Is anyone sure that Story is still a good player? In his 3 years with Boston he has a combined .681 OPS (.227/.287/.394) and he'll be 32 next season. If the opportunity presents itself I'd offload him for whatever you can get.
Swearing yes, slurs no.
How about making fun of player appearances? There are many references to Judge looking like a horse, or Naylor looking like Fat Mahomes, etc. I'm cool with it but not sure where it would fall now.
Yes you're missing the most important section of the website - the Yankees section.
Nice site updates though. Looks like the Twins site which is one of the best out there.
Growing up in Brooklyn we used the word ******' quite often. It was just another word to rag on someone like *******, prick, etc. I guess because of that I'm desensitized to it and don't think of it as a homophobic word, just another swear word. But I came to realize the word can have a vastly different meaning to others and have not uttered it in public since. Duran hopefully has learned the same thing.
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?
Still too early to say Jones won't pan out. Judge had similar problems every time he advanced a level in the minors. Jones did have a 2 HR and 7 RBI night a couple of days ago, so we'll see if he's starting to figure out this level.
Similar theme with the Yanks MLB squad, injuries are piling up in the minors. 3 of the Yankees top 5 prospects are on the shelf (Dominguez, Hampton, Pereira) and they would all be call up options right now. Ben Rice has come in to play first base and has looked promising. Caleb Durbin could have been called up to fill in one of the underperforming infield spots but he got hurt. Same with Beeter in the bullpen.
The Yanks probably don't have the ammo to trade for a top pitcher or bat unless they're willing to deal Dominguez (which I doubt they'd do). But they do have a lot of talent in the lower minors that they could probably use to get bullpen help and a competent bat at a corner infield spot. That should be the minimum they need to get by (assuming Judge/ Soto/ Cole all stay healthy, which is not a given).
Still have half a season left and neither pitcher has thrown a ton of innings in a season before. I'd guess they don't finish within the top 5 by year end.
I saw this tidbit today:
"Over the last three weeks the Red Sox have been 26-26, 27-27, 28-28, 29-29, 30-30, 31-31, 32-32, 33-33, and 34-34."
Since Boston is now 35-34, logic says they will lose two out of three to the Yanks and get back to 36-36.