2017 Yankees Season Thread

[bkzwhitestrican]

Yankees-Rays series moved to Citi Field due to Irma. This essentially becomes a home series for the Yankees. Before all you Sawx scream about Yankees bias by the MLB, let it be known that the Yankees suggested it be played in Chicago but Tampa asked for it to be in Citi field.. likely because it will draw a lot of fans (mostly Yankees fans) and it will quadruple their annual ticket sales.

[moonslav59]

Gray wasn't efficient, but we didn't need him to be. Gray has been tremendous since we got him. Worth every prospect

 

I agree. I think it was a steal.

 

Gray is an ace who has had injury issues. He looked healthy when the deal went down.

 

It's shocking to see how many great pitchers have been traded starting with Sale: Quintana, Gray, Darvish and someone else I can't think of right now.

[jacksonianmarch]

Yes it is, but all of them predictable. Oakland wanted to maximize value. Detroit wanted to rebuild. Texas wanted something for Yu. The White Sox are in a full on rebuild.

[Bellhorn04]

Tanaka since July 1

57IP 48H 21ER 9BB 65K 1.00WHIP 3.31ERA 7.2K/BB

 

The ace is back. The HR allowed is still too high in that span (8) but he has been rolling since the weather warmed up. Severino, Gray, Tanaka and CC is a damn good top 4 for a playoff rotation.

 

Rough one for Tanaka tonight.

[Slasher9]

Yankees-Rays series moved to Citi Field due to Irma. This essentially becomes a home series for the Yankees. Before all you Sawx scream about Yankees bias by the MLB, let it be known that the Yankees suggested it be played in Chicago but Tampa asked for it to be in Citi field.. likely because it will draw a lot of fans (mostly Yankees fans) and it will quadruple their annual ticket sales.

 

Strip everything away and it comes down to business. It makes business sense that it's moved to NY. But we still will give you grief about it.

[a700hitter]

After the weekend series in Texas, the Yankees have only 3 more road games.

[jacksonianmarch]

Tanaka had been good, but last night after the second inning, he couldn't put anyone away. 4 of his first 7 batters were K'd and aside from the solo shot to Mazara, he was getting bad swings and misses. Come the third inning, they weren't missing anything and his put away pitches were getting fouled off. It's as if the splitter and the slider weren't falling or sliding out of the zone. When he doesn't get a batter to chase his breaking pitches, he's going to have a long day

[a700hitter]

Our old friend Wil Middlebrooks has scored the only run in today's game through 6 innings. It is time for Girardi to mismanage his bullpen and get Texas some insurance.

[Spudboy]

Our old friend Wil Middlebrooks has scored the only run in today's game through 6 innings. It is time for Girardi to mismanage his bullpen and get Texas some insurance.

 

Lol.

[Northern Star]

So sick of Yankees steamrolling towards a playoff spot. It's maddening.

[Northern Star]

Yankees-Rays series moved to Citi Field due to Irma. This essentially becomes a home series for the Yankees. Before all you Sawx scream about Yankees bias by the MLB, let it be known that the Yankees suggested it be played in Chicago but Tampa asked for it to be in Citi field.. likely because it will draw a lot of fans (mostly Yankees fans) and it will quadruple their annual ticket sales.

 

Irma is serious business and nothing to joke about, but if only it could blow away Tropicana Field without hurting anyone...

[moonslav59]

So sick of Yankees steamrolling towards a playoff spot. It's maddening.

 

5-6 in their last 11 is hardly "steam rolling."

 

They are still 4 games away from not making the playoffs.

 

(Note" they are -9 from their Pythagorean projected win-loss record.)

Edited September 9, 2017 by moonslav59

[jacksonianmarch]

Yankees offense is exploding. Judge is starting to wake up. When he starts going the other way with power, he will find himself again. With 2 bombs and a walk, his abysmal second half is actually improving. .191/.353/.404. Even when he is absolutely abysmal, he is still reaching base 35% of the time and his second half OPS is just 20 points lower than the OPS of your best player for the entire season Edited September 10, 2017 by jacksonianmarch

[Northern Star]

I hate the f***ing Yankees.

[Northern Star]

5-6 in their last 11 is hardly "steam rolling."

 

They are still 4 games away from not making the playoffs.

 

(Note" they are -9 from their Pythagorean projected win-loss record.)

 

I know, just feels that way. Every time I look at the results, they've won.

[jacksonianmarch]

Gary Sanchez hit his 29th and 30th HRs today as well.

[jacksonianmarch]

Another win, I'll take it.

 

I wonder how many times in baseballs history has a team had two players 25 or under hit 40+ and 30+ in a season?

[jacksonianmarch]

Sonny Gray pitches a gem and gets no support

[jacksonianmarch]

Judge goes deep twice. He's quietly pushed his OPS back over 1.000 and is 4 RBI from 100

[bkzwhitestrican]

Would be great if he could go on a little run these last few weeks. Might be enough to get us back into the division race, pending how the Sawx play.

[OH FOY]

Bird does have a nice swing.

[jacksonianmarch]

His swing is beautiful and if he gets going, this team will be hard to pitch to for sure. Good to see Judge rebounding as well.

[Spudboy]

The Yankees have some really good talent.

 

No one should be surprised.

[jacksonianmarch]

The Yankees have the second best Pythagorean in the AL to the Guardians and are 4 runs back of the dodgers for second place in all of baseball. We have underperformed our pythag mostly because our pen has the most blown saves in baseball and our offense has the tendency to explode for a few games then go silent. This team will stay together, for the most part. I expect Tanaka to opt in. Holliday and CC are probably headed out the door, but we haven't gotten anything out of Holliday of late and we have internal options for CC. Frazier is redundant as well with Headley having a good year, Bird looking healthy and Andujar ready for the bigs. I expect that our team could take an Guardians type explosion next season and run away with the ALE. One can hope

[Kimmi]

The Yankees have the second best Pythagorean in the AL to the Guardians and are 4 runs back of the dodgers for second place in all of baseball. We have underperformed our pythag mostly because our pen has the most blown saves in baseball and our offense has the tendency to explode for a few games then go silent. This team will stay together, for the most part. I expect Tanaka to opt in. Holliday and CC are probably headed out the door, but we haven't gotten anything out of Holliday of late and we have internal options for CC. Frazier is redundant as well with Headley having a good year, Bird looking healthy and Andujar ready for the bigs. I expect that our team could take an Guardians type explosion next season and run away with the ALE. One can hope

 

The Yankees look good and really should be leading the division based on run differential, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

[jacksonianmarch]

We will have money to spare with the best parts of our team intact and the next wave of prospects ready. The rebuild took one season. This is our ramp up year. I expect big things next year

[jacksonianmarch]

The Twins have literally no chance

[Slasher9]

According to the Friday report, Jeter, who stands to be in charge of the business and baseball operations of the Marlins when the sale of the team is finalized, asked David Samson to dismiss Hall of Famers Andre Dawson and Tony Perez, as well as Jeff Conine, the former outfielder known as "Mr. Marlin," and 2003 World Series-winning manager Jack McKeon.

 

Jeter, after first telling Samson he wouldn't be retained -- which was already presumed -- then asked him to inform the four of the moves, because Jeter didn't want to do it, the Herald reported.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Hidden ball trick pulled on the Yankees. Kudos, Ryan Goins.

[Thunder]

And then, Goins hit the grand slam that sealed the victory. Seems to me like he's earned the keys to the city of Boston