OT: NY Yankees 2026 Season Thread
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Volpe showing some heart and making himself valuable to the team with his bat. I know the plan is to get him some experience around the diamond to make him more versatile. Could replace Jazz at the end of the season maybe?
Quite the group of starters Cashman has assembled.Jake Bird... .
Quite the bullpen Cashman has assembled.
How many aces do they currently have ?
Starting rotation has been phenomenal.
But they better grab bullpen arms before the trade deadline.
You know what is funny, you see all the video's from Bonds, ARod, Gywnn, Will Clarke, Thomas, old school ones from Mays, Williams, Aaron, all talking of hitting down, making contact, etc...
And the one player I always see that says to tell your kids to launch is Donaldson...
If I had a kid playing youth ball today- I wonder what I would be teaching them. It also baffles my mind when some players and analytics fans- say a K is just an out. Meanwhile- how many soft hit grounders find their way past players or cause errors. There is Zero good that can happen with a K
Along with a K, my coach used to say "there's no bad hops in the air. Hit it hard on the ground."
Down and hard. Make them make the play. Unfortunately, the major leaguers make the play a lot!
Need another back-end bullpen arm. However in the playoffs they will only need 4 starters (if healthy Cole, Schlittler, Fried, Rodan). Weathers has the stuff to be a lefty weapon out of the pen....question will be if he has the mental makeup as a high leverage reliever.
saw a video recently- forget who it was but a historical hitter- they showed why leveling the bat to the ball compared to launch angle makes so much more sense. that upward launch angle swing only allows one single moment of bat and ball making solid contact. No room for error. Level the bat to the ball - and even if you miss by a little- it can still have a positive outcome.
Ehhh- it happens in baseball and he can easily end up .290 it would also seem like a slip if he "only" ends up with 45 or so HR and 100 RBI.
So- Let's say he does end up .250/48/100 many would call it a slip and many would call it a career year for 95% of baseball. The only worry, ever, for Judge- is if a wall gets in his way.
And of course with Judge you have to factor in all of his contributions....like that perfect throw he made from right field the other day on the fly to throw out the runner at home in a 0-0 game. A momentum changer for sure.
Judge deserves better from the Yankees. He got a very fair contract from them, but they have failed him by not building enough around him during his peak years. His decline will probably be pretty gradual I'm guessing. Could this be the start? Who knows. It's amazing to think that this year is already year 4 of his 9 year contract. Seems like it just happened.
Rodon looks to be rounding into top form now too.
Can a team have too many quality starters ?
Yankees score 13 runs in one inning Sunday....and do absolutely nothing in every other inning.
Ben Rice sure looks like the most dangerous hitter in their lineup.
What's wrong with Judge ?
BTW, another fine start from Will Warren. But for a fly ball to center that was lost in the sun he would have given up zero runs yesterday. He has to remain in the rotation.
Ben Rice sure looks like the most dangerous hitter in their lineup.
What's wrong with Judge ?
BTW, another fine start from Will Warren. But for a fly ball to center that was lost in the sun he would have given up zero runs yesterday. He has to remain in the rotation.
Good problem to have, unless you're Gil.
Weathers might be a big piece of a trade for a fire balling closer and put Bednar to the 8th inning.
Someone suggested the other day that when Fried comes back they're gonna move Weathers to the pen and bring up Carlos Lagrange and his 100 mph fastball and put him in the pen as well.
Btw, I wonder what they're gonna do when Stanton is ready to play. They'd be crazy to move Goldschmidt or Rice out of the lineup.
My only concern is that Lagrange has erratic control. Actually, he'll fit in perfectly!
But he threw one pitch at 103 mph...was consistently at 100.
I kid. I've wondered all season what he's still doing on this team.
Anyway this game was lost because Schlittler didn't have his usual dominant stuff and the defense and the bats didn't give him much help. Except for Goldschmidt.
Gotta bounce back tomorrow vs. Cleveland's best starter.
Yikes. Judge is expected to return at some point this year.
This season is suddenly not looking so good.
The ineptitude of the two catchers to contribute ANYTHING on offense is beyond ridiculous.
How is it possible for Cashman to fail to address the issue?
How is it possible for Cashman to fail to address the issue?
Saw something yesterday that indicates he's looking into it. Called the Pods about Freddy Fermin.
He's hitting .125
You do you. I can't be like that.
Schlittler came through big today. And Bellinger with a clutch home run in the bottom of the 8th that seemed to open the floodgates. They really needed this win.