Chamomile
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Darnell McDonald of all people! And we have life.
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Our starter gave up 6+ runs for the third game in a row, we've allowed 8 walks and 9 stolen bases. We're lucky we're only down by 2. I hope we can capitalize.
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I guess we agree to disagree then. From what I've seen, Cano was a poor defensive player and Jeter has been a poor defensive player this year. The Yankees were well below average team last year and figure to be again this year. And we've both agreed that there's no way they can maintain their current level of pitching. It's hard to argue that they aren't far exceeding their capabilities pitching wise and defensively if you look at the stats, which has been my point all along. The Yankees will be a good team, but as for declaring them a 100 win team in April, I think we both know better. Virtually every team in baseball goes through a stretch where they play as well as the Yankees have played so far. It's a 162 game season, not a 15 game season, every team has ups and downs.
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Let's not mince words. You don't honestly expect the Yankees to score more than 5.7 runs a game this year, do you? Jeter and Cano having 1.000 OPS' offsets Teixeira's poor start. As for the defense, A-Rod, Cano and Swisher are all below average defensive players and Jeter's been well below average most of his career. I agree, they should be judged by their career abilities, not tiny sample sizes. They may be capable of 5.7 runs per game if everything goes right for their offense. But it's impossible for them to maintain their current level of pitching and defense this year.
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Like I said, at any point in the season you could say "well so-and-so" isn't hitting but at the same time, you can't expect Jeter and Cano to have an OPS above 1.000 the rest of the year and Granderson won't have a .958 OPS. 5.7 runs per game is a pretty high estimation of what the Yankees offense is capable of. The defense really hasn't improved much. They improved their LF defense, and that's it. And to be honest, Jeter's looked a lot like the Jeter of 2000-2008, and not like the 2009 Jeter who had the best defensive year of his career. And like you said, the pitching will take a hit as well. The Yankees are a good team, but like I said, they're not this good. They're definitely going to cool off from their current pace. Only a fool would judge a team by their April performance.
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At any point in the year, fans can point out hitters are who could doing better. At no point in the season, will at 9 hitters be going full blast. The same could be said about the pitching. But like I said, a quick look at the statistics demonstrates that the Yankees are playing above their ability. They're soring 5.75 runs per game, they have a team ERA of 3.63 and they have a .990 fielding percentage. It's highly unlikely that they sustain any of those levels of production. They'll come back down to earth, just like every unbeatable April team. The Orioles have gotten off to hotter starts lately.
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Is Victor Martinez the solution at catcher
Chamomile replied to yeszir's topic in Boston Red Sox Talk
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When a team's going well, they can beat anyone and when a teams' going badly, they can't be even the worst teams. One of the great truths in baseball is that a teams' never as good as they look when they're going well and they're never as bad as they look when they're going badly. A simple statistical look at the Yankees makes it pretty obvious that they're playing well above their ability to begin the season. People don't track the standings in April for a reason.
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I couldn't agree more. We're hitting .150 with RISP as a team, one of the worst fielding percentages in baseball and our team ERA is 4.58. None of those are sustainable, we're a good team and we're due to come around any day.
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It's not a plus that he provides because he's quality depth at the CF position. But yesterday, I was watching the game with my father and my grandfather, celebrating his 90th birthday, and we all agreed that bringing up Reddick might be good for this team. Hall just doesn't cut it as an everyday player. And when a team is struggling like this, it can't hurt to add some fresh, young players.