OT: MLB Thread - Part XIX: Yankees Hire Boone. Joe Buck Still Unenthused

[Machinehead]

The Mets!

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Lmfao at this thread. This is like a Rangers GDT.

'We talkin about hitting coaches? Hitting coaches...?'

 

[darko]

It's more of like why rush to the Stanton deal when we have young superstars we still need to re-sign? Plus it's practically a lock that one of Machado/Harper would sign here if we didn't trade for him. Now we are stuck with a vastly inferior player playing in a position our organization has depth out of our ass. I would still make the deal since losing Starlin is nbd - he's replaceable.

There is no such thing as a lock in free agency.

 

[darko]

Keep telling me about all of the great offensive stats the Yankees have. Please keep feeding me the bs. They absolutely dont tell the whole story. Beating up on teams and padding stats in certain games has made the overall numbers look good and masked the brutally bad flaws of this team. FIRE THAMES. DISCIPLINE. That is what hitting is all about. And discipline does not exist on this team. AGAIN all we see is Stanton, Sanchez, Bird pulling off every pitch. Fastballs, breaking balls. Everything. There is zero approach to their at-bats. Zero. Its because they have a guy as their hitting coach who could barely stay in the Major Leagues himself. We are relying on a bordeling major leaguer to be the hitting coach of players that have 10x the talent he did. He ****ing sucked then and sucks now as the coach. These are human beings. Dont tell me the coach is not that important that the players need to figure it out. Sometimes you need another voice or pair of eyes aka the hitting coach to speak up and make changes to everything. Stanton needs to try something different. Different stance, or taking something off his swing to spray the ball the opposite way. Sanchez and Bird the same. The best way to get out of a slump is to shoot middle away forcing yourself to see the ball longer. I absolutely think Thames is intimidated by these guys because of his pedigree vs theirs that he does not want to say things to offend them. He is WEAK.

Never read so much drivel in my life.

 

[darko]

And Machinehead is well on his way to becoming a Cubs fan.

 

[Cassano]

Lmfao at this thread. This is like a Rangers GDT.

'We talkin about hitting coaches? Hitting coaches...?'

Lol facts.

The theory on Thames purposely giving misleading advice to hitters because he's jealous/intimidated is the craziest shit I've read on these boards since Chara as 4th line LWer.

 

[Cassano]

There is no such thing as a lock in free agency.

Normally I agree but I think there is too much smoke over the years involving Harper/Machado to not happen.

 

[darko]

Normally I agree but I think there is too much smoke over the years involving Harper/Machado to not happen.

Nats have money to re-sign Harper.

Harper could decide to join his buddy Bryant in Chicago.

Dodgers will be all over Machado.

 

[Cassano]

Nats have money to re-sign Harper.

Harper could decide to join his buddy Bryant in Chicago.

Dodgers will be all over Machado.

I have rose tinted goggles, but I don't see those teams being as appealing as the Yankees. Maybe the dodgers, but that's because of non-baseball reasons.

 

[Cassano]

The acquisition cost for Stanton made the decision a no brainer.

You make that trade every day.

He just looks lost and that has been all year.

The epitome of trying to do too much and its snowballed

It's more of a identity issue. I preferred securing Yelich or Ozuna (mostly Yelich tho..) if we were adamant in Marlins OFers. Both would cost more in assets, but provide the team with more financial flexibility moving forward.

Speaking of bad contracts, Boone said Ellsbury will resume baseball activities.

 

[Machinehead]

And Machinehead is well on his way to becoming a Cubs fan.

f*** that, then I'd have to watch Bryce Harper be a 3 WAR player on a regular basis.

 

[Bob Richards]

Mike Trout's career start was about as good as you could ever ask for in the history of this sport.

Explain how he has somehow gotten better. Explain this horseshit. Tim Salmon is the secondary Angels fish guy.

 

[Machinehead]

Mike Trout's career start was about as good as you could ever ask for in the history of this sport.

Explain how he has somehow gotten better. Explain this horse****. Tim Salmon is the secondary Angels fish guy.

6.3 WAR

Putting up The Show numbers.

 

[nyr2k2]

I read all Winter and even before about Otanei being a lock to sign here. And then he signs in Anaheim? New York is a market with huge advantages and the Yankees have the money to get who they want, plus the history. But this isn't 20 years ago when signing with the Yankees meant basically guaranteed championships and they could outbid any team. Now there are other teams that are just as competitive playing in nice markets who can also spend a ton of cash.

I'm not jabbing at the Yankees, here. I'm just saying, the landscape has changed significantly in the past couple decades and no fan should ever feel like their team has a guy locked up.

 

[RGY]

Thames was a pull happy hitter himself with stiff mechanics and an inability to drive balls to the opposite field. Not surprising these are the same flaws of this team. We have a coach who couldnt figure out those things as a player and are the ever so evident problems for this team.

But keep ignoring it

 

[Mac n Gs]

Good morning to Brandon Nimmo, and only Brandon Nimmo.

It’s pretty cool how he’s seized this opportunity and ran with it. A lot of the mets fans on reddit weren’t too high on him last season, but he’s been great for them this year

 

[nyr2k2]

Good morning to Brandon Nimmo, and only Brandon Nimmo.

It’s pretty cool how he’s seized this opportunity and ran with it. A lot of the mets fans on reddit weren’t too high on him last season, but he’s been great for them this year

Yeah the BA is about where he was projected to settle in, and the OBP is also what he was really known for as a prospect (although .402 is about 20-30 points higher than I expected), but the SLG is what's really turned him from a borderline starter to All-Star material. And what's great is he actually has more homers at Citi and his home/away wRC+ is 158/178, so he's showing he can hit absolutely anywhere.

If Conforto wasn't living a nightmare and Bruce hadn't fallen off the face of the Earth, they would probably be hovering around .500.

 

[romba]

What time is the suspended Yankees Nats game resuming?

 

[RGY]

What time is the suspended Yankees Nats game resuming?

5pm

 

[mrmovies779]

Thames was a pull happy hitter himself with stiff mechanics and an inability to drive balls to the opposite field. Not surprising these are the same flaws of this team. We have a coach who couldnt figure out those things as a player and are the ever so evident problems for this team.

But keep ignoring it

These guys had the problem long before Thames came along

 

[RGY]

These guys had the problem long before Thames came along

It has been far worse this year though. Far worse. And nothing is changing. No signs of light that they are working their way out of it. Thats the concerning part.

 

[LeetchisGod]

These guys had the problem long before Thames came along

He hasn't improved it one bit. In fact it seems worse. There is zero adjustment in approach based upon the game situation.

 

[mrmovies779]

He hasn't improved it one bit. In fact it seems worse. There is zero adjustment in approach based upon the game situation.

Im not disagreeing...but it will take time for them to change their approach effectively.Most of these guys have been pull happy for years.Hell,if i played at Yankee Stadium 81 times a year,i would probably be pull happy too.

 

[romba]

5pm

Thanks. MLB.com shows a regular game for 5 and then also lists the suspended game at the end of the schedule so I thought there was a regular game today at 5 and then the suspended one in addition, guess not though. Hard to stay on top of all the double headers and make ups.

 

[darko]

I read all Winter and even before about Otanei being a lock to sign here. And then he signs in Anaheim? New York is a market with huge advantages and the Yankees have the money to get who they want, plus the history. But this isn't 20 years ago when signing with the Yankees meant basically guaranteed championships and they could outbid any team. Now there are other teams that are just as competitive playing in nice markets who can also spend a ton of cash.

I'm not jabbing at the Yankees, here. I'm just saying, the landscape has changed significantly in the past couple decades and no fan should ever feel like their team has a guy locked up.

Agree.