Good morning and as expected Jonathan Holder was sent to SWB to see if he can be salvaged. Speculation is that Tarpley will be brought up as he was an opener for SWB last pitching 3 innings Saturday.
Davidoff in the Post wrote an article on how the Yanks are still hitting homers but are also scoring runs via singles and doubles at a much higher rate than last season. Like we didn't know that already. Well some of us, anyway.
Both the Post and Ledger blame the "tight" contest last night on the bullpen blowing up - which is not really truth in journalism while technically correct. It got tight because of Holder and Holder only. The bull pen didn't get wrecked, it was one pitcher in the pen.
Odd choice by Boone, IMHO, that he used Green to bailout Holder. If Green was set as the opener for Tuesday(today), why wouldn't Boone have had another pitcher in mind to salvage the inning if Holder continued his meltdown, which was not a stretch of the imagination. Boone is organized as heck, seems like he had not thought this through (then again he likely didn't expect Holder to not record a single out.) But I think we all knew Holder needed to be sent down to figure out what was going on. With Tarpley ready at SBW, this could(should) have been down after the last meltdown (Friday?).
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Hicks swings last night looked a lot better. He was on pitches that he swung at. I think he is ready to breakout. Voit looks like he has had a bad night and then you see he was 2-5 with 2 rbis. He is not hitting HRs like I expected, but he sure is driving the ball even when it is an out. I did not like LeMahieu at 1st last night. Lack of playing experience there and it showed. Thankfully Edwin will primarily swap with Voit with DJ taking the odd game. Gardy quietly had his average up to .238 before going 0-4 last night. I think he will benefit greatly from reduced playing time.
Anybody else think that if Gio Urshela continues to hit in the .270-.290 range through the year that Miguel Andujar will be moved to either another position or for a trade? Gio's fielding is just so good. Urshela is really a bench guy, while Andujar is a starter. But with LeMahieu, Torres and Didi do the Yankees need another one position poor fielder on the roster despite his obvious hitting ability (with power)?
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Yankees announce Kendrys Morales has been reinstated from the 10-day IL & designated for assignment.
Stephen Tarpley has also been recalled from the Triple-A @swbrailriders.
Both expected moves. Sucks for Morales, but Encarnacion sealed his fate.
Opens a spot on the 40 man, no?
I doubt that Cash is looking to explode his farm system. I do think Andujar is more vulnerable than Frazier because Frazier actually has a path to LF in Yankee Stadium. If Castillo is the 2nd coming of Sevy, well then ok..otherwise I doubt both Frazier and Andujar would be sent.
Bring back Sonny! *ducks*
He's legit.
Walking too many batters, but he's got really good strikeout stuff. If the Yanks could get their hands on him, I think he'd be fantastic here. He's done a really good job of getting the HR ball down this year too. That's not a rental, that's a guy you'll have team control on for like 5 more years.
I'd 100% deal Frazier for him.
I suppose you are referencing the OP..and extrapolated through the season the 35 would be great numbers and about where I thought he had a chance to be top end.
But I was saying that his HR assault has trailed off a bit while his good hitting has continued.
FWIW, I went to the Yankees website to sortable stats for the past 30 days and selected HR as the sortable column. Luke has 4 HRs last 30 days along with Maybin, Hicks, Urshela and Gardy...
He is in 7th with 11 RBIs over the past 30 days right behind Gardy(of all people).
He is also first in OBP and fifth on OPS and AVG.
Pretty damn good for what he was gotten for.
Yanks HR rate past 30 days - ( New Window )
Sorry and no disparagement to the Mets fans ( who have fans and players ownership does not deserve) but it does not work and very rarely leads to insight for either fan base
#1.) Baseball doesn't have peaks and valleys? yeah ok. ask Holder or Green or Maybin or Gardner.
#2) Where did I say 45-50 hrs? You blast proration than use it to disprove or prove your point(see #1).
All I said was his HR numbers have slowed. Gary's and Torres have increased. Season is long.
I also pointed out that while his HRs have slowed, his good hitting has continued - BA, OBP and RBIs.
Supposedly Boyd has made some adjustments, so it's possible this isn't as flukey as it looks - but I'd still be leery of that.
I say swing for the fences on Scherzer. The guy is a fucking horse and a gamer. I have zero doubts he'd be able to handle the big stage and he makes NYY WS favorites without a doubt.
I'm just not sure we'll be able to pry him away.
Stroman seems to be the best/most realistic fit.
Maybe Bumgarner is just bored pitching on a team that is going nowhere... I don't know. But, he's really not having a great year. I'm lukewarm on him. I know how incredible he's been on the biggest stage, but... past results don't guarantee future outcomes.
Let's keep in mind Gallegos has a .8war for the year at a position of much greater need for the Cards. I'd say it's a bigger win for us but a win-win at this point.
He's more than welcome in any discussion as far as I'm concerned.
He's more than welcome in any discussion as far as I'm concerned.
Agree.
Sorry and no disparagement to the Mets fans ( who have fans and players ownership does not deserve) but it does not work and very rarely leads to insight for either fan base
Other than me being a Mets fan, it's really not relevant here. I'm not a Yankee hater by any means and even teams I do "hate" like the Phillies, I can recognize who/what is good and what isn't. I would hope most grown adults could seperate being a fan with bias. I don't root against the Yankees unless they are playing the Mets and even then the Mets are so bad.. who cares? The Subway Series has lost it's magic either way.
He's more than welcome in any discussion as far as I'm concerned.
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I'll be rather disappointed if they don't make a meaningful addition to the rotation. This is a season to push some chips to the center of the table on.
Thing with Bumgarner is you hope (like Verlander) that the big gamer in him comes alive in a new setting. He hasn't been the same pitcher since 2016 so odds are low he's an "ace" but a bump upon being traded to a contender wouldn't surprise me.
MadBum is really the only one among the realistic list that I'd prefer not to take on, at least not when giving up anything of value.
To me, he has little value beyond the cost of his remaining salary for the year. Maybe a wildcard prospect or two, but nothing near any of Frazier/Andujar/Deivi/Florial.
Not a MadBum fan for the Yanks. Scherzer is a pipe dream and he is 34 and wildly expensive. Maybe he is Justin Verlander, maybe (as example only - no correlation to talent) he is Happ(falls off the table).
I happen to like Wheeler. I can see why you don't, but I believe in the stuff. I think we just disagree on that one.
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He's getting tattooed: only 14.4% soft contact, 38.6% medium, 47% hard. Ground balls down to 35.9%. Putting him in YS with numbers like that is terrifying, honestly.
Not a MadBum fan for the Yanks. Scherzer is a pipe dream and he is 34 and wildly expensive. Maybe he is Justin Verlander, maybe (as example only - no correlation to talent) he is Happ(falls off the table).
Scherzer's salary isn't as bad as it appears at first blush. For salary cap purposes he's going to cost about 57 million for 2020 + 2021, every big market team in baseball would pay Max Scherzer 2 years 57 million given the chance
Also, the Astros have proven to have some kind of secret formula to improving pitchers. They've done it with multiple guys now - Verlander, Cole, Morton, they all pitched significantly better with Houston than their previous clubs. The Yankees don't have that kind of track record. Honestly, I wish the Yankees could poach their pitching coaches.
I do think Wheeler's 2nd half last year was more outlier than anything else. And I don't think the Mets would be particularly thrilled to send him here without a hefty enough return; so it's probably not a great match, but NYY could do worse.
I agree and lean toward Stroman. I believe the Yankees just need a steady pitcher, likely to be in the 3.50 to 3.85 ERA range that can go deep into the game especially if Severino returns as well as German.
This team will be hard to subdue on the offensive side.
And he's pitched his entire career in the AL East. He knows what it's like. After watching a bunch of touted guys come in from the NL, or even the AL West, and struggle, I think there's something to that. I wouldn't empty the farm for Stroman, but he'd be a quality pickup.
hoya - Wheeler just looks like one of those guys who will always break your heart. Big arm, looks overwhelming at times, but just can't ever really put it together. He's a white Pineda to me, basically.
Also, the Astros have proven to have some kind of secret formula to improving pitchers. They've done it with multiple guys now - Verlander, Cole, Morton, they all pitched significantly better with Houston than their previous clubs. The Yankees don't have that kind of track record. Honestly, I wish the Yankees could poach their pitching coaches.
If responding to me Greg, I was referring to Verlander pitching well as long as he has (36 or 37 y/o) with no drop off. If Scherzer would do that he would be worth the money, but the cost to get him would be crazy. I was looking for extremes on older pitchers. Those who looked good and continued (Velander) and those that fell apart quickly (Happ) - not that Happ is in the same class as Velander or Scherzer..
Wasn't it Eck that got into it with Price last year?
Trying hard not to jinx the kid....;-p
LOL. Eckersley was literally one of the most demonstrative pitchers I can ever remember. I can't believe he said anything about Stroman. Eckersley would literally yell at batters from the mound, "punch" them out... you name it. He was a dick.
Great pitcher, but he was a dick.
gotcha - the most likely thing to help Bumgarner is the Yanks defense and offense. Not sure he and the Stadium are a good match.
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Combined with the pen for a no hitter last night! Deivi went 5 and struck out 9. That's one hit in his last 11 innings. His new slider has really made a difference for him. He's relying less on the fastball. Has that killer curve along with a good changeup and a very promising slider. Kid is on fire!
Trying hard not to jinx the kid....;-p
I hear ya, lol...
Not sure it was reported, think it happened on a plane....we may not "like" Price, but he is not a douchebag.
Young Deivi is only 20 and has never topped 74 innings before. He's at 64 right now and I imagine his limit will be around 110, so maybe they could use him as a reliever down the stretch, but he's not going to fix the hole in the rotation. Not this season, anyway.