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Post by greatfatness on Feb 14, 2019 6:12:38 GMT -5
Let’s postulate a bit about first base for a moment. I figured that the Yanks might go after a 1B in the off-season, so I held this thought back until now. What if Greg Bird and Luke Voit have equall spring trainings. Equally good wood be the hope. Who stays and who goes to AAA? I assume both have options, but I’m not sure. That could be the deciding factor if someone is out and the other still has them. I could see Bird getting the first shot with Voit waiting at AAA, and in time as the season passes one of the two traded away. We could use a lefty bat, and if Bird scuffles for the first month he could be dealt or released at that point. I expect the opposite. I think Voit needs to be injured or completely incompetent for Bird to win back his job. The difference between them last season was just far too pronounced and as much as everyone wants to see Bird be productive so we can add a lefty power bat to the lineup he hasn't done it for any meaningful stretch. They went out and got Voit based on the front office's analysis of what they think succeeds with this team. He's going to get a lot of rope. If Bird hits extremely well, I could see them moving him. More likely he plays every day at SWB. Possibly a bench role but he's so one dimensional that I don't think that will make sense particularly since Voit is really not a platoon hitter. I would also add that Bird could hit .400 this spring and still not impress the Yankees. In ST, the numbers could mean anything. The thing they're going to be looking for is batspeed, which was nonexistent last year. If that isn't different this year, his Yankees career could be over before he's out of options. |
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Post by noetsi on Feb 14, 2019 16:48:06 GMT -5
Bird has had great springs before then did little in the regular season (possibly due to injuries).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 19:06:03 GMT -5
Inger and Bird, Bird and inger. Gotta admire the loyalty.⚾️
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Post by inger on Feb 14, 2019 19:36:28 GMT -5
Inger and Bird, Bird and inger. Gotta admire the loyalty.⚾️ True. He’s never once been disloyal to me. You have to admire that in him... |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 14, 2019 21:10:42 GMT -5
Inger and Bird, Bird and inger. Gotta admire the loyalty.⚾️ I think inger just has visions of the Bird and his sweet left handed swing launching balls into the short porch upper deck. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 21:25:38 GMT -5
Yes, that was the plan we all had in mind once upon a time.
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Post by inger on Feb 14, 2019 21:31:47 GMT -5
Long ago and far away, before Bird turned the ripe old age of 26...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 21:46:22 GMT -5
And suddenly couldn’t turn on 90 mph fastballs🎱
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Post by greatfatness on Feb 15, 2019 8:58:34 GMT -5
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Post by domeplease on Feb 15, 2019 10:54:57 GMT -5
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Post by greatfatness on Feb 15, 2019 13:39:42 GMT -5
TAMPA — Gary Sánchez enters spring training with a clean shoulder, a slimmer physique and renewed confidence in part because of his close personal relationship with his manager, Aaron Boone.
The Gary and Boonie Show has been the subject of spring thus far down in Tampa as the Yankees’ pitchers and catchers begin their throwing and hitting programs back in uniform. By now you probably know Sanchez’s 2018 batting average by heart: .186. Average is no longer considered the be-all-end-all for a hitter, but for Sánchez, that number said it all.
During the offseason, Boone traveled to the Dominican Republic to meet with his starting catcher and have dinner with him and Sánchez’s wife, Sahaira. There, over a meal in Sánchez’s home country, the catcher and his skipper talked baseball — but not just ball.
“It was a better opportunity to get to know me as a person instead of a ballplayer,” Sánchez said Thursday through interpreter Marlon Abreu.
“With Gary I feel like I’ve developed a really good relationship with him over the last year,” Boone said. The dinner in the D.R. was satisfying, Boone added, because he was able “to just deepen the relationship and to see (Gary) talk passionately about things that matter to him.”
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Post by desousa on Feb 15, 2019 16:24:34 GMT -5
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Here's a Luis Severino fun fact -- the Yankees are 44-19 in his 63 starts since the start of 2017, the most team wins started by any
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:20:59 GMT -5
TAMPA — Gary Sánchez enters spring training with a clean shoulder, a slimmer physique and renewed confidence in part because of his close personal relationship with his manager, Aaron Boone.
The Gary and Boonie Show has been the subject of spring thus far down in Tampa as the Yankees’ pitchers and catchers begin their throwing and hitting programs back in uniform. By now you probably know Sanchez’s 2018 batting average by heart: .186. Average is no longer considered the be-all-end-all for a hitter, but for Sánchez, that number said it all.
During the offseason, Boone traveled to the Dominican Republic to meet with his starting catcher and have dinner with him and Sánchez’s wife, Sahaira. There, over a meal in Sánchez’s home country, the catcher and his skipper talked baseball — but not just ball.
“It was a better opportunity to get to know me as a person instead of a ballplayer,” Sánchez said Thursday through interpreter Marlon Abreu.
“With Gary I feel like I’ve developed a really good relationship with him over the last year,” Boone said. The dinner in the D.R. was satisfying, Boone added, because he was able “to just deepen the relationship and to see (Gary) talk passionately about things that matter to him.”
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Having dinner with Gary and his wife in the DR... That'll improve his offence and defence. Damn, who would have thought...
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Post by greatfatness on Feb 16, 2019 6:08:53 GMT -5
TAMPA — Gary Sánchez enters spring training with a clean shoulder, a slimmer physique and renewed confidence in part because of his close personal relationship with his manager, Aaron Boone. The Gary and Boonie Show has been the subject of spring thus far down in Tampa as the Yankees’ pitchers and catchers begin their throwing and hitting programs back in uniform. By now you probably know Sanchez’s 2018 batting average by heart: .186. Average is no longer considered the be-all-end-all for a hitter, but for Sánchez, that number said it all. During the offseason, Boone traveled to the Dominican Republic to meet with his starting catcher and have dinner with him and Sánchez’s wife, Sahaira. There, over a meal in Sánchez’s home country, the catcher and his skipper talked baseball — but not just ball. “It was a better opportunity to get to know me as a person instead of a ballplayer,” Sánchez said Thursday through interpreter Marlon Abreu. “With Gary I feel like I’ve developed a really good relationship with him over the last year,” Boone said. The dinner in the D.R. was satisfying, Boone added, because he was able “to just deepen the relationship and to see (Gary) talk passionately about things that matter to him.” -------------------------- Having dinner with Gary and his wife in the DR... That'll improve his offence and defence. Damn, who would have thought... It is amazing to me how little credence most sports fans give to the people management side of a job that has the job title Manager. As if the only job responsibility of the role is to decide when to bunt and if someone should get up in the bullpen. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 7:42:48 GMT -5
I think you might be conflating the terms manager and leader, GF. Managers, by definition, do the bidding of the GM. I doubt Boone was doing anything that Cashman didn’t ask him to do. In short, it was Cashman’s idea. Few managers reach the level of leader and the ones that do are usually jettisoned. Leaders in any industry with real people skills rarely stay put in one organisation very long. Boone implements Cashman’s plans, who has been touting Sanchez’s value ad nauseum the entire off season because of the availability of Realmuto. Aaron jumped on the plane at the behest of Brian Cashman, who has committed to Sanchez big time. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but I certainly don’t believe he was there altruistically. BTW, he also checked in on baseball operations in the DR, so it’s fiction that he went there in a single minded purpose to connect with his underperforming catcher.
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