Gallen is a good pitcher, so this will not be easy. We're going with the alternating R-L lineup, with Trevino:
1. Gleyber 2b
2. Soto RF
3. Judge CF
4. Rizzo 1B
5. Stanton DH
6. Verdugo LF
7. Volpe SS
8. Cabrera 3B
9. Trevino C
Would love to see a good Nestor game.
Be an excellent time to start hitting, Alex Verdugo
Great West Coast road-trip! 6-1 and coming home on Friday for the hone opener!
Yee-haw, motherfucker!
I've been watching a lot of other games and they are just putrid across the board.
Judge finally starting to connect.
:)
They had put their DH in the field and were out of bench guys to pinch hit. Boone knew it an even though there was first and second and only up a run he walked the guy in front of him to load the bases to send up a pitcher that had never had an AB in the majors.
I'm sorry DJL is hurt and I know Caberra is probably a replacement player in the long run but it was really refreshing to see him score so easily from 1st base.
Tiny sample size but a lot of fun to watch. They had some luck in AZ too which never hurts.
I would not complain if the Yankees plan with Gil is that (if) when Cole gets back to try and try him into a 2024 version of Mariano in 1996 or Phil Hughes 2009. Just let him pitch a few high leverage innings each week and if they make the playoffs then they have him as a weapon. Although Hughes wasn't very good in the playoffs just the regular season. But you get the idea.
Beloved Padres owner Peter Seidler reached out in summer to start negotiating a potential megadeal, Soto’s agent Scott Boras said. And before Seidler’s health took a turn for the worse, those secret talks began very positively.
Sadly, the win-at-all-costs Seidler died Nov. 14 at age 63, his World Series dream unfulfilled.
There’s a narrative that Soto’s time in San Diego was a disappointment — and the Padres did badly underperform in 2023 at 82-80 — but Seidler obviously wasn’t pinning the ’23 team failure on his star slugger.
“The owner loved Juan Soto. He was sixth in MVP, a Silver Slugger, an All-Star,” Boras told The Post. “Peter called about wanting to pursue him, and there were discussions about wanting to keep him. And unfortunately, it did not work out because of his health.”
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New Yankees superstar Juan Soto is one big reason why they’re off to a great start. But it can be told now: At one point last summer, there was a solid chance Soto might stay long term in San Diego.
Beloved Padres owner Peter Seidler reached out in summer to start negotiating a potential megadeal, Soto’s agent Scott Boras said. And before Seidler’s health took a turn for the worse, those secret talks began very positively.
Sadly, the win-at-all-costs Seidler died Nov. 14 at age 63, his World Series dream unfulfilled.
There’s a narrative that Soto’s time in San Diego was a disappointment — and the Padres did badly underperform in 2023 at 82-80 — but Seidler obviously wasn’t pinning the ’23 team failure on his star slugger.
“The owner loved Juan Soto. He was sixth in MVP, a Silver Slugger, an All-Star,” Boras told The Post. “Peter called about wanting to pursue him, and there were discussions about wanting to keep him. And unfortunately, it did not work out because of his health.”
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Makes sense, Soto already had a relationship with the team and owner.
If Soto's willing to forego tens of millions of dollars to sign now? Fuck yeah (for us as Yankees fans).
If Soto's willing to forego tens of millions of dollars to sign now? Fuck yeah (for us as Yankees fans).
Boras' MO has always been to send his clients to FA.
However, with the disaster that the last off-season was for him, does he revise his strategy? With Soto, there are only a limited number of teams that will offer $500M plus, and the Yanks are one of them.
Does he recommend that Soto take the bird in the hand and negotiate something in season or does Boras want to fight another day? Hard to tell, but if last off-season was any indication, the owners are tired of his strategy even if they miss out on really good clients.
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Even if Soto is dead set on staying with the Yankees, it still makes complete sense to go to FA and pretend he's interested in other teams (like Judge did). I don't begrudge any player doing that. I read an interview with Travis Kelce where he admitted he's underpaid because he's completely unwilling/unable to play the game pretending that he might go somewhere else.
If Soto's willing to forego tens of millions of dollars to sign now? Fuck yeah (for us as Yankees fans).
Boras' MO has always been to send his clients to FA.
However, with the disaster that the last off-season was for him, does he revise his strategy? With Soto, there are only a limited number of teams that will offer $500M plus, and the Yanks are one of them.
Does he recommend that Soto take the bird in the hand and negotiate something in season or does Boras want to fight another day? Hard to tell, but if last off-season was any indication, the owners are tired of his strategy even if they miss out on really good clients.
Hoping this is so. Wringing every last dollar out when they are talking $500 mill(half a billion) is just silly. Does that last $25/$50 mill really matter to a guy like Soto or any player other than ego of who got the biggest contract. I'm not pooh-poohing $50 mill, but when you will be taking in $450-$500 mill(not including the previously made $100 mill already made), why stress yourself and just pick the team you like that is closest to your number...
I have no idea want Juan Soto wants to do. Go for every dollar or play on the biggest stage or both.
I do know one thing. He's been really fun to watch and in the first week of the 2024 season he's made the rest of the team more fun to watch. His energy and his patience at the plate has set a great example so far. I think on the field and off the field he is a perfect compliment to Aaron Judge. I hope the Yankees can sign him long term.