...in the past couple of decades."
| An overpowering offense, which might rack up 1,000 runs with a little better luck in injuries than last year. A dominant bullpen. An ownership that is all-in for 2020 and probably will be willing to add any and all necessary pieces at the trade deadline. And, of course, Gerrit Cole at the front of a rotation that could be elite if Luis Severino bounces back. On paper, the Yankees are as complete a team as baseball has seen in the past couple of decades. |
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Yea no home grown talent on the team at all
Infield is first-rate.
The outfield is Judge, a 37-yr-old Gardner, and a combo of Stanton--who played 20 games last year--Frazier, and Tauchman.
They finally have an ace, but is a rotation of Cole/Severino/Paxton/Tanaka/German better 1-5 than the Mets' rotation?
Infield is first-rate.
The outfield is Judge, a 37-yr-old Gardner, and a combo of Stanton--who played 20 games last year--Frazier, and Tauchman.
They finally have an ace, but is a rotation of Cole/Severino/Paxton/Tanaka/German better 1-5 than the Mets' rotation?
I presume you are saying something negative about the outfield?
Judge - there is nothing wrong with Judge All Star caliber defender
Gardner - still one of the best OFs in baseball - arm is not strong but very accurate
Stanton - better OF than most give him credit for
Tauchman - almost as good as Gardner with a better arm
Hicks - again one of the best OFs in baseball, arm needs to recover but no reason to think it won't be good as before
surgery and it is a canon.
I cannot speak as to starting rotation vs Mets. But Cole, Severino and Paxton is about as good as a top three as there is and Tanaka as your #4??? Montgomery or Happ - who knows - let's see how Monty's arm responds in ST - it looked as good or better in Sept as it was before surgery.
I'm sure Cora will be served up as fresh meat and Boston will fire him, but they will use this as an excuse to hit the reset button and try to build back up to contend in a year or so. But for 2020, they are going to get railed by the Yankees this year.
If the Yankees are healthy, they will stroll into the World Series.
I'm sure Cora will be served up as fresh meat and Boston will fire him, but they will use this as an excuse to hit the reset button and try to build back up to contend in a year or so. But for 2020, they are going to get railed by the Yankees this year.
If the Yankees are healthy, they will stroll into the World Series.
And just saw the Cora news...so here we go.
Think they need another very very good bullpen arm.
Think defense at SS and 1st Base is not playoff good.
Think they have to trade several players to make room on the next 40 man.
Think catcher is a concern...durability, streakiness, hitting from the 2nd string catcher and almost no good 3rd catcher in the system. I assume at an oft injured position, a 3rd catcher is going to be needed.
At least if you win the offseason in baseball, you can overcome the "stuff"
I guess the other MLB teams don't pay their players?
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money can buy. A quarter of a billion,that is.
I guess the other MLB teams don't pay their players?
It’s so unfair for teams in small markets like Queens
Pathetic.
I’m a Mets fan through and through, but enjoyed the trip to the Stadium with my Yankee-fan GF. I’ll make a few Cole and Tanaka starts this year when the Mets are on the road because it’s worth it to see Judge and Gleybar. Really would be over the moon for them if I was a fan of them. Hope they do well. Happy is a happy wife.
Is Gleyba going to SS with DJ back to 2b?
Can’t wait for baseball season. 11 weeks from Thursday, de Grom v Scherzer at citifield. Can’t wait for the spring
Gonna call 106-56 for NYY this year. They are monsters.
Sorry
That was good work to change that. Last year’s injury woes were astounding.
Such a great job by Boone and the players to never ever quit.
They will win 98 games in their sleep. 102+ if things go by rote. The yanks are disgusting good.
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Still have to play the games, and stuff always happens.
They will win 98 games in their sleep. 102+ if things go by rote. The yanks are disgusting good.
If the Yankees stay healthy, and the expected further step back from Boston and now Houston, it is not out of the realm that they break Seattle's win record. They are that good. My guess is that we will see a recurring storyline in 2020 that matches this team against the 1998 team's win pace.
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Still have to play the games, and stuff always happens.
They will win 98 games in their sleep. 102+ if things go by rote. The yanks are disgusting good.
If the Yankees stay healthy, and the expected further step back from Boston and now Houston, it is not out of the realm that they break Seattle's win record. They are that good. My guess is that we will see a recurring storyline in 2020 that matches this team against the 1998 team's win pace.
Pump the breaks there guy... The 98 Yankees were the best team in the history of baseball going 125-50 including the playoffs and world series.
Let's get to spring training first.
1) Better overall defense (??)
2) More players who could hit elite pitching
3) More situational hitters
4) More players who would not fish for the same lure over and over again ( Judge, Stanton, Sanchez, Torres)
5) Many fewer players who were prone to go into prolonged slumps
6) Had very very few injuries
7) Had three DJ like hitters ( Jeter, Williams and O'Neill)
8) Had great situational hitting depth ( Raines and Chili Davis)
9) Had a team BA of .289 and a team OBP of .381 and struck out only 18% of the time
10) Had the MLB leading ERA of 3.82
The 1998 team was complete, clutch, disciplined and flat out great
1) Better overall defense (??)
2) More players who could hit elite pitching
3) More situational hitters
4) More players who would not fish for the same lure over and over again ( Judge, Stanton, Sanchez, Torres)
5) Many fewer players who were prone to go into prolonged slumps
6) Had very very few injuries
7) Had three DJ like hitters ( Jeter, Williams and O'Neill)
8) Had great situational hitting depth ( Raines and Chili Davis)
9) Had a team BA of .289 and a team OBP of .381 and struck out only 18% of the time
10) Had the MLB leading ERA of 3.82
The 1998 team was complete, clutch, disciplined and flat out great
#6 is the key to a great season.
Think they need another very very good bullpen arm.
Think defense at SS and 1st Base is not playoff good.
Think they have to trade several players to make room on the next 40 man.
Think catcher is a concern...durability, streakiness, hitting from the 2nd string catcher and almost no good 3rd catcher in the system. I assume at an oft injured position, a 3rd catcher is going to be needed.
One thing great about baseball is virtually the quick turn around from season to season...1 month the pitchers and catchers.
FWIW,
Bull Pen:
Already near the best in BB. Getting a Hader is getting to overkill. I truly think Loaisiga will step up this year.
SS:
Torres is a true SS. What they may need is a backup. However either Wade or Estrada could fill that roll.
1B:
I can agree at defense. But both Voit and Ford are hard workers. Voit did improve last year. Neither will ever be Mattingly or Martinez, but I think O'Neill said defense is a matter of "want to" - if you truly want to be a good fielder, you can be. Yes they will have limited range, neither is nimble. But they can learn to dig balls.
Catcher, this is the one area that is a question above others. Higgy I have not been impressed with. As 3rd catcher they brought Eric Kratz back - wasn't he on the Brewers last year? He's old but no worse than AAAA.
As for the next 40 man roster - that is not a concern this season. Cash can worry about it after the World Series. He has people he can move on the 40 man that do not have a future here.
However, I think the RP unit will suffer one tired arm when it counts and have one subpar year from somebody. Loisiga is unproven and oft injured to me ( granted he has filthy stuff at times) and unproven in playoff clutch.
And I would really dig into the analytics on Gleyber at SS. Great defense at SS matters
He was a SS coming up. So was Mantle, Aaron and Berra (at first). As he thickens (already evident and he was 22 last year) I think more than Wade as a back up is valuable.
Now is it a weakness or a major concern? Not at all
But if the question is how and where do we get even better; Id say DJ like left handed high contact rate great SS.
GT at 2nd and DJ at all infield positions with Wade as the all position utility gives us ability to trade fan favorite non elite all around players and improve the defense and situational hitters to off set the so far history of high slump/injury rates from Judge, Stanton and Sanchez.
This is an academic exercise, not a practical real world likely scenario. Again, the question was "how could they get even better"?
just imo
However, I think the RP unit will suffer one tired arm when it counts and have one subpar year from somebody. Loisiga is unproven and oft injured to me ( granted he has filthy stuff at times) and unproven in playoff clutch.
And I would really dig into the analytics on Gleyber at SS. Great defense at SS matters
He was a SS coming up. So was Mantle, Aaron and Berra (at first). As he thickens (already evident and he was 22 last year) I think more than Wade as a back up is valuable.
Now is it a weakness or a major concern? Not at all
But if the question is how and where do we get even better; Id say DJ like left handed high contact rate great SS.
GT at 2nd and DJ at all infield positions with Wade as the all position utility gives us ability to trade fan favorite non elite all around players and improve the defense and situational hitters to off set the so far history of high slump/injury rates from Judge, Stanton and Sanchez.
This is an academic exercise, not a practical real world likely scenario. Again, the question was "how could they get even better"?
just imo
Thanks on the come back...of course it is just an exercise by two "old guys" talking baseball. Only thing better is if this was taking place sitting in the stands in mid-summer with a couple of beers and a bag of peanuts.
I do have some misgivings/trepidations with Gleyber, but Mantle, Tresh et al were really not SS's. GT is a true IF. We know that. I know Greg from LI said his SS numbers were better than at 2nd base..
Not sure if there is a DJ like lefty SS - but he'd be making $15 mill+ .
My thought on Loaisiga, is limit his innings per game like Boone has been doing with the BP. To me he is a Green clone with a better slider and more velocity.
Also, Cole and Severino(knockwood) will eat more innings per game than the SPs last year and reduce innings all around for the BP..(Dellin where are you, sob, sob).
I agree that we have pieces that are MLB ready or on the doorstep that can be used for better backups. I am hoping that Wade can show any kind of hitting ability(like September) as he covers 3 OF and 3 IF positions.
I also suspect that Andujar will be trade bait, if Urshela is still hitting in ST. I just cannot see both on the 25 man roster - cannot have two dedicated 3Bs and two dedicated 1Bs. Of course, Cash could trade Voit or Ford and get Andujar some 1B time...(this may be ideal).
The question I was answering is how could we get even better?
I think we all agree that Didi was a better defensive SS than Jeter or GT is likely to be.
I also don't like re-training GT on the double play. He knows the 2B side and newly learned mis-steps lead to injuries
I think most of us agree that defensive metrics are flawed or imperfect but 1998 was the only year he wasn't a minus.
You could make a pretty good case that Jeter should have won 3 MVPs. 98, 99 & 06. But 98 was his only plus fielding year and it wasn't plus much.
You keep taking your girlfriend to Yankees games and no amount of wins will make your wife happy.