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Post by desousa on Sept 1, 2024 15:48:13 GMT -5
Did Cashman address the media today? If not, I guess it's up to Boone to explain Cashman's terrible general managing. Can't wait to hear his interview after todays game. |
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Post by pimmersj on Sept 1, 2024 15:52:36 GMT -5
Meanwhile, over the past three months our left fielder has three homers and 25 RBIs.
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Post by chiyankee on Sept 1, 2024 16:24:59 GMT -5
Did Cashman address the media today? If not, I guess it's up to Boone to explain Cashman's terrible general managing. Can't wait to hear his interview after todays game. I feel sorry for Boone, he's not making the final decision on the rosters but he has to face the media and answer all these questions everyday. |
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Post by nw on Sept 1, 2024 20:07:21 GMT -5
Ellis was in the plan the whole time. Many, many, playoff teams have brought up speedsters to fill the pinch runner role in the playoffs since you don't need 5 starting pitchers.
The Yankees are playing a huge balancing act. I have no doubt that, barring injuries, Judge, Soto, Verdugo, and Dominguez will be the playoff outfielders. Grisham will not be on the roster and Ellis is basically Stanton's caddy. They hope to have all 4 of these players to be able to be productive come playoff time. Verdugo's bat is heating up, so they don't want him relegated to the bench, nor do they want Dominguez rotting on the bench. They also are surely under at least some pressure not to rest Judge as he chases 62 (which is unfortunate, because in the last 5 or 6 days, it's evident that he needs a mechanical tweak with his front hip pulling out early). Add that to Soto wanting to play every day, and there aren't a lot of outfield AB's and they have been getting production out of Stanton mixing his play and rest, so they don't want to change that.
The best option for the Yankees to keep Verdugo and Dominguez playoff ready is to get them both regular at bats as long as there are still games in Scranton. The down side of that is that Dominguez may actually be the better player and you might be sacrificing the AL East by preparing for October. Even if you think Verdugo should be the 4th outfielder, having him ready to hit is a major plus and it also will make the decision to run for Stanton in say the 7th easier, knowing you have a decent bat ready to come in to replace Ellis if that spot in the order comes up again.
Ideally, I'd like to see the Yankees call up Dominguez before the west coast trip. I think that would give the Yankees the opportunity to rest both Soto (although he likes to play every day) and Judge. It would also give them a better outfield defense in the big park in Oakland.
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Post by bumper on Sept 1, 2024 20:51:46 GMT -5
its not Verdugo but they rather have Grisham over Dominguez? So when Stanton takes a day off they rather have an inept .180 outfielder in the lineup. Plain stupid. Grisham should be DFAd immediately. No its Verdugo. Dominguez isn't up because he won't get regular ABs. They won't bring him up to be in the 4th OF role of Grisham. exactly kaybli. as much as i'd like to dominguez here, it's all about verdugo and if they feel he can be a productive player moving forward. they're not ready to move on from him yet. he has shown signs of life lately (.367 over his last 8 games) and they want dominguez to play everyday. they're not gonna bring him up to be the 4th outfielder or split ABs. it's all or nothing and verdugo's little hot streak buys them some time. as long as he's productive, they'll ride it.
and yeah grisham is most likely to go and they're not ready to move on from him yet either, particularly w another year left on his contract. for now they like his defense and as someone to package in a trade in the off-season.
and as strange as the ellis thing is, we have seen first hand how speed "kills". and you can blame stanton as a reason why he's here. late innings in an important game, stanton gets on, they're gonna want some speed and the ability to steal a base and give the pitcher something to think about.
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Post by qimqam on Sept 1, 2024 21:19:41 GMT -5
Ellis was in the plan the whole time. Many, many, playoff teams have brought up speedsters to fill the pinch runner role in the playoffs since you don't need 5 starting pitchers. The Yankees are playing a huge balancing act. I have no doubt that, barring injuries, Judge, Soto, Verdugo, and Dominguez will be the playoff outfielders. Grisham will not be on the roster and Ellis is basically Stanton's caddy. They hope to have all 4 of these players to be able to be productive come playoff time. Verdugo's bat is heating up, so they don't want him relegated to the bench, nor do they want Dominguez rotting on the bench. They also are surely under at least some pressure not to rest Judge as he chases 62 (which is unfortunate, because in the last 5 or 6 days, it's evident that he needs a mechanical tweak with his front hip pulling out early). Add that to Soto wanting to play every day, and there aren't a lot of outfield AB's and they have been getting production out of Stanton mixing his play and rest, so they don't want to change that. The best option for the Yankees to keep Verdugo and Dominguez playoff ready is to get them both regular at bats as long as there are still games in Scranton. The down side of that is that Dominguez may actually be the better player and you might be sacrificing the AL East by preparing for October. Even if you think Verdugo should be the 4th outfielder, having him ready to hit is a major plus and it also will make the decision to run for Stanton in say the 7th easier, knowing you have a decent bat ready to come in to replace Ellis if that spot in the order comes up again. Ideally, I'd like to see the Yankees call up Dominguez before the west coast trip. I think that would give the Yankees the opportunity to rest both Soto (although he likes to play every day) and Judge. It would also give them a better outfield defense in the big park in Oakland. Ellis was in the plan the whole time? They picked him up 6 days ago when the Mariners released him. |
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Post by inger on Sept 1, 2024 22:12:35 GMT -5
Ellis was in the plan the whole time. Many, many, playoff teams have brought up speedsters to fill the pinch runner role in the playoffs since you don't need 5 starting pitchers. The Yankees are playing a huge balancing act. I have no doubt that, barring injuries, Judge, Soto, Verdugo, and Dominguez will be the playoff outfielders. Grisham will not be on the roster and Ellis is basically Stanton's caddy. They hope to have all 4 of these players to be able to be productive come playoff time. Verdugo's bat is heating up, so they don't want him relegated to the bench, nor do they want Dominguez rotting on the bench. They also are surely under at least some pressure not to rest Judge as he chases 62 (which is unfortunate, because in the last 5 or 6 days, it's evident that he needs a mechanical tweak with his front hip pulling out early). Add that to Soto wanting to play every day, and there aren't a lot of outfield AB's and they have been getting production out of Stanton mixing his play and rest, so they don't want to change that. The best option for the Yankees to keep Verdugo and Dominguez playoff ready is to get them both regular at bats as long as there are still games in Scranton. The down side of that is that Dominguez may actually be the better player and you might be sacrificing the AL East by preparing for October. Even if you think Verdugo should be the 4th outfielder, having him ready to hit is a major plus and it also will make the decision to run for Stanton in say the 7th easier, knowing you have a decent bat ready to come in to replace Ellis if that spot in the order comes up again. Ideally, I'd like to see the Yankees call up Dominguez before the west coast trip. I think that would give the Yankees the opportunity to rest both Soto (although he likes to play every day) and Judge. It would also give them a better outfield defense in the big park in Oakland. Ellis was in the plan the whole time? They picked him up 6 days ago when the Mariners released him. Six days is an eternity this time of year… |
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Post by yankeesfaninboston on Sept 3, 2024 14:48:21 GMT -5
It's a stretch to say Verdugo is "heating up". In August and a couple of days in Sept (26 games) he's got an OPS of .564
From 8/7 to 8/10 (5 games due to 2 separate double headers) he had a nice stretch. And then another good 3 game stretch from 8/24 to 8/26.
His batting lines in every other game since have been horrible to the point. Like literally in the other 18 of his last 26, these are his "best" game lines:
2/4 with 2 singles
1/4 with a double
He hasn't a single good batting line otherwise. There isn't any real stretch of games since April that he hasn't been total garbage over. And in the 3 years before this he was pretty much just league average for BOS so there isn't even a track record to fall back on.
For his career he's got some heavy platoon splits and this year he's got a .606 OPS vs. lefties and .673 vs. righties. Conveniently, Dominguez has extreme platoon splits himself the other way in the minors this year. But even if you don't want to call him up... Cabrera didn't look great in LF but Verdugo hasn't played great either and Cabrera has hit righties decently this year. Grisham is a lefty like Verdugo but has REVERSE platoon splits this year and for his career.
The fact that Verdugo continues to play vs. left handed pitching is inexcusable. His career numbers don't warrant it and they have 3 options that anyone with a clue can see would be better. No reason for Verdugo to continue to play vs. lefties and the fact that he is makes the organization not look serious about winning.
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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 3, 2024 14:50:20 GMT -5
It's a stretch to say Verdugo is "heating up". In August and a couple of days in Sept (26 games) he's got an OPS of .564 From 8/7 to 8/10 (5 games due to 2 separate double headers) he had a nice stretch. And then another good 3 game stretch from 8/24 to 8/26. His batting lines in every other game since have been horrible to the point. Like literally in the other 18 of his last 26, these are his "best" game lines: 2/4 with 2 singles 1/4 with a double He hasn't a single good batting line otherwise. There isn't any real stretch of games since April that he hasn't been total garbage over. And in the 3 years before this he was pretty much just league average for BOS so there isn't even a track record to fall back on. For his career he's got some heavy platoon splits and this year he's got a .606 OPS vs. lefties and .673 vs. righties. Conveniently, Dominguez has extreme platoon splits himself the other way in the minors this year. But even if you don't want to call him up... Cabrera didn't look great in LF but Verdugo hasn't played great either and Cabrera has hit righties decently this year. Grisham is a lefty like Verdugo but has REVERSE platoon splits this year and for his career. The fact that Verdugo continues to play vs. left handed pitching is inexcusable. His career numbers don't warrant it and they have 3 options that anyone with a clue can see would be better. No reason for Verdugo to continue to play vs. lefties and the fact that he is makes the organization not look serious about winning. They need to just pick one of him and Grisham and dfa the other. Two defensive first players isn't needed if the replacement of Dominguez has more offensive upside than both. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by JEGnj on Sept 3, 2024 14:59:52 GMT -5
This now could be a Cashman Ego situation. He would have to DFA a trade piece he made and it would be considered a fail. He has shown he would keep an under performing player and keep Jasson in AAA if it meant not admitting a mistake.
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 3, 2024 15:02:33 GMT -5
This now could be a Cashman Ego situation. He would have to DFA a trade piece he made and it would be considered a fail. He has shown he would keep an under performing player and keep Jasson in AAA if it meant not admitting a mistake. Cashman didn't trade for Grisham...San Diego required Yanks take him as part of the Soto deal as a salary dump. |
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Post by JEGnj on Sept 3, 2024 15:20:17 GMT -5
This now could be a Cashman Ego situation. He would have to DFA a trade piece he made and it would be considered a fail. He has shown he would keep an under performing player and keep Jasson in AAA if it meant not admitting a mistake. Cashman didn't trade for Grisham...San Diego required Yanks take him as part of the Soto deal as a salary dump. True but on his record. |
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 3, 2024 15:27:45 GMT -5
Cashman didn't trade for Grisham...San Diego required Yanks take him as part of the Soto deal as a salary dump. True but on his record. Not sure what that means... |
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Post by JEGnj on Sept 3, 2024 15:40:54 GMT -5
Salary dump out not Grisham is a Yankee Dud because of Cashman.
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Post by azbob643 on Sept 3, 2024 15:46:35 GMT -5
Salary dump out not Grisham is a Yankee Dud because of Cashman. How's that?? I believe you've said Cashman should hand Soto a blank check. Should he have refused to take Grisham and lost Soto as a result? |
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