Montgomery vs Eflin
NYY
Mike Tauchman (L) RF
Luke Voit (R) 1B
Aaron Hicks (S) CF
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Gleyber Torres (R) SS
Brett Gardner (L) LF
Gio Urshela (R) 3B
Gary Sanchez (R) C
Tyler Wade (L) 2B
PHI
Andrew McCutchen (R) LF
Rhys Hoskins (R) 1B
Bryce Harper (L) RF
J.T. Realmuto (R) C
Phil Gosselin (R) DH
Didi Gregorius (L) SS
Scott Kingery (R) 2B
Neil Walker (S) 3B
Roman Quinn (S) CF
He really needs to start and leadoff. He is spraying the ball and he has great speed.
Over DJ? I could see it if they moved everyone down a spot but they really like Judge in the 2 hole and I honestly don't see them moving DJ. They want him getting as many ab's as possible.
I think the normal 1-2 of DJ and Judge is pretty much set in stone for them when they're not getting a day off.
I think Miggy does but not Frazier.
Miggy might have to bide his time this year but next year once Gardy is gone, it opens up a spot in the OF. Frazier I think is one spot behind Miggy and I'm not sure how he fits.
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He really needs to start and leadoff. He is spraying the ball and he has great speed.
Over DJ? I could see it if they moved everyone down a spot but they really like Judge in the 2 hole and I honestly don't see them moving DJ. They want him getting as many ab's as possible.
I think the normal 1-2 of DJ and Judge is pretty much set in stone for them when they're not getting a day off.
I agree that DJ and Judge likely aren’t moving, but DJ is the absolute PERFECT number two hitter. I would love for them to slide them back a spot but it’s probably not happening
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He really needs to start and leadoff. He is spraying the ball and he has great speed.
Over DJ? I could see it if they moved everyone down a spot but they really like Judge in the 2 hole and I honestly don't see them moving DJ. They want him getting as many ab's as possible.
I think the normal 1-2 of DJ and Judge is pretty much set in stone for them when they're not getting a day off.
DJ and Judge don't need to be split up. Just move them both down with Tauchman hitting in front of DJ. Turn 2 run into 3 run bombs and you open up the hole even wider for DJ.
Gardner will be gone after this year, so I wouldn't deal both. Keep one of them - and I like Andujar more. I think he's the better hitter and he's also able to play 3B in a pinch, so the positional versatility is important.
I was hoping fraizer would stick. Just seems he can't catch a break unfortunately.
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Your consistency is a marvel - the dumbest motherfucker here, year in and year out
I’m cutting Monty a ton of slack. He’s barely pitched in two years
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proving once again, that he doesn't have the stuff to be relied upon as anything more than a solid number 5 on this team. I want no part of him in a playoff game.
Your consistency is a marvel - the dumbest motherfucker here, year in and year out
At least you appear to know who I am. I can't recall reading anything you've ever written on this board. Say hi to your mom for me.
And yes, someone needs to get to the showers early tonight the next time we get umped.
Yup. You'd think with these guys knowing the tech is out there and coming, they'd do everything they could to be as good as possible. Maybe if they were really good they could hold the tech off but so many are just bad at their jobs, it's giving more and more fans reason to want the robot umps a sap.
I know I'm pretty much old school with most things baseball, and a few years ago would've never even considered having robo umps but I'm all for them if they can get the tech right.
Let’s be honest here. And I’m not one to complain about the lineup, it drives me crazy when people do it on every freakin game thread. But I don’t care, I’m gonna be that guy this time. Taking your two best players out of the lineup on the same day after having a day off two days ago is inexcusable. They have actually had a ton of days off through this mess. With only a 60 game season these guys shouldn’t be “resting” two days after having yet another day off. It’s infuriating
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Let’s be honest here. And I’m not one to complain about the lineup, it drives me crazy when people do it on every freakin game thread. But I don’t care, I’m gonna be that guy this time. Taking your two best players out of the lineup on the same day after having a day off two days ago is inexcusable. They have actually had a ton of days off through this mess. With only a 60 game season these guys shouldn’t be “resting” two days after having yet another day off. It’s infuriating
Makes sense. But everybody has to hit. No one is even laying solid wood on the ball no matter who pitching. Well, except that last one by Urshela.
Cmon Gary.
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Let’s be honest here. And I’m not one to complain about the lineup, it drives me crazy when people do it on every freakin game thread. But I don’t care, I’m gonna be that guy this time. Taking your two best players out of the lineup on the same day after having a day off two days ago is inexcusable. They have actually had a ton of days off through this mess. With only a 60 game season these guys shouldn’t be “resting” two days after having yet another day off. It’s infuriating
That's really been my only complaint over the lineup the last couple of seasons. Guys getting a day off before or after a scheduled off day.
That and the team not believing in "hot" eg, a guy has four hits or hits two HR's the game before and sits the next day for no apparent reason other than load management.
Bugs the crap out of me.
ah - RIP Horace. Age 81. The "Horace Clarke years" is a phrase with meaning to Yanks fans of a certain age. He was not bad, he was not great - but he was a fixture during an era of mediocrity. Likable guy though, and a decent 2B.
Hicks was backing it up like he's supposed to in case it got by Tauchman. He was clearly in the frame running behind him backing up the play.
It's just Tauchman kind of swatted the ball forward and towards CF with his glove. Not sure what you expected there as Torres has to be covering second and a bit of a no mans land there for Wade, IMO. Normally he wouldn't be anywhere near a lined single to RF. More like in a cutoff position to line up the throw in to 2nd.
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ah - RIP Horace. Age 81. The "Horace Clarke years" is a phrase with meaning to Yanks fans of a certain age. He was not bad, he was not great - but he was a fixture during an era of mediocrity. Likable guy though, and a decent 2B.
My Dad called him Horrible Clark. Your summation fits to a tee. Neither good nor bad, and fit in with the rest of the team. My dad was spoiled by their success in the 50s and early 60s.
Rest in peace, Horace.
But no.
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ah - RIP Horace. Age 81. The "Horace Clarke years" is a phrase with meaning to Yanks fans of a certain age. He was not bad, he was not great - but he was a fixture during an era of mediocrity. Likable guy though, and a decent 2B.
My Dad called him Horrible Clark. Your summation fits to a tee. Neither good nor bad, and fit in with the rest of the team. My dad was spoiled by their success in the 50s and early 60s.
Rest in peace, Horace.
I was a kid when Horace played. I actually liked him very much.
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still has a spot on this team? he and Frazier seem to be destined either to collect dust or get moved. I'm not against keeping young talent pushing for PT when the injuries inevitably come and I don't want the Yankees to sell low on any of them this season.
I think Miggy does but not Frazier.
Miggy might have to bide his time this year but next year once Gardy is gone, it opens up a spot in the OF. Frazier I think is one spot behind Miggy and I'm not sure how he fits.
Right, that projects to 45 friggin wins and running away with the Division.
I even liked him complaining about the air horns when he knew there was nothing to be done about them, and it would make him look silly to a lot of people, yet he was out there sticking up for his team.
I'm sure his players appreciated him doing it and he probably also needed to vent a bit after dealing with shitty HP ump's for three games straight. Guy got to blow off some steam, good for him.
Also, guys.. remember that there's really not a huge advantage to finishing in x,y,z position this year.
It's not like a typical season where there is significant incentive to win the division so that you can avoid the play-in.
All the Yankees need to do is get into the dance. After a 9-3 start and given where they are now, the odds of them doing that is probably already over 90%.
The only thing that matters is staying healthy, keeping the virus out of the locker room, and getting the rotation somewhat in order.
Monty didn't have a great night last night, but I still think I'll get to a point where I would trust him as a #3/#4 in a postseason series by the time we get there.
Pax is the "X" factor here. He's gotta figure it out. He was so good down the stretch last year and he pitched really well in Game 5 against Houston. He won me over in that one, so I'm not going to give up on him already - there's obviously something wrong physically or mechanically and they need to figure it out.
I think we're gonna see Schmidt before all's said and done in 2020.