Yankees 2021 Season Thread

[jacksonianmarch]

This team cannot hit.

 

As for reinforcements, I think Kris Bryant is a target if the Cubs continue to flounder.

[bkzwhitestrican]

I bet bkz loves that Judge is your only offense tonight LOL

 

Doesn't look like I'm coming back in any offensive categories anyway, my guys are hitting like the Yankees. So hope Judge hits two more.

 

I'm hoping someone on my team can get a steal though, guess it's hard when nobody gets on base.

[Thunder]

Doesn't look like I'm coming back in any offensive categories anyway, my guys are hitting like the Yankees. So hope Judge hits two more.

 

I'm hoping someone on my team can get a steal though, guess it's hard when nobody gets on base.

 

Yeah I don't have many stolen base guys either. Solak and Meadows have come through on occasion in that category, but certainly not regularly.

[bkzwhitestrican]

Wheels came off for Kluber that inning. Not sure how he went from dotting the corners batter after batter to having no clue where the ball is going in the span of one batter.

[jacksonianmarch]

GIO!

 

Kluber was missing his spots that inning, but you had a bloop double, a GB single and a dunker double in RF. The only ball hit hard that inning was Severino's missile double

[moonslav59]

Kluber is a god.

 

Pivetta is a false idol.

[jacksonianmarch]

Kluber is a god.

 

Pivetta is a false idol.

 

You said it

[moonslav59]

Heathens

[iortiz]

Pivetta >> Kluber.

 

Kluber unfortunately for NY at this point is nothing but a prone-injury old horse. He is 35 yo and counting.

 

On the other hand, Pivetta is 7 years younger and on the cheap with a lot of upside.

 

Bloom will eat Cashman’s lunch on this one.

[bkzwhitestrican]

Pivetta >> Kluber.

 

Kluber unfortunately for NY at this point is nothing but a prone-injury old horse. He is 35 yo and counting.

 

On the other hand, Pivetta is 7 years younger and on the cheap with a lot of upside.

 

Bloom will eat Cashman’s lunch on this one.

 

How come nobody, including yourself, has picked up Pivetta in our fantasy league? If he's so great I would think a league full of Sox fans would want him. Or maybe nobody is buying in to his good start.

[iortiz]

How come nobody, including yourself, has picked up Pivetta in our fantasy league? If he's so great I would think a league full of Sox fans would want him. Or maybe nobody is buying in to his good start.

 

I drafted him and dropped him since he made me tie my first match when I was winning. It’s called the heat of the moment. I should have been patient.

 

I drafted him because I really believed he was going to splash. I s*** the bed.

 

He has been money since then, go figure. I will pick him up again next week if he is still available. It’s a no-brainer.

Edited May 15, 2021 by iortiz

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Pivetta >> Kluber.

 

Kluber unfortunately for NY at this point is nothing but a prone-injury old horse. He is 35 yo and counting.

 

On the other hand, Pivetta is 7 years younger and on the cheap with a lot of upside.

 

Bloom will eat Cashman’s lunch on this one.

 

Based on their histories, and what I read from preseason scribes, the NY-Bos comps are more likely Kluber vs Richards; guys in their 30s, one once great, the other really good for basically one season before injury. The other comp would be Taillon vs. Pivetta; guys in their late 20s that have never really been good but still have potential.

 

So far this season, maybe Kluber gets a slight edge because of how bad Richards was his first few starts. Kluber's ERA is 3.48, Richards' 3.89. They're both 3-2, with 1.4 WHIPs.

 

Pivetta vs. Taillon isn't even close. Pivetta has been one of the best starters in the AL, while Taillon is a face-plant.

[Bellhorn04]

Well, time will tell jacko.

 

I’ve been very critical in the past when I saw flaws but I also made bold assessments in 2013 and 2018 when we won it all.

 

As I said since day one, this team will be a pleasant surprise. Save this post.

 

I'm liking the way you're talking.

[Thunder]

I drafted him and dropped him since he made me tie my first match when I was winning. It’s called the heat of the moment. I should have been patient.

 

I drafted him because I really believed he was going to splash. I s*** the bed.

 

He has been money since then, go figure. I will pick him up again next week if he is still available. It’s a no-brainer.

 

Too late

 

I'd be willing to trade him to you, though

[jacksonianmarch]

Maybe he was only outperforming his peripherals because he was on the FA wire. Now that you’ve picked him up, the jinx is in and he will finally regress to the mean

[moonslav59]

How come nobody, including yourself, has picked up Pivetta in our fantasy league? If he's so great I would think a league full of Sox fans would want him. Or maybe nobody is buying in to his good start.

 

I’ll take a stab: because none of you can match Bloom.

[moonslav59]

Maybe he was only outperforming his peripherals because he was on the FA wire. Now that you’ve picked him up, the jinx is in and he will finally regress to the mean

 

You keep saying this. It’s worked out well.

[moonslav59]

Has no recently turned 28 pitcher with excellent “stuff” ever busted out of mediocrity?

[Bellhorn04]

So glad I don't participate in fantasy team stuff. Being a fan of the actual Red Sox team messes up my head enough as it is.

[moonslav59]

So glad I don't participate in fantasy team stuff. Being a fan of the actual Red Sox team messes up my head enough as it is.

 

I’m a big Dallas Cowboy hater but won a fantasy league riding on Emmit Smith’s shoulders. That was weird!

[jacksonianmarch]

Has no recently turned 28 pitcher with excellent “stuff” ever busted out of mediocrity?

 

Some have, but not many with career high walk rates, dropping K rates and unsustainable HR/FB rates

[Bellhorn04]

Some have, but not many with career high walk rates, dropping K rates and unsustainable HR/FB rates

 

Kluber's K rate is also down and BB rate also up.

[notin]

How come nobody, including yourself, has picked up Pivetta in our fantasy league? If he's so great I would think a league full of Sox fans would want him. Or maybe nobody is buying in to his good start.

 

I have him in my league, which is an 11 team roto league. Plenty of good pitchers available, but Pivetta has been working for me. Although the WHIP is troublesome.

 

Some Sox fans do prefer not have Boston players on their team. Superstition? Sure. Don’t like the double whammy if they disappoint? Yeah, for some. Every team has fans like that. No biggie...

[moonslav59]

Some have, but not many with career high walk rates, dropping K rates and unsustainable HR/FB rates

 

His H/9 rate is way down, and it’s not all about BAbip being low.

 

Maybe he’s just a pitcher that gained a lot from the new ball era.

 

Also, his BB/9 rate is dropping quickly. He had 17 in his first 27 innings and 5 in his last 17 Ip, which is back to his career norm- not great but not so bad you still can’t be a good pitcher.

 

The HR/9 rate is something we’ll have to watch..

Edited May 15, 2021 by moonslav59

[moonslav59]

Kluber's K rate is also down and BB rate also up.

 

No, no, no! You have to use a different criteria for each and every Yankee starter.

[jacksonianmarch]

No, no, no! You have to use a different criteria for each and every Yankee starter.

 

As with Pivetta recently, kluber’s walk rate is back to close to his career norms post his third start. Kluber’s done this before. Pivetta hasn’t. I’ll be enjoying his downfall later in the year. Just letting you all know

[iortiz]

I'm liking the way you're talking.

 

I honestly like this very underrated team Bell. Tip my cap to Bloom and Cora. They are intangibles that you won’t find in stats.

[iortiz]

Too late

 

I'd be willing to trade him to you, though

 

LOL just figured out. I guess I shouldn’t have said anything LOL

[moonslav59]

As with Pivetta recently, kluber’s walk rate is back to close to his career norms post his third start. Kluber’s done this before. Pivetta hasn’t. I’ll be enjoying his downfall later in the year. Just letting you all know

 

So, unless someone has done it before; it can’t be done?

 

It’s not like Pivetta is 35.

 

How about what Sale, ERod, Richards and Eovaldi have “done before? For them, you use a whole new set of measuring sticks.

 

Look, I’m not projecting Pivetta to place 10th in Cy Young, this year, but you act like he,s doomed to repeat his career norm every season and nobody can ever improve greatly in a season.

[Thunder]

Well, Judge seems to have finally turned the corner. The jury is still out on the rest of the Yankees offense, since they are playing the Orioles. Nonetheless, they are winning games again, which makes the next few weeks a lot more fun. Who will be in 1st on June 4th: Sox or Yanks?