2022 Yankees Regular Season Thread

[Kimmi]

Wacha has already been regressing, but he is still pitching well enough to keep us in most of his games.

 

 

Note: who would have guessed Perez could be viewed as the one we let get away?

 

 

Obviously I am pulling for Wacha to continue having his good fortune, but his peripheral stats don't bode well for him. That said, batters are just not making hard contact off of him. Maybe there's something improved with his change up or it might be the way he and Vaz are mixing the pitches.

[Kimmi]

As for Martin Perez, I would have re-signed him for the contract that he got.

[moonslav59]

Obviously I am pulling for Wacha to continue having his good fortune, but his peripheral stats don't bode well for him. That said, batters are just not making hard contact off of him. Maybe there's something improved with his change up or it might be the way he and Vaz are mixing the pitches.

 

He does have his lowest K/9 rate in his career (6.6), but his BAbip (.260) is about the norm for SP'ers, this year, so I'm not sure he's been getting lucky.

 

His FIP is one of the worst, among the leaders, but that low K rate will do that to anyone.

 

The 23.2% LD% is one of the worst, but it's better than Gausman and Houser. Wacha's hard hit% of 30.7% is about middle of the pack and is better than Framber Valdez, McClanahan, Bueler, Pivetta and many other good pitchers, this year.

 

[JDavis76]

He does have his lowest K/9 rate in his career (6.6), but his BAbip (.260) is about the norm for SP'ers, this year, so I'm not sure he's been getting lucky.

 

His FIP is one of the worst, among the leaders, but that low K rate will do that to anyone.

 

The 23.2% LD% is one of the worst, but it's better than Gausman and Houser. Wacha's hard hit% of 30.7% is about middle of the pack and is better than Framber Valdez, McClanahan, Bueler, Pivetta and many other good pitchers, this year.

 

 

Please stick to the thread topic. If you would like to continue your mini-dissertation on the state of the sox pitching staff, please do it on one of many threads dedicated to the sox starters/bullpen. Thanks.

[moonslav59]

Please stick to the thread topic. If you would like to continue your mini-dissertation on the state of the sox pitching staff, please do it on one of many threads dedicated to the sox starters/bullpen. Thanks.

 

Point well-taken. I was responding to a post about Wacha, who is a pitcher your team will be facing a few times, but there is a better thread for this.

[bkzwhitestrican]

As for Martin Perez, I would have re-signed him for the contract that he got.

 

Easy to say now! But I think most people on this site wanted him gone, and felt his leaving was addition by subtraction.

[Bellhorn04]

Lol, Cortes’ “rough patch” is a 3.86ERA this month. I similarly LOL at people who think the league is catching up with Holmes after he blew a save on an infield hit.

 

Nobody said that about Holmes. I just said he and Cortes have arguably been pitching over their heads based on this year's numbers vs. career numbers.

[Bellhorn04]

Easy to say now! But I think most people on this site wanted him gone, and felt his leaving was addition by subtraction.

 

Yeah, with some of these guys you're just guessing. Who would have thought E-Rod's signing would already look terrible, and the Perez signing would look like genius?

[moonslav59]

Easy to say now! But I think most people on this site wanted him gone, and felt his leaving was addition by subtraction.

 

I don't think a single poster advocated bringing him back over last winter.

[Bellhorn04]

Did someone here bring up the subject of pitching slumps?

[moonslav59]

The Perez case, and others like him, before, like Wade Miley, brings up an interesting point.

 

Does Perez's success, now, make Bloom look any less wrong about seeing something in him when he signed him (twice) and maybe all he got wrong was the timing, or does his post Red Sox success not change a thing?

[Bellhorn04]

The Perez case, and others like him, before, like Wade Miley, brings up an interesting point.

 

Does Perez's success, now, make Bloom look any less wrong about seeing something in him when he signed him (twice) and maybe all he got wrong was the timing, or does his post Red Sox success not change a thing?

 

As I suggested, there's a randomness factor that has to be taken into account when evaluating a GM.

 

I for one don't fault Bloom in the least for the Richards signing last year. No such thing as a bad one-year deal.

 

As for Perez, he's got a long track record of good stretches but overall mediocre to bad numbers.

[moonslav59]

As I suggested, there's a randomness factor that has to be taken into account when evaluating a GM.

 

I for one don't fault Bloom in the least for the Richards signing last year. No such thing as a bad one-year deal.

 

As for Perez, he's got a long track record of good stretches but overall mediocre to bad numbers.

 

Then, there is a case like Porcello. 6 pretty consistently decent to good years with the Tigers. Ben trades for him, extends him, and he goes 9-15 4.92. Ben gets tossed, and Porcello greets the new boss by winning a CY Young Award and going 22-4.

 

Ben is a "coffee boy," while DD is a genius.

 

Might Ben have stuck around longer, if Porcello and HRam had their 2016 seasons in 2015?

 

[moonslav59]

Yanks won't go down easy.

 

Tonight, Hicks is the hero. (3 run homer in the bottom of the ninth to tie it 6-6.)

 

Judge with the game-winning single,

Edited June 24, 2022 by moonslav59

[jacksonianmarch]

And Judge walks it off. This is a team of destiny

[bkzwhitestrican]

There's been a lot of good wins this season, but was definitely the most satisfying. I'm off to the Astros blog to bathe in schadenfreude!

[moonslav59]

And Judge walks it off. This is a team of destiny

 

It certainly looks that way, despite the pitching slump... LOL!

 

[jacksonianmarch]

It certainly looks that way, despite the pitching slump... LOL!

 

 

I need to learn to keep my big mouth shut

[JDavis76]

I need to learn to keep my big mouth shut

 

Yes please

[JDavis76]

Then, there is a case like Porcello. 6 pretty consistently decent to good years with the Tigers. Ben trades for him, extends him, and he goes 9-15 4.92. Ben gets tossed, and Porcello greets the new boss by winning a CY Young Award and going 22-4.

 

Ben is a "coffee boy," while DD is a genius.

 

Might Ben have stuck around longer, if Porcello and HRam had their 2016 seasons in 2015?

 

 

Again, please post keep to the thread topic and post your moonslop regarding the sox staff on one of the many threads dedicated to the sox pitching. Thanks.

[moonslav59]

Again, please post keep to the thread topic and post your moonslop regarding the sox staff on one of the many threads dedicated to the sox pitching. Thanks.

 

Try to keep up. It was a post about how we judge GMs based on timing of good or bad years by players on their roster, in general. The fact that I used an example of a Sox pitcher does not change the general nature of my post.

 

I could have used several Yankee examples, where a player was great before joining the Yanks and great afterwards, but not while with the Yanks, and should that be held against Cashman?

 

You're welcome.

[JDavis76]

Try to keep up. It was a post about how we judge GMs based on timing of good or bad years by players on their roster, in general. The fact that I used an example of a Sox pitcher does not change the general nature of my post.

 

I could have used several Yankee examples, where a player was great before joining the Yanks and great afterwards, but not while with the Yanks, and should that be held against Cashman?

 

You're welcome.

 

No, you continue to post about the sox staff on the Yankee thread. It's pretty simple, there are many threads dedicated to the sox pitching, post your dissertations there.

[moonslav59]

No, you continue to post about the sox staff on the Yankee thread. It's pretty simple, there are many threads dedicated to the sox pitching, post your dissertations there.

 

No, you have reading comprehension issues and are a troll.

[JDavis76]

No, you have reading comprehension issues and are a troll.

 

This has absolutely nothing to do with reading comprehension. I mean, are you denying that you are droning on and on about the sox staff on the Yankee thread?

[JDavis76]

No, you have reading comprehension issues and are a troll.

 

At least I can admit to making a trolling comment here or there, while you continue to deny that you do the same.....

[JDavis76]

The Yankees' path to the all-time wins record

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The Yankees are 51-18. They’ve scored the most runs in baseball (tied with the Mets, but they've done it in two fewer games), and they have allowed the fewest. Whatever your expectations were for this club entering the season, they’ve exceeded them – and then some. It’s tied for the

[dgalehouse]

As I have said again and again , Closin' ain't easy. Those last three outs can be tough to get . And when there is a playoff atmosphere , with some 40,000 screaming , beer spilling fans in Yankee Stadium , it can be especially difficult. As the Astros and Presley found out . Certainly a great win for the Yanks.

[JDavis76]

Judge and the Yanks avoided arbitration, agreeing on $19M plus incentives for this season.

[jacksonianmarch]

Got no hit. Will probably win tomorrow and split the series. Astros are the true class of the AL outside of NY. Sox trying to make it a three team race

[Fan_since_Boggs]

The Yankees window is closing, they really do need to win this year. To resign Judge, it will cost them around 35 m per year and they will soon be stuck with some bad long term contracts and they don't have a very good farm system. That's a bad combination.