NY YANKEES - 2021
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game 48.
i despise 7 inning games.
yankee ace german pitched a great game. but gave up 2 solo gettys.
yankee bats terrible. 2 hits.
game 49.
7 inning games are fine.
bronx bombers are back.kraken & #99 both go deep.
monty was servicable bullpen did their lights out thing.
kraken thrown out at the plate, he was out by 89 feet.
i despise 7 inning games.
yankee ace german pitched a great game. but gave up 2 solo gettys.
yankee bats terrible. 2 hits.
game 49.
7 inning games are fine.
bronx bombers are back.kraken & #99 both go deep.
monty was servicable bullpen did their lights out thing.
kraken thrown out at the plate, he was out by 89 feet.
Just another horrible loss for the Yanks tonight. 0 for 10 with RISP. Yanks are 7-5 in Cole's games. That is really bad. Stanton back in postseason mode, although this team is going nowhere the way it hits, especially with RISP. You cannot lose games to the Tigers with your ace on the mound! Listening to Boone, I get the impression he has no sense of urgency. Figures if the Yanks ever make a change he goes back to TV. They'll never win a championship with him at the helm.
At what point does DJ LeMahieu start getting some flack for the, frankly, awful year he is having, offensively? Yes, he's earned some goodwill here, but I was never comfortable with giving him a six-year contract, at 32 years old. That's not to say I wouldn't have resigned him, I just would not have given him six years. Even if I had to give him more per, for less years, luxury tax be damned, it would have been a better investment, IMO.
That being said, I didn't expect him to drop off this much in year 1, but thinking about it, how many times in the last two years, did he come up in a big situation, and hit a little dribbler, that went through the infield like it had eyes? So, this may partially be bad luck. I think he'll be better, but I don't think he's going to be the player he was the last two years, either, and I still think the 6 years will prove to be a bad investment, sooner rather then later.
And yes, he is having a bad year. I know he has like the third or fourth highest batting average on the team, but that's a reflection on everyone else. I know he'll never be a big home run guy, and that's fine, but only 6 doubles? That's far below what he can do. His slugging% is actually six points lower then his OBP, which is very hard to do. Usually, hitters who do that are the worst of the worst in the league.
The only guys having good years are Judge and Urshela (and the latter has slumped lately too). Stanton and Torres have each had a stretch of terrific play, and everyone else has been horrible pretty much all year, including DJ, who should not be left out.
That being said, I didn't expect him to drop off this much in year 1, but thinking about it, how many times in the last two years, did he come up in a big situation, and hit a little dribbler, that went through the infield like it had eyes? So, this may partially be bad luck. I think he'll be better, but I don't think he's going to be the player he was the last two years, either, and I still think the 6 years will prove to be a bad investment, sooner rather then later.
And yes, he is having a bad year. I know he has like the third or fourth highest batting average on the team, but that's a reflection on everyone else. I know he'll never be a big home run guy, and that's fine, but only 6 doubles? That's far below what he can do. His slugging% is actually six points lower then his OBP, which is very hard to do. Usually, hitters who do that are the worst of the worst in the league.
The only guys having good years are Judge and Urshela (and the latter has slumped lately too). Stanton and Torres have each had a stretch of terrific play, and everyone else has been horrible pretty much all year, including DJ, who should not be left out.
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game 49.
toughest loss of year.
i watched the game via the detroit feed. the 3 detroit announcers are typical homers.
but all 3 agree that the pitch was strike tree, and the game should have been over with the yanks winning.
instead the next pitch was the game winning walkoff homer.
it seems ,dj too often is up with runners on, and dj does nothing. i still love dj.
stanton should just swing at every pitch thrown at him.
that is better than watching him take 2 called strikes, then striking out on a pitch below the knees.
he will strike out with any strategy.
yanks just cant score runs.
"the Yankees lost this game 100 times over. It can’t be said enough.But — BUT — after all that, [URL]https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoju10.shtml[/URL]]Justin Wilson[/url] froze Robbie Grossman with a 2-2 pitch placed perfectly on the outside corner, which was not called."
toughest loss of year.
i watched the game via the detroit feed. the 3 detroit announcers are typical homers.
but all 3 agree that the pitch was strike tree, and the game should have been over with the yanks winning.
instead the next pitch was the game winning walkoff homer.
it seems ,dj too often is up with runners on, and dj does nothing. i still love dj.
stanton should just swing at every pitch thrown at him.
that is better than watching him take 2 called strikes, then striking out on a pitch below the knees.
he will strike out with any strategy.
yanks just cant score runs.
"the Yankees lost this game 100 times over. It can’t be said enough.But — BUT — after all that, [URL]https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoju10.shtml[/URL]]Justin Wilson[/url] froze Robbie Grossman with a 2-2 pitch placed perfectly on the outside corner, which was not called."
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And after two or three years of it, he acquired a reputation for not being good at it. I think he's better at it now, but his reputation preceded him with the umpires, so it doesn't matter anymore.bamafan post=434499 said:
Fortunately, we're a few years away from the computerized strike zone, so this won't matter anymore.
It was actually harder to watch the post game than the actual game. It's obvious Boone has NO answers with this team. I am not a Stanton fan at all, but even he runs into a 3 run homer every month. No Urshela, Judge DHing. Are they all hurt? Probably. What a putrid performance across the board today. No fun watchung this time. After DVRing the game, watched it in less than 15 minutes. Yanks are no longer must see.
game 50.
3 singles. no rbis.
i was pushing to bring up deivi. deivi does not have it. his minor league stats this year are bad.
top of 2nd inning. yanks have bases loaded. no outs. one and zero count on batter.
could have turned your tv off then. yankee 2021 trademark happens - ground ball dp.
3 singles. no rbis.
i was pushing to bring up deivi. deivi does not have it. his minor league stats this year are bad.
top of 2nd inning. yanks have bases loaded. no outs. one and zero count on batter.
could have turned your tv off then. yankee 2021 trademark happens - ground ball dp.
game 51.
the legend of kraken the clueless base runner grows.
a tale of 2 different first innings.
yanks have 2 on, no one out. then the 2021 sop ground ball dp
tigers have 2 on, one out. 2 runs score.
tigers 3rd - 3 yank infield errors, 4 tiger runs.
turn the tv off or stay in the game and watch kraken return base running to the stone age or
judge taking a called 3rd strike to end the game with the bases full.
stanton must read redmencom. 2nd at bat - swing miss, swing miss, swing miss ball in dirt.
3rd at bat - swing miss, swing miss, swing miss. 4th at bat - rope right at right fielder.
sandwiched with 2 walks.
the legend of kraken the clueless base runner grows.
a tale of 2 different first innings.
yanks have 2 on, no one out. then the 2021 sop ground ball dp
tigers have 2 on, one out. 2 runs score.
tigers 3rd - 3 yank infield errors, 4 tiger runs.
turn the tv off or stay in the game and watch kraken return base running to the stone age or
judge taking a called 3rd strike to end the game with the bases full.
stanton must read redmencom. 2nd at bat - swing miss, swing miss, swing miss ball in dirt.
3rd at bat - swing miss, swing miss, swing miss. 4th at bat - rope right at right fielder.
sandwiched with 2 walks.
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More so Cashman, but it's really ownership, and that's the scary part. I truly believe, that as long as the Steinbrenner's stay in control, Cashman's job will not be in jeopardy. It's not because they don't want to pay another GM (Cashman makes a pretty penny as is, from what I understand), but because, if they had to interview someone tomorrow, they wouldn't know where to start. They have no idea of what qualities make a good GM, or a bad one (FTR, I think Cashman has been a good one on the whole, but 23 years is a long time, too long, IMO), so since they have one already in place in Cashman, they just let him run the show however he wants.Knight post=434541 said:
As far as Boone is concerned, unless you're getting me Buck Showalter or Ozzie Guillen tomorrow, I don't think a new manager would make this team much better. Those two are the only guys I trust enough to light a fire under this team, and if they cant, they'll convince Cashman to get rid of the bad seeds. Well, I'd also trust Bobby V, but since he's running for local politics, I consider him unavaliable.
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Knight post=434541 said:
Cashman ain't going anywhere.
Especially in the middle of a year.
I don't think a manager means much in baseball. Go ahead and fire Boone won't phase me much. Maybe it will send a jolt to the players but I think its a bit overrated in baseball when firing a manager.
A week ago everyone was riding high. One week shouldn't make or break a massive overhaul honestly. This next week however will be huge.
*Noticed Moneyball on this morning. Haven't seen it in a long time. Made me wonder what has Billy Beane done to keep his job as long as he has. (1997) That being said when I looked he is no longer GM as of 2016 but President of Baseball Operations still. Then again he also is technically a part owner of the team since 2005. 7 Division titles in his time. 4 WC's. Not 1 WS appearance.
Girardi's interesting, because his strength is Boone's weakness, specifically, holding players accountable for dumb mistakes. Although, there were times when I think he made guys too tight with that, and the effects were largely the same as what you are seeing now, just not as frequent. You could say that a big reason Boone won 203 games his first two years, was because guys weren't constantly looking over their shoulders all the time, in fear of a mistake. Maybe it's time to get back to the way it was, though.Knight post=434548 said:
Either way, I don't think Girardi would take the job (and yes, I think he's gone from the Phillies after this year). I think there's too much bad blood over how it ended here, on his part, for him to have any interest.
All the Yanks issues were on display today, and the entire series. Bad hitting, bad at bats, bad baserunning, bad fielding, can't hit with RISP, etc. This team has no on field leader, plain and simple. How is Boone still in charge? Change is needed for the sake of change, while they are still within range. This team has been fundamentally bad since Boone took over, and that can't be debated.