Yankees 2022 playoff thread

[moonslav59]

I heard it was the biggest strike out disparity in history.

 

17 Ks NYY batters

 

2 Ks HOU batters

[Bellhorn04]

They had Verlander on the ropes ? I think I missed that part. It must have happened between all the strikeouts.

 

Verlander did throw a ton of pitches the first couple of innings, but settled down the way aces do.

[jacksonianmarch]

Verlander did throw a ton of pitches the first couple of innings, but settled down the way aces do.

 

Stanton doubled, 2nd and 3rd 1 out. Donaldson K. Carpenter K. Donaldson had two on earlier and K. Multiple times we had guys on early and we couldnt do s***. Donaldson still in the lineup is a travesty

[iortiz]

Going to be tough for NY to come back. We’ll see though.

[jacksonianmarch]

Cole and Cortes games 3 and 4 in the Bronx makes me have some hope but this offense needs a jolt. I get that their pitching is good, but the approach by the hitters has been awful. Too much swing and miss. I’d like to see Peraza get some run instead of Donaldson, who’s looked like a corpse. Cabrera in the OF is fine, he at least can battle. When you remove IKF from the lineup, you lose one of your only contact guys and it shows. They just don’t have any life out there

[moonslav59]

Never heard so much whining and bitching by the Yanks.

 

Sev complains about an HR that would be an HR in 25 parks and we hear bitching about Judge's ball not being a HR, despite it not being hit far enought o be an HR in 28 parks.

 

They actually complained about the roof being open.

 

Wah-wah-wah.

 

How about facing the fact that no team has ever K'd 12 or more times in 3 straight playoff games. (30 times in the last 2 games.)

 

You guys are built on an all or nothing batting philosophy that more often that not produces nothing.

[Bellhorn04]

Cole and Cortes games 3 and 4 in the Bronx makes me have some hope but this offense needs a jolt. I get that their pitching is good, but the approach by the hitters has been awful. Too much swing and miss. I’d like to see Peraza get some run instead of Donaldson, who’s looked like a corpse. Cabrera in the OF is fine, he at least can battle. When you remove IKF from the lineup, you lose one of your only contact guys and it shows. They just don’t have any life out there

 

Amusingly enough, Donaldson has K'd 5 times in 8 PA's in the series, but doubled and walked twice in the other 3 PA's, so he has an OBP of .375.

[bkzwhitestrican]

Never heard so much whining and bitching by the Yanks.

 

Sev complains about an HR that would be an HR in 25 parks and we hear bitching about Judge's ball not being a HR, despite it not being hit far enought o be an HR in 28 parks.

 

They actually complained about the roof being open.

 

Wah-wah-wah.

 

How about facing the fact that no team has ever K'd 12 or more times in 3 straight playoff games. (30 times in the last 2 games.)

 

You guys are built on an all or nothing batting philosophy that more often that not produces nothing.

 

My new conspiracy theory is that Astros' stadium is equipped with giant fans that blow wind towards the OF during their ABs, and blow in the opposite direction when the other team bats. And that Altuve controls it with a switch in his jock strap.

[moonslav59]

My new conspiracy theory is that Astros' stadium is equipped with giant fans that blow wind towards the OF during their ABs, and blow in the opposite direction when the other team bats. And that Altuve controls it with a switch in his jock strap.

 

That was about the jist of Yankee bitching, last night.

 

Pathetic.

 

Own up. Stop sucking and maybe you can win.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

My new conspiracy theory is that Astros' stadium is equipped with giant fans that blow wind towards the OF during their ABs, and blow in the opposite direction when the other team bats. And that Altuve controls it with a switch in his jock strap.

 

After the win all his teammates wanted to low-five him there, but Altuve waved them all away from that area.

[bkzwhitestrican]

That was about the jist of Yankee bitching, last night.

 

Pathetic.

 

Own up. Stop sucking and maybe you can win.

 

It's not like they're that far off, both games have been close. That Judge ball was 2 feet away from giving them the lead but can't dwell on it anymore. Game 3 is a must win for the Yanks.

[Bellhorn04]

Altuve is 0 for 23 in the postseason so far.

[moonslav59]

It's not like they're that far off, both games have been close. That Judge ball was 2 feet away from giving them the lead but can't dwell on it anymore. Game 3 is a must win for the Yanks.

 

The ball is not a HR in 28 parks. There is nothing to dwell on.

 

They were bitching that his exit velocity was 110, while the Astros HR was something like 90. Really? That's what they want to talk about?

 

Yes, both games were close, but if this is what the Yanks are thinking, it is not promising.

 

[d-money]

Altuve is 0 for 23 in the postseason so far.

 

Astros haven’t hit a lick if you asked me. Anyway the stros better not get too comfortable . Facing the Yankees two best pitchers the next two games. Gotta take 1 one of the next 2.

[mvp 78]

@NBCSEdgeBB

McCullers pushed to Game 4 after champagne mishap

 

Hate when that happens!

[dgalehouse]

It's a crapshoot. Two basically evenly matched teams in a short series . One or two key plays make the difference between winning or losing. No sense trying to over analyze it. A game of inches. As John Sterling so aptly puts it , " That's baseball , Suzyn. "

[jacksonianmarch]

Yanks need to make contact. That is it. They cannot continue to K at this rate and win. They are getting some guys on base and then blow it by swinging for the fences. Make contact, get on base and play the small ball you were playing the first 3 months of the year. If they cannot generate runs, they will not win. Waiting for the homer run ball against a team that doesn't give up any is a fool's errand

[moonslav59]

Yanks need to make contact. That is it. They cannot continue to K at this rate and win. They are getting some guys on base and then blow it by swinging for the fences. Make contact, get on base and play the small ball you were playing the first 3 months of the year. If they cannot generate runs, they will not win. Waiting for the homer run ball against a team that doesn't give up any is a fool's errand

 

The team was built on relying on the HR. It's too late to change the tiger's stripes.

[jacksonianmarch]

The team was built on relying on the HR. It's too late to change the tiger's stripes.

 

Yeah, but it wasn’t. They made some changes in the off-season aimed at making more contact and for the first 3 months it worked swimmingly. Once mid July rolled around, they started striking out more, trying to hammer bombs, and the offense sputtered. Removing IKF from the lineup doesn’t help contact. Bringing in Higgy for Trevino doesn’t help. Having Donaldson in when you’ve got Peraza on the bench doesn’t help. Boone needs to put a contact oriented team on the field tonight or we will waste Cole’s efforts

[jacksonianmarch]

Here’s the deal. I definitely blame Boone for game 1. We had a pen that was ready. We went with our rookie who’s scuffling and a guy just off the IL rather than the bridge we are accustomed to. Game 2 was unavoidable due to the lack of hitting, but we also had some small ball chances and we kept swinging for the fences while also putting a lineup out there that doesn’t make contact. Boone screwed up a lot in the ALDS but the Guardians sucked bad enough not to be able to close us out. You can’t make managerial mistakes vs the Astros, you just can’t

[Bellhorn04]

Here’s the deal. I definitely blame Boone for game 1. We had a pen that was ready. We went with our rookie who’s scuffling and a guy just off the IL rather than the bridge we are accustomed to.

 

Disagree 100%. Loaisiga had thrown 2 innings and 25 pitches the day before. Surely you weren't expecting him to do that again.

[jacksonianmarch]

That’s true. Also didn’t take into account losing DJ and Beni, 2 high contact guys

[moonslav59]

Yeah, but it wasn’t. They made some changes in the off-season aimed at making more contact and for the first 3 months it worked swimmingly. Once mid July rolled around, they started striking out more, trying to hammer bombs, and the offense sputtered. Removing IKF from the lineup doesn’t help contact. Bringing in Higgy for Trevino doesn’t help. Having Donaldson in when you’ve got Peraza on the bench doesn’t help. Boone needs to put a contact oriented team on the field tonight or we will waste Cole’s efforts

 

A little true.

 

1st half>2nd half

K% 21.9%>23.3%

BB% 10.4%>9.6%

ISO .199>.166

 

While you guys K'd more, walked less, the biggest change was in your ISO. You may have swung more for the fences, but you became less successful at hitting HRs.

 

You guys did try to change the dynamic. You dumped Gallo and added Beni, but the injury bug came b ack to bite your ass on that one.

 

Lowest K% (Top 9 by PA)

13.1 LeMahieu

13.6 Kiner-Falefa

17.6 Trevino

18.4 Rizzo

 

22.6 Torres

24.1 Hicks

25.1 Judge

27.1 Donaldson

30.3 Stanton

 

The two players you count on the most are among your biggest K men.

 

Peraza had 57 PAs, this year. Here are the rest of the players with 100-350 PAs

17.6% Trevino

19.1% Beni

21.0% Higgy

22.0% Andujar

22.7 Carpenter

25.7 Cabrera

26.1 Marwin

38.8% Gallo

 

Your lowest BA players:

.159 Gallo

.185 Marwin

.211 Stanton (The new Dave Kingman)

.216 Hicks

.222 Donaldson

.224 Rizzo

.227 Higgy

.229 Andujar

 

.247 Cabrera

.248 Trevino

.254 Beni

.257 Torres & LeMahieu

 

.305 Carpenter

.306 Peraza

.311 Judge

 

[Bellhorn04]

That’s true. Also didn’t take into account losing DJ and Beni, 2 high contact guys

 

DJ especially was a huge loss.

[dgalehouse]

Big game today in the Boogie Down Bronx. Gut check time for the Yankees .

[redsoxrules]

Yanks shooting themselves in the foot. Dropped ball by Bader which would of been a 7 pitch inning for Cole and ended the inning. Next batter promptly hits a 2 run jack

[jacksonianmarch]

This offense sucks

[redsoxrules]

Game over and series done

[moonslav59]

Good to see Vaz get a key hit!

[redsoxrules]

Good to see Vaz get a key hit!

 

Also threw a runner out attempting to steal 2nd