NFT: Jasson Dominguez Activated off IL

by the time he’s ready

was a nice kick in the nuts. Not to mention every hitter not named Judge and Soto turning into Kevin Maas from his 2nd year.

and Dominguez will be a huge part of it.

Verdugo shouldn't be holding up any player from breaking through. He's the very embodiment of average.

sooner rather than later.

In comment 16560566 djm said:

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Verdugo shouldn't be holding up any player from breaking through. He's the very embodiment of average.

Average from Verdugo would be nice.

If the Martian is back and in form, one more bat at the deadline and a strike out arm should right the ship sufficiently to take a wild card out of jeopardy. At least if the starters can keep the ball in the yard.

Then fingers crossed a couple other guys achieve non-suckassdom for the playoffs.

In comment 16560562 djm said:

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was a nice kick in the nuts. Not to mention every hitter not named Judge and Soto turning into Kevin Maas from his 2nd year.

Why disparage Maas like that. Yeah, his average fell from .252 to .220 his second year, but he hit 23 HRs and drove in 63. Who wouldn't be ecstatic if LeMahieu was doing that. 23 HRs from Torres or Verdugo would be great.

On rehab assignment in AA. If he can prove health, he could well be the starting 2B down the stretch. Walks more than Ks (and doesn’t strike out much to begin with). No power, but has basically carried a .400 OBP for the past two seasons. Steals a lot of bases too.

Downside- he’s tiny- like 5’6” tiny- and has regularly been injured.

Could he and Dominguez give the offense the boost it needs?

Stanton should be back soon as well. That means Soto, Judge, Dominguez and Stanton at 2-5 for the last 2 months of the season.

Then if they get bounce back performances from 2 of Gleyber, DJ, Volpe, Rice or Rizzo... the lineup will be fine.

The Yanks still need at least one more stud for the pen.

In comment 16560607 rich in DC said:

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On rehab assignment in AA. If he can prove health, he could well be the starting 2B down the stretch. Walks more than Ks (and doesn’t strike out much to begin with). No power, but has basically carried a .400 OBP for the past two seasons. Steals a lot of bases too. Downside- he’s tiny- like 5’6” tiny- and has regularly been injured. Could he and Dominguez give the offense the boost it needs?

Why is it a downside if he's tiny and gets on base at a 40% clip? Sounds like it might help with a smaller strike zone.

and none of those runners scored. Yanks didn't even score a run in any of the innings in which those 13 walked batters reached base.

Yanks scored five runs in those two games and all five came as the result of the five extra base hits they got: three homers, two doubles. Torres had three of those five extra base hits.

Point being: As disappointing as Torres' year has been, Yankees are not replacing him with a tiny guy of dubious power.

Torres is batting 5th tonight. DJL is not in the lineup. The priority is a third baseman.

rest of the year and he’d still be a net negative. For every HR there will be two defensive lapses or empty ABs in the clutch.

It won’t happen because they don’t do anything with foresight, but they should platoon Peraza/Cabrera at 3B and Durbin/Vivas at 2B. This way you know what you have next year and inject some athleticism for the rest of the year.

Or let Cashman convince Hal he needs a 400M payroll to compete. All the rest of the teams jostling for position with us, except for Sox at 180M, have payrolls around 100M.

In comment 16560602 k2tampa said:

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In comment 16560562 djm said: Quote: was a nice kick in the nuts. Not to mention every hitter not named Judge and Soto turning into Kevin Maas from his 2nd year. Why disparage Maas like that. Yeah, his average fell from .252 to .220 his second year, but he hit 23 HRs and drove in 63. Who wouldn't be ecstatic if LeMahieu was doing that. 23 HRs from Torres or Verdugo would be great.

Wow did he really do that well in the first year following his historic rookie (half season) year? Would have guessed he did worse but his career was fading fast at this point regardless. I remember drafting him second round in a baseball fantasy draft and people still break my balls about it all these years later. They mocked me that very day. Well deserved.

In comment 16560679 Jim in Hoboken said:

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rest of the year and he’d still be a net negative. For every HR there will be two defensive lapses or empty ABs in the clutch.

Unfortunately this is true. Everyone had high hopes for Torres - when we got him from the Cubs, he was projected as a potential all-star. But I was at Sunday's game against the Rays and I don't think it's a stretch to say that Torres came close to losing that game singlehandedly between his fielding and non-clutch hitting.

In comment 16560562 djm said:

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was a nice kick in the nuts. Not to mention every hitter not named Judge and Soto turning into Kevin Maas from his 2nd year.

The timing of his injury was so frustrating. They extended his rehab for no good reason other than they are afraid to sit a shitty veteran. He was taring it up. Stanton getting hurt should have meant he gets called up and plays every day if he wasn't also hurt. It sucked.

I hope he gets white hot right away and gets the call very soon. Otherwise, I expect more of the same, with Stanton coming back and they continue to play Verdugo and use Grisham regularly.

In comment 16560566 djm said:

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Verdugo shouldn't be holding up any player from breaking through. He's the very embodiment of average.

Logically, yes. But, since when have the Yankees been willing to sit a veteran like Verdugo?

In comment 16560612 Jim in Tampa said:

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Stanton should be back soon as well. That means Soto, Judge, Dominguez and Stanton at 2-5 for the last 2 months of the season. Then if they get bounce back performances from 2 of Gleyber, DJ, Volpe, Rice or Rizzo... the lineup will be fine. The Yanks still need at least one more stud for the pen.

Bounce back? This is who Torres and DJLM have been for a while. Maybe there's hope for Rice.

In comment 16560679 Jim in Hoboken said:

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rest of the year and he’d still be a net negative. For every HR there will be two defensive lapses or empty ABs in the clutch. It won’t happen because they don’t do anything with foresight, but they should platoon Peraza/Cabrera at 3B and Durbin/Vivas at 2B. This way you know what you have next year and inject some athleticism for the rest of the year. Or let Cashman convince Hal he needs a 400M payroll to compete. All the rest of the teams jostling for position with us, except for Sox at 180M, have payrolls around 100M.

I agree. Normally, that would be a risky approach for a contending team. But everyone not named Soto or Judge sucks so badly, they really can't do worse? I mean what happens if Vivas, for example, shits the bed? Is it any worse than DJLM hitting below his weight?

Judge and Soto both made out so not expecting any O until they get up again…

Stanton blows. He's prime example of what's wrong with baseball

Pressure, shmessure. He's what they've got.

I foresee a long, high-scoring game.

He should play against every righty.

8 hits already through 3+ innings; lucky it's only 3-1 with him throwing batting practice like this. Bizarre how this team dropped off a cliff two out of the past three years.

let's take the lead. Fuck Bello.

In comment 16560808 RasputinPrime said:

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let's take the lead. Fuck Bello.

Nice inning: they finally made this scrub look like the 5.50-ERA pitcher that he is. Somehow I thought Judge hit that much harder on the last out.

really not locating and not missing bats either. Not a good time to stink during the deadline week.

Thought Grisham had delivered.

No one at the plate adjusts to the situation. Rice pulls the ball, Volpe pulls the ball. WTF

K's his first two at bats, an out in his third, then a 2-out 2-run single.

in

Verdugo to the bench and Grisham to Korea.

I want a move for one clear upgrade in the pen and one clear upgrade at 2B/3B with DJ or Torres to the bench and Cabrera to Japan.

In comment 16560833 k2tampa said:

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K's his first two at bats, an out in his third, then a 2-out 2-run single.

Great, he’s hired.

jesus christ.

pork one.

will fucking do.

6-4

THAT'S HOW WE DO!

to straight center. Not sure it landed.

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back-to-back.

7-4

Gotta close it out then pray it’s a turning point.

I have never seen a ball hit where Judge just put it I think that is the most majestic HR I've ever seen there.

In comment 16560867 Matt M. said:

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I have never seen a ball hit where Judge just put it I think that is the most majestic HR I've ever seen there.

and we didn't get Ruocco calling it. I'll never forget him calling Judge's statcast-breaking bomb in Seattle.

to the smurf?

7-6

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Before tonight, I would have said give Weaver a shot to close.

They may, need to go out and get a closer.

About a dozen trades, some big ones, today and nothing from the Yankees.

bbq

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I just can’t anymore. Find someone else. Anyone else.

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The bullpen changes over time, but they can never get big outs in Fenway.


Just horrific shit tonight