Booing DRob?
That said, something really strange happened at the stadium today, and it was really discomforting. The Yanks were up 2-1 going into the ninth, off or strong pitching by Whitley, Betances and Warren. The Yankee O was helpless outside of their 2 run rally against a rejuvenated Phil Hughes, who is now 6-1.
So Robertson, who has been one of if not the very best relievers in baseball over his career, and he gave up a game tying home run. Then he just didn't have it and gave up another run and loaded the bases. Then Girardi removed him and fans booed him.
What the hell? Seriously? He's been as good and honorable a Yankee as any we've had. This is not just a guy who has been a money reliever for us, but he's been a stand up guy, who also spent a ton of energy on his charity, "High Sox for Hope." This guy is homegrown and as true a Yankee as Jeter or Mo, and they didn't get booed, even though Mo pitched the Yanks out of about three post seasons - and the reason why they didn't get booed is because people knew they were trying and were among the best players on the team. Right now, DRob is one of the few GOOD players on this team, and fans who boo him are lacking a fundamental understanding of what the Yanks are about and what baseball is about. So they should spend their leisure time at the wrestling, where everything's scripted and the boo's are programmed in. But they shouldn't boo a great Yankee. That's very Boston and Philly of them.
Off the soapbox.
So Girardi answers the crisis by putting in Matt Dailey to punt the game. Then he put in Thornton, and it ended up being 7-2. Disgusting and management must take the Dailey option away from Girardi.
They need to DFA Dailey again and call up either Burawa or Ramirez, both of whom would make our strongest unit even stronger.
I'd like to see both of them up, if they can DFA someone else, too.
Also, Whitley was really good today, Betances was amazing, and Warren was clutch. Let's bring up more live arms and get off of DRob's back.
posted by Kalel9 @ 1:22 PM
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Aesthetically, the new stadium is nice, in a high-end condo kind of way, which has its advantages, but it's expensive, so a lot of fans are priced out, which leaves event watchers to buy the tickets. Also, fans in general are spoiled because of the incredible job done by Stick in laying the foundation for championships, and the ability they once had to use their payroll advantage to coverup both developmental and free agent signing mistakes. Recent CBAs have negated that.
The idea that pitching wins in the regular season is moronic, and anyone in a leadership position who thinks that has to go, but won't.
This will likely get worse, maybe a lot worse, before it gets better.
As for Hughes, good for him, but this team cannot hit anyone.
Pitching-centric
No kidding.
One more point.
I think really highly of Robertson, and want to either keep him long-term or trade him for a young asset (they cannot keep letting their best players leave via free agency for nothing and they have too many holes to wait for picks to develop, if they can develop), but he threw 27 pitches yesterday.
Using him today, after that, was questionable.
Efficiency may be an issue for him as a closer.
That's why it's imperative for the Yankees to develop multiple relievers who can fill in if Robertson can't go. Betances and Warren seem to look the part, though I like Warren as a long man instead of a one- or two-inning guy.
And it's up to Girardi to understand that may be the case with Robertson. Hopefully today was a wakeup call.
RE: the booing — I'd hate to say it, but this fan base could use a few losing seasons of rebuilding, if for nothing else than to weed out the malcontents that dog players for not being perfect.
That's why I want Burawa and Ramirez on the team. More dominant type relievers in case DRob has thrown 30 pitches the days before -- like he did.
And alos to lock down games better.
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