I'm not worried about Tampa / standings. Just keep winning and all of that will sort itself out in the long run. Set a target of 100 wins and chase it all season.
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I'm sure you remember Frank Lary. Eovaldi has nothing on him .Lary was the first pitcher in 50 years to beat the Yankees 7 times in a row and was 21-7 for his career. He was solid but just a .500 pitcher. Used to drive me crazy.
Kid just can't get a break to go his way. Was starting to hit and bam, makes a great play and is in the concussion protocol
This bullpen. Crap assembled by Cashman. Doval is Williams 2.0. Cruz is a joke. Why does Boone keep going to him in key points in games? How many times does he have to blow the inning before he is not used? Boone is so hard headed and a fool. It's a shame another gem by Schlittler goes to waste by Boone's stupid pitching moves. Some may say, well, the Yankees pen has the second best ERA in MLB, and that is true, but that does not tell how many inherited runs were allowed. And the key here is those numbers were assembled in games where the Yankees had big leads and there was no pressure on the relievers. In games that were on the line the Yankees pen has been one of the worst in baseball.
Lot of talking heads saying that the Yanks need to upgrade the bullpen.
Exactly. And I might add that is not Boone's M.O.
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This freaking bullpen SUCKS! Another blown game by the pen. How Cashman and Hal thought this pen was legit while every Yankees fan knew better is mind blowing.
Even if Bednar hadn't blown it in the 9th, you just knew the Yanks weren't going to win.
The Yanks are really good and can be great. It's already time to set aside "development" and go for the gusto this year.
Move Weathers to the pen. Lefty throwing high 90s cheese will be welcome.
Have Gil, Rodriguez, and LaGrange down at Triple A start pen work focused on their heater and one off-speed pitch. Three righties throwing from 97 to 103 coming out of the pen will be welcome.
Leave Hill and Bednar. Let Yarborough be your blow-out long man / emergency spot starter. Leave a couple others for low leverage innings. Throw the rest in the garbage can.
Do it NOW.
Move Weathers to the pen. Lefty throwing high 90s cheese will be welcome.
Have Gil, Rodriguez, and LaGrange down at Triple A start pen work focused on their heater and one off-speed pitch. Three righties throwing from 97 to 103 coming out of the pen will be welcome.
Leave Hill and Bednar. Let Yarborough be your blow-out long man / emergency spot starter. Leave a couple others for low leverage innings. Throw the rest in the garbage can.
Do it NOW.
That's what I would like to see as well, but the Yankees are just not going to bring up those 2 youngsters to put them in the pen, but that i where they need to be. Yankees want them getting more work than they would get in NY and it makes sense. Maybe bring them up later in the year. as we have discussed many time, Gil needs to be in the pen. Period.
I can't stand Aaron ******* Boone. Weathers pitching a 1 hit shutout. Lost his no hitter and then walked a man. Here comes Boone out of the dugout chomping on his gum. Pulls Weathers. I'm fussing at Boone to let Weathers win or lose this on his own. He deserved it. 2 pitches later our wonderful bullpen gives up a 3 run Homer. 2 inherited runners score plus one more and instead of headed for a probable 2-0 win the Yankees will probably lose. I got so mad so I changed the channel. I'll see the result later. I'm so sick of Boone.
Boone still pulls the trigger though. He was signaling to the pen as soon as he came out of the dugout. I felt after what Weathers had done so far he could have talked to him a few minutes then let him have another batter. I'm sick of this 100 pitch count BS. I feel so bad for Weathers. Went from a no hitter to a no decision in the blink of an eye.
Doesn't do a lot of good to win 9 in a row then lose 5 of the next 6. Second time this year the Yankees have gone on a long winning streak then a bad losing streak followed. Mind boggling how the offense just dies all of a sudden. Everyone at the same time. Meanwhile the Rays have been on a tear and are now 2 games up on the Yankees.
I read yesterday that Cab led all SS in defensive runs saved and was 3rd overall in the game. Volpe needs to come up understanding / focused on his glove comes 1st, his legs 2nd, contact 3rd.....and nothing else.
That defense by the Yankees infield in the bottom of the 3rd was comical. Even O's announcers said what in the world are they doing? Good thing Warren got out of a bases loaded no out jam caused by defensive lapses I've never seen at any level of baseball.