on the mound and gestured for him to go back to the dugout. An asshole on top of being a garbage pitcher. He’s gonna be the fans/media whipping boy next season if he doesn’t bounce back.
Defended Rodon this season. He didn’t have any spring trading and probably came back before he was ready. But, not getting an out against the Royals and giving up 8 runs. WOW.
Rodon was a top pitcher past 2 years. Comes here and gets hurt and pitches like shit. How does that happen and who’s at fault? Matt Blake and his analytics or Cashman? It’s not Boone. This organization needs an ass flush from top to bottom.
on Statcast, by far the most plausible explanation is: PEDs.
He was simply not the same guy, physically, last night against KC that he was two weeks ago against the Pirates, when he was sitting 98-99.
His velocity in his start against AZ one week ago was a clear notch below the Pirates start and a clear notch above where he was last night.
That's a trend. Cycling off his PEDs would cause such a trend. Injury as an excuse doesn't fit the fact pattern and nobody is hinting at it.
I don't say this as a moral condemnation. PEDs are too effective for players not to use. Usage is everywhere, pitchers and hitters. The testing is not hard to beat.
We could see an effective Rodon next year who looks something like the guy he was two weeks ago. If he wants to take the risk of getting caught, when he already has his last contract and his guaranteed money.
RE: Having reviewed Rodon's game by game velocity stats
on Statcast, by far the most plausible explanation is: PEDs.
He was simply not the same guy, physically, last night against KC that he was two weeks ago against the Pirates, when he was sitting 98-99.
His velocity in his start against AZ one week ago was a clear notch below the Pirates start and a clear notch above where he was last night.
That's a trend. Cycling off his PEDs would cause such a trend. Injury as an excuse doesn't fit the fact pattern and nobody is hinting at it.
FWIW, he has been on and off all the time. That is not PEDs and that is not a symptom of PEDs. That is symptom of bad mechanics. It is also a symptom of lack of confidence in his stuff, he is not letting it go.
the guy was throwing whiffle balls out there like I haven't seen since Jeff Nelson.
Great win, and an amazing final month of these season by all these young guys they called up; despite nearly every one of them batting .200, they managed to come back from 5 or 6 games under .500 to keep the streak alive.
Their starting pitching looks pretty good, but thee will be many other issues to address in the offseason.
the guy was throwing whiffle balls out there like I haven't seen since Jeff Nelson.
Great win, and an amazing final month of these season by all these young guys they called up; despite nearly every one of them batting .200, they managed to come back from 5 or 6 games under .500 to keep the streak alive.
Their starting pitching looks pretty good, but thee will be many other issues to address in the offseason.
Should lead to a pretty decent post mortem thread somewhere in the near future. Likely to be "spirited."
Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
Nothing is going to change...no new GM, no new manager. They're gonna throw some sacrificial lamb to those with blood lust. They'll say they did a thorough top to bottom analysis and found some places to tweak, but no major changes were needed. The team will come back constructed much the same as it is now, blaming this season on injuries and bad luck. Stanton, Torrez, LeMay, Higgy, etc will all be back. Still won't have a legit LF, SS, 2B, or 3B due to logjams a d pig headedness. Rodon, Montas, Schmidt, and Cortez will be back and every one of them will end up on the IL at some point. Cole should opt out if he wants to be on a winner. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
The O's, Rays, and Blue Jays are going to be good for a long time. Each of the other four teams in the AL East has a better front office than the Yankees, and three of the teams have a manager who's clearly better than Boone.
It's easy to pile on Cashman, but the Montas and Gallo trades are truly fireable offenses. Outside of the starting pitching, which I think looks pretty good, the team has a ton of holes to fill and little/nothing of trade value to offer at this juncture.
Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
Nothing is going to change...no new GM, no new manager. They're gonna throw some sacrificial lamb to those with blood lust. They'll say they did a thorough top to bottom analysis and found some places to tweak, but no major changes were needed. The team will come back constructed much the same as it is now, blaming this season on injuries and bad luck. Stanton, Torrez, LeMay, Higgy, etc will all be back. Still won't have a legit LF, SS, 2B, or 3B due to logjams a d pig headedness. Rodon, Montas, Schmidt, and Cortez will be back and every one of them will end up on the IL at some point. Cole should opt out if he wants to be on a winner. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Montas is a FA.
Rodon at least can be a good pitcher. But not for $162 mill.
Schmidt was basically an ironman that was the only reliable starter after Cole(big drop off). He is basically a #5, true, but he showed improvement through the year.
I think Cortes would be better out of the pen taking Wandy Peralta's spot as the high leverage reliever. He is fearless on the mound. He has been overthrowing to be effective as a starter. I think he would last longer(less injuries) with limited innings.
Torres is infuriating because he is a good player that loses focus to easily. Was their 2nd best hitter to Judge and made better contact, IIRC. I am on the fence with him because of his lapses.
I'd let Stanton go, if a trade cannot be made even eating a lot of the salary if traded. He eats a spot on that bench that can be used for a two way bench player and his production does not warranted his contract.
They should have never signed DJLM to that huge contract, but it is not the worst signing. He is a good fielder and I think can still be a decent hitter.
Volpe isn't a legit SS? How about Peraza? Both are good fielders and Volpe has some pop, but has to be better at the plate. Same with Peraza. They need a better batting coach and a change of philosophy at the plate. Both should be line drive hitters that can be in the 15-20 HR range.
If there was a logjam at those positions that means that they have several people for those positions. They have a logjam at 2nd maybe.
I agree with you in principle about the FO not changing, which will mean little improvement. I agree they need to improve the quality of player at a few positions. But mostly they need a change in philosophy at the plate.
From what I see Florial is not the answer in CF. No HRs from a guy his size. Looks mechanical at the plate. I would look at him in ST, but he is just another AAAA player that they seem to be attracted to.
But this discussion should be saved for its own off season thread.
Curry just said on YES he expects Boone and Cashman to be back.
because we’ve never seen them react to a season quite as disappointing as this one. I think there’s gonna be a couple of “wow” moments - trading Gleyber, releasing Stanton, making a run at Soto - LF and starting pitching at the very least have to be bolstered. Beyond that I’m OK with a mini youth movement.
RE: RE: Curry just said on YES he expects Boone and Cashman to be back.
Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
Nothing is going to change...no new GM, no new manager. They're gonna throw some sacrificial lamb to those with blood lust. They'll say they did a thorough top to bottom analysis and found some places to tweak, but no major changes were needed. The team will come back constructed much the same as it is now, blaming this season on injuries and bad luck. Stanton, Torrez, LeMay, Higgy, etc will all be back. Still won't have a legit LF, SS, 2B, or 3B due to logjams a d pig headedness. Rodon, Montas, Schmidt, and Cortez will be back and every one of them will end up on the IL at some point. Cole should opt out if he wants to be on a winner. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Montas is a FA.
Rodon at least can be a good pitcher. But not for $162 mill.
Schmidt was basically an ironman that was the only reliable starter after Cole(big drop off). He is basically a #5, true, but he showed improvement through the year.
I think Cortes would be better out of the pen taking Wandy Peralta's spot as the high leverage reliever. He is fearless on the mound. He has been overthrowing to be effective as a starter. I think he would last longer(less injuries) with limited innings.
Torres is infuriating because he is a good player that loses focus to easily. Was their 2nd best hitter to Judge and made better contact, IIRC. I am on the fence with him because of his lapses.
I'd let Stanton go, if a trade cannot be made even eating a lot of the salary if traded. He eats a spot on that bench that can be used for a two way bench player and his production does not warranted his contract.
They should have never signed DJLM to that huge contract, but it is not the worst signing. He is a good fielder and I think can still be a decent hitter.
Volpe isn't a legit SS? How about Peraza? Both are good fielders and Volpe has some pop, but has to be better at the plate. Same with Peraza. They need a better batting coach and a change of philosophy at the plate. Both should be line drive hitters that can be in the 15-20 HR range.
If there was a logjam at those positions that means that they have several people for those positions. They have a logjam at 2nd maybe.
I agree with you in principle about the FO not changing, which will mean little improvement. I agree they need to improve the quality of player at a few positions. But mostly they need a change in philosophy at the plate.
From what I see Florial is not the answer in CF. No HRs from a guy his size. Looks mechanical at the plate. I would look at him in ST, but he is just another AAAA player that they seem to be attracted to.
But this discussion should be saved for its own off season thread.
In my world, Volpe is the 2b and Peraza is SS. That's just how it should be but the pigheadedness of this team to shoehorn Volpe as the defacto SS and having to keep Torrez at 2b is mind numbing to me. That's what I mean about a logjam. Volpe and Peraza are out of position, IMHO.
RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Aaaand the season ends at 82-80.
Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
Nothing is going to change...no new GM, no new manager. They're gonna throw some sacrificial lamb to those with blood lust. They'll say they did a thorough top to bottom analysis and found some places to tweak, but no major changes were needed. The team will come back constructed much the same as it is now, blaming this season on injuries and bad luck. Stanton, Torrez, LeMay, Higgy, etc will all be back. Still won't have a legit LF, SS, 2B, or 3B due to logjams a d pig headedness. Rodon, Montas, Schmidt, and Cortez will be back and every one of them will end up on the IL at some point. Cole should opt out if he wants to be on a winner. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Montas is a FA.
Rodon at least can be a good pitcher. But not for $162 mill.
Schmidt was basically an ironman that was the only reliable starter after Cole(big drop off). He is basically a #5, true, but he showed improvement through the year.
I think Cortes would be better out of the pen taking Wandy Peralta's spot as the high leverage reliever. He is fearless on the mound. He has been overthrowing to be effective as a starter. I think he would last longer(less injuries) with limited innings.
Torres is infuriating because he is a good player that loses focus to easily. Was their 2nd best hitter to Judge and made better contact, IIRC. I am on the fence with him because of his lapses.
I'd let Stanton go, if a trade cannot be made even eating a lot of the salary if traded. He eats a spot on that bench that can be used for a two way bench player and his production does not warranted his contract.
They should have never signed DJLM to that huge contract, but it is not the worst signing. He is a good fielder and I think can still be a decent hitter.
Volpe isn't a legit SS? How about Peraza? Both are good fielders and Volpe has some pop, but has to be better at the plate. Same with Peraza. They need a better batting coach and a change of philosophy at the plate. Both should be line drive hitters that can be in the 15-20 HR range.
If there was a logjam at those positions that means that they have several people for those positions. They have a logjam at 2nd maybe.
I agree with you in principle about the FO not changing, which will mean little improvement. I agree they need to improve the quality of player at a few positions. But mostly they need a change in philosophy at the plate.
From what I see Florial is not the answer in CF. No HRs from a guy his size. Looks mechanical at the plate. I would look at him in ST, but he is just another AAAA player that they seem to be attracted to.
But this discussion should be saved for its own off season thread.
In my world, Volpe is the 2b and Peraza is SS. That's just how it should be but the pigheadedness of this team to shoehorn Volpe as the defacto SS and having to keep Torrez at 2b is mind numbing to me. That's what I mean about a logjam. Volpe and Peraza are out of position, IMHO.
I agree. At the very least, Peraza at SS and Volpe at 3B. But, I'm with you, especially since they could still get a return on Torres.
That said, Peraza didn't help his cause by not hitting during this last month.
In my world, Volpe is the 2b and Peraza is SS. That's just how it should be but the pigheadedness of this team to shoehorn Volpe as the defacto SS and having to keep Torrez at 2b is mind numbing to me. That's what I mean about a logjam. Volpe and Peraza are out of position, IMHO.
Ideally Peraza should be SS, but Volpe did nothing wrong at SS that precludes him from staying there. Perhaps Peraza at 3B. Not sure Peraza is that much better with the glove. The question remains, why did Volpe win the SS job after ST if Peraza is going to be better? The Yankees could have flipped the script with Peraza in the Bronx and Volpe in SWB. I don't know why they chose Volpe.
You could do a lot worse than Torres at 2B. He has a productive bat and I think he still can be better. If you move Volpe to 2B, you lose a huge amount of offense. Torres was one the few reliable bats in the lineup. (If they did move on him from him I would not mind, either. I'm not wedded to him)
It really is not a logjam. You can move people to get them in the lineup, because there isn't a 3B right now. DJLM can be the backup at 3 IF positions and Peraza can put time in at SS.
I think the biggest thing they can do is move on from Stanton. Torres had more HRs and could very well be the DH. But there is just something wrong woth their philosophy at the plate that needs to be changed.
Peraza at SS and Volpe starting the season in SWB was Plan A
Peraza lost out on the job because he hit .190 in 42 spring training at bats, with little power, while Volpe was much better.
Peraza's ST performance turned out to be exactly predictive of his MLB regular season performance and his woeful .191/.267/.272 slash line.
Peraza has stayed in the lineup because the season was lost and they might as well take a look at him. But he hasn't hit nearly well enough to earn being a major league starter, and there is no good reason to consider moving Volpe around to accommodate him as long as that is the case.
He does not look right at all.
This is crazy. Misses the whole year. Is a free agent, and they are going to give him a 3-inning audition for every other team that might want him.
He was simply not the same guy, physically, last night against KC that he was two weeks ago against the Pirates, when he was sitting 98-99.
His velocity in his start against AZ one week ago was a clear notch below the Pirates start and a clear notch above where he was last night.
That's a trend. Cycling off his PEDs would cause such a trend. Injury as an excuse doesn't fit the fact pattern and nobody is hinting at it.
I don't say this as a moral condemnation. PEDs are too effective for players not to use. Usage is everywhere, pitchers and hitters. The testing is not hard to beat.
We could see an effective Rodon next year who looks something like the guy he was two weeks ago. If he wants to take the risk of getting caught, when he already has his last contract and his guaranteed money.
He was simply not the same guy, physically, last night against KC that he was two weeks ago against the Pirates, when he was sitting 98-99.
His velocity in his start against AZ one week ago was a clear notch below the Pirates start and a clear notch above where he was last night.
That's a trend. Cycling off his PEDs would cause such a trend. Injury as an excuse doesn't fit the fact pattern and nobody is hinting at it.
FWIW, he has been on and off all the time. That is not PEDs and that is not a symptom of PEDs. That is symptom of bad mechanics. It is also a symptom of lack of confidence in his stuff, he is not letting it go.
KIng has great stuff, lots of movement. Weissert has lots of movement too. Could be a nice BP piece.
Great win, and an amazing final month of these season by all these young guys they called up; despite nearly every one of them batting .200, they managed to come back from 5 or 6 games under .500 to keep the streak alive.
Their starting pitching looks pretty good, but thee will be many other issues to address in the offseason.
Great win, and an amazing final month of these season by all these young guys they called up; despite nearly every one of them batting .200, they managed to come back from 5 or 6 games under .500 to keep the streak alive.
Their starting pitching looks pretty good, but thee will be many other issues to address in the offseason.
Should lead to a pretty decent post mortem thread somewhere in the near future. Likely to be "spirited."
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
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Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
Nothing is going to change...no new GM, no new manager. They're gonna throw some sacrificial lamb to those with blood lust. They'll say they did a thorough top to bottom analysis and found some places to tweak, but no major changes were needed. The team will come back constructed much the same as it is now, blaming this season on injuries and bad luck. Stanton, Torrez, LeMay, Higgy, etc will all be back. Still won't have a legit LF, SS, 2B, or 3B due to logjams a d pig headedness. Rodon, Montas, Schmidt, and Cortez will be back and every one of them will end up on the IL at some point. Cole should opt out if he wants to be on a winner. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
It's easy to pile on Cashman, but the Montas and Gallo trades are truly fireable offenses. Outside of the starting pitching, which I think looks pretty good, the team has a ton of holes to fill and little/nothing of trade value to offer at this juncture.
Should be an interesting offseason.
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Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
Nothing is going to change...no new GM, no new manager. They're gonna throw some sacrificial lamb to those with blood lust. They'll say they did a thorough top to bottom analysis and found some places to tweak, but no major changes were needed. The team will come back constructed much the same as it is now, blaming this season on injuries and bad luck. Stanton, Torrez, LeMay, Higgy, etc will all be back. Still won't have a legit LF, SS, 2B, or 3B due to logjams a d pig headedness. Rodon, Montas, Schmidt, and Cortez will be back and every one of them will end up on the IL at some point. Cole should opt out if he wants to be on a winner. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Montas is a FA.
Rodon at least can be a good pitcher. But not for $162 mill.
Schmidt was basically an ironman that was the only reliable starter after Cole(big drop off). He is basically a #5, true, but he showed improvement through the year.
I think Cortes would be better out of the pen taking Wandy Peralta's spot as the high leverage reliever. He is fearless on the mound. He has been overthrowing to be effective as a starter. I think he would last longer(less injuries) with limited innings.
Torres is infuriating because he is a good player that loses focus to easily. Was their 2nd best hitter to Judge and made better contact, IIRC. I am on the fence with him because of his lapses.
I'd let Stanton go, if a trade cannot be made even eating a lot of the salary if traded. He eats a spot on that bench that can be used for a two way bench player and his production does not warranted his contract.
They should have never signed DJLM to that huge contract, but it is not the worst signing. He is a good fielder and I think can still be a decent hitter.
Volpe isn't a legit SS? How about Peraza? Both are good fielders and Volpe has some pop, but has to be better at the plate. Same with Peraza. They need a better batting coach and a change of philosophy at the plate. Both should be line drive hitters that can be in the 15-20 HR range.
If there was a logjam at those positions that means that they have several people for those positions. They have a logjam at 2nd maybe.
I agree with you in principle about the FO not changing, which will mean little improvement. I agree they need to improve the quality of player at a few positions. But mostly they need a change in philosophy at the plate.
From what I see Florial is not the answer in CF. No HRs from a guy his size. Looks mechanical at the plate. I would look at him in ST, but he is just another AAAA player that they seem to be attracted to.
But this discussion should be saved for its own off season thread.
Oh boy.
Oh boy.
Shocking on Cash and Boone! I'd pass on those three and look into Yamamoto.
Oh boy.
Soto would be a great add in LF.
I’d be all in on him via trade this offseason or FA next offseason. I hope he doesn’t sign an extension with San Diego.
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In comment 16226325 bceagle05 said:
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Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
Nothing is going to change...no new GM, no new manager. They're gonna throw some sacrificial lamb to those with blood lust. They'll say they did a thorough top to bottom analysis and found some places to tweak, but no major changes were needed. The team will come back constructed much the same as it is now, blaming this season on injuries and bad luck. Stanton, Torrez, LeMay, Higgy, etc will all be back. Still won't have a legit LF, SS, 2B, or 3B due to logjams a d pig headedness. Rodon, Montas, Schmidt, and Cortez will be back and every one of them will end up on the IL at some point. Cole should opt out if he wants to be on a winner. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Montas is a FA.
Rodon at least can be a good pitcher. But not for $162 mill.
Schmidt was basically an ironman that was the only reliable starter after Cole(big drop off). He is basically a #5, true, but he showed improvement through the year.
I think Cortes would be better out of the pen taking Wandy Peralta's spot as the high leverage reliever. He is fearless on the mound. He has been overthrowing to be effective as a starter. I think he would last longer(less injuries) with limited innings.
Torres is infuriating because he is a good player that loses focus to easily. Was their 2nd best hitter to Judge and made better contact, IIRC. I am on the fence with him because of his lapses.
I'd let Stanton go, if a trade cannot be made even eating a lot of the salary if traded. He eats a spot on that bench that can be used for a two way bench player and his production does not warranted his contract.
They should have never signed DJLM to that huge contract, but it is not the worst signing. He is a good fielder and I think can still be a decent hitter.
Volpe isn't a legit SS? How about Peraza? Both are good fielders and Volpe has some pop, but has to be better at the plate. Same with Peraza. They need a better batting coach and a change of philosophy at the plate. Both should be line drive hitters that can be in the 15-20 HR range.
If there was a logjam at those positions that means that they have several people for those positions. They have a logjam at 2nd maybe.
I agree with you in principle about the FO not changing, which will mean little improvement. I agree they need to improve the quality of player at a few positions. But mostly they need a change in philosophy at the plate.
From what I see Florial is not the answer in CF. No HRs from a guy his size. Looks mechanical at the plate. I would look at him in ST, but he is just another AAAA player that they seem to be attracted to.
But this discussion should be saved for its own off season thread.
In my world, Volpe is the 2b and Peraza is SS. That's just how it should be but the pigheadedness of this team to shoehorn Volpe as the defacto SS and having to keep Torrez at 2b is mind numbing to me. That's what I mean about a logjam. Volpe and Peraza are out of position, IMHO.
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Reports indicate Cash and Boone have asked Sean Casey to stick around, in case anyone was under the illusion Cash or Boone were in trouble.
Judge, to his credit, has had a lot to say in recent days about changes needed on the analytics side of things - which numbers are emphasized and which aren’t.
Started to watch the game, saw Judge out and opted out. They chose not to win today.
Casey is ok. I wonder what the new manager will want?
Nothing is going to change...no new GM, no new manager. They're gonna throw some sacrificial lamb to those with blood lust. They'll say they did a thorough top to bottom analysis and found some places to tweak, but no major changes were needed. The team will come back constructed much the same as it is now, blaming this season on injuries and bad luck. Stanton, Torrez, LeMay, Higgy, etc will all be back. Still won't have a legit LF, SS, 2B, or 3B due to logjams a d pig headedness. Rodon, Montas, Schmidt, and Cortez will be back and every one of them will end up on the IL at some point. Cole should opt out if he wants to be on a winner. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Montas is a FA.
Rodon at least can be a good pitcher. But not for $162 mill.
Schmidt was basically an ironman that was the only reliable starter after Cole(big drop off). He is basically a #5, true, but he showed improvement through the year.
I think Cortes would be better out of the pen taking Wandy Peralta's spot as the high leverage reliever. He is fearless on the mound. He has been overthrowing to be effective as a starter. I think he would last longer(less injuries) with limited innings.
Torres is infuriating because he is a good player that loses focus to easily. Was their 2nd best hitter to Judge and made better contact, IIRC. I am on the fence with him because of his lapses.
I'd let Stanton go, if a trade cannot be made even eating a lot of the salary if traded. He eats a spot on that bench that can be used for a two way bench player and his production does not warranted his contract.
They should have never signed DJLM to that huge contract, but it is not the worst signing. He is a good fielder and I think can still be a decent hitter.
Volpe isn't a legit SS? How about Peraza? Both are good fielders and Volpe has some pop, but has to be better at the plate. Same with Peraza. They need a better batting coach and a change of philosophy at the plate. Both should be line drive hitters that can be in the 15-20 HR range.
If there was a logjam at those positions that means that they have several people for those positions. They have a logjam at 2nd maybe.
I agree with you in principle about the FO not changing, which will mean little improvement. I agree they need to improve the quality of player at a few positions. But mostly they need a change in philosophy at the plate.
From what I see Florial is not the answer in CF. No HRs from a guy his size. Looks mechanical at the plate. I would look at him in ST, but he is just another AAAA player that they seem to be attracted to.
But this discussion should be saved for its own off season thread.
In my world, Volpe is the 2b and Peraza is SS. That's just how it should be but the pigheadedness of this team to shoehorn Volpe as the defacto SS and having to keep Torrez at 2b is mind numbing to me. That's what I mean about a logjam. Volpe and Peraza are out of position, IMHO.
That said, Peraza didn't help his cause by not hitting during this last month.
In my world, Volpe is the 2b and Peraza is SS. That's just how it should be but the pigheadedness of this team to shoehorn Volpe as the defacto SS and having to keep Torrez at 2b is mind numbing to me. That's what I mean about a logjam. Volpe and Peraza are out of position, IMHO.
Ideally Peraza should be SS, but Volpe did nothing wrong at SS that precludes him from staying there. Perhaps Peraza at 3B. Not sure Peraza is that much better with the glove. The question remains, why did Volpe win the SS job after ST if Peraza is going to be better? The Yankees could have flipped the script with Peraza in the Bronx and Volpe in SWB. I don't know why they chose Volpe.
You could do a lot worse than Torres at 2B. He has a productive bat and I think he still can be better. If you move Volpe to 2B, you lose a huge amount of offense. Torres was one the few reliable bats in the lineup. (If they did move on him from him I would not mind, either. I'm not wedded to him)
It really is not a logjam. You can move people to get them in the lineup, because there isn't a 3B right now. DJLM can be the backup at 3 IF positions and Peraza can put time in at SS.
I think the biggest thing they can do is move on from Stanton. Torres had more HRs and could very well be the DH. But there is just something wrong woth their philosophy at the plate that needs to be changed.
Peraza lost out on the job because he hit .190 in 42 spring training at bats, with little power, while Volpe was much better.
Peraza's ST performance turned out to be exactly predictive of his MLB regular season performance and his woeful .191/.267/.272 slash line.
Peraza has stayed in the lineup because the season was lost and they might as well take a look at him. But he hasn't hit nearly well enough to earn being a major league starter, and there is no good reason to consider moving Volpe around to accommodate him as long as that is the case.