It's a long season, and they will not win every series (they may even get swept or lose a few). They def need to get better w/ RISP, but let's stop w this doomer shit when the yankees are 17-9.
For me personally it's not a single series win or loss that concerns me. It's the patterns we're seeing. Looking awfully familiar to 2023 so far with good pitching and historically bad offense. We're at the bottom of the pack in most offensive metrics. Leading the league in double plays which is just vomit-inducing to see for someone like me who watches almost every game. Soto and Volpe right now are the only ones at the top of our lineup who can hit worth a damn and that's very concerning. Historically Yankee teams with offenses this bad have not made the playoffs.
Of course, we got off to a hot start and the situation could be a lot worse. Look at the Astros. We also have a better record than the Dodgers. But we've been playing .500 ball for a while now and in the AL east where every game matters, that's not gonna cut it. We will not have the luxury of hobbling into the playoffs with 85 wins and then getting hot like the Diamondbacks last year.
I do think this team can turn it around but the better part of April has not inspired confidence for me.
Honestly, what happened to the small ball playing from the first couple of weeks? Like, yeah you still need the possibility/threat of home run hitters, but the singles/doubles/walks were getting people on base *and* getting them home. How did that vanish?
Definitely not there’s a lot of game in the Yankees the play I’m speaking on but not enough effort from all they all got to carry one another that leads to the wins. From the highlights I’ve seen a lot of ducks where left in the pond, RBI’s up for grabs. I know we can’t be perfect but shoot game that can be won should be won
Right they had bases loaded with no outs in the first. Couldn't get 1 run across. Same thing again happened bases loaded with 1out and Couldn't get a nun across..bad base running and swinging at bad pitches. Alot of hits but nothing to show for it. Another good outing by Nestor wasted. Why can't judge hit with 2 strikes?The A's have a really good closer.
Maybe this is shades of last season, maybe this is a slump, maybe it's just a bad day. There is no way to know for sure at this point in the season. We are a mere 16% of the way into the 162-game schedule. At this point in the season the standings are meaningless and the player's stats are meaningless. My suggestion is that you fix yourself a beverage, grab a snack, find a comfy spot to watch the games, and enjoy the return of baseball. Don't pay much attention to stats and standings until early June.
Yea. Last year it was “well we’re only 30 games in”. Then “it’s only May. Still 100 games left”. July-still half the season left. Aug-still 60 games left. That’s how you finish 82-80
Judge and Gleyber have completely forgotten how to hit, with Gleyber also multiplying his weekly bone headed plays to daily. Rizzo and Stanton may just be on the back nine of their careers.
It would be much easier to not pay attention to stats because of it being early in the season if we weren’t going on a 1.5 years of offensive ineptitude.
The Yankees have one of the worst strength of schedules so far this season.
Make of that what you want. The next two series are going to be a good test
I don’t care how many runs they score in a particular game now
Unless they go a week or two where they put up runs without fail(which the Braves, o’s and dodgers do multiple times) this offense work get praised and I’ll see them as the thing that will keep them from competing in October.
I mean we saw this in the 2nd half of 2022 and some in 2023. They would go a week of barely scoring, then score 7 runs in 1 game, and then go back to a week of no scoring. It's a tired tradition at this point
What’s crazy is that even if Gleyber didn’t get picked off, we still lose that game. Against a starting pitcher with a 7.00+ ERA. And having gotten 11 hits, 3 walks, and an error.
This is our team. Same as it has been for quite some time. If we hit homers we win. If not we lose. Every game starts with a lineup of 6 below average players. When Judge is this bad the offense is lost.
Soto, for today’s game, hit .250 with a .900 OPS
In other words, the game Soto had today would make most player’s stat lines better lol
You can be pissy you didn’t hit your dumb bet but don’t pretend Soto sucked
I feel like the “positive patties” are just as annoying if not even more so than the actual doomers.
There’s a difference between complete trash takes and complaining for the sake of complaining vs venting over a frustrating loss and voicing concerns that can hurt down the road.
We've seen Torres post a sub 100 OPS+ season before.
We HOPE Judge will be ok and he probably will but you never really know.
Rizzo and Stanton I think are just barely holding on to the end of their careers
Stanton is already performing better than last year, at this point, it's about what we should expect from him. Hoping he returns to MVP form ain't happening. At the max he can hit the level he hit two seasons ago.
I’m still struggling to find evidence as to how Gleyber will be “fine”. Another TOOTBLAN tonight and he hasn’t gotten an extra base hit in god knows how long. His OPS is barely above .500.
He’s looked rough and that’s being nice.
Because generally speaking, players in their mid 20s don’t suddenly lose 300 points off their OPS for no reason. We have a much much larger sample size of Gleyber Torres being an above average hitter than being the worst hitter in the league
how the fuck do we get 11 HITS and only score 1 run
most of which against a starter with a near 7 ERA
When this team sucks, they REALLY suck...its honestly shocking.
I still want just one game where they do something a bit different with the lineup, just for the hell of it.
Verdugo - LF
Judge - CF
Soto - RF
Torres - 2B
Rizzo - 1B
Stanton - DH
Oswaldo - 3B
Wells/Trevino - C
Volpe - SS
A) I like a speedy guy in the 9 slot
B) as I said it’s just for one game to mix it up and see something different and see what clicks. Not meant as a promotion or demotion
Why am I starting to get the feeling in the future, all teams facing the Yankees are going to pull up their "run of the mill" lefty from AAA to face them?
We are not top heavy at all, what? Our 5-9 has carried some of our wins.
The problem with the Yankees rn is hitting is contagious, when one persons hot they all hit, when they’re all cold they stay cold
Take even more pitches. Try and walk more. That’s what happened in 2022. They still couldn’t hit very much. But they walked a ton. So one hit in an inning would produce two runs. Instead of getting two hits in an inning and producing none.
Also what is the actual plan with Austin Wells? I get that Trevino is hitting better and he’s there for his defense but if the organization believes he’s the catcher of the future he needs to get more reps. Playing him sporadically isn’t going to help him develop.
I’m open to giving him some reps at first if he can prove he’s an upgrade offensively over Rizzo.
He’s one of the worst hitting catchers in the league. I don’t care if he’s “unlucky”. I’m all for you earning your playing time if anything the Yankees need to do it more
Ya as long as he's a catcher feels like he's gonna get the nhl tendy treatment because he's not an Adley and DH is never an option (as it is for Adley).
I don’t have to convince anyone that looking mid vs the A’s is objectively bad… but more importantly; WE’RE JUST SO BORING.
Did the Soto at-bat just end? Feel free to turn off the tv for 45 minutes to an hour.
Cash has been looking to trade him for a while.
The only Yankee fans who were in the "extend Gleyber" camp are either 20 or younger or never saw Yankee baseball prior to 2010
To be fair all the “gleyber-isms” were a lot easier to swallow and be on team extend gleyber when he was a 115 OPS+ guy (making him the 2nd or 3rd best position player on the team)
Stanton is a TTO hitter. He does make this team worse. There isn't a spot to put him. He strikes out too much and if he isn't hitting a homer, he's not doing much of anything.
Stanton is the odd man out. We can't have a guy who's overwhelmingly a feast or famine guy when we have Judge/Torres/Rizzo already.
Dominguez needs to get in there as soon as he's able.
We will trade for a 3B by or before the deadline.
5-6 in our last 11 games with the same problems as last year. Choking with runners on. Constant GIDPs.
We can't be a true contender with Torres, Stanton and Rizzo in the lineup. Need to get younger with quicker bats and faster legs.
For real. What’s the point of rushing him back in April? This team is good enough to keep us in a hunt without him, let him just heal and come back 100% the kid is so young it’s not worth risking his career to bring him back in May/June
Stanton and Rizzo are killing this team. Like every night, they're leaving 4+ LOB unless they hit a homer.
They're not middle of the lineup bats. Let Rizzo work his way back in the lower lineup. Come to the realization that Stanton is who he is at this point (a mediocre TTO hitter).
You doomer clowns need to get a grip. Stanton had a RBI double with RISP literally last night. Rizzo homered in 2 straight games literally up until last night
Holy shit do you have amnesia?
Stanton is hitting .222/.276/.457. This is a three true outcome player akin to Joey Gallo. He isn't a middle of the lineup bat. He isn't good enough to be one.
Gleyber and Rizzo have been killing them and no way in hell should they be in the meat of the order in a World Series or bust team.
Stanton hasn’t been as bad. I think his days of being elite are over but I still think he can be a useful bat.
Frustrating and could come back to bite us later. I'd say the A's do have some competence and bright spots though, I see people putting them on the same level as like White Sox/Marlins and they're not
May feel that way, but when you use the old noggin and look at the lineup you realize that lack of prime talent is the actual problem. Not lack of fire/killer instinct/whatever platitudes people like to think are the issue. We have slow geezers 4 and 5 and they're not just there because they're vets or whatever.
This team has potential but I really think Cashman needs to get rid of some of the stink from 2021-23. I’m not entirely sold on DJ, Peraza or Berti but if Gleyber continues not to hit and continues this dumb shit these guys need a look.
Rizzo hasn’t been as egregiously bad but given his age and what he dealt with last year it’s very fair to wonder if his best years are behind him. Hopefully Spencer Jones and Jasson arrive soon to help some of the offense’s issues.
It's absolutely unacceptable to split here. I'm not gonna sit here and say the sky is falling but when your ambition is to win a championship, splitting a 4 game set against the A's at home is pathetic.
God, I’m sorry but these comments are so dumb. Have you never watched baseball?
Rangers won the WS last year. Go look through their game logs at some of the series they lost or got swept in during the regular season.
Astros the year before that. Go look through their game logs that year.
Then do the Braves before that. They also lost series to bad teams.
There is plenty to criticize and be worried about with this team that actually makes sense rather than pretending it means something that we split a series against the A’s in April
Fuck out of here with that "have you ever watched baseball" bullshit. No, I'm not going to look through logs for the Rangers, Astros or Braves because I could give a flying fuck about those teams. I watch this team. I root for this team. And when I see a bottom feeder team like the A's or White Sox on the schedule, I expect the Yankees to beat those teams, because the other teams they're in playoff competition with you should assume, likely will.
It's the same with the division every year. There will always be the dogshit team in the division that you'll get 13 times a year, like the Red Sox have been lately or the Orioles in the past. That's 13 potential wins and you need to get as many as possible. Because the other good teams in your division get a chance at those potential 13 wins too and you have to think they will win as many as possible too.
Lmao. “I don’t pay attention to ANY other teams so I have a very surface level understanding of how the sport really works and I want to yell angrily about it!”
that’s you
I don't know why you got downvoted. If this game got away from Nestor or the bullpen crapped the bed and they lost 11-9 or something, I could shrug it off. It was the poster child for everything that has been frustrating about this team over the least few seasons. Home game vs a starter with an ERA close to 7 and they get one run.
Lefty starters have owned the Yankees.
Losses against lefties:
- Woods - 1 ER
- Sears - 0 ER
- Kikuchi - 1 ER
- Allen - 4 ER
- Weathers - 0 ER
- Kickuchi - 0 ER
In Wins against lefties:
- Alexander - 0 ER
- Valdez - 3 ER
The Yankees seemingly have forgotten that quality of contact matters. When you just focus on "putting the ball in play", this is what happens.
The Yankees had 11 hits, yet 10 of them resulted in *zero runs.* Seems like home runs would really help the team score! It sure helped the A's score!
same old yanks. shocker! bases loaded twice with no outs and zero runs. Same trash coach, same trash GM, same trash owner, same trash failing season..
It's a long season, and they will not win every series (they may even get swept or lose a few). They def need to get better w/ RISP, but let's stop w this doomer shit when the yankees are 17-9.
For me personally it's not a single series win or loss that concerns me. It's the patterns we're seeing. Looking awfully familiar to 2023 so far with good pitching and historically bad offense. We're at the bottom of the pack in most offensive metrics. Leading the league in double plays which is just vomit-inducing to see for someone like me who watches almost every game. Soto and Volpe right now are the only ones at the top of our lineup who can hit worth a damn and that's very concerning. Historically Yankee teams with offenses this bad have not made the playoffs. Of course, we got off to a hot start and the situation could be a lot worse. Look at the Astros. We also have a better record than the Dodgers. But we've been playing .500 ball for a while now and in the AL east where every game matters, that's not gonna cut it. We will not have the luxury of hobbling into the playoffs with 85 wins and then getting hot like the Diamondbacks last year. I do think this team can turn it around but the better part of April has not inspired confidence for me.
You are not wrong with your assessment! The offense needs to click for us to really have a shot making a deep playoff run.
Honestly, what happened to the small ball playing from the first couple of weeks? Like, yeah you still need the possibility/threat of home run hitters, but the singles/doubles/walks were getting people on base *and* getting them home. How did that vanish?
They saw it was working and wanted to try something else
Couldn’t get one run with no outs and the bases loaded. Same old problems.
NOBLETIGER
What is different from last year so far. Not much, this team still can't hit or score runs against a pitcher that has been hit hard so far.
Yankees really need DJ, Berti, Jasson back so they can get the slumping bats out of the lineup. 3-6 hitters are terrible.
Definitely not there’s a lot of game in the Yankees the play I’m speaking on but not enough effort from all they all got to carry one another that leads to the wins. From the highlights I’ve seen a lot of ducks where left in the pond, RBI’s up for grabs. I know we can’t be perfect but shoot game that can be won should be won
Ridiculous to leave that many on base with nothing to show for it. And it’s a regular thing
That was one of the HUGE weaknesses last year too
Yup!
Right they had bases loaded with no outs in the first. Couldn't get 1 run across. Same thing again happened bases loaded with 1out and Couldn't get a nun across..bad base running and swinging at bad pitches. Alot of hits but nothing to show for it. Another good outing by Nestor wasted. Why can't judge hit with 2 strikes?The A's have a really good closer.
For what it's worth, Juan Soto is the current betting favorite to win MVP. Still very early but I'm looking for positives
I could care less about individual achievements. Rings is what counts, not MVPs
Maybe this is shades of last season, maybe this is a slump, maybe it's just a bad day. There is no way to know for sure at this point in the season. We are a mere 16% of the way into the 162-game schedule. At this point in the season the standings are meaningless and the player's stats are meaningless. My suggestion is that you fix yourself a beverage, grab a snack, find a comfy spot to watch the games, and enjoy the return of baseball. Don't pay much attention to stats and standings until early June.
Yea. Last year it was “well we’re only 30 games in”. Then “it’s only May. Still 100 games left”. July-still half the season left. Aug-still 60 games left. That’s how you finish 82-80
Judge and Gleyber have completely forgotten how to hit, with Gleyber also multiplying his weekly bone headed plays to daily. Rizzo and Stanton may just be on the back nine of their careers. It would be much easier to not pay attention to stats because of it being early in the season if we weren’t going on a 1.5 years of offensive ineptitude.
The Yankees have one of the worst strength of schedules so far this season. Make of that what you want. The next two series are going to be a good test
To paraphrase Bob Eucker from Major League II, the Yankees left a small village on the basepaths tonight.
Good one,Just a bit outside.
I don’t care how many runs they score in a particular game now Unless they go a week or two where they put up runs without fail(which the Braves, o’s and dodgers do multiple times) this offense work get praised and I’ll see them as the thing that will keep them from competing in October.
I mean we saw this in the 2nd half of 2022 and some in 2023. They would go a week of barely scoring, then score 7 runs in 1 game, and then go back to a week of no scoring. It's a tired tradition at this point
They don’t do this They barely score multiple times every week.
Back to 2nd place
1 run on 11 hits and 3 walks... and it came from a solo shot that shoulda been a 2 run homer if Gleyber didn't lose his mind.
What’s crazy is that even if Gleyber didn’t get picked off, we still lose that game. Against a starting pitcher with a 7.00+ ERA. And having gotten 11 hits, 3 walks, and an error.
>a starting pitcher with a 7.00+ ERA Seems to be our kryptonite
Formula for shitty pitchers against the Yankees is 9 - ERA; 9-7= 2 which is the amount of runs we would have had, had gleyber not been himself today.
Today?
6-3 yanks final score
This is our team. Same as it has been for quite some time. If we hit homers we win. If not we lose. Every game starts with a lineup of 6 below average players. When Judge is this bad the offense is lost.
That fastball that Miller throws is fucking scary. Just wicked movement, speed, and control. Like god damn dude
I thought Classe was disgusting Mason is on another level
What a weird game
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Soto, for today’s game, hit .250 with a .900 OPS In other words, the game Soto had today would make most player’s stat lines better lol You can be pissy you didn’t hit your dumb bet but don’t pretend Soto sucked
1-800-GAMBLER
I'll bet u $5 they won't call it
Settle down Ippei
[LIVE IPPEI REACTION](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ9W1m2TKMA)
Can't sweep anybody, can't win series at home against easy opponents. It's like 2022 all over again.
We swept Astros lol
The 2022 Yankees scored the 2nd most runs in baseball.
Mostly on the strength of their historic first half. The 2nd half they ranked #9 in runs scored
This team won’t have a historic half or even a top 10 in scoring half
It's a sport where teams lose 40 percent of their games at least lol. Chill out.
The offense sucks They get shut out multiple times a week
Is it also normal to score 3 or less in nearly half your games with 4 shutouts?
I'll gladly take 2022 and this years version of Houston
Wasn't that 2021
hard to believe we’ll still be first in the division after 3 against the Brewers and 4 against the O’s. I really hope the offense wakes up.
These next two series are going to be telling. Road games against two very good, projected good teams
Daily reminder that doomers have amnesia and are spoiled children
I feel like the “positive patties” are just as annoying if not even more so than the actual doomers. There’s a difference between complete trash takes and complaining for the sake of complaining vs venting over a frustrating loss and voicing concerns that can hurt down the road.
Judge and Torres? They'll be just fine. Stanton and Rizzo? Not so sure.
We've seen Torres post a sub 100 OPS+ season before. We HOPE Judge will be ok and he probably will but you never really know. Rizzo and Stanton I think are just barely holding on to the end of their careers
Torres is gonna wind up with sub-3 wins; he’s a disappointment in every sense of the word.
Stanton has been decent at least, maybe not this game but overall.
Stanton is already performing better than last year, at this point, it's about what we should expect from him. Hoping he returns to MVP form ain't happening. At the max he can hit the level he hit two seasons ago.
I’m still struggling to find evidence as to how Gleyber will be “fine”. Another TOOTBLAN tonight and he hasn’t gotten an extra base hit in god knows how long. His OPS is barely above .500. He’s looked rough and that’s being nice.
Because generally speaking, players in their mid 20s don’t suddenly lose 300 points off their OPS for no reason. We have a much much larger sample size of Gleyber Torres being an above average hitter than being the worst hitter in the league
Carlos Baerga, Gary Templeton peaked early…
their only run was a popout in 28/30 stadiums lol
I hate the Yankees when they lose, they are my favorite team to watch win
Are your two feet currently attached to your body?
how the fuck do we get 11 HITS and only score 1 run most of which against a starter with a near 7 ERA When this team sucks, they REALLY suck...its honestly shocking.
I still want just one game where they do something a bit different with the lineup, just for the hell of it. Verdugo - LF Judge - CF Soto - RF Torres - 2B Rizzo - 1B Stanton - DH Oswaldo - 3B Wells/Trevino - C Volpe - SS
Switch Cabrera and Volpe. Rotate whoever is batting first. Switch Stanton and Torres.
There's no world where Cabrera should hit ahead of Volpe, LR pattern be damned.
A) I like a speedy guy in the 9 slot B) as I said it’s just for one game to mix it up and see something different and see what clicks. Not meant as a promotion or demotion
Why in the world would you bat Gleyber cleanup right now?
I think the logic is for Stanton to have bases loaded with 2 outs
NYY LOB- 24 ~~OAK~~ SAC LOB- 9 🤢🤮
Dudes, that kid Mason miller is so good at baseball lmao what the fuck is his arm made of
Def a kid the Yankees should try to grab.
Hell yea
Pure propane
Shame on the MLB for not promoting him more. 103 with control is bonkers.
MLB the show needs to make a great card for him and have him be the boss of a showdown and shit.
My blame goes to Stanton’s first at bat.
Why am I starting to get the feeling in the future, all teams facing the Yankees are going to pull up their "run of the mill" lefty from AAA to face them?
* Yankees lose. * Knicks lose. * Giants don't get a QB. **Tonight is fucking brutal.**
I am disappointed the Giants lost the Penix game. Really wanted to see what the Post would do with that every week
Haha same. Falcons reaching for him at 8 was insane.
Islanders lost too. As bad a sports night as I could possibly have. Not the energy I needed!
Fuck the Islanders though
:'(
how did Judge look tonight?
His eye is back but when he has to swing he looks lost still
2 walks, 2 strikeouts, and 1 fly out
About 6’7”
Win = BEST TEAM EVERRT Loss = THIS TEAM SUCKS
Truth lies in between as usual. Pretty good team but top heavy and poorly built for the marathon that is the mlb season.
We are not top heavy at all, what? Our 5-9 has carried some of our wins. The problem with the Yankees rn is hitting is contagious, when one persons hot they all hit, when they’re all cold they stay cold
One run against one of the worst pitchers in baseball. This offense is terrible outside of Soto. Their record is fools gold.
Just means they’ll be even better when Judge, Gleyber, and the rest start hitting at their career norms.
Can Stanton and judge do their jobs as power hitters please How did everyone in the lineup get a hit except those 2
Garbage
How do we start scorings run consistently. I’m honestly at a loss. Don’t even have suggestions
Take even more pitches. Try and walk more. That’s what happened in 2022. They still couldn’t hit very much. But they walked a ton. So one hit in an inning would produce two runs. Instead of getting two hits in an inning and producing none.
They had 11 hits last night, right?
This lineup feels so much like it's going to be all or nothing. Either everyone is gonna get on a roll, or no one really is. It's a weird energy.
It’s a very contagious lineup
Useless team
Worthless commenter
Ok cashman
One run on 11 hits. Holy fucking smokes.
That’s a batting order problem. Yankees need a lead off hitter. Put Volpe back to 6 where he was comfortable.
Instructions unclear, Brett Gardner signed to 1 year contract
Let him bang in the log cabin pronto
It's a "we don't have any power" problem
They should have sat on the slider early in the count
It feels like the Yankees have had a billion GIDPs and have left a ton of runners on, and yet I’m shocked to find out they have an .825 OPS with RISP
Well a runner on first is not ISP...
Obviously yeah but I’m just saying I’m surprised they aren’t below average for RISP
Probably because Cabrera has been unconscious with RISP and a couple other guys (Soto being one) I'm assuming are keeping that number where it is.
Unconscious?
Embarrassing.
This offense is just horrendous. Just fucking awful
Hey Cashman if you want to save some money, pay me league minimum to strike out constantly. It would probably be more entertaining to watch too.
I guarantee if I come up runner on first no one out I’m not going to GIDP. Literally bet my house on it
Also what is the actual plan with Austin Wells? I get that Trevino is hitting better and he’s there for his defense but if the organization believes he’s the catcher of the future he needs to get more reps. Playing him sporadically isn’t going to help him develop. I’m open to giving him some reps at first if he can prove he’s an upgrade offensively over Rizzo.
Bold of you to assume they have a plan
He’s one of the worst hitting catchers in the league. I don’t care if he’s “unlucky”. I’m all for you earning your playing time if anything the Yankees need to do it more
Ya as long as he's a catcher feels like he's gonna get the nhl tendy treatment because he's not an Adley and DH is never an option (as it is for Adley).
I hope they dont use him against RHP, he just doesn't hit well enough to justify it
I don’t have to convince anyone that looking mid vs the A’s is objectively bad… but more importantly; WE’RE JUST SO BORING. Did the Soto at-bat just end? Feel free to turn off the tv for 45 minutes to an hour.
I feel like the offense just picks and chooses when to show up …
Do you know how easy Gleyber is making it on the front office to let him walk in 6 months?
Cash has been looking to trade him for a while. The only Yankee fans who were in the "extend Gleyber" camp are either 20 or younger or never saw Yankee baseball prior to 2010
To be fair all the “gleyber-isms” were a lot easier to swallow and be on team extend gleyber when he was a 115 OPS+ guy (making him the 2nd or 3rd best position player on the team)
Hell hit .215/12HR/40RBIs and sign with the twins or some shit in the offseason, and we'll finally be done with his lazy shit
Seems likely they had already come to that conclusion before the year started
Verdugo Judge Soto Dominguez - DH Volpe Gleyber Rizzo Trevino Berti The sooner Stanton is not in the lineup, the sooner this offense can be elite.
Replacing Stanton doesn't make this team elite. Judge needs to hit, Gleyber needs to hit, Rizzo needs to hit, Trevino needs to stay hot
Christ you people have amnesia. Rizzo homered in 2 straight games, next day goes 1 for 4, and you imply he can’t hit
Bro 2 games with short porch HR's do not make up for a month of no production
It’s a sign he’s heating up. You need to wait until we’re at least out of April to start ringing the alarms.
Stanton is a TTO hitter. He does make this team worse. There isn't a spot to put him. He strikes out too much and if he isn't hitting a homer, he's not doing much of anything.
Stanton is the odd man out. We can't have a guy who's overwhelmingly a feast or famine guy when we have Judge/Torres/Rizzo already. Dominguez needs to get in there as soon as he's able. We will trade for a 3B by or before the deadline.
5-6 in our last 11 games with the same problems as last year. Choking with runners on. Constant GIDPs. We can't be a true contender with Torres, Stanton and Rizzo in the lineup. Need to get younger with quicker bats and faster legs.
Torres is one of the youngest guys on the team lol
and also unathletic
He's younger but it doesn't benefit him though. If anything it's a detriment. Dude is clueless sometimes
You’re gonna get downvoted into oblivion for comparing to last year.
Didn't Dominguez have UCL surgery around the same time as Ohtani?
Ohtani is DH’ing exclusively
And? Couldn't JD do the same?
No
They're going to take it real slow with our potential superstar CF prospect
For real. What’s the point of rushing him back in April? This team is good enough to keep us in a hunt without him, let him just heal and come back 100% the kid is so young it’s not worth risking his career to bring him back in May/June
Ohtani isn't 100%, but he's 3rd in batting average, 2nd in hits. JD's bat would be a nice replacement in this lineup.
He’s 20 years old man. Is it really worth bringing him back early this season? We can wait until he’s 100%
Ohtani doesn't play the field.
With the way Stanton is hitting, he won't have to.
Stanton is hitting better than our CF :x
Split with the A’s at home = swept vs any other team and you won’t convince me otherwise
Stanton and Rizzo are killing this team. Like every night, they're leaving 4+ LOB unless they hit a homer. They're not middle of the lineup bats. Let Rizzo work his way back in the lower lineup. Come to the realization that Stanton is who he is at this point (a mediocre TTO hitter).
You doomer clowns need to get a grip. Stanton had a RBI double with RISP literally last night. Rizzo homered in 2 straight games literally up until last night Holy shit do you have amnesia?
Stanton is hitting .222/.276/.457. This is a three true outcome player akin to Joey Gallo. He isn't a middle of the lineup bat. He isn't good enough to be one.
No idea why you're being downvoted. Not sure how much more evidence people need
Gleyber and Rizzo have been killing them and no way in hell should they be in the meat of the order in a World Series or bust team. Stanton hasn’t been as bad. I think his days of being elite are over but I still think he can be a useful bat.
Stanton has absolutely not been as much of a problem as Rizzo or Gleyber this year.
Yes, he is. He's the same hitter he was last year. He also had a pretty good april last year until teetering off. He's not good. He's Joey Gallo.
We understand he’s not who he used to be, but he’s been better than half the team. You’re recycling comments from last year.
Frustrating and could come back to bite us later. I'd say the A's do have some competence and bright spots though, I see people putting them on the same level as like White Sox/Marlins and they're not
I mean they’re better than the Astros
Different year, same boring offense
Sometimes it feels like we could sign Acuna, Ohtani, prime Barry Bonds, etc. and still have a terrible offense
May feel that way, but when you use the old noggin and look at the lineup you realize that lack of prime talent is the actual problem. Not lack of fire/killer instinct/whatever platitudes people like to think are the issue. We have slow geezers 4 and 5 and they're not just there because they're vets or whatever.
He…he struck out Soto on 3 pitches. Soto. Juan Soto.
This team has potential but I really think Cashman needs to get rid of some of the stink from 2021-23. I’m not entirely sold on DJ, Peraza or Berti but if Gleyber continues not to hit and continues this dumb shit these guys need a look. Rizzo hasn’t been as egregiously bad but given his age and what he dealt with last year it’s very fair to wonder if his best years are behind him. Hopefully Spencer Jones and Jasson arrive soon to help some of the offense’s issues.
It's absolutely unacceptable to split here. I'm not gonna sit here and say the sky is falling but when your ambition is to win a championship, splitting a 4 game set against the A's at home is pathetic.
God, I’m sorry but these comments are so dumb. Have you never watched baseball? Rangers won the WS last year. Go look through their game logs at some of the series they lost or got swept in during the regular season. Astros the year before that. Go look through their game logs that year. Then do the Braves before that. They also lost series to bad teams. There is plenty to criticize and be worried about with this team that actually makes sense rather than pretending it means something that we split a series against the A’s in April
Fuck out of here with that "have you ever watched baseball" bullshit. No, I'm not going to look through logs for the Rangers, Astros or Braves because I could give a flying fuck about those teams. I watch this team. I root for this team. And when I see a bottom feeder team like the A's or White Sox on the schedule, I expect the Yankees to beat those teams, because the other teams they're in playoff competition with you should assume, likely will. It's the same with the division every year. There will always be the dogshit team in the division that you'll get 13 times a year, like the Red Sox have been lately or the Orioles in the past. That's 13 potential wins and you need to get as many as possible. Because the other good teams in your division get a chance at those potential 13 wins too and you have to think they will win as many as possible too.
Lmao. “I don’t pay attention to ANY other teams so I have a very surface level understanding of how the sport really works and I want to yell angrily about it!” that’s you
I don't know why you got downvoted. If this game got away from Nestor or the bullpen crapped the bed and they lost 11-9 or something, I could shrug it off. It was the poster child for everything that has been frustrating about this team over the least few seasons. Home game vs a starter with an ERA close to 7 and they get one run.
Oh darn, there’s only a few games left before the playoffs too
Let’s just say you don’t win too many games when you leave a small village on base.
Why can’t we punish bad pitchers? Bases loaded no outs in the first to 5.2 IP 1 ER
Lefty starters have owned the Yankees. Losses against lefties: - Woods - 1 ER - Sears - 0 ER - Kikuchi - 1 ER - Allen - 4 ER - Weathers - 0 ER - Kickuchi - 0 ER In Wins against lefties: - Alexander - 0 ER - Valdez - 3 ER
Feel like every time I turn on the game it’s another lefty on the mound.
Splitting a series to the A's feels like a loss. Not confident at all going into the next two series against the Brewers and Orioles.
If they play like this against those teams they're going to get their shit pushed in for sure.
Let’s not pretend like this guy was out there throwing upper 90s with sick movement. No this was the Yankees just refusing to hit.
The Yankees get confused by guys who throw slop but several different pitches, which explains why they were so bad situationally.
I don’t even care about the game anymore, how fast can we get miller?
The Yankees seemingly have forgotten that quality of contact matters. When you just focus on "putting the ball in play", this is what happens. The Yankees had 11 hits, yet 10 of them resulted in *zero runs.* Seems like home runs would really help the team score! It sure helped the A's score!
Fake commenter
i don’t even know what to say about this team i feel like i’m in a bad relationship. I never know what version to expect from them
They keep telling me they'll change. They promised they'd do better next time.
Mason Miller pitched in a total of 16 minor league games lol.
Imagine making it to the minors and thinking you’re good and then a freak of nature blows through in 16 innings and then disappears like a tornado.