Soon, the All-Star Game voting will begin, and with the second-best record in baseball (one game behind the mighty Twins), the Yankees surely warrant a few slots on the AL dream team. Obviously, the big vote-getters should be Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Ser Didi Gregorius and Dellin Betances, right?
Hmmm. Something tells me the big names aren't going to make that game.
So who on the Castoff Yankees' daily lineup could play?
I hereby submit that Luke Voit needs your vote. Check his numbers.
Second in RBIs, among the top in HRs, with a serviceable BA and an improving glove. (Lately, much better.) A hot month of June could do it. Say this quickly: VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!
Okay, what about Gio "Urshquake" Urshela, who threw out a guy yesterday from his butt.
A few more plays like this will win a primary, and once he accumulates enough ABs to qualify, he'd be leading AL 3Bs in hitting.
Truth be told, power numbers would probably sink Urshela's shot, (and Rafael Devers will get an avalanche of votes from the big-spending Redsock multinational corporate Goliath's rigged election machinery.)
Okay, here's an even bigger long shot: What about Red Thunder?
Nah, won't happen. Forgetaboutit. But, hmmm, if Frazier heated up in June - I mean, he hits for power and average, as he did before spraining his ankle and missing 10 days, he could actually vault into the mix. His HR and RBI totals are low because of the lack of ABs. Considering Stanton's recent setback, Frazier should get a full shot. Who knows? Crazy, huh?
Have a great Memorial Day weekend. Rainy and overcast in Syracuse. Hope you're dry in the Midwest. It'll get better in June. Remember: The days are still growing longer.
Hey, don't forget The General. Lemahieu should be the All Star super-sub, like that guy from Tampa and then the Cubs who played every position and never stopped hitting.
ReplyDeleteRailRiders won a wild one...17-12...in Syracuse yesterday. Wade and Higgy leading the way.
ReplyDeleteRed Thunder!! Red Thunder!! Red Thunder!! Red Thunder!!
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteMy vote goes to Ellsbury. He's MVP for not appearing personally in any games (so far).
Addition through subtraction - Ellsbury and Stanton have contributed much through their absence.
ReplyDeleteExactly Bitty. Would the Yankees have a better record with them in the line up?
ReplyDeleteI hope nobody gets picked. Rather they get a few days off, rest up, and avoid Home Run Derby jinxes and possible All-Star injuries. Bullshit game, anyway, nothing but a marketing gimmick.
ReplyDeleteGerman is in mid-inning form, giving up a couple of blah singles and tossing a watermelon to the guy on KC with perhaps the least power. He is still very much a work in progress, and is mostly a four inning pitcher. A really good opener, as it were. Maybe next year, if he doesn't need Tommy John or go down with Severino's disease.
I have long defended DomGer in this comment section, but he stunk it up in the bottom of the 2nd today. As David Hume said: A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. I still believe in him, but he'd better be lights out for at least four more innings. David Hume also said: Contact is important. Hit strikes hard. Of course, Hume never saw Vlad Guerrero Sr play.
ReplyDeleteCan we all agree that Frazier should never, ever play right field? Left, OK, but never right.
ReplyDeleteI was always more of a Locke man, Winnie, but I getcher point.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone can explain how Morales is an upgrade over anyone we had on the roster, please do. His clogging presence serves absolutely no purpose that I can see.
ReplyDeleteWhy is German still pitching? Anyone?
ReplyDelete7-1, HR after HR.
ReplyDeleteHow much more do you think before Ma notices?
ReplyDeleteHow does one leave a young pitcher out there like this? It's sadistic.
ReplyDeleteNestor is impressing me more and more.
ReplyDeleteMorales is just incredibly dead weight. Can't hit, can't run, can only play first, kinda. What the fuck is he doing here?
ReplyDeleteOh fuck. Hicks with based loaded, two outs, down by two in the ninth.
ReplyDeleteI can't look. He has flat-out sucked since coming back.
Hicks hit!!! Holy shit!!!
ReplyDeleteNow it's all up to Nestor Cortez, fuck us all.
ReplyDeleteCinnamon dipped,sugar coated, deep fried baby Jesus onna stick! Is no one left in the fucking bullpen!?
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun game, right up until the moment in the top of the 10th when Suzyn said "Jonathan Surrenderer is warming up in the pen."
Ugh.
Holder. Holder is left. Of course he is.
ReplyDeleteFuckers.
Nestor is all right with me. The guy is a pitcher, and since he doesn't throw 500mph, he might not be prone to injury.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDelete