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Post by inger on Mar 3, 2019 16:33:46 GMT -5
When you look at what was spent, then add the decisions to come...I’m happy as a lark that we didn’t buy in to those giant contracts. If we had, many of the same people that were clamoring to sign those guys would have been crying a couple years from now when the team would have decided to cut ties with the guys we’ve watched grow up to be Yankees...
I would have happily parted with a couple players in trade to pick up another high quality starting pitcher, but it seems the matchups were not going to allow that to happen.
I’ll go to war with the team we have, and do so gladly...
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Post by greatfatness on Mar 3, 2019 18:38:49 GMT -5
When you look at what was spent, then add the decisions to come...I’m happy as a lark that we didn’t buy in to those giant contracts. If we had, many of the same people that were clamoring to sign those guys would have been crying a couple years from now when the team would have decided to cut ties with the guys we’ve watched grow up to be Yankees... I would have happily parted with a couple players in trade to pick up another high quality starting pitcher, but it seems the matchups were not going to allow that to happen. I’ll go to war with the team we have, and do so gladly... We’ve had a fun team the last few years. Other than Chapman it is a really likable group. I can enjoy a team with only one piece of crap on it. If he gets injured all the better, we have more than enough top shelf closers on this roster. |
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Post by michcusejoe5 on Mar 3, 2019 18:48:23 GMT -5
Little reason to not be excited about this team. I wanted Harper but even still there is little doubt that this is a better team on paper than it was last year (when we won 100 games). Our main rival is largely unchanged (and actually got worse in the bullpen) and had everything break in the right direction last season.
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 3, 2019 22:07:09 GMT -5
Little reason to not be excited about this team. I wanted Harper but even still there is little doubt that this is a better team on paper that it was last year (when we won 100 games). Our main rival is largely unchanged (and actually got worse in the bullpen) and had everything break in the right direction last season. I think the only real negative was DiDi's injury, although Tulo could end being a real steal and if he stays healthy and has anything left in the tank. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2019 16:45:31 GMT -5
I agree with mich. the Yankees were almost comical last season hitting with RISP and did little to improve that. They are pushing the envelope with Sanchez and Andujar improving much if any defensively, and the SP is razor thin in depth. They did pretty much hold the line on spending and it doesn’t look like Boston is doing much either. There are 7-9 teams who couldn’t care less about winning, so maybe the warts will be covered up by that neglect. Saying that, once the first pitch is thrown, I’m oblivious to that stuff and will be as avid a fan as anyone.
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Post by michcusejoe5 on Mar 4, 2019 16:48:19 GMT -5
I agree with mich. the Yankees were almost comical last season hitting with RISP and did little to improve that. They are pushing the envelope with Sanchez and Andujar improving much if any defensively, and the SP is razor thin in depth. They did pretty much hold the line on spending and it doesn’t look like Boston is doing much either. There are 7-9 teams who couldn’t care less about winning, so maybe the warts will be covered up by that neglect. Saying that, once the first pitch is thrown, I’m oblivious to that stuff and will be as avid a fan as anyone. I think you misread what I said lol |
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Post by noetsi on Mar 4, 2019 19:24:30 GMT -5
I think we are thin at SP compared to other play off teams, largely because I expect this team to have many injuries given past yankee experience (we did not do much to reduce the age of our staff if anything). I have heard different things about our defense, its hard for me to believe its great, but then in a home run era defense is less important I expect. Our ability to hit with men in scoring position is also less important than with other teams and eras (at least until the play offs) because we rely on home runs to drive people in.
I think it will be fun to watch this team, I don't think we have enough pitching to win (or probably even reach) the WS.
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Post by kaybli on Mar 6, 2019 21:00:43 GMT -5
CC Sabathia’s broadcast career off to early start with ESPN deal
Sabathia plans to retire following this season, his 19th in the big leagues and 11th with the Yankees. He has signed on with ESPN to do 15 appearances so far on a variety of shows — including “SportsCenter,” “Get Up,” “First Take,” “Golic and Wingo” and occasionally “Baseball Tonight.”
It isn’t every day that an active player moves into another field of work, but Sabathia has been doing the podcast “Uninterrupted” with Ryan Ruocco for two years during the season.
“On the days I am not pitching I am up early, so why not be in the studio doing what I like doing, talking about sports?’’ Sabathia said of getting to the Manhattan studio.
Because he is under contract with the Yankees, Sabathia was asked if he needed the club’s blessing for the second job.
“I never asked,’’ he said.
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Post by kaybli on Mar 6, 2019 21:32:33 GMT -5
 New pitch alert! New pitch alert!
Masahiro Tanaka developing a knuckle-curveball with Yankees
The Yankees righthander is working with a knuckle-curveball, a pitch he used sparingly toward the end of last season but plans to utilize far more this season.
“I really didn’t like how the previous curveball was moving, so I wanted to try something new and that’s where basically I have a new curveball now,” Tanaka said through his translator in the clubhouse Tuesday morning.
Tanaka, who was 12-6 with a 3.75 ERA last season, said it’s a pitch he worked on developing this offseason and into the spring.
“It’s something that I’ve been kind of been playing around with or trying during the latter part of the season last year,” he said. “Actually I’ve thrown a couple in a game towards the end of last season. So I kept working on it and working on it.”
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Post by chiyankee on Mar 6, 2019 21:39:09 GMT -5
A knuckle-curve? For a minute, I thought the Yankees hired Mike Mussina as pitching coach.
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Post by kaybli on Mar 6, 2019 21:43:02 GMT -5
A knuckle-curve? For a minute, I thought the Yankees hired Mike Mussina as pitching coach.  I thought of Mussina immediately as well. Let's hope the pitch works out for Tanaka and I can continue photoshopping him into a million Japanese stereotypes when he wins games for us in the playoffs. |
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Post by inger on Mar 6, 2019 22:51:33 GMT -5
New nickname alert:
“Knuckles” Tanaka...
Or... “Knucksie”... Since most baseball nicknames tend to go that way in these creative times...
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Post by domeplease on Mar 8, 2019 8:08:10 GMT -5
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Post by kaybli on Mar 8, 2019 13:51:31 GMT -5
Yankees buy YES Network back from Disney in reported $3.5 billion deal
The YES Network is back where it belongs. On Friday, The Yankees, Amazon, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and a a collection of private equity investors claimed 80% of the network controlled by 21st Century Fox, according to multiple reports.
The Yankees will have majority ownership over YES Network, according to the reports.
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Post by greatfatness on Mar 8, 2019 15:36:10 GMT -5
Yankees buy YES Network back from Disney in reported $3.5 billion deal
The YES Network is back where it belongs. On Friday, The Yankees, Amazon, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and a a collection of private equity investors claimed 80% of the network controlled by 21st Century Fox, according to multiple reports.
The Yankees will have majority ownership over YES Network, according to the reports.
Not that I care who owns the network but Sinclair Broadcast Group is “back where it belongs”? That’s an interesting characterization by the Daily News. |
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I thought of Mussina immediately as well. Let's hope the pitch works out for Tanaka and I can continue photoshopping him into a million Japanese stereotypes when he wins games for us in the playoffs. 