 2 MVPs on the IL. Doesn’t matter. They keep winning. They have TWO MORE MVPS IN THE LINEUP EVERY NIGHT.
Cashman trades for Nolan Arenado at the deadline and this is the greatest team ever assembled.
Lol @ Davis Martin.
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