Lately, I've seen a few about the Yankees, from theoretically reputable sources, such as the Internet. I see the story. I cannot believe it. But apparently, there is some basis of fact behind it. On that note...
The Four Yankee Questions of the Apocalypse.
1. Are the Yankees really thinking about activating Giancarlo?
Seriously. This is insane. Didn't we try this with Nasty Nestor two Octobers ago? You cannot bring a guy back after missing a year and expect him to produce. Moreover, you cannot bring a guy back after missing a year and expect him to produce... when he cannot even run the bases.
To win this series, the Yankees will need hustle and defense. Giancarlo Stanton can provide neither.
2. If Judge thinks he's good to go, is Boone really going to overrule him?
If Judge thinks he's ready, who's going to stop him? You wanna get in his way? Go ahead, but I sure don't. I doubt Boonie does either. Let the big dog run. If he tweaks a gonad, he tweaks a gonad. If he goes 0-8, so be it. He's Captain. He gets to decide.
Let the big dog run!
3. Is there anybody who can ferry us to Bednar?
All season, whenever we needed an out, it was Brent Headrick. And he always came through. Last month, he had one of the best ERAs of any reliever in the game, well below 2.00. He should have been named to the All-Star Game.
Now, that ERA is up to 2.18. The guy has thrown 78 innings. His 81 games pitched is second in all of baseball. That's Scott Proctor territory. (Actually, Scott threw 102 one year.) The poor guy is throwing on stems and seeds. We have nobody else. Does he have two games left? If not, who gets us to the 9th?
4. Will we finally get to see that inevitable, epic, long-awaited Aroldis meltdown?
When El Chapo joined Boston, Yank fans silently rejoiced. We all knew where it was headed: To the out-of-body experience of an Aroldis Chapman collapse.
I get shivers, just thinking of it...
The manic scowl. The glistening tattoos. The rivulets of hyperbolic sweat pouring off the brim of his cap. Oh, yeah. The first walk. Ohh, baby. The second walk. Keep it coming. The three-run blast. OHHH! The insane smile. Haha. Yes, he stands there, glaring AND smiling. Oh, yes, yes, yessss.
Will we get to see it? The Apocalypse is near.
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Aroldis - as with other head cases - has the ability to summon supernatural focus when it comes to fucking us over. He is one of the exiled ones, they on whom NYC turned its collective back and said "fuck off." That brings a special mojo when it comes to showdowns. Don't count Chapo out in big games against us. I hope I'm wrong here. And if Stanton comes back, that would be an irrefutable proof that metrics is bullshit and/or that Cash is a moron.
Like so many ex-Yankees, Torrents seems to have recovered himself, being with a team that employs coaches, and all that.
The great start to this season—and the outstanding starting pitching—SHOULD have enabled the Yankees to get completely set for the postseason...
Since they decided to play most of the year as an extended spring training anyway, the Yanks should have busied themselves with several projects.
—One would have been sticking The Martian in CF, where there are no fences and his speed would give him his greatest advantage, and hire SOMEONE to make an outfielder out of him. Not to mention working on his hitting. Grisham should have been a rarely used back-up.
—Oswaldo should have been up months ago, slotted in everywhere and eventually assigned third base. McMahon should've been traded or simply DFA's; since he can't field now, either. He's useless. Same for Rosario.
—The entire concentration at the trade deadline, AND WELL BEFORE, should've been on getting a catcher who could at least hit his weight, and field.
—The many wasted months could better have been spent assuming that Judge and certainly Giancarlo would not come back for the playoffs, and learning how to score runs the Tampa Bay way. NOT with solo shots to the porch in left, which will be completely unavailing come the postseason.
No could do. Ever.
So, who do we like in the playoffs? I'm thinking Milwaukee over TB in six. Mostly because I can't stomach even the thought of the Treasonous Dodgers winning a third ring in a row.
Also, it would be nice to see two teams that have never won it in the Series. Also, because two small markets like that would be a nice kick in the head to the Lords of MLB before they shut the game down.
I actually would like to see the Rays beat the Brewers because of the awful Bud Selig, but I think TB will turn back into a (consumptive) pumpkin, once they're out of the AL (Awful League).
I couldn't agree more. I've been sayin' for years now that they need to develop Jasson Dominguez, and the only way to do that is by playing him at the major league level. You have to live with all the mistakes until he finally develops, which takes years. But if they started two or three years ago, there would light at the end of the tunnel right now. Instead ... nothing but darkness all around.
You go, Hoss! Yeah, I wuz thinkin' the same thing, Tampa and Milwaukee in the World Series. Since Mill-Walk-Key is my substitute favorite team now, I'd have to root for the Brew Crew. (It's got to the point now where you need a substitute favorite to root for - like in football, I root for the Dallas Cowboys, because I've always liked their uniforms since I was four years old, and the Jets always suck. In hockey, I root for the Montreal Canadiens because the Islanders always suck.)
In a way, the Yankees have already failed this year at post-season baseball. When they got their butts kicked by the Dick-Bags in the Sonoran desert, the Yankees failed to eliminate the Dick-Bags. Taking two of three would've done it! Instead, the Dick-Bags have a chance to weasel their way into the playoffs, edging out the hapless Phillies. If they get eliminated, Don Mattingly & the Phillies will send the Yankees a Christmas basket of bull shit this year with a note "Thanks for nuthin', you worthless fuckers! Eat shit and die!"
And more of the same looks like it's a comin' our way, unfortunately. What do ya think of the Yankees agains the Red Sox? What do you think of the odds?
I'm thinking the Red Sox have at least a 65% chance of knocking off the Yankees. Maybe 70-75%. So long odds for the Yankees.
When Gunslinger Chapman went to Boston, you knew it was trouble for the Yankees. He's never going to blow it for Boston. Yes, he kind of blew it in that four game set earlier this year, but Boston still came back to win that game and sweep the four game series. Red Sox coaching is like fucking LIGHT YEARS ahead of the Yankees, and therein lies the difference. Chapman pitches like shit here, can't climb out of the grave that he dug for himself. Goes to Boston, and he's the Gunslinger again, like what happened here was nothing but a bad dream. You can name many other pitchers like that: Eovaldi, Stormy Weather Sunny Gray, Garret Whitlock, Greg Weissert, the list goes on and on.
Yankee coaching cannot correct death spirals here. They don't have the answers when anyone starts to struggle. Competent teams like the Red Sox have the coaches who can stop struggles before they become death spirals. They make intelligent decisions and make the right adjustments.
You can even look at the case of Anthony Volpe. Shelley Duncan and his staff ironed out Volpe's swing at AAA. Made if flatter and shorter. Got him hitting the other way much more. Why couldn't they do that at the major league level? It's crazy, isn't it? A ten year old could see what Volpe was doing wrong when he was struggling: uppercut swing, swinging for the fences on every pitch, taking too big a cut. It ain't rocket science.
I watched some of the Tampa v. Phillies game yesterday on FOX. Tampa is really, really good at just barrelling the ball, going the other way, hitting the ball in holes. There were so many of those kind of hits, I can't even remember all of them. And that was just in one game.
Milwaukee does the same thing with their offense. They stay disciplined, unlike the Yankees. Milwaukee routinely put up 20 run games this year. These teams, Tampa and Milwaukee, they'll kill brainless pitching.
And whilst watching the Tampa game last night, I could easily see a kid like Jasson Dominguez hitting over .300 for those guys and just being a fucking terror to opposing pitchers. Meanwhile, JD can't even get a full season under his belt here, much less develop, because it's too important to play guys like Trent Grisham.
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