Anyone else watching the Yankees....

[knightdreamer2k]

I been so busy of late, but it is nice to watch some baseball once in awhile. The Yankees starting pitching continues its tare with I believe a streak of 35 scoreless innings which seems amazing but with the league wide batting ave of .237 explaining a lot of what is happening.

Even with the league-wide low BA. the Yankees are one of the worst tun producing teams which makes no sense with the kind of talent they in the lineup. I would love to see them start hitting and combine with this pitcher to see a really formidable team.

I agree they should have left Taillon in for one more inning though. The Yankees had several chances to put that game away and had runners in scoring position with less than 2 outs multiple times.

[Déjà Bru]

Ah, thanks for turning the page so that I don't have to look at that nonsense that somebody deposited earlier. It's true that it doesn't bother me much but people, including me, shouldn't have to open up this thread and see dumb stuff that the person thought was funny. I still wonder if somebody hijacked that guy's account, because he's no noob and usually has interesting and intelligent things to say.

Anyway, yes, Yankee fortunes have turned! They were looking pretty bad in April, even taking into account that the entire league was mostly not hitting. A couple of guys, particularly Torres, have turned it around at the plate but there are several big holes in the lineup still: C, 1B, LF/CF, DH (Stanton on the IL again). But the bullpen has been mostly good and starting pitching has been superb; kudos to Brian Cashman. It's a long season, but so far, so good. The guy knows his stuff.

[The Game]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Rather silly and infantile from somebody who usually makes astute comments among his 24,528 posts. (Funny; I was looking at your record earlier because I noticed the number — how did you get up to this total? Dynasty threads? That's sometimes the cause.)

Anyway, I hope you entertained yourself but I also hope you will do better in the future. You never struck me as the type of person who does troll stuff like this. It doesn't bother me; I just find it curious coming from you.

But it's a free country (so far), so indeed feel free to continue to troll-bomb this and other threads to your heart's content.

yes my post count is primarily because of my various dynasty threads. Sometimes i want to troll. i honestly didnt think you were going to get offended by it.. you swept us so obviously they dont suck.

[Déjà Bru]

Thanks for the update. It just seemed strange coming from you. Perhaps if you had explained (the sweep, etc) so that it could be taken humorously... No matter, water under the bridge now. Best wishes to whatever team that is, except against the Yanks.

[Zorian77]

Bummed about the Kluber injury news. On the other hand, picking up both Kluber and Taillon, the front office had to have known the reinjury was going to be high. I'm surprised it took this long. Just as he was starting to look more like his old self too.

I still think it is baffling the Yankees went for both Kluber and Taillon when Taijuan Walker was still on the market, and his contract ended up being for 3 years and 23 million dollars. I suppose he hasn't pitched more than 15 games in a season since 2017, but he looked solid last year and having 8 games already under the belt after a big surgery is enough you start feeling better about the player's long term health.

[Zorian77]

Bummed about the Kluber injury news. On the other hand, picking up both Kluber and Taillon, the front office had to have known the reinjury risk was going to be high. I'm surprised it took this long. Just as he was starting to look more like his old self too.

I still think it is baffling the Yankees went for both Kluber and Taillon when Taijuan Walker was still on the market, and his contract ended up being for 3 years and 23 million dollars. I suppose he hasn't pitched more than 15 games in a season since 2017, but he looked solid last year and having 8 games already under the belt after a big surgery is enough you start feeling better about the player's long term health. I suppose that's the silver lining for Kluber- he pitched 10 times, so hopefully this is just a blip.

[Déjà Bru]

I'm taking the news on two levels.

• On this level, I am irrationally annoyed that somebody who just pitched a no-hitter develops a shoulder injury during his very next start. That's it; irrational. Sure it could happen at any time, even during the no-hitter and thus negating it. But somehow, this happening now when he was just getting back to his former greatness is just ... irritating.

• On this level, I assess it as a significant blow to Yankee chances of winning this season. We needed this guy. Cole is great, German is good, but the rest of the starters are mediocre to poor. Also, this injury is going to start up the folks who believe allowing currently dominant pitchers to complete games is a no-no.

[Westheim]

But now you're gonna get Giancarlo back - all will be well!

And you're tied for fewest runs conceded in the AL - how bad can our rotation really be?

[Leo_The_Lip]

A few more three pitch walks and things might improve:

https://deadspin.com/its-1-2-3-balls...-on-1846998004

Interesting how MLB logged the pitches.

[Westheim]

Gary Sanchez is such a great player.

[Déjà Bru]

The last two items are a good summary of why this team is in a tailspin right now:



Let's take a look at today's lineup:

LeMahieu - having an off year, for him.
Stanton - a waste; usually either injured or rusty from being injured.
Judge - doing decently but cannot carry the team by himself.
Urshela - having an off year, for him.
Torres - having an off year, for him.
Odor - any team that has him in the starting lineup is bound to fail.
Andujar - a proven bust who is hanging around.
Higashioka/Sanchez - take your pick; neither can hit except for a rare long ball.
Gardner - over the hill.

This is why the Yankees are losing.

I recently praised Cashman for his job with pitching. I am tempted to criticize him for the position players but let's look closely.

LeMahieu is supposed to be batting .300; he is now being paid to do so. Judge is Judge; he's playing well but he's only one man. Who would know about Urshela and Torres falling down as they have? Voit looked great last year now he can't get untracked. Frazier looks like he's lost.

The only things that could be laid at Cashman's feet are Stanton (didn't that seem like a good deal at the time?) and relying on players like Gardner, Hicks, and Tauchman for any regular position in the outfield.

THAT AND NOT HAVING GOTTEN RID OF SANCHEZ BY NOW. Higashioka is not a starting catcher. Cashman should have gotten one or be developing one to replace Sanchez.

Well, the chickens have come home to roost, or something. Cashman is no dummy; he's probably working on some of these things now. In any case, it's not his total fault, or any fault of Boone in my opinion. But several of these players have been exposed now as defective goods and should be excised and replaced.

In my opinion, you give LeMahieu, Torres, and Urshela the benefit of the doubt. They will come around eventually, I think.

You get RID of Andujar, Hicks, Frazier, Gardner, Sanchez, and Stanton (if possible) by trade or outright release.

You get new players to ensure that the likes of Ford, Higashioka, Odor, and Wade are not regularly in the starting lineup.

Tall order, I know. People online were comparing this year's team to the Yankees of the early to mid-1970s. I lived through that and believe me, you don't want to go through several years to a decade of that kind of perpetual futility if you are a Yankees fan.

[Westheim]

Hey, Bru, how's Gary Sanchez doing?

I saw him marvel at a misplay long enough to get tagged out at second base this weekend and thought you might still have accelerated heartbeat from it.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Hey, Bru, how's Gary Sanchez doing?

I saw him marvel at a misplay long enough to get tagged out at second base this weekend and thought you might still have accelerated heartbeat from it.

See CAPITALIZED sentence above.

[Déjà Bru]

Cherry-picking some tidbits from the article about yesterday's loss to the Red Sox:

With the Yankees on the way to yet another loss, this time to the rival Red Sox, even the public-address system gave up early.

The strains of Frank Sinatra's rendition of "New York, New York" sounded throughout Yankee Stadium when Gary Sánchez tipped a 1-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth inning on Friday night. Ol' Blue Eyes was only slightly premature.

Sánchez fouled two more pitches, then swung over Matt Barnes' knuckle-curve in the dirt, the Yankees' 15th strikeout

A season-high sellout crowd of 18,040, boosted by an easing of coronavirus restrictions, booed as the Yankees grounded into a pair of double plays that raised their major league-leading total to 54.

Sánchez, whose batting average dropped to .198, contributed to an 0 for 15 by the bottom four in New York's batting order that included Rougned Odor (.182), Clint Frazier (.179) and Brett Gardner (.192).

Yankees hitters had double-digits strikeouts for the sixth time in eight games and 29th time this season. Eight of New York's last nine outs were whiffs.

I bear in mind that it's only early June. Still, so far, this is easily the worst Yankees team that I have seen in many years.

[Déjà Bru]

I'm rooting for Chris Gittens (I had to check the spelling just now), the Yankees' 27-year-old 1B rookie. They had to wait until this point to give him a chance?

They've had four guys play 10 or more games at 1B and collectively, they batted .174. It's only that high because LeMahieu has spent time there; Ford batted .133 and Brce ("u" intentionally omitted) batted .118.

Gittens can't do much worse. Can he?

That should be it for Mike Ford, though. Two years, and he can't get untracked and bat higher than .140. Frankly, he doesn't look like he's in good shape (although I have noticed many players these days who don't).

My gosh, as I am typing this, Sanchez just got a clutch 2-RBI hit AND it wasn't one of his rare home runs!

Gittens up at the plate during a rare Yankee rally ... second game, looking for his first hit ... I'm holding off posting this until ... swinging strike three!

[BMW]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

I'm rooting for Chris Gittens (I had to check the spelling just now), the Yankees' 27-year-old 1B rookie. They had to wait until this point to give him a chance?

They've had four guys play 10 or more games at 1B and collectively, they batted .174. It's only that high because LeMahieu has spent time there; Ford batted .133 and Brce ("u" intentionally omitted) batted .118.

Gittens can't do much worse. Can he?

That should be it for Mike Ford, though. Two years, and he can't get untracked and bat higher than .140. Frankly, he doesn't look like he's in good shape (although I have noticed many players these days who don't).

My gosh, as I am typing this, Sanchez just got a clutch 2-RBI hit AND it wasn't one of his rare home runs!

Gittens up at the plate during a rare Yankee rally ... second game, looking for his first hit ... I'm holding off posting this until ... swinging strike three!

I can't look at his name without thinking Kittens. So he's a natural favorite for the internet.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by BMW

I can't look at his name without thinking Kittens. So he's a natural favorite for the internet.

Bah. I'll top that with this pun:



So far, the Gittens has not been good. 8 plate appearances, 4 strikeouts, 1 walk, no hits.

[Westheim]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Bah. I'll top that with this pun:

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So far, the Gittens has not been good. 8 plate appearances, 4 strikeouts, 1 walk, no hits.

I'm not entirely sure, but I think we have a 1-for-28 Cameron Maybin lying around somewhere, if you want to ... I mean, technically, he'd be an improvement. No, thanks, we want nothing in return. Not even Kittens.

[Déjà Bru]

This guy Taillon looks like a bust. In addition to this recent record,



today he gets only one out in the first inning (a sac fly that, I'd say, was about 15 feet from being a grand slam), and gives up 5 hits and 4 runs. His velocity was okay, low nineties, but you could see from the centerfield camera that his pitches had no movement.

[Westheim]

That White Sox start looks weirdly competent. Was that really him?