2022 Yankees Regular Season Thread

[bkzwhitestrican]

You knew a bad stretch was bound to happen, at some point. Now, how long will it last?

 

They haven't even been that bad during this mini losing streak. Sevy/Taillon combined to pitch 14 innings and give up 1 run in the doubleheader. And they were in it for all 3 games. My hope is that all of the Donaldson BS isn't creating a distraction, and that the spike in hurt/sick players this week goes away

[Bellhorn04]

Good old Joe Kelly doesn't mince words. "The guy is a douche", he said about Donaldson.

[moonslav59]

They haven't even been that bad during this mini losing streak. Sevy/Taillon combined to pitch 14 innings and give up 1 run in the doubleheader. And they were in it for all 3 games. My hope is that all of the Donaldson BS isn't creating a distraction, and that the spike in hurt/sick players this week goes away

 

Sounds like the Sox excuses when our starters were doing great. but we were still losing.

[dgalehouse]

There are a lot of ebbs and flows in a baseball season . It's not all seashells and balloons.

[notin]

Good old Joe Kelly doesn't mince words. "The guy is a douche", he said about Donaldson.

 

Probably why he’s been on 5 different teams in the past 5 years, despite posting a .847 OPS in that time frame…

[dgalehouse]

I have heard that Josh Donaldson had a rough childhood. Very abusive father. Not using that as an excuse for bad behavior , but it might help explain why he doesn't play well with others.

[notin]

I have heard that Josh Donaldson had a rough childhood. Very abusive father. Not using that as an excuse for bad behavior , but it might help explain why he doesn't play well with others.

 

Reportedly his father spent most of Donaldson’s childhood in prison and he hardly ever saw him. I’ve never heard of there were allegations of abuse or not…

[jacksonianmarch]

Lemahieu has a hurt wrist. Stanton tweaked a calf. Donaldson and Gallo have COVID. Yanks still score 7 and walk off a win.

 

Cashman better be on the phones. The pen is getting tired and the offense is on life support

[jacksonianmarch]

We were healthy for 6 weeks. No more

 

Lemahieu and Stanton out for now, no IL yet

 

Donaldson, Higgy, and Gallo on COVID IL

 

Green and Gil out for the year

 

Loaisiga and Chapman to the IL for arm and Achilles issues respectively

[moonslav59]

We were healthy for 6 weeks. No more

 

Lemahieu and Stanton out for now, no IL yet

 

Donaldson, Higgy, and Gallo on COVID IL

 

Green and Gil out for the year

 

Loaisiga and Chapman to the IL for arm and Achilles issues respectively

 

You guys are always getting hurt.

 

You were lucky you lasted this long.

[jacksonianmarch]

We’ve got the arms to weather the storm, not the bats

[jacksonianmarch]

Stanton’s issue is ankle inflammation. Sounds better than calf, which cost him a season previously. Boone said it looks like a minimal IL stay at this point, but with Stanton you never know

[jacksonianmarch]

Also, Sears’ start was a spot start, but that kid has some seriously nasty stuff. Keep him up and use him as another multi inning weapon. Glad to see Marinaccio get a few innings in as well.

[Kimmi]

The Yankees have already played the Os 13 times. That's roughly 30% of their games played.

[moonslav59]

The Yankees have already played the Os 13 times. That's roughly 30% of their games played.

 

This also means they only have 6 left vs them.

[Kimmi]

This also means they only have 6 left vs them.

 

Exactly.

 

They have a tougher schedule coming up, so hopefully that will slow them down a little.

[jacksonianmarch]

Just stomped the Rays. What’s the excuse now?

[Bellhorn04]

Cortes has been beastly.

[jacksonianmarch]

Cortes has been beastly.

 

He's an absolute gem. Once he added a couple mph and really separated his cutter from his 4 seamer, he's been untouchable. His cutter is almost like a slider, but cutters arent thrown with a flick of the wrist like sliders are. There's no red dot that you'd otherwise see when a breaking ball is thrown. But, since there's no flick of the wrist, cutters often just move laterally as they're cut off the finger by throwing them in a hard downward fashion, but Cortes' cutter drops a lot. One other thing about a cutter is that since you arent breaking your wrist, they are easier to command. He is throwing a cutter a la Mariano back in the day locating it exactly where he wants to. Add in the arm angles. He throws over the top, 3/4 and even sidearm when he wants to. Add in the 4 and 2 seamers. Add in the change and curveball and you've got angles, speeds, break, etc that he can command to both sides of the zone. He has been filthy because he has had to continuously reinvent himself and master new pitches just to survive. Add in the bump in velo and all that work is paying off

[Bellhorn04]

Cortes is one of those guys who looks a lot older than he is, especially with that bad mustache, which I'm sort of surprised the Yankees allow. Do they inspect mustaches on a regular basis to make sure they're still within the team guidelines?

[jacksonianmarch]

Cortes is one of those guys who looks a lot older than he is, especially with that bad mustache, which I'm sort of surprised the Yankees allow. Do they inspect mustaches on a regular basis to make sure they're still within the team guidelines?

 

Lol, they have always allowed the stache. Look at those 70s-80s Yanks. Catfish, Goose, Mattingly, Rickey, etc. They all had stache's.

[jacksonianmarch]

Yanks had a run of cream puffs, but saw the real thing yesterday and took them to task. The Rays played uncharacteristically bad baseball. Wild pitches, errors, etc.

 

But Yanks have 3 more in the dump

get 3 at home vs the Angels who don't play well in YS.

3 vs the worst team in baseball at home in the Tigers

3 at the Twins, who we literally own and they pay rent to us in the form of their best players

3 at home vs the Cuds, who suck

 

Yanks will need a big lead by then because a reckoning is coming

 

3 vs Rays

3 @ TOR

3 @ Rays

3 vs HOU

3 vs A's

1 @ HOU

 

That's a 16 game grind with only one cream puff in there in jOakland.

[a700hitter]

Matt Carpenter with a Home Run for the Yankees against the Rays.

[jacksonianmarch]

Great ABs thus far from Carp. He looks the part

[jacksonianmarch]

33-13 heading into Memorial Day weekend. Pitching has been the name of the game, really solid all around. Have shut down the Rays in the first two games and now our ace takes the hill. Need this ridiculous pitching run to continue.

 

Stanton will be back once his IL stint ends. He had some ankle soreness they were overly precautious about. DJ and Hicks should return today. Donaldson will be back soon as well since his shoulder IL can be backdated to day 1 of his COVID complaint. He got a cortisone shot, so they decided to let it simmer a bit before sending him back out there. Offense should be close to full strength especially with speedy Locastro ready to take the field again.

 

On the pen side, Chapman was improving when they put him on the IL. MRI was clean and he’s expected back once allowed. Loaisiga had a clean MR and is expected back shortly after he is allowed.

[jacksonianmarch]

Expected more after taking the first two, but a split in Tampa without your offense isn’t a bad thing. Don’t agree with going to Marinaccio there, but so be it

[Bellhorn04]

Comforting to know that Boone hasn't lost his touch for odd moves. Day off tomorrow and the first guy out of the pen is Marinaccio?

[jacksonianmarch]

Comforting to know that Boone hasn't lost his touch for odd moves. Day off tomorrow and the first guy out of the pen is Marinaccio?

 

That was stupid. Literally stupid. He’s got an otherwise rested pen and he goes to the kid. I like Marinaccio, granted, but you don’t set him up for success when you start him in an inning vs the second place team in your own f***ing division with two runners on already.

[Bellhorn04]

That was stupid. Literally stupid. He’s got an otherwise rested pen and he goes to the kid. I like Marinaccio, granted, but you don’t set him up for success when you start him in an inning vs the second place team in your own f***ing division with two runners on already.

 

Similarly, last night he brings Luetge into a 1-1 game when he could have opted for King. Counter-intuitive moves.

[jacksonianmarch]

Stupidity again. We know Boone is an idiot. Yanks pitching has covered up lots of flaws, but so has the schedule. He needs to establish an order out there as we continue to play contenders over the next month