NY Yankees

[lakelawyerheel]

I consider today a “must win.” Taking 3 of 4 vs a push is so important as 2for said for the wild card, but also the division. You have to win series in the stretch run

 

[lakelawyerheel]

I was thinking double steal there with Jazz and Cabby on base but GLORY BE….a perfect bunt was laid down.

Sad that simple fundamentals have to be celebrated but it was exactly what you draw up

And Goldy delivers with the seeing eye single through the drawn in infield. Old school baseball plates two!

 

[2forheels]

After my 1 hit post the Yankees have exploded.

Goldy with a 60 mph single. Hilarious!

And I hollered at Ramos, "Time for you to do something!" Home run! Lol

 

[lakelawyerheel]

This inning is Yankee dynasty era esque. Scratch and claw for the lead, then deliver a knockout shot immediately after the stunner… and then Rosario just hustles an infield single that means nothing more than forcing a few more pitches from the starter. Gets thrown out stealing but I love the aggression

 

[2forheels]

This is hilarious! My wife said she can hit this pitcher.

 

[2forheels]

The Rays are one lucky *** team.

 

[bluebooksandbluecups]

Really great win today. The west coast swing is going to be tough this late in the season. So we really needed to extend our lead over BOS this weekend…and we did just that.

 

[kik84]

We gave up Caleb Durbin for Devin Williams.

Durbin could've been the answer at 3B that we've been looking for for over 10 years now.

 

[bluebooksandbluecups]

We gave up Caleb Durbin for Devin Williams.

Durbin could've been the answer at 3B that we've been looking for for over 10 years now.

Very good point. I have to admit that I didn’t hate the D. Willams move when we made it. I always assumed we’d have addressed our 3B issues via free agency by now.

 

[bluebooksandbluecups]

Tonight could be a good night if we find a way to win after heading out west with no travel day. Rays and Sox both losing late.

 

[bluebooksandbluecups]

Oh well…looks like a loss tonight.

 

[2forheels]

I decided to pass on last night's game. Glad I did. Routed by the worst team in baseball. smh

 

[2forheels]

Looking at the boxscore I see our bullpen was absolutely terrible and Bednar was trashed. It's no secret I don't care for Bednar. I don't see how he can help the Yankees in the postseason. A closer that can't strike out batters is a recipe for failure in the postseason. Gil pitched 2 innings in relief striking out 3 of the 6 outs he got but gave up a run.

 

[bluebooksandbluecups]

Looking at the boxscore I see our bullpen was absolutely terrible and Bednar was trashed. It's no secret I don't care for Bednar. I don't see how he can help the Yankees in the postseason. A closer that can't strike out batters is a recipe for failure in the postseason. Gil pitched 2 innings in relief striking out 3 of the 6 outs he got but gave up a run.

I completely understand your concerns with Bednar. It’s worth pointing out that he has converted 31 of 34 save opportunities (91%), which puts him 9th in MLB at this point. He definitely could bite us in October, but I feel like we have several other more even more troubling issues as the calendar hits September.

3B - Caballero is hitting .239 with an OBP under .300 and an OPS of .671. If McMahon isn’t able to get back, then we lowly ride with Caballero in the postseason…which is a hole in the lineup.

CF - For a brief stretch in August, Grisham got hot and carried us to a few wins. But, man, he’s been terrible since. On last night’s broadcast, they pointed out that he is now 2 for his last 34. He’s now hitting .209 on the season with an OPS barely in the 700s (.704). But where do we go? Do we let Jones play CF in October games? Belly? Can’t be Judge. We have to hope Judge can play full-time in RF…because if he DHs then either Rice or Garcia sits.

SS - I got nothing here. I love Lombard the prospect. But I don’t think he proves to be an asset in October. And yet it has to be him…or Cabby I guess…which, as noted above, isn’t doing much at all offensively.

2B - Jazz has gotten hot of late. Maybe he sustains that. If so, we will be fine at 2B in October. He and Cabby at least give us threats on the basepaths. I do hope Jazz’s defense holds up in the postseason.

The good news is that we will have a REALLY good rotation in October…perhaps the best in baseball. We will throw Schlittler, Fried and Cole for sure. And probably Rodon, as he has pitched well since coming back. And we have some new bullets in the pen with Gil and Weathers and Warren and hopefully Schmidt. The sooner we can get them some relief appearances, the better. But they will help a worn down bullpen. Truth is, we are going to have to pitch our way to a World Series. And we can do just that. But the margins are going to be so thin with the lineup we have to roll out there.