OT: 2023 MLB Thread

[BleedBlueNYR]

Hope the the team is booed relentlessly all game tomorrow.

 

[RickChartraw]

1 hit, what you gonna do? tune in tomorrow for the sweep.

let's go g-men!

 

[BleedBlueNYR]

Stanton too. Dumb trade. Should have just waited for Harper/Machado.

Stanton is the wrong guy to go after. He’s the only guy who can do anything this time of year.

 

[rangersfansince08]

Stanton is the wrong guy to go after. He’s the only guy who can do anything this time of year.

Fair enough.

 

[RickChartraw]

Josh is so consistent.

 

[will1066]

That was painful, even for me.

 

[TriFF51]

How bout them Rangers?

 

[Kocur26]

Do you think there’s some quit in this horse have they turned on Boone?

 

[LeetchisGod]

Judge can go f*** himself and sign with his hometown Giants.

Judge's contract will be an albatross. The only question is how long that it will take. Every big money contract to a 30 and over player ends up that way.

 

[Machinehead]

Yeah.... about that. They're still stuck with rudimentary analytics... HR and OBP.

Funny thing is, since 2017, the Yankees are averaging a HR every 20 at-bats in the postseason. In the same timeframe, they're averaging a HR every 21 at-bats. They're hitting for slightly more power in the postseason.

In the 2022 postseason, they've averaging a homerun every 19 at-bats vs 21 in the regular season and that's with a guy hitting 62.

The idea some people are offering that the Yankees aren't hitting enough homers is like, so very much not it.

If I read "well, the Astros hit a homerun, that's why" one more time I'm gonna jump.

 

[Machinehead]

So Judge is the new A-Rod?Wonderful

A-Rod carried the Yankees to a ring.

 

[Kocur26]

What a gutless effort

 

[Machinehead]

It's ridiculous how people have turned on Judge. He has one walk in the postseason. That's it right there. His entire approach is predicated on patience and taking his walks. He has no faith in this team bringing him around if he walks right now nor should he.

 

[mrmovies779]

It's ridiculous how people have turned on Judge. He has one walk in the postseason. That's it right there. His entire approach is predicated on patience and taking his walks. He has no faith in this team bringing him around if he walks right now nor should he.

You are making a lot of excuses for him.its ok to admit he was brutal

 

[Machinehead]

You are making a lot of excuses for him.its ok to admit he was brutal

Yes the team is knocking the cover off the ball and it's just Judge killing every rally.

Without Judge this is a 79-83 team.

 

[Machinehead]

Benintendi was actually a good pickup. He hits line drives and doesn't strike out (except that weird year he had in 2019). That was a real shame.

He'll hit for power in Yankee Stadium.

As it turns out, the short porch matters f*** all for guys who hit 35, 40 homers anyway. It benefits line drive hitters, a foreign concept to the Yankees.

 

[mrmovies779]

Yes the team is knocking the cover off the ball and it's just Judge killing every rally.

Without Judge this is a 79-83 team.

And in the playoffs they are a 3 win team with him.

 

[Machinehead]

And in the playoffs they are a 3 win team with him.

Ok, Mr. Cashman.

Have fun not signing him and see where that gets you.

 

[mrmovies779]

Ok, Mr. Cashman.

Have fun not signing him and see where that gets you.

I'm all for resigning him,but I won't cough up excuses for him when he's bad either.

 

[Machinehead]

I'm all for resigning him,but I won't cough up excuses for him when he's bad either.

The whole team is bad.

Somebody said earlier he's Rick Nash and that's actually pretty accurate.

He's the scapegoat for an offense that was constructed to fail before the season started.

 

[Machinehead]

There's not much you can do with the offense. They have the talent.

The bullpen is probably where you want to improve the roster.

With the offense, you just have to pray that Cashman changes his mind on the organization's idiotic approach to hitting.

 

[RangerBlues]

Im not throwing they Yankees under the bus. Ive said it since they were hot and got no hit by this team. They could win 125 and Houston would be sitting there waiting to kick their ass.
That team is on another level.

 

[Machinehead]

Im not throwing they Yankees under the bus. Ive said it since they were hot and got no hit by this team. They could win 125 and Houston would be sitting there waiting to kick their ass.
That team is on another level.

Maybe so but this beating is on another level.

This wasn't Verlander or Valdez. The Phillies are going to take Javier behind the woodshed. He has nothing.

I called it years ago and I think now everyone is seeing it -- the offense is the problem.

We produce a line drive rate similar to teams that are tanking. You can't look at the Yankees on paper and tell me they have talent comparable to Oakland or Arizona.

Maybe they wouldn't be good enough to beat the Astros anyway, and I could live with that, but this level of offensive ineptitude is an approach that they're being coached to take.

That's frustrating.

 

[mrmovies779]

 

[ThirdEye]

I honestly think the coaching is a huge part of their issues. Just don't think Boone has the capability to inspire these guys during not so great times. As mediocre as this offense is it's not THIS bad - they have zero confidence