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NFT: Yankees @ A's - Red-Eye edition

DC Gmen Fan : 5/20/2016 9:22 pm
CC on the hill tonight. Yanks looking for first 3 game win streak since...
Anyone watching/listening to/following the game tonight  
DC Gmen Fan : 5/20/2016 9:25 pm : link
?
I will be. Kind of exhausted,  
Neckbone1333 : 5/20/2016 9:30 pm : link
But I will be trying.
I like to listen to the late games  
DC Gmen Fan : 5/20/2016 9:33 pm : link
as I fall asleep.

.  
Danny Kanell : 5/20/2016 10:02 pm : link
The A's yellow jerseys with the green and yellow socks that Gray has on is the best uniform in baseball IMO. Just awesome.

/CSB
Really looking forward  
B in ALB : 5/20/2016 10:06 pm : link
to the Sterling Waldman call tonight. Best of the best.
RE: .  
dpinzow : 5/20/2016 10:16 pm : link
In comment 12966001 Danny Kanell said:
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The A's yellow jerseys with the green and yellow socks that Gray has on is the best uniform in baseball IMO. Just awesome.

/CSB


The Yankee pinstripes are better but the classic Oakland uniform is pretty good
Torreyes..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 5/20/2016 10:58 pm : link
with the triple. 2-1 Yanks!
I was whining about Torreyes on Twitter...  
Dunedin81 : 5/20/2016 11:08 pm : link
probably two minutes before he hit that triple
Wow... Coco Crisp  
Neckbone1333 : 5/20/2016 11:11 pm : link
Killing them. Thought he should have had both those balls. Yanks making good contact though.
Great Job by CC  
xman : 5/21/2016 12:08 am : link
pleasant surprise
CC  
AJ23 : 5/21/2016 12:09 am : link
Has had a great past 2 starts. Awesome control.
Great job by CC  
illmatic : 5/21/2016 3:26 am : link
Hopefully he can stay healthy and keep it going. And can this team finally win three in a row?! We'll see.
RE: Great job by CC  
Stu11 : 5/21/2016 8:38 am : link
In comment 12966093 illmatic said:
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Hopefully he can stay healthy and keep it going. And can this team finally win three in a row?! We'll see.

We saw. Last night was their 3rd win in a row.
Good pitching...  
Dunedin81 : 5/21/2016 10:19 am : link
Made due without the three headed monster, three excellent starts in a row for Yankee pitching. Need to see more of this from the bats. Teix is a problem who may need a solution at some point.
Dunedin  
Matt M. : 5/21/2016 10:24 am : link
Teixeira, I feel, is a big problem that has been ignored by the team and many fans alike for a few years now. Last year he had a minor renaissance, but that was just for HRs. His average was mediocre and has been terrible this year and the few years prior to last. He became a pull happy, HR or nothing player here and can't stay healthy. But, people here much preferred to rag on A-rod, focus on Headley, Beltran, etc. Teixeira is quietly having a worse season than Headley (who is actually starting to hit) and nobody says a word. He is a terrible bat that does not belong in the middle of a Major League lineup any longer.
RE: Dunedin  
Dunedin81 : 5/21/2016 10:33 am : link
In comment 12966211 Matt M. said:
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Teixeira, I feel, is a big problem that has been ignored by the team and many fans alike for a few years now. Last year he had a minor renaissance, but that was just for HRs. His average was mediocre and has been terrible this year and the few years prior to last. He became a pull happy, HR or nothing player here and can't stay healthy. But, people here much preferred to rag on A-rod, focus on Headley, Beltran, etc. Teixeira is quietly having a worse season than Headley (who is actually starting to hit) and nobody says a word. He is a terrible bat that does not belong in the middle of a Major League lineup any longer.


Teix has some defensive value and will take a walk, but at this point unless the power comes back he is a well-below average major league hitter, period, at a position that is supposed to be driven by offense. Right now his three outcomes are pop out, strike out and ground out feebly into the shift.
RE: RE: Dunedin  
Matt M. : 5/21/2016 11:53 am : link
In comment 12966219 Dunedin81 said:
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In comment 12966211 Matt M. said:


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Teixeira, I feel, is a big problem that has been ignored by the team and many fans alike for a few years now. Last year he had a minor renaissance, but that was just for HRs. His average was mediocre and has been terrible this year and the few years prior to last. He became a pull happy, HR or nothing player here and can't stay healthy. But, people here much preferred to rag on A-rod, focus on Headley, Beltran, etc. Teixeira is quietly having a worse season than Headley (who is actually starting to hit) and nobody says a word. He is a terrible bat that does not belong in the middle of a Major League lineup any longer.



Teix has some defensive value and will take a walk, but at this point unless the power comes back he is a well-below average major league hitter, period, at a position that is supposed to be driven by offense. Right now his three outcomes are pop out, strike out and ground out feebly into the shift.
His defense isn't even stellar anymore. He is a good defensive 1B, but not to the exceptional level where it could be used as a defense of his playing regularly and in the middle of the lineup.
He  
mitch300 : 5/21/2016 12:03 pm : link
Defense saves runs IMHO. However, he should be batting in the lower end of the lineup. I read somewhere that his ground outs and fly outs are similar to last year. His strikeouts though has increased. Corner positions are run producing power hitters. Unfortunately Joe is going to put him in the lineup, and honestly who are you going to replace him with? Ackley? Who isn't much better offensively and a lot worse defensively.
mitch  
Matt M. : 5/21/2016 12:06 pm : link
His defense doesn't save runs anymore. He makes the plays a 1B is supposed to make. He doesn't make most of the really difficult plays he used to that would save a run here or there. He certainly isn't saving enough runs to make up for the countless runners he's left on base or his paltry sub-.200 BA.
Yankee lineup  
Shadow : 5/21/2016 12:15 pm : link
based on Payroll. Always has been.
He's been awful offensively for a while, and his defense has been  
yatqb : 5/21/2016 12:17 pm : link
less stellar this year than in years past. But what are the alternatives? It would be a different story if Bird were in AAA and healthy. But he isn't. Instead we have two of the worst corner infielders in the game at present.
maybe in terms of who plays  
Matt M. : 5/21/2016 12:20 pm : link
but he doesn't need to bat 4th or 5th any longer. And, no it hasn't always been a lineup based on salary. Reggie and Winfield sat at times. When they had guys like Barfield, Sierra, Tartabull, and Fielder and they stopped producing they were traded. Even the beloved Mattingly was moved to the bottom half of the lineup his last couple of years. Boggs was benched and moved down. And on and on.
Matt  
mitch300 : 5/21/2016 12:21 pm : link
I agree. However, we have no alternative.thats the problem.
CC now 8th player in modern era  
SwirlingEddie : 5/21/2016 12:22 pm : link
with 100+ wins for two teams. Congrats big fella.
yat and mitch  
Matt M. : 5/21/2016 12:23 pm : link
I agree. But, he could at least be batting 7th or 8th. Maybe Headley should play 1B (at least he is starting to hit a bit) and Torreyes play more at 3B for a stretch until Headley goes back in the shitter.
He  
mitch300 : 5/21/2016 12:24 pm : link
Needs to be dropped in the lineup. There seems to now be pressure public from Hal and Cashman , so hopefully Joe drops him in the lineup.
Matt, they did sit him two nights ago.  
yatqb : 5/21/2016 12:24 pm : link
But I agree about where he should hit in the lineup...7th or 8th, sadly.
If  
mitch300 : 5/21/2016 12:36 pm : link
There still gonna play him bat him 7th or 8th like you Guys said. Does Joe have the guts to do it. On a side note, he mentioned in the spring that he wanted to play 4 more years after this season. I wonder if he still feels that way. Good luck trying to get a team to sign him. He will have to take a huge decrease in pay. Of course the season is only 2 months old and maybe he can get his sh@t together.
RE: If  
Matt M. : 5/21/2016 1:36 pm : link
In comment 12966300 mitch300 said:
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There still gonna play him bat him 7th or 8th like you Guys said. Does Joe have the guts to do it. On a side note, he mentioned in the spring that he wanted to play 4 more years after this season. I wonder if he still feels that way. Good luck trying to get a team to sign him. He will have to take a huge decrease in pay. Of course the season is only 2 months old and maybe he can get his sh@t together.
I don't think he is delusional enough to think he will get a 4 year deal or anywhdre near his current salary. But, i can see him getting a couple of ocfers that are eiher heavily incentive laden or have a club option after 1 year.
No one will sign this guy next year  
xman : 5/21/2016 1:47 pm : link
he is better on the DL then on the field. I can see a team giving him a tryout next spring bt thats it.
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