OT: MLB Thread 2024

[Jack Hanson]

Not buying tickets to this game. Another bullet dodged..

 

[will1066]

Inconclusive

Why would you squeeze anyway?

 

[will1066]

Kal Penn stunned

 

[inranger94]

if it's anyone else other than staton that's a run for sure.

 

[Bob Richards]

Stanton has negative speed

 

[Raspewtin]

I think the entire Yankees coaching staff and management team excluding Blake belong on death row if i’m being real rn

 

[Jack Hanson]

If he slid in head 1st maybe he could have avoided the tag

 

[Kane One]

Stanton has negative speed

That means he could go back in time so he could tell himself to stop at third.

 

[Bob Richards]

That means he could go back in time so he could tell himself to stop at third.

Former Mets legend Luis Rojas spent all week curling 150 pound dumbbells so he could properly send the slowest player since Benji Molina to a play at the plate.

 

[rangersfansince08]

losers

 

[will1066]

Gonna pop some Graterol for this pain

 

[17futurecap]

Can they get another AL Central team to play, what are the Twins up to?

 

[Guyute]

It’s as if the #1 thing Cashman looks for in a player is the ability to strike out: Sanchez, Gallo, Donaldson, Wells, Judge, Stanton, Jazz, Verdugo, Volpe. All of the players he targets strike out like crazy. The dynasty Yankees (which Cashman didn’t build) put the ball in play.

 

[mrmovies779]

Yanks are getting swept.Losing Game 1 in that fashion just killed them it seems.Dodgers are just better either way

 

[ReddestRum]

Don't give me hope...

 

[17futurecap]

 

[JimmyG89]

This is the same thing the Mets ran into. You have to jump on their starter. If you do not it's a long night at the office.

Considering the amount of runs the Mets gave up to the Dodgers, the Yankees pitching hasn't been bad. This lineup is insane and you kind of expect 4-5 runs against.

 

[Jack Hanson]

buona notte

 

[LeetchisGod]

This is the same thing the Mets ran into. You have to jump on their starter. If you do not it's a long night at the office.

Considering the amount of runs the Mets gave up to the Dodgers, the Yankees pitching hasn't been bad. This lineup is insane and you kind of expect 4-5 runs against.

The Yankees offense is full of black holes. They have been shut down by just about every starter that they've faced.

 

[MysticLeviathan]

I said this from the beginning: When half your lineup is hitting below the Mendoza line, it's very tough to win games. Dodgers' offense is so much deeper than the Yankees. It's been the case all season. Judge's turning into one of the worst postseason players in baseball history is just kicking the team while it's down.

Cole and Rodon were your stopgaps. You can't rely on Schmidt and Gil to win you games. Bullpen actually did a very good job, but the offense continues to be f***ing awful. They can't string together three hits and they cant consistently hit home runs, so they're done. Doesn't help that they're taking meatballs down the middle and swinging at nonsense nowhere near the zone. Everything is going wrong all at once.

 

[IronBloodedLion]

The Yankees aren’t deep enough and they play poor fundamental baseball.

 

[Machinehead]

Excluding extra innings: 2 runs, 2 runs, and 2 runs.

Same problem as every other year.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

It’s as if the #1 thing Cashman looks for in a player is the ability to strike out: Sanchez, Gallo, Donaldson, Wells, Judge, Stanton, Jazz, Verdugo, Volpe. All of the players he targets strike out like crazy. The dynasty Yankees (which Cashman didn’t build) put the ball in play.

Unfortunately, it seems like the bolded is being emphasized less and less. It will be extinct like the hit and run, suicide squeeze and even the sacrifice bunt.

 

[will1066]

This is the same thing the Mets ran into. You have to jump on their starter. If you do not it's a long night at the office.

Considering the amount of runs the Mets gave up to the Dodgers, the Yankees pitching hasn't been bad. This lineup is insane and you kind of expect 4-5 runs against.

Felt like I was watching the NLCS again. Buehler is a machine.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

The "put balls in play" argument is so dumb. The Dodgers struck out more than the Yankees did this year and the NYY's 2 opponents prior to LA had the 2nd fewest and 4th fewest K's in the league.

K's are up overall which is what happens when guys are throwing cutters at 100 mph and have sliders that have insane tilt and break 2+ feet. Thats what the game is now and has been for quite some time.

Guys got cold at the wrong time and the other team has gotten the big hits that they haven't. Thats the bottom line. It's not like the Dodgers and their vaunted offense have been tearing the cover off of the ball in this series.

Boone needs to go, that much is clear as a baseline and Cashman should have been fired years ago but he's got a lifetime contract.