Anyone else watching the Yankees....

[Westheim]

Is it true what I heard during the Cubs game that the Yankees have put Stroman out the door, and if yes, can you stop making such a big fuss about it until he's left town and before the Mets can get any ideas of adding more pitchers that also can't start a ballgame?

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Westheim

Is it true what I heard during the Cubs game that the Yankees have put Stroman out the door, and if yes, can you stop making such a big fuss about it until he's left town and before the Mets can get any ideas of adding more pitchers that also can't start a ballgame?

Yeah, he's gone, to make room on the roster for the additions. It was time; he really did not do well in pinstripes. He's only 34, though, so somebody else may pick him up.

[Amazin69]

Considering that Marcus spent three years making it clear he would only pitch for the Mets at gunpoint, I would hope that this would be one mistake we won't repeat. Maybe.

[Westheim]

People sometimes re-evaluate their previous, absolute statements.

Usually once the fridge is empty and their card was declined trying to buy a cup of instant ramen.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Every time I am ready to write off Brian Cashman, he comes up with a string of good deals. This trading season has been a plus for the Yankees, particularly in the bullpen which has been shaky all season. They acquired David Bednar and Camilo Doval, both all-star relievers, to replace at least a couple of the no-names that have been or will be demoted now. Of course, part of the problem was Devin Williams whom Cashman brought in to be the closer. One step back, two steps ahead.

"In all, the Yankees' new bullpen trio -- Bird, Bednar, and Doval -- combined to surrender nine runs (seven earned) on nine hits an two walks while recording just seven outs." Throw in an error by Caballero.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

"In all, the Yankees' new bullpen trio -- Bird, Bednar, and Doval -- combined . . .

. . . for two blown saves and one loss. Which sounds impressive, but when I looked it up, the record for blown saves in one game is four that this same sorry team under the same moron manager* accomplished four years ago. Only, that time, they won the game!

The Yankees and the Night of Blown-Save Absurdities (August, 2021)

*In the top of the ninth of today's game, Rice singled. Boone sent in Caballero to pinch run for him. Caballero did steal second and scored on a single.

However, Rice had pinch-hit for Goldschmidt, the first baseman. Who plays 1B now? Bring in Bellinger from RF. Oops, who plays RF now? Put Caballero out there.

Bad move. Caballero is an infielder by trade. The Rays had just started using him in the outfield this season. Sure enough, a single gets past him in a terrible error and an extra run or two scores.

Boone is an idiot.

[GeoWar]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

. .

Boone is an idiot.

Misuse pitching - trading will not help POOR managing

[Amazin69]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

. . . for two blown saves and one loss. Which sounds impressive, but when I looked it up, the record for blown saves in one game is four that this same sorry team under the same moron manager* accomplished four years ago. Only, that time, they won the game!

The Yankees and the Night of Blown-Save Absurdities (August, 2021)

*In the top of the ninth of today's game, Rice singled. Boone sent in Caballero to pinch run for him. Caballero did steal second and scored on a single.

However, Rice had pinch-hit for Goldschmidt, the first baseman. Who plays 1B now? Bring in Bellinger from RF. Oops, who plays RF now? Put Caballero out there.

Bad move. Caballero is an infielder by trade. The Rays had just started using him in the outfield this season. Sure enough, a single gets past him in a terrible error and an extra run or two scores.

Boone is an idiot.

Can't McMahon play 1st? Have to think that a SS would have an easier time at 3B than in RF.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

Can't McMahon play 1st? Have to think that a SS would have an easier time at 3B than in RF.

Very good question. Okay, let's say there was a good reason for Rice to pinch-hit for Goldschmidt, the first baseman. Having Caballero pinch-run for Rice was also a decent move.

But that seems to have exhausted Boone's mental capabilities. For, as you surmise, McMahon has much more experience at 1B (first image) than Caballero has at RF (second image).

So, why not leave Bellinger in RF, move McMahon to first, and put Caballero at third. Why, you ask? Because Boone is a moron who needs a computer printout to manage. Said printout probably mentioned Caballero's (limited) experience in the outfield, and that was that.

[Westheim]

All the roof came down on Blackburn in the ninth, but before that you probably saw his best 2.1 innings of the year.

He's obviously on waivers in 30 minutes. Yankees didn't even bring in a bench warmer when the score got out of paw.

[Amazin69]

The Yankers tried Ottavino, Carrasco and Blackburn on the mound, all in the same season??



Dang, I really need to step up my taunting game…

[Westheim]

I feel like I have seen Boone being ejected like six times this year.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Westheim

I feel like I have seen Boone being ejected like six times this year.

That guy is a joke. He's an example of the reverse of what we have been seeing elsewhere: Good coaches getting canned because, aside from stupid impatience and unrealistic expectations, they are sabotaged by inept front offices and subpar player performances.

Boone, on the other hand, has benefited from the mostly brilliant capability of Brian Cashman and the willingness to spend money of Hal Steinbrenner. The players that they have acquired tend to produce as, or more than, expected although there have been bloopers.

My impression is that Boone is a stupid man who could be replaced by a trained chimpanzee with the same results. His act has become very tiresome.

[Déjà Bru]

Max Fried is pitching a shutout. He retires the first batter in the seventh, but crosses the 100 pitch limit in doing so. Boone's laptop sounds the alarm and out comes Fried in a tight 1-0 game. Luke Weaver, who has been shaky all year, comes in and yields a walk, a double, and a single. The game is now in favor of the Red Sox, 2-1.

Aaron Boone is the worst Yankees manager that I can remember.

[Amazin69]

You know, Aaron, the term "relief pitcher" implies that the pitcher is in trouble. Crossing an imaginary pitch-count threshold ≠ "trouble".

[Déjà Bru]

So Garrett Crochet threw his 100th pitch retiring the last Yankee in the bottom of the seventh. No way he pitches the eighth, correct? Not if he was being managed by Aaron Boone, he wouldn’t.

But Crochet’s manager is Alex Cora. Cora has more balls and brains than Boone, by far. Crochet continues into the eighth inning because he is dominating.

See, for Boone, he can hide behind that 100-pitch limit. In his mind, he is supposed to take Fried out after 100 pitches. He did his job according to the book. Luke Weaver did not.

If, on the other hand, he leaves Fried in and Fried suddenly tires, then it’s Boone’s fault. The guy is boneheaded and gutless.

[Déjà Bru]

Yankees' Boone defends pulling Fried as bullpen fumbles Game 1

Aaron Boone's in-game pitching decisions were under the microscope yet again after he pulled starter Max Fried amid 6⅓ scoreless innings and the New York Yankees' bullpen faltered in a 3-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series on Tuesday night.

Boone said he had planned to lift Fried after the sixth inning, but Fried inducing a double play and sitting on 99 pitches prompted him to reconsider and let his ace left-hander get one more out in the seventh.

This gives a clue, an insight, into the way the man thinks. Not the game situation, but the pitch count. Fried was on 99 pitches, so Boone lets him pitch a few more to top 100, then pulls him.

Then he brings in this guy, in an extremely tight, crucial game against the Red Sox ace:

Boone made that call and handed the ball to Weaver, who has not been the same since returning in June from a stint on the injured list with a strained left hamstring. The right-hander had a 1.05 ERA in his first 24 appearances before getting hurt and a 5.31 over his final 40 games.

I find it increasingly difficult to stomach Aaron Boone and the Yankees in general. I continue my efforts to lift myself up from knee-jerk rooting for this team, or any team.

[Déjà Bru]

That's okay, Boonie. Keep trotting out Luke Weaver and Paul Blackburn and get this over with. Meanwhile, double-down on the following and don't worry that the Jays may just prove that guy right:

Aaron Boone fires back at Buck Martinez's Yankees criticism

Boone was referring to a pointed critique that Blue Jays television color analyst and former major leaguer Buck Martinez offered on the Yankees during a game between the Blue Jays and Houston Astros on Sept 9.

The Yankees had taken two of three games from the Blue Jays the previous weekend, but Martinez was unimpressed.

"The Yankees, they're not a good team," Martinez said. "I don't care what their record is."

The Jays made him look like a genius today.