New York Yankees (98-53)
1. DJ LeMahieu (R) 1B
2. Aaron Judge (R) RF
3. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
4. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
5. Luke Voit (R) DH
6. Brett Gardner (L) CF
7. Gio Urshela (R) 3B
8. Cameron Maybin (R) LF
9. Austin Romine (R) C
L. Severino (RHP): 0.0 IP, 0-0, 0.00/0.00
Los Angeles Angels (68-82)
1. Brian Goodwin (L) CF
2. David Fletcher (R) 3B
3. Kole Calhoun (L) RF
4. Albert Pujols (R) DH
5. Andrelton Simmons (R) SS
6. Jared Walsh (L) 1B
7. Luis Rengifo (S) 2B
8. Michael Hermosillo (R) LF
9. Anthony Bemboom (L) C
J. Suarez (LHP): 71.1 IP, 2-6, 6.94/6.75
As long as Sevy says he feels good, and still feels good tomorrow... this was huge for us.
Just needs to keep working the slider and change.
Just needs to keep working the slider and change.
Yup that was a great sign. As they said on the broadcast and Bill2 said at the top of the thread, now let’s see how he feels/looks in starts 2-3.
Huge seeing him get a chance to find it before the playoffs.
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Absolutely wonderful to see the velo that last inning. Means he felt good and decided to cut loose.
Just needs to keep working the slider and change.
Yup that was a great sign. As they said on the broadcast and Bill2 said at the top of the thread, now let’s see how he feels/looks in starts 2-3.
Huge seeing him get a chance to find it before the playoffs.
Absolutely. Right now he looks great in the dugout. See how he feels tomorrow and Thursday...
5-0 Yanks.
8-0 YANKS.
Busted this shit wide open.
8-0
They agreed with you.
This is a day we can see the gap between a well run sports organization and the recent NY Giants.
This organization has the depth and power from top to the minors to the scouts that finds and acts on competitive edges and advantages
Its an organization that wins by making moves and wins by not making panic moves. Witness the choice not to make a bad trade for pitching at the deadline but rather wait for Severino and Betances and Montgomery. Every choice is thought through.
Most of all, the number of Yankees that are having career years and sustained improvements speaks to coaching and analytics and coaching
The number of new guys who do well is a product of a meritocracy based culture. The grind it out mentality is a tribute to self belief and culture and leadership.
Investing in risk at the International signings so home run additions are in the pipeline. Droping guys back to learn like Frazier. Patience on talent when that is the smart choice.
Bold choices to go with innings starters and a deep bullpen and depth and more depth.
Just a tremendous sports organization with a seven year window ahead.
Contrast that with the current shit storm we are wading through on the Giants side.
As a fan during the terrible desert of 1966 to 1978 and the crappy 80's, I know teams go through ups and downs.
But right now the gap in applied intelligence plus exciting home grown talent ( and few bad trades or games lost by beating themselves) vs hopa hopa another year and another year is striking and disappointing
One can be proud of this Yankee team. One just tries to deal with the ups and downs of the NY Giants
That's not an accident and its not Cashmans instincts. That's a machine ahead of the competition
Sure does look like it. Confident and sharp.
That's not an accident and its not Cashmans instincts. That's a machine ahead of the competition
Agree strongly with your longer post above but also I can’t help but grin when I think about what Cashman did to get Torres then signing Chapman again. It’s great enough to watch your team draft a star. To grab one from another team when they already have shown great promise. Would be a great move even if Chapman stayed in Chicago or went somewhere else. That move alone was a grand slam and IMO Torres is our best player. Would trade Judge before him.
But it is a great point about how well run the Yanks are compared to any other NY sports franchise including the Yanks. Once Hal took over, he seems to have given Cash directions on spending and then gets out of the way to let the Yanks baseball people run the team.
But yes...the Chapman for Torres flip was pure Highwayman.
I also suspect it will be hard for the Yankees to win trades going forward because any player they say they want is going to be immediately over valued by the holding team ( "what are we not seeing"? )
They still seem to sweep in for bargains ( as the EE and Stanton while Miami pays half)
Somehow I suspect they self learn (as they did get way from self inflicted wounds like Ellsbury contract and did not over react to the year Boston had)
Look at Voit. The secret was out about Cashman finding all these hidden gems already and he still was able to do that. But I think you have to also give the organization some credit when it comes to someone like Voit. I remember reading an article where he was basically quoted on saying he never even wanted to focus on his defense until playing for the Yankees.
I think something like the EE move to your point will stick around. To me that seems like good relationship management more than anything. Like hey, give me a call if you want some help getting some of that salary off your books? That to me is just a function of financial resources, consistent contention and a deep system.
I look at the Ellsbury move as the last straw in the free agent strategy, i agree. I think the Yankees are committed to this building through the farm and opportunistically lock up players before they hit FA, giving them deals they are happy with and creating a shared loyalty. In the age of the competitive balancing stuff put in place like revenue sharing that is the clear cut way to get an edge now. IFA too, deep scouting and relationship building. I think that’s something that the Yankees do way better than the Giants. Finding “uncapped” ways to make the team better.
Ha - I just said the same thing to my friends. He stinks.
The magic number is nowwwww....
Nice job all around, including arc for getting the thread started.
Achilles, not ACL.
Unreal.
I'm petrified to activate Stanton.
Betances was going to be a luxury, I guess - we've done it all year without him. It's just uncanny the way this happens over and over again.
Onto tomorrow!
Another week another injury they have not gone a full week this year without a injury
I'm petrified to activate Stanton.
Betances was going to be a luxury, I guess - we've done it all year without him. It's just uncanny the way this happens over and over again.
Onto tomorrow!
And how did it happen getting out of bed this morning fucking unbelievable
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It's incredible how the smallest things can partially tear a muscle. Almost hard to believe.
What a year, man... hopefully CC is right in that it'll just be a big part of the DVD when all's said and done. But jeez Louise. Every single time one comes back, one goes down.
Incredible.
Hadn’t really followed Gallagos. Thanks for pointing out. Speaks to the point that we do give up value. Not just like “fleecing” all the time or the like. Which kind of gets me thinking. Who did we fleece?
Didi I think. Don’t think you can say that about Torres because Cubs don’t win without Chapman.
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Holy fucking SHIT.
Achilles, not ACL.
Unreal.
How the hell he do that, well they have shown they have depth in the BP. They have at least 5 guys there, that are pretty dependable.
For him personally, this year has been very bad timing, since he is in his walk year!
The magic number is nowwwww....
Ah, I see what you did there...