It's barely 24 hours since the Yankees were universally christened (by their own house media) - as The Team That Won the 2025 Trade Deadline (TM), prompting happy fans to stakeout our turf on the Canyon of Heroes.
Where'd everybody go? What happened to the crowds, to the keepsake bobbleheads and whoopie cushions, the fart simulators of hope that come with every deadline deal, year after year, as our time in Purgatory clicks ever onward. What happind?
Well, I'll tell you: The Death Barge just ejaculated its worst game since - well, not that long ago, actually, I'm thinking of Gerrit "The Pointer Sister" Cole choosing not to cover first. Last night, they bundled six months of hubris into one incredible Barbra-and-Liza-Evening-at Carnegie Hall of unstepped-on, felony-grade hubris.
Wait. That name is sorta familiar. Sherman, set the WayBack to 2024. Yes, now I remember:
He's the 23-year-old catcher the Yankees traded to Miami last year for Home Run Derby legend Jazz Chisholm. And I'm not trying to muck up the waters here; I suppose most Yank fans would instinctively still make that trade, as Chisholm is one of our all-stars. But let's just say that - maybe - some of the final precincts haven't yet finished voting.
Ramirez has 15 HRs and is hitting .240; Chisholm sits at has 18 and .244. Ramirez will be paid $657,846 this year, and he's under Marlins contract through 2027. By God, he's a cheap date. Chisholm makes $5.8 million will head to full arbitration this winter, his walk season. So, was it a good trade? Sure, though I wonder: Are we still in love with Austin Wells? I'd never suggest the Yankees lost in the deal, only that the slam dunks aren't always so certain. Maybe we should wait a year or two before judging the great victories of our front office?
Awww, but that's now how they do things in New York. Right? It's always NOW, right now!
Two days ago, Yank fans celebrated a great victory, stealing two closers, a bullpen lug nut and the world's greatest base stealer - and all for some no-name prospects (and Oswald Peraza.)
The great Dinah Washington once sang, "What a difference a day makes?" She musta beena Yankee fan.
And I wonder: When Cooperstown Cashman eventually goes into the Hall of Fame, should he wear a Marlins cap?
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Last night was just Wednesday night with a different result.
One bad day does not a failure make, but when all three bullpen saviors suck on the same night, one after the other...ya gotta wonder.
Who did good? Why our old friends, the already existing lug nuts we all know and love.
But hey, Weaver and Hill are now rested, and it just cost us a game to do it.
Just=only
Lucy and the football. I'm here to remind you all.
That's baseball, Suzyn…
Today *is* half year ground hog day.
Not sure you overcome a loss like that . You left out Guy Caballero, who went totally Little League on that play in RF. That’s what you get for playing people out of position. But…they said he could play OF too! Did they? Sure didn’t look that way last night.
From MLB.COM: The Yankees hadn’t scored 12 runs or more and lost a nine-inning game since Aug. 12, 1973, vs. the Athletics. To find a game where they’d scored a dozen runs in a road loss, you’d have to flip back to July 24, 1940, against the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman’s Park.
Yesterday, I pondered why the Yankees paid so little in a seller's market for those three relief pitchers. Well, in less than 24 hours, my question was answered: They blow, saves, that is. Obviously, they became dead wood that other teams didn't want. When other GMs hang up the phone with Cashman, they probably fall to the floor and laugh so hard that they piss in their pants!
It's as if The Brain has a huge billboard atop the MLB offices in Manhattan.
" Got a once-great player in steep decline? Call Brian Cashman.
Got an injured player that you want to palm off on to a team that doesn't look too closely? Call Brian Cashman.
Got a reliever that's been in decline over the past year that you still owe money to for the next few years? Call Brian Cashman.
Terms are always easy because the owner never holds him responsible. Don't wait until the last few minutes of the trade deadline; call Brian Casman NOW!"
Cashman*
Great post, O Peerless One! As for me, I got off the Austin Wells bandwagon after his awful postseason. This year just confirms that he is in Montero/Sanchez/McCann-level decline. (What IS it with us and catchers?)
Plus...what a mighty effort by Rodon. Can't get out of the fifth with a six-run lead against a losing team. Oy.
Welcome to the Yankees, where good ballplayers come to implode and great prospects, traded away, blossom on other teams.
And Cashman is the sucker every other GM loves to trade with.
Last night's game was nothing short of great! It was a fiasco and fiascos are great.
It had everything.
Men playing out of position. While the right sub sits on the bench.
A Volpe error and home run and this game was so bad it doesn't even get a mention. Does he look "larger" to anyone?
New reliver Bird throwing the same pitch over and over and over until the batter figured it out and then doing the same thing with the next batter.
Letting the ONLY Marlin All-Star beat you with a home run (Grand Slam)
Using Bednar. Did you know that he has trouble pitching in that building? He's now blown five saves there. Kind of thing our crackerjack stat nerds might have noticed.
Dominguez was great and was so pissed that her didn't bring the GS back. Just missed it and he's been practicing. I like that he was pissed. They need fire.
Losing on a dribbler!
I love that the Yankees offense kept putting up numbers.
Every move was wrong. Every new player imploded.
Fiasco!!!!!!
Hey Hoss - At least Rodon entered the game with a no hitter….
Horace, I think the answer to your question about catchers is similar to that of every other positional player: piss-poor scouting, talent evaluation, and player development.
Last week, I pointed out that no decent third baseman has been developed by the Yankees in close to 30 years (Mike Lowell). Let's take a closer look at the other positions:
SS- Since Jeter 30 years ago. No one I can remember.
2B- Since Robinson Cano about 25 years ago. Ditto.
1B-Since Nick Johnson about 20 years ago. Ditto.
C- Since Jorge Posada about 35 years ago. Ditto.
OF-Since Judge and Gardner going back 20 years. No one except perhaps The Martian and Spencer Jones. But the jury can't deliberate for at least the next 5 years. This is especially egregious because there are multiple slots in the outfield.
Pitchers-The only bright spot over time. But, not surprising when you consider the number of cumulative openings over time.
Does anyone think that there has been a worse team in MLB since Brian Cashman's tenure to find and nurture baseball talent? I do not.
Doug...The only fire in Yankeeland that is important will occur when Hal fires Boone and Cashman.
Which is never going to happen, Carl.
The Yankees now have no excuse not to win the World Series?
Don’t worry folks, The Intern and Booooooone will find one. Or two.
What idiot inserted Caballero, an infielder, as a right fielder and at the same time put Bellinger, an outfielder, at first base?
Even in Strat-O-Matic Baseball you’ll get burned every time. But then again, maybe Booooooone never played Strat-O-Matic Baseball.
What idiot? I wonder…
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