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.