“It is like a Little League recreation”

The New York Yankees grabbed headlines throughout Thursday’s commerce deadline after a mid-game commerce for versatile Tampa Bay Rays infielder Jose Caballero.

Jose Caballero made his Yankees debut within the sequence opener towards the Miami Marlins on Friday. Nonetheless, his debut did not go as deliberate. Caballero, who was stationed in proper subject, misjudged a line drive within the ninth inning from Marlins infielder Xavier Edwards with two Marlins runners in scoring positions.

Caballero’s expensive error helped the Marlins rating two runs and tie the sport 12-12. Yankees broadcasters Paul O’Neill and Michael Kay gave their verdict on the error from Caballero.

“Michael, you get to a degree the place you simply cannot make this up … it is like a Little League recreation occurring out right here,” O’Neill mentioned.

Kay responded, labelling it a “dangerous dream” for the Bronx Bombers.

“This entire recreation, Paul, type of has the texture of you are having a nasty dream and you can’t get up.”

Following Caballero’s error, the Marlins scored one other run within the ninth inning to say a well-known 13-12 win because the Yankees’ bullpen imploded regardless of a number of additions on the commerce deadline.

Yankees debutant disappoints as new look bullpen implodes in Miami loss

Other than Jose Caballero, the Yankees handed debuts to Jake Fowl and David Bednar. Nonetheless, the three relievers acquired on the deadline imploded within the loss.

Fowl, who entered the sport with the Yankees holding a 9-4 lead within the seventh inning, loaded the bases and conceded a grand slam in a nightmare outing. Bednar, who entered the sport to switch Fowl in the identical inning, conceded two earned runs because the Marlins took a 10-9 lead.

Though the Yankees added three runs to make it 12-10 heading into the underside of the ninth, newly acquired reliever Camilo Doval blew the save after Jose Caballero’s error in a surprising loss for the visiting group.