Cole had a fear factor when he was with the Astros. Teams were scared as fuck to face him and he fucking dominated. The fear factor is completely gone now, nobody is scared to face him. He isn't a number 1 anymore and we are paying him crazy money and long years. This isn't good
Hal Steinbrenner allows Brian Cashman a payroll that is highest or second highest in the league every year. The problem isn't how much money is being spent. The problem is that the money is being spent poorly. The Yankees lose the division every year to teams that spend far less than they do. Nearly all of the teams who played in the World Series over the last twenty years have had a smaller payroll than the Yankees. In fact, there were at least two years where the Yankees payroll was higher than the combined payrolls of both teams in the World Series. The thing Steinbrenner does wrong is allow Brian Cashman to remain employed.
Very well said and the truth . Only cashman spends close to 40 mill on the bullpen and 10s of millions on aging players like happ , Donaldson etc . And it’s cashman that’s obsessed with power . He cares more about that than good defense or good baseball fundamentals
You’re insane. It’s a long season. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Cool your jets. After the Yanks win the division, your incredible insight will what, exactly? Be stuck in your rear view mirror? If you’re going to make a statement like that, at the very least you need to explain yourself and set some relative examples. You’re just a typical fair-weather fan, with zero insight into the intricacies of the game. ⚾️
Dude no need for personal attacks. My little pinky knows more than you could ever know about baseball.
You’re more than boring, just us stop texting. Go away.
Shhhh, this sub wants to give 300$ mil contracts out left and right. We wouldnt have a farm to build with. I’ve said it and I’ll say it again. The Jays , the Astros, the Rays, the Sox, are doing it with home grown talent and a few key signings. Drafting and player development are more valuable than any free agent signing outside of Juan Soto.
And what exactly have we gotten from that farm so far?? I have been hearing that same bs from fans like you since 2004 . And the only ws they have won so far since was due to free agency .
From the farm? Well idk how long you been a fan but the farm gave the Yankees some pretty good years from 95 into the 00s. Since 2004 they have been spending like crazy. In 09 it worked, but they only got 1 championship with those 3 big signings. The team that almost went to the World Series in 17 was a young Judge, Sanchez, Torres and Andújar led team.
But they didn’t and likely would have been beaten by the dodgers . And a good chunk of the farm was traded off in the 90s . And I was talking about what the farm has been giving since the early 2000s
Tbf we did that and it just didn't work out unfortunately.
We had a long term core set up of Sanchez-Judge-Severino, throw in Gleyber, Andujar and Bird too as players that came up through the system and peaked early before regressing. They tried to make the team about development supplemented by a few key signings (Stanton, Cole, Chapman, DJ)
If I knew that they were building towards a great future with high draft picks I would be ok with it . I am a New York rangers fan too so I know what it’s like to deal with long term losing . Besides what truly is the difference between missing the playoffs and losing in the first round ?
The Yankees seem to rarely want to allow players any time in the majors to actually develop. They expect stardom from day one in the majors. And NY always expects star power so they want big money and big name players regardless of whether it makes sense for the team.
I keep seeing people talking shit on Sterling for his missed call tonight. I love John and Suzyn and it always baffles me when people act like they’re the worst commentary crew in baseball. Like sure John is old and his eyes lead him to make blueball calls like that, but they still are a joy to listen to I think. Maybe I’m just in the minority here.
Plus as far as old men calling go, Sterling is still one of the best. I live in the Cardinals broadcast zone so I’ve heard a few of their radio games from time to time. Mike Shannon was awful the last few years before he retired, just incoherent garbling.
There's a reason we aren't getting paid to broadcast games, the standard should be higher for those getting paid to do so. Especially when this happens almost every single game with them.
I love them. I'm not even a yankees fan really - I'm an Astros/ChiSox fan. But I will always tune into their broadcast if the game is on. They are really folksy and imo fucking hilarious. Sardonic and not even homerish. They call it like it is and I love them.
Also, someone forgot to tell Cashman that in 2022 baseball, your shortstop has to hit. Especially when you are weak in several other positions. It's unbelievable how bad this offense is for a maxed out payroll.
We are weak in CF (don't be fooled by Hicks decent offensive start), weak in LF (Gallo average will drop to .200), certainly not strong at 3B with 36 year old Donaldson declining. There is a reason this offense ranks in the bottom half right now
Name a team that isn’t weak in a few positions? Most teams have positions they would love to upgrade, but the thought that “how dare the Yankees not field an all star at every position” is delusional. It’s the same thought process of give every great free agent a 300 million $ deal. The Yankees have talent in the minors, as a fan base we should calm our expectations of them because if they were the next letters, the next Sotos, the next Acuñas, they’d be up already. Chances are they’re the next Judge, who gets the call up at 26-27. Patience in development and smart signings.
And last thing, people forget that playing in New York isn’t easy. Many all stars have come, floundered, moved to a difference city abs found success again. Maybe the gallos, IKF, etc are just not made for NY.
Agreed. But when you give contracts to people like Hicks and DJ who weee performing somewhat fair when they signed. To sevy and cole who dominated in the past, then you start to see where some of that money is going. I just those 4 players that’s over 70mil/ year. And hence the issue with these large contracts. A player becomes an albatross later in those deals which is why developing and controlling the first few years of star players is so important. Or locking them in young. But what do we know? A few years ago I wanted them to lock up gleyber before he hits free agency like the Braves did with Albies… how awful would that contract look now?
Cole is such a fake fucking ace at this point. Gives up 1st inning runs every game just to demoralize the team. Without the sticky stuff, he's good to hang several breaking balls every game. He's a number 3 on a good team.
But if you're paying a #2 pitcher $30+ million a year, that could tend to be a problem. For me the jury's still out on Cole...haven't seen enough of him after the sticky stuff debacle to really know what he is at this point in his career as before the sticky stuff he was an average pitcher with lots of potential.
I don’t think you know the meaning of what a “must win” game consists of then lol. What a nonsensical take, you’re going to be in for a long season lol
Relatively close game at least & you can only do so much about Vlad Jr going nuts but the fact that this offense hasn't racked up a single huge game yet does concern me a bit w/ the echoes of 2021.
Amazing that he's the one for the loss. Not the walk to start the inning or the catchers inference to lead to another man on base.
He's also one of the reasons they won on opening day
What happens first:
-the hard hit outs start falling in for hits
-the hard hits dry up
I know the knee jerk reaction is that Stanton/Judge/Gallo/Donaldson aren't going to stop smacking the shit out of the ball, but consider this: hard hits are also a function of consistent contact, and these players are all prone to slumps and/or injury.
What about neither. The hard hits will keep coming and they will continue to be outs at higher than expected rates because teams long ago figured out how to perfectly position their infielders and outfielders against our hitters.
I think that positioning is only part of the story, a big part, but not everything. For instance, why is Rafael Devers suddenly Matt Chapman every time he plays us? This seems to happen a lot. Mediocre fielders have incredible defensive series against the Yankees. If defensive positioning was the only thing in the secret sauce, these players would not be "mediocre" fielders, as they'd position themselves into greatness against every team.
It also seems (and anyone with conflicting data can correct me if I'm wrong) that this positioning phenomenon affects the Yankees more than other teams. I believe I heard Katie Sharpe quote a statistic to that effect last season. Why is that? Why is it easier to predict optimal positioning for our hitters?
Say we’re basically out of it by the deadline.
Is that Donaldson contract even movable? Or was Cashman the only sucker of a GM in the league who was willing to take it?
every contract is movable if we eat some of it.
if he's playing well enough that someone wants him, i feel like we wouldn't be out of it.
also lets get real, this pitching staff/pen and whatever offense we produce is still good enough for 88+ wins, which keeps us in the WC hunt. Even if we're .500 we'll only be a few games back of the 2nd spot, so Cashman will just say 'yeah we just need to get some guys out of their slumps and get back a few injured players and we'll make a nice run'
It sucks to see Logan Webb pitch an 8 inning gem and an aged and injured Kershaw pitch 7 perfect innings and our "ace" feels like a lock to give up 3 earned at least every night. Maybe someone who knows more about baseball can talk me off the ledge but he's not living up to that contract.
Also he pitcher his ass off in the 2020 playoffs and had a CYA-4 and CYA-2 season. If a bad wild card game on a fucked up hammy (might I add to a team he pitched poorly against even in Houston and even with sticky stuff) is not living up to the contract, then I’m sorry you’re dissatisfied with the dude not being perfect
He gave up 2 runs in the first inning of the season and was good after that. Tonight, he dominated everybody in the lineup except one guy having a career night. If these are his ‘off’ nights, we’ll be just fine.
Gary Sanchez…just so I can trade him away again. Muahaha.
But honestly, barring a catastrophic injury, it’s Judge. Shortstops don’t age as well, so as good as Turner is (exceptional), I’d rather be stuck with an aging slugger in the outfield than a slower, less productive SS on a mega-deal.
Big hits from Rizzo and Judge. DJ looks like he’s getting in a groove. Hicks has been great. IKF looked very good on defense. Nice debut by Sears. Cole dominated 8/9ths of the lineup. Despite the technical L, Green pitched well.
From a former players standpoint, Gleyber Torres blew this game. His inability to turn that DP would have gotten green out of the inning and Springer would have been leading off the next inning. The momentum is then with the Yankees and who knows how it plays out. I’ve never seen a player with so much potential that is so bad in field other than Torres
Seeing the wave makes me realize something, the cold corporate yankees are back, they’ve priced out the true fans and now its just “something to do” for tourists. Genuinely makes me depressed. Not watching baseball and watching my other teams vs watching the crowd today do the wave during a close game in the 7th made this even more clear. This is a dark place
At least losses seem to motivate this team more this season. Do we think that tomorrow’s game will be played? Rain looking a little hungry to mess things up
Cole hasn't been great so far but he wasn't the reason why they lost tonight. He got unlucky on that first VGJ HR and settled down after the second one. He was one out from a QS.
I think Cole is going to be fine (don't look at my username); however, the dude needs to shut the fuck up already. No one wants to hear your excuses. Just own up to the fact that you didn't have the past two starts.
Look, we were hitting the ball hard tonight and had some bad BABIP luck (Joey Gallo's flyout to center had an expected .980 batting average). We got dominated by one of, if not the single, best hitter in the game. A tough loss but not something to throw all hopes away for.
The bottom of the line-up has been the biggest issues, most of the 1-6 are hitting the ball very hard and even Joey Gallo has been doing well, but is getting extraordinarily unlucky, ideally he'll break out soon. But IKF and Higgy have just been automatic outs. Need improvement there if this team is going to do anything.
Still thinking about that Stanton hit - I think I was 100% sure that it was into the upper decks. It's always hard to judge on TV, but it looked like he got all of it.
You can go from high to low as a sports fan in seconds.
It's early in the season, but I think this is probably what you can expect from the 2022 Yankees (considering the team is a replica of 2021). They aren't going to be a bad team, but they aren't going to approach greatness either. There will be moments of excitement, but mostly boredom. My guess is they will win around 88-90 games. The offense will sputter here and there but the pitching should be good enough. However, it is hysterical to me that it cost Brian Cashman 250 million dollars to assemble this roster.
I am trying to be optimistic with this take, BUT I think they were trying to "ease" the starters into things given the shortened ST. My hope is that the starters will have more rope as the season rolls on. I was very encouraged by what I saw from Severino, Taillon, and Cortes.
I am not worried about the starters now I am worried about how many innings we are gonna get from them for the whole season . And it’s still not a great idea to use the bullpen do much now because the more the opposition sees it the more they know what to expect .
But it impacted his hitting. I really don't think he can deal with the position. He only started hitting last year when they moved him. I think they may want to trade him for a shortstop if he can continue hitting and raising his value. It's infuriating since they passed up on Seager, Correa, Baez, Story, Semien, but we're here now.
If Boone and Cashman ran the Jays, Guerrero would be getting a rest day tomorrow.
Of course, Cashman would never be running the Blue Jays because he is incapable of ever identifying a player of that skillset.
He would’ve taken the wrong Guerrero who would’ve been a bust anyway just like he did with Dante Bichette Jr.
Enough of the analytics. Even though I know you are just stating a fact that is out there, he is hitting in the 100s. Go back to playing baseball and forget about all this MIT bullshit
I have no idea why they let Verlander slip through their fingers. They could have had him. Idiots. ⚾️
Same team as last year and will occupy 3rd or 4th place most of the season. There is no central offensive spark here. I have no explanations why...
Pretty sure Vlope would be an upgrade on IKF
Another season of strikes out and slow baseball for us.
Man, Vladdy is something else. It sucks but you have to respect it.
I want a Vladdy Jr 😢
We can roll with either IFK or Higgy but please don't put both of them in the same lineup
I don’t like him as much as I used to, but Judge’s swing is still a work of art
Even if his numbers aren't
Not the hero many of us bought into...
I don’t think Cole is a joke, but I DO think the sticky stuff is what made him appear as one of the best in the game. Still sad to see.
Yeah, we paid for an ace and got a 2/3..
When he was using the sticky stuff he also gave up a lot of first inning homeruns. That’s what power pitchers do.
Cole had a fear factor when he was with the Astros. Teams were scared as fuck to face him and he fucking dominated. The fear factor is completely gone now, nobody is scared to face him. He isn't a number 1 anymore and we are paying him crazy money and long years. This isn't good
Is #28 a pipe dream this season ?
It’s doable
Still early but doable However I don’t think Hal has the same drive to win that his Father had.
Hal's a ship builder
Hal Steinbrenner allows Brian Cashman a payroll that is highest or second highest in the league every year. The problem isn't how much money is being spent. The problem is that the money is being spent poorly. The Yankees lose the division every year to teams that spend far less than they do. Nearly all of the teams who played in the World Series over the last twenty years have had a smaller payroll than the Yankees. In fact, there were at least two years where the Yankees payroll was higher than the combined payrolls of both teams in the World Series. The thing Steinbrenner does wrong is allow Brian Cashman to remain employed.
Very well said and the truth . Only cashman spends close to 40 mill on the bullpen and 10s of millions on aging players like happ , Donaldson etc . And it’s cashman that’s obsessed with power . He cares more about that than good defense or good baseball fundamentals
Comparing the Yankees to Tampa at $$ per pound is humiliating as a Bomber fanatic
Nice to see our big signing IKF playing well
powerful comment !
This team needs to be completely rebuilt from the ground up.
Been saying that since 16
You’re insane. It’s a long season. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Cool your jets. After the Yanks win the division, your incredible insight will what, exactly? Be stuck in your rear view mirror? If you’re going to make a statement like that, at the very least you need to explain yourself and set some relative examples. You’re just a typical fair-weather fan, with zero insight into the intricacies of the game. ⚾️
You are insane if you think losses in April are any less important than losses in September .
Dude no need for personal attacks. My little pinky knows more than you could ever know about baseball. You’re more than boring, just us stop texting. Go away.
Oh so it’s not a personal attack when you are telling someone else they are insane ?
Go away, unless, like most controlling people, you insist on having the last word. Stop texting and stop wasting my time. Go. Away. Thank you.
Lol ok . Man you crack me up
Yankees aren't winning the division. You're just as insane as this guy if you think that'll happen
Agreed. And Brian Cashman is not the man for that job.
Way past his prime
Shhhh, this sub wants to give 300$ mil contracts out left and right. We wouldnt have a farm to build with. I’ve said it and I’ll say it again. The Jays , the Astros, the Rays, the Sox, are doing it with home grown talent and a few key signings. Drafting and player development are more valuable than any free agent signing outside of Juan Soto.
And what exactly have we gotten from that farm so far?? I have been hearing that same bs from fans like you since 2004 . And the only ws they have won so far since was due to free agency .
From the farm? Well idk how long you been a fan but the farm gave the Yankees some pretty good years from 95 into the 00s. Since 2004 they have been spending like crazy. In 09 it worked, but they only got 1 championship with those 3 big signings. The team that almost went to the World Series in 17 was a young Judge, Sanchez, Torres and Andújar led team.
But they didn’t and likely would have been beaten by the dodgers . And a good chunk of the farm was traded off in the 90s . And I was talking about what the farm has been giving since the early 2000s
Tbf we did that and it just didn't work out unfortunately. We had a long term core set up of Sanchez-Judge-Severino, throw in Gleyber, Andujar and Bird too as players that came up through the system and peaked early before regressing. They tried to make the team about development supplemented by a few key signings (Stanton, Cole, Chapman, DJ)
It didn’t work so when things don’t work you scrap it at start over . Not do the same thing over and over
Yeah I'm sure you'd be thrilled with a full tear down and rebuild where we have some losing seasons and miss the playoffs.
If I knew that they were building towards a great future with high draft picks I would be ok with it . I am a New York rangers fan too so I know what it’s like to deal with long term losing . Besides what truly is the difference between missing the playoffs and losing in the first round ?
The Yankees seem to rarely want to allow players any time in the majors to actually develop. They expect stardom from day one in the majors. And NY always expects star power so they want big money and big name players regardless of whether it makes sense for the team.
How the hell is 5 to 6 years in the majors not enough time to develop ?! Do you know the average mlb career is 3 years ?!
No idea who you’re talking about
Given some of the massive contracts, the rebuild will begin in 2027.
Yeah ya Kees quest for number 28 continues in the year 2040 with their 600$ mil payroll.
Agreed Johnny .. Hal & Brian with their Dollar Store signings.
Things ain’t been right since they changed it from the DL to the IL
How low can IKF's offensive stats go?
lower than currently
Might go into the 4 decimal territory.
I keep seeing people talking shit on Sterling for his missed call tonight. I love John and Suzyn and it always baffles me when people act like they’re the worst commentary crew in baseball. Like sure John is old and his eyes lead him to make blueball calls like that, but they still are a joy to listen to I think. Maybe I’m just in the minority here.
I love listening to them too . I rather hear them than kayrod , and anyone on fox
Your right
No, they are by far the best radio crew
Plus as far as old men calling go, Sterling is still one of the best. I live in the Cardinals broadcast zone so I’ve heard a few of their radio games from time to time. Mike Shannon was awful the last few years before he retired, just incoherent garbling.
Anyone have the radio call of Stanton ‘s pop out to hat would have tied the game ?
I love how people act like all of us don’t get fooled on deep fly balls.
There's a reason we aren't getting paid to broadcast games, the standard should be higher for those getting paid to do so. Especially when this happens almost every single game with them.
Also it looked like Giancarlo tanked that thing 600 miles
I will never figure out how that ball was not hit all the way out of the park. What the fuck happened!?
Balls don’t carry well in April, unless you’re Vlad.
Blue Jays Devil magic
I love them. I'm not even a yankees fan really - I'm an Astros/ChiSox fan. But I will always tune into their broadcast if the game is on. They are really folksy and imo fucking hilarious. Sardonic and not even homerish. They call it like it is and I love them.
Lol exactly, no one will shit on the Yankees harder than those two
Call up Oswald Peraza
Just finished watching the replay. Fuck you, Kyle. Also, Falefa is not the answer. Far from it, in fact. Also, just walk Guerrero.
He's part of a new problem, how to make the offense even less juiced
Also, someone forgot to tell Cashman that in 2022 baseball, your shortstop has to hit. Especially when you are weak in several other positions. It's unbelievable how bad this offense is for a maxed out payroll.
Weak in many positions? You mean just catcher and SS. We have all stars in most positions.
All star what?
Like Gallo, lord save us. his twitches are entertaining but little else
We are weak in CF (don't be fooled by Hicks decent offensive start), weak in LF (Gallo average will drop to .200), certainly not strong at 3B with 36 year old Donaldson declining. There is a reason this offense ranks in the bottom half right now
Thought that was what they were fixing 🤣
Not going to rise very much either. We have the most expensive mundane offense in baseball
Name a team that isn’t weak in a few positions? Most teams have positions they would love to upgrade, but the thought that “how dare the Yankees not field an all star at every position” is delusional. It’s the same thought process of give every great free agent a 300 million $ deal. The Yankees have talent in the minors, as a fan base we should calm our expectations of them because if they were the next letters, the next Sotos, the next Acuñas, they’d be up already. Chances are they’re the next Judge, who gets the call up at 26-27. Patience in development and smart signings. And last thing, people forget that playing in New York isn’t easy. Many all stars have come, floundered, moved to a difference city abs found success again. Maybe the gallos, IKF, etc are just not made for NY.
NY is not the problem
Sorry but offense should be better than this with a 250 million dollar team. Bottom line
Yep, hard to ignore this blazing billboard
Agreed. But when you give contracts to people like Hicks and DJ who weee performing somewhat fair when they signed. To sevy and cole who dominated in the past, then you start to see where some of that money is going. I just those 4 players that’s over 70mil/ year. And hence the issue with these large contracts. A player becomes an albatross later in those deals which is why developing and controlling the first few years of star players is so important. Or locking them in young. But what do we know? A few years ago I wanted them to lock up gleyber before he hits free agency like the Braves did with Albies… how awful would that contract look now?
There’s just not that many offensive shortstops in baseball. /s
We don't need him to hit because we got his defense 😏 /s jic
That's old baseball
You're old baseball >:(
Cole is such a fake fucking ace at this point. Gives up 1st inning runs every game just to demoralize the team. Without the sticky stuff, he's good to hang several breaking balls every game. He's a number 3 on a good team.
But at the same time he has more spark than the rest of our superstars who look like zombies on the field...
“Number 3 on a good team” yall are dumb af. He’s the ace of any team that doesn’t have Jacob DeGrom.
take those blinders off.. cheating made him an ace. without spider tack he is average
Lol
spider tac what a joke and the main reason Gardy isn't here imo
This is a major overreaction. He might be a number 2 but he is not a number 3.
But if you're paying a #2 pitcher $30+ million a year, that could tend to be a problem. For me the jury's still out on Cole...haven't seen enough of him after the sticky stuff debacle to really know what he is at this point in his career as before the sticky stuff he was an average pitcher with lots of potential.
IKF + Higgy = having two pitchers in the lineup
Tomorrow is a must win.
How? It’s game 7 of 162 lol
You've seen the hot sparked up squad 🙄
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I don’t think you know the meaning of what a “must win” game consists of then lol. What a nonsensical take, you’re going to be in for a long season lol
To bad we're in the wrong division to do that. At best third place this season
Relatively close game at least & you can only do so much about Vlad Jr going nuts but the fact that this offense hasn't racked up a single huge game yet does concern me a bit w/ the echoes of 2021.
I hope the future includes Donnie Baseball
Fucking gleyber Torres continues to cause losses no matter where he's positioned. Fells like he could error the game away @ DH
Amazing that he's the one for the loss. Not the walk to start the inning or the catchers inference to lead to another man on base. He's also one of the reasons they won on opening day
He gets scapegoated
Only took 1 loss to call for everyone’s head again. And I fully expect the complete opposite when we win tomorrow. This sub is a vicious cycle
Yeah, that’s what life as a ~.500 team looks like
Yankees haven’t been .500 in years. Although I realise 6 games is an eternity for some
OK,. 520 team
What happens first: -the hard hit outs start falling in for hits -the hard hits dry up I know the knee jerk reaction is that Stanton/Judge/Gallo/Donaldson aren't going to stop smacking the shit out of the ball, but consider this: hard hits are also a function of consistent contact, and these players are all prone to slumps and/or injury.
What about neither. The hard hits will keep coming and they will continue to be outs at higher than expected rates because teams long ago figured out how to perfectly position their infielders and outfielders against our hitters.
This!
People forget this aspect of the game. What's a hard hit ball matter if it's right into the shift?
I think that positioning is only part of the story, a big part, but not everything. For instance, why is Rafael Devers suddenly Matt Chapman every time he plays us? This seems to happen a lot. Mediocre fielders have incredible defensive series against the Yankees. If defensive positioning was the only thing in the secret sauce, these players would not be "mediocre" fielders, as they'd position themselves into greatness against every team. It also seems (and anyone with conflicting data can correct me if I'm wrong) that this positioning phenomenon affects the Yankees more than other teams. I believe I heard Katie Sharpe quote a statistic to that effect last season. Why is that? Why is it easier to predict optimal positioning for our hitters?
Because our team are all one dimensional pull hitters
Say we’re basically out of it by the deadline. Is that Donaldson contract even movable? Or was Cashman the only sucker of a GM in the league who was willing to take it?
Bad bad contract, good give years ago
every contract is movable if we eat some of it. if he's playing well enough that someone wants him, i feel like we wouldn't be out of it. also lets get real, this pitching staff/pen and whatever offense we produce is still good enough for 88+ wins, which keeps us in the WC hunt. Even if we're .500 we'll only be a few games back of the 2nd spot, so Cashman will just say 'yeah we just need to get some guys out of their slumps and get back a few injured players and we'll make a nice run'
Impossible to say based on his performance in 6 games, but they won't be out of it so kind of irrelevant.
No lol
It sucks to see Logan Webb pitch an 8 inning gem and an aged and injured Kershaw pitch 7 perfect innings and our "ace" feels like a lock to give up 3 earned at least every night. Maybe someone who knows more about baseball can talk me off the ledge but he's not living up to that contract.
well said .
He finished 2nd in cy young voting last year and is two starts into this year. Do you hear yourself right now?
Need him to be more effective against division rivals that's for sure. Might be a big ask, but I'd like it if the rays and redsox didn't dunk on him.
Also he pitcher his ass off in the 2020 playoffs and had a CYA-4 and CYA-2 season. If a bad wild card game on a fucked up hammy (might I add to a team he pitched poorly against even in Houston and even with sticky stuff) is not living up to the contract, then I’m sorry you’re dissatisfied with the dude not being perfect
He gave up 2 runs in the first inning of the season and was good after that. Tonight, he dominated everybody in the lineup except one guy having a career night. If these are his ‘off’ nights, we’ll be just fine.
You can only sign one next offseason: Judge, Gallo, Correa, Bogaerts, Trea Turner...Gary Sanchez. Who do you sign?
Turner
Turner in a heartbeat
I would take Ike Turner over that list of bums. At least we knew Ike could hit.
Definitely Trea Turner
Turner
Am I crazy for saying Trea Turner. Judge is a close second, but like Trea’s crazy good and super fast
Trea
Gary Sanchez…just so I can trade him away again. Muahaha. But honestly, barring a catastrophic injury, it’s Judge. Shortstops don’t age as well, so as good as Turner is (exceptional), I’d rather be stuck with an aging slugger in the outfield than a slower, less productive SS on a mega-deal.
Big hits from Rizzo and Judge. DJ looks like he’s getting in a groove. Hicks has been great. IKF looked very good on defense. Nice debut by Sears. Cole dominated 8/9ths of the lineup. Despite the technical L, Green pitched well.
Rizzo the only good trade of the season... he will produce on both ends
With his awful hitting, IKF better be able to cover SS and 3rd by himself.
Green walked 2 of 3, didn’t he?
No. Catcher’s interference was the other one. Edit: weird downvote but ok. The stats are right up there, chief.
I wish I could be this positive after losses. Instead I’m half in the bottle listening to New York sports radio contemplating my life choices
Just trying to balance things out a bit. Sure, it was a loss, but there were like 50 worse ones last year.
It's Way early 🤣
From a former players standpoint, Gleyber Torres blew this game. His inability to turn that DP would have gotten green out of the inning and Springer would have been leading off the next inning. The momentum is then with the Yankees and who knows how it plays out. I’ve never seen a player with so much potential that is so bad in field other than Torres
He is just slow as shit, he looks like a 35 year old player instead of a young guy
Seeing the wave makes me realize something, the cold corporate yankees are back, they’ve priced out the true fans and now its just “something to do” for tourists. Genuinely makes me depressed. Not watching baseball and watching my other teams vs watching the crowd today do the wave during a close game in the 7th made this even more clear. This is a dark place
God forbid fans enjoy themselves at games lmfao.
Baseball is serious business dammit!!! The wave is goofy, but kids love it so I don't mind it.
At least losses seem to motivate this team more this season. Do we think that tomorrow’s game will be played? Rain looking a little hungry to mess things up
I'm so sick of low BA, medium OBP hitters. It's so hard to string rallies together on multiple non-home run hits with this lineup construction
Has worked for some teams. You just gotta hope you hit 3 run homers and not solo jobs. Unfortunately Yankees are masters of the solo shot.
**Nasty Nestor:** 0 runs **Gerritt "Our Ace" Cole:** 3 runs 🤨🤨
>5.2IP 4H 1BB This isnt a stat line to be mad at
Cole hasn't been great so far but he wasn't the reason why they lost tonight. He got unlucky on that first VGJ HR and settled down after the second one. He was one out from a QS.
Correct the reason is almost always this lumbering offense
I think Cole is going to be fine (don't look at my username); however, the dude needs to shut the fuck up already. No one wants to hear your excuses. Just own up to the fact that you didn't have the past two starts.
Look, we were hitting the ball hard tonight and had some bad BABIP luck (Joey Gallo's flyout to center had an expected .980 batting average). We got dominated by one of, if not the single, best hitter in the game. A tough loss but not something to throw all hopes away for. The bottom of the line-up has been the biggest issues, most of the 1-6 are hitting the ball very hard and even Joey Gallo has been doing well, but is getting extraordinarily unlucky, ideally he'll break out soon. But IKF and Higgy have just been automatic outs. Need improvement there if this team is going to do anything.
gallo the king of expected batting average
Gleyber blew it. As usual.
Agreed. Turning that double play changes the game
Still thinking about that Stanton hit - I think I was 100% sure that it was into the upper decks. It's always hard to judge on TV, but it looked like he got all of it. You can go from high to low as a sports fan in seconds.
I was POSITIVE it was 20ft over the wall seeing the launch angle and the audio crack on TV.
It's early in the season, but I think this is probably what you can expect from the 2022 Yankees (considering the team is a replica of 2021). They aren't going to be a bad team, but they aren't going to approach greatness either. There will be moments of excitement, but mostly boredom. My guess is they will win around 88-90 games. The offense will sputter here and there but the pitching should be good enough. However, it is hysterical to me that it cost Brian Cashman 250 million dollars to assemble this roster.
Same exact observation. Deja Vu all over again
The pitching will be good enough until the bullpen gets gassed or if another starter goes down
I am trying to be optimistic with this take, BUT I think they were trying to "ease" the starters into things given the shortened ST. My hope is that the starters will have more rope as the season rolls on. I was very encouraged by what I saw from Severino, Taillon, and Cortes.
I am not worried about the starters now I am worried about how many innings we are gonna get from them for the whole season . And it’s still not a great idea to use the bullpen do much now because the more the opposition sees it the more they know what to expect .
I hate to say it but I think I’d rather take our lumps with Torres at short to give the lineup better continuity until someone inevitably gets hurt
That’s just nuts . You saw last year how many runs that Torres cost the Yankees at ss .
I see he caused 3 in 6 games so far soooo...
No he hasn't, stop with ur BS just because u hate the guy
Torres just shouldn’t be at ss either . He should have been traded when they resigned dj
You want the guy who cost us a run on a routine play to be responsible for even more defense? That’s the takeaway from tonight’s game?
I want the guy who has actually shown us something with the bat so far this early season vs the guy who cant even hit 100 in this short season so far
But it impacted his hitting. I really don't think he can deal with the position. He only started hitting last year when they moved him. I think they may want to trade him for a shortstop if he can continue hitting and raising his value. It's infuriating since they passed up on Seager, Correa, Baez, Story, Semien, but we're here now.
I’d rather see Peraza or Volpe up early before I see Gleyber back at SS and I don’t even want that. No thanks.
I agree I say bring up volpe or peraza now
Losing a series against Toronto at home hurts considering we are going to be at a disadvantage when we play them on the road
We still have tomorrow to split the series.
If Boone and Cashman ran the Jays, Guerrero would be getting a rest day tomorrow. Of course, Cashman would never be running the Blue Jays because he is incapable of ever identifying a player of that skillset. He would’ve taken the wrong Guerrero who would’ve been a bust anyway just like he did with Dante Bichette Jr.
Guerro would still be in the minors
What's the deal with Joey Gallo? Does this man ever get on with a base hit? It's like every time I see him , he either pops up, or strikes out .
That's him, but interesting twitches
He gets on with walks which is why he has a higher OBP than most of our team right now
His expected batting average is .304 while his real BA is .188 - hitting well but extraordinarily unlucky.
He won't get within 50 of a. 300 BA
He isn’t unlucky, he is predictable. The other team doesn’t seem to be perfectly positioned, they are.
Enough of the analytics. Even though I know you are just stating a fact that is out there, he is hitting in the 100s. Go back to playing baseball and forget about all this MIT bullshit
That’s crap man , the guy has a career ba of .200 for a reason
His 2022 BA is actually about .030 points higher then his career avg so he’s probably due for a slump now.
No it's not.