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Post by domeplease on Aug 20, 2022 15:28:54 GMT -5
Probably would have blown it on another ageing veteran like Donaldson. That's a good point, they're paying him 24 million this year and 22 next season. 11 million for Hicks, 10 million for Gallo before the traded him. Hal has made it clear this team does have a budget, it would help if the GM would stop killing the payroll with these bad contacts. My Six Year 2022 Pre-Season Plan had us getting rid/trading Chapman, Britton, Hicks, etc. etc. etc. and NOT getting Donaldson, etc.
If this losing streak continues = MY Six-Year Plan looks so much better = Plan was toi use 2022 as the Initial Year to start a major rebuilding.
BUT what does A DO ME & TEQUILA Know??? (maybe more than the Brother, Cash, Boone, etc.)???!!!
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Post by domeplease on Aug 20, 2022 15:32:04 GMT -5
Keep playing like this and we'll compare them to the 89 Yankees. I agree. Hal/Cashman/Boone are fortunate the Rays have been as healthy as that "Gone With the Wind" scene of Civil War wounded. When Boone made that stupid statement about bank deposits and withdrawals, I cringed because to me it tacitly gave the team permission to tank in the future. The outlook should have focused on continuing to play crisp, fundamentally sound baseball and to try to eclipse some of the greatest seasons in MLB history. Now, we are back to running ourselves into outs on the bases. Hal has retooled the philosophy of his father, who espoused anything less than winning the World Series as failure; Cashman had rejected the philosophy of building a team strong up the middle and fitting strengths to take advantage of the dimensions of Yankee Stadium; Boone has never grasped the idea of actually putting the best team on the field at one time as a rule during the regular season. The Yankees always should have a plethora of left-handed batters and left-handed pitchers playing half their games at Yankee Stadium, taking advantage of the right-field porch offensively and the once deep cavern (move that fence back to where it was in the 1970s) of left centerfield defensively. I remember Stick Michael's philosophy of procuring talent; 1. first they have to be able to play, 2. they have to be durable, and 3. their minds tuned to the spirit of the game. Think about how fundamentally sound Paul O'Neill was, stealing 20 bases in his last season of MLB and the creativity of his slides into second and home plate to avoid tags. These were athletes with multiple dimensions to their play. Bernie Williams vs. Aaron Hicks (see number 1 and 2); Willie Randolph vs. Gleyber Torres (see number one and three); Graig Nettles vs. ARod (see number 3); Stanton vs. Reggie (see number 2); Lou Pinella vs. Clint Frazier (see number 1, 2, and 3). Have I cherry-picked? Of course. But, does anyone doubt that Willie Randolph knew HOW to play the game? What if Gleyber had the same understanding? If Arod had the mentality of Derek Jeter? If Boone worried more about performance of late than a pre-determined rest calendar? Who in their right mind would trade a home-grown, left-handed starter that has tooled in consistency and was beloved in the clubhouse? It's been since 2009, the last of Stick Michael's philosophical treatise: Pettitte, Rivera, Posada, Jeter (who fans forget led the team in WAR). I'd say Cashman has had enough opportunities to build a championship team. GREAT POST = PERFECT
The Yankees always should have a plethora of left-handed batters and left-handed pitchers playing half their games at Yankee Stadium, taking advantage of the right-field porch offensively and the once deep cavern (move that fence back to where it was in the 1970s) of left centerfield defensively.
I remember Stick Michael's philosophy of procuring talent; 1. first they have to be able to play, 2. they have to be durable, and 3. their minds tuned to the spirit of the game. Think about how fundamentally sound Paul O'Neill was, stealing 20 bases in his last season of MLB and the creativity of his slides into second and home plate to avoid tags. These were athletes with multiple dimensions to their play. Bernie Williams vs. Aaron Hicks (see number 1 and 2); Willie Randolph vs. Gleyber Torres (see number one and three); Graig Nettles vs. ARod (see number 3); Stanton vs. Reggie (see number 2); Lou Pinella vs. Clint Frazier (see number 1, 2, and 3).
Have I cherry-picked? Of course. But, does anyone doubt that Willie Randolph knew HOW to play the game? What if Gleyber had the same understanding? If Arod had the mentality of Derek Jeter? If Boone worried more about performance of late than a pre-determined rest calendar? Who in their right mind would trade a home-grown, left-handed starter that has tooled in consistency and was beloved in the clubhouse?
It's been since 2009, the last of Stick Michael's philosophical treatise: Pettitte, Rivera, Posada, Jeter (who fans forget led the team in WAR). I'd say Cashman has had enough opportunities to build a championship team.
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