NFT: Yankees vs Blue Jays

Runs for this guy

Pounding the ball and nothing to show against pure garbage pitcher, as Didi lines into a inning ending DP with two on and one out.

as they finally get to this 6 ERA pitcher. 3-1 Yanks.

Such a sweet swing

clutch.

line drive leads to a DP. You cannot get luck like this at any 5 and dime. Toronto with a horse shoe up its ass..

.

He's been a good pickup

It's home run or nothing too many games.

River Ave. Blues‏ @RiverAveBlues 12s12 seconds ago

Chad Green with a 100 K season out of the pen after debuting on May 9th. What a year for him.

The.....Yankees win. They are in the playoffs

At least one of our teams has a good GM.

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:)

2 years ago the Mets had the 5 Aces, were in the World Series(BTW, one they should have won), and a bright future("It's a Met's Town!!") while the Yanks were broken down old, aging team with a middling farm system.

Now, the Mets' aces are broken down, their farm system is barren and they are one of the worst teams in baseball while the Yanks have a team full of young stars (and more on the way) one of the top farm systems in baseball, in the playoffs and are about to go on another long run of dominance.

Who'd thunk?

though I share your sentiment, things can change fast either way. Let's get past the WC game first then start talking about long runs of dominance.

In comment 13611885 Stan in LA said:

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2 years ago the Mets had the 5 Aces, were in the World Series(BTW, one they should have won), and a bright future("It's a Met's Town!!") while the Yanks were broken down old, aging team with a middling farm system. Now, the Mets' aces are broken down, their farm system is barren and they are one of the worst teams in baseball while the Yanks have a team full of young stars (and more on the way) one of the top farm systems in baseball, in the playoffs and are about to go on another long run of dominance. Who'd thunk?

I take no joy in the misfortune of the Mets or their fans, but with the complete and total shitshow their ownership is, it is not surprising in any way that they can't sustain success.

pouring beer on Judge's head.

I guess I understand celebrating now - making the playoffs at all is big. But for me clinching the home field for the WC game is at least as big.

those lefty pitchers

In comment 13611961 JerryNYG said:

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In comment 13611885 Stan in LA said: Quote: 2 years ago the Mets had the 5 Aces, were in the World Series(BTW, one they should have won), and a bright future("It's a Met's Town!!") while the Yanks were broken down old, aging team with a middling farm system. Now, the Mets' aces are broken down, their farm system is barren and they are one of the worst teams in baseball while the Yanks have a team full of young stars (and more on the way) one of the top farm systems in baseball, in the playoffs and are about to go on another long run of dominance. Who'd thunk? I take no joy in the misfortune of the Mets or their fans, but with the complete and total shitshow their ownership is, it is not surprising in any way that they can't sustain success.

I don't either. But don't think for one single second that the Mets fans on BBI wouldn't be relishing in the fact if the roles were reveresed.

winning 90 games would be a great accomplishment and winning the wild card game would be a great accomplishment. Anything less would be a disappointment. Regardless what happens for the rest of 2017 the future is bright but in no way guaranteed.

But when you consider up-and-comers Torres, Frazier, Andujar, and Florial, youngsters Judge, Sanchez, Bird, and Torreyes, veterans Castro, Didi, and Hicks, and seasoned vets Gardner, Headley, and Ellsbury; it's a solid lineup good enough to win a World Series. And despite it's ups and downs, you gotta be happy with their bullpen going forward (Green, Shreve, Kahnle, Robertson, Betances, Chapman).

Where they fall short is with the starting pitching. Gray, Tanaka (if he returns), Montgomery, and Chance Adams are solid in the 3-4-5 roles, but they need another guy at the top of the rotation to go along with Severino. Just one more starter who can post a sub 3.00 ERA with a WHIPS in the 1.00 range.

Add that one ingredient and you're talking about a team that will be going deep into the playoffs every year for the next five or ten years. Maybe one of their long line of young flame throwers will emerge from the farm or maybe they will pick him in free agency.

He's gonna be a stud

Sucks the Red Sox keep winning but hey..

Win the damn WC and let's go

In comment 13612044 Milton said:

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Where they fall short is with the starting pitching. Gray, Tanaka (if he returns), Montgomery, and Chance Adams are solid in the 3-4-5 roles, but they need another guy at the top of the rotation to go along with Severino. Just one more starter who can post a sub 3.00 ERA with a WHIPS in the 1.00 range.

Otani. 'nuff said.

In comment 13611855 Stan in LA said:

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Careful Stan ... you might take someone's eye out.

all star at every position either, but they didn't have any black holes. Tino lead the team with 28 HRs, and they had something like 3 other guys with 20 or more. It was a great fielding team - Knoblach didn't crash yet.

In comment 13612005 Del Shofner said:

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pouring beer on Judge's head. I guess I understand celebrating now - making the playoffs at all is big. But for me clinching the home field for the WC game is at least as big.

I actually heard a few weeks ago that the record for home teams in the one game playoff is pretty damn bad. Don't know what it is though...

In comment 13612044 Milton said:

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Where they fall short is with the starting pitching. Gray, Tanaka (if he returns), Montgomery, and Chance Adams are solid in the 3-4-5 roles, but they need another guy at the top of the rotation to go along with Severino. Just one more starter who can post a sub 3.00 ERA with a WHIPS in the 1.00 range.

Milton...If you think Gray is at best a #3, then you're not giving him the credit he deserves.

Gray has the 6th best ERA in the AL (3.31) and the 7th best WHIP (1.17). That's good enough to be a #1 on a lot of teams and a #2 on just about ALL MLB teams.

Also your standards for a "top of the rotation" pitcher are way too high.

You say the Yanks need "just one more starter who can post a sub 3.00 ERA" and a "WHIP in the 1.00 range". Well there were only two pitchers in the league that met those standards this year (Kluber and Sale) and only three pitchers in the no DH league (Kershaw, Scherzer and Strasburg) who did so.

Which one of those 5 starters do you think will be available for the Yanks to put at the top of their order?