A part of me is obviously very surprised German pitched a perfect game, while another part of me is like…of course. Of course Domingo German pitches a perfect game. Strange pitcher, strange career.
He was never a highly touted prospect. Yanks have had a million reasons to jettison him over the years, both for on field stuff and off, and yet he always says the right stuff, is always contrite, and shows just enough talent for them to want to keep him around.
He’s a high ceiling, very low floor type of pitcher.
Never really been a guy you want to put into a high leverage or pressure situation. His WHIP has always been very respectable, but his ERA rarely reflects it, because he tends to give up lots of HRs with guys on base.
He will look like Tom Seaver in mid-season games that don’t mean a whole lot, against lower level teams, and then will fall apart the second things get just a little more stressful. There’s a reason why he’s been on the Yanks for 7 years, yet only has 1 inning pitched in the Postseason.
Happy for him and the Yanks though. Saw Rizzo made at least a couple really nice plays at 1st base to preserve the Perfect game. Wish good 1st basemen would get more credit then DH’s when it comes to calculating WAR.
