2023 Yankees Season

[donniesyracuse]

The Donaldson trade was such. Although, I think the point of the trade was to get IKF and get rid of Sanchez, but they had to take Donaldson to get everything to work and because the Yankees don't care about money (until they do), Cash was like whatev's.

The Donaldson acquisition also came after a season in which a talking point for many fans and media was the team needed better defense. Donaldson is shell of his former offensive self, but he is still an elite third basemen (better than Urshela). Of course, as it worked, there is no doubt about with whom the Yankees would have been better off the last two seasons.

 

[Fly Rodder]

The Donaldson acquisition also came after a season in which a talking point for many fans and media was the team needed better defense. Donaldson is shell of his former offensive self, but he is still an elite third basemen (better than Urshela). Of course, as it worked, there is no doubt about with whom the Yankees would have been better off the last two seasons.

I'm not saying that they didn't have a reason to take him on, but IKF won a gold glove at 3B, too.

Cashman likes paying for previous production and usually it's overspending for mediocre or average production or very marginal upgrades. And I don't have an issue with that until they're using it as an excuse to avoid signing specific FAs and/or why the team is under-performing in certain areas.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Cashman likes paying for previous production and usually it's overspending for mediocre or average production or very marginal upgrades. And I don't have an issue with that until they're using it as an excuse to avoid signing specific FAs and/or why the team is under-performing in certain areas.

Do we give any credit to Cashman for a bullpen that performs well every season and gets significant contributions from no-names?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

No Bader until Tuesday.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Do we give any credit to Cashman for a bullpen that performs well every season and gets significant contributions from no-names?

Sure? So do lots of teams. Relievers are generally overvalued, highly fungible and generally yo-yo around good-great-horrible. And bullpens don't help much when the team can't score more than the opponent.

Team A: 2.42 K/BB ratio, .631 Opp OPS, 1.177 WHiP, 2.27 R/27PA
Team B: 2.43 K/BB ratio, .695 Opp OPS, 1.301 WHiP, 3.09 R/27PA

Spoiler: Answer here

Team A is the Yankees relievers, Team B is league average.

One thing Cashman could do here is be more like his buddy Billy Beane and trade those guys when they're peaking knowing that he can just pull up another 2-3 flamethrowers from AAA.

ETA: he also was spending $30m a year on two closers as recently as last season.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Sure? So do lots of teams. Relievers are generally overvalued, highly fungible and generally yo-yo around good-great-horrible. And bullpens don't help much when the team can't score more than the opponent.

Team A: 2.42 K/BB ratio, .631 Opp OPS, 1.177 WHiP, 2.27 R/27PA
Team B: 2.43 K/BB ratio, .695 Opp OPS, 1.301 WHiP, 3.09 R/27PA

Spoiler: Answer here

Team A is the Yankees relievers, Team B is league average.

One thing Cashman could do here is be more like his buddy Billy Beane and trade those guys when they're peaking knowing that he can just pull up another 2-3 flamethrowers from AAA.

ETA: he also was spending $30m a year on two closers as recently as last season.

Yes, Cashman is a clown. Fire him!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Speaking of Gio Urshela. He is having a strange season, batting .300, but with a wRC+ under 100 and OPS around .700.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Such a stupid ballpark. lol

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Why can't the Yankees get players like Luke Voit?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Netflix has 5 new Black Mirror episodes.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Yeah, I’m no doctor, but I don’t think that 10 days is gonna do it for a pelvic fracture.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Feels like a game where a hot bullpen will be very valuable.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Position Player Pitching...

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Do the Yankees have a 10 run rally in their bones?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Nope

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[donniesyracuse]

Amazing that they will allow a Yankees - Red Sox game to be played in the daytime.

 

[Hoo's That]

Amazing that they will allow a Yankees - Red Sox game to be played in the daytime.

Well, I guess they could have Worcester play S-WB to have both games at night.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Fathers Gleybers Day

 

[JeremyCuse]

This lineup without Judge looks like a AA team. 2 runs against a bunch of Sox scrub relievers, yikes.