jacksonianmarch

Judge goes BOOM!!!

Yanks go to the pen in the 3rd. Paxton looked like he was tipping again. He was on the ropes from the beginning

I think there is a miscommunication between you and I. I wanted the Yanks to blow it up in 2013, but they clearly didnt. Yes, they spent big to try to stay competitive, but starting in 2013, they stopped dealing young talent for veterans. This allowed them to build. Yes, they spent a lot of money, but they no longer dealt away long term talent for short term players. By stopping the outflow of prospects, they were able to build a very strong farm led by Judge, Severino, Sanchez, Andujar, etc. When they finally blew it up, their farm was there, ready to provide big league talent. The timing was impeccable and we actually got better. The reason why I am making the comparison is that the Yanks had tons of money on the docket with a lot of the money paid to players no longer performing well, and their team building strategy was almost entirely by FA signings. This led them down the path to further financial obligation with rather minimal improvement. This was also in a different time. There was no draft pick compensation for going over the threshold by any amount, so all the penalty entailed was money. The sox are currently similar to the 2013 Yanks. Keep adding money and all you're gonna see is marginal improvement with pretty high stakes penalties.

Paxton hanging by a thread. JV perfect through 3

Stanton strained a quad. He’s available off the bench tonight. Maybin in LF

Beltran was not a QO. He couldn’t be a QO, he was dealt to SF midseason. And we resigned Kuroda, so cmon now, that’s a guy on the roster

You’re way off. Two QO FAs in McCann and Ellsbury. We signed Beltran, who wasn’t eligible for a QO and we signed Tanaka. We spent to stay mediocre. We made no major prospect trades. The biggest names we dealt as prospects were Rookie Davis, Eric Jagielo and Yangervis Solarte. Not exactly a who’s who of prospects. This is how we stayed competitive. We had dead contracts on the books. We built around a rotten core and stayed above .500. Is that what you want? The one thing we did was build our farm. We didn’t deal any prospect of value from 13-16. We added tons of prospects in that time. It paid off. I’d have rather lost 90 games from 13-16 and gotten better picks and have rather dealt off even more.

Last night was a must win for NY. Tonight is a must win for Houston. I agree, if the Yanks beat Verlander and the Stros have to win 2 of 3 in the Bronx to stay alive, the chances for them are real slim

NYY $231 mil BOS $241 mil Yes, we ended up in the lux tax, but we didn't rebuild by spending. We rebuild then filled in around the core with FA talents or guys we got in trade.

You usually go for a new challenge after you reach the pinnacle with your current challenge.

We kept adding ancillary pieces to stay relevant, but we didn’t really jump in the standings until the kids graduated and took on huge roles. It took from 13-16 to grow the farm. We drafted Judge in 13. We signed Sanchez in 11. Sevy was around that time. We drafted JMont in 14. We dealt for Hicks by using JR Murphy. We dealt for Didi by sending off Greene. We got Torres by dealing off Chap then resigned him. We dealt off Miller and got Sheffield who we flipped for Paxton. We dealt off Beltran for Tate who we flipped for Britton. We dealt off Nova for Polo who we paired with Rutherford in the big CWS deal that brought us KRob and Kahnle. We dealt off McCann for Abreu and Guzman. Guzman was the centerpiece for Stanton. The fact is, we didn’t become a back to back 100 win team by spending. We became a back to back 100 win team by dismantling in 16 while also grooming the #2 farm system in baseball. We then used that farm system to build a team that’s won the second most regular season games in baseball over the last three seasons and is very much arrow up in terms of future projections. That we didn’t end up below .500 from 13-16 was due to the additions on the big league end.

The dodgers have as deep a pocket as anyone. He’s not leaving LA

This is a huge win for the Yanks. Just an absolutely gigantic win. Yet, it was one we absolutely needed to have. You rarely beat Verlander in the playoffs. You rarely beat Cole ever. Having to beat them once is daunting, but having to beat them twice isn't likely to occur. We took the Greinke game. We go into tomorrow with game 2 being gravy. We have already taken home field back. And at home, we don't see Verlander. If we can beat Cole, Astros Pen, and Greinke in the Bronx, we can win the series before going back to Houston to face Verlander and Cole

7-0. 5RBI for Gleyber

Make it 6!

Yes, Henry will spend. But the thing that is different this time around is the amount of money on the books and for how long it's there. This is VERY similar to the Yanks fall after 2012. We had a 4 year window after breaking open the bank for 2009, except we won our title in the first season. The window snapped shut when Jeter's ankle went snap. But we had so much money on the books that we were stuck with the corpses on the roster. While we stayed competitive and even got smoked in a WC game, the team wasn't really all that competitive while Tex and Arod and CC played out their massive contracts while providing less than elite value. We had a terrible farm. We watched the face of our franchise to free agency during that run in Cano. But we built the farm, refused to deal off assets and built this juggernaut. I hated 13-16. But it took 4 years for big contracts to expire and for our farm to replenish. Then it took Cashman's master stroke in 2016 and beyond to add to the team and build a new core

Well, it worked out. 5-0 going into the 8th. Gotta close this one out.

Why Ottavino? He faced the minimum and we are up 5. What the hell?

we're up by 10. Have been switching back and forth

5-0, Gleyber's coming out party. What a game

Tanaka is reaching postseason heights not reached in Yankee lore. That is impressive with the history of the franchise.

We do have to find a way to win a game that is pitched by Verlander or Cole. And we have to win every game not pitched by them

Bout f***ing time stanton!!!!

He is just going away, then a little more away, then down, and a little more down, then up and then out of the zone. He is giving them nothing to sync off of. Every hitter is off balance

Gleyber Torres is a f***ing stud. You're looking at the future face of baseball