NFT: Blue Jays at Yankees GDT 6/25

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Only a Didi short of the Death Star.

I like it. Let's win another game.

In comment 14482534 Greg from LI said:

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I can hear the Emperor's decrepit voice and the Imperial March in the background....
oh, maybe that's The Boss's voice...
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I'm not sure I've ever seen more power out of 2-6, and Hicks-Gleyber-Gio are a nice 7-8-9.

But ... gotta play the games. Last night is an example of how things can unravel.

I was talking with a buddy today. I'm 41 so I've been a fan since the mid 80's. Through the 90's dynasty and all the great teams in the 2000's. I think this particular lineup is the most talented Yankee lineup I've seen as a fan.

The Murderers' Row and Cano lineup was incredible but I think this is better top to bottom.

In comment 14482542 arcarsenal said:

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Only a Didi short of the Death Star. I like it. Let's win another game.

Soooo close to the Death Star.

I have a feeling this type of lineup is as close as we're gonna get to it until the Sox. I'm hoping we break it out in London.

He commented that given good health over most of a season, it’s fair to expect 8 of the Yanks 9 best starters to have at least a chance to hit 30+ home runs. Hicks and Didi may be closer to 25 HR guys, but the point remains. The only one who typically wouldn’t is LeMahieu, who’s a perennial contender for batting champion type hitter.

Pretty insane when you think about that

In comment 14482594 Danny Kanell said:

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I was talking with a buddy today. I'm 41 so I've been a fan since the mid 80's. Through the 90's dynasty and all the great teams in the 2000's. I think this particular lineup is the most talented Yankee lineup I've seen as a fan. The Murderers' Row and Cano lineup was incredible but I think this is better top to bottom.

I'm older than you and remember the 1961 lineup, that won 109 games and hit 240 HRs without a DH. That lineup was generally something like:

Richardson
Kubek
Mantle
Maris
Howard
Berra/Blanchard
Skowron
Boyer
Pitcher

As noted, no DH. That was a pretty great 3-4-5-6 but Kubek was no Aaron Judge at the plate in the 2 spot, and Gleyber is a much better hitter at 8 than Boyer was. Of course the 1998 team was great too, but more because of its pitching.

the Yankees moved him to the bullpen this year after years as a starter. He looks to finally be adjusting and hasn't given up a hit in 4 outings. He is hitting 100mph as a reliever with a good changeup. His slider was always the pitch that gave him his problems but it has reportedly improved a lot. Even though he might have three major league pitches the Yankees gave up on him as a starter cause he always gets hurt and can't handle the innings. He is on the 40 man and was called up for a second last year so they might very aggressive with him and look at him as a power arm in the second half.

They only got meh production out of the Melky/Gardy combo in center, but damned if the rest of that lineup couldn't mash. Hit for average, hit for power, drew a bunch of walks. They even ran well.

I'm still skeptical of him keeping up this level of production.

[Sharp] Aroldis Chapman threw 13 fastballs in 9th inning. 10 of them were 100+ mph

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are all at the game tonight watching Yanks vs. Jays. Last night it was Jack Hughes from the Devils.

Judge is going deep tonight.

In comment 14482619 Greg from LI said:

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I'm still skeptical of him keeping up this level of production.

You mean like in 2016?

I mean, no one can realistically expect LeMahieu to bat .475+ with RISP all year - I don't think .400+ is unrealistic at all, though.

And he's led the league in hitting before. So, this isn't totally out of the blue. He's just a really good hitter. His approach really doesn't change in any situation. He's very consistent and sound mechanically.

I expect minor regression; but not a whole lot to be honest.

He's the MVP of this team so far this year. Sanchez is right there, too. But if I have to pick one guy to date - it's DJ.

That was 3 years ago. What did he do in 2017 and 2018?

Still amazed by Luke Voit's emergence. Didn't give that trade a second thought at the time, and now he's a legit All-Star caliber player - 17 HR, .387 OBP. Crazy.

In comment 14482617 Greg from LI said:

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They only got meh production out of the Melky/Gardy combo in center, but damned if the rest of that lineup couldn't mash. Hit for average, hit for power, drew a bunch of walks. They even ran well.

I still think the 2009 Yanks had the best infield of all time, at least offensively (the Big Red Machine of mid-70s may argue)

Texiera, Cano, Jeter and ARod, all in or reasonably close to their prime. That was Jeter's big throwback season (.871 OPS) before he started to fade.

while a great infield (Perez, Morgan, Concepcion, Rose) I don't think they were anything close to the 2009 Yanks offensively

In comment 14482652 Greg from LI said:

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That was 3 years ago. What did he do in 2017 and 2018?

Be a very good player who averaged a 2.0 WAR as an infielder. In his other years since 2015 he has averaged a 92 wRC+ so he didn't hit. When you combine that with his elite defense you get a very good player. Obviously 2016 and this year he is putting up MVP level numbers. But given he did this already in 2016 it is not without precedent. He has this type of talent.

he averaged a 92 +wRC so he did hit. Obviously he is on a different level in 2016 and 2019.

In comment 14482615 Del Shofner said:

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In comment 14482594 Danny Kanell said: Quote: I was talking with a buddy today. I'm 41 so I've been a fan since the mid 80's. Through the 90's dynasty and all the great teams in the 2000's. I think this particular lineup is the most talented Yankee lineup I've seen as a fan. The Murderers' Row and Cano lineup was incredible but I think this is better top to bottom. I'm older than you and remember the 1961 lineup, that won 109 games and hit 240 HRs without a DH. That lineup was generally something like: Richardson Kubek Mantle Maris Howard Berra/Blanchard Skowron Boyer Pitcher As noted, no DH. That was a pretty great 3-4-5-6 but Kubek was no Aaron Judge at the plate in the 2 spot, and Gleyber is a much better hitter at 8 than Boyer was. Of course the 1998 team was great too, but more because of its pitching.

And Blanchard had like 30 homers as a sub. And this was before those life baseballs (butthe porch was 296 feet away, lol)

IMHO, the 1998 is the best team I have ever seen and I think they may be better than 1927 and at worst they would give that team a run for their money.

Whatever the hell that was earlier, he is just plain filthy again.

In comment 14482702 section125 said:

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Whatever the hell that was earlier, he is just plain filthy again.

Really blistering them in there.

again....stop it.

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and belly to belly. Judge oppo....2-0

first HR for the Judge since returning from injury

Back to back!

In comment 14482704 section125 said:

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again....stop it.

May be unstoppable.

arc called it.

he makes it look easy

Gives me a smile that would take plastic surgery to get rid of

off Richard early. Could be interesting....

I liked Stanton's aggressiveness even if he was out.

28 straight games with a HR... all time MLB record.

And on top of that, I believe this is 161 games in a row the Yanks have gone without getting blanked. That record is over 300 games, IIRC... so we're not even close on that, but regardless; not easy to do these days.

Sucks to have to see the team hit all these HR's when they'd be better off hitting singles... but I'll take it.

cut on that seen in slow-mo is a thing of beauty.

Judge comes thru in his first AB

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In comment 14482719 adamg said:

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Judge comes thru in his first AB

Don't encourage him...

They have Cortes with 19 pitches - cannot be right. He had a fairly easy 1-2-3 inning. Did the forget to reset after Green's inning?

is a bit of a throwback -- fun to watch.

In comment 14482721 section125 said:

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In comment 14482719 adamg said: Quote: Judge comes thru in his first AB Don't encourage him... They have Cortes with 19 pitches - cannot be right. He had a fairly easy 1-2-3 inning. Did the forget to reset after Green's inning?

19 is correct.

Green threw 13. Nestor threw 19.

In comment 14482723 arcarsenal said:

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In comment 14482721 section125 said: Quote: In comment 14482719 adamg said: Quote: Judge comes thru in his first AB Don't encourage him... They have Cortes with 19 pitches - cannot be right. He had a fairly easy 1-2-3 inning. Did the forget to reset after Green's inning? 19 is correct. Green threw 13. Nestor threw 19.

Ok. Thanks. Seemed strange he had such an easy inning. Seemed over in a blink.

Gleyby!

Enough with the HR's!!!!!

HR. Porched for the good guys.

This is fun.