Yes, remember the heady days of late March when "Gil" was something attached to the sole of our shoes, "Nester" was the term for guests who would not leave and "Wade" was something you did if you wanted to enter this country during the dry season. Now, those are the players that represent our best chance of winning on any given day.
Hitting to left field and bunting is just what the Yankees' opponents want Rizzo to do--it's a great way to prevent him from driving the ball and thus getting any XBH or homeruns. Not very smart for Rizzo or the Yankees after all.
Last night's lineup was absurd--nearly all of the usual suspects of failure, stubbornly ushered into action again: Gardner? Odor? Gallo? GARDNER LEADING OFF? The only rational explanation of that Boone taking side payments from Toronto or Boston or Tampa Bay.
Gil starting the game was the only sign of a flicker of sanity or intelligence in the Yankee Brainless Trust. If the Yankees are going to have a chance to salvage even a second wild card spot, the following steps are necessary--although they will never happen:
Bench Gardner, Gallo, and Odor--currently three of the worst players in baseball--and keep them benched aside from pinch-hitting or pinch-running duties. Start the following guys in every remaining game: Wade, Velazquez, and Allen and/or Florial. Allen and/or Florial would be as good as or better than Gardner on defense and speed and certainly no worse at the plate--probably better (most likely better in Allen's case)--Gardner's homerun last night was the glaring exception, NOT the rule--he's hit all of 7 dingers this year in 375 PA, one of the worst ratios among starting outfielders in baseball, and his overall offensive AND defensive numbers are in the toilet; he should have been DFA'ed in mid-season, not perversely anointed the starting centerfielder.
Give Voit most of the starts at first base--his superior bat more than compensates for Rizzo's defensive advantage.
Keep Gil in the starting rotation. Never allow Heaney anywher near the pitcher's mound again.
If this were an organization governed by intelligence rather than WFAN-caller-like reverence for "names" and regressed alpha-male "leadership" idiocies--in other words, like any organization in baseball other than this disastrous asylum of mediocrities and imbeciles--that's exactly what would happen. But dream on . . . until the apocalypse, which is just around the corner.
I gotta disagree with you, Alphonso. I do think that hitting to the opposite field and bunting are great skills to employ at the right moments. But for the most part, I'm annoyed by what a weak-ass .333 that BA of Rizzo's is.
The guy needs to hit with at least SOME power.
Analyzing him on YES the other night, they were saying that by standing so close to the plate all the time, he inevitably drives all the fastballs he gets into foul.
Of course I don't have the expertise to say if that's true, but 1 HR in 15 games is not what we want or need.
By the way--the usual rationalization for keeping Gardner in the lineup is his purported defensive prowess--but that's a thing of the distant past. His arm is shot--one of the worst in the majors, his range is mediocre, and his overall defensive WAR is ZERO. His abysmal offensive numbers speak for themselves. As I said above, he should have been released in mid-season--indeed, should not have been re-signed--and the organization's stubborn preference for him over Allen and Florial is simply another flagrant instance of Cashman's ineptitude, his affinity for "names," no matter how diminished by age, over athletic young talent.
I cannot take this mental illness anymore, whoever is spoofing me and wasting their life commenting. I just cannot come to this blog while this is going on.
Again, I am more than happy to volunteer as a moderator if you go that route. You all know how to get to me. Good luck for now.
09/09/21 New York Yankees designated CF Jonathan Davis for assignment. 09/09/21 New York Yankees selected the contract of RHP Sal Romano from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. 09/09/21 New York Yankees placed RHP Jameson Taillon on the 10-day injured list. Right ankle tendon injury. 09/08/21 New York Yankees optioned RHP Brooks Kriske to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
Taillon has a partial tear of his tendon...it just gets worse....
I have no idea where HC67 came up with a .333 BA for Rizzo. For the year he's batting .252, and .265 for the Yanks, but with a weak .774 OPS. His offensive WAR in New York is 0.6. He's slugging only .429 for the Yanks. If his name wasn't Rizzo--if he were a Scranton callup with these numbers--he would have been sent back down already.
AB, the comment was by the real Carl J. About using Pauline in a skimpy outfit as a ball person. And now the comment is gone. I don't think Carl is a troll, but it looked like he inadvertently posted from you real account.
Joey Callo came into the evening with an OPS+ of 76 and a bWAR of 0.1 as a Yankee. I know he's a youngster on this team at 27, but he's sucking up the joint.
Really, how many more f'n home runs Heaney needs to give up before we give up...on him...Brian, we know you didn't want us to know you made a mistake of acquiring Heaney...but you did...yes you did...just give it the f up Brian and admit you made a mistake...FFS, he gave up another f'n hit....just f'n kill me now...
Stunning stat just posted by YES: This is the first time since 1908 that the Yankees have been swept in a four-game series without ever holding a lead.
I just checked in Winnie and saw your post. I guess Mustang deleted my post because I disagreed with him earlier. That's uncalled for censorship which is why I thought his post was full of crap.
Carl, if you are Carl, I deleted your post because the Pauline Hickey reference is of a piece with the usual bullshit. I think I was too itchy on the trigger finger, but it was that kind of day. I don't mind that you disagreed with me. If you are you. But the kind of pushback you said you want is freely available in the whole rest of the internet. Just not here.
I'm the real Carl. I did post it as a joke because I saw the Pauline Hickey posts several times.Maybe my humor isn't for everyone. Everyone should take a few deep breaths and chill. It's just a blog not life or death. I'm sure things will return to normal soon.
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" All we are saying is give Wade a chance".
ReplyDeleteWade was one of our hottest hitters and he's had 2 ABs in 2 weeks?
ReplyDeleteThat's both disgraceful and insane!
Doug K.
Yes, remember the heady days of late March when "Gil" was something attached to the sole of our shoes, "Nester" was the term for guests who would not leave and "Wade" was something you did if you wanted to enter this country during the dry season.
ReplyDeleteNow, those are the players that represent our best chance of winning on any given day.
The Archangel [The Un-troll]
I just can't follow the Yankees anymore. A total waste of time. Top to bottom radical changes are needed.
ReplyDeleteRizzo is bunting and hitting to LF. Only smart Yankee.
ReplyDeleteWe are a powerhouse.
ReplyDeleteHitting to left field and bunting is just what the Yankees' opponents want Rizzo to do--it's a great way to prevent him from driving the ball and thus getting any XBH or homeruns. Not very smart for Rizzo or the Yankees after all.
ReplyDeleteLast night's lineup was absurd--nearly all of the usual suspects of failure, stubbornly ushered into action again: Gardner? Odor? Gallo? GARDNER LEADING OFF? The only rational explanation of that Boone taking side payments from Toronto or Boston or Tampa Bay.
ReplyDeleteGil starting the game was the only sign of a flicker of sanity or intelligence in the Yankee Brainless Trust. If the Yankees are going to have a chance to salvage even a second wild card spot, the following steps are necessary--although they will never happen:
Bench Gardner, Gallo, and Odor--currently three of the worst players in baseball--and keep them benched aside from pinch-hitting or pinch-running duties. Start the following guys in every remaining game: Wade, Velazquez, and Allen and/or Florial. Allen and/or Florial would be as good as or better than Gardner on defense and speed and certainly no worse at the plate--probably better (most likely better in Allen's case)--Gardner's homerun last night was the glaring exception, NOT the rule--he's hit all of 7 dingers this year in 375 PA, one of the worst ratios among starting outfielders in baseball, and his overall offensive AND defensive numbers are in the toilet; he should have been DFA'ed in mid-season, not perversely anointed the starting centerfielder.
Give Voit most of the starts at first base--his superior bat more than compensates for Rizzo's defensive advantage.
Keep Gil in the starting rotation. Never allow Heaney anywher near the pitcher's mound again.
If this were an organization governed by intelligence rather than WFAN-caller-like reverence for "names" and regressed alpha-male "leadership" idiocies--in other words, like any organization in baseball other than this disastrous asylum of mediocrities and imbeciles--that's exactly what would happen. But dream on . . . until the apocalypse, which is just around the corner.
I gotta disagree with you, Alphonso. I do think that hitting to the opposite field and bunting are great skills to employ at the right moments. But for the most part, I'm annoyed by what a weak-ass .333 that BA of Rizzo's is.
ReplyDeleteThe guy needs to hit with at least SOME power.
Analyzing him on YES the other night, they were saying that by standing so close to the plate all the time, he inevitably drives all the fastballs he gets into foul.
Of course I don't have the expertise to say if that's true, but 1 HR in 15 games is not what we want or need.
Big rain early and now a steady drizzle here in Seattle East. Hoping for a rainout!
ReplyDeleteBy the way--the usual rationalization for keeping Gardner in the lineup is his purported defensive prowess--but that's a thing of the distant past. His arm is shot--one of the worst in the majors, his range is mediocre, and his overall defensive WAR is ZERO. His abysmal offensive numbers speak for themselves. As I said above, he should have been released in mid-season--indeed, should not have been re-signed--and the organization's stubborn preference for him over Allen and Florial is simply another flagrant instance of Cashman's ineptitude, his affinity for "names," no matter how diminished by age, over athletic young talent.
ReplyDeleteI cannot take this mental illness anymore, whoever is spoofing me and wasting their life commenting. I just cannot come to this blog while this is going on.
ReplyDeleteAgain, I am more than happy to volunteer as a moderator if you go that route. You all know how to get to me. Good luck for now.
Yankee roster moves...
ReplyDelete09/09/21 New York Yankees designated CF Jonathan Davis for assignment.
09/09/21 New York Yankees selected the contract of RHP Sal Romano from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
09/09/21 New York Yankees placed RHP Jameson Taillon on the 10-day injured list. Right ankle tendon injury.
09/08/21 New York Yankees optioned RHP Brooks Kriske to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
Taillon has a partial tear of his tendon...it just gets worse....
. . . or better, if you want to see a housecleaning of the front office.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea where HC67 came up with a .333 BA for Rizzo. For the year he's batting .252, and .265 for the Yanks, but with a weak .774 OPS. His offensive WAR in New York is 0.6. He's slugging only .429 for the Yanks. If his name wasn't Rizzo--if he were a Scranton callup with these numbers--he would have been sent back down already.
ReplyDeleteAnd Britton had Tommy John surgery.
ReplyDeleteAnnnnd we're down 1-0.
ReplyDelete"Giancarlo Santon pops out softly..." You don't want to be anywhere near Alphonso when that happens.
ReplyDeleteMustang, does Carl have a admin privilege or did you delete the post he put around 7PM referencing a certain woman?
ReplyDelete@Winnie...that 1-0 might as well be 10-0....
ReplyDeleteTest
ReplyDeleteDoug K.
AB, the comment was by the real Carl J. About using Pauline in a skimpy outfit as a ball person. And now the comment is gone. I don't think Carl is a troll, but it looked like he inadvertently posted from you real account.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting through but whatever needs to be done to make this place enjoyable again is ok with me.
ReplyDeleteDoug K.
yeah, but if you delete it says you deleted. I thought only admins can make them completely disappear. Carl, you out there?
ReplyDeleteI am afraid I don't use the tweety machine. I have an account, but I don't use it!
How does Stanton not get a double out of that? how? How the fuck?
ReplyDeleteHOW????
He would have been stranded at second even if he had made it.
ReplyDeleteJoey Callo came into the evening with an OPS+ of 76 and a bWAR of 0.1 as a Yankee. I know he's a youngster on this team at 27, but he's sucking up the joint.
ReplyDeleteThey need to stop with those Italian flags for Gallo and Rizzo. It's not sending positive juju. It's sending il malocchio.
ReplyDeletePocono Steve,
ReplyDeleteI think Rizzo was offended by your post.
The Yankees waved their magic Wandy.
ReplyDeleteRufus, if only Gallo would take offense, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm not holding my breath.
ReplyDeleteEvery grain of hope for the Yankees is salt in our wounds.
ReplyDeleteAnd ashes in our mouths ...
ReplyDeleteHeaney. Still a Yankee.
ReplyDeleteDeep fried sugar coated sweet baby Jesus onna stick: Heaney is warming up.
ReplyDeleteArnold Ziffel wasn't available to pitch tonight, so we have, warming up in the bullpen...
ReplyDeleteBonehead's little joke on us.
The magic wand is no longer magical.
ReplyDeleteThe tragic wand.
ReplyDeleteWhole new meaning to bringing home the bacon Rufus...
ReplyDeleteI'm watching this game and the Cowboys/Tampa game and the first half is almost over and I haven't seen a single QB sack/hit/pressure.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a different game when you have competent offensive lines.I'm looking at you Gettleman.
Doug K.
Who's the huge biker behind home plate?
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the guys a few years ago that tried to embarrass management on the ridiculous prices for the seats.
Base hit for DJ and they finally sacked Dak!
ReplyDeleteDoug K.
Arnold had a lot of bacon.
ReplyDeleteRufus,
ReplyDeleteI don't know. Can he play Left Tackle?
Doug K.
He can probably play bouncer.
ReplyDeleteAB,
ReplyDeleteAnd that was awful.
Now for a patented Stanton DP
Rufus calls it!
ReplyDeleteI'm calling it a night with hiney hiney haney coming in.
ReplyDeleteBonehead has thrown in the towel.
HANEY!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding.
Doug K.
Strike-two-but-not-strike-three Syndrome
ReplyDeleteBrian Brain needs to DFA Heaney...
ReplyDeleteSo... how do they not know that would happen and how many more times does it have to happen before he is DFAd
ReplyDeleteDoug K.
These Guerreros can hit.
ReplyDeleteZany Heaney
ReplyDeleteSell the team.
ReplyDeleteThe Brian That Wouldn't Die
ReplyDeleteReally, how many more f'n home runs Heaney needs to give up before we give up...on him...Brian, we know you didn't want us to know you made a mistake of acquiring Heaney...but you did...yes you did...just give it the f up Brian and admit you made a mistake...FFS, he gave up another f'n hit....just f'n kill me now...
ReplyDeleteBut then everyone hits against Heaney. In which trash heap did CashMoney find Heaney?
ReplyDeleteThe Human Tee
ReplyDeleteThey haven't won since last Friday, when they won that game against Baltimore that they really didn't deserve to win.
ReplyDeletePathetic.
ReplyDeleteStunning stat just posted by YES: This is the first time since 1908 that the Yankees have been swept in a four-game series without ever holding a lead.
ReplyDeleteI just checked in Winnie and saw your post. I guess Mustang deleted my post because I disagreed with him earlier. That's uncalled for censorship which is why I thought his post was full of crap.
ReplyDeleteCarl, if you are Carl, I deleted your post because the Pauline Hickey reference is of a piece with the usual bullshit. I think I was too itchy on the trigger finger, but it was that kind of day. I don't mind that you disagreed with me. If you are you. But the kind of pushback you said you want is freely available in the whole rest of the internet. Just not here.
ReplyDeleteI'm the real Carl. I did post it as a joke because I saw the Pauline Hickey posts several times.Maybe my humor isn't for everyone. Everyone should take a few deep breaths and chill. It's just a blog not life or death. I'm sure things will return to normal soon.
ReplyDeleteNo hard feelings on my part, Carl. I've always enjoyed your comments.
ReplyDeleteCarl, I thought you might have been hacked. I was just checking. I know the real Carl J, and the troll(s) are not Carl J.
ReplyDeleteMUSTANG!! I DID IT!!! I DID IT!!! I TWEETLDED YOU!!!
ReplyDelete