Ramon Flores made two great defensive plays in his MLB debut in Left. Carlos Beltran hit a jack, and both he and McCann do seem to be putting together some good at bats, which lengthens the normally 4 man lineup by 2. Eovaldi was a little wild, but the D, led by Flores and Tex was able to limit the damage. Still, they had to come from behind and McCann and Beltran managed that with a walk and the blast. Huge. Then the bullpen came in and it was lights out. Miller will get the save, but Betances is the one who really locked it down. It's too bad they haven't concocted a counting stat for what Dellin does, because it's incredible. Big win.
DSL UPDATE: Brayan Emery went 3-4 with 2 triples and a walk in his DSL2 debut. And SS Wilkerman Garcia had 2 hits and stole two bases in his DSL1 debut.
You might remember that Brayan was the guy we signed in the fall, who had been rocketing up the charts leading up to last year's 7/2 signings - with some thinking he could be the best player in the class.
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Here's Phil's comment from the last thread: "I think it's very dysfunctional and I do thin Girardi has the ear of someone above Cashman, and has for awhile - you now Dante Bichette Jr. is his godson, right. And it does seem that Cashman had more power under George. And that now others, including Girardi are involved in making the shopping lists."
And my response is, this team really, really needs to get its act together when it comes to authority positions. This team's future is too valuable to have certain people preventing player development at the big-league level.
Great win, BTW. I hope Shreve's performance starts moving him up the totem pole in terms of high-stakes relievers.
Another walk for McCann is a great sign. Beltran is at least hitting in May, but the plate discipline still isn't there, and he's really more of a DH at this point.
Sorry for the typos. Having trouble with my k key.
I though there were concerns about Emery's Rep/Advisor and that he did not want to "show" Emery off, which let to teams being scared off. I love his size 6'3 ish, should project some pretty good power.
Love the Emery update !! Thanks.
The DSL is off today more games tomorrow.
This bunt by Headley last night was a thing of beauty:
http://www.pinstripealley.com/2015/5/31/8694093/chase-headley-dropped-an-absurdly-good-bunt-single-up-the-3rd-base
The bunt was nice, best I've seen. I'd like to see some Yankees take advantage of that when teams play the shift. You can't let teams "cheat" and get away with it.
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I've always believed in using bunts as a weapon, rather than using them to give away outs.
Billy Martin used to tell Mickey Rivers he could hit .400 if he'd just learn to bunt.
If it was just Bichette, it would argue in favor of diminished power of Cashman, but then who wanted Culver? It is impossible to attribute that to Joey.
So I really think that Cashman is on board with what Girardi wants.
He may be his primary enabler
Any way you view it, however, no one in the top position as a stellar record of decision-making
Culver signed for below slot, and that was a product of the budgets Hal put on the drafts.
And Bichette was a money saving pick as well. I think that is the issue, not Joey G.
Both were a scouting failure.
The larger point is that they have had years of relative advantages and failed to fully exploit them. That is in large part on the GM.
I also think that Cashman is quite happy with Joey G.
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