Yankees - 2018

[quote="bamafan" post=290147][quote="Tonyinfairfield " post=290141]Who was that pitcher on the mound last night for the Yankees? I know he was wearing number 55, but that’s Sonny Gray’s number. With the way that guy pitched last night, no way was that Sonny Gray! Cashman must have pulled a trade for a decent pitcher and didn’t tell anyone! :)[/quote]
He pitched well albeit against a team that finally played like the team they are, the worst in baseball. Do it against the Bosox or Stros. I don't care if he pitches a no-hitter every start he makes the rest of the season I don't want to see him start a post season game. Think he will choke in a big spot-spit the bit as George used to say.[/quote]

Bama only the yanks can make a shit team look like they're playoff contenders, it burns me.
Yeah they're making their millions so they're happy, while we go to work everyday for 5 days, so wtf should I care.
They're living the good life, but in the end i always do care.

Here's a prediction, Baltomore will lose the last 4 before the break. Proven that everyone beats them down, besides the yanks.
 
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[quote="bamafan" post=290147][quote="Tonyinfairfield " post=290141]Who was that pitcher on the mound last night for the Yankees? I know he was wearing number 55, but that’s Sonny Gray’s number. With the way that guy pitched last night, no way was that Sonny Gray! Cashman must have pulled a trade for a decent pitcher and didn’t tell anyone! :)[/quote]
He pitched well albeit against a team that finally played like the team they are, the worst in baseball. Do it against the Bosox or Stros. I don't care if he pitches a no-hitter every start he makes the rest of the season I don't want to see him start a post season game. Think he will choke in a big spot-spit the bit as George used to say.[/quote]

Gray gave up 2 runs in six innings earlier this year against both the Indians and Astros. I too don’t want to see hm on the mound in the post season.
 
Well they're out by 4.5 games, entering danger zone (anything on the other side of 5 games out, and they're in big time trouble.) Only 12-11 in their last 23.
Coming out of the break they gotta go on tear.

Sweep the mets in Yankee stadium, take 2 of 3 @ TB, 3 of 4 at home vs. a poor KC team, and BETTER TAKE THE 2 GAMES VS. BALTIMORE.
10-2 To start the 2nd half before the boston showdown.
Boston is trying to knock us out of contention, it's time to fight back, and let them know.
We'll be hear all season long, but you can keep trying.

Boston first 12 before the series:
3 @ Det, 3 at Balt Maybe they can lose 1 there,
4 vs. Minny Praying Minny takes 1
2 vs. Philly Hoping Philly splits
9-3 That would cut it to 3.5, but then i could see boston going 11-1 and going up 5.5.

Hoping it's at the worst 3.5 heading into that series at Fenway.
If Yanks go 7-5, I'll be seriously pissed.
 
The Red Sox are just good at beating teams that are worse than them. Which in the AL, is everyone besides NY and HOU. I don't think we are going to win the division. However, I do think we are a better team than them. I would love a first round divisional series matchup against Boston. The only thing that scares me is the one game Wildcard.

I hope I am wrong and we go on a tear once Bird, Torres and hopefully Sanchez are all back and clicking on all cylinders.
 
I really believe we'll just be playing out the season until the wild card game. Boone is already giving up the Mets series by not pitching his best starters, while the Mets throw their top 3 at us. Red Sox hit with RISP, so that helps them to avoid any prolonged losing streaks.
 
[quote="oldschool Redmen" post=290302]Well they're out by 4.5 games, entering danger zone (anything on the other side of 5 games out, and they're in big time trouble.) Only 12-11 in their last 23.
Coming out of the break they gotta go on tear.

Sweep the mets in Yankee stadium, take 2 of 3 @ TB, 3 of 4 at home vs. a poor KC team, and BETTER TAKE THE 2 GAMES VS. BALTIMORE.
10-2 To start the 2nd half before the boston showdown.
Boston is trying to knock us out of contention, it's time to fight back, and let them know.
We'll be hear all season long, but you can keep trying.

Boston first 12 before the series:
3 @ Det, 3 at Balt Maybe they can lose 1 there,
4 vs. Minny Praying Minny takes 1
2 vs. Philly Hoping Philly splits
9-3 That would cut it to 3.5, but then i could see boston going 11-1 and going up 5.5.

Hoping it's at the worst 3.5 heading into that series at Fenway.
If Yanks go 7-5, I'll be seriously pissed.[/quote]

They still have 3 games in hand and 10 games vs the Sox. Sox are playing out of the world right now.
 
[quote="Moose" post=290316][quote="oldschool Redmen" post=290302]Well they're out by 4.5 games, entering danger zone (anything on the other side of 5 games out, and they're in big time trouble.) Only 12-11 in their last 23.
Coming out of the break they gotta go on tear.

Sweep the mets in Yankee stadium, take 2 of 3 @ TB, 3 of 4 at home vs. a poor KC team, and BETTER TAKE THE 2 GAMES VS. BALTIMORE.
10-2 To start the 2nd half before the boston showdown.
Boston is trying to knock us out of contention, it's time to fight back, and let them know.
We'll be hear all season long, but you can keep trying.

Boston first 12 before the series:
3 @ Det, 3 at Balt Maybe they can lose 1 there,
4 vs. Minny Praying Minny takes 1
2 vs. Philly Hoping Philly splits
9-3 That would cut it to 3.5, but then i could see boston going 11-1 and going up 5.5.

Hoping it's at the worst 3.5 heading into that series at Fenway.
If Yanks go 7-5, I'll be seriously pissed.[/quote]

They still have 3 games in hand and 10 games vs the Sox. Sox are playing out of the world right now.[/quote]

Plus, if we are going to finish in second place, I'd prefer it to be a distant 2nd, that way we can set up Severino for the Wild Card game (yes, I know what he did last year in that spot, but I'm confident he won't repeat that). Nothing worse then going for the division at the end of the year, not getting it, and then risking our season on either Sonny Gray or Domingo German in a one game playoff vs. James Paxton.
 
[quote="alexander salem" post=290303]The Red Sox are just good at beating teams that are worse than them. Which in the AL, is everyone besides NY and HOU. I don't think we are going to win the division. However, I do think we are a better team than them. I would love a first round divisional series matchup against Boston. The only thing that scares me is the one game Wildcard.

I hope I am wrong and we go on a tear once Bird, Torres and hopefully Sanchez are all back and clicking on all cylinders.[/quote]

Yeah well that's what the good teams should do, beat the snot of the the crappy team, wtf can't the yanks do that?
Even if we're 7-3 vs a 40+ under 500 team, we're 2.5 out instead of 4.5
 
[quote="Moose" post=290316][quote="oldschool Redmen" post=290302]Well they're out by 4.5 games, entering danger zone (anything on the other side of 5 games out, and they're in big time trouble.) Only 12-11 in their last 23.
Coming out of the break they gotta go on tear.

Sweep the mets in Yankee stadium, take 2 of 3 @ TB, 3 of 4 at home vs. a poor KC team, and BETTER TAKE THE 2 GAMES VS. BALTIMORE.
10-2 To start the 2nd half before the boston showdown.
Boston is trying to knock us out of contention, it's time to fight back, and let them know.
We'll be hear all season long, but you can keep trying.

Boston first 12 before the series:
3 @ Det, 3 at Balt Maybe they can lose 1 there,
4 vs. Minny Praying Minny takes 1
2 vs. Philly Hoping Philly splits
9-3 That would cut it to 3.5, but then i could see boston going 11-1 and going up 5.5.

Hoping it's at the worst 3.5 heading into that series at Fenway.
If Yanks go 7-5, I'll be seriously pissed.[/quote]

They still have 3 games in hand and 10 games vs the Sox. Sox are playing out of the world right now.[/quote]

Well I hope the Yanks start playing out of this world starting with the met series, because if not, and Boston continues to play out of this world, then guess what? It'll be 8.5 game lead even before the 4-game redsox series.

Boone gotta try to avoid that one game playoff at all cost, aces go in that one, and if Seattle's ace is on in that game and pitches say a 3 hitting complete game, we're going home.
 
[quote="oldschool Redmen" post=290337][quote="alexander salem" post=290303]The Red Sox are just good at beating teams that are worse than them. Which in the AL, is everyone besides NY and HOU. I don't think we are going to win the division. However, I do think we are a better team than them. I would love a first round divisional series matchup against Boston. The only thing that scares me is the one game Wildcard.

I hope I am wrong and we go on a tear once Bird, Torres and hopefully Sanchez are all back and clicking on all cylinders.[/quote]

Yeah well that's what the good teams should do, beat the snot of the the crappy team, wtf can't the yanks do that?
Even if we're 7-3 vs a 40+ under 500 team, we're 2.5 out instead of 4.5[/quote]

Boston is better offensively. They beat the snot out of terrible pitching. Look at the years Martinez and Betts are having. Yankees rely on the longball to much and starting pitching has been suspect outside of Sevy and Sabathia. Our bullpen is key to a seven or five game series.
 
I did not read all the prior posts herein.
As a "long time Yankee fan" (used to be afraid of the Ballentine Beer commercials on black & white TV as my Dad had the game on - early 1950s) I think - as with St. Johns - some of us are jumping the gun - maybe this year is still a bit too early with this young, exciting team - maybe we need to have another great year (like last year) but perhaps, perhaps again fall short of the World Series.
It would like expecting SJU to make it to the elite eight 2018-19 which could happen but might be a bit much to expect.
On the other hand, maybe I am just shielding myself from disappointment by not assuming we are world series worthy.
Let's go Yanks!
Let's go St. Johns!
 
[quote="Sherman, Sheridan & Grant" post=290341]I did not read all the prior posts herein.
As a "long time Yankee fan" (used to be afraid of the Ballentine Beer commercials on black & white TV as my Dad had the game on - early 1950s) I think - as with St. Johns - some of us are jumping the gun - maybe this year is still a bit too early with this young, exciting team - maybe we need to have another great year (like last year) but perhaps, perhaps again fall short of the World Series.
It would like expecting SJU to make it to the elite eight 2018-19 which could happen but might be a bit much to expect.
On the other hand, maybe I am just shielding myself from disappointment by not assuming we are world series worthy.
Let's go Yanks!
Let's go St. Johns![/quote]

The thing I liked about the George run teams was the "WS or bust" slogan.
Why settle for 2nd? Screw that bs, still only 4.5 out
 
Horrible loss last night. Only Yankee pitching can make the dismal Mets bats look like a hitting machine! At least the German experiment is over. He was sent back down to the minors right after last night’s game. Good move.

Chalk up another win for the Mets today. Gray is pitching.
 
[quote="Tonyinfairfield " post=290677]Horrible loss last night. Only Yankee pitching can make the dismal Mets bats look like a hitting machine! At least the German experiment is over. He was sent back down to the minors right after last night’s game. Good move.

Chalk up another win for the Mets today. Gray is pitching.[/quote]

He was probably sent down before the game ended. I didn’t like the way the rotation was set. Should have been Severino, Sabathia and Tanaka this weekend with Gray and German in the first two games in Tampa. If you wanted to give Severino an extra day after the All-Star Break, then switch him with CC.

And why not Betances or Robinson down one in the ninth instead of Cole?
 
As a Met fan I have to agree you can’t lose to the Mets regardless of who you Pitch. I think you got bad luck that Cespedes played what could be his last game before he joins David Wright in purgatory. Also Conforto decided to show up as well.
 
[quote="Andrew" post=290688]As a Met fan I have to agree you can’t lose to the Mets regardless of who you Pitch. I think you got bad luck that Cespedes played what could be his last game before he joins David Wright in purgatory. Also Conforto decided to show up as well.[/quote]

Yankees drew a touch card—going up back-back against Thor and deGrom, no matter whom they pitch.
Want the Yankees to stay within reach of the Red Sox, but DeGrom is my favorite current MLB player—period.
Luv the guy. Class act.
Would luv the Yankees to get him, but only if the package justifies the trade.
Probably ain’t happening.
 
The longer the season goes on, Boone's moves are becoming more suspect. How Severino is not pitching in this series is a crime, all for the sake of 1 or 2 days rest? Plain stupid if you ask me.
 
Great win by Yanks surviving what must have been Chapman's worst outing of the year. Thank God they tacked on those insurance runs in 7th and 8th!
 
Who woke up the Mets? As for Yanks pitching rotation Ken Singleton was on the FAN this morning and he said he thinks Boone set up the rotation to maximize Severino's appearances vs the Red Sux.
 
[quote="NCJohnnie" post=290694]Great win by Yanks surviving what must have been Chapman's worst outing of the year. Thank God they tacked on those insurance runs in 7th and 8th![/quote]

Chapman’s performance today was a direct result of what’s known as the “Monte Factor”. I traded for him in my fantasy league during the all star break. Him and Sanchez for JD Martinez and Yadi Molina.
 
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