Dellin Betances in June: 9 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 3 walks, 18 Ks. He hasn't allowed a run since May 23 and hasn't allowed a run in a one-inning appearance since May 6. Since Cleveland got him for three runs in that May 6 appearance, pushing his ERA to 5.79, it has dropped to 3.09.
Aroldis Chapman has almost double as many strikeouts (55) as hits and walks combined (28).
The Yankees as a staff have a 1.79 ERA in June. Seriously.
Sonny Gray's schizo home/road splits continue: now at 7.22 at home and 2.93 on the road.
In just 50 games, Gleyber Torres has already equaled the home run total of their last star rookie 2B. Robbie Cano had 14 in 132 games in 2005.
Aaron Hicks is red hot. Four homers in his last six games, bumping him up to a respectable .256/.348/.477 on the season.
The Yankees are currently 3 games behind the 1998 Yankees after 70 games - 48-22 vs. 51-19. Of course, after their 70th game the 1998 Yanks went on a 41-11 tear to reach their high-water mark in winning percentage at 92-30 (.754).
Arc, you are a Mets fan right? Are you one of the few Mets fans that doesnt voraciously despise the Yanks?
Im being totally serious. As a yanks fan, I dont really hate thr Mets and was a little surprised that they truly existed on the other side. Lol.
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Yup! I really like him. I understand why it would potentially make sense to include him in a deal since Drury is mashing, but I really hope he stays here for the long-haul. He's one of my favorite guys on the team right now. Super humble kid, easy to root for.
Arc, you are a Mets fan right? Are you one of the few Mets fans that doesnt voraciously despise the Yanks?
Im being totally serious. As a yanks fan, I dont really hate thr Mets and was a little surprised that they truly existed on the other side. Lol.
Haha, if you want a full recap of everything, check the Mets-Rockies thread.
In short: I've come over to the Dark Side.
But even before that, I have never hated the Yankees whatsoever. I know most Mets fans really don't like the Yankees, but I was really never like that.
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to think Sanchez is going to turn his season around. He is going to have the all-time worst BABIP in what is a bad-luck season for him in many respects.
That's only if the concern is what Sanchez's overall numbers are by end of the season. None of that matters as everything he has done thus far is in the past and baked into the 48-22 Yankees cake. All that matters is Sanchez's slash line going forward.
Totally agree. It's about what he does going forward.
Singleton said this in a game last week. He told a story about one of his managers telling a badly slumping player, hey you're not going to hit .300 this year just shoot for hitting .300 from this point forward.
Good advice and Kenny said it worked.
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Yup! I really like him. I understand why it would potentially make sense to include him in a deal since Drury is mashing, but I really hope he stays here for the long-haul. He's one of my favorite guys on the team right now. Super humble kid, easy to root for.
Arc, you are a Mets fan right? Are you one of the few Mets fans that doesnt voraciously despise the Yanks?
Im being totally serious. As a yanks fan, I dont really hate thr Mets and was a little surprised that they truly existed on the other side. Lol.
Haha, if you want a full recap of everything, check the Mets-Rockies thread.
In short: I've come over to the Dark Side.
But even before that, I have never hated the Yankees whatsoever. I know most Mets fans really don't like the Yankees, but I was really never like that.
Funny ypu mention that about the Yanks Mets rivalry...Michael Kay a few weeks ago said he rooted for the Red Sox in the 86 WS and I couldnt believe it. He said that the inter-city rivalry really trumps all....even the Sawks. And I couldnt wrap my head round that.
I really think it's more about the people you have in your life who root for the other team more often than not.
If you root for one team and have family or friends who are constantly rubbing your nose in shit or taunting you - you probably don't want them to be happy, and by extension, you start to dislike the team they root for.
For me, most of my friends who were always NYY fans always just felt bad for me more than anything else.. hah. But they weren't douchebags when the Mets were struggling or taunting me when the Yanks were winning. So, I guess I've just never really had any reasons not to like the Yankees. Them being better than the Mets for the vast majority of the years I rooted for the Mets didn't make me dislike the Yanks, it just made me wish the Mets could figure out a way to find that same level of success in this market .
Gotta give the Yankees credit too for sticking with Betances and more importantly fixing him. Yanks have really done a terrific job with their pitchers over the last.... 100 years, but lately too. Rarely do you see a pitcher underachieve here.
My grandfather likes to joke that he doesn't know what he did to deserve two sons and two grandchildren (me and my sister) who are Yankee fans.
My grandfather likes to joke that he doesn't know what he did to deserve two sons and two grandchildren (me and my sister) who are Yankee fans.
Greg I have to admit I'm guilty as charged as well. Before I transferred to Maryland I spent my freshman year at Northeastern in Boston. That happened to be the fall of '86 and spring '87. I was rooting for the Sox in that series as well (even went to game 5 at Fenway). I would say though if that series happened again today I'd be rooting for the Mets. Back then the Yanks-Sox was a bitter rivalry, but the dynamic was nowhere near where it is today. See at that point we had always gotten the better of them, especially in 77-78. There's been a lot of water under the bridge since then- Pedro head hunting and pushing Zim, Big Sloppy hitting 100 HR's against us, Schilling's bloody sock etc... They've landed enough body shots the past 20 years that I'd never EVER root for them in any series. That having been said I wasn't feverishly rooting for them, I just was annoyed at that point that we hadn't made the playoffs in 5 years. I had started watching in '76 and had only known a championship contender up through '81. Was jealous of seeing the Mets take over NY at that point.
Still didn't want Boston to win, though. It's kind of funny how two of my most enduring sports memories from early childhood involve seeing a hated rival lose and the joy Dad and I got from it. The other was watching the Oilers beat the Islanders in the 1984 finals. Always had a soft spot in my heart for the Edmonton Oilers ever since.