HR. K. K. BB. K. K. HR.
At this pace - (with, say, 55 ABs) - he'd finish spring training with 16 HRs and 32 Ks. Joey Gallo lives.
2. Jazz and Goldy also homered. The Yankees scored four of their seven runs via the long ball. Yep, it's last year's team, all right.
3. Looking at the number of Yankees headed to the World Baseball Classic, who does not fear the looming injuries? It's almost as if we'll experience a "before" and "after" spring.
4. Yesterday's Yankee offensive explosion dims when you notice who was pitching: Carlos Carrasco, chasing yet another comeback.
5. Another ex-Yank, Ben Gamel, homered for Atlanta. Once upon a time, he was the International League MVP. Those were the days.
6. Today's controversy - an A.I. doctored video, forwarded by the White House, shows (falsely) a U.S. hockey player mocking Canada. It's an ugly side of what's to come.
7. Yankees keep up the happy talk about Giancarlo Stanton, but the poor guy says he can't even open a bag of chips, so sore are his elbows. If a man cannot open a bag of chips - assuming he does not have access to cans of Pringle's - how can he live a meaningful life?
8. Cam Schlittler faced five batters yesterday, his first test since being held back two weeks ago. The Yankees are gushing happy talk. But it's the next few days, when he might experience pain, that matter.
9. Oswaldo might get into a game late next week. He's still recovering from that catastrophic broken ankle. Some images you can never forget. The surreal bend of that foot is one.
10. Jasson Dominguez didn't play yesterday. With the Yankees signing OF Randal Grichuk, the Martian is almost a certainty to start the year in Scranton. I wonder where his head is at. It can't be good.
Their treatment of The Martian is just disgraceful.
ReplyDeleteAs for Giancarlo: I don't understand how, almost every year, he shows up in worse shape than he finished the year before. What IS he doing in the off-season? Well, maybe he should take the year off...
His chronic aches could be the result of what happens when you stop taking PEDs
DeleteI'd feel worse for the men's hockey team except, you know, lie down with dogs. They weren't offended by Trump mocking the women's champions, but they're mad he got on the Canadians? What a bunch of hockey pucks.
ReplyDeleteI do at times miss me some Don Rickles
DeleteDuque, exactly. If we could all attend the Yankees meetings, we would all roll our eyes. Wait for the longball and that will solve everything. Play a team that makes contact in the post season and lose.
ReplyDelete4 true outcomes: Jones' plate appearances, and the Martian's ticket to Scranton.
ReplyDeleteThe Martian's head is surely, " Why the fuck did I sign with this team?" Sure, he received a 5-plus million signing bonus, but he will lose much more over time until he becomes a free agent, which is after the 2029 season.
ReplyDeleteIf the Yankees believe that Grichuck, with a career OBP of .298, is a better player than Domínguez, then they should trade him now for an asset and let the kid develop into at least a good MLB player. I'm so sick of the Yankees screwing with their draft picks.
I agree with Horace and you. The Martian is well on his way to becoming the next Yankee prospect ruined by Cashman and his clown show baseball 'experts'. (Heads up, Spencer, you're next).
DeletePlease - out of mercy's sake - trade him to a team that knows how to develop talent! Rename the Yankees the Dumpster Divers and call the season over.