Soon, Brian Cashman will push the button on a trade, triggering a second deal and then a third. Instead of Willie & Billy, or Oswald & Oswaldo, or Estevan & Domingo, we'll welcome Cody Bellinger or a reasonable facsimile, for a package of prospects that - we'll be assured - will not matter.
And they'll be right: Soon, it just won't matter...
Here comes the Yankee August tradition:
We seek to save this year by trading away next year.
We are trapped in a time loop, eight behind in the AL East, two in the wild card, once again preparing to lard-up on payroll in the hopes of staving off the disaster of ceding October to the Jets and Giants.
Oh, well... KC today, then the Mets, and then July waves goodbye, Cashman drops the bombs, and who knows what we'll look like from then on? Some minor thoughts...
1. Oswaldo Cabrera has been demoted to Scranton. Long overdue. Love the guy. He has a stage presence, a winning smile, charisma. Just can't hit. He needs an intervention. I wonder if we'll see him in pinstripes again.
2. DJ homered yesterday. He's hitting .317 in his last 11 games. Small sample. (And his on base percentage remains under .300 - terrible.) If he stays hot, well, this might be the last chance the Yankees ever get to deal him. Not saying they should. But they should think about it.
3. Willie Calhoun and Jake Bauers are in minor league rehabs. One or both will soon join the team, but - somebody tell me - where? Billy McKinney deserves a shot at everyday LF. Franchy and Willie and Jake, O my.
4. In these two wins over KC, the Yankees have used all their bullpen mainstays rather than visiting the gulch that is Abreu, Marinacio, Hamilton & Ramirez. And even yesterday, with a three-run lead, we watched Clay Holmes nearly revert to Aroldis '22 form, putting the tying runs on base. Johnny Lasagna is going to start rehab soon. We sure could use him.
"Duck, you suckers".
ReplyDeleteI'd like to welcome Bill Madden to the club.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-20230723-kubzwzhijrfmdg3pkqjn5cwhby-story.html
Perhaps he would like to join us at the game.
You mean to tell me Casey at the Bat couldn't fix Cabrera?
ReplyDeleteOh, and in reference to the big event today...Fred McGriff was traded for one of the very worst Yankees relief pitchers I have ever seen, the atrocious Dale Murray. Awful.
ReplyDeleteSee, even before Cashman, hand-picked, Steinbrenner GMs were terrible.
1. I wanted Cabrera to succeed, but in reality he was really just another version of Tyler Wade, a 26th man type. Yes, we could see him again as long as he holds a place on the 40 man. For some reason, the 40 manis holy ground for this org.
ReplyDelete2. Very doubtful anyone wants DJLM because of his contract. However, should anyone be so inclined , trade him IMMEDIATELY. He is most definitely the sunset of his career, a good career - but as often said, Father Time is undefeated.
3. Either Greg Allen or Jake Bauers will take Cabrera’s spot on the 26. McK is safe for now. Yes, I prefer him to any of the other AAAA group due to his all around skill set. He would be a very acceptable 4th OF for a team with an otherwise balanced, well constructed roster. (What must that be like?)
4. The BP has been overworked thanks to the structures put in place by analytics. What a cowardly construct analytics is, creating cover for any number of bad decisions. Something goes wrong, don’t blame me, blame the numbers! The adherents claim it’s worth always gets proven - over time. (Somebody remind me how many WS Billy Beane has won) NEWSDAY ran an article on it the other day stating that analytics provides bed times, wake up times, travel parameters - this is a sign of an organization that has abandoned responsibility and accountability and perhaps even common sense. Look, I see statistical analysis as a useful tool, but that’s all it is - a tool. To allow it to make all decisions for your team does nothing but promulgate mediocrity, as all numbers bend to the mean over time - not trend upwards. RE: Loaisiga, of course a healthy productive BP arm is always welcome, but what version of J.Lo will we get? In fact I think the “biggest” deal(s) we make at the deadline will be for BP arms.
One more:
5. The team used its open to 40 man spot to add washout Matt Bowman, who hasn’t pitched in the Bigs since 2019(!) instead of adding Florial. This tidbit tells you everything you need to know about the analytics driven failure this once World Class organization has become.
On a brighter note, Severino’s era is the sign of the beast.
ReplyDeleteSo at the very least we can all look forward to a possessed pitching performance today.
Is it a balk when the starting pitcher can turn his head all the way around to hold a runner on second?
Asking for a pal…..
That’s, entertainment!
A/A, Pazuzu laughs at your insolence!
ReplyDeleteIn more earthly matters, Bauers replaces Cabrera on the 26, leading off today playing RF. Peraza at SS.
Same old story with the Genius in control.
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ReplyDeleteIs it a balk when the starting pitcher can turn his head all the way around to hold a runner on second?
Nicely done. Thanks for this laugh in an otherwise joyless season.
LBJ - glad I could lend a hand
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Doug, it's about time someone in the New York media stepped up and told the truth.
ReplyDeleteIt is safe to say that The Intern's track record in New York has been a colossal failure. He's done nothing but destroy this franchise, top to bottom.
Thank you Bill Madden. Let loose the dogs of war.
Some roster moves:
ReplyDeletePrior to today’s game, the Yankees made the following roster moves:
• Returned from rehab and reinstated OF Greg Allen (#30) from the 10-day injured list.
• Returned from rehab and reinstated INF/OF Jake Bauers (#61) from the 10-day injured list.
• Optioned INF/OF Franchy Cordero to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
I know all of you know this already, but I pirated this sad bit of information from the Daily Murdoch:
ReplyDelete"...since January 2021, has traded 20 prospects, including 13 pitchers, to obtain Jameson Taillon, Joey Gallo, Anthony Rizzo, Andrew Heaney, Andrew Benintendi, Scott Effross and Frankie Montas.
Now THERE'S a track record you can count on.
I'm completely stoked having just seen ranger's post: Greg Allen and Jake Bauers are real difference makers.
ReplyDeleteIn Scranton.
Game thread?
ReplyDeleteThanks to Doug K for the heads up on Bill Madden's article in the Daily News. It is like a condensed version of the ongoing thoughts and feelings routinely seen here on this blog.
ReplyDeleteA sad lament for a once glorious franchise.
Let's call this the game thread.
ReplyDeleteThank you Stang.
ReplyDeleteIt’s Gleyber Day!
Three runs before the first out. Six more years of Cashman.
ReplyDeleteWe're actually hitting a lousy pitcher. Heavens.
ReplyDeleteFinally some runs…
ReplyDeleteBTR, your point #4 is what happened to the advertising business years ago. "Testing" killed a lot of great concepts and sent a ton of mediocrity into production. "The numbers" covered innumerable butts and took human judgement out of the equation in many cases.
ReplyDeleteFinally a Rizzo HR…
ReplyDeleteRizzO GozzO lOngO
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ReplyDeleteBumble Bauers.
ReplyDeleteOy.
ReplyDeletePlus Cashman has brought Andrew Eugene Pettitte back into the fold. So I’d double your number Stang and say 15 more years (I tend to be lousy at math)
ReplyDeleteMichael Kay is right...Barlow would be a good fit in New York..lol...
ReplyDeleteThose extra runs might come in handy.
ReplyDeleteNothing says "baseball" like an organ riff from Bach's Tocatta in D Minor.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to Maraschino? He was lights out last year.
ReplyDelete@JM Interesting point , I finally got around to watching “Mad Men” ( I know, like 10 years later) and wondered how realistic it really was.
ReplyDeleteYankees Win!!!
ReplyDeleteMcBroom!!
ReplyDeleteWith that sweep, Michael Kay says that Yankees have righted the ship. Next stop the World Series!
ReplyDeleteBTR, I think Mad Men was pretty realistic. With a dollop of artistic license, of course.
ReplyDeleteWell, it looks like the Metropolitans and Orioles now have to stop this emerging madness before it starts to cloud Cashman's usually reliable trade deadline thinking.
ReplyDeleteThanks JM, I did enjoy it.
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ReplyDeleteJM, nothing says "Yankee" baseball like Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor. Theme for dread and doom.
ReplyDeleteBTR, I will second your point regarding analytics. For it to be predictive the numbers going in have to be high quality, and we are talking human beings under pressure. And what is lower quality than that information? The Air Force has long ago moved away from THAT data, and increasingly so is the Justice system.
The Astros,the Rays, and the Dodgers. Two of those teams were in "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" mode, and the Dodgers outspent,plenty, their mistakes. And nobody with any gravitas would call any of these teams a "Dynasty" . So were does your vaunted "empirical evidence" that analytics is some kind of panacea? Taking this a step further, could you please give us some examples of what You consider things in which analytics actually measures. And do you believe that the teams that use analytics are interested in the same things? What might they happen to be?
ReplyDeleteI'm crashing out now, try not to lose your famous temper, and in doing so not answering my questions. As I have told you, analytics have been around since before your time. And I have a lengthy interest in the topic, approach, valuation, and usage from different teams. Well, what information that teams make available to the public. So please do educate myself, and others on this blog. Catch you later.