Yankees using unlikely magic of Juan Soto-Oswaldo Cabrera
Mar 31, 2024 8:35:43 GMT -5
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Post by bigjeep on Mar 31, 2024 8:35:43 GMT -5
HOUSTON — Juan Soto, the future $500 million man, and Oswaldo Cabrera, the third-string third baseman, are the dynamic duo no one could have predicted.
While the Yankees’ comeback storylines in three straight victories here to open the season have varied, the stars have not.
The superstar Soto and super sub Cabrera play the hero daily in a Yankees start that is not to be believed. They made it three straight come-from-behind wins against their nemesis Astros in a ballpark that has been the site of a lot of unhappiness over the past several seasons.
“The way we’ve been winning has been incredible,” said Soto, who leads the league in incredible.
Unless it’s Cabrera, of course.
Soto is considered one of the top two or three hitters in the game. Although he always says it’s Aaron Judge and Yordan Alvarez, that’s up for debate.
“A killer,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone complimentarily called Soto.
Cabrera, meantime, only got the first of three straight starts when new pickup Jon Berti’s plane arrived late and Boone worried about his sleep. Now they can’t get Cabrera of there.
Soto will carry a 1.433 OPS into Sunday afternoon’s series finale here after his go-ahead home run followed Cabrera’s game-tying homer by two batters in the seventh inning. Cabrera’s OPS is even a bit higher, at 1.614, while no other Yankees player has an OPS even the equal of their career mark. To say these two are carrying the team is obvious.
No one but the terrific tandem is hitting much. But those two are more than the Astros can handle.
Cabrera’s homer Saturday night off the Astros’ hard-throwing reliever Bryan Abreu, which settled into the second row in right field, set off a wild celebration in the Yankees dugout. It’s hard to believe their positive karma here this week.
A few minutes later, Soto’s opposite-field home run, also off Abreu, flew into the Crawford Boxes, giving the Yankees the lead in a game they would win 5-3. Soto’s drive set off, “Let’s Go Yankees,” chants here in a place they generally are detested (even all-around nice guy Judge consistently receives unwarranted boos).
Following a 2023 season that was an admitted disaster, this has to feel sweet for the Yankees, who need to show that last year’s 82-80 “disaster” of a season was a fluke, and, of course, that they can beat the hated Astros, an American League Championship Series entrant seven years running.
nypost.com/2024/03/31/sports/yankees-using-magic-of-juan-soto-oswaldo-cabrera-duo-to-flip-script-on-astros/
While the Yankees’ comeback storylines in three straight victories here to open the season have varied, the stars have not.
The superstar Soto and super sub Cabrera play the hero daily in a Yankees start that is not to be believed. They made it three straight come-from-behind wins against their nemesis Astros in a ballpark that has been the site of a lot of unhappiness over the past several seasons.
“The way we’ve been winning has been incredible,” said Soto, who leads the league in incredible.
Unless it’s Cabrera, of course.
Soto is considered one of the top two or three hitters in the game. Although he always says it’s Aaron Judge and Yordan Alvarez, that’s up for debate.
“A killer,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone complimentarily called Soto.
Cabrera, meantime, only got the first of three straight starts when new pickup Jon Berti’s plane arrived late and Boone worried about his sleep. Now they can’t get Cabrera of there.
Soto will carry a 1.433 OPS into Sunday afternoon’s series finale here after his go-ahead home run followed Cabrera’s game-tying homer by two batters in the seventh inning. Cabrera’s OPS is even a bit higher, at 1.614, while no other Yankees player has an OPS even the equal of their career mark. To say these two are carrying the team is obvious.
No one but the terrific tandem is hitting much. But those two are more than the Astros can handle.
Cabrera’s homer Saturday night off the Astros’ hard-throwing reliever Bryan Abreu, which settled into the second row in right field, set off a wild celebration in the Yankees dugout. It’s hard to believe their positive karma here this week.
A few minutes later, Soto’s opposite-field home run, also off Abreu, flew into the Crawford Boxes, giving the Yankees the lead in a game they would win 5-3. Soto’s drive set off, “Let’s Go Yankees,” chants here in a place they generally are detested (even all-around nice guy Judge consistently receives unwarranted boos).
Following a 2023 season that was an admitted disaster, this has to feel sweet for the Yankees, who need to show that last year’s 82-80 “disaster” of a season was a fluke, and, of course, that they can beat the hated Astros, an American League Championship Series entrant seven years running.
nypost.com/2024/03/31/sports/yankees-using-magic-of-juan-soto-oswaldo-cabrera-duo-to-flip-script-on-astros/
