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Post by kaybli on Nov 19, 2023 9:32:44 GMT -5
The bat 🦇 and OBP are Hall of Fame bound. The culture was likely established prior to Soto’s arrival (Manny gets my vote). If the defense is that awful then Kiermaier has to be in center then on the bench to sub in later innings when Dominguez returns. Agreed. You can't pass up the chance to acquire the HOF bat because of personality issues that may or may not exist. And we can afford a poor defender in LF as he more than makes up for it with his hitting. Soto all the way. He will bring some life to this team. |
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 19, 2023 9:42:20 GMT -5
In his last five seasons Sevy has thrown a total of 209 innings with a 13-12 record and ERA+ of 93. Still only entering his age 30 season, but that's a really deep hole to climb out of. Sevy should be getting one year contracts with incentives for the rest of his career. |
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Post by chiyankee on Nov 19, 2023 9:48:18 GMT -5
Sadly this is what passes for journalism these days. Funny we didn't hear about the Padres toxic clubhouse in 2022 when they were one of the best teams in baseball but in 2023 they had a lot of fluky close losses which had a lot to do with bad luck and now they all of sudden have this awful clubhouse. |
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Post by inger on Nov 19, 2023 11:58:05 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on Nov 19, 2023 17:30:47 GMT -5
Just two days ago, former Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said on one of the Philly sports talk shows he frequents that there was no way Nola was coming back to the Phillies and that the smart word was that the Braves had him locked up. He was a lousy GM and apparently a lousy rumor-tracker too. I don't think Nola would have worked well in New York. He can get thrown off his game and has a very narrow comfort zone that he needs to be effective. Lots of talent obviously and a good innings-eater, but I would much rather spend the capital going for Yamamoto or Ohtani for that matter. Or Monty, but I can't see him wanting to come back. |
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Post by rizzuto on Nov 19, 2023 18:18:54 GMT -5
Just two days ago, former Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said on one of the Philly sports talk shows he frequents that there was no way Nola was coming back to the Phillies and that the smart word was that the Braves had him locked up. He was a lousy GM and apparently a lousy rumor-tracker too. I don't think Nola would have worked well in New York. He can get thrown off his game and has a very narrow comfort zone that he needs to be effective. Lots of talent obviously and a good innings-eater, but I would much rather spend the capital going for Yamamoto or Ohtani for that matter. Or Monty, but I can't see him wanting to come back. Isn't it amazing how people who should be in the know of baseball rumor mills still get the worst information? Nola has a good thing going in Philly, so why not stay there? I'm in the Yamamoto camp, too. Tanaka and Kuroda handled New York quite well, and I hope Yamamoto follows their lead. If I were Monty, there would still be a bitter taste in my mouth for Pinstripes in general but for Cashman in particular. |
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Post by inger on Nov 19, 2023 19:34:27 GMT -5
Just two days ago, former Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said on one of the Philly sports talk shows he frequents that there was no way Nola was coming back to the Phillies and that the smart word was that the Braves had him locked up. He was a lousy GM and apparently a lousy rumor-tracker too. I don't think Nola would have worked well in New York. He can get thrown off his game and has a very narrow comfort zone that he needs to be effective. Lots of talent obviously and a good innings-eater, but I would much rather spend the capital going for Yamamoto or Ohtani for that matter. Or Monty, but I can't see him wanting to come back. Agreed. I didn’t really want him. I would have seen him more like a consolation prize… |
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Post by inger on Nov 19, 2023 19:35:27 GMT -5
Just two days ago, former Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said on one of the Philly sports talk shows he frequents that there was no way Nola was coming back to the Phillies and that the smart word was that the Braves had him locked up. He was a lousy GM and apparently a lousy rumor-tracker too. I don't think Nola would have worked well in New York. He can get thrown off his game and has a very narrow comfort zone that he needs to be effective. Lots of talent obviously and a good innings-eater, but I would much rather spend the capital going for Yamamoto or Ohtani for that matter. Or Monty, but I can't see him wanting to come back. Isn't it amazing how people who should be in the know of baseball rumor mills still get the worst information?  Nola has a good thing going in Philly, so why not stay there?  I'm in the Yamamoto camp, too.  Tanaka and Kuroda handled New York quite well, and I hope Yamamoto follows their lead.  If I were Monty, there would still be a bitter taste in my mouth for Pinstripes in general but for Cashman in particular.  and for Boonie with those insulting 4.2 innings removals… |
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Post by pippsheadache on Nov 19, 2023 20:18:08 GMT -5
Just two days ago, former Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said on one of the Philly sports talk shows he frequents that there was no way Nola was coming back to the Phillies and that the smart word was that the Braves had him locked up. He was a lousy GM and apparently a lousy rumor-tracker too. I don't think Nola would have worked well in New York. He can get thrown off his game and has a very narrow comfort zone that he needs to be effective. Lots of talent obviously and a good innings-eater, but I would much rather spend the capital going for Yamamoto or Ohtani for that matter. Or Monty, but I can't see him wanting to come back. Isn't it amazing how people who should be in the know of baseball rumor mills still get the worst information? Nola has a good thing going in Philly, so why not stay there? I'm in the Yamamoto camp, too. Tanaka and Kuroda handled New York quite well, and I hope Yamamoto follows their lead. If I were Monty, there would still be a bitter taste in my mouth for Pinstripes in general but for Cashman in particular. Amaro was one of JWild's students at Stanford. I think SirJ needed to work him a little harder. |
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Post by inger on Nov 19, 2023 20:26:32 GMT -5
Isn't it amazing how people who should be in the know of baseball rumor mills still get the worst information?  Nola has a good thing going in Philly, so why not stay there?  I'm in the Yamamoto camp, too.  Tanaka and Kuroda handled New York quite well, and I hope Yamamoto follows their lead.  If I were Monty, there would still be a bitter taste in my mouth for Pinstripes in general but for Cashman in particular.  Amaro was one of JWild's students at Stanford. I think SirJ needed to work him a little harder. You can lead a horse to water… |
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Post by inger on Nov 20, 2023 11:45:15 GMT -5
The bat 🦇 and OBP are Hall of Fame bound. The culture was likely established prior to Soto’s arrival (Manny gets my vote). If the defense is that awful then Kiermaier has to be in center then on the bench to sub in later innings when Dominguez returns. Agreed. You can't pass up the chance to acquire the HOF bat because of personality issues that may or may not exist. And we can afford a poor defender in LF as he more than makes up for it with his hitting. Soto all the way. He will bring some life to this team. He’s certainly going to create more runs than he lets in. He’s an average to below fielder. He’s not a disaster. He made 2 errors last year and fielded .989. He had the third most put outs of any LF in 2023, and was one of seven that participated in at least 2 DPs. His range factor per 9 innings was 1.77 compare to the league average 1.88. Not a huge gap, but noted that it was below. His rTOT was a rather miserable -8. It’s -29 for his career. Don't expect Brett Gardner there, but he’s certainly better than Stanton or the cast of what seemed like thousands we played there in 2023. After 2027 there will be a clear route to the DH position and with Stanton’s injury history and recent hitting history there may be times we can employ him at DH way before that. In fact, a partial platoon might not be a bad idea. As for the bad clubhouse… Teams that are expected to win and don’t produce can easily fall into that category. I think teams with Manny Machado can fall into that category, too. I wouldn’t worry about it. One look from Aaron Judge should be enough to take any punk that may exist out of him… |
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Post by kaybli on Nov 20, 2023 12:57:22 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Nov 20, 2023 13:20:00 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Nov 20, 2023 13:23:39 GMT -5
Lynn is going to be 37, and had a 77+ ERA last year (5.73). That’s what $10M gets you for a year of service these days. Yikes! …
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Post by rizzuto on Nov 20, 2023 14:48:46 GMT -5
Does anyone else have a sinking feeling that the Yankees will really do nothing of consequence in the offseason, making minor moves here and there, while coming in second or third on real difference makers?
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