1. Brett Gardner (L) LF .264/.350/.428, 3.8 fWAR
2. Aaron Judge (R) RF .284/.422/.627, 8.2 fWAR
3. Didi Gregorius (L) SS .287/.318/.478, 3.9 fWAR
4. Gary Sanchez (R) CA .278/.345/.531, 4.4 fWAR
5. Greg Bird (L) 1B .190/.288/.422, -0.4 fWAR
6. Starlin Castro (R) 2B .300/.338/.454, 1.9 fWAR
7. Aaron Hicks (S) CF .266/.372/.475, 3.3 fWAR
8. Todd Frazier (R) 3B .222/.365/.423, 3.0 fWAR
9. Chase Headley (S) DH .273/.352/.406, 1.9 fWAR
Luis Severino (R): (193.1 IP, 2.98 ERA, 5.5 RA-9 WAR)
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Justin Verlander (R): (34 IP, 1.06 ERA, 5.9 RA-9 WAR)
1. George Springer (R) CF .283/.367/.522, 4.5 fWAR
2. Josh Reddick (L) RF .314/.363/.484, 3.5 fWAR
3. Jose Altuve (R) 2B .346/.410/.547, 7.5 fWAR
4. Carlos Correa (R) SS .315/.391/.550, 5.2 fWAR
5. Marwin Gonzalez (S) LF .303/.377/.530, 4.1 fWAR
6. Yuli Gurriel (R) 1B .299/.332/.486, 0.0 fWAR
7. Carlos Beltran (S) DH .231/.283/.383, -1.1 fWAR
8. Alex Bregman (R) 3B .284/.352/.475, 3.8 fWAR
9. Brian McCann (L) CA .241/.323/.436, 1.6 fWAR
It’s funny. I said the same thing last night.
Problem is, if you then need a backup 2B or SS to come in, you lose the DH since you would have to move Toe there.
Good Lord. Torreyes is not the better defensive player. It is not even arguable. On arm alone he his far inferior. He doesn't have the range, either. You are comparing a 3 x NL all-star SS vs a barely made the team backup utility player. Does Castro make the occasional head scratcher? Yes he does, unquestionably.
Is Torreyes a VG utility player, yes he is. Is he a starter or an Altuve? No, not close.
After 108 years of misery, they probably deserve some luck & breaks.
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They may as well put him at 2nd and have Castro DH. Torreyes is the better defensive player
Good Lord. Torreyes is not the better defensive player. It is not even arguable. On arm alone he his far inferior. He doesn't have the range, either. You are comparing a 3 x NL all-star SS vs a barely made the team backup utility player. Does Castro make the occasional head scratcher? Yes he does, unquestionably.
Is Torreyes a VG utility player, yes he is. Is he a starter or an Altuve? No, not close.
What the flying fuck are you talking about? Who said he's Altuve? Or even a starter? All I said is that if he's going to play, you may as well put him at 2nd and let Satro DH. So calm down. Torreyes is also absolutely a better DEFENDER than Castro. Castro isn't a butcher by any means, but he has some brain farts that will drive you crazy. Torreyes will make all the plays. Take a deep breathe. The games about to start
Yeah me too. Good for some laughs
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They may as well put him at 2nd and have Castro DH. Torreyes is the better defensive player
Good Lord. Torreyes is not the better defensive player. It is not even arguable. On arm alone he his far inferior. He doesn't have the range, either. You are comparing a 3 x NL all-star SS vs a barely made the team backup utility player. Does Castro make the occasional head scratcher? Yes he does, unquestionably.
Is Torreyes a VG utility player, yes he is. Is he a starter or an Altuve? No, not close.
What the flying fuck are you talking about? Who said he's Altuve? Or even a starter? All I said is that if he's going to play, you may as well put him at 2nd and let Satro DH. So calm down. Torreyes is also absolutely a better DEFENDER than Castro. Castro isn't a butcher by any means, but he has some brain farts that will drive you crazy. Torreyes will make all the plays. Take a deep breathe. The games about to start
Take a chill pill. You need to take a breath. Torreyes is not a better defender than Castro. He is not. Because Castro makes an occasional, brain fart error, does not make Torreyes a better defensive player. Torreyes has neither the range nor arm of Castro.
I won't disagree that playing Torreyes as either DH or 2B (Castro as DH) is a bad idea, in fact it might be a good idea as Ells, Headley and Holliday provide nothing. At least Torreyes gets bat to ball. But if Torreyes was better at 2B, he'd be starting and it isn't even close.
I'm not sure why you keep putting words into my mouth, but I'm moving on now.
Love Arod but that lisp doesn't grow on me.
Let's do this
It's not just him. The entire team is up their hacking at shit out of the zone. The problem is made worse with a liberal strike zone but they need to adjust.
I don't like the fucking handshakes and chest bumping this team does... clowns
Nice timing
Most valuable peanut goes to Altuve for sure.
Altuve will win I think, but without Altuve, Houston still wins the west by 15 games. Without Judge, the Yankees are fishing and golfing right now.
Depends on the definition of Most Valuable Player I guess.
Then his hands are in the middle of the plate when he swings. Judge needs to flat out leave the sliders alone or on two strikes go to right...
Yup...Yanks have been getting maybe 1 or 2 good hittable pitches per AB last night and so far today, and they’re not doing damage on them
I meant NOT a strike