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Post by topher0713 on Jul 3, 2024 21:44:04 GMT -5
I think Rice needs to play 1st over Davis and DJ full time. Oswald needs called up to play over DJ at 3rd. Platoon DJ and Torres at second. Make a trade for an outfielder that Grisham was supposed to be. Hope and pray our starters figure things out to give that bullpen a break. Also, Boone needs to let a guy go at least 5 innings once in awhile even if they are down and the game is still winnable. Well, maybe. He's finally heating up at AAA after a long cold streak after being injured to start the season. Platoon DJ and Torres at 2nd? DJ probably can't handle the position very well anymore and they're both right hand hitters, and Torres, as bad as he's going is outhitting DJ against both righties and lefties so far. But I don't think they're DFAing DJ anytime soon, not while they're well in possession of a Wild Card. Boone did let Rodon go five innings, both tonight, and last time, even when he gave up 8 in the first two innings. I just don't see what moves they can try immediately, if they're not going to DFA LeMahieu and I don't think they will. No need to DFA. Just bench him. |
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 3, 2024 21:44:18 GMT -5
Thank you. Happy to be here. I just wish it was under less frustrating circumstances. This is a good place to vent during frustrating times. |
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Post by kaybli on Jul 3, 2024 21:45:07 GMT -5
Thank you. Happy to be here. I just wish it was under less frustrating circumstances. Yes I can understand. Baseball is streaky though and things can turn around fast. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jul 3, 2024 21:45:16 GMT -5
So Volpi swings at a pitch at shoe tops and hits into a double play. I know he got a key double but he is a terrible lead-off hitter. He could have bunted the runner, just waited for the right pitch to go the other way to make sure Judge get an at bat. I'm more annoyed that he didn't take a strike there after Wells worked a long walk and Diaz missed with his first pitch. Diaz' main weakness is control, he walks a lot of guys, and if you want to get him, you have to give him a chance to walk himself into trouble. Volpe is approaching 400 ABs and he's walked 26 times. He'd be a much better hitter and leadoff guy if he were more selective. I'm just not sure it's in his DNA. Even if he doesn't walk in the 9th, at 0-2 he's likely to get a much better pitch to hit than the one he swung at. |
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Post by pimmersj on Jul 3, 2024 21:48:25 GMT -5
There’s no reason for Torres to be this bad. DJ just looks shot at this point with very little pop in his bat.
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 3, 2024 21:52:17 GMT -5
Just the way it goes sometimes.
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Post by chiyankee on Jul 3, 2024 21:58:20 GMT -5
There’s no reason for Torres to be this bad. DJ just looks shot at this point with very little pop in his bat. Gleyber, DJ and Verdugo. It's killing the Yankees that they aren't getting anything from them right now at the plate. |
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Post by Renfield on Jul 3, 2024 22:06:11 GMT -5
There’s no reason for Torres to be this bad. DJ just looks shot at this point with very little pop in his bat. Gleyber, DJ and Verdugo. It's killing the Yankees that they aren't getting anything from them right now at the plate. Situation in a nutshell. |
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Post by Cult of Ken Clay on Jul 3, 2024 22:19:53 GMT -5
Verdugo's been a dud ever since he went on paternity leave, so yes, I'm blaming the baby.  |
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Post by inger on Jul 4, 2024 0:38:51 GMT -5
There’s no reason for Torres to be this bad. DJ just looks shot at this point with very little pop in his bat. Gleyber, DJ and Verdugo. It's killing the Yankees that they aren't getting anything from them right now at the plate. Nor Volpe… where’s that young lead off guy we found in April?… |
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Post by kaybli on Jul 4, 2024 7:03:16 GMT -5
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Post by rizzuto on Jul 4, 2024 8:40:19 GMT -5
Gleyber, DJ and Verdugo. It's killing the Yankees that they aren't getting anything from them right now at the plate. Nor Volpe… where’s that young lead off guy we found in April?… Volpe was replaced by a pod person. Pod people have no patience, their instinct is all about world domination with no subtlety of taking the ball to the opposite field and working walks. |
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Post by ypaterson on Jul 4, 2024 9:32:15 GMT -5
I'm more annoyed that he didn't take a strike there after Wells worked a long walk and Diaz missed with his first pitch. Diaz' main weakness is control, he walks a lot of guys, and if you want to get him, you have to give him a chance to walk himself into trouble. Volpe is approaching 400 ABs and he's walked 26 times. He'd be a much better hitter and leadoff guy if he were more selective. I'm just not sure it's in his DNA. Even if he doesn't walk in the 9th, at 0-2 he's likely to get a much better pitch to hit than the one he swung at. I am surprised he has 26 walks. Given the names that follow his on the lineup card, I'd have a fit if my pitcher walked him. I would like him to bunt more often but nothing wis working for him right now. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Jul 4, 2024 11:09:39 GMT -5
Volpe is approaching 400 ABs and he's walked 26 times. He'd be a much better hitter and leadoff guy if he were more selective. I'm just not sure it's in his DNA. Even if he doesn't walk in the 9th, at 0-2 he's likely to get a much better pitch to hit than the one he swung at. I am surprised he has 26 walks. Given the names that follow his on the lineup card, I'd have a fit if my pitcher walked him. I would like him to bunt more often but nothing wis working for him right now. I get your point but I think there are a lot of pitchers in todays game that have trouble throwing strikes. In the AB I was being critical of the batter before him walked and if he would have laid off a ball well below his knees he is in a hitters count and can look for a ball to drive. He was in swing mode. I'm not comparing Volpe and Soto, Soto is the far better hitter but I am a bit surprised he has walked so much with Judge batting behind him. I get that you want to be careful with Soto but you also don't want runners on base for the best hitter in baseball. Continuing this thought, I'm also surprised teams are not walking Judge more. He has zero protection behind him and right now if I'm playing the Yankees I'd take my chances with Verdigo even with guys on rather than pitching to Judge. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jul 4, 2024 11:17:55 GMT -5
I'm more annoyed that he didn't take a strike there after Wells worked a long walk and Diaz missed with his first pitch. Diaz' main weakness is control, he walks a lot of guys, and if you want to get him, you have to give him a chance to walk himself into trouble. Volpe is approaching 400 ABs and he's walked 26 times. He'd be a much better hitter and leadoff guy if he were more selective. I'm just not sure it's in his DNA. Even if he doesn't walk in the 9th, at 0-2 he's likely to get a much better pitch to hit than the one he swung at. Last year, with the old approach, he was hitting .218, striking out 30% more often, and still walked at a 25% higher rate. When he was batting lower in the ordere earlier, he walked 5 times in 46 plate appearances, and acceptable rate for a leadoff hitter. Since being moved to leadoff, he's walked just 21 times in 327 PA, 6.4% walk, an unacceptably low rate, especially if the hitter is also batting .256. The OBA of .293 is clearly unacceptable. It's very noticeable in the first time up leading off the game for the Yanks, where he's walked just 2 times in 72 PA. Volpe is aggressive by nature, and he's always looking for a way to force the action and get something started. But a leadoff man must also take pitches and draw walks, especially in front of Soto and Judge. Volpe took to swinging at the 1st pitch because he fould most pitchers would throw a hittable FB on the first pitch of the game just to settle themselves, and he was leading tha game off with hits quite often for a few weeks. But pitchers have seen Volpe doing this and they're giving that get it over fastball on the first pitch of the game less often. Volpe hasn't adjusted to that yet. One regular poster on the board insists that Volpe had to be moved from the leadoff spot, and given what I just looked up in response to this discussion, I'd agree, except for one thing: right now, there's not one other good leadoff hitter on the roster. I simply don't see anyone of the rosteer they can try, but they're going to have to try something. Verdugo? he's going through his own hellacious slump now. They tried Torres and his hitting suffered. Ben Rice? That's a lot of pressure to place on a rookie, and then teams would find his weakenesses soon enough. But it might come to that, if no other answer can be found. Moving Soto and Judge up just means more dead offense behind. It would given them an extra 5-10 PA over the course of the rest of the season. But it means fewer RBI for both. I don't see a good answer on the roster until one of the vererans other than Soto or Judge heats up. |
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