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The majority of the team is now "role players." The true starters are Bregman, Story, Rafaela, Duran. That's it.

Schlittler is all FB/Cutter and everything else kinda stinks. Strikes out a lot of guys, but will put a lot of guys on too. The worst starts he's had is when teams have worked walks against him. He's pitched worse at home and worse vs LHB.

It's not their "b team lineup" per Cora if it's who they throw out against every LHP.

True, travel ball practice. 🥎

I think the bats could always erupt for a game or two, but don't think they'd carry them for a few weeks against upper echelon pitching.

NYY's pitcher relies on a 4 seamer. Not sure Story will be all that helpful. Seems like a Breggie game to me. Rafaela, Lowe, Abreu and maybe Duran could get some big hits too.

I just can't on Casas to contribute anything going forward. Defensively? You're probably right that 1b is out after this injury. He was dogdoo before and will only be worse going forward. The 1b MiLB Depth: WOO: Acquisition POR: Brannon GRE: Anderson SAL: Ortiz FCL: Brito 😎

Even if they win, this playoff run is bleak as hell with Giolito out and bad Bello showing up.

It's the same IP as the previous few seasons, but he just stopped being able to get LHB's out and walked too many guys.

Romy, Eaton, Duran, Refsnyder, Yoshida Bregman and Story's glove are on a downward trajectory as well. Rafaela, Hamilton and Narvaez are their only plus defenders IMO (yes, I know what the metrics say about Duran).

Eaton has a 1100 OPS after his first two games. Not sure how the other guys would be much better than that.

And the problem with the other 4 starters.

Bello hasn't been a good pitcher for a while now and the two items above. That's what Game 2 was.

You don't learn fundamentals at the MLB level. If Duran isn't a good fielder by now, he never will be. It's a personnel problem, not a managerial problem.

Bench guy for '26. Starter in '27.

Campbell will get a second chance. I'm not sure it should happen during the playoffs though. I'm fine if they give him a bench spot next season after he's had a chance to heal and decompress.

Most of these guys don't have enough history with the pitchers for the head to head sample to matter.

BOSTON – Buck Showalter’s decision to replace his regulars early in a game against the Angels yesterday raised eyebrows in the Yankees’ clubhouse. If Showalter’s Rangers had beaten the Angels, the Yankees would have copped home-field advantage against the Angels in the ALDS that starts tomorrow night in Anaheim. But when the Yankees lost to the Red Sox, 10-1, and the Angels beat the Rangers, 7-4, the Yankees had no chance of hosting three games in the best-of-five ALDS. “I was surprised,” Joe Torre said. “I could see if his team was in the playoffs and he wanted to rest his players. I don’t understand that.” Alex Rodriguez, who played for Showalter in Texas, echoed Torre’s feelings. “He is the manager and has the right to do as he chooses,” A-Rod said. “There is a code of honor with so much on the line. But you can’t control what people do. It is what it is.” Conspiracy theory lovers believe Showalter, a former Yankee manager, was sticking it to George Steinbrenner by removing his regulars early. The Boss didn’t comment on the situation.

Nah, the cutter, 4 seam and sinker are all too fast for Campbell to do damage on. Plus, I don't want Campbell's glove negatively affecting the game.

I wondered about Masa hitting Fried ONLY because Fried has a reverse split and pitches worse against LHB.

How does that change anything with RHP Whitlock?

If Cora says to Chapman, will you be ready to close this out tonight, you know Chapman is going to be ready. He'd probably pitch all 3 games if he had to.

Sox were underdogs at approx 33% chance to win, now at 62.4%. Yankees were given the highest likelihood of yesterday's losers to comeback after the game 1 loss.