Replacing Gallo with an even a league-average contact tool OF’er helps out, of course - but I also think (theyre not gonna do this) but they need to be looking at an upgrade to IKF as well - I could stomach the offensive style if he could even make the routine plays, but he’s far too shaky at SS to be a ‘glove-first’ guy on a championship team.
I could see them adding a glove first SS or UTIL guy to the roster but, I doubt we see IFK lose any starting time unless he’s hurt. Possibly Peraza later on in the year.
Their reliance on the long ball is an obvious concern for October. Any chance they tweak the roster to enhance their small-ball capabilities?
Replace Gallo with a contact hitter who can flirt with 750 ops. The rest of the lineup is fine. It’s not all hrs. Last two years it was.
Agreed and for anyone who didn’t notice before todays game, the Astros scored all their nine runs this series on 3 run HRs, but I guess that’s ok. It’s only the Yankees who rely on the long ball lol.
Why would a non-Yankee fan be on here spatting with a Yankee fan?
Being self-critical is part of being a fan. I don't give a flying fuck about the Mets because I don't root for them.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
Judge hadn't gone hitless two games in a row until yesterday
benefit of the doubt, but it seems they're just being stubborn about Gallo to try to vindicate the trade. He is a good defensive RF but that's a corner OF position that has to hit, not strike out 67% of the time.
Being self-critical is part of being a fan. I don't give a flying fuck about the Mets because I don't root for them.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
Well I’m not surprised given the Yanks we’re no hit and went hit less over 16-17 innings over three games. Bottom line is they got the split in spite of that, and that’s what a good team does. They find a way.
is someone I would like to see replace Gallo in LF.
Though mainly a singles hitter, the guy is batting .300 this year. Adding a lefty to the righty-heavy NYY lineup would be great, and I believe I read he's 5th in MLB in defensive runs saved in LF.
10-D for me.
RE: Splitting is definitely better than going 1-3.
The point is in the playoffs, often it's a well-placed and well-timed hit that wins a game.
BTW, all but 1 of our runs were on the HR also.
Again I’m not surprised at that either considering the long hitless innings thing. It’s not like they had many innings where they strung together a few hits.
Obviously we’d all liked to have seen more hits, but I’ll take the split and move on. I don’t think it’s a sign of things to come with this team, more like the trials of a long season, and things like this can happen over a few days even to the best of teams.
To me it’s encouraging to see them actually still be able to get the split vs a really good team in spite of the lack of hits.
He will command a price that will hurt. I think the things he does well would complement the current Yankee lineup and add a well above average LF. He would be a huge upgrade from Hicks and Gallo.
Replacing Gallo with an even a league-average contact tool OF’er helps out, of course - but I also think (theyre not gonna do this) but they need to be looking at an upgrade to IKF as well - I could stomach the offensive style if he could even make the routine plays, but he’s far too shaky at SS to be a ‘glove-first’ guy on a championship team.
I could see them adding a glove first SS or UTIL guy to the roster but, I doubt we see IFK lose any starting time unless he’s hurt. Possibly Peraza later on in the year.
Peraza hit two homers today. Volpe with a game winner.
Things will come together. Just want the lead dogs to stay healthy.
RE: RE: RE: Kudos to the Yankees for a ballsy split.
Their reliance on the long ball is an obvious concern for October. Any chance they tweak the roster to enhance their small-ball capabilities?
Replace Gallo with a contact hitter who can flirt with 750 ops. The rest of the lineup is fine. It’s not all hrs. Last two years it was.
Agreed and for anyone who didn’t notice before todays game, the Astros scored all their nine runs this series on 3 run HRs, but I guess that’s ok. It’s only the Yankees who rely on the long ball lol.
Yep, I pointed that out the other day.
RE: RE: Why would a non-Yankee fan be on here spatting with a Yankee fan?
Being self-critical is part of being a fan. I don't give a flying fuck about the Mets because I don't root for them.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
Well I’m not surprised given the Yanks we’re no hit and went hit less over 16-17 innings over three games. Bottom line is they got the split in spite of that, and that’s what a good team does. They find a way.
Off the top of my head, they scored 14 runs apiece 6,3,2,3 and 7,1,0,6...
... was an issue unique to the Yankees. They may have been an extreme case during the Gary Sanchez era - and it wasn’t just Sanchez.
I have to admit, I don’t pay much attention when the Yankees play Baltimore or Kansas City, so my impressions get skewed by their performance against stronger pitching staffs.
RE: RE: RE: Why would a non-Yankee fan be on here spatting with a Yankee fan?
Being self-critical is part of being a fan. I don't give a flying fuck about the Mets because I don't root for them.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
Well I’m not surprised given the Yanks we’re no hit and went hit less over 16-17 innings over three games. Bottom line is they got the split in spite of that, and that’s what a good team does. They find a way.
Off the top of my head, they scored 14 runs apiece 6,3,2,3 and 7,1,0,6...
Stros 15 - 14
6,3,3,3 - 7,1,0,6... Out hit a ton
RE: RE: RE: RE: Why would a non-Yankee fan be on here spatting with a Yankee fan?
Being self-critical is part of being a fan. I don't give a flying fuck about the Mets because I don't root for them.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
Well I’m not surprised given the Yanks we’re no hit and went hit less over 16-17 innings over three games. Bottom line is they got the split in spite of that, and that’s what a good team does. They find a way.
Off the top of my head, they scored 14 runs apiece 6,3,2,3 and 7,1,0,6...
Stros 15 - 14
6,3,3,3 - 7,1,0,6... Out hit a ton
Being out hit doesn't mean that much. They were pretty unproductive hits, weren't they? 1960 WS the Yanks crushed the Pirates offensively, yet lost.
and got a split of the series, heck of a comeback considering they didn't have a hit until the 7th inning...
Strange game, Yanks also got away with some mistakes as well.
They have the Oakland AAA's coming in, need to take advantage of that team, they are not very good at baseball.
"mild ankle sprain ... dodged a bullet ... caught his spike ... don't think it's serious"
Best news of the day. I was worried when I saw it.
We need to get our lineup ready to dominate against some much weaker competition. The Astros are legit.
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Some more great baserunning there, Torres a little too frisky on the basepaths sometimes...He wouldn't have hurt his ankle at all,
if he didn't stray too far off third base!
and not everything is going perfect. We all know where the deficiencies are on this team right now and we are still winning. Gallo's D is what is saving his roster spot right now. Benitendi sounds like a great replacement. We will get a close up of him in a couple of weeks. Hicks is still awful, just has been less awful as of late. Has had a few big hits as of late but evena blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then too.
Our next 3 games is against a team where we should get our Offensive confidence back. you would expect a bit of a let down after playing Houston but go out and put the smackdown on the A's.
"mild ankle sprain ... dodged a bullet ... caught his spike ... don't think it's serious"
Best news of the day. I was worried when I saw it.
We need to get our lineup ready to dominate against some much weaker competition. The Astros are legit.
.
Some more great baserunning there, Torres a little too frisky on the basepaths sometimes...He wouldn't have hurt his ankle at all,
if he didn't stray too far off third base!
I got to disagree a bit there. It seems to me he was going on contact so getting a moving secondary lead is good and when he sees a swing his momentum is going towards home.
If you saw the angle from home plate Gleyber had time to get back and the catcher wasn’t even going to throw down to third until his toe stuck and fell. To me that just showed Gleyber being aggressive, just unfortunate he twisted his ankle and went down, otherwise he’s back at 3rd no problem without even a throw.
I could see them adding a glove first SS or UTIL guy to the roster but, I doubt we see IFK lose any starting time unless he’s hurt. Possibly Peraza later on in the year.
Not quite there yet. By "there" I mean the Rangers threads in the playoffs as an example of true love.
B+ for you guys tonight.
...we win today...
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Their reliance on the long ball is an obvious concern for October. Any chance they tweak the roster to enhance their small-ball capabilities?
Replace Gallo with a contact hitter who can flirt with 750 ops. The rest of the lineup is fine. It’s not all hrs. Last two years it was.
Agreed and for anyone who didn’t notice before todays game, the Astros scored all their nine runs this series on 3 run HRs, but I guess that’s ok. It’s only the Yankees who rely on the long ball lol.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
Well I’m not surprised given the Yanks we’re no hit and went hit less over 16-17 innings over three games. Bottom line is they got the split in spite of that, and that’s what a good team does. They find a way.
BTW, all but 1 of our runs were on the HR also.
Though mainly a singles hitter, the guy is batting .300 this year. Adding a lefty to the righty-heavy NYY lineup would be great, and I believe I read he's 5th in MLB in defensive runs saved in LF.
10-D for me.
BTW, all but 1 of our runs were on the HR also.
Again I’m not surprised at that either considering the long hitless innings thing. It’s not like they had many innings where they strung together a few hits.
Obviously we’d all liked to have seen more hits, but I’ll take the split and move on. I don’t think it’s a sign of things to come with this team, more like the trials of a long season, and things like this can happen over a few days even to the best of teams.
To me it’s encouraging to see them actually still be able to get the split vs a really good team in spite of the lack of hits.
Best news of the day. I was worried when I saw it.
We need to get our lineup ready to dominate against some much weaker competition. The Astros are legit.
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Replacing Gallo with an even a league-average contact tool OF’er helps out, of course - but I also think (theyre not gonna do this) but they need to be looking at an upgrade to IKF as well - I could stomach the offensive style if he could even make the routine plays, but he’s far too shaky at SS to be a ‘glove-first’ guy on a championship team.
I could see them adding a glove first SS or UTIL guy to the roster but, I doubt we see IFK lose any starting time unless he’s hurt. Possibly Peraza later on in the year.
Peraza hit two homers today. Volpe with a game winner.
Things will come together. Just want the lead dogs to stay healthy.
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In comment 15741651 Big Blue Blogger said:
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Their reliance on the long ball is an obvious concern for October. Any chance they tweak the roster to enhance their small-ball capabilities?
Replace Gallo with a contact hitter who can flirt with 750 ops. The rest of the lineup is fine. It’s not all hrs. Last two years it was.
Agreed and for anyone who didn’t notice before todays game, the Astros scored all their nine runs this series on 3 run HRs, but I guess that’s ok. It’s only the Yankees who rely on the long ball lol.
Yep, I pointed that out the other day.
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Being self-critical is part of being a fan. I don't give a flying fuck about the Mets because I don't root for them.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
Well I’m not surprised given the Yanks we’re no hit and went hit less over 16-17 innings over three games. Bottom line is they got the split in spite of that, and that’s what a good team does. They find a way.
Off the top of my head, they scored 14 runs apiece 6,3,2,3 and 7,1,0,6...
I have to admit, I don’t pay much attention when the Yankees play Baltimore or Kansas City, so my impressions get skewed by their performance against stronger pitching staffs.
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In comment 15741745 Jim in Hoboken said:
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Being self-critical is part of being a fan. I don't give a flying fuck about the Mets because I don't root for them.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
Well I’m not surprised given the Yanks we’re no hit and went hit less over 16-17 innings over three games. Bottom line is they got the split in spite of that, and that’s what a good team does. They find a way.
Off the top of my head, they scored 14 runs apiece 6,3,2,3 and 7,1,0,6...
Stros 15 - 14
6,3,3,3 - 7,1,0,6... Out hit a ton
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In comment 15741752 Eman11 said:
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In comment 15741745 Jim in Hoboken said:
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Being self-critical is part of being a fan. I don't give a flying fuck about the Mets because I don't root for them.
And Houston also out-hit the Yanks by 15 this series. As well as the team is playing, we really need to shore up the two holes in the line-up in Hicks and Gallo.
Well I’m not surprised given the Yanks we’re no hit and went hit less over 16-17 innings over three games. Bottom line is they got the split in spite of that, and that’s what a good team does. They find a way.
Off the top of my head, they scored 14 runs apiece 6,3,2,3 and 7,1,0,6...
Stros 15 - 14
6,3,3,3 - 7,1,0,6... Out hit a ton
Being out hit doesn't mean that much. They were pretty unproductive hits, weren't they? 1960 WS the Yanks crushed the Pirates offensively, yet lost.
Strange game, Yanks also got away with some mistakes as well.
They have the Oakland AAA's coming in, need to take advantage of that team, they are not very good at baseball.
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"mild ankle sprain ... dodged a bullet ... caught his spike ... don't think it's serious"
Best news of the day. I was worried when I saw it.
We need to get our lineup ready to dominate against some much weaker competition. The Astros are legit.
Some more great baserunning there, Torres a little too frisky on the basepaths sometimes...He wouldn't have hurt his ankle at all,
if he didn't stray too far off third base!
Our next 3 games is against a team where we should get our Offensive confidence back. you would expect a bit of a let down after playing Houston but go out and put the smackdown on the A's.
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In comment 15741660 Del Shofner said:
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"mild ankle sprain ... dodged a bullet ... caught his spike ... don't think it's serious"
Best news of the day. I was worried when I saw it.
We need to get our lineup ready to dominate against some much weaker competition. The Astros are legit.
.
Some more great baserunning there, Torres a little too frisky on the basepaths sometimes...He wouldn't have hurt his ankle at all,
if he didn't stray too far off third base!
I got to disagree a bit there. It seems to me he was going on contact so getting a moving secondary lead is good and when he sees a swing his momentum is going towards home.
If you saw the angle from home plate Gleyber had time to get back and the catcher wasn’t even going to throw down to third until his toe stuck and fell. To me that just showed Gleyber being aggressive, just unfortunate he twisted his ankle and went down, otherwise he’s back at 3rd no problem without even a throw.