Yanks: Slade Rules!
Yanks start the ninth by banging into a DP. Then Gardy walks, and steals secon -- I guess that's okay when you need it, huh, Joe? Then ARod doubled him home. With ARod on second, they walked McCann to get to Slade, and he PARKED IT! He was so pumped he went oppo!
Hilariously, Caleb Cotham came in as Giradi's white flag after Wilson gave up the run, and he ended up with the win. Miller closed it.
It took unusual circumstances to get Slade up there, but he came through.
I'm telling you again: there is talent on the farm.
posted by Kalel9 @ 7:28 PM
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great win. Ellsbury need to sit out a game or two, start Heathcock.
For all of the drafting issues up until the last couple of years, Heathcott is a legit talent whom they identified and plucked with the Gerritt Cole compensation pick. So credit where it's due.
Like I said before, it sucks he can't stay healthy. He belongs in the bigs as an everyday CFer.
To add, the reaction of Heathcott and everyone in the dugout (especially A-Rod's) was fun to watch. Seeing a homegrown kid get a big blast like that and having the team go crazy is special.
I think they are at a crossroads. They can allow the fool in the dugout to destroy the fruits of the farm by refusing to deploy young players correctly, or they can replace him and turn the page on idiocy.
They drafted Slade in round one and John Ryan Murphy in round two in that draft and they both could be starting for different teams.
That's the problem. Obviously, if a player was able to step on the field from Day 1 and produce at a high level, the Yankees would have been all-in on development forever.
It's hard and often ugly.
So on the surface, as much as I think it is counterproductive, I understand the reluctance.
What is beyond inexcusable is the willingness to stomach extended horrendous performance from awful veterans to whom they don't owe big money. That's where it becomes outright stupidity or insanity or both.
The next level is having the guts not to allow a veteran with a big contract to take down the ship.
Right now, that's Ellsbury, and that is where Girardi is again killing the team.
Second half: .204 .246 .319 .565
Last 28 days: .183 .232 .237 .469
Last 7 days> .037 .071 .037 .108
Is it really true that he's a guy who got you there????
"What is beyond inexcusable is the willingness to stomach extended horrendous performance from awful veterans to whom they don't owe big money. That's where it becomes outright stupidity or insanity or both."
You hit the nail on the head here. I could somewhat understand it (though I'd still disagree) if they wanted instant plus performances, but the fascination with bad players (Drew, Capuano and for a while Esmil Rogers) is frustrating.
I think they realize (Hal and Cashman at least...it does seem Levine's profile is lower, btw, not that it necessarily means anything) that their historic player acquisition model is increasingly unsustainable under each successive CBA and there is no reason to believe that trend will reverse).
The result has been they have a pretty mediocre 3B (worse when you factor in his defense) in Headley, an albatross of a contract in Ellsbury in only Year 2, a RF who can still hit when he can stay on the field, but can't do anything else even passably in Beltran, and then McCann who is pretty good but at risk of a meaningful decline at his age, offensively and especially defensively, and Miller who has been one of the few (only?) FAs who is worth the money and almost certainly tradeable.
So development is mandatory now and they need a manager who is willing to implement that.
Ensuring that they do is completely on Cashman and Hal.
It's not a meritocracy anymore. Not by far.
With each day this manager sickens me more:
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Brian McCann C
Carlos Beltran RF
Greg Bird 1B
Chase Headley 3B
Didi Gregorius SS
Stephen Drew 2B
RHP Adam Warren
A-Rod had an MRI, it showed a bone bruise in his knew sustained when he slid into HP on Sunday. Playing though...
How soon will we learn it's worse than initially thought?
I just hope it doesn't impact his hips.
It is so frustrating how every mediot, from Francesser on out, said their offense is fine, they need pitching, pitching pitching, when it was obvious to most of us that the offense was very fragile.
It's so tough watching Headley in the field.
They wanted a 3B at any price.
McCann's throw wasn't great, but Headley could have knocked it down.
Beltran is a corpse in RF.
Unreal roster construction.
Headley's D was good last year. They just overcommited to a small sample.
So Kay says that Joey is getting a little impatient with Drew. But that obviously means nothing for Refsnyder. Again, why was he recalled before the end of the playoffs?
What is Kay basing that on? He's been incredibly patient with Drew.
Going with Slade instead of Drew v. a RH pitcher, playing Ryan against a RH (I didn't check to verify that.)
A young player bails them out again~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bird!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm telling you there is a schism between the baseball people and the manager over Refsnyder.
And Kaprielian is dominating his playoff start.
Then the head baseball person, the GM, should act. Hal mentioned Refs too.
He should, but they might wait till the end of the season because of the pennant race.
The off-season should be very revealing.
Teix just puked.
Kay thinks the bunt or two going to prevent McCann from hitting as many homeruns.
Why did he pull Pazos so quick?
Beltran can hit though
I have no idea why Noel was playing the OF instead of Slade... And they're calling it a single. I remember when everything an OF got his glove on and didn't catch was an error.
Minor league season just ended for the Yanks. Bullpen blew it. Kaprielian pitched 6.1 shutout innings.
Mitchell can't adjust do irregular work
If they aren't going to play a 2B at 2B, then play Ackley there. The Drew/Ryan thing is ridiculous.
I would definitely play Slade over Ellsbury, that is, if winning is the most important thing, although it seems like it isn't.
Finally, taking Warren out of a fragile rotation was and remains inexcusable.
When you hear lackeys like Serling and Waldman say that he is sooo much more valuable in the 7th, it's terminally dumb.
Yankees leadoff hitter Jacoby Ellsbury went 0 for 4 and is hitless in 25 at-bats. “He’s got to fight through it,” Girardi said. “This is a guy we really need.”
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We need a new manager more. Today.
So Ackley starts at second. I think it's fine because it's better than Drew but it just shows how full of shit Girardi is.
Nova to the pen.
Ackley could be our 2B in 2016.
There needs to be a long-term plan there regardless. This letting Drew suck for an entire season plus half a season last year (combined with Roberts sucking the first half) isn't cutting it, no matter how much Joe seems to think it is.
Ackley has never hit
The first order of business should be to fire people
He was a top-five pick was he not? I'd rather he be a super-utility guy, but there's at least some chance the talent scouts saw will manifest itself. That's better than this Drew/Ryan nonsense, though admittedly it's a low bar.
Yes, but that was years ago. I agree about the super sub thing.
Nice, BM
Slade woulda caught it.
Over managing yet again
Over manages pitchers, under manages hitters
Got the bf in
Killed Betances
Worse than Torre, by far
Just sad, but yay
The Bird just flew away again.
Bird!
Girardi doesn't deserve good young players
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