What an inconsequential mess.
What a waste of time.
Why are we devoting time to this spiritless Yankee franchise, this spineless company, this blood-sucking family-owned business?
What is the point?
After four months of play, the American League is a shambles, and only two teams - the Angels and Royals - are effectively done for the year.
If the season ended today, any AL team over .500 would get to play in October. A week from the All-Star break, the wretched Redsocks - mired in their most disappointing season of this millennium - are just five games down in the wild card race. Five.
As the Yankees flounder, are you starting to feel - well - abused?
The Yankees sport baseball's third highest payroll ($339 million) after the Dodgers ($420 million) and Mets ($374 million). They spend three times as much as the Tampa Rays ($111 million). If they were a governmental agency, they would be indicted for fraud.
So, why are we assigning so much energy, so much angst, to a team that can't even field an MLB worthy defense?
It's simple: They cannot fail. The AL is gerrymandered, rigged with tomato cans. It doesn't matter what the Yankees do this week, or next. They are positioning themselves for October. They'll get Judge back in August. They'll get Giancarlo back - oh, fuck a duck, who cares? Soon, we'll hear breathless updates on Clarke Schmidt, and then comes the trade deadline, when they once again sacrifice their farm system for short team gains.
We're doing it again.
The Yankees aren't collapsing. They are just doing what they always do.
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WHY IS DOVAL STILL ON THIS ROSTER?
That's right, Duque. And it will end as it always ends...defeat in the playoffs by a team that plays good defense, puts the ball in play, and runs the bases well.
As with all things Yankee, the answer is money.
We’re paying him, so we’re playing him.
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It all does get boring, doesn’t it? Like a mediocre movie you’ve seen several times, and know the ending well. Can you blame people for wanting to change the channel?
A couple 100-loss seasons would do the Yankees some good, but they always end up in this middling purgatory, which in this business is hell.
Putting out the fire . . . .
With Gasoline
Just testing here, as I'm having trouble getting on...
All right, so: incredibly, Yanks are still the team ranked highest in the AL (14 percent) to win the AL. And still 98 percent to make the playoffs. It's not going to happen...
Judge is not coming back. Stanton is not coming back. Bellinger, who needed to pick up at least some of that slack, is in one of his flop years. Rice? Possibly injured, definitely flopping. But that's all meaningless...
Compared to the fact that they don't have pitching. The bullpen has never been reliable this season. But now the starting rotation is falling apart. (Nice that Schlittler will pitch in the All-Star Game. I have a feeling that it's likely to be his last big start.)
Without pitching, there is nothing.
Anybody seen Fried? He used to pitch for us, he was really good.
We need Kyle Higoshioka to come back. He'd be a huge step up from anyone we have now.
I don't think the farm system has but one prospect anyone wants.
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