NFT: New York Yankees @ Los Angeles Angels - 10:07p - Game 2!

Great stuff and hes pitched out of trouble all night.

had the highest exit velocity in the minors by a pretty wide margin through his 40 minor league ABs when he was crushing the ball. That jives with what he did last year when he was among the leaders in minors in exit velocity and hard hit rate. Handling major league pitching is a whole other ballgame. Voit took the next step in his game by improving his pitch recognition and AAAA guys like Mike Ford never quite learn that. But who knows. He smacks the hell out of the ball so at least he will kill mistakes even though most ML pitchers are carving him up.

You force the throw to first and you have 2nd and 3rd with 1 out.

With the Yanks, I’d take that.

Ford is a hitter. Imagine being more selective will do wonders for him if he has special hitting skills

I can see a Martin Prado in the making.

even with Green entering the game. Kudos to German

In comment 14400651 bceagle05 said:

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I can see a Martin Prado in the making.

Bummer he got shot last season. Probably could have helped.

not even you could screw this up. Right??

AGAIN?

Holy fuck, this team is dealing with enough adversity than to have to deal with a reliever choking away a 7-1 lead.

When can we fire Aaron Boone?

he is no gooooooood

Mind blowing that Green was allowed to face that many batters.

Literally inexplicable.

Why not Britton vs the lefty with the bases loaded there?

In comment 14400673 arcarsenal said:

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Mind blowing that Green was allowed to face that many batters. Literally inexplicable.

Its the same shit Boone pulled against Boston in the playoffs. Just a complete lack of feel for the game.

Now Gardy can’t catch. What the fuck.

In comment 14400674 GruningsOnTheHill said:

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Why not Britton vs the lefty with the bases loaded there?

Didnt Britton pitch the last two games?

Can we leave Green and Boone in LA? They are AWFUL.

Potential winning run at the plate with 0 outs recorded.

If he pitched last night, I missed it.

Britton did not pitch last night. He’ll be the guy to close.

And close it out he does.

Fantastic frame for Britton. Nice and easy.

Somehow this team just keeps chugging along...

tonight

The Yankees win

It’s hilarious how many Yankee fans on a message board think they can manage a Major League Baseball team.

is sitting at a pretty 16.43. Hope they can fix him.

he brought Green in with a 6 run lead in the 8th inning - where with even an absolute worst case scenario outing (i.e. what happened) the Yanks still likely win - on a day their pen was absolutely gassed.

If he can't use Green then he shouldn't be on the team (and maybe he shouldn't be at this point but that's not on Boone).

In comment 14400691 Hsilwek92 said:

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The Yankees win It’s hilarious how many Yankee fans on a message board think they can manage a Major League Baseball team.

Fans are always like that. They all hate the manager and think they are smarter.

In comment 14400696 Tesla said:

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he brought Green in with a 6 run lead in the 8th inning - where with even an absolute worst case scenario outing (i.e. what happened) the Yanks still likely win - on a day their pen was absolutely gassed. If he can't use Green then he shouldn't be on the team (and maybe he shouldn't be at this point but that's not on Boone).

I thought with the way he's been struggling, Boone would've been happy with the one out in the 7th from Green. Build on that for his next outing but bring someone else in for the start of the 8th. I thought for sure he was going to bring in Harvey for the 8th with Britton to close.

In comment 14400291 arcarsenal said:

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Hah, yeah it's bad when you're forced to bat Gardner in the 3 hole... I'll be happier when I don't have to watch Tyler Wade get 3-4 AB's a night anymore. Someone will have to step up and be the hero again tonight. Recently it's been Tauchman, Urshela... maybe tonight is Mike Ford's night.

Great call!!!

Gave Ford that juice!

FWIW, I'm usually not the guy who whines about the manager and picks apart every single move. I just didn't understand how Chad Green was left in there to not only load the bases, but then also face Justin Bour.

Guys are just sitting on his fastball right now and he obviously isn't able to get people out. They're going to need to bury him until he can figure out what the issue is... he's totally unusable in leverage spots right now.

I understand going to him with the 6 run lead, but once a couple of guys get on and he hasn't recorded an out, Cessa has to be in there. It's not worth letting it even get that close.

(Side note... Gio is crushing Marlins Man right now. I guess I'm not the only one who can't stand him.. hah)

It was a hanging splitter. Bour was behind on the three fastballs Green threw.

Also, speaking of Cessa... he was excellent, and he's been really good in the spots Boone has gone to him. He actually had to get 4 outs - Gardner should have caught that first ball out to deep center. Not an easy play, but it literally hit him inside the glove and popped out. Gardy makes that play like 99% of the time.

The starting pitching has been fantastic. Some of the middle relievers are struggling a little, but the pitching is really pulling us through this patch here.

Happ is slowly starting to normalize, Tanaka has been very good, Paxton has been straight up elite his last 2 times out, CC has been very solid, and German may be an emerging star.

If I had the option, I'd take all the injured guys back like... yesterday. But part of me is really enjoying this "next man up" campaign and the way the team just keeps finding ways.

Really a testament to Brian Cashman and the job he's done at building depth within this org. To lose basically a 90-win team worth of starters and have the worst rash of injuries the league has seen in.... I don't know, I can't really remember a worse one recently.... and now have won 5 games in a row and be 3 games over .500... I think it's impressive and it's going to help this team build a lot of character.

I'm fairly certain that if most other teams in the majors lost this many starters, they'd completely torpedo.

If we can keep fighting through this, it will bode well later in the year and will pay dividends.

In comment 14400952 Greg from LI said:

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It was a hanging splitter. Bour was behind on the three fastballs Green threw.

This is true, but this is a symptom of a larger issue - which is that his secondary stuff isn't good enough to carry him when his 4-seamer isn't working.

And it's not working this year. So, he's just getting destroyed.

Axisa thinks he may be IL bound and might just not be 100% healthy right now - says that's probably more likely than being sent to Scranton.

Albin @ RAB did a pretty extensive write up on Green and his FB yesterday.

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If Green can make something of his slider or re-introduced splitter, perhaps his fastball can return to its former glory. He’s certainly trying to incorporate those pitches, as his fastball usage has decreased this year (albeit still at a very high 72 percent clip). Still, they aren’t even average options at this time, which ostensibly makes it easier to key in on the fastball.

No one major was missing until Eovaldi predictably needed more elbow surgery (at this point they probably implant a zipper over his elbow for easy access).

Things could not have worked out better for Tampa in April, and the Yankees' luck could hardly be worse, and yet the deficit in the standings is only 2.5 games. I'll take it. Sanchez is back, Stanton will be back soon, things are looking up.

German always had a high ceiling. If he's really figured out how to pitch, he could be a damned good starter long-term.

His elbow is the equivalent of Greg Birds feet. Seems like a good guy, and credit where due he came through for the Sox last October, but glad the Yanks didn’t give him that contract

It's to "remove loose bodies" from his elbow, but still, glad he's not a Yankee.

In comment 14401024 Greg from LI said:

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It's to "remove loose bodies" from his elbow, but still, glad he's not a Yankee.

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He had the same surgery the beg. of last year with the
Rays, he was out eight weeks then. They are saying six this time? Guess the second time, it's a bit different.
He has already had two TJ surgeries, one while he was still
in high school, interesting that he still throws that hard.
I didn't want the Yanks to sign him, I know that.

I think if Betances wasn't hurt, they might send him
down to AAA for a few weeks, just to get straightened out.
Secondly, he can work on his change or split or some secondary pitch not called a slider.
I am surprised that Rothschild hasn't told Green to get rid of that slider, find another secondary pitch,
Green has been around here for three years...

I did not realize until this morning that Ford was a first baseman. Hadn't even read the lineup from the start of this thread. (Hides head in shame.) Seems the competition with Voit, who was DH last night, for the 1B slot post-Bird is inspiring both of them.

This is one of the best relievers in the league the past two seasons. Sure we anticipated there may be some correction due to really only having one quality pitch. But this is beyond that. Nothing wrong with trying to get him right in lopsided games (the Boone complaints have to stop, this team is 13-10 while playing a lineup fit for AAA), but now I think they need to make a move and let him get right away from the big club. I believe he does still have minor league options if he truly isn't hurt.

In comment 14400744 Eman11 said:
[quote. I thought for sure he was going to bring in Harvey for the 8th with Britton to close. [/quote]
I thought Harvey was sent back to Scranton.

Scranton would be an option for Green if they want to go that route.

Something's obviously up with him. May well be injury. But, they've got to figure it out now. Can't use him in anything other than mop-up duty right now.

Tarpley would be the most logical guy to call back up and replace him if he were pitching well, but he hasn't been pitching well thus far. Not sure we really have many other options, though.

In comment 14401348 mitch300 said:

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In comment 14400744 Eman11 said: [quote. I thought for sure he was going to bring in Harvey for the 8th with Britton to close.

I thought Harvey was sent back to Scranton. [/quote]

Yes, Harvey was optioned back to SWB.

So, actually - it would probably just be Harvey to come back up if Green goes down to Scranton or hits IL.

Green have options left. If he does I would send him down and bring up Harvey. Let Green work on his issues in Scranton. The Yanks cannot afford to keep throwing him out there.

In comment 14401351 arcarsenal said:

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Scranton would be an option for Green if they want to go that route. Something's obviously up with him. May well be injury. But, they've got to figure it out now. Can't use him in anything other than mop-up duty right now. Tarpley would be the most logical guy to call back up and replace him if he were pitching well, but he hasn't been pitching well thus far. Not sure we really have many other options, though.

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Maybe Green comes up with 'forearm stiffness', they could recall Harvey, if they put Green on IL.
They just sent him down, due to 'injury', I believe they can recall him. I heard next year they are going back to the 15 day IL.
Right now it's like Green is banging his head against the wall, a break couldn't hurt...

Green was optioned to Scranton.

Sanchez was activated.

And it is Tarpley who is back up.

In comment 14402042 arcarsenal said:

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Green was optioned to Scranton. Sanchez was activated. And it is Tarpley who is back up.

That's two up and only one down. I think Higgy is back down as well.

Yep, I am assuming Higashioka is the other corresponding move - no reason to carry 3 catchers.

In comment 14401355 arcarsenal said:

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In comment 14401348 mitch300 said: Quote: In comment 14400744 Eman11 said: [quote. I thought for sure he was going to bring in Harvey for the 8th with Britton to close. I thought Harvey was sent back to Scranton.

Yes, Harvey was optioned back to SWB. [/quote]

Ah well that explains it. Lol. Not sure how I missed that move and it puts the kabosh on my thinking last night re Green.