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Post by inger on Jul 9, 2023 22:38:45 GMT -5
So it was that Dillon Lawson got the boot. It’s all his fault because Volpe had an observant team mate from the minors that could see he was trying to do too much.
But when the veteran core of the team is hitting like a bunch of pansies, it’s the hitters, not the coach. He didn’t cause Rizzo, LeMahieu, Stanton, etc. to get old or out of whack.
But somebody had to go, that was clear…
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Post by Renfield on Jul 9, 2023 22:49:50 GMT -5
All this team needs is an Italian dinner with Austin Wells. And I'm ok with firing the hitting coach, but he's hardly the only issue.
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jul 10, 2023 0:40:39 GMT -5
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Post by desousa on Jul 10, 2023 8:18:50 GMT -5
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Post by JEGnj on Jul 10, 2023 8:50:34 GMT -5
Yankees need to go outside the organization for a new GM.
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 10, 2023 9:27:32 GMT -5
Yankees need to go outside the organization for a new GM. I agree, except do we trust Hal and Randy Levine to be competent enough to find the proper replacement? Brian Sabean being involved would be the only thing that could save us. |
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Post by inger on Jul 10, 2023 10:22:29 GMT -5
I thought it would be DOME. Then I watched the clip… LOL… Costanza… |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jul 10, 2023 11:32:49 GMT -5
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jul 10, 2023 11:35:48 GMT -5
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jul 10, 2023 11:49:02 GMT -5
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Post by maizeyanks on Jul 10, 2023 11:51:47 GMT -5
What a circus, they had Mattingly free this winter.
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Post by maizeyanks on Jul 10, 2023 12:10:32 GMT -5
The Yankees front office is aware that players miss Hensley Meulens, an assistant hitting coach in 2022 who left to become the primary hitting coach in Colorado. Last year, Yankees hitters gravitated toward Meulens for advice, and many team officials were upset to lose him. Now they are left to wonder if Meulens’ departure threw off a delicate balance and exposed Lawson’s inability to get buy-in from big league hitters.
Recognizing the credibility that former big league hitters carry with them into coaching jobs, the club first spoke to Don Mattingly about replacing Meulens, sources say. Mattingly had recently parted ways with the Marlins, and Cashman and Boone discussed bringing him home to the Yankees.
Talks with Mattingly did not progress because the Toronto Blue Jays were offering a bench coach job. If Mattingly had sat out last winter’s hiring season and was a free agent today, the Yankees would likely name him to replace Lawson. But that reunion will have to wait for another season when the timing lines up.
The Yankees ended up hiring former player Brad Wilkerson for the Meulens job, and are happy with him. They know how important it is to have a voice in the coaching ranks who has the lived experience of facing major league pitching. It’s not easy to get MLB players to listen or buy-in, and while plenty of great coaches lack high-level playing experience, that creates a deficit in credibility that coaches must address head-on.
In the immediate aftermath of the firing, the Yankees did not plan to alter the organizational hitting philosophy that Lawson summarized as “hit strikes hard.” In fact, the team is open to discussing with Lawson another role in the organization.
sny.tv/articles/yankees-manager-aaron-boone-safe-hitting-program-faces-questions |
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Post by inger on Jul 10, 2023 12:49:52 GMT -5
The Yankees front office is aware that players miss Hensley Meulens, an assistant hitting coach in 2022 who left to become the primary hitting coach in Colorado. Last year, Yankees hitters gravitated toward Meulens for advice, and many team officials were upset to lose him. Now they are left to wonder if Meulens’ departure threw off a delicate balance and exposed Lawson’s inability to get buy-in from big league hitters.
Recognizing the credibility that former big league hitters carry with them into coaching jobs, the club first spoke to Don Mattingly about replacing Meulens, sources say. Mattingly had recently parted ways with the Marlins, and Cashman and Boone discussed bringing him home to the Yankees.
Talks with Mattingly did not progress because the Toronto Blue Jays were offering a bench coach job. If Mattingly had sat out last winter’s hiring season and was a free agent today, the Yankees would likely name him to replace Lawson. But that reunion will have to wait for another season when the timing lines up.
The Yankees ended up hiring former player Brad Wilkerson for the Meulens job, and are happy with him. They know how important it is to have a voice in the coaching ranks who has the lived experience of facing major league pitching. It’s not easy to get MLB players to listen or buy-in, and while plenty of great coaches lack high-level playing experience, that creates a deficit in credibility that coaches must address head-on.
In the immediate aftermath of the firing, the Yankees did not plan to alter the organizational hitting philosophy that Lawson summarized as “hit strikes hard.” In fact, the team is open to discussing with Lawson another role in the organization.
sny.tv/articles/yankees-manager-aaron-boone-safe-hitting-program-faces-questionsI think HSH is a good philosophy, providing you can tell a ball from a strike. I see every hitter on the team (except for Judge) swinging at too much slop off the plate. I see Gleyber and Volpe swinging out of their shoes far too often. Stanton does draw walks, but he also swings at a lot of crap. If he’d take even more walks he’d swing at more hittable pitches. And finally, HSH needs to be modified once a hitter gets to 2 strikes… Hits are more valuable than walks, no matter what your little league coach told you, but walks have their place in an effective approach… |
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Post by Renfield on Jul 10, 2023 13:06:52 GMT -5
The Yankees front office is aware that players miss Hensley Meulens, an assistant hitting coach in 2022 who left to become the primary hitting coach in Colorado. Last year, Yankees hitters gravitated toward Meulens for advice, and many team officials were upset to lose him. Now they are left to wonder if Meulens’ departure threw off a delicate balance and exposed Lawson’s inability to get buy-in from big league hitters.
Recognizing the credibility that former big league hitters carry with them into coaching jobs, the club first spoke to Don Mattingly about replacing Meulens, sources say. Mattingly had recently parted ways with the Marlins, and Cashman and Boone discussed bringing him home to the Yankees.
Talks with Mattingly did not progress because the Toronto Blue Jays were offering a bench coach job. If Mattingly had sat out last winter’s hiring season and was a free agent today, the Yankees would likely name him to replace Lawson. But that reunion will have to wait for another season when the timing lines up.
The Yankees ended up hiring former player Brad Wilkerson for the Meulens job, and are happy with him. They know how important it is to have a voice in the coaching ranks who has the lived experience of facing major league pitching. It’s not easy to get MLB players to listen or buy-in, and while plenty of great coaches lack high-level playing experience, that creates a deficit in credibility that coaches must address head-on.
In the immediate aftermath of the firing, the Yankees did not plan to alter the organizational hitting philosophy that Lawson summarized as “hit strikes hard.” In fact, the team is open to discussing with Lawson another role in the organization.
sny.tv/articles/yankees-manager-aaron-boone-safe-hitting-program-faces-questionsI think HSH is a good philosophy, providing you can tell a ball from a strike. I see every hitter on the team (except for Judge) swinging at too much slop off the plate. I see Gleyber and Volpe swinging out of their shoes far too often. Stanton does draw walks, but he also swings at a lot of crap. If he’d take even more walks he’d swing at more hittable pitches. And finally, HSH needs to be modified once a hitter gets to 2 strikes… Hits are more valuable than walks, no matter what your little league coach told you, but walks have their place in an effective approach… Exactly. |
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Post by acuraman on Jul 10, 2023 14:20:37 GMT -5
Inger is my recommendation for Yankees hitting coach position.
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