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Post by kaybli on Sept 16, 2018 19:14:47 GMT -5
Its baseball so things can turn quickly. Remember how unstoppable the Indians were supposed to be last year? Just get passed the wild card game somehow and I like our chances with Boston.
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 16, 2018 19:20:42 GMT -5
While i agree this doesn't look good we have seen plenty of teams play bad in September then go deep in the playoffs before. Year 2000 comes to mind. Rizz, I think of that year as well. Although a key difference is that that squad had won the World Series in three of the previous four years and there was an expectation that they would flip the proverbial switch in the post-season. I was trying to remember how I felt at the time -- it's always tough to conjure up those things -- but my recollection is being more annoyed than really concerned because there were too many proven commodities on that team. I don't feel that way about this squad. Of course I thought 2001 was almost pre-destined to end in a Yankee triumph given all that happened. My track record isn't very good. But it never stops me from putting in my two cents! |
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 16, 2018 19:21:39 GMT -5
Its baseball so things can turn quickly. Remember how unstoppable the Indians were supposed to be last year? Just get passed the wild card game somehow and I like our chances with Boston. I like the cut of your jib, Kaybli. You are of course absolutely correct. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 16, 2018 19:40:37 GMT -5
Its baseball so things can turn quickly. Remember how unstoppable the Indians were supposed to be last year? Just get passed the wild card game somehow and I like our chances with Boston. That's basically my point the rosters turn over so much in baseball now things change 10000 times a season. Astros completely different team before and after Verlander maybe don't win the World Series without him etc. |
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Post by kaybli on Sept 16, 2018 20:20:03 GMT -5
Its baseball so things can turn quickly. Remember how unstoppable the Indians were supposed to be last year? Just get passed the wild card game somehow and I like our chances with Boston. I like the cut of your jib, Kaybli. You are of course absolutely correct.  |
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Post by inger on Sept 16, 2018 21:21:45 GMT -5
For me, the #1 Free Agent piece we should go after this coming winter is Nathan Eovaldi...
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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 16, 2018 21:24:09 GMT -5
For me, the #1 Free Agent piece we should go after this coming winter is Nathan Eovaldi... Been there , done that. Guy is mad inconsistent. |
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Post by inger on Sept 16, 2018 22:12:36 GMT -5
For me, the #1 Free Agent piece we should go after this coming winter is Nathan Eovaldi... Been there , done that. Guy is mad inconsistent. The cutter has changed all that...now he has that 98 MPH high heat, the cutter at 91-92, his mid-eighties curve. It’s nasty stuff... |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 16, 2018 22:35:31 GMT -5
Been there , done that. Guy is mad inconsistent. The cutter has changed all that...now he has that 98 MPH high heat, the cutter at 91-92, his mid-eighties curve. It’s nasty stuff... As his era is still over 4. |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Sept 16, 2018 22:40:01 GMT -5
He still has the baserunners problem as well. He gives up ELEVEN HITS per 9 innings.
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Post by inger on Sept 16, 2018 23:19:59 GMT -5
He still has the baserunners problem as well. He gives up ELEVEN HITS per 9 innings. He’s been crappy the past month. I think he’s fatigued. This is after all year one back from TJ. Plenty of reason to argue against him, and plenty of numbers to back your argument. BTW, the 11hits per nine is with Boston. Got the season he’s allowed 98 hits in 98 innings. His BB are low. I just think he’s going to be very good for the next few seasons. Call it a gut feel...At worst, he winds up relieving. At best, he puts together a few strong seasons. He’ll only be 29 next year. |
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Post by bearman on Sept 17, 2018 8:50:28 GMT -5
While I'm ranting, I checked on CC's recent performances. In his last 11 starts -- which actually includes three quality starts -- he has pitched 51.2 innings (under 5 innings per start) and allowed 30 earned runs, for an ERA of a bit over 5.20. For the whole season, pitching against the teams that will be in the AL playoffs, he has started seven games, going 34 innings (again, under 5 innings per start), allowing 18 earned runs for an ERA of 4.76. Not sure where he fits into the post-season roster, if in fact it goes beyond one game. At best I can see him used in a long-relief role. What we used to call a mop-up man. That still puts him ahead of Sonny Gray, I realize. That guy has done nothing to deserve being on a post-season roster. Or even a major league roster. And then there is Brett Gardner. I've loved the guy since he came up, but if Judge is capable of playing, it's hard to imagine him being anything more than a fifth OFer, a late inning defensive replacement at most. Does he ever even hit the ball to the outfield anymore? Seems like over the past month or so, his hits are either infield hits or seeing-eye dribblers. Very few good ABs. Okay, I am sure now that I said this that starting with the Boston series, all of these guys will catch fire and lead the Yankees to post-season glory. Trying that reverse psychology stuff. I am with you pippsheadache on these comments and your comments on Sanchez. God bless Sabathia and Gardner for what they have done but I hope Sabathia retires and if Gardner returns it will only be as a utility outfielder. Watching Sanchez catch is as painful as it gets. I can't imagine any pitcher wanting to pitch to him and for the most part he either strikes out either looking or missing the pitch by a mile. I believe he could close his eyes and do better. Romine is a much better option at this point and when Judge returns if I were Boone I would DH Stanton and thank Gardner and Sanchez for their service and ask them to stand beside me in the dugout. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Sept 17, 2018 9:17:15 GMT -5
I am with you pippsheadache on these comments and your comments on Sanchez. God bless Sabathia and Gardner for what they have done but I hope Sabathia retires and if Gardner returns it will only be as a utility outfielder. Watching Sanchez catch is as painful as it gets. I can't imagine any pitcher wanting to pitch to him and for the most part he either strikes out either looking or missing the pitch by a mile. I believe he could close his eyes and do better. Romine is a much better option at this point and when Judge returns if I were Boone I would DH Stanton and thank Gardner and Sanchez for their service and ask them to stand beside me in the dugout. Bearman, concur that Brett and CC have been model professionals and it is more painful than angering to watch their decline. It may well be that these two warhorses have a flickering miracle left in them, but the odds against it are getting pretty high. Sure, it would be dramatic to have CC come in as the last pitcher left on the bench in the tenth inning of the deciding game of the ALDS against Boston and throw seven shutout innings in a game won by a wild-dash inside the park HR by Brett Gardner. But I am not holding my breath. Sanchez is getting on my last nerve, the one Sonny Gray got on several months ago. It just feels hopeless when he is up there in a big situation -- or any situation, for that matter -- and defensively he is about as bad as I have ever seen behind the plate. I guess that rocket arm can come in handy when he is chasing down his passed balls and trying to keep the runner from advancing two bases. I do think, though, that there can be a re-set with him down the road. It just doesn't look like it's coming this year. And maybe not as a catcher. |
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