This Week on the Blog
Yanks: Behold Luis Cessa. He was a position player who couldn't hit, and now he's a pitcher who is hard to hit. He was awesome last night - mixing four pitches and pitching inside. Let's see if Chad Green, who was lights out last time, can establish traction today. Similarly, we'll have to see what Luis can do to follow it up. And of course there's Gary Sanchez World. I think you have to go back to Joe D or Lou to find such a hot start to a Yankee career. And isn't it interesting that kids can actually get the older guys like McCann and Gardy going balls out again? Haven't we all be saying that?
Rangers: The Rangers won the Jimmy Vesey sweepstakes on Friday and now have an abundance of forwards and still a hot mess on defense. I think Vesey was the ignition key to the rest of what they're goung to do, and I think one of those things will be to trade Nash in a package for D. Shattenkirk desperately wants to be a Ranger (who doesn't?) and I wouldn't be surprised if something worked out that way.
Giants: We've been talking about the Giants OL issues for years. Now it's come home to roost. Pugh was unavailable yesterday, and the Giants could not move the ball or score. Just ridiculous and now they're going to have to deal assets to get OL help if they want to compete this year. And the does look improved, though the tackling could still use some work. They have two young studs at safety for the first time since Jackson and Guyton.
Knicks: Melo better win gold today. And Zinger is apparently a Connor McGregor fan.
Keep enjoying the Yanks and looking for good news from all our other teams. Have a great week.
posted by Kalel9 @ 9:26 AM
14 Comments:
No Judge or Austin today which reduces the excitement a little for me so Green needs to be good.
I hope Reese's job turns on the success or failure of the OL. He has earned that.
Girardi has often rested his stars once the series has been one. Not the best strategy when your stars are 24 and you're chasing a wild card.
Btw, great to see Gardy, whom I consider a true Yankee make a big play last night.
I could be wrong but it looked like a Yankee fan in the LF stands walled of an Angel fan to prevent him interfering with Gardner.
Nice play by Ells as I type.
Didi is good at making contact but he would be even better if he know how to work a count.
Castro isn't good at either and that is probably why he has two hot streaks a season.
Good outing by Green.
The more I think about it, Donnell 's inability to block makes him a poor fit for this OL. It's time to move on.
Here's a short but good article about how the Yankees need to end their fascination with journeymen relievers: http://www.pinstripealley.com/2016/8/22/12579998/yankees-bullpen-prospects-goody-heller-barbato-swarzak-shreve-dietrich-enns-gallegos
They have been blessed with closers, beyond the level that anyone could reasonably plan on. Apart from that, they've used high end starting pitching prospects that they were unable to develop in the pen as effective relievers. That has left very small roles to be filled which they admirably did with journeymen. Recently, that hasn't worked out as well, probably due to regression to the mean.
Lawyer that and his inconsistent hands..
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Gary Sanchez becomes 1st #Yankees catcher since Thurman Munson in 1976 to win AL Player of Week; #Dbacks Robbie Ray wins NL award.
Raanan:
In this case, #Giants will have big decision before Week 1. Keep Bullock costs $760K. He can collect termination pay
Freakin Sanchez.
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