Thursday, October 12, 2023

Glad we didn't get these mutts.

 

As this Yankees-less playoff season trundles along, let's not be so conscious of how well a virtual team-ful of ex-Yankees is doing that we neglect to note how well so many of those Yankees-who-never-were are faring (yet again).

Bryce Harper, the man who supposedly offered himself to the Yankees at a discount when he was a free agent before the 2019 season, has been, what's the technical term? One Bad Motherfucker of late, getting his Phillies within a game of the NLCS—where he won the 2022 series MVP.

The Yankees ignored his pleas, of course. And all Harper—a lefty hitter—has done since is won a regular-season MVP and a Silver Slugger, made an All-Star team, and hit 9 postseasons home runs (and counting). 

Can you picture that guy hitting behind Judge? Good riddance to bad rubbish!

And then there's Justin Verlander, back in the ALCS for the SEVENTH STRAIGHT time with his Houston Astros. He's won 10 games in the postseason since he went to Houston—including 2 in 2017, when he was the ALCS MVP for shutting us down (twice). 

Verlander's only won two (and nearly three) Cy Youngs since going to the Lone Star State.

But Brian Cashman had a better idea, of course: trade for Sonny Gray! Who he then dealt for Shed Long, Jr.! Shed Long, Sr. is an entire guest cottage! Remember your waitresses!

Clutch, big-game giants who are already Hall-of-Fame locks. And I won't even get into the various supporting characters we ALSO didn't sign or trade for when we had the chance, most notably Corey Seagar and J.T. Realmuto.

But I'm sure their analytics just didn't hold up. Hey, always remember, folks: trust the PROCESS. And when the process works like this, I say bring on the AI bots.









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7 comments:

  1. JaraxleOctober 12, 2023 at 4:35 PM

    While we’re at it the money they spent on Donaldson/Ikf could’ve gone to Seager to play short, Volpe could’ve spent the year learning third in aaa OR couldve been the piece that gets Castillo instead of Montas. How many more wins does that get them this year alone?

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  2. 13bitOctober 12, 2023 at 4:56 PM

    but wait...the sabremetricians have assured us that "clutch" is not a metric, not meaningful at all, in fact...say it ain't so...

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  3. Mildred LopezOctober 12, 2023 at 5:33 PM


    Trade the entire organization for Soto because we need a lefthanded power hitter when we could have had Seager AND Harper if fuckface wasn't such a fuckface.



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  4. HoraceClarke66October 12, 2023 at 10:32 PM

    Craig Kimbrel is the luckiest SOB in the world.

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  5. DickAllenOctober 12, 2023 at 11:03 PM

    The only way it would make a bit of difference to trade the whole organization for Soto would be to include The Intern as part of the deal. A throw-in. Or maybe a throw-away.

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  6. The Hammer of GodOctober 13, 2023 at 10:16 AM

    @ Jaraxle, Or after signing Seager to play SS, they could've put Volpe at 2B, traded Torres for pitching. Multiple ways to skin a cat, but they basically did nothing, and paid the price.

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  7. TheWinWarblistOctober 16, 2023 at 4:52 PM

    Bitty, my Bitty, I do not believe "clutch" except for The Great Rivera in the postseason. But suck? Ohh, that exists all over the Bronx and is easily measured and quantitated.

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