[quote="Moose" post=291742][quote="oldschool Redmen" post=291704][quote="Moose" post=291676]Yea it sucks the team looks lifeless and the Red Sox are taking them out back and smacking them around. They are playing without two very important pieces. I know most critical Yankee fans hate Sanchez but let's be real. The real Romine has reappeared as he can't play full time.
Another overlooked factor is Torreyes. Don't discount the intangible factor and what impact that has on a locker room.
Chance pitched OK. Would have liked to see Yankees start a reliever for an inning ala Tampa Bay to calm his nerves a bit. But alas.
They key now is to not look over the shoulder and see the WC lead shrinking. Get back on track and get to best of five. Anything can happen.[/quote]
Moose, if Sanchez comes back as that 188 hitter, no we will not miss Sanchez, if he comes back and he's the Sanchez of the last 2 years, then yes, he'll be a welcome addition.
Will he be hustling too? It's another question.
Chance was ok, but wtf are the GD BATS? Shut down by Porcello, atleast he won the mvp, but Nathan freaking Eovaldi??? Freaking kidding me? He's a #3 or #4 pitcher on any staff and yanks couldn't hit him? That's a big WTF.
I want to see how the Yanks handle what happened at Fenway. Are they fragile and struggle, or they put this series to the side and bounce back from this? Normally I'd say sweep the White Sox, but I'll say just take 2 of 3.
If they struggle vs. the White Sox, it could get bad.
We might get into the WC, with Seattle losing 5 straight (TY Seattle), but Oakland won 5 straight and only 3.5 behind the Yanks, so even if we get in, we might be going to Oakland.
Moose, do you see this Boston team faltering? I don't.
Maybe if Yanks do what boston did, win something like 20-in 25 games, they might get it down to 5. I just don't see Boston going on long losing streaks.
2 of 3 at Chicago
3 of 4 vs. Texas
beat the mets
2-3 vs TB
sweep 3 vs Toronto 11-3
sweep 2 @ Miami 13-3
Praying we take 3 0f 4 @ Balt 16-4 (knowing from the past we'll split that 4 game series)
Then 7 games vs chicago and Det at the stadium take 5 of 7? 21-6
Can we go 21-6 before the big west coast trip to Oak and Sea
They gotta find themselves first.[/quote]
Sanchez might be hitting 188 but he's still someone that pitchers needs to think twice when they pitch too. A mistake to him is much different than a mistake to Romine or Higgy. His presence and Judge drops Andujar and Torres and all of a sudden the lineup is dangerous and a threat 1-9 again.
Something is seriously awry. Where are the guys in the locker room to nip this in the butt.[/quote]
Exactly. His 14 home runs, and 41 RBI were basically accumulated by June 24 (which is the day he initially got hurt). You know how many AL catchers had those numbers at that point in the year? That would be zero. So basically, Romine's been the starter ever since late June. Does a good job with the staff, but he's a singles hitter, who's average goes down the more you play him. Throw in the fact that Judge is basically being replaced by a combination of Neil Walker and Shane Robinson, and you can see why the offense has fallen on hard times. Also, Gleyber Torres does not appear to be 100% healed, and I have my suspicions that he is only playing because the other two guys are out.
Also, Stanton has done a great job getting his average up these last two months, but he's hitting mostly singles (hard singles, to be sure) That was great when the lineup was at full (or near full) strength, but right now, we really need him to put the ball in the seats a little more often.
