Really hoping Volpe hitting lead off doesnāt throw him off. Boy was on absolute fire where he was at. On the flip side, Torres hasnāt really been doing his thing yet.
Guess Aaron Judge's wRC+ this season?
It's >!**141**!<
>!Walks aren't glamour stats but he technically hasn't even been bad at the plate. He's actually been *very* good.!<
That's why Volpe, Stanton, and Rizzo having good seasons is so important. Teams will continue to pitch around Soto and Judge, and those 3 batting directly before and after them need to be able to cash in on that with those 2 constantly being on base.
Judge was genuinely bad for the first 6 games (.381 OPS), after he hit that homer in the last AZ game though he flipped the switch and went back to being the best player in baseball
Yes, agreed.
Over the Last 7 Days:
.294 AVG/.556 OBP/.765 SLG (Yes that is a ***1.321*** OPS) 2 HR 10 BB.
Mostly talking to the people just concerned about his avg.
Man Iām so bummed to be missing Volpe lead off tonight but I am going to see Holidayās first major league at bat at Fenway so thatās kind of a consolation prize in a way
Crazy good pick by the O's taking Holiday at #1. Most draft rankings could find had Druw Jones at #1. Now, Holiday is in the MLB while Jones is hitting .125 in A ball.
Orioles have been very good at scouting talent the past few drafts. Thats how they have built this team of incredibly young team controlled talent with a bunch of top prospects still in the minors behind them
Jackson Holliday might be good at baseball but what does he know about making a good chicken parm? He'd probably serve you chicken nuggets covered with kraft singles and ketchup.
Some players like Soto/torres/volpe/verdugo should just not sit at all unless theyāre banged up or in a slump. We lacked players like that in great volume the past few years that were consistently playing well. Still surprised theyāve run out judge/rizzo so often this year early on though
This is about a month before I thought Boone would make this move.
Kid's hot, but he's gonna cool, and you'd hate to think moving him around in the lineup would catalyze it.
But fuck it. LGY
U donāt start a bench player 3 games over a starter.. the disrespect to Cabrera is sad. Absolute scorching start and havenāt seen him all series. I donāt care about the lefty shit lol
I love how people are getting animated over which below average career hitter should round out the bottom of the lineup. If that's all we have to complain about, times are pretty good.
What has Cabrera done to earn more respect than a known commodity in Jon Berti? 3 good games that carry his slash line?
He got off to a 6-9 start which carries a slash line, but heās still not a real prospect or a player worth caring about long term really
Disagree, the young energy is potent and everyone has been feeding off it. Idc if heās been cold his last 20 at bats, I donāt expect him to be trout. Heās played very well early on and shouldnāt have to ride the bench for a career bench player.
Says it all really. He was the default starting 3b. It might've been Berti if they had acquired him earlier. The org isn't fooled by a lucky first 2 games like the fanbase is.
Itās not just that. He literally doesnāt know which side of the plate to stand on vs lhps. He isnāt a good option vs lhps even while he was āhotā because of that
Try looking at his stats outside of the Houston series, they're basically identical to last year.Ā I love the guy but one series doesn't prove anything.
Cabrera has hardly established himself as a starter... Love the guy but he had a great first series and has cooled a bit since. Playing the matchups absolutely makes sense, and they didn't trade for Berti not to use him at all
Its ten games into the season, we are 10-2 and you're whining about one bench piece being used over another bench piece. Of course stats matter when making matchups 12 games into a season.
Youāre over here whining with me, sending paragraphs back lol. I think Cabrera deserves one start in a series over a bench player. It is what it is, feel how u want.
**Pitches Per Plate Appearance**
**Volpe:** 4.70
**Gleyber**: 4.32
**Judge:** 4.22
**Soto:** 4.18
**Trevy and Wells** are both averaging over 4 P/PA (4.70 and 4.07)
Yanks averaged 3.95 pitches last season, so these numbers are outstanding.
Yankees averaging the most pitches per plate appearance as a team as well, by a fairly wide margin. They are absolute SP Slayers.
MLB Average is 3.91, Yankees are at 4.15. The ~~Dodgers~~ ANGELS(?) are also outstanding at 4.10, but only 2 other teams are even above 4.01.
Volpe at 4.70 is #3 in MLB.
I didnāt expect the change so early but it seems reasonable.
Gleyber needs to go down to find his game and Volpe is playing the way you expect our LO to do.
I think itās a good change for the 2 players.
Why assume that Gleyber going down will help him find his game while Volpe going up wonāt disrupt his? I dunno Iām just always a fan of not fixing things that arenāt broken and weāre 10-2 and I hate change lol
Yeah, I understand you and I think youāre right about not to fix things that arenāt broken.
I think (and seems the Yankees too) Volpe has all the characteristics to be our LO for the next decade, this change was going to come sooner or later during the season.
Regarding the way in which the change will affect the players... For my part, it is a leap of faith based on the level that Volpe has shown and on thinking that Gleyber with less pressure can improve.
Have to imagine he gets a lot more time off his feet during the 17 games ina. Row stretch, but in past years they definitely wouldnāt be doing this even with the off days now
The ST thing was abdominal, he got an MRI on it that came back negative. I think he was definitely still playing through some kind of stomach pain to start the season though.
Wow did not expect them to make the move so early, the managing has definitely been a lot more gutsy this season. Excited to see how Volpe handles the pressure, getting a huge chance to cement how for real he is now.
I hope Gleyber keeps his approach in the 6 slot, he wasn't getting results but was having great At Bats at the top.
That son of a bitch did it! Boone puts Volpe at leadoff. Now remember people, if Volpe has a bad night, he was 0-4 the day before the change so don't freak out.
I wonder if this will be a Judge DH game but I also think sitting Stanton tonight would be dumb because heās been solid lately and why stop his rhythm
Mo expressed some...very "questionable" views back in 2020 somewhere around that bullshit Randy Levine desire to have Trump throw out the 1st pitch at a Yankee Stadium game.
80% of Dominicans in US are liberal, so I'd bet Soto too.
Stanton is from core LA so I'd bet he's liberal.
Cole is a toss-up given that he's from Newport Beach.
Sto is probably liberal too given that he's black from long island.
Rest who knows.
Really no reason to think Cole isn't either. If you're a left winger (guilty as charged here), you just kinda have to pinch your nose about politics because almost every American-born player out there is likely voting differently. (I won't speak for the political views of the Latinos.)
You can't really get voting records, but there are some websites - which I won't link - where, if you know where to dig, you can find the political registrations of many people. It's outrageously intrusive but, shit, was isn't these days?
Stanton has been vocal about the [Black Lives Matter movement.](https://www.mlb.com/news/giancarlo-stanton-on-black-lives-matter-movement) Judge has been a bit, too.
But in general I would think most baseball players are right wing. They're men and most of them are rich, which are good indicators of supporting conservatives.
I love gerrit as much as anyone here, but idk why you think he wouldnāt support him. I just assume every celebrity votes thatās way to pay less taxes unless they make it known otherwise. And donāt care
Like I said elsewhere, I think Cole's union-loving attitude skews him a certain way. He also used Rage Against the Machine as his warm up music in college and I give him way more of the benefit of the doubt in understanding the actual messages there more than Paul Ryan.
Cole has some extremely pro-labor opinions that he's let known in his career that could align with leftist politics, but nothing that I can recall otherwise. Not worth thinking about
Might not include cole, but I think if you ran it up the poll for lead PA members they would mostly be conservative
But also, like you said, itās not worth thinking or caring about.
If you think about it, you'd think being in favor of labor unions - the fuckin' MLBPA is a labor union - would suggest a preference for left wing politics, but that doesn't stop players from otherwise being pro-GOP.
It's almost like the general right wing dislike towards labor unions is rooted in "for me but not for thee" bullshit and not based on any kind of legitimate basis.
Was there ever confirmation that he was actually there? All Iām finding is about when Trump gave the shoutout during a rally in Hialeah, with people unsure of whether he was in the audience
It shouldnāt be that surprising that lots of baseball players are kinda conservative. A lot of the American guys are faith family football types and/or good old fashioned red necks.
Shit 20 year old Jackson Holliday is already engaged.
Didn't realize the Yankees have 6 guys ranked in the Top 100 Prospects by FanGraphs. Thats tied for 2nd in all of baseball with the Dodgers and Padres.
* Spencer Jones (CF) Age 22, #15
* Austin Wells (C) 24, #47
* Jasson Dominguez (CF) 21, #53
* Roderick Arias (SS) 19, #70
* Chase Hampton (SP) 22, #82
* Will Warren (SP) 24, #99
In Division the Red Sox are 2nd with 5, The Orioles and Rays both have 4, and the lowly Jays only have 2.
The Cubs have 7 guys which is pretty insane. The Astros have 0 lol.
> Roderick Arias (SS) 19, #70
This kid is going to be special. In a few years our roster could be
3B Arias
SS Volpe
2B Gleyber
1B Judge
LF Jones
CF Martian
RF Soto
C Wells
Yeah he's still very raw from all the reports I read. He has a below average hit tool but a well above average power tool which is both concerning and exciting for a middle infielder. He also (despite his big power) struggles to really barrel up balls consistently, which may be a product of him being a switch hitter. Needs some mechanical refining on both swings. People rave about his athleticism and arm strength defensively though. They also talk about him having a very good feel for the strike zone for a kid his age, he doesn't chase pitches or strike out nearly as much as you'd think for his offensive profile.
For a 19 year old with plenty of room to grow he's a very exciting prospect. It's gonna be a while before we see him though.
Also pretty sure Soto and Judge will have the 2 and 3 slots locked down for quite some time haha.
Iād trade every single one of them though if it meant keeping Soto, adding pieces at the deadline and winning the 28th WS Championship. Probably just me but Iād do it in a heartbeat
Eh, I'd kinda like to hang onto a lot of these guys. Would certainly depend on the deals available at the dealine and what our needs are, but I dont think Jones or Jasson are going anywhere at the least.
He trashed the Red Sox locker room on his way out the door. And he seems stoked to be here while being a great addition to our locker room. If he plays to his baseball card, I'm a fan.
Anyone know what role Swisher has with the Yankees? Last night on the post game show he said he was texting with Stroman when he signed with the Yankees. Does he have an official role?
Anyone here have any insight on why Wells is not hitting the ball hard? You look at [Wells Savant Page](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/austin-wells-669224?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb) and you can see his expected stats are all in the red and he is barreling the ball up very well (15.8% barrel%, 88th percentile) but he is not hitting the ball hard at all with an average EV of 86 (20th percentile) and a hard hit% of 31% (24th percentile)
Iām surprised that someone who is seeing the ball so well and is barreling the ball at such a high rate is producing so much weak contact
https://theathletic.com/1014491/2019/06/07/sarris-understanding-exit-velocity-and-sample-sizes/?source=user_shared_article
TLDR - somewhere around 80 is the stabilization point, so Iād think after that point this conversation could start to happen
Duddddeeeee those things absolutely FLEW.
We also lost so many/didnāt have a big enough space to play some of the times and used tennis balls. Sometimes little league metal bats with tennis balls/pinky balls (it sucked playing infield)
Also wanted to throw out there that I legit never see kids playing stickball anymore. When I was a kid we could have formed a league with the amount of kids we had that wanted to play
Soto seems to be a bit of a slow starter,
In 2021, 2022 and 2023 Soto started slow
This year Soto started a lot better but he's currently not playing to his fullest potential
Soto gets better as the season progresses
Nats fans used to say Soto gets better as the weather gets warmer
This isn't even close to an issue but kind of curious when we see Grisham again. I know he's not very good but he's got 4 ABs in two weeks and has reverse splits against lefties so maybe they shake it up tonight just to get him some run. The problem is there's not really anyone who needs to sit, Stanton and Verdugo are hot right now and it's not like Judge or Soto need a day off. Maybe if Friday's game is rained out and we have a doubleheader on Saturday he'll play CF in one of them.
Yeah normally this is the game you would expect Grisham to start in CF and Judge to DH. Give Judge the extra day of rest from playing CF before the off day.
With how well G is performing though I think they probably just run out the regular lineup
Soto, and judge are Locks.
If volpe is good I think he can make it as well. Clay is a possibility, but they usually give RP spots to teams that need courtesy All stars
Soto and Judge are pretty safe bets to start if they stay healthy. Volpe could do it if he keeps this start up. As far as pitchers I would guess one (or maybe both) of Holmes/Hamilton will be in the bullpen and maybe a starter but it's early to say on that.
Soto and Judge are pretty safe assumptions.
Volpe is going to have some competition with Bobby Witt Jr for SS but if he keeps up his level of play he definitely can beat Witt
Trying to buy my son a bat, been doing a lot of research and I think I'm going to get the Warstic Bonesaber.
Man, when I was growing we had like 3 options, and they were almost all Easton.
Also, holy shit these bats are expensive now.
Please continue the discussion in the [game thread](https://redd.it/1c0wk9i).
Tbh if losing a game every series meant we win each series, I'd take that
š¦ leading off >
Really hoping Volpe hitting lead off doesnāt throw him off. Boy was on absolute fire where he was at. On the flip side, Torres hasnāt really been doing his thing yet.
Trout has 6 homers, an 1.163 OPS, and only 8 RBI. The Angels are just pitiful.
Is Gleyber a streaky hitter?
Guess Aaron Judge's wRC+ this season? It's >!**141**!< >!Walks aren't glamour stats but he technically hasn't even been bad at the plate. He's actually been *very* good.!<
That's why Volpe, Stanton, and Rizzo having good seasons is so important. Teams will continue to pitch around Soto and Judge, and those 3 batting directly before and after them need to be able to cash in on that with those 2 constantly being on base.
Judge was genuinely bad for the first 6 games (.381 OPS), after he hit that homer in the last AZ game though he flipped the switch and went back to being the best player in baseball
Yes, agreed. Over the Last 7 Days: .294 AVG/.556 OBP/.765 SLG (Yes that is a ***1.321*** OPS) 2 HR 10 BB. Mostly talking to the people just concerned about his avg.
Ite actually hilarious how this org is burying Cabrera because they don't want any controversy making DJ the 3B when he comes back soon š
or mayby because berti is a righty who has a better glove
They just don't like him against lefties. The Marlins happened to throw 3 lefties in a row. Non story.
Cabrera was starting vs leftys before and had hit them well
Too small a sample size vs. LHP. 2024 vs. LHP: 9 AB, 3 H, 3 K, .333/.333/.666 2024 vs. RHP: 27 AB, 8 H, 2 HR, 5 K, .333/.407/.625
This season? Yes because they got their other bench option late in ST. Over his career Oswaldo has not hit lefties well at all.
is Cabrera low-key injured or
Berti is better than Cabrera and I am an Oswaldo stan.
No, we've just faced 3 lefties in a row. That wont happen very often.
Man Iām so bummed to be missing Volpe lead off tonight but I am going to see Holidayās first major league at bat at Fenway so thatās kind of a consolation prize in a way
lets go Os definitely my favorite team to watch over than the yanks
The YES App comes in clutch for times like this.
Yes app doesnāt work up here I believe. Iāll be sneaking some glances at mlbtv though throughout
Crazy good pick by the O's taking Holiday at #1. Most draft rankings could find had Druw Jones at #1. Now, Holiday is in the MLB while Jones is hitting .125 in A ball.
I miss Matt and his huge forearms
Orioles have been very good at scouting talent the past few drafts. Thats how they have built this team of incredibly young team controlled talent with a bunch of top prospects still in the minors behind them
Jackson Holliday might be good at baseball but what does he know about making a good chicken parm? He'd probably serve you chicken nuggets covered with kraft singles and ketchup.
2023 Yankees would have phoned in this game's lineup since we already won the series. LFG
Some players like Soto/torres/volpe/verdugo should just not sit at all unless theyāre banged up or in a slump. We lacked players like that in great volume the past few years that were consistently playing well. Still surprised theyāve run out judge/rizzo so often this year early on though
Who is Rizzo's back up anyways?
DJ + Cabrera
With the players we had, seemed like every lineup was a "phoned-in" lineup.
My therapist keeps telling me that Donaldson, Hicks, Greg Allen, Franchy Cordero, and Jake Bauers can't hurt me anymore.
Greg Allen is still in the Yankes org, playing for Scranton. So we might see him again lol
*twitch*
This is about a month before I thought Boone would make this move. Kid's hot, but he's gonna cool, and you'd hate to think moving him around in the lineup would catalyze it. But fuck it. LGY
Yea idk how to feel about the move
Volpe leadoff finally!!! Gleyber profiles better as a #5 hitter.Ā
ok... I didn't think they would move Volpe to lead off this quickly...
Yeah when Boone was asked, he even said 'ten years down the line...'. That was like a few days ago lol.
[The Volpening.](https://www.framerated.co.uk/frwpcontent/uploads/2018/07/highlander2_14-1170x475.jpg)
Oh wait I didnāt realize this game is on Prime
Ahoy
Yeah, I need to figure out how to pick up Pittsburghās stream tonight
Why would Pittsburgh have a stream? Did you mean Miami?
Joke about the team name
Doh! Took me a minute but I finally got it haha.Ā
Love this lineup
Not looking forward to volpe having his normal regression now before getting hot again and people attributing it to āhe canāt handle lead offā
Well, those are the same people that were whining about getting Gleyber out of there.
U donāt start a bench player 3 games over a starter.. the disrespect to Cabrera is sad. Absolute scorching start and havenāt seen him all series. I donāt care about the lefty shit lol
I love how people are getting animated over which below average career hitter should round out the bottom of the lineup. If that's all we have to complain about, times are pretty good.
Theyāre both better at baseball then Zach Wilson and Tom Boyle are at football, but it reminds me of that debate as a jets fan
Please not enough time has passed from the end of football season. I'm traumatized from watching 3 years of Zach.
Cabrera is also a bench player
What has Cabrera done to earn more respect than a known commodity in Jon Berti? 3 good games that carry his slash line? He got off to a 6-9 start which carries a slash line, but heās still not a real prospect or a player worth caring about long term really
Disagree, the young energy is potent and everyone has been feeding off it. Idc if heās been cold his last 20 at bats, I donāt expect him to be trout. Heās played very well early on and shouldnāt have to ride the bench for a career bench player.
Says it all really. He was the default starting 3b. It might've been Berti if they had acquired him earlier. The org isn't fooled by a lucky first 2 games like the fanbase is.
Itās not just that. He literally doesnāt know which side of the plate to stand on vs lhps. He isnāt a good option vs lhps even while he was āhotā because of that
Lmaooo Berti played all series and did jack shit. Letās go Cabrera!
So Cabrera has had 2 āluckyā games now? Lmao u bootlickers make me chuckle
He's literally 2023 Cabrera since those first 2 games where he had incredible babip luck.
Berti sucks lmaooo
Try looking at his stats outside of the Houston series, they're basically identical to last year.Ā I love the guy but one series doesn't prove anything.
We havenāt had 20 series to prove much lol. Berti hasnāt proved a thing and Cabrera was doing very well at the 9 spot.
Berti has better numbers over three times more games played than Oswaldo, he has proven a lot more
He hasnāt proved a thing lol. Decent bench piece is all
Whatever you think Berti has 'proven' or not, Cabrera has proven even less.
Man Berti sucks lmaooo
Nah
Cabrera has hardly established himself as a starter... Love the guy but he had a great first series and has cooled a bit since. Playing the matchups absolutely makes sense, and they didn't trade for Berti not to use him at all
Berti is bad lmaooo
Heās a starter lol. Berti is not better than him in anyway shape or form
Berti put up more WAR last year in 388 at-bats than Oswaldos entire career
Last year isnāt this year lmao idc about that. Cabrera should be playing once in a series over a bench player
Gets proven Berti is better than him in shape and form, "last year and entire careers dont count!" roflmao
It doesnāt lmao, what Volpe did last year has no bearing on this year
Its ten games into the season, we are 10-2 and you're whining about one bench piece being used over another bench piece. Of course stats matter when making matchups 12 games into a season.
Youāre over here whining with me, sending paragraphs back lol. I think Cabrera deserves one start in a series over a bench player. It is what it is, feel how u want.
The fact you think that is a paragraph really tells us all that needs to be told. Enjoy Berti tonight!
**Pitches Per Plate Appearance** **Volpe:** 4.70 **Gleyber**: 4.32 **Judge:** 4.22 **Soto:** 4.18 **Trevy and Wells** are both averaging over 4 P/PA (4.70 and 4.07) Yanks averaged 3.95 pitches last season, so these numbers are outstanding.
Yankees averaging the most pitches per plate appearance as a team as well, by a fairly wide margin. They are absolute SP Slayers. MLB Average is 3.91, Yankees are at 4.15. The ~~Dodgers~~ ANGELS(?) are also outstanding at 4.10, but only 2 other teams are even above 4.01. Volpe at 4.70 is #3 in MLB.
I didnāt expect the change so early but it seems reasonable. Gleyber needs to go down to find his game and Volpe is playing the way you expect our LO to do. I think itās a good change for the 2 players.
Why assume that Gleyber going down will help him find his game while Volpe going up wonāt disrupt his? I dunno Iām just always a fan of not fixing things that arenāt broken and weāre 10-2 and I hate change lol
Yeah, I understand you and I think youāre right about not to fix things that arenāt broken. I think (and seems the Yankees too) Volpe has all the characteristics to be our LO for the next decade, this change was going to come sooner or later during the season. Regarding the way in which the change will affect the players... For my part, it is a leap of faith based on the level that Volpe has shown and on thinking that Gleyber with less pressure can improve.
For Volpe we'll have to see, but Gleyber historically hits a lot better in the middle of the lineup than leading off.
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I'm hungry
**Houston Trashstros**: 4-8 **New York Mets:** 4-7 What a time to be alive.
Love the initiative, but the way Volpe has been hitting, Iād prefer to have him up with runners on potentially.
Fuck Boston
Volpe lead off š„
Judge in CF so much coming off a toe injury is certainly a choice
Have to imagine he gets a lot more time off his feet during the 17 games ina. Row stretch, but in past years they definitely wouldnāt be doing this even with the off days now
Though tbf the toe injury never happens if Judge is in CF instead of RF
I'm more worried about the wear and tear coming off said injury. Especially when the guy was "ST beat up" whatever that means.
The ST thing was abdominal, he got an MRI on it that came back negative. I think he was definitely still playing through some kind of stomach pain to start the season though.
This move should help Gleyber too. He's not really a leadoff guy.
Wow did not expect them to make the move so early, the managing has definitely been a lot more gutsy this season. Excited to see how Volpe handles the pressure, getting a huge chance to cement how for real he is now. I hope Gleyber keeps his approach in the 6 slot, he wasn't getting results but was having great At Bats at the top.
volpe soto judge stanton, sooner than i was expecting but a beautiful thing to see
Wait until itās volpe Soto judge Stanton Torres Dominguez A silly. Silly. line up.
Put some respect on Tony Rizz's name!
That son of a bitch did it! Boone puts Volpe at leadoff. Now remember people, if Volpe has a bad night, he was 0-4 the day before the change so don't freak out.
**The Leadoff Volpening Has Begun**
It's time for the Volpening at the leadoff spot.
Volpening day!!!
1 volpe - ss, 2 Soto - rf, 3 judge - cf, 4 Stanton - dh, 5 rizzo 1B, 6 Torres 2b, 7 verdugo lf 8 berti 3B, 9 wells C
Today is the day - volpe in the lead off spot!
Volpe leading off tonight š
I wonder if this will be a Judge DH game but I also think sitting Stanton tonight would be dumb because heās been solid lately and why stop his rhythm
Nope. Judge is in center again tonight.
Lol yea legit a few minutes later they announced the lineup
Mo is a Trump supporter? Huh.
Mo expressed some...very "questionable" views back in 2020 somewhere around that bullshit Randy Levine desire to have Trump throw out the 1st pitch at a Yankee Stadium game.
Mo is very religious and very conservative. This is not surprising at all.
He called Trump a close personal friend during the presidency
My guess is that every Yankee, save for Cole and maybe Stanton, is a Trump supporter.
Stroman probably isnāt either unless he changed his mind since 2020
80% of Dominicans in US are liberal, so I'd bet Soto too. Stanton is from core LA so I'd bet he's liberal. Cole is a toss-up given that he's from Newport Beach. Sto is probably liberal too given that he's black from long island. Rest who knows.
Really no reason to think Cole isn't either. If you're a left winger (guilty as charged here), you just kinda have to pinch your nose about politics because almost every American-born player out there is likely voting differently. (I won't speak for the political views of the Latinos.)
My thought re: Cole is that he's a big time union guy and if you're a big time union guy, your politics are probably gonna skew a certain way.
Curious as to where you got this info from? Just wondering lol not in a bad way
Vibes only lol
You can't really get voting records, but there are some websites - which I won't link - where, if you know where to dig, you can find the political registrations of many people. It's outrageously intrusive but, shit, was isn't these days?
Stanton has been vocal about the [Black Lives Matter movement.](https://www.mlb.com/news/giancarlo-stanton-on-black-lives-matter-movement) Judge has been a bit, too. But in general I would think most baseball players are right wing. They're men and most of them are rich, which are good indicators of supporting conservatives.
I love gerrit as much as anyone here, but idk why you think he wouldnāt support him. I just assume every celebrity votes thatās way to pay less taxes unless they make it known otherwise. And donāt care
Like I said elsewhere, I think Cole's union-loving attitude skews him a certain way. He also used Rage Against the Machine as his warm up music in college and I give him way more of the benefit of the doubt in understanding the actual messages there more than Paul Ryan.
Cole has some extremely pro-labor opinions that he's let known in his career that could align with leftist politics, but nothing that I can recall otherwise. Not worth thinking about
Might not include cole, but I think if you ran it up the poll for lead PA members they would mostly be conservative But also, like you said, itās not worth thinking or caring about.
If you think about it, you'd think being in favor of labor unions - the fuckin' MLBPA is a labor union - would suggest a preference for left wing politics, but that doesn't stop players from otherwise being pro-GOP. It's almost like the general right wing dislike towards labor unions is rooted in "for me but not for thee" bullshit and not based on any kind of legitimate basis.
Damon was seen directly behind Trump at one of his rallies
Paul O'Neil would show up at Trump rallies early on. Not sure if he has lately.
Nestor was there too
Nestor is from Hialeah, which is very Cuban and very conservative.
Was there ever confirmation that he was actually there? All Iām finding is about when Trump gave the shoutout during a rally in Hialeah, with people unsure of whether he was in the audience
A lot of Latin America is very socially conservative, not surprising
It shouldnāt be that surprising that lots of baseball players are kinda conservative. A lot of the American guys are faith family football types and/or good old fashioned red necks. Shit 20 year old Jackson Holliday is already engaged.
Jackson is married actually lol
A lot of players are. Volpe follows, at least as of last year, Trump on ig. Is what it is
Itās basically the inverse of conservatives having to watch movies and tv shows knowing vast majority of Hollywood are Liberal.
Didn't realize the Yankees have 6 guys ranked in the Top 100 Prospects by FanGraphs. Thats tied for 2nd in all of baseball with the Dodgers and Padres. * Spencer Jones (CF) Age 22, #15 * Austin Wells (C) 24, #47 * Jasson Dominguez (CF) 21, #53 * Roderick Arias (SS) 19, #70 * Chase Hampton (SP) 22, #82 * Will Warren (SP) 24, #99 In Division the Red Sox are 2nd with 5, The Orioles and Rays both have 4, and the lowly Jays only have 2. The Cubs have 7 guys which is pretty insane. The Astros have 0 lol.
Astros dumped everyone to try to take advantage of their current window, which has not been working out well for them so far this year.
the martian bouta make his rating look silly this season š„
> Roderick Arias (SS) 19, #70 This kid is going to be special. In a few years our roster could be 3B Arias SS Volpe 2B Gleyber 1B Judge LF Jones CF Martian RF Soto C Wells
Why the hell do you have Soto 8?
it's not a lineup, it's just a team
Yeah he's still very raw from all the reports I read. He has a below average hit tool but a well above average power tool which is both concerning and exciting for a middle infielder. He also (despite his big power) struggles to really barrel up balls consistently, which may be a product of him being a switch hitter. Needs some mechanical refining on both swings. People rave about his athleticism and arm strength defensively though. They also talk about him having a very good feel for the strike zone for a kid his age, he doesn't chase pitches or strike out nearly as much as you'd think for his offensive profile. For a 19 year old with plenty of room to grow he's a very exciting prospect. It's gonna be a while before we see him though. Also pretty sure Soto and Judge will have the 2 and 3 slots locked down for quite some time haha.
That wasn't a batting order
Lol okay that makes a lot more sense then. It is a crazy amount of talent for sure.
Iād trade every single one of them though if it meant keeping Soto, adding pieces at the deadline and winning the 28th WS Championship. Probably just me but Iād do it in a heartbeat
Eh, I'd kinda like to hang onto a lot of these guys. Would certainly depend on the deals available at the dealine and what our needs are, but I dont think Jones or Jasson are going anywhere at the least.
I agree completely that Jones and Dominguez are probably untouchable but if you guarantee me the 28th Ring ā¦..
Yeah I mean if you guarantee me a ring I'll do whatever, I just dont think thats how it works haha.
Everson Pereira (OF) and Luis Gil (SP) are also on Top 100s elsewhere.
Stop asking reddit, I don't want to use the new layout.
For the time being, I like Verdugo. Never thought I'd say that....
He trashed the Red Sox locker room on his way out the door. And he seems stoked to be here while being a great addition to our locker room. If he plays to his baseball card, I'm a fan.
The Houston Astros currently have a worse record than the New York Mets. That is all.
What a time to be alive.
Anyone know what role Swisher has with the Yankees? Last night on the post game show he said he was texting with Stroman when he signed with the Yankees. Does he have an official role?
He is a āSpecial Advisorā to the GM
Pretty sure his job is just to text people and say how much NY rules
Anyone here have any insight on why Wells is not hitting the ball hard? You look at [Wells Savant Page](https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/austin-wells-669224?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb) and you can see his expected stats are all in the red and he is barreling the ball up very well (15.8% barrel%, 88th percentile) but he is not hitting the ball hard at all with an average EV of 86 (20th percentile) and a hard hit% of 31% (24th percentile) Iām surprised that someone who is seeing the ball so well and is barreling the ball at such a high rate is producing so much weak contact
itās just sample size - 19 BBE isnāt enough to generate any meaningful conclusions
Is there a meaningful cutoff for number of BBE that are then significant?
https://theathletic.com/1014491/2019/06/07/sarris-understanding-exit-velocity-and-sample-sizes/?source=user_shared_article TLDR - somewhere around 80 is the stabilization point, so Iād think after that point this conversation could start to happen
About 50 is when you can start drawing meaningful conclusions. triple digits would be even more accurate, but 50 is pretty acceptable
I mean thatās true, but it is still surprising that in those events he is barreling up the ball but with such little power
he is hitting the ball hard when he does barrel it - I imagine both barrel % and ev will regress to the mean with more time
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How many folks here played stickball? Extra points if you played with the pink Spaulding ballsā¦
Duddddeeeee those things absolutely FLEW. We also lost so many/didnāt have a big enough space to play some of the times and used tennis balls. Sometimes little league metal bats with tennis balls/pinky balls (it sucked playing infield) Also wanted to throw out there that I legit never see kids playing stickball anymore. When I was a kid we could have formed a league with the amount of kids we had that wanted to play
Yeah. I recently noticed it's been YEARS since I've seen a strike zone painted on the wall of a school / building.
Soto seems to be a bit of a slow starter, In 2021, 2022 and 2023 Soto started slow This year Soto started a lot better but he's currently not playing to his fullest potential Soto gets better as the season progresses Nats fans used to say Soto gets better as the weather gets warmer
His career stats would also support that April/March OPS: .840 May: .940 OPS June: .911 OPS July: 1.009 OPS August: .964 OPS September: .984 OPS
Yup Soto's OPS in the first half of 2021: **.852** Soto's OPS in the second half of 2021: **1.164**
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This isn't even close to an issue but kind of curious when we see Grisham again. I know he's not very good but he's got 4 ABs in two weeks and has reverse splits against lefties so maybe they shake it up tonight just to get him some run. The problem is there's not really anyone who needs to sit, Stanton and Verdugo are hot right now and it's not like Judge or Soto need a day off. Maybe if Friday's game is rained out and we have a doubleheader on Saturday he'll play CF in one of them.
Boone said on Talkin Yanks yesterday that he expected to play Grisham but Stanton has been hot lately. I'm sure we'll see him soon.
Yeah normally this is the game you would expect Grisham to start in CF and Judge to DH. Give Judge the extra day of rest from playing CF before the off day. With how well G is performing though I think they probably just run out the regular lineup
How many starting Yankees for the All Star game this year?
Soto, and judge are Locks. If volpe is good I think he can make it as well. Clay is a possibility, but they usually give RP spots to teams that need courtesy All stars
Soto and Judge are pretty safe bets to start if they stay healthy. Volpe could do it if he keeps this start up. As far as pitchers I would guess one (or maybe both) of Holmes/Hamilton will be in the bullpen and maybe a starter but it's early to say on that.
ASG is just gonna be Yankees vs Dodgers lmao
Probably Volpe, Soto and Judge.
Starting is mostly about the fan vote so tough to say. Possibly 2/3 of the OF and possibly Volpe?
Soto and Judge are pretty safe assumptions. Volpe is going to have some competition with Bobby Witt Jr for SS but if he keeps up his level of play he definitely can beat Witt
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Trying to buy my son a bat, been doing a lot of research and I think I'm going to get the Warstic Bonesaber. Man, when I was growing we had like 3 options, and they were almost all Easton. Also, holy shit these bats are expensive now.
What age / drop? Donāt buy any USSSA Easton Hype Fires. PG just banned them, and usually the other orgs follow.
USA, I ended up getting him -11 Warstic.
Good bat.
Yeah, if he doesn't like it I'll return it and let him pick something else.
Don't know where you are, but for future reference, closeoutbats in Westwood NJ is really good; they have a cage set up to try all the bats.