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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!
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!
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
Goldy with a 60 mph single. Hilarious!
And I hollered at Ramos, "Time for you to do something!" Home run! Lol
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
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Our team is an awful hitting team. They have won games in spite of a lot of holes on the team and Boone's stupidity and hard headedness and that speaks of how bad other teams are. We do not consistently hit with men on base, very seldom play small ball, make many base running mistakes, and so on. The bullpen has been crap all year. Allowing inherited runners to score keeps their ERAs down. Bednar pitching to contact is not what we need as a closer despite his saves total. His ERA has hovered around 3.00 all year. That's not good for a closer. A good closer should be at 2.00 or under. Can't argue with many of your points. Jazz and Grisham have always been streaky and you covered about everything. I don't like seeing Rice being the DH. He needs to be in the field and not the DH on a regular basis. Both he and Garcia make really good defensive plays but you can't let Rice get rusty. As a catcher as well he plays bad hops good at 1st base. I like Gil in the pen and and as you said Warren and/or Weathers will be joining him soon and that should fix most things. As a former scout I look at players differently than the average fanan I deldom give away my secrets on a message board. Never know when my services may be needed. No. I scouted without analytics and metrics so no one would listen to me now. lol
Manny Machado wanted to sign with the Yankees, but we passed. Smh . . .
I'm going to put this out there because I KNOW it's gonna happen.
Gil and Weathers will do well (overall) in the bullpen down the stretch. To the point where they become regular turns in the late innings and talking heads will be going "I think the Yanks have fixed their pen....now we see why Cashman didn't pull the trigger on a bullpen arm at the deadline." Warren will be effective as a 2 inning bridge arm.
But we're going to be in the playoffs in a key game. And there's going to be a game where we had been using Gil...or Weathers...., etc in a set up spot and Boonie is going to instead put Cruz or someone else in. And that guy is going to blow the game. And afterwards, when Boone is being asked "why did you go to ______ instead of Gil / Weathers" and his response will be:
"________ has been in that spot a bunch. Gil/Weathers have been great for us but I felt like I needed an experienced bullpen arm there....someone thats been in that pressure.....and wasn't comfortable putting them in that spot."
And that will be all she wrote on the season.
Gil and Weathers will do well (overall) in the bullpen down the stretch. To the point where they become regular turns in the late innings and talking heads will be going "I think the Yanks have fixed their pen....now we see why Cashman didn't pull the trigger on a bullpen arm at the deadline." Warren will be effective as a 2 inning bridge arm.
But we're going to be in the playoffs in a key game. And there's going to be a game where we had been using Gil...or Weathers...., etc in a set up spot and Boonie is going to instead put Cruz or someone else in. And that guy is going to blow the game. And afterwards, when Boone is being asked "why did you go to ______ instead of Gil / Weathers" and his response will be:
"________ has been in that spot a bunch. Gil/Weathers have been great for us but I felt like I needed an experienced bullpen arm there....someone thats been in that pressure.....and wasn't comfortable putting them in that spot."
And that will be all she wrote on the season.
Have never heard that. I would argue he's the exact opposite. Durable, has lived up to the huge contract he received in 2019, great defensively, not a flake, future first-ballot HOF inductee.
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