Yankees 2022 playoff thread

[d-money]

I always said that the Guardians blew it against the Yankees. The Yankees did not look good in that series. They’re basically getting exposed by a better team. Edited October 22, 2022 by d-money

[jacksonianmarch]

Fire Boone

[redsoxrules]

Fire Boone

 

For what? Not his fault his team can't hit for s*** in these playoffs.

[d-money]

For what? Not his fault his team can't hit for s*** in these playoffs.

 

 

All rise! Judge hitting .083 in this series. Real players are made in the postseason.

 

I thought the Yankees where a little overrated this year. The second half of the season they where not the same team.

Edited October 23, 2022 by d-money

[jacksonianmarch]

For what? Not his fault his team can't hit for s*** in these playoffs.

 

Cannot leave this season unpunished. Cash can follow him. His deadline moves made sense at the time, but they absolutely flopped when they were needed the most.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

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

 

Bader made the error of not seeing the ball when a 6'7" giant ran right in front of him... but they can't give the E to the MLB's marquee player, lest they have to reassign five of the network's six camera men.

[moonslav59]

Cannot leave this season unpunished. Cash can follow him. His deadline moves made sense at the time, but they absolutely flopped when they were needed the most.

 

Before the deadline, too:

 

Donaldson

Carpenter

Gallo

K-F

Taillon to some extent

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Some observations:

(1) M.Kay really went after Boone in the postgame on YES Network (Jack Curry, who is Kay's sycophant, did the same thing). There is speculation that Kay would only do this with permission from above. Some are saying that Boone is gone after the Yankees lose the series to the Astros. Could Donnie Baseball return to New York?

(2) Kay was wrong. Cole was up to around 95 pitches and he hung at least one slider that inning, evidence he was getting tired. Also, Cole had good stuff that game, but his location was far from ideal. He threw too many pitches, and was helped out enormously by the Astros chasing pitches out of the zone. Cole did not have a great start, great stuff, yes, but poor location and it could have gone much worse for Cole if the Astros didn't chase. If Boone leaves Cole in in that spot, and Cole gives up a big hit (very possible), Boone would be heavily criticized for keeping Cole in. At the end of the day, Boone's decision was not all that unreasonable even though it didn't work out. If Cole pitched like a true ace, Boone doesn't have to make a hard decision there.

(3) Cashman traded for Montas, an SP with a barking shoulder, and didn't acquire Castillo, a dominant starter and that poor decision is on Cashman.

(4) What the hell is going on with H.Bader and his mouthpiece? How many closeups do we need of Bader's face with Bader chewing on his mouthpiece? Bader is the most disgusting person. MLB needs to do something about the situation--fine Bader for being gross.

[Bellhorn04]

Some observations:

(1) M.Kay really went after Boone in the postgame on YES Network (Jack Curry, who is Kay's sycophant, did the same thing). There is speculation that Kay would only do this with permission from above. Some are saying that Boone is gone after the Yankees lose the series to the Astros. Could Donnie Baseball return to New York?

(2) Kay was wrong. Cole was up to around 95 pitches and he hung at least one slider that inning, evidence he was getting tired. Also, Cole had good stuff that game, but his location was far from ideal. He threw too many pitches, and was helped out enormously by the Astros chasing pitches out of the zone. Cole did not have a great start, great stuff, yes, but poor location and it could have gone much worse for Cole if the Astros didn't chase. If Boone leaves Cole in in that spot, and Cole gives up a big hit (very possible), Boone would be heavily criticized for keeping Cole in. At the end of the day, Boone's decision was not all that unreasonable even though it didn't work out. If Cole pitched like a true ace, Boone doesn't have to make a hard decision there.

 

I think the real criticism there is that, with the season on the line, Boone went to Trivino, who is basically #4 on the Yankees bullpen depth chart, instead of Loaisiga, Peralta or Holmes.

 

And that seems to be indicative of Boone's sometimes questionable judgement with his pitching moves.

[moonslav59]

The Yanks have been in a very clear window of opportunity to win it all, after so many years.

 

Cashman has resisted trading his very top prospects to get them to favorite status. It may end up working, years from now, but this was the time to go "all-in."

 

He didn't even have to totally empty the farm, either, but his reluctance to hold onto his top 3-4 prospects hurt their championship prospects the last 2-3 years.

 

Now, with Judge set to make mega bucks or bolting, unless they start spending way more, which seems unlikely, the window may be closed by 2023.

 

They need to do better than the Donaldson, Carpenter and Gallo types. Before, it was Odor, Kluber, Paxton & Happ. Trying to catch lightening in a bottle, instead of going for more sure bets and forking over some bucks.

 

True, they did get Cole and DJ, and I think the Taillon deal was solid, but still. They seem to be playing it halfway, at a time when "all-in" made sense.

[jacksonianmarch]

I agree Slav. This was their year to go all in and we still kinda went middle. And we got outclassed in this series

[moonslav59]

I agree Slav. This was their year to go all in and we still kinda went middle. And we got outclassed in this series

 

2021 and 2022, actually.

[dgalehouse]

The Yankees are in a world of trouble . Perhaps Boone and even Cashman are as well. But think about this: They finished 21 games ahead of the Sox. The lights at Fenway have been off for a while now. Where does that put the Sox , Bloom and Cora ? By what standard can you say they have done a better job ?

[moonslav59]

The Yankees are in a world of trouble . Perhaps Boone and even Cashman are as well. But think about this: They finished 21 games ahead of the Sox. The lights at Fenway have been off for a while now. Where does that put the Sox , Bloom and Cora ? By what standard can you say they have done a better job ?

 

Way different circumstances and winter spending budgets.

[randywatson]

First time Post from a far away and new fan to baseball.

 

What do you much more experienced guys make of the fans "privileged" Yankee fans booing the likely mvp yesterday?

 

Sure the chap isn't exactly pulling up any trees in the off season, but show the guy some respect ffs.

[moonslav59]

First time Post from a far away and new fan to baseball.

 

What do you much more experienced guys make of the fans "privileged" Yankee fans booing the likely mvp yesterday?

 

Sure the chap isn't exactly pulling up any trees in the off season, but show the guy some respect ffs.

 

I hope he leaves and serves them what they deserve, but I'd also like to see the Yanks break the budget to keep him.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I hope he leaves and serves them what they deserve, but I'd also like to see the Yanks break the budget to keep him.

 

I'd just like to see one Yankee announcer tell the truth... instead, four guys wearing ties in the YES postgame defended Judge for cutting in front of Bader.

 

Some of them were ex-PROS, and not one single mouthpiece stated the obvious: the centerfielder has the right to call off everyone else -- and everyone else needs to back off.

 

Baseball basics.

[moonslav59]

I'd just like to see one Yankee announcer tell the truth... instead, four guys wearing ties in the YES postgame defended Judge for cutting in front of Bader.

 

Some of them were ex-PROS, and not one single mouthpiece stated the obvious: the centerfielder has the right to call off everyone else -- and everyone else needs to back off.

 

Baseball basics.

 

Agreed

[dgalehouse]

A lot of rain in N.Y. Don't know if they will get the game in tonight.

[redsoxrules]

830 ET time start

[jacksonianmarch]

A lot of rain in N.Y. Don't know if they will get the game in tonight.

 

Mother Nature feels bad for the Yanks

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Judge didn't do anything wrong on that play. He went after the ball and when called off, he moved out of the way--he didn't collide with Bader, didn't make physical contact with Bader. Bader dropped a ball he should have caught.

 

Due to the crowd noise (playoff game) Judge may not have heard Bader until the two converged on the ball, but these things are never perfect. Judge got out of the way in time and it was Bader's responsibility to catch the ball.

 

Judge is definitely getting over 300 million and some have speculated that it could be closer to 400 million than 300 million. I seriously doubt Steinbreener doesn't bring him back on a massive long term deal and so this will be good for the Red Sox and bad for the Yankees.

[dgalehouse]

Did Josh Donaldson change his name to Kevin ? Every time I check the game recap it shows K - Donaldson.

[Old Red]

Mother Nature feels bad for the Yanks

 

To bad the Astros didn’t.

[moonslav59]

Isn't this Smiley Beni Day or something like that?

[Bellhorn04]

Isn't this Smiley Beni Day or something like that?

 

https://www.talksox.com/forum/threads/20579-Smiley-Beni-Day-2022

[dgalehouse]

No excuses please. No spin. The Yankees have a good team , but the Astros are clearly better . Plain and simple.