As we recover from another Girardi loss, let's take a look at what was good about last night. Firstly, it was Luis Severino. The amount of longsleeves guys were wearing made me wonder if it was cold, there. If it was, I wonder is Luis warmed up enough before pitching because, to start, he didn't have his control or command. Luis gave up a run in the first, which included hitting a batter, and another one in the second. He looked like he might fall apart in the 3rd, but Didi Gregorius started a wildly athletic DP behind him, and the trouble was gone. Luis was then dominant in the 4th, 5th and 6th and he was done for the night. 6ip, 2 runs, 7 hits and only 2K's. Not as dazzling as last time, but once again he desevered to win, and this time he showed some guts.
Usually when things go bad for a rookie starter, they get worse, but last night Severino showed the ability to buckle down and stop the bleeding. More Yankee starters should be like that.
Oh, and Brian Mitchell was terrific. 98 and a hammer curve. He should get more chances.
Zach McCallister was also good for the Indians, but we threw him away for Austin Kearns. Abe Almonte played a strong CF and had some hits and we sent him off for Ichiro.
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As I mentioned on the other thread, look at the heat maps at RAB. Encouragingly, Severino used both sides of the plate last night unlike against the R.Sox, although he left to many in the middle early on, but his velo and movement reduce the probable negative impact.
I am a little concerned about who is going down in order to bring up another pitcher, that could be Crapu.
I honestly believe that firing Girardi is the best thing they can do right now. His so called "strategy" is dumb, his arrogance is offensive, and his demeanor is probably transmitting negative vibes to the team irrespective of his supposed patience and statements of positivity.
He is just a terrible manager.
But, alas, he is Teflon.
Goody and Crap up, Jones gone. What a mess
Billy mentioned Didi in the previous thread. Was that a Stick Michael find? It may be one of his last hurrahs, as I imagine he's close to retirement.
Pinder was sent down as welll...........
Our young guys have been stellar, the pitchers as you mentioned and how about Didi lately? in the field and especially at the plate...opposite field hit last night was a great hitters swing.
Keith Law was high on him:
The New York Yankees get a player Kevin Towers once compared — unfairly — to Derek Jeter to serve as Jeter’s replacement. Didi Gregorius is an excellent defensive shortstop with great actions and plenty of arm, and his glove alone will provide more value to the Yankees in 2015 than they got from Jeter during his final season at the position. He doesn’t have much upside with the bat, showing little patience and below-average power, although his hand-eye is good enough to make up for some length in his swing from his load to contact. He’s a fringy runner, although you’ll see pitchers throw to first all the time when he reaches base as if he were the Curaçaoan Billy Hamilton. He’s cheap, has five years of control left, and can handle the position defensively, so he’s exactly what the Yankees needed at shortstop right now even if he never turns out to be more than an average regular. Giving up a 26-year-old fourth starter to fill that hole is a no-brainer for the Yanks, and spares them from overpaying for a Stephen Drew or having to give up prospect depth to trade for a more famous solution.
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Well, they still overpaid Drew, but whomever got Didi to shorten his swing (although the player deserves the ultimate credit for any improvement), may have unlocked something that wasn't apparent prior to the adjustment.
They cannot, however, trade Mateo because of him.
Didi was a find of the analytics department.
I think both the Yankee coaches (not manager) and the veterans have been really helpful to the kids.
Now, again, trade take a while to fully evaluate:
Montero .289 .333 .511 .844 (in 48 PA)
that's a SSS -- Montero still would NEVER play here -- Teix @ 1b and Arod @ DH.
Also, Keith Law rated Eovaldi's splitter as the best in MLB right now.
I mentioned this in previous threads but he is now throwing it with conviction and it is a great compliment. He is no longer giving up hits left and right, which is great progression. Next is learning to finish off hitters and get them to swing early in counts so he can pitch deeper into games.
That is irrelevant because his trade value was extremely high at the time of the trade, and it was apparent to a lot of us at the time of the trade that Montero, if traded, should be packaged for a young offensive player, and that has also proved to be true.
There was a guy who used to post at LoHud who was a bullpen catcher at some point. Personality issues aside, he said from the time the trade was made that Pineda was susceptible to arm injuries because of his mechanics, and that has proved to be spot on. He also thought his ultimate future, barring significant mechanical adjustments, was in the bullpen, and that may well be true.
At this point, I'm leery of the Yankees dealing with the M's ever again, eheh.
Mentioned this in the previous thread, but it's downright criminal how the team has handled Warren since he was moved to the pen.
That's another Girardi deal.
Kaprielian didn't pitch in the GCL today.
Even when CC pitches well he kills the pen
Montero isn't ever going to amount to anything. Being blocked in NY and traded for a power arm like Pineda was the best move to make.
I think there is still a good hitter there, but this team isn't even going to accept an average defensive catcher at the position, so Montero had no chance.
Trading one of the best prospects in baseball fior a pitcher who can't stay off if the DL was not a good move.
When this team sucks, it SUCKS.
There are some dopes on the Internet who think it's not true that A-Rod and Teix are the primary reasons for the season.
Well...
I'll say it again Joey is the wrong manager for this job at this time
In a strange article, in which Davidoff tries make the point that Hal's decision not to trade prospects is the reason they are where they are, Hal does mention Refs.
I don't remember a rumor about trading prospects for a big hitter or two.
Asked whether the Yankees could perhaps retain such an impending free agent, thereby mitigating the cost of the talent — new Blue Jay David Price will be a free agent this winter — Steinbrenner said: “I didn’t want to give those kids up. We’ve been looking at them for two, three years now. They’ve progressed perfectly. And they’re all sitting there in [Triple-A] Scranton. Any one of them could contribute now if need be, and we’ve already seen that on [Luis] Severino the last two starts.”
In addition to Severino, who made his second start for the Yankees Tuesday night, Steinbrenner said he was referring to outfielder Aaron Judge, infielders Greg Bird and Rob Refsnyder, catcher Gary Sanchez and reliever James Pazos.
http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=362255783
Time to bring him up....He is ready to create a spark on this club.
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