This Week on the Blog
Yanks: The Yanks have started their season, and the only starter who has looked good through one turn is CC. That will change, but it's a good sing that CC was able to pitch well. They've been playing in bad weather and that can cause trouble for the guys who are inexperienced in it. They should all settle in. Andrew Miller is a man, and I'm glad they didn't trade him. Starlin Castro has started the season playing to his upside. So has DiDi.
On the farm, the Tampa Yanks are undefeated, the Railriders and up and down, as is Trenton and the Riverdogs go NO-HIT last night. Yikes. But like the big league rotation, the kids will sort themselves out. That's what the minors are for.
Rangers: The Rangers will start their playoffs this week and will either play Pittsburgh or Florida, depending on what the Islanders do today. They're a little banged up and McD and E. Staal may both miss time to start the series. We'll know later. In general, AV didn't spend enough time getting the young kids ready for these playoffs, so if the injuries continue, it could be a quick exit for NYR. Fortunately, Kreider and Stepan are hot and that's always been a good thing for the Rangers.
Giants: The Giants seem to be putting all of their OL eggs in the draft basket. That's not awful, as there are several good OT and OG prospects that could help the Giants in this draft. Unfortunately, they'll have to use premium picks to get them. That means they won't be able to use those premium picks or playmakers. And they need those, too. Conversely, if they use the picks on playmakers, they'll putting off the OL issue again. As it is one of the top two picks has to be an OL, and 2 of the top 5 should be. They could have taken care of this early in free agency, but have chosen to keep their powder dry for some reason.
Also, the Giants report for their offseason program starting tomorrow. So there could be more media.
Knicks: The Knicks will end their season this week with a whimper. Then they will begin an all important offseason, we're they must start building around Porzingis, and find a coach who can coach.
I'm wishing all of you a great week.
posted by Kalel9 @ 7:57 AM
36 Comments:
I fully expect Torreyes to fall back down to earth, but right now, I actually prefer him in the lineup over Headley.
Nice to see McCann, Teix and Castro lighting it up so far. A-Rod and Gardner are showing good discipline, and Beltran's bat still has good pop (expect his average/OBP to go up). Really hope the rotation rounds into form.
I don't know if Pineda, Eovadli, and Severino will be consistently good, but they are better than this.
Severino will be good over time. Obviously, we can't be sure that time is right now, although I suspect that it is.
I like what Didi is doing as well.
TINSTAAPP
6:19pm: Brian Cashman confirmed Rumbelow does indeed need his elbow rebuilt, reports Mark Feinsand.
Castro has been better than expected.
Let him bat 8th in the lineup and don't mess with him in the lineup.
Kaprielian 9K
Let's win this freaking game.
Bryan Hoch:
The #Yankees bullpen leads the Major Leagues in both ERA (1.04) and K/9 (14.0).
The pen is awesome; the offense will be good if the old guys can stay on the field. Their record of developing starters is abysmal, and that's why they have to take so many risks, either with contracts or trades.
Hopefully that track record changes with guys like Severino, Kaprelian and maybe Clarkin.
For real. I'm not counting Mitchell iut.
Cone just said Tanaka is trying to fight his way back into this game. It's 2 to 1
McCann crushed that.
New Rule: Any time Castro walks they should score.
Big K
Betances used regularly in the 7th when Chappy is back will be crazy.
Love Cone saying Martin is showing up the ump.
If Castro can learn to stay off of pitches like that he could truly be great.
The Formula worked tonight!
Singleton compared this lineup to the late 90s group. For a full season, I think that's ridic.
Go Big Mike!
Castro has trouble recognizing breaking pitches away.
I am all for having patience but if Gardner isn't healthy he needs to sit.
'quivst practicing...but can they score...?
So Gardner reads this blog and wanted me to shut the fuck up?
Didi and Castro have some skills, but they don't walk and aren't selective at the plate and that's concerning.
They cannot not score with second and third no outs
Someone assembled a very non-versatile offense
Sorry, but if they don't think Ref's hit tool can help this team they're fucking idiots
They have starters with great stuff but no pitchability. Doesn't there have to be an issue with the pitching coach and or the catcher?
Maybe the pitchers just aren't that good?
I'm an optimist!!!!
As as I, but let's also be realistic: CC is old, Tanaka isn't the same pitcher they signed for $155M (still good), Severino is going to have growing pains and Eovaldi and Pineda have never exactly been consistent up to this point.
A bigger problem is if A-Rod and Teix don't repeat last season.
I cannot disagree.
A-Rod and Teix disguise a lot of problems through July.
At this rate, Nova may get 200 IP and the Scranton Shuttle will constantly be going back and forth.
Beltran could be this year's A-Rod?
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