Happy Fathers Day, everybody (you know who you are...)
So we can all start drinking early, let's make this short.
This season, the Death Barge has asked a lot of Aaron Judge. He bats second, almost never misses a day, and can't even rate a mini-rest, as the DH. He is a fixture in right field, where his defense (my opinion here) is as great as any Yankee since Roger Maris. (See chart. Am I right?)
Well, Judge's workload may need to grow.
The Yankees need him in centerfield.
Yesterday, with two doubles and a walk, Clint Frazier showed signs (fingers crossed) of emerging from his abyss. Frazier's next hit will propel him past .200 - a meager achievement, no tickertape, please - lessening his anxiety when the Jumbotron welcomes him to the plate. We can only hope he is finally here. If Frazier continues to fail, the worst-case scenario - that we trade him for a Zolio Ponson, and he breaks out with another team - could haunt the franchise for years.
Coupled with Miguel Andujar's recent resurgence (fingers crossed), Frazier would give the Yankees two corner outfielders who need to play every day.
That puts Judge - gulp - in center.
Gardy can still bring late-inning defense, pinch hit in key matchups and spell the starters, now and then. Yesterday, his perfect sacrifice bunt warmed the hearts of old-school dads everywhere. He is the de facto Yankee captain. But his days are already getting shorter. He hit .223 last year, with diminishing power. He cannot be our everyday centerfielder.
Judge needs to play CF. Yes, it means more wear and tear on his frame. Yes, it's a gamble that he won't get hurt. And yes, it's certainly no sure thing that Frazier and Andujar will hit. But the All-Star break is barely a month away. It's time for the Yankees to make their move. All hands on deck. And Judge in center.
Surely Clint Frazier, with over 2700 professional innings at CF, would be a better bet to play the position? In any case, this will only be an issue until someone gets injured. And it's purely hypothetical, because Gardner isn't going anywhere...
ReplyDeleteICS hitting the other way?
ReplyDeleteWatching the game on NBCSports California. Kinda fun how they mock Yankee strikeouts. Ignoring that the A's are also swinging at everything that moves today
ReplyDeleteUrban Farmer,
ReplyDeleteIt is even worse on TBS, where they have an ex-red sox announcer and a current Mets announcer calling the game.
In that case I will switch to TBS.Just to get a taste
ReplyDeleteAt a bad food special in Phoenix airport, they had TBS on with no sound. Then switched to the Suns. Can't blame em for that.
ReplyDeleteJudge now in right and Clint to left and Miggy out and Wade in center.
Sure, why not.
Frazier looked just swell turning an out into a triple.
ReplyDeleteOK, this whole triple play thing is just bizarre
ReplyDeleteNever seen anything like this...
ReplyDeleteStrange expression and reaction from Chapman. Weird dude...... But this team DOES look like it wants to win lately. We'll see....
ReplyDeleteNice
ReplyDelete...and fuck you Orsillo
ReplyDeleteEl Duque, thank you for your post mentioning Father's Day. It was a good reminder to call mine!
ReplyDeleteI took a nap.
ReplyDeleteAgree with Kaiser--Frazier has better speed and range than Judge. They both have first-rate arms, so Frazier would get the edge overall. But in the curious Cashmanesque world of NAME worship, empirical reality takes a back seat to image worship.
ReplyDeleteESPN: "The Yankees turned their record-tying third triple play of the season to strand the go-ahead run in the ninth inning"
ReplyDeleteLOB=0, zero, nil.
Judge has better range than Frazier when it comes to actually catching the ball.
ReplyDeleteThen again, it may help Frazier to see the ball off the bat better by playing in center. And it would reduce wear and tear on Judge, who injures more easily than the Ginger one.
Just got to the hotel in Palm 🌴 Springs and checked the game result.
ReplyDeleteAnother triple play? Is there a season record? And how close are we?
Tied the record, need one more
DeleteI gotta say, while I still don't see this Yankees team winning anything, they sure have become more entertaining!
ReplyDeleteAs for the triple play: apparently, 12 other teams have made 3 in a season, though I can't remember ever hearing about one.
It IS the shortest time span to do 3, which is remarkable.
I listened to the broadcast while laboring through a run—my usual style—and got to hear The Master give us 2 separate "It is high..." calls in the bottom of the sixth.
ReplyDeleteThe first was what turned out to be Sanchez's game-winning double: "It is high! It is far! It is...off the wall!" (Which it wasn't.) About two minutes later came the second one, on a long fly by Stanton: "It is high, it is far, it is...foul."
Judge has the superior arm, jump, and other fielding abilities than the Little Red Engine who Talks. Just the superior athlete. Anyone who thinks otherwise should do some research and look at the fielding metrics since Judge came up. Likewise, look at what Ginger's metrics are. Even this year, gag a maggot.
ReplyDeleteBut what a game!
ReplyDeleteFirst, I don't what the hell I'm going to do if Gary keeps going with this whole, 'great game on both sides of the plate' routine. Two of our 3 hits? A crazy slide—to make up for yet another running gaffe—that got him into 3rd safely?
The whole team does seem to be playing with much more heart and alertness. Witness the triple play, of course, and yet another day of clutch middle-relieving, this one from both Lasagna and Lugnut...
BTW, either Chapman is going through a "fatigued out period", or he's getting ready to throw a rod. All the signs, of either. HA!
ReplyDeleteThe downers, of course, were the 15 strikeouts, and another weird outing from Chapo.
ReplyDeleteAggravating that Stanton couldn't hit the simply flyball or even slow grounder needed to get Sanchez in from third with an insurance run, in that sixth inning.
And in general, once Manea, the A's starter left, the Yanks went 0-8 with 4 strikeouts against a soft-tossing journeyman with a 5-plus ERA, and a kid making his sixth major-league start.
Hitting like that bespeaks an early reservation at a top restaurant, or maybe an assignation at a chic Soho hotel. How exciting! But terrible, terrible hitting!
The Red Menace's outfield play was also something to behold.
But in general...fun! Unusual! Tense! Actual baseball!!!
Oh, and Happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there. Also to all you mothers.
ReplyDeleteKevin,
ReplyDeletePlease explain "fielding metrics". Try to use small words so my "Tiger Beat" subscriber friends can understand.
I mean beyond just looking at the games and paying attention.
Thanks in advance.
Amazing. We looked totally out of any chance of being in the division chase. Now Tampa has lost six straight and we're four games behind in the loss column. Maybe The Brain came in and threatened to send players to the ends of the baseball world. Coincidental, perhaps, but they are actually looking more like a MLB caliber team, and less like your company's softball game. The one where the hot chic plays second base...
ReplyDeleteTo paraphrase one of the cognoscenti here:
ReplyDeleteDon't let this week go to your head.
Ah, Rufus, you mean like "he gets a good jump, and arrives where his brain figured the ball would land", and he knows where to throw said ball if throwing is needed"? LOL. Personally, metrics are generally for people who can't understand what they are seeing in real time.
ReplyDeleteRufus, there you go using those big words, like "cognoscenti".
ReplyDeleteKevin,
ReplyDeleteSorry, should have said "Mr. Bit"
LMAO! Well you're a diplomat. Well put!
ReplyDeleteI always loved the hot chick at second base.
ReplyDeleteNone of the contenders in the AL look like fearsome teams—but we still don't have the pitching to get there.
I suspect play has improved in general because of the crackdown on Spider Pig. Which was necessary. But that still doesn't mean we have a championship team.
Quoth Kevin, Pontifical Eminence Without Portfolio:
ReplyDelete"Judge has the superior arm, jump, and other fielding abilities than the Little Red Engine who Talks. Just the superior athlete. Anyone who thinks otherwise should do some research and look at the fielding metrics since Judge came up. Likewise, look at what Ginger's metrics are."
For the last two seasons of significant sample size, right field range factor for Frazier and Judge:
Frazer (2020): 2.17
Judge (2019): 2.14
Higher is better, for the uninitiated.
Once again the Yankees leave me stupefied , which is ,coincidently, how they found me.
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ReplyDeleteIt's a great thing to be able to watch whatever sport you want when you have another obligation to attend at the same time. Just keep your cell phone volume off when watching an opera at the Met.
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