Sunday, May 26, 2019

Could Yankee no-names make the All Star Game?

Soon, the All-Star Game voting will begin, and with the second-best record in baseball (one game behind the mighty Twins), the Yankees surely warrant a few slots on the AL dream team. Obviously, the big vote-getters should be Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Ser Didi Gregorius and Dellin Betances, right? 

Hmmm. Something tells me the big names aren't going to make that game.

So who on the Castoff Yankees' daily lineup could play? 

I hereby submit that Luke Voit needs your vote. Check his numbers.


Second in RBIs, among the top in HRs, with a serviceable BA and an improving glove. (Lately, much better.) A hot month of June could do it. Say this quickly: VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!VOTE VOIT!

Okay, what about Gio "Urshquake" Urshela, who threw out a guy yesterday from his butt.  
A few more plays like this will win a primary, and once he accumulates enough ABs to qualify, he'd be leading AL 3Bs in hitting. 


Truth be told, power numbers would probably sink Urshela's shot, (and Rafael Devers will get an avalanche of votes from the big-spending Redsock multinational corporate Goliath's rigged election machinery.)

Okay, here's an even bigger long shot: What about Red Thunder? 


Nah, won't happen. Forgetaboutit. But, hmmm, if Frazier heated up in June - I mean, he hits for power and average, as he did before spraining his ankle and missing 10 days, he could actually vault into the mix. His HR and RBI totals are low because of the lack of ABs. Considering Stanton's recent setback, Frazier should get a full shot. Who knows? Crazy, huh?

Have a great Memorial Day weekend. Rainy and overcast in Syracuse. Hope you're dry in the Midwest. It'll get better in June. Remember: The days are still growing longer.

25 comments:

Parson Tom said...

Hey, don't forget The General. Lemahieu should be the All Star super-sub, like that guy from Tampa and then the Cubs who played every position and never stopped hitting.

Publius said...

RailRiders won a wild one...17-12...in Syracuse yesterday. Wade and Higgy leading the way.

TheWinWarblist said...

Red Thunder!! Red Thunder!! Red Thunder!! Red Thunder!!

Joe Formerlyof Brooklyn said...


My vote goes to Ellsbury. He's MVP for not appearing personally in any games (so far).

13bit said...

Addition through subtraction - Ellsbury and Stanton have contributed much through their absence.

TheWinWarblist said...

Exactly Bitty. Would the Yankees have a better record with them in the line up?

JM said...

I hope nobody gets picked. Rather they get a few days off, rest up, and avoid Home Run Derby jinxes and possible All-Star injuries. Bullshit game, anyway, nothing but a marketing gimmick.

German is in mid-inning form, giving up a couple of blah singles and tossing a watermelon to the guy on KC with perhaps the least power. He is still very much a work in progress, and is mostly a four inning pitcher. A really good opener, as it were. Maybe next year, if he doesn't need Tommy John or go down with Severino's disease.

TheWinWarblist said...

I have long defended DomGer in this comment section, but he stunk it up in the bottom of the 2nd today. As David Hume said: A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. I still believe in him, but he'd better be lights out for at least four more innings. David Hume also said: Contact is important. Hit strikes hard. Of course, Hume never saw Vlad Guerrero Sr play.

JM said...

Can we all agree that Frazier should never, ever play right field? Left, OK, but never right.

JM said...

I was always more of a Locke man, Winnie, but I getcher point.

JM said...

If anyone can explain how Morales is an upgrade over anyone we had on the roster, please do. His clogging presence serves absolutely no purpose that I can see.

JM said...

Why is German still pitching? Anyone?

JM said...

7-1, HR after HR.

TheWinWarblist said...

How much more do you think before Ma notices?

TheWinWarblist said...

How does one leave a young pitcher out there like this? It's sadistic.

JM said...

Nestor is impressing me more and more.

JM said...

Morales is just incredibly dead weight. Can't hit, can't run, can only play first, kinda. What the fuck is he doing here?

JM said...

Oh fuck. Hicks with based loaded, two outs, down by two in the ninth.

I can't look. He has flat-out sucked since coming back.

JM said...

Hicks hit!!! Holy shit!!!

TheWinWarblist said...

Now it's all up to Nestor Cortez, fuck us all.

TheWinWarblist said...

Cinnamon dipped,sugar coated, deep fried baby Jesus onna stick! Is no one left in the fucking bullpen!?

Local Bargain Jerk said...


This was a fun game, right up until the moment in the top of the 10th when Suzyn said "Jonathan Surrenderer is warming up in the pen."

Ugh.

TheWinWarblist said...

Holder. Holder is left. Of course he is.



Fuckers.

JM said...

Nestor is all right with me. The guy is a pitcher, and since he doesn't throw 500mph, he might not be prone to injury.

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