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Plenty of seats in Queens next season if the Bronx is too pricey.
Always expecting something big....next quarter.
I love Counsell, don't get me wrong, but I don't know how he'd fare in the Bronx. There's definitely styles of leadership that suit different teams, different markets, and in that regard, NY is unique. Counsell is perfect for the Crew; local guy, knows the vibe and team role in a small town setting. He's been screwed out of Manager of the Year award twice, but hopefully that will change this season because he certainly deserves it.
MLB is a players' league. Managers don't have the power they once wielded. Their wings have been clipped not only by the $$ the players are earning, but also by the front-office-analytics-26 year old PHd geeks, whose role in baseball has eclipsed the cagey veteran with his 45 years of real-life experience. Gone are the days of "you get the players and I'll decide how to use them". They've been replaced by the daily phone call, where Cashy can relay the data from his stats crew to Boone so that Boone is set straight on who to play and how to manage the next game. And from what I've seen of the Yanks this year, many of these guys play like they have no hunger left for the game.
The Brewers are young. Youngsters in Milwaukee know that they must toe the line or they're back to AAA ball. They also know that if they play hard, they'll be pencilled in every day until the player has had a fair chance to prove himself. When the Crew sent Hiura back to the minors, Hiura was the least surprised person on the team. The Brewers are also very selective in the veterans that they sign. Clubhouse presence still matters in Milwaukee.
In the Bronx, youngsters play scared. The message from the Yanks' front office is that the young guns shouldn't be at the MLB level. They're only there to hold a space until some old, washed up veteran returns from his 4th trip to the IL this season.
What the Yanks need is an old-school manager who kicks some ass and calls players out in public when they dog it, but they'll never hire this type of guy, because the Yanks want a manager whose finest quality is Submission. To the players and to the front office.
To be honest, the Yanks front office looks like a case of too many chiefs and not enough hats. I suspect this is part of Cashman's insurance and insulation plan- to paraphrase Harry Truman: the buck stops there.
Not even September and there's nothing left for Yanks fans but to keep putting in the boot. That's better than a month of ripping everyone associated with the organisation who isn't named Judge.
I think Cashman stays. They'll gloss over his ineptitude by casting a wider net over his tenure as Yanks GM, sprinkled in with the injuries excuse. Learn to love your Cashhole, cause you're stuck with him.
And that leaves Boone as the one to be chucked under the bus. Hardly fair in that I doubt any manager could win much with this disaster of a roster, but someone has to go, and the hitting coach alone isn't enough.
The numbers don't lie: Yanks have really fallen hard since Donaldson hit the IL.
The Bruins..... speaking of heartbreakers!
Awful quiet around here today. Oh yeah, Severino's pitching!
Across town, the Nats are a game away from crawling over the Mets and up sand out of the cellar.
When does hockey start, 😂?
Looks like those top 2 performing mutual funds are back in the money, now that they've left New York. Scherzer and Verlander are looking like aces for the Rangers and stros, who I'm sure are delighted that Cohen is paying them to pitch next year.
The Mets had a plan and bailed on it. Was the plan the problem or was the bailing the problem?
Brewers sweep! Granted it's the White Sox, and the first 3 games were nailbiters, but hey, you gotta beat the palookas to build a cushion for the tought schedule ahead.
The core 3 starters are healthy and pitching well. Even Canha is helping out.
Middle of August and they're still in with a shot- that's a good season for Crew fans
Too early to say, really. I'm thinking that with the Yanks rotation and paltry offense, IKF has between 10 and 25 more innings this season to prove his mettle on the mound. And with the hot bat he's been swinging...well, anything could happen, especially considering that Ohtani is on a team that won't make the playoffs and IKF is on a championship caliber team.
No comparison here between IKF and Gleyber. Yes, Gleyber has better offensive numbers, but can he come in to pitch when there's a steaming Severino pile that needs cleaning up? Which is about every 4-5 days lately.
Gotta go with the IKF 2 way arsenal.
Nice list. I guess you could also say the Yankees have 0 prospects in the top 50.
Huge run differential for the Cubs. Easily the best in that division.
Off course Baty was sent down. Buck's gotta find time for Mendick!!! Why is that guy even on the frickin roster?
Thanks for thumping the Cubs. Brewers need all the help they can get.
Yup. Not so much crowing now about how Cashstrap schooled Jeter with the Stanton deal.
Who's paying now?
All these Mets mistakes this season make me wonder if there's any player leadership in the clubhouse. Sure, it's all well and good to be lovey dovey and pat each other on the azz when times are tough, but sometimes you need an enforcer in the clubhouse to kick some azz when teammates aren't playing the game the right way. Sort of an anti -Baez thumbs -down-let's-corrupt-weak-minded-Lindor guy. Who is it on this team?
Totally agree about the pitching. Milwaukee can't hit. At all. But pitching has kept them relevant late in the season for the past 6 years. Not that the Brewers have ever done it, but hitting can be added at the trade deadline.
Right now, the Mets are like the Reds.... except not nearly as fast, exciting or fun to watch.
Of bigger concern to Mets fans is who's calling the front office shots. You might very well have another Peter Angelos on your hands, albeit with a fatter ego and checkbook. What's happened in Metville this year is the equivalent of the Orioles cutting ties with Glenn Davis the first season he didn't hit 50 homers and paying his full salary for another team to roll the dice.
There's certainly nothing to indicate the Mets have learned anything from the debacle that is this season, but I guess fans won't know about that til next year.
Easy to believe. Did you see what the O's gave up for a rental of Flaherty?
Look, Eppy has made some sketchy trades this week, but the core is still intact: he kept Vogelbach to build around!!!! LOL, what a fiasco! Makes you pine away for the Wilpon days!!!!
Zero in the top 100 is a shocker, given how bad KC has been and how high they've drafted. Then again, they haven't had much veteran star power to dangle for decent prospects come trade time.
That said, they did win it all quite recently, and as a small market fan, I'd happily trade one world series championship for 5 100 loss seasons.
Comedy Central from the Yanks rumor mill
.....MLB Network insider Joel Sherman reported Monday in the New York Post that the Yankees would consider trading their upcoming free agants. It appears to be a sign the Yankees are at least partially in sell mode, although Sherman wrote Sunday that New York could both buy and sell at the Trade Deadline.
Center fielder Harrison Bader, utility man Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pitchers Luis Severino and Wandy Peralta headline the Yankees' incoming free-agent class.
"Sell mode"?? "Headline"??
As a supporting piece, Canha is fine. That's what the Mets overpaid him to do. But as the centrepiece of your trade deadline upgrade, it's gotta be better than Santana and Canha if you're serious about winning.
I hope I'm wrong and the Brewers make a move of consequence, but judging on previous seasons, they might be done.
Nooooooo.... Canha's cheap, for sure, but not as cheap as Brewer's management.240 lifetime with 6 HRs this year. How does that translate to winning in October?
Barring some surprising deal before the deadline, this is looking more and more like last year. First place in the division is fading away. The Reds are hungry and the Cubs are making deals that actually might have an impact.
No need to waste any hot bats with Seve pitching.
Wins and losses is right up there. Or at least the expectation of wins and losses considering payroll!
The Mets are paying all but $22.5 million of the salary as a part of the deal, a source told Feinsand, meaning New York will cover a total of $35 million through the end of 2024.
What a frickin joke! Scherzer for 2 seasons of playoff chances for 22.5 million in exchange for a AA shortstop who plays the same position as another guy you've signed for 2 endless eons and are hugely overpaying.
If the Mets are committing to a re-build, why wouldn't you shitcan the guy who built the scrapheap you're trying to get rid of? I could see hanging on to Eppler (and Buck) until the end of the season if you were playing for a post season spot, but what's the point of moving on if you're keeping the same front office team that put you in this spot to begin with? This team has totally lost its way. The only silver lining is that Cohen and his massive ego has been shown for the embarassment that he is, to Mets fans and baseball in general. Every single organisation in MLB is loving it!
It's about time to pull the plug on the Julio Tehran experiment. Giving up 6 in the 1st is no way to win a division.
I'm thinking Willie adames would look great in a Mets uniform. Fill the void left when you didn't ink Correra.
How long can you stay in 1st place with a guy hitting .204 with average power and an incredibly high K rate in the 3 hole? In any other other line-up he's hitting 9th, and that would include pre-DH era, when he'd bit behind the pitcher.
From Brodie to Billy.
How do these guys gets these jobs?
Verlander has been looking great lately. If he was signed for this year only, I'd be happy to have him on the Crew. It's the 43 million next year that's an issue, and really, the Mets have paid 43 million for half a season of Verlander this year because he was useless until July.
There aren't too many available arms who you'd be happy to have start a game 7. He's one of them.
I'd love to play Cincy 10 more times! We play Atlanta now, which is a massive opportunity to lose games. Cubs are lurking too, though they've got a pretty big hole to climb out of.
Best news for Brewers fans this season has been the strange and comprehensive collapse of the Cardinals. I can't believe they're this bad, even worse than the Mets considering that the NL Central was theirs to win.
As for the Yankees, the WC teams in the AL seem to run hot and cold as September approaches. If Judge comes back strong, they could reel off a run like the Bosox are on now. Or they could end up at .500 with a payroll disaster for 2024.
Awful deal. And to salt up the wound, within the division. I'm not quite sure what the Mets plan is, but you've got a lot of players that nobody wants. At least for the price the Mets are asking. 2 rookie ball guys for a reliable late inning bullpen piece sets the bar really low on Pham and the other veterans.
Mets fans just have to hang in there for Stearns to take over and put a real plan in place. I really thought that the Mets would catch fire and make a legitimate run at a WC spot, but they've gotten harder to watch as the season progresses.
It's definitely time to decide on the core and let the youngsters play every around them. If you can dump Max or Verlander, do it.
Brewers going all out at the deadline with their massive deal for.... Carlos Santana....he of the .321 average and 12 dingers.....
Would prefer they paid for the original Santana to belt out "Black Magic Woman" at a post game concert than waste 2.5 million on yet another low OBP bat with little pop. Sigh.
Guess everyone needs a scapegoat on the payroll, so probably a good idea to keep Voggy around for a while. Looking at the line up Buck trotted out tonight, almost every Met player is within 15-20 points of Vogelbach's BA. Point is, there's plenty of underperformance to go around in Flushing this season. This team has issues well beyond Buck's stubbornes: basically, every player on the roster has taken a solid step backwards, with the possible exceptions of Baty and Alvarez. That includes pitchers.
No. Cashman is the devil you know and Jr Boss Hal has none of the old man's convictions. Cashhole will chew through a few more managers before his reign ends. He's just another one of the overpaid jurassic losers in the great pantheon of washouts he assembled.
You won't see Ohtani breaking the record in Skanky pinstripes. By all reports he wants to play for a contender.
Yeah, Yelich has found some redemption after a couple of dog years. I'd take Pham. Or almost anybody for this line up. It's been a pathetic season with the bats, with exception of Yelich and Contreras.
On the other hand, the expectations are so low, a hit or two can really keep hope alive. Sort of the opposite of the Mets.