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I wish they kept Otto since he could've actually helped this year. But everyone else is years away from the bigs, and the best players were probably middle infielders which is our position of most depth (in the low minors at least). Since they've now declared that they're buyers then I hope they make more moves. Gallo is a nice add but he ain't turning the season around.

Maybe the player to be named later will be Luis Castillo

German wasn't stretched out, and was pitching out of the bullpen as recently as two weeks ago. So I don't have an issue pulling him there. But it was clear early that Loaisiga didn't have anything, and since he just got off the COVID IL there should've been a quicker hook to pull him from the game.

There's been so many games like this in one season that I can't even get mad or be surprised anymore. Not even the worst loss this month.

I thought they were going to choose "Native Americans". That would have been the most PC.

Weren't any good options. Chapman/Loaisiga/Britton/Abreu weren't available, King/Cortes/O'Day are out, Luetge and Cessa were already used, and Green blew the game when they had a chance to win in regular innings. You can enjoy the win all you like, but on paper Boston should probably win every game this series. Gardner barely deserves to be on the roster and he's batting 2nd. Batters 6 though 9 are AA/AAA players. We had to bring in Sal Romano (who TF is that guy?!) with the game on the line because everyone is either beat up or overworked. This group has somehow managed to stay afloat with so many players out, but so many players getting COVID during this pivotal stretch was a huge kick in the nuts.

Rays are apparently close to trading for Nelson Cruz. No word on what they're giving up, and not confirmed yet. But looks like they're actually going to be buyers for once.

Did that actually happen? I think I've intentionally forgotten everything from 2020.

I don't blame Chapman for that last one since I still think Altuve had a buzzer under his shirt, but that's just my opinion 😆 As for Gray, he was just making excuses. They tried multiple approaches with him to see what worked, and it turns out nothing did. Does pitch mix make a guy constantly hang sliders, or miss his location by a foot? He was just another Javier Vazquez.

Gallegos - Wasn't even a notable prospect at the time he was with the Yankees. He had good stuff but no command. Who knows if he even develops if he stayed with the Yankees. Sonny Gray - Unfortunately some guys just can't pitch in NY. We've seen it with numerous pitchers regardless of who the manager or pitching coach is. Kaprelian - If Gray wasn't a headcase this could've been a good trade. Kaep looked done up until this season as he's never been healthy, and the other two prospects (Fowler and Mateo) are non-factors Ottavino - This was essentially the equivalent of letting a free agent walk. He looks good so far but let's see how he finishes the season, and if Boston makes the playoffs good luck with him on the mound Whitlock - This one hurts, but Boston took a flyer on a guy who was injured and nobody had seen pitch in awhile, and he's worked out. Would like this one back. Good farm systems produce good prospects, and you can't always hang onto every one. Boston doesn't seem to lose out on a lot of prospects, but then again they haven't produced many good players over the past decade (at least on the pitching side). And if you're dinging BC for trading good pitchers, then he should also get credit for trading for Green/Cessa, picking up Loaisiga/Luetge off the street, and signing Chapman/Britton/Cole. No GM has an unblemished track record.

Winning is fun, but we'll see how long the backups can keep this up. Saw a stat today that the Yankees have used 12 different outfielders so far this season: Aaron Judge Aaron Hicks Brett Gardner Clint Frazier Miguel Andujar Ryan Lamarre Tyler Wade Hoy Jun Park Estevan Florial Trey Amburgey Greg Allen Tim Locastro And yet Stanton isn't one of them. They'd bring in their 12th OFer before putting Stanton in the field. That's ridiculous.

I think the biggest concern in NYC right now is the increase in violent crimes. Like any major city there's always going to be crime, especially in areas with low income and government housing. That increase is certainly affecting those areas but is also spilling into other neighborhoods and is happening at all times of the day. I think you'd have to be either blind or willfully ignorant to say there isn't a problem. People are being pushed onto the subway, robbed and beaten, and shot at in broad daylight on a daily basis. Three weeks ago I went to the new Krispy Kreme near midtown and somebody got shot one block away. It was like 4pm.

DeBlasio actually started a program where the city would give rewards for people to show up to their court dates for various degrees of criminal charges, and one of the prizes was baseball tickets. So you may be right.

That's what Tim Locastro did, and he got a torn ACL for it.

b He does speak English, but like many foreign players he prefers to speak through an interpreter so nothing get misconstrued.

Damn I thought Hoy Jun Park was gonna come through for us there.

Voit placed back on the IL today too. What a disastrous season for him. I haven't seen the full lineup yet for tonight but I hear it will include Chris Gittens, Rougned Odor, Brett Gardner, Tim Locastro, and Trey Amburgey. Ugh.

Let's get back to the real discussion, how the Yankees will re-take the division over the next two months.

So if you can still get COVID even if you have the vaccine, then that means you can also spread it even though you're vaccinated. If you're vaccinated then it probably won't have much of an effect on you if someone spreads it to you, but if you spread it to non-vaccinated people then they can get sick. So where does this leave us? Who TF knows.

COVID is still a thing? Thought was was a 2020 problem.

AAAA masher Trey Amburgey is getting called up for this series. Hopefully he can match our last outstanding prospect, Chris Gittens, who posted a modest .095/.200./.238 slash line.

I like your write ups Jacko. Although I'm disappointed when every player doesn't become a star like you portray them

LOL. I wonder how long it will be until our newest "Worst Loss of the Year".

Boone knows he's coaching for his job at this point. I'm sure we'll see plenty of other moves that seem desperate, especially when they play Boston.

Possibly, but I don't think they should. They're about .500 now and are still only 3 losses away from the 2nd wild card spot. Winning in the playoffs a lot of times is just about being hot at the right time, so if they have a chance to make it I'd like to see them try.