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3 k's now for Donaldson. 6 runners stranded.
The Bringer of Rain is the Killer of Rallies today in Milwaukee. 2 K's in 2 AB's with runners aboard.
Any DNA testing been done to confirm a genetic link between Cashman and Curly?
Good to see you back!
How 'bout them Brewers!!
Aroldis working his own special brand of post season magic again tonight. Brutal.
Upon further review, Donaldson succeeded in Oakland, Toronto, Atlanta and Minnesota before the Yankees traded for him. Those are all small-to-mid markets with very little pressure attached. No wonder he's comfortable already in Milwaukee. He was always small time.
Classic Yankees excuse for any player who doesn't excel in NY. It's always the player's fault, never the club's.
That's Cole the true professional returning the captain's praises of Cole as the seminal pitcher of his generation. Without a doubt those 2 are the pillars of any Yankee team over the next 5 years. Any club would be ecstatic to have either player on their roster.
But breaking it down a bit further, what's your appraisal of Volpe this season? Did he fall short, meet or exceed expectations?
Guess there's nothing wrong with a bit of fantasy baseball, and the "what if" game is usually all you got left in September when you miss the playoffs. I'll bite: Instead of 80-77, which is where the Yanks sit today, I put their record at 77-80 if Judge doesn't over-stub his toe. And that's because I doubt Cashman has the nuts needed to make the late-season pivot to the corps of younger players if Judge is playing every day. He signed, traded for and overpaid the 2023 geriatric Yanks line up, and I don't see him admitting he was dead wrong so many times in his choices. To take it to the nth degree, if Judge plays every day, you could very well still see Donaldson at 3rd.
More than the other big sports, baseball requires a team effort. A single player doesn't determine a club's season. Plenty of teams have lost superstars and fared well, ie, the Braves without Acuna in 2021. And plenty of teams have fielded healthy superstars and stunk up the park for 6 months, ie, Trout and the Angels for all those years when he wasn't hurt.
Depth is King in baseball. The Rays, the Dodgers, The Rangers, the Twins....they have all lost massive pieces this season and are still in the October mix. Those teams are solid and deep; they've shown that they can take a hit or 4 and bounce back strong. The Yankees? well, there's a lot of soul-searching to be done there after a truly abysmal season. If Judge being on the IL for a couple of months is the reason the Yankees tanked in 2023, you got big, big problems in the Bronx.
Absolute Legend. Those Earl Weaver teams were a cut above. And Brooks was the Anchor.
Yankees post mortem
Judge: "We've got a lot to work on, a lot of things to change and a lot of stuff going on around here that needs to be fixed."
Rodon: "I feel like this club right here can win. It's kind of one of those things where we have to turn the page and move on".
All you Yanks fans see are the deficits. Same with Hicks. And Ellsbury. And Rodon. And Gray. Et al.
Where's the love?
Addendum: Did you see what Monty did today?
How things change:
Across the baseball world, many felt the Marlins' return was weak for baseball's best slugger (Stanton). Castro, Guzman, and Devers are all considered good players, but the Marlins failed to land any of the Yankees' top minor-league prospects or even one of their better rotational players.
Good luck getting rid of this guy.
Been saying all along the guy just needed a bit of love....and a fair chance.
Sure wish we had swung the deal for Alonso. A thumping bat is a glaring hole in the Brewer's line up.
As it stands, we're going to need a Daniel Murphy, Brian Doyle, Hideki Matsui post season anamoly from somebody if we want to go very far.
That ship has been sailing in circles for years!
Just need Donaldson to last a few weeks. Hopefully he'll be on his best behaviour because he needs a contract next season.
There's always a club out there happy to sign an ageing veteran for too much money with the false hope that the player will find his former glory. Especially a champion caliber club....2nd times a charm?
Lindor on Pham: ‘Hey man, thank you for teaching me how to work hard again,"
I guess $341,000,000 could make anyone a bit lazy.
The guy just needed a bit of love.....
Buck looked like my little league coach after that play.
Be that as it may, you have to win the argument, and that's why we're foundering at $12 a pop after CD approval. It was easily predictable that the Botox war chest would spare no expense to hang onto their market share, and that countering the noise about potential Daxxi problems would be RVNC's biggest challenge.
In this regard, the company has been as good as its share price.
You don't have to tell me. I saw the replay of Donaldson's home run yesterday. He stood there like a statue at the plate and admired it....like he has on many a double in the past. Bad habits die hard. Just hoping he gets hot for 6 weeks and doesn't poison the clubhouse.
Except Hicks and Donaldson!
More importantly, what's the deal with the polar bear? I keep seeing his name in the same sentence as "trade value" and it's well known the Mets almost moved him at the trade deadline. I don't get it. What's the resistance to locking this guy up long term?
Donaldson getting measured for his statue in Milwaukee! Looks like the guy just needed a chance!
Give it a bit of time. Can't expect the axe to fall on day 1, especially with the Mets weirdly pretending to hold off on Stearns appointment until the end of the season. I can't see any reason Stearns would want Eppler around.
Brewers add Donaldson to the active roster. Monasterios has been swinging a decent bat. His glove is sketchy, but I'm not sure it's THAT sketchy.
12 innings of no hit ball should get the job done. Speaks to how effective Cole was. And how inept the Brewers bats can be. Burnes can't wait to get out of town!
To think the 1998 Yankees did all of that without analytics, launch angles, exit velocity and spin rates.
Those Bombers resorted to more traditional methods, for sure: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Yankees-implicated-in-performance-enhancing-drug-3295306.php
Maybe if the Balco lab was still running they would!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_named_in_the_Mitchell_Report
Through 3 innings, the Brewers are doing their part to help Seve secure a multi-year contract. Pathetic swings. Making the guy look like Catfish Hunter!
I'm hoping for 7 run Seve. With rain limiting the game to 5 innings.
Brewers are walking a tight rope to get this division won. Aside from a hot streak a couple weeks ago, they're still a team that can't hit and need their pitching to give up fewer than 2 runs every game.
Ha! Have you seen their line up? Canha is in the running for 2023 Most Valuable Brewer. Just a bit behind Carlos Santana.
Statement game in LA tonight. If the Braves don't cruise to the NL pennant, it's a huge upset. I can't remember seeing a team this stacked, except of course the 2023 championship caliber squad in the Bronx!
Uh oh. Don't like the look of this for the Crew: The club announced Thursday that they have signed Donaldson to a Minor League contract. The 37-year-old will report to Triple-A Nashville and will be eligible for Brewers’ postseason roster, should they make it, as he signed before the end of August.
Another one for the Cashman "let's just pretend this never happened" scrapbook. Going to need a few extra pages.
....but never know what is going on behind the scene.
True, that. Haven't for years.
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.