Well here it is ladies and gents. A chance at the ultimate redemption. Keuchel has absolutely owned the Yankees and it's no secret that he'll have his absolute best stuff today. Can the bats wake up? Do we need to sacrifice a live chicken? Do we need more hats for bats to make sure they're nice and warm? Anything and everything is on the table.
Gotta try to get into the Astros bullpen again - at all costs.
Tanaka-san will be on the mound for the Yanks and has been excellent this postseason. Let's go ahead and continue that, shall we? Arigato gozaimasu.
And have the Yankees bats finally woken up? We shall see said the blind man.
Win and it's back to Houston with a 3-2 lead. Believe it and it will happen.
LGY.
SOB, imagine that, an ump that makes you actually throw strikes.
Agreed, I flipped over in time to catch a really good breakdown of Judges RBI double and the mistake Keuchel made throwing him a harder pitch after Judge was way ahead of a slider. Really good analysis by those guys
SOB, imagine that, an ump that makes you actually throw strikes.
Osama can kiss my ass. Here's the k zone map for Yankee pitchers:
And for Houston pitchers:
Gee, whodyathink got a friendlier strike zone?
It's coming up in a few on YES.
Oh and they lost?
Awesome stuff.
Coming up now....Nice rug Fratello.
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Astros talked about how loud it was at Yankee Stadium:
"New York is no joke," Keuchel said.
"This is a wild place to play," Springer said.
This is a championship season for the NJ Nets!
-hitstain69
I hope Severino starts strong and doesn't look back.
Luiiiiisssss Severinooooo!!!!!
Let's go stud! Take us to the WS !
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they said Keuchel was bitching about low pitches not being called early as they were in Houston. They implied they were strikes. I saw him bitching at the ump. As usual I thought they were low or outside..
SOB, imagine that, an ump that makes you actually throw strikes.
Osama can kiss my ass. Here's the k zone map for Yankee pitchers:
And for Houston pitchers:
Gee, whodyathink got a friendlier strike zone?
I'd be interested in seeing a comparison from tonight and Game 1
I don't understand your point. What do you call Game 5 in Cleveland or the Wild Card game for that matter.
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Our young players will experience their first BIGTIME Clincher elimination game where they are the eliminator. Let's see if this team can play the finisher this time and learn to become them for years , if not we always have the stopper game 7, but Sevy will finish them, and it will be great. Our young players will learn a lot, however it's VERY important imo we win the WS if we make the WS
I don't understand your point. What do you call Game 5 in Cleveland or the Wild Card game for that matter.
I guess my point is , going into a game as the favorite with all the momentum, switching venues and stomping on their throats.. however what they've shown so far is nothing short of incredible and dominant in all aspects after going 0-2 in each series
Idk, I'm just spit balling a bit.
They're not even a finished product yet. Gleyber, Frazier, possibly Andujar, Justus Sheffield, Chance Adams are waiting in the wings. And there's always lifelong Yankee fan Bryce Harper who has made noises about playing in the Bronx since he came to the big leagues
They were in the "eliminator" position in Cleveland against a Cy Young winner who will win his 2nd Cy this year in Kluber, plus they had no extra game as a cushion
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Our young players will experience their first BIGTIME Clincher elimination game where they are the eliminator. Let's see if this team can play the finisher this time and learn to become them for years , if not we always have the stopper game 7, but Sevy will finish them, and it will be great. Our young players will learn a lot, however it's VERY important imo we win the WS if we make the WS
They were in the "eliminator" position in Cleveland against a Cy Young winner who will win his 2nd Cy this year in Kluber, plus they had no extra game as a cushion
I guess being up in a playoff series and finishing is what I meant . I'll put more thought into future posts titled "important note"
We are countin' on ya Friday, B..
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is already a house of horrors for opponents and (theoretically) this team is still in on the early-ish part of the curve as far as the build is concerned.
They're not even a finished product yet. Gleyber, Frazier, possibly Andujar, Justus Sheffield, Chance Adams are waiting in the wings. And there's always lifelong Yankee fan Bryce Harper who has made noises about playing in the Bronx since he came to the big leagues
If you heard Cash's interview on MLB Radio today I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for him to hand out one of those 300 million dollar contracts in the next few years to a FA. He specifically said he wouldn't want to be the one handing them out.
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We are countin' on ya Friday, B..
Get your rest, buddy.. and no drinking we need you fresh..
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is already a house of horrors for opponents and (theoretically) this team is still in on the early-ish part of the curve as far as the build is concerned.
They're not even a finished product yet. Gleyber, Frazier, possibly Andujar, Justus Sheffield, Chance Adams are waiting in the wings. And there's always lifelong Yankee fan Bryce Harper who has made noises about playing in the Bronx since he came to the big leagues
If you heard Cash's interview on MLB Radio today I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for him to hand out one of those 300 million dollar contracts in the next few years to a FA. He specifically said he wouldn't want to be the one handing them out.
I would rather not.. For all the shit we got for years "buying our championships" how great would it be to build a dynasty within?
As long as they get under the luxury tax threshold in time, there is ZERO chance they don't go all-in on Harper to add to the championship core. Zero.
All for not, Granderson strikes out.
All for not, Granderson strikes out.
Yep. Awful job by umpires. Crew chief shit the bed overruling the homeplate ump.
All for not, Granderson strikes out.
Yea, really bizarre. Of course he did strike out on the very next pitch.
As long as they get under the luxury tax threshold in time, there is ZERO chance they don't go all-in on Harper to add to the championship core. Zero.
I think they will not go for Harper. Eventually they will need to pay Gregorious, Sanchez, Judge, and Bird. You cannot layout that kind of cash for all those guys and Harper.
And is he generational player when Trout is the better player and is only a year older? What about Stanton?
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the Yankees will 100% be in on Harper. He is a generational talent that will be just entering his prime. We have multiple prospects who have either already panned out (Judge, Sanchez) or will hopefully pan out (Bird, Torres, Frazier, etc.) into cheap and productive everyday players. We are already in the ALDS this season aka well on our way to championship contenders probably at least a couple of years early according nearly any "re-build" prognosticator.
As long as they get under the luxury tax threshold in time, there is ZERO chance they don't go all-in on Harper to add to the championship core. Zero.
I think they will not go for Harper. Eventually they will need to pay Gregorious, Sanchez, Judge, and Bird. You cannot layout that kind of cash for all those guys and Harper.
And is he generational player when Trout is the better player and is only a year older? What about Stanton?
Trout is assuredly the best player of this generation. But we're not getting him. Harper is #2 and it's not particularly close in my opinion. Stanton is great, but Harper is younger and better than Stanton was at the time of his deal. He's going to cost $400M+ not $300M. But we didn't allow all the Teixeira, Beltran, Sabathia, Beltran, A-Rod (maybe Tanaka?) money to come off the books and save all that cash on luxury tax to not put a huge part of it back into the team. We have planned for Harper's free agency and thank god the prospects are panning out. I think there is a greater than 50/50 chance the Yankees sign him.
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the Yankees will 100% be in on Harper. He is a generational talent that will be just entering his prime. We have multiple prospects who have either already panned out (Judge, Sanchez) or will hopefully pan out (Bird, Torres, Frazier, etc.) into cheap and productive everyday players. We are already in the ALDS this season aka well on our way to championship contenders probably at least a couple of years early according nearly any "re-build" prognosticator.
As long as they get under the luxury tax threshold in time, there is ZERO chance they don't go all-in on Harper to add to the championship core. Zero.
I think they will not go for Harper. Eventually they will need to pay Gregorious, Sanchez, Judge, and Bird. You cannot layout that kind of cash for all those guys and Harper.
And is he generational player when Trout is the better player and is only a year older? What about Stanton?
Trout is assuredly the best player of this generation. But we're not getting him. Harper is #2 and it's not particularly close in my opinion. Stanton is great, but Harper is younger and better than Stanton was at the time of his deal. He's going to cost $400M+ not $300M. But we didn't allow all the Teixeira, Beltran, Sabathia, Beltran, A-Rod (maybe Tanaka?) money to come off the books and save all that cash on luxury tax to not put a huge part of it back into the team. We have planned for Harper's free agency and thank god the prospects are panning out. I think there is a greater than 50/50 chance the Yankees sign him.
I hope they umpires don't give them the ankle high zone the last two games either.
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the Yankees will 100% be in on Harper. He is a generational talent that will be just entering his prime. We have multiple prospects who have either already panned out (Judge, Sanchez) or will hopefully pan out (Bird, Torres, Frazier, etc.) into cheap and productive everyday players. We are already in the ALDS this season aka well on our way to championship contenders probably at least a couple of years early according nearly any "re-build" prognosticator.
As long as they get under the luxury tax threshold in time, there is ZERO chance they don't go all-in on Harper to add to the championship core. Zero.
I think they will not go for Harper. Eventually they will need to pay Gregorious, Sanchez, Judge, and Bird. You cannot layout that kind of cash for all those guys and Harper.
And is he generational player when Trout is the better player and is only a year older? What about Stanton?
Trout is assuredly the best player of this generation. But we're not getting him. Harper is #2 and it's not particularly close in my opinion. Stanton is great, but Harper is younger and better than Stanton was at the time of his deal. He's going to cost $400M+ not $300M. But we didn't allow all the Teixeira, Beltran, Sabathia, Beltran, A-Rod (maybe Tanaka?) money to come off the books and save all that cash on luxury tax to not put a huge part of it back into the team. We have planned for Harper's free agency and thank god the prospects are panning out. I think there is a greater than 50/50 chance the Yankees sign him.
They got rid of the big contracts to get rid of the the big contracts and to get under the luxury tax and funding competition. If Harper is $35m per year for 10 yrs, how are you paying for Judge, Sanchez, Didi, Severino, Bird etc? Going to be paying $200 mill just for 5 or 6 players? I think they also learned a lesson on these never ending expensive contracts - Dumb, dumb, dumb...
You may be right and people say it is happening, if I were Hal I'd pass.
They also have Otani coming, maybe.
But what I see the Yankees doing is setting up like they did in the mid 1990s. Use their financial might to take on a contract here and there towards the end of their deals at the deadline and cycle them out. Where Cashman can right an old wrong is not giving out 10 year deals to guys who are in the middle/end of their prime and eating 2-3 years of high paid crap.
Getting under the luxury tax, with this young group of players, the Yankees are setting up another dynasty.
I know it's premature, but I think this group has a chance to be better for longer than the late '90s group. Sanchez, Bird, Judge, Didi, , Hicks, Castro all 27 or younger can be together a LONG time. And C. Frazier, Andujar and Torres are pushing their way up. If they can break in Adams and 1 more starter (maybe Green) to join Sevi and Montgomery next year, they can dominate for a long time.. And without bringing in mercenaries from FA in 2019.
My gut feeling is that how hard they pursue Harper depends on what happens over the next year. I still think they probably go for it, but if Judge has another incredible year next year, Hicks shows this season wasn't a fluke, and Frazier takes off, it's possible they decide to use their resources elsewhere.
Don't forget - Harper is actually younger than Judge.