2024 Yankees Season Thread

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Volope is hitting .169 in his last 30 games with a .200 on-base percentage.

 

Jackson, I'm sure you agree that it is time for the Jeter Downs era to begin in Yankees land?

Edited July 12, 2024 by Fan_since_Boggs

[moonslav59]

I kinda hope the Yanks trade away as much of their future for another failed ring run.

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Yankees call up Jorbit Vivas. I'm assuming they will start him at 3b and stop playing DJ Lemahieu?

 

They acquired Vivas from the Dodgers in that Trey Sweeny trade from last year. Actually, it sounds like Vivas is not an ideal fit for 3b (weak arm) and fits better at 2b. Could the Yankees play Vivas at 2b and move Torres to 3b? For obvious reasons, they need to get Lemahieu out of the lineup.

 

Vivas' AAA numbers aren't overly impressive. But he doesn't strikeout very much and will work some counts. Maybe he is simply a utility player and not expected to get significant playing time?

Edited July 12, 2024 by Fan_since_Boggs

[mvp 78]

Verdugo is a perfect Yankee.

[moonslav59]

Verdugo is a perfect Yankee.

 

We have not gotten great results from that trade, yet, but making room for Abreu, Rafaela and Ref worked like a charm.

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Watch it here: the Yankees ninth inning comeback against the Orioles and the Yankees epic collapse in the bottom of the ninth, highlighted by Volope's error on a routine grounder and Verdugo falling on his face.

 

How does Volope miss a routine ground ball like that? Jeter Downs makes that play.

[moonslav59]

Watch it here: the Yankees ninth inning comeback against the Orioles and the Yankees epic collapse in the bottom of the ninth, highlighted by Volope's error on a routine grounder and Verdugo falling on his face.

 

How does Volope miss a routine ground ball like that? Jeter Downs makes that play.

 

Almost as fun to watch as the Sox win!

[mvp 78]

I don't know how Verdugo ever grades out well defensively because whenever I'm paying attention he looks average with a propensity to make bonehead plays. I don't get it.

[notin]

I don't know how Verdugo ever grades out well defensively because whenever I'm paying attention he looks average with a propensity to make bonehead plays. I don't get it.

 

Plus he can throw hard, but no one knows where it’s going. He’s what would happen if Nuke LaLoosh played outfield…

[bkzwhitestrican]

Funnily enough both Volpe and Verdugo made great plays earlier in the game (Volpe laid out for a liner that would've scored a run, and Verdugo ran down a deep ball in Baltimore's massive left field in the 8th that helped keep the score close). It was very odd (and infuriating) to see them both flub a routine play consecutively with the game on the line. Maybe they bet on the O's?

[Bellhorn04]

Gil is pitching well again.

 

If the Yankees make a move for a closer that could give them a boost.

 

I'm enjoying their struggles but not counting them dead. They came very close to sweeping the O's.

[notin]

Gil is pitching well again.

 

If the Yankees make a move for a closer that could give them a boost.

 

I'm enjoying their struggles but not counting them dead. They came very close to sweeping the O's.

 

I could see Carlos Estevez going to the Yankees…

[mvp 78]

Funnily enough both Volpe and Verdugo made great plays earlier in the game (Volpe laid out for a liner that would've scored a run, and Verdugo ran down a deep ball in Baltimore's massive left field in the 8th that helped keep the score close). It was very odd (and infuriating) to see them both flub a routine play consecutively with the game on the line. Maybe they bet on the O's?

 

Probably. Lifetime ban for Verdugo please.

[jacksonianmarch]

I thought you were making a Wild Thing reference until I noted Carlos Estevez is on the Angels, lol

[notin]

I thought you were making a Wild Thing reference until I noted Carlos Estevez is on the Angels, lol

 

That is his real name, isn’t it?

[Fan_since_Boggs]

Found this interesting:

"Since June 7, a span of nearly seven weeks, the Mets (26-13) have been the best team in baseball. The Yankees (15-25) have been second-to-worst."

 

Should the Yankees be sellers at the deadline? It would make sense for the Yankees to move Soto at the deadline rather than wait until the end of the season and get a mere draft pick for him when he bolts to the Mets.

[moonslav59]

Found this interesting:

"Since June 7, a span of nearly seven weeks, the Mets (26-13) have been the best team in baseball. The Yankees (15-25) have been second-to-worst."

 

Should the Yankees be sellers at the deadline? It would make sense for the Yankees to move Soto at the deadline rather than wait until the end of the season and get a mere draft pick for him when he bolts to the Mets.

 

Interesting ideas.

[jacksonianmarch]

Stupid idea. Yanks still in PO position on a team about to see half its players hit FA. We add Dominguez in a couple weeks which should give us something in OF next to Judge and Soto. We need to add another bat or two.

 

That being said, teams are taking notice. Pitch carefully to Soto, if you get him out, walk Judge. If you don’t, still walk Judge. The 4 hitters on this team have an OPS under .600. No protection for our dynamic duo means Bonds treatment for both. Stanton was the cog here which is strange. He was good enough to make teams have to pitch to Judge

[jacksonianmarch]

Again, really questionable team building and managing. Lemahieu looked old last year and we didn’t add to the IF mix. Rizzo looked old this year (and got hurt), and we didn’t add to the 1b mix. Stanton has looked old for years and we didn’t add offense beyond Soto. Verdugo was on a downward trend and brought him in after failing in Boston. I had better hopes, but he’s toast, completely lost. Torres really didn’t takeoff as expected in a contract year.

 

Wells is basically a rookie. No reason he should bat 4th. It seems every time a kid starts to hit, Boone brings them up to 4th in the lineup and they struggle. I’d bat Wells-Volpe-Rice in that order 7-8-9 and leave them there. Let them grow up a little at the bottom of the order

 

That we haven’t added at this point is almost criminal. This team is heading into a major area of instability for 2025. Half the team is a FA and we need to find the funds to retain Soto. Cole looks hurt, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out he needs elbow surgery. Above all that, we do have a decent rotation especially when Schmidt returns. The injured pen guys are close. Soto and Judge look like Ruth and Gehrig. Stanton and Dominguez come in and add depth, we add in a 3b and probably a 1b who can hit and we can roll with that.

[Bellhorn04]

Amazing that Cashman has this job for life.

[jacksonianmarch]

Amazing that Cashman has this job for life.

 

Seriously. I don’t understand it. Most MLB execs last 3-5 years. Great ones turn over in 10. He’s had this job for 26 years. He’s been given one of the best payrolls over that time. He’s turned in 1 title in 24 years

[moonslav59]

Seriously. I don’t understand it. Most MLB execs last 3-5 years. Great ones turn over in 10. He’s had this job for 26 years. He’s been given one of the best payrolls over that time. He’s turned in 1 title in 24 years

 

You guys, as well as LAD, NYM and other big spenders, should have landed DD.

[dgalehouse]

For a top of the line pitcher, Cole seems to give up a lot of bombs.

[jacksonianmarch]

He’s not healthy. FB tracking lower, slider not sliding. My bet is that elbow is f***ed

[moonslav59]

Chisholm has 2 arb years of control, so this trade should help them in 2024 and going forward.

 

While a .730 OPS is not great, it's better than almost everyone else, except Judge, Soto and maybe Wells.

 

Jazz...

Career: ,749

Last 3: .771

[jacksonianmarch]

Meh, I don’t love the move.

 

Yanks and Orioles lead the league in runs per game. Our issue is we pitch when we can’t hit, we hit when we can’t pitch. It’s a problem and our fundamentals suck. Boone has been an awful manager. Cashman an awful GM. Time for a reset

[moonslav59]

Meh, I don’t love the move.

 

Yanks and Orioles lead the league in runs per game. Our issue is we pitch when we can’t hit, we hit when we can’t pitch. It’s a problem and our fundamentals suck. Boone has been an awful manager. Cashman an awful GM. Time for a reset

 

You seem to say this every year, then kind of waiver.

 

I've said it for years, Cashman is the best Sox GM we've had in a while. (Boone as manager, too.)

[jacksonianmarch]

You seem to say this every year, then kind of waiver.

 

I've said it for years, Cashman is the best Sox GM we've had in a while. (Boone as manager, too.)

 

I waiver because he has continuously built a solid farm while picking near the bottom on the draft yearly. But he always seems to leave huge holes or question marks at season's initiation that he then overpays for at the deadline to fix.

[moonslav59]

I waiver because he has continuously built a solid farm while picking near the bottom on the draft yearly. But he always seems to leave huge holes or question marks at season's initiation that he then overpays for at the deadline to fix.

 

I get the reasoning, but pick a lane. (We all know what that lane should be.)

 

Cashman has kept you guys from finishing in last place, which is kind of nice, but that is not and never has been the standard for the Yankees.

[jacksonianmarch]

My lane is still staunchly in the anti Cashman camp at this point. Turnover is needed and the results haven’t been there