NFT: Yankees at Twins tonight - 8p - Ginger Edition!

In comment 13530616 B in ALB said:

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He seems like someone I could root for. He's pretty good at baseball.

I think he has won the #2 batting spot against lefties. May stay at #7 or something against righties. But he looks good out of #2 tonight.

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We sure could use that. Heller looked good the other night as well.

and he's fast!

Stings the ball and runs the bases well/aggressively.

better not be going anywhere

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tailor made DP.

Jeez.

He's gonna go ride the buses again because Ellsbury needs to play? Fuck that.

I don't know about that.

Hit it hard but you've got to find a way to stay out of the DP

In comment 13530669 bceagle05 said:

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He's gonna go ride the buses again because Ellsbury needs to play? Fuck that.

Frazier is playing like he's had enough of the buses ...

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Inning over.

He's learning on the job very well. He seemed bored of Milb.

Hicks is back soon.. I think Ellsbury gets dealt for .10 on the dollar and we pay 3/4 his salary

3-1 count and Holliday shits the bed. Didi killing lefties and he bunts? WTF was he thinking.

Guess the bottom 1/3 is not the black hole.

The bunt had to be 100% perfect. That was a very dumb thing to do.

Thought we'd see a righty come in here.

with a lefty against Sano

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that ground ball gets through while we've been ripping balls at their defenders all night

of the bullpens? Not anymore

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Nice K.

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Why did he keep Smith in against a righty hitter there?

This is a winnable game.

Come on

Smith did his job and now you let him fail after 50 pitches or whatever it is?

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might be enough for Joe.

God forbid you bother the delicate sensibilities of some Yankee "fans" who are just tooooooo tired of hearing it. Shame!

In comment 13530708 bceagle05 said:

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might be enough for Joe.

We could do a lot worse. But if a strong option shakes loose this offseason, I hope we make the move. Similar to what the Cubs did with Maddon

there. That wasn't fair to Caleb Smith at all. He pitched well and is going to get a loss barring a comeback.

according to Girardi. Apparently there was absolutely no deviation from that analysis.

Aaaaaaaaaaand Headley smashes one 250 feet to LF. Well done power hitting 3rd baseman.

doing stuff this time courtesy of Didi Gregorius.

I'm sure Frazier will be on the bench tomorrow too

Joe needs to be fired.

I suspect he'll play.

I hear Torreyes is pitching and DHing. Is that true?

In comment 13530722 B in ALB said:

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Joe needs to be fired. I suspect he'll play. I hear Torreyes is pitching and DHing. Is that true?

No - that's ridiculous. He's playing 3B and batting cleanup.

Frazier will start in RF

Send Headley packing DFA eat the money

Provide a spark.

Holliday/Gardy is all the vet we need

1) At least one of Ellsbury/Gardner needs to be traded for whatever they can get. Frazier needs to be playing and Hicks outplayed both of them when he was healthy.

2) Didi's bunt made no sense. The 3B was in and no shift. Plus, he hits lefties and lefties have been hitting well against that reliever. He obviously did that on his own and it was a bad decision. You do that with 1 out or with the bases empty.

3) On the ground ball single in the bottom of the 8th, he was also shading too far up the middle for Sano. Playing more toward a traditional SS position, he makes that play.

4) I can't blame Smith. He pitched well and they didn't exactly hit the crap out of the ball.

tired of Girardi..

In comment 13530728 DennyInDenville said:

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Frazier will start in RF

I hope so. Judge needs a rest and time to work out what's wrong at the plate.
Gave up on this game early (couldn't watch it live in VA anyway).

but overall, I'm just enjoying the season watching the youngsters learn the ropes. They are fun to watch. Mitchell did pretty well last night and Smith looked real good. And even though Judge is in a slump (Babe Ruth, the Mick, and Lou Gehrig went through them too), he's showing off some good defensive skills and a rocket arm. Remember, he's still learning. And I was glad to see Cooper flash some leather and finally settle down and getting his teeth cut with some hits.

It's all good. We might not make the playoffs, but we get to have fun watching the kids mature into steady ball players. The hot Spring and early success spoiled us thinking the kids were ready now to go all the way and bring home the trophy. And maybe they will, but that was never the long range plan.

I am enjoying watching the kids and am slowly coming around to the reality that we just might not turn this thing around at this point this season so I'm not dying as much with the past few losses.

In comment 13530729 DennyInDenville said:

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Send Headley packing DFA eat the money Provide a spark. Holliday/Gardy is all the vet we need

After this year I'd move on from Gardy. He's been a good hard nose/gritty player for the Yanks, but he is on the downside of his career and standing in the way of the youth movement; not to mention the team needs someone who can get on base more often leading off.