As New York, Tampa Bay Are Continuing American League Division Series Monday Night Cam Schlittler, Freddy Peralta Are Starting In St. Petersburg Florida
New York the team that wears the pinstripes finished second in the American League East in 2026 regular season with record of 93-68 to Tampa Bay who finished 2026 regular season as American League East Champions because they finished with regular season with record of 98-64.
New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay are playing game 2 of American League Division Series Monday night Cam Schlittler, Freddy Peralta are starting in St. Petersburg Florida.
Where?
On the mound!
Ahead Of New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Tampa Bay game 1 on Saturday what was a 1-0 loss for New York the team that wears the pinstripes Cam Schlittler who is starting Game 2 Of ALDS Monday night Cam Schlittler shared his thoughts by saying I wouldn't say there's really too much of an away crowd here. I expect there to be a lot of Yankees fans,”are, to an extent, kind of playing at home. I feel like the guys are excited to have that atmosphere here.”
According to Adam Berry MLB article https://www.mlb.com/rays/news/rays-sold-out-tropicana-field-game-1-2026-alds
Ahead of game two Freddy Peralta shared his thoughts by saying Obviously, what I'm going to take from (Rasmussen) is … he was attacking the hitters, … using the put-away (pitches),Obviously, (the Yankees) are great. They have a great lineup, and it's a lot of credit to (catcher) Liam (Hicks) and Drew because they were able to navigate through the lineup and make a lot of weak contact and he got a lot of strikeouts, too.”
According to Bill Ladson ‘s MLB article https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/freddy_peralta_hopes_to_follow_in_drew_rasmussens_footste
Cam Schlittler, Freddy Peralta are alike because they’re both right handed starting pitchers!
Cam Schlittler finished with record 2026 regular season with record of 14-6 with an earn run average of 1.95 while Freddy Peralta finished with record of 10-11 with an earn run average of 4.42!
Cam Schlittler has already made one postseason start for New York the team that wears the pinstripes because Cam Schlittler started game one of Wild Card Series what was a 9-0 win in game 1 of Wild Card Series against Boston in Bronx New York pitching 6.1 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs 1 walk.
To who?
Roman Anthony who was designated hitter who is left fielder who was 0-2 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs 0 runs batted in. Andrew Monestario who was pinch hitter , designated hitter who is shortstop who was 0-2 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Adley Rutchman who is catcher who 1-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Willson Contreras who is first baseman who was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in Wilyer Abreu who is right fielder was 1-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Ceddanne Rafaela who is center fielder who was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Nick Sogard who is second baseman who was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs. Trevor Story who is shortstop who was 1-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Caleb Durbin who is third baseman who was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in while walking 1 Boston batter while striking out 10 Boston batters.
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Meanwhile,
Freddy Peralta is making his first postseason start of 2026 for Tampa Bay!
Freddy Peralta career record in postseason is 1-3 with an earn run average of 4.32.
Though,
Could mother nature get in the way?
There isn’t a chance of that happening though it’s 82 degrees with 51 % chance at first pitch before it turns 81 degrees cloudy at 9:00pmwith 47 % chance of rain before it remains 80 degrees with 49 % chance by the time the game is supposed to be over because Tropicana Field is long home for baseball teams during spring training of St. Petersburg built a domed stadium in 1990 to lure a regular season resident . The City got it’s wish in 1998 when the expansion of Devil Rays came to town . Originally known as Sun Coast Dome and them as ThunderDome while served as home to NHL ‘s Tampa Bay Lighting , Tropicana Field was fully renovated for arrival of Devil Rays . It has several features modeled following Ebetts Field including the large entrance rotunda and the oddly configured , asymenttrical outifield in addition to those nods to baseball tradition . the stadium is filled with coutless restraunts, shops and other fan amenties that have led some to call it mallpark . A restraunt is located in straight away center field , with a dark screen that allows diners to watch the action on the field while providing a good hitters back ground . The beach is a section along left field that includes palm trees sand-colored seats in true Floridian style . Though, the cable supportted roof neccsaties an artificial playing surface , Tropicana Field has the most modern inncarnation of Astrotourf more closely simulating natural grass . It has that rare feature of an all dirt infield . Though, the team won only 69 games over the first two seasons at Tropicana Field Devil Rays fans were treated to an historic moment whe, on August 7, 1999 Wade Boggs became first player to ever have his 300th hit be a home run.
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New York the team that wears the pinstripes comes into game two of American League Division Series down 0-1 to Tampa Bay is looking to even up the four game series because Austin Wells who is New York the team that wears the wears the pinstripes catcher doubling broke up Drew Ramussen no-hitter before Austin Wells committed base running blunder attempting to make it to third base in New York the team that wears the pinstripes 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay in Game 1 of American League Division Series Saturday.
Where?
St. Petersburg Florida!
Austin Wells doubled to right attempting to make it to third base came in top of 8th inning.
Offensively Ben Rice who is first baseman who is designated hitter was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Cody Bellinger who is left fielder was 0-4 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 runs batted in. Luis Garcia Jr. who is first baseman was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 runs batted in . Spencer Jones who is right fielder taking the place of Aaron Judge captain, right fielder who isn’t on the American League Division Series Series roster because of calf injury. George Lombard Jr. who is shortstop was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Jazz Chisholm Jr. who is second baseman was 0-2 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Trent Grisham who is center fielder was 0-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in. Austin Wells was 1-3 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Ryan McMahon who is third baseman was 0-2 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in . Giancarlo Stanton who was designated hitter who was 0-1 contributing offensively 0 runs, 0 home runs, 0 runs batted in.
Offensively in game 1 of ALDS Saturday in 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay New York the team that wears the pinstripes was unable to provide run support for Gerrit Cole who started who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 5 hits 1 earned run, 1 walk while striking out 5 Tampa Bay batters . Ryan Weathers who came on in relief of Gerrit Cole who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Tampa Bay batters . Paul Blackburn who came on in relief of Ryan Weathers who pitched 1.2 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 0 Tampa Bay batters . Brent Headrick who came on in relief of Paul Blackburn who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out Tampa Bay batters.
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Following Austin Wells double breaking up Drew Rasmussen no-hitter committing base running mistake in New York the team that wears the pinstripes 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay in game 1 of American League Division Series Saturday manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts how his team offensively performedI t’s the playoffs. Here we go,”“Every day is important. Every win is an exhale and exciting, and the losses are gut punches.”
About Gerrit Cole start by saying He got us off to a good start tonight,”They made him work, and then our bullpen picked it up from there. I thought we did a really good job on the mound tonight, doing what we needed to do to give ourselves a chance.”
Though,
Aaron Boone wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts on Gerrit Cole start as Gerrit Cole himself did as well by saying Look, we know they’re a tough opponent,”They’re going to land some blows. You’ve got to take blows in the postseason, and you’ve got to dish them out, too.”
Following Austin Wells double breaking up Drew Rasmussen no-hitter committing base running mistake in New York the team that wears the pinstripes 1-0 loss to Tampa Bay in game 1 of American League Division Series Saturday October 3, 2026 Austin Wells who doubled who attempted to stretch double into a triple who was called out at third base shared his thoughts by saying I was being aggressive,” Wells said. “We didn’t really have much going on there in the game, so every 90 feet matters.I have full trust in the guys behind me. But I was trying to make something happen.”
According to Bryan Hoch MLB article https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-lose-alds-game-1-2026
While New York the team that wears the pinstripes is looking to even up the series at one game a piece Tampa Bay meanwhile is looking to extend their lead in the four game series to 2-0 because Drew Rassmussen dominated pitched 8.0 innings surrendering 1 hit , 0 earned runs , 2 walks while striking out 10 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Jonathan Aeanda who is first baseman homered off New York the team that wears the pinstripes starting pitcher Gerrit Cole to right center 417 feet in bottom of 3rd inning.
Following Tampa Bay’s 1-0 win on Saturday October 23, 2026 in game one of ALDS Jonathan Aranda who supplied all the offense needed in game 1 for Drew Rasmussen shared his thoughts on Drew Rasmussen by saying If you look it up, the definition of ace, in my opinion, is
Though, Jonathan Aranda wasn’t the only player to share his thoughts on Drew Rasmussen start as Drew Rasmussen himself did as well by saying My heart rate was at a thousand beats per minute,” he said, grinning. “I was just trying to execute one pitch at a time.”
Following Tampa Bay’s 1-0 win on Saturday October 23, 2026 in game one of ALDS manager Kevin Cash shared his thoughts on Drew Rasmussen by saying He was even more masterful, more “Doc”-like“I've said a lot of dumb things in my life,”That one was not.”It seemed like he went out and doubled down tonight,as well by saying “Made it pretty easy to sit back and watch and take some decisions out of our hands.”He's done it for us the entire year. He's been so good for us this whole season.”
Though,
Kevin Cash wasn’t only coach to share his thoughts as pitching coach Kyle Snyder did as well saying “He's the industry standard. At this point, he sets the standard,”It just goes to show he's the most underrated starting pitcher in baseball for the last five years -- and the gap is significant.”
According to Adam Berry MLB article https://www.mlb.com/rays/news/rays-win-alds-game-1-2026
First pitch is set for 8:00pm Eastern Time from Tropicana Field!
The game is going to be televised on TBS, HBO Max Tru TV , Univision / TUDN with Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur , Lauren Shehadi commentating!
Brian Anderson enters his 20th season with the Brewers after being named play-by-play announcer in January 2007. He is a three-time recipient of the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Award (2013-14, 2017), which is presented by the National Sports Media Association.
In addition, Anderson has been nominated for NSMA National Sportscaster of the Year in each of the past three years (2023-25). He has earned five Emmy Awards, most recently in 2020 for Outstanding Crafts Achievement for On-Camera Talent.
Beyond Brewers telecasts, Anderson has called play-by-play for TBS’s MLB postseason coverage for the past 18 seasons and will continue to call select national telecasts for MLBonTBS Tuesdays package in 2026. Outside of baseball, Anderson has covered a wide variety of events for TNT Sports, including the NBAonTNT, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, The Match, the PGA Championship and Grand Slam tennis at the French Open at Roland Garros. He called the NBA All-Star Game on TNT from 2023-25 and has been the play-by-play voice of the popular NBA2K video game since 2021.
Anderson joined the Brewers from Golf Channel where he worked as a live tournament host from 2003-06. He also spent time at FOX Sports Southwest calling NCAA basketball from 2002-07 and serving as sideline reporter for the San Antonio Spurs from 1999-2007, during which the Spurs won four NBA championships.
From 1998-2000, Anderson handled Minor League and Little League Baseball telecasts for ESPN. His broadcasting career began with Double-A San Antonio in the Texas League where he served as a radio and television play-by-play announcer from 1994-2002.
Anderson was a catcher on the nationally ranked baseball team at St. Mary’s University (TX) and graduated cum laude from the school in 1993 with a degree in English communications. His brother, Mike, pitched in the Major Leagues with the Cincinnati Reds in 1993 and is currently a special assistant to the general manager with the Texas Rangers.
Brian, his wife, Michele, and daughter, Maddy, reside in Hartland, Wisconsin.
Jeff Francoeur‘s career has been a series of ups and downs, the high point coming in his first year in the majors, and his lowest occurring this past season. To avoid becoming a has-been at age-25, Francoeur will need to figure out how to harness his talent. Today we’ll take a look at what went wrong in his dreadful 2008, and what we can expect from him going forward.
Jeffrey Braden Francoeur was chosen by the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the 2002 amateur draft out of Parkview High School in Lillburn, Georgia. As a high school All-American in baseball who helped Parkview High win consecutive Georgia state 5A baseball championships playing right in the Braves’ backyard, he was hard to miss, and fit right in with Atlanta’s strategy of drafting regional talent.
He was placed in Rookie League with the Danville Braves, where he hit .327/.395/.585 in 147 at-bats, an effort that made him the sixth-best prospect in the organization according to Baseball America, who said that Francoeur had all of the tools needed to become a legitimate baseball star, but that he would have to acquire the experience needed to learn how to utilize them. He had the arm and the instincts to be a great defensive outfielder, with a smooth, no-hitch swing. There is one comment that stands out however, which reasonably presumed that: “as he focuses on baseball, he’ll understand how pitchers are trying to set him up at the plate…”
For his first full season, 19-year-old Frenchy was promoted to the Sally League, where his free-swinging tendencies were even worse than they had been the previous season, though it didn’t seem hopelessly detrimental at this stage. Francoeur’s .281/.325/.445 line was nothing spectacular, and his walk rate dropped from nine percent all the way down to 5.3, but he had also lowered his strikeout rate dramatically to 12 percent of his plate appearances, down from the 20.4 percent the previous year.
Francoeur didn’t overwhelm in his full-season debut at Rome, but for a guy who played mostly football in high school, it was an impressive start. His power and wheels are for real, and the scouting reports on his defense are better than the DT’s would suggest. He’ll need to learn how to handle breaking pitches and improve his approach at the plate, but he’s got time.
Baseball America rated Francoeur number two in the Braves’ system, naming him the best all-around athlete in the organization, and noting that he had the body and the swing to hit 30 home runs per year once he reached the majors. His strike-zone judgment needed improvement, though this was their lone issue with his performance.
The Braves promoted him to High-A for the 2004 season, and Francoeur responded by taking his offense back up a notch. His walk rate held with the previous season’s at 6 percent, but his strikeout rate climbed back up to 2002 levels. He did manage to show more pop, with his Isolated Power climbing from .164 to .215, with a line of .293/.346/.508 at Myrtle Beach, and for his efforts, Frenchy was promoted to Double-A Greenville, where he immediately flopped. At this point, Baseball Prospectus 2005 advised people to take the hype down a notch:
The Braves have a habit of spending high-round picks on suburban-Atlanta prep talents. Although that sounds like an awfully circumscribed draft strategy, like almost everything else over the last decade-and-a-half, it’s worked for them. Francoeur’s another one. The 23rd overall pick of the 2002 draft, he’s a raw and toolsy hitter with loads of ability. …he projects as a Gold Glove-caliber defender at the corners. He lacks plate discipline, but this past season he slugged .508 as a 20-year-old at High-A Myrtle Beach, which is perhaps the toughest hitting environment in the minors. Francoeur struggled badly after a promotion to Double-A Greenville, but it was only an 18-game sample. He doesn’t yet merit the stratospheric prospect ranking others have given him, but he’s still got the makings of a fine future.
His 2004 season was impressive, despite both the hitting environment and his missing five weeks after taking a pitch to the cheekbone, but his PECOTA projection suggested that he was not yet prepared for the majors, coming in at only .251/.291/.426 (which looks a lot like the 2006 line he would put up with the Braves). Francoeur spent half of his season at Double-A, improving on his small sample from 2004. He hit .275/.322/.487, a bit surprising for a 21-year-old who still couldn’t hit breaking pitches in his first full year at Double-A.
Baseball America named Frenchy the Braves’ number one prospect, pointing to his consistency in getting the barrel of the bat on the ball, his excellent bat speed, and his using the entire field, and qualified it all by noting the one significant issue that would continue to plague him-a lack of strike-zone judgment and plate discipline.
After an injury to Brian Jordan in July, Francoeur made his major league debut with the Braves. Frenchy took the National League by storm, decimating opposing pitching from his July 7 call-up through August 15, hitting .382/.394/.745 with a home run every 11 at-bats. His lack of plate discipline would ultimately catch up to him; his OBP was only 12 points higher than his batting average, and when the hits stopped coming in-Francoeur would hit just .245/.300/.419 with a home run every 31 at-bats the rest of the way-his value dropped precipitously. He continued to excel on defense though, setting a rookie record for assists.
Francoeur was struggling against right-handed pitching: though he destroyed southpaws at a .379/.408/.803 clip, he managed just .272/.310/.461 against right-handers. This problem is still with him, as Francoeur hit just .260/.301/.410 against right-handers from 2006-2008. Since he has never again hit lefties the way he did during that brief early span, his line has come nowhere close to that of his debut.
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https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ron-darling/
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/8386/player-profile-jeff-francoeur/
As the current co-host of MLB Network’s daily morning program “MLB Central,” and the in-game reporter for American League Championship coverage on TBS, Lauren Shehadi, who herself played softball and is keeping baseball fans highly informed as part of the World Series playoffs on FOX, has played the long game to become a respected, rounded, and relied upon member of any sports broadcast team. M&F sat down with Shehadi to find out how honest hard work has been the not-so-secret to her success, and why life is a journey and not a destination when it comes to finding balance.
“I remember, I was 12 years old,” says Shehadi. “Cal Ripken Jr. was breaking Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games played streak. I grew up in the DC metro area and the Baltimore Orioles were my team. There was a 25-minute standing ovation when he broke the streak. He (Ripken) was walking around, high-fiving everyone and I just thought: ‘oh my gosh, I just wanna be a part of this!’ As Ripken cemented his legacy as baseball’s “Iron Man,” thanks to his willingness to show up and put in the work, playing 2,632 consecutive games for the MLB. His stamina and longevity is a constant inspiration fueling Shehadi’s own desire to succeed as a sportscaster, wife, and mother. Of course, with the World Series underway, the journalist and presenter is busier than ever. “We’re gonna find out in a couple of days, which blueprint works,” she says, excited to see which team comes out on top. And, while the players are slugging it out on the field, Shehadi will be clocking up the air miles and dashing across stadiums to hit her own cues on live television, all without appearing tired, underprepared, or out of breath.
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