I always said that the Guardians blew it against the Yankees. The Yankees did not look good in that series. They’re basically getting exposed by a better team.
I always said that the Guardians blew it against the Yankees. The Yankees did not look good in that series. They’re basically getting exposed by a better team.
Last edited by d-money; 10-22-2022 at 06:36 PM.
Fire Boone
For what? Not his fault his team can't hit for shit in these playoffs.Originally Posted by jacksonianmarch
All rise! Judge hitting .083 in this series. Real players are made in the postseason.
I thought the Yankees where a little overrated this year. The second half of the season they where not the same team.
Last edited by d-money; 10-22-2022 at 07:43 PM.
Cannot leave this season unpunished. Cash can follow him. His deadline moves made sense at the time, but they absolutely flopped when they were needed the most.
Bader made the error of not seeing the ball when a 6'7" giant ran right in front of him... but they can't give the E to the MLB's marquee player, lest they have to reassign five of the network's six camera men.
Before the deadline, too:
Donaldson
Carpenter
Gallo
K-F
Taillon to some extent
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Some observations:
(1) M.Kay really went after Boone in the postgame on YES Network (Jack Curry, who is Kay's sycophant, did the same thing). There is speculation that Kay would only do this with permission from above. Some are saying that Boone is gone after the Yankees lose the series to the Astros. Could Donnie Baseball return to New York?
(2) Kay was wrong. Cole was up to around 95 pitches and he hung at least one slider that inning, evidence he was getting tired. Also, Cole had good stuff that game, but his location was far from ideal. He threw too many pitches, and was helped out enormously by the Astros chasing pitches out of the zone. Cole did not have a great start, great stuff, yes, but poor location and it could have gone much worse for Cole if the Astros didn't chase. If Boone leaves Cole in in that spot, and Cole gives up a big hit (very possible), Boone would be heavily criticized for keeping Cole in. At the end of the day, Boone's decision was not all that unreasonable even though it didn't work out. If Cole pitched like a true ace, Boone doesn't have to make a hard decision there.
(3) Cashman traded for Montas, an SP with a barking shoulder, and didn't acquire Castillo, a dominant starter and that poor decision is on Cashman.
(4) What the hell is going on with H.Bader and his mouthpiece? How many closeups do we need of Bader's face with Bader chewing on his mouthpiece? Bader is the most disgusting person. MLB needs to do something about the situation--fine Bader for being gross.
I think the real criticism there is that, with the season on the line, Boone went to Trivino, who is basically #4 on the Yankees bullpen depth chart, instead of Loaisiga, Peralta or Holmes.
And that seems to be indicative of Boone's sometimes questionable judgement with his pitching moves.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
The Yanks have been in a very clear window of opportunity to win it all, after so many years.
Cashman has resisted trading his very top prospects to get them to favorite status. It may end up working, years from now, but this was the time to go "all-in."
He didn't even have to totally empty the farm, either, but his reluctance to hold onto his top 3-4 prospects hurt their championship prospects the last 2-3 years.
Now, with Judge set to make mega bucks or bolting, unless they start spending way more, which seems unlikely, the window may be closed by 2023.
They need to do better than the Donaldson, Carpenter and Gallo types. Before, it was Odor, Kluber, Paxton & Happ. Trying to catch lightening in a bottle, instead of going for more sure bets and forking over some bucks.
True, they did get Cole and DJ, and I think the Taillon deal was solid, but still. They seem to be playing it halfway, at a time when "all-in" made sense.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I agree Slav. This was their year to go all in and we still kinda went middle. And we got outclassed in this series
2021 and 2022, actually.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
The Yankees are in a world of trouble . Perhaps Boone and even Cashman are as well. But think about this: They finished 21 games ahead of the Sox. The lights at Fenway have been off for a while now. Where does that put the Sox , Bloom and Cora ? By what standard can you say they have done a better job ?
Old school is good school.
Way different circumstances and winter spending budgets.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
First time Post from a far away and new fan to baseball.
What do you much more experienced guys make of the fans "privileged" Yankee fans booing the likely mvp yesterday?
Sure the chap isn't exactly pulling up any trees in the off season, but show the guy some respect ffs.
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