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That's what I heard. Pennant 2026. Mark it!
They were surprised that he fell to them
Yanks draft 9 flame throwers with ERA's as high as their 4-seamers----Matt Blake will be busy--no better man for the job
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/yankees-add-animal-pitcher-who-throws-103-mph-fastball/ar-BB1q5Ttu?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=06f7a19f33884483876d0833fc5d9afb&ei=11
Tree---you guys drafted Babe Ruth/Ohtani with one pick
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2024-mlb-draft-two-way-florida-star-jac-caglianone-drafted-no-6-by-royals-will-get-chance-to-pitch-and-hit/
In what world by any mangers with a 2 run lead your not going to your closer. Every manager will do it. Heck I would do it.
Do you read box scores? Cousins era is 1.46. He threw 8 pitches in the 8th. Simple math let him start the 9th.
I've lost track how many times the BP has been misused.
Torres I know you like picking on him but he didn't mess up in the 9th.
Watch the replay. Even if Volpe makes the play Torres was off the bag.
Hey as long as they keep losing Hal will wake up and make some changes. I doubt either team will win the WS.
Boone needs to learn to take it to the clubhouse.
Yankees' Manager Breaks Silence on Star Slugger's Struggles
New York Yankees' skipper Aaron Boone speaks out on Alex Verdugo attempting to break out of his offensive dry spell.
Robert Rizzo | Jul 14, 2024
https://www.si.com/mlb/yankees/news/yankees-manager-aaron-boone-breaks-silence-on-star-slugger-alex-verdugo-struggles-robert9
Nothing like calling out your LFer during the All-Star break.
Oh trust me...a while ago...buccos were in second place and the next day last....lol. Just like the AFC North and the the NHL Metropolitan...tight as f'
Too early to quit this year if you're playing in the NL Central. Talk about up for grabs!
And that is why we look to next year as a start.
Look the question is are the pirates finally gonna spend a little money and put an offense together, you have dirt cheap pitching that is fantastic. You need offense, even there top prospect in the farm they are mostly pitchers, So help is not coming for this offense.
What really hurt you is Suwinski didn't develop. I thought he could turn out to be really solid and a 30+ homer hitter. And he is hitting 174 and even had to be sent down at one point. Maybe he figures it out, but the early returns are terrible. Outside of reynolds and cruz there is nothing really there.
Look I get looking for the brightside.
But out of 15 teams
15th (In Doubles)
14th (In Hits, BA, and OBP, and OPS)
13th (In Slugging and SB)
12th (In Runs)
10th (In triple and Homers)
With that how can you say anything other than they are a terrible offensive team. They don't hit for average, they don't get obp, they don't hit for power, they don't have speed, and they don't score runs. I know I may not be a pittsburgh fan but this offense is brutal, if you believe in it great, but I certainly can't, I'm a big mets fan, but you saying you believe in the pirates offense would be like me telling you I believe in the bullpen of the mets trust me at this point most of that bullpen is terrible and nothing is gonna change that outside of bring in alot of outside talent. it really is that simple in my opinion.
Definitely. I think they will actually keep and pay him. It's money.....
Skenes is an excellent poster child for the Bucs. Hell, any team would love to have him. I hope he stays healthy for a full career.
The Buccos do not have zero offense....it is lacking though...sometimes hard. I think Nutting has finally figured out that it's not all about money(probably fooling myself). Most real fans just want .500 ball this year..and are looking towards next year. Thankfully we finished out with the white sox(oh my god..bad) and are there now.
I'm mostly a just a fn' tourist right now given the decimation since the early 90's starting with that damn Chico golden glove flub and Sid Bream slide. I have missed the game so much but now it feels like mid 70's and I'm watching Fidrych on my little 13" black and white...and he's just freakn' everyone out. I saw that game live then...the game.
Agree with the Brewers comment...and mostly everything else..lol. Looking forward to tomorrow night and wondering how Skenes will do with the heavies :) I don't think people realize how much he has changed the locals opinion on the Pirates(as in optimism). It's a good thing.
That sums it up nicely....which to me means it's a wide open race in the NL central. Crew is 13 games over .500 after stumbling into the break. I don't think they could ask for much more.
Can I simplify they all are not very good. The pirates have 0 offense. Why anyone would pitch to reynolds at any point is baffling to me with that lousy lineup. The cubs should be way better but when you combine a lineup who hasn't been very good with a bullpen well that has stunk you get under .500. The brewers starting pitching is not great. Bullpen is built on a couple of unknowns having great years, lineup is just okay, but they will not be able to survive without yelich for any period of time. The cards have some age in goldscmidt and Arenado who are starting to show on the other side. End result offense is a tick below average, pitching is okay, all and all the only thing I will say is they won't let money get in the way of adding and or helping the team with some of the holes at the deadline. Reds I think there offense could start to pickup and pitching isn't terrible, for some reason I think they have a run in them don't know if t will be enough. I like there roster the best out of the bunch, but the brewers are in ebtter shape where they are in the standings, and if I had to guess I would say the Brewers would hold on. All is just my opinion of course.
Love the thought, but I find the NL central a total coin toss right now. Yelich and his balky back...IL time is inevitable at this stage in his career. One of the teams in that division is going to find some belief and put together a 15-5 run, which might be enough. Sadly for the crew, their rotation has not survived the loss of Burnes and Woodruff. Peralta hasn't stepped into his ace role, Rea has over achieved and then it's youngsters and cheap old hacks. Their bullpen is also burnt out from massive overuse in the first half.
Of the remaining teams, the Cubs have shown some pitching spark with Imananga and Steele, the Pirates need some company for Skenes and the Reds have a few rotation arms that have shown potential. I fear the Cards the most, because the candle is burning down quickly on the Goldschmitt/Arenado era, so they'll spend the $$ this season.
I think like a lot of Yanks, Vertical way over achieved in the first part of the first half. He was average in his previous 2 MLB stops, so the expectation that he'd become a beast in pinstripes was fantasy. That's the joy of a 162 game season: great starts come down to earth and slow starts (Judge) pick up over the course of the year. Occasionally a player breaks out and puts together an entire year of excellence, but that's a rarity indeed, as most players find their norm.
Yep---pretty puny since then https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=verdual01&t=b&year=2024#726-745-sum:batting_gamelogs
The leadoff and 4 hole have not been kind to him---he's been most productive here and in his career (ignoring a few small sample sizes in other spots in the order) in the 7 hole---leave him there
Seems like Alex Verdugo's offense struggles started after Giancarlo Stanton went on the IL.
Well yesterday was a rare exception you generally don't have like 4 days off, so yesterday and the day before you could do things in the bullpen you normally couldn't do, where the mets manager on saturday went to get 14 outs between nunez and Butto they both would be down for like 3 days normally, which would be a problem when they are two of three guys who are answers in that bullpen. But you could do that because they were only down 1 game in reality. But the rest of the season teams will not be able to play like that when your playing 14 games in a row without a day off or something like that.
Yesterday our closer started the 8th and also pitched the ninth
What did torres do? I still don't see what he did to make them lose the game. I know you can't stand torres, and torres has been a negative this season. But really it is Volpe 1, Verdugo 2 and Holmes 3. Nobody else deserves blame here in my opinion.
Your closer starts the 9th when you have a 2 run lead. Every team will do that. Now whether you think Holmes should lose his closing job is another question. But in a save situation you go to your closer it is really that simple.
Holmes didn't lose the game. Your right I said he deserved a better result and should of gotten out of it if the defense behind him wasn't a unmitigated disaster, having said that when you walk guys you are asking for trouble. Another Guy who I feel has gotten off and admittingly like DJ I'm starting to take a disliking too is volpe. When does he do anything. For all the hype he can't hit, he isn't any good. He better be ozzie smith as SS defensively. I mean the guy is hitting under 200 since june 1rst. Under 200. He is hitting 128 in the month of july. His ops in the month of July at 372 is so bad it make DJ look good and Jeff mcniel look like Babe ruth.
They should and they have a lead. But I think there sp is very suspect here. There offense is okay, but not great either. Bullpen is depending on guys that are like having there first great year, so you don't know if they will be able to follow through. I don't think this team is home free by any stretch. The easy answer here than is who is gonna track them down. Pirates don't have enough offense. cubs are one of the biggest disappointments in baseball in 2024.
This leaves the cardinals and Reds. The reds if they could get more consistent offense and it is in there, although there pitching isn't great it is okay. They could make a run. The cardinals Are probably the main competitor for the brewers, but they still leave you rather unimpressed. Which is why i lean towards the brewers. Truth be told don't like any of these teams if I'm being Honest. This is part of my optimism growing as a mets fan the one thing that is wrong with this team is bullpen, also the easiet thing to fix at the deadline. Mets have a decent amount of depth to the rotation and there ace hasn't thrown a pitch so far this year. The D-backs and Padres are okay but not world beaters. The dodgers have massive pitching issues with all these SP hurt. I mean there hole rotation is on the IL right now or so it seems. The braves offense you figure would wake up but so far it hasn't and lets face it losing acuna didn't help or harris. Olsen and Riley are having down years. This is why I'm suddenly getting optimistic. The Phillies should be the overwhelming favorite right now, but the mets have a decent shot this year if the gm fixes the one major hole they have, and it is a big one I do admit that.
Harvey ERA would be 3.43 if it wasn't for the mets who lets just say have there way with the nats bullpen eventhough it is good. Although he has struggled a little in general. From what I have seen from the mets series that might be thanks to the nats manager who seems to abuse his relievers in my opinion, at least that is the way I felt when he was playing the mets. maybe the nats manager isn't like that overall, but if the time they play the mets is any indication he doesn't seem great on bullpens in my opinion. Hence them wearing down here wouldn't be shocking either.
I think they have pieces and every team can use bullpen help. But they still need a few piece offensively to be really good. They need to spend a little to get themselves a couple of good bats here and that would help a great deal. Because the hardest thing to find is pitching and you have that, what you don't have is offense in my opinion. depsite how great Witt is in my opinion, he is only 1/9 of the lineup. I get perez is solid. The thing that bothers me the most about your lineup as a team is they are 10th in the AL in obp, hard to score if you don't get guys on in my opinion.
Too be fair I don't think it worked he has a under .500 ops now and it just keeps getting worse. whether it is injuries or age. It really doesn't matter at this point he is done. I can say the same thing About Adam Ottovino who should be DFA'd as soon as possible. And to be fair DJ was a waaaaaaaaaaaaay better player than ottovino at his peak, but not the point. They are not gonna get much better at this point, they are probably gonna get worse.
You keep saying that. But if you listened to me I think the yanks should go to a 6 man rotation. i said it a thousand times when schmidt does come back assuming all are healthy. When I mention other guys coming out of the rotation it is only in relation to taking cortes out of the rotation, which was your suggestion, which I don't agree with.
Torres I know you like picking on him but he didn't mess up in the 9th. Volpe and verdugo did. And throw in a little holmes for good measure walking guys although he should of been out of it if volpe who can't hit his weight lately knew how to catch a simple ground ball and if verdugo who also can't hit, can't catch a flyball.
As for Rodon he threw 98 pitches to go 4 innings. Lets not make like that is suddenly good. I call that a bullpen killer. Now thankfully you don't have a game over numerous days so not really, but if this was a stretch in a 14 games span with no days off, this is a terrible start, for me alot of time. As bad as quintana was yesterday and he was bad he got to the 6th. This guy didn't lose them the game and in a way your correct, but when a starter has to throw 100 pitches and can barely make it through 4 that is bad, not good. regardless how many runs he gives up. So we will have to disagree on that.
As long as you lost I don't care how it happened
Volpe and Torres lost the game.
Once again you can't see the obvious. And that is pathetic since you didn't answer the question. And you didn't answer the question when I asked why they signed Donaldson, and you didn't answer the question, or why they sent Marrinaccio down, or why I suggested Judge get his foot out of the bucket and close up his stance.
You have been a defender of Cashman, Boone and Blake for way too long when to the casual observer the team is under performing. But I am no casual observer and have followed the team probably before you were even born.
I'm not Monday morning QBing any thing since I actually watch the games. Do you know how to read a box score? Cousins threw 8 pitches. Now go back and ask your HS coach why he didn't come out for the ninth.
And why is Marinaccio still in Triple A.
That's actually pretty funny but right in line with your 20-20 hindsight and literal usual Monday morning QBing---when did Cousins become the Yankee closer or were the Yankees supposed to save Holmes, who was rested, for the All-Star game?
ps...Blake, at whom your vitriol is ludicrous, doesn't make the lineup changes
Actually he played both corner positions for the Red Sox in their Little League ball park.
That's because he played right field for the Red Sox. He lost all his power when he shaved his beard like Sampson
Cousins should have started the 9th. Ask your genius Blake why he didn't.
Holmes did not lose the game even though he put runners on base. Cousins threw 8 pitches in the 8th and Boone and Blake true to form brought out Holmes in the 9th. Why?
Ask those 2 geniuses. Blake has proven time and again he is clueless in managing the pitchers which is why the pitchers turn to Cole for advice.
And some should ask, besides me, why Boone and Blake sent Marinaccio down.
Brewers should still win the division. The problem is the Phillies who I think are the team to beat this year over all.
In the AL not sure the Yankees can win it all the way they are being managed. The Orioles are slumping right now and Cleveland looks like they are the team to beat.
I don't disagree that it was a lot. Harvey's WHIP and K/9 are really good so I am hoping that you are right about the Mets inflating his ERA some. I also agree with you about our bats.(Trust me, I've seen it up close. LOL). Having said that I believe that it was important that they made a move like this. They are unexpectedly contending for a playoff spot which they have not sniffed since 2016. This year is either an aberration or they are ahead a year. Either way you do have to try and capitalize on it. If only for the sake of your fans
Boone started him at leadoff hoping a couple of extra ABs would help him. What you missed was his defense when he was in the lineup.
Now you want Rodon out of the rotation? Good grief. He didn't lose the game yesterday. That was all Volpe, Torres and Verdugo.
Someone forgot to tell Verdugo he wasn't playing LF at Fenway.
They should not be dumping salary they should be adding to it to fix holes.
The Verdugo drunken shuffle and slip was awesome! Too much between innings thorzine.
Yanks still took the series, and given expectations, they've had a very acceptable first half.
Thank DiMaggio for that! One of the downsides to exceeding expectations is that fans expect management to add some help. Milwaukee has an excellent fan base but I feel that this season ownership was looking to dump salary. Guess we'll see.
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We're born again, there's new grass on the field.
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