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Crease said:
Vientos optioned.
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With his hard hit % and exit velocities it definitely seems like he was unclucky. I don't mind him going down though as even with this his approach was overly aggressive and he needs to cool it.

Feels like he'll be back in a month the way things are going as we may end up being small-scale sellers. Mauricio will be up, too, although they still don't know what they're doing with him as his defense at 2B sucked and the past couple games they've had him in LF.
 
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sbjnyc said:
"Obviously, the likes of De La Cruz or McLain aren’t going anywhere, but the Reds could conceivably dangle some minor leaguers who are further away from their MLB debuts in order to land some win-now help."
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I saw that and I and disputed with premise if enuf is on the table, and Reds are not getting gutted on youth, and they add productive vets on not too many years to block their upcoming youth but compete now, and it fits in position of need, then Cincy will consider it.

I stand by what I said
 
I posted night before game 7, I just want the Rangers to win so I didn’t have to watch baseball. Both teams have somehow gotten worse since that point.

Both are unwatchable.
 
bernmeister said:
I saw that and I and disputed with premise if enuf is on the table, and Reds are not getting gutted on youth, and they add productive vets on not too many years to block their upcoming youth but compete now, and it fits in position of need, then Cincy will consider it.

I stand by what I said
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Ok so do I. De la Cruz is a top 5 prospect. you're not getting him for anything let alone a fat contact, a 30yo injury prone pitcher a 30yo platoon of and a 24yo utility player. And you want a couple of prospects back on top of that!
 
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nyr2k2 said:
With his hard hit % and exit velocities it definitely seems like he was unclucky. I don't mind him going down though as even with this his approach was overly aggressive and he needs to cool it.

Feels like he'll be back in a month the way things are going as we may end up being small-scale sellers. Mauricio will be up, too, although they still don't know what they're doing with him as his defense at 2B sucked and the past couple games they've had him in LF.
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Canha, Pham, Escobar, Carrasco, and Narvaez should be candidates to be moved. While none of them will return a lot, they could stock the lower end of the system to help for next season. They should be targeting young arms.

Mauricio should be given every chance at 2nd, even in the majors. It's also something that has been an organizational issue in the minors. Lots of guys come up and their reputation is that they struggle on defense, but show well once they get to the bigs.

Alonso, McNeil, Nimmo, and Conforto all came up as defense being their issue. All 4 improved drastically in that regard. Even Alvarez has shown he is fantastic behind the plate, and his reputation was he was average.
 
JimmyG89 said:
Canha, Pham, Escobar, Carrasco, and Narvaez should be candidates to be moved. While none of them will return a lot, they could stock the lower end of the system to help for next season. They should be targeting young arms.

Mauricio should be given every chance at 2nd, even in the majors. It's also something that has been an organizational issue in the minors. Lots of guys come up and their reputation is that they struggle on defense, but show well once they get to the bigs.

Alonso, McNeil, Nimmo, and Conforto all came up as defense being their issue. All 4 improved drastically in that regard. Even Alvarez has shown he is fantastic behind the plate, and his reputation was he was average.
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Agreed on moving these guys. Look for depth pitching prospects. Rebuild the pen and maybe find a lower end starter.
 
The entire shit bagging staff should be fired tomorrow morning.
Stanton Donaldson have to go DJ LeMahieu hast to go… Luis Severino is a minor league Stiff.
 
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JimmyG89 said:
Canha, Pham, Escobar, Carrasco, and Narvaez should be candidates to be moved. While none of them will return a lot, they could stock the lower end of the system to help for next season. They should be targeting young arms.
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Are you bringing back Nido?
 
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turcotte8 said:
Whole team forgets how to play when Judge isn't in the lineup.
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Entire team has been built around home runs for the last 5+ years. They don't get mistakes against good pitching which is why they can't win in the playoffs. Aaron Boone's "unconventional" lineup structure is stupid as well. Judge basically hits all solo HRs because Boone insists on batting him 2nd.

When they won championships it's because they worked counts, hit situationally, moved runners, and had power up and down the lineup. LeMahieu was a batting champion when he came here, now he's just another .260 hitter. Their training staff is a joke with all the constant soft tissue injuries, and they've lacked a true top of the order forever, which makes all their middle of the order bats less effective.

It's really, really frustrating to watch this style of baseball (hence why I don't as much as I used to), and instead of using Judge and Stanton as the heart of a powerful order, with Rizzo between them or ahead of Judge, the Yankees stupidly insist on batting Judge 2nd as if he's a table setter, they haven't had a leadoff hitter since Brett Gardner was still good, and they just simply don't hit situationally as a team. How many strikeouts/popups with a runner on third and less than two out, and early playoff exits must fans sit through before the org goes back to what's been proven to score runs? George Steinbrenner is surely rolling over in his grave at what the team has become.
 
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Kocur26 said:
The entire shit bagging staff should be fired tomorrow morning.
Stanton Donaldson have to go DJ LeMahieu hast to go… Luis Severino is a minor league Stiff.
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entire management staff needs to go.

They are all hot garbage. Haven't watched because I already know it's going to be the same shit
 
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TopShelfSnipes said:
Entire team has been built around home runs for the last 5+ years. They don't get mistakes against good pitching which is why they can't win in the playoffs. Aaron Boone's "unconventional" lineup structure is stupid as well. Judge basically hits all solo HRs because Boone insists on batting him 2nd.

When they won championships it's because they worked counts, hit situationally, moved runners, and had power up and down the lineup. LeMahieu was a batting champion when he came here, now he's just another .260 hitter. Their training staff is a joke with all the constant soft tissue injuries, and they've lacked a true top of the order forever, which makes all their middle of the order bats less effective.

It's really, really frustrating to watch this style of baseball (hence why I don't as much as I used to), and instead of using Judge and Stanton as the heart of a powerful order, with Rizzo between them or ahead of Judge, the Yankees stupidly insist on batting Judge 2nd as if he's a table setter, they haven't had a leadoff hitter since Brett Gardner was still good, and they just simply don't hit situationally as a team. How many strikeouts/popups with a runner on third and less than two out, and early playoff exits must fans sit through before the org goes back to what's been proven to score runs? George Steinbrenner is surely rolling over in his grave at what the team has become.
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Perfect summation of the last few years. I don't watch much anymore either. I watch Judges at bats then change the channel.
 
TopShelfSnipes said:
Entire team has been built around home runs for the last 5+ years.
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I’d argue longer than that.

The Hallmark of a Brian Cashman team is over reliance on the long ball, along with old or broken down players, an over reliance on analytics, questionable starting pitching, a good bullpen that gets broken down from over use, and an unwillingness to “go for it.”

It’s okay though, the voice of the Yankees said we’re spoiled and Cashman is the best GM in baseball and we should all be thankful he’s here.
 
sbjnyc said:
Are you bringing back Nido?
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He's an adequate backup catcher, so I'd bring him back up. If they want to find someone like Narvaez again in the off-season then that's cool too. Alvarez should be around 95-100 games behind the plate and another 20-30 games at DH.

The rest of the way should be mixing in the young guys as much as possible. Vientos went back to AAA and hit 2 homers and 7 rbi in his 1st game. Let him play until you move out all the extra pieces around the team.
 
NYR94 said:
The Mets are also built around home runs, not hitting them but giving them up.
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Their starting pitching is not giving them quality starts. Other than Senga who has been good to very good (not recently though).

It's a worst case scenario where the old guys all are over the hill, and the young guys all regressed.

They need to turn in around soon or they'll be too far back for the All Star Break.
 
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