OT: NY Yankees 2026 Season Thread
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Refresh my memory...why is Jake Bird still on the roster???
Get a ticket out of town for Doval, as well.
Get a ticket out of town for Doval, as well.
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Bird needs to go. Just awful.Refresh my memory...why is Jake Bird still on the roster???
Get a ticket out of town for Doval, as well.
Doval not much better.
team needs upgrades from these two guys.
Cashman and Boone are still trying to justify acquiring those two bums last year.
Just a matter of how many games those two guys piss away before mgmt admits they made bad trades.
I doubt that either one has to "justify" trading for Doval or Bird. Their jobs seem strangely secure.
Even when one looks over at Queens and sees three former key bullpen guys doing well for the mets.... Holmes, Weaver, and Williams.
I think there's a subset of guys that simply can't survive the pressure of playing for the NYY.
Nathan Evoldi comes to mind.
Sonny Gray is another.
Donate his MLB jersey to Goodwill!
Off subject, Am I the only fan that thinks Judge takes too many pitches?
What's this team gonna do when they start playing good teams?
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This season looks a lot like last year--poor bullpen and the lack of contact hitters has hurt the offense which is too reliant on home runs. When the injured pitchers return to the mound one of the starters ( Warren ?) should go to the bullpen.
Cashman really think he wouldn't get the same results as last year if he didn't make any changes?
The problem with that thinking is that the team really wan't that bad last year so it makes sense logically. However, the reality is that our flaws can be exploited by good pitching in the playoffs. Also, Hal's stance to not overspend will never help without a very high level of talented and cheap players. Right now, our cheap players suck or are too inconsistent. Rice is really the only impact bat we have that is young and controllable. Wells, Volpe - inconsistent.
This is why I always advocate to bring up kids to try them out. We need them. Rice wasn't supposed to be this good, neither was Judge. However, they got a chance and crushed it. We should wipe out the bullpen and just put youth in there.
If you're not gonna put up with a 400 million dollar payroll, you have to cut corners somewhere.
Except SS and 3B were known weaknesses going into last winter and mgmt addressed neither.
And even though Grisham will singlehandedly win you 2-3 games a year, he had a career season and the assumption he could repeat that was a gross miscalculation, imo. Certainly resigning him was a gamble.
This just seems like ownership is content with making the postseason, not winning the WS.
And yet for some strange reason the Yankees have just recalled Jake Bird from AAA.
Why would they do that ? He's awful. Been so since the day they got him last season.
Have they no other options ?
The only possible reason would be "starting the clock" on someone's MLB seniority/service for eventual salary???
172 days is considered a full MLB season. Once you're past the first 3 weeks of the season, the clock won't start until the next season.
I think they're just trying to salvage Bird because he's under team control for a few more seasons and he's cheap.
I think they're just trying to salvage Bird because he's under team control for a few more seasons and he's cheap.
The yankees will hit better, and the starting pitching, already wih the leagues lowest ERA, will hit the stratosphere when Cole/Rodon come back, The defense is solid, Cashman will fix the bullpen. This will be a fun season with our rotation. We just easily won the first 2 games at Fenway.
Probably. Money was no object with the boss. However, the luxury tax does complicate things a bit. Plus, there's draft penalties now so even he would be struggling a bit I'm sure. The game was definitely simpler back then.
I know the goal is winning, and the pitching has led the way, but 17 KOs against the worst team in the division is embarrassing.
That's why this team is always DOA once the playoffs begin.
Yep, a perennial playoff team with a low ceiling/high floor.
One of the more enjoyable trips by the Yankees to Fenway in quite some time. I can't recall the last time I heard so few "Yankees Suck" chants by the fans in Beantown. i guess one doesn't have the energy for that when you're getting completely shut down by Yankees pitching. 