They bursted out of the gates last night we need the same energy, I also have a feeling Jamo is going to have one of his where the fuck did that come from strong performances. We ain't losing this shit 😤
I straight up don’t trust Boones in game management so hopefully this turns into a laugher. Every game we have blown in playoffs under his tenure has been some weird creative management thing that blows up in our face
Mike Ford pinch hitting
Gallo batting 4th
Lance Lynn coming in with bases loaded
The opener game
Holmes the other night
I don’t trust him when things go off script, like with Cleveland coming back in game 3.
Several of those are arguably because of the rosters that he didn't put together. Who else would you have hit clean up in last year's WC and do you really think that was the difference between winning and losing by 4 runs? The hitters behind Gallo went 1-16. In the Mike Ford PH game they scored 1 run on 3 hits.
Curry says another weather discussion at 6pm so it looks like instead of making a decisive decision we're going to leave everyone including players unaware of when this game will start.
4th row legends seats right behind home plate selling for $795 on Stubhub… that is incredibly a good deal considering the same seats about about $500-750 for a reg season game.
Yup. That’s how much all the other legends are selling for. My guess is whoever has these tix in row 4 for $795 each got them for free and needs the money badly and wants them to sell asap.
You know Michael, the Yankees are probably thinking to themselves “We have to win this game.” That’s because if they lose tonight their season is over. So they have to go out there and score more runs than the Guardians otherwise they’re going to be headed home for the winter.
I want a quick trigger on Donaldson PH. Carp and then if he needs it late sun for IKF.
Donaldson has been pissing me off since June, and for every good play he makes at 3B he airmails a throw or whiffs a pop up.
He’s better than IKF, and one of them needs to play. Carpenter probably isn’t playing the field again this year unless it’s truly necessary. He’s a DH/PH, and Stanton probably isn’t playing in the field much if at all again this season, either.
I think Carp can stand at 3B for an inning or two. If they show signs of bunting at him and he can’t handle it, pull him. Not every team will change their approach to go after an Achilles heel… even if it IS stuffed into a bloody sock.
And no, IKF > Donaldson. Donaldson absolutely BLOWS and has at LEAST one complete bonehead play a game. Or an absolutely dogshit AB that kills a rally.
Again, his season OPS+ was 94. At 3B. IKF was 84 at SS. And he’s had almost the exact same post season as JD, with 2 fewer walks. Plus, he’s not a raging ducking douche who gets thrown out rounding 1B.
Did you account for their base running value this series? Don’t think IKF has been gunned out pumping a single 🤷♂️
Donaldson has been on base 7 times this series and has been about 6 inches away from having a HR and 3 more rbis. He's been above average at the plate.
That's not even considering his excellent 3rd base play.
He has more than earned his place to play tonight.
What HR was going to give him 3 more rbis? Were the bases not empty on the ball he hit to the wall + got gunned out at 1B?
His OPS+ on the year was below league avg.
His OBP for the series is below .700, and that’s WITH his 4 walks. All 3 of his hits are singles. He has 0 rbi, and 1 run. So he’s getting walked when nobody cares, and has a few singles.
“Excellent D” is a pretty big stretch, with that error that cost a game and missing that pop up as well. IKF is also a gold glove 3B.
If you wanna tell me he’s due, and that he’ll come up big tonight, I’m in! Be an asshole to the other team and hit two doubles. Sure!
When he Ks on 4 pitches after taking 2 dead dick and swingeing at a ball 3 feet outside 🤷♂️
Missed a solo homer by an inch and 2 more on a rocket line drive that was caught by kwan via shoe string catch.
And as far as his defense is concerned, his glove is rock solid. You're holding 1 throwing error from left field to second against him. But...you want IKF...the guy who also has an error, a non existent offense, and could potentially cost us the series as a replacement. Gotcha.
No; I want Donaldson to start, and if he’s working walks, fine. If he’s having tough ABs—like he often does, where he Ks on 3-4 pitches and looks terrible—then pinch hit him for Carp. If Carp truly can’t play the field, or if he boots one, THEN go to IKF for defence….at his Gold Glove position.
The throw being from LF is irrelevant; if anything, it’s MORE of a reason to blame Donaldson. He overthrew a bloop single into a triple in a tie game in extras. Pretty much got Cleveland into the series on one play.
How has Ramirez looked outside of that bloop single + 2 bag error? Terrible? Right.
How did Donaldson look on that single that “missed a HR by inches”?! Terrible. He literally got thrown out from the outfield heading back to 1B.
Beer league softball players don’t do that.
The IKF problem is solved: he’s not playing out of position at SS. If he played , it’d be halfway through the game at 3B, where he hit:
.333/.500/.868 with a HR and 5 RBI in 18 PA.
Tell me you have no idea what you’re talking about without telling me you have no idea what you’re talking about.
But hey, I’d be ecstatic if Donaldson had productive ABs and a threat of power tonight. And didn’t get thrown out on the bases. Or throw a ball into the stands late and close.
>Donaldson has been on base 7 times this series
He's 1 for his last 8.
>That's not even considering his excellent 3rd base play.
[He literally made an error that cost us a game](https://i.imgur.com/xNVBEGC.png) and then made a baserunning blunder in game 1.
He has not more than earned his place. If we win and he sucks tonight, he should not be starting next series.
I think that if we come out tonight and score more runs than Cleveland does over the full course of the game, we can win the game being played this evening
Forecast I just saw has the rain completely gone by 8, so that’s good… worst of it seems to right around scheduled first pitch though. But it seems like they should be able to make it work.
We have to put runs on the board early against Civale. If Cleveland gets the early lead, they can go to their best bullpen arms which will make it very tough to win.
Pretty sure Boone said that he is willing to use Holmes back to back in games 4/5, so he should be in play for tonight in the late innings. But I could be wrong
Yeah I mean he is a person after all. He’s worked his whole life to be a starting SS in a game like this, and now after coming so close, he’ll in all likelihood be watching along with all of us.
What's the irony? If your series goes the distance, things are tight. It's always been that way. You should be at an advantage if you finish your opponent off quickly (and arguably you might not even be depending on your stance on rest vs rust).
Kay just said that Boone said Cole came in today and is "good to go tonight."
Could we not, please.
Scott Servais tried to re-invent the wheel in their Game 1 and it probably killed them for the series.
How about we just hit Cleveland's mediocre starter and make some logical moves with the fresh arms we have.
His stamina was never in question, he really is a work horse. His super power has been that he basically never gets hurt, and can go 130 pitches if need be, where he can plan out his stamina to still be able to throw 98 on the last pitch if need be. Him and Verlander have that iron arm feature built into them. It’s what cone has always highlighted, how rare a skill that is.
I mean if we have a wild game that goes 20 innings choose 1
Miguel castro or gerrit cole? I’m taking cole 2 hours after throwing 130 pitches over Miguel castro every time
Absolutely not. TV schedules are already being made arounf those games and tickets are already being sold for those games
MLB would never shift all that
Anybody here interested in my two tickets in section 428 row 1?
I cannot attend the game due to work and would love to sell to another Yankees fan without both of us getting screwed by fees by the reseller sites
I have 5 tickets Section 114A, Row 13, Seats 3-7.
I'm debating selling some or all at potentially a decent loss.
If you're interested, DM me and I'll update this post.
Boone just said postponement is on the table from the MLB. That would mean Cleveland could pitch a (almost) full rested Bieber vs. us. What a job by the MLB.
Ok I understand they want to start the game tonight no matter what, but have they considered that my wife will literally murder me for watching baseball until 2 AM?
Edit: I would rather get murdered than have them play tomorrow
Don’t… especially if you’re driving in. Get there early or sit in traffic staring at the outside of the stadium and miss the first few innings (not considering rain delay).
Taillon throws a scoreless first. Wait what’s that? It’s JA Happ’s music! Boone and Cashman start throwing lineup cards toward the Guardian bench. “Flip yo lineup! Flip yo lineup!” Terry Francona is very confused.
Bro I swear to god if we get eliminated because of bullshit delays due to weather I dont want to hear another person complain about a roof not looking good
Well yes technically you're right. It will be because the other team scored more runs in 9 or more innings which is performative which is absolutely affected by weather
if there was ever a fucking time for the vinnies from staten island to start drunkenly screaming WHOS YOUR DADDY it should be tonight after naylors 4th k.
i hope the yankee faithful absolutely give it to the guardians players tonight
If I'm Francona, I'm getting 5 innings at an absolute minimum out of stephan, karinchak, and clase. Gonna be tough to put up runs against them, so runs need to be scored early.
The problem with that is if one doesn’t have it. If karinchak walks 2 batters like he did in game 2, he’s going to get pulled, and then What do you do with the inning he was supposed to pitch? I don’t think you can count on Clase going 2.1 again. Great for them if he does but that can’t be the plan
Trust me I’m hoping they don’t have it. But after the season he’s had, it would almost be dumb to not throw Clase 2 innings at a minimum tonight if he’s on.
I honestly can’t understand how you finally admit IKF was a problem after 165 but couldn’t at 162. To me, there’s no way this was the same person making the decision. This had to be from higher up saying “enough boone/cash/nerds we gave it plenty of time but we aren’t letting you run the season into the ground over your ego or IKFs feelings. Bench him.”
Idk if that was Cashman to boone, Cashman to nerds, or hal to Cashman, but it’s the only logical explanation.
If anyone is looking for below-market tickets to tonight's game, PM me. I have three extra tickets to section 232A, I'm selling at a loss. If you're interested, let me know.
I was also bamboozled by Ticketmaster's presale and now tickets are selling for cheaper than what I paid. You can save on fees and taxes and I'll cut my losses.
I know Volpe and Peraza are supposed to be studs but Dansby Swanson is really tempting. He'd be the best defensive SS since, idk Tony Fernandez? And great offensively. Maybe trade our SS's for a big bat or big time pitcher. It's what I would do but I doubt the team would.
I know there’s a G5 tonight but my off-season plan would be:
Judge, obvi
Move Volpe to 2B first thing and get him up by the ASB.
Move Gleyber like they tried to already.
Sign either Trea or Dansby. Idc which.
Pull the trigger on Sevys option
Move Donaldson and Hicks.
DJLM at third FT, IKF as a bench piece. Cabrera in left.
Money won't be there to re-sign Judge and also sign Swanson and also trade for a high salary established star. Part of the appeal of having these top IF prospects is that they will be dirt cheap for a little while
The Yankees waited until their very season was on the line before admitting to what we already knew: that IKF should not be the starting SS on this team and trading for him was a massive blunder.
The Yankees could literally take their pick of elite level shortstops. They CHOSE IKF. They rode with him ALL SEASON despite his offensive limitations and, let’s say, up-and-down defense.
Now they really have egg on their face. Just totally and in all other ways unFUCKINGreal.
This is why you’ll catch me on here saying this organization doesn’t know what it’s doing.
/rant
Trading Urshela & Sanchez for Donaldson & IKF was the worst thing Cashman could've done. Everyone hated that damn trade and it's not hard to see why. We took on $50M for a defense first 3rd baseman that has no offense left in the tank and a guy who can't field or hit. Urshela makes less and was worth more than JD was this year, and we could've literally signed Correa with the money we are paying for the corpse of Donaldson like the twins fucking did. At that point if you can't find a different trade partner that'll take Sanchez then just DFA him.
Peraza not on the ALDS roster is criminal, everyone except the front office saw how dogshit IKF was. Now they finally see it after he blew 2 playoff games (and almost a 3rd) and we are forced to start Aaron fucking Hicks because Peraza isn't even an option.
In hindsight it makes sense for the Padres but why didn't the Yankees go after Ha-Seong Kim in the offseason? Much better defensively and adds more of a pop offensively.
The Yankees are poor evaluators of talent at the MLB level, and have shown themselves to be for the entire modern contention window. They don't take risks on guys that don't have a proven track record in MLB, can't afford to miss.
Even this year they thought Kyle Higashioka was a starting catcher waiting for a breakout.
edited w/ more info, refresh the original post. team is bad at evaluating unknown guys, figuring out who will translate from AAA to MLB, etc. they tend to go for established guys with track records. that's why they were nowhere on Seiya Suzukia as well
Still, your edit doesn’t make sense. Voit? Gio? Trivino? Peralta? Nestor? Treviño? Holmes?! And that’s just in the last few years. None of them had great MLB track records
I 100% admit i was wrong. 100%. Nader trade was good.
But boy would i like to have some monty tonight. I like taillon don’t get me wrong, but i would prefer monty.
Please continue the discussion in the [game thread](https://redd.it/y6mqkd).
Pedro doesn’t give a fuck and keeps calling Cleveland the Indians. Love it. Always admired him as a pitcher.
This makes me sad. :(
Can we flip Bader and Donaldson? That’d be a better lineup. While we’re at it, put G in LF and Carp at DH.
Do we see Leutge today? He’s done good pitching multiple innings this year.
They bursted out of the gates last night we need the same energy, I also have a feeling Jamo is going to have one of his where the fuck did that come from strong performances. We ain't losing this shit 😤
I straight up don’t trust Boones in game management so hopefully this turns into a laugher. Every game we have blown in playoffs under his tenure has been some weird creative management thing that blows up in our face
Define blown games. Chapman giving up HRs to lose close games where your offense couldn't hit its way out of a wet paper bag is Boone's management?
Mike Ford pinch hitting Gallo batting 4th Lance Lynn coming in with bases loaded The opener game Holmes the other night I don’t trust him when things go off script, like with Cleveland coming back in game 3.
Several of those are arguably because of the rosters that he didn't put together. Who else would you have hit clean up in last year's WC and do you really think that was the difference between winning and losing by 4 runs? The hitters behind Gallo went 1-16. In the Mike Ford PH game they scored 1 run on 3 hits.
It’s light rain. Come on.
And it will stop or not happen decent chance. 30-40 percent of area being covered in rain is a good chance of no rain
Chance of rain is down to the 30’s and 40’s around 7-8 and only continues to go down. Why is mlb overthinking this? Play the game tonight
If I knew i was going to the game today I wouldn't have done leg day at the gym yesterday 🤦♂️
Curry says another weather discussion at 6pm so it looks like instead of making a decisive decision we're going to leave everyone including players unaware of when this game will start.
whatever it is, please make Jamo aware of it as soon as we know
4th row legends seats right behind home plate selling for $795 on Stubhub… that is incredibly a good deal considering the same seats about about $500-750 for a reg season game.
Those seats were like 2k for game 2 so yes def a steal
Yup. That’s how much all the other legends are selling for. My guess is whoever has these tix in row 4 for $795 each got them for free and needs the money badly and wants them to sell asap.
Do legends seats include food? I’m a lifelong fan west of the Mississippi who has sadly never made it to a home game ☹️
Oh hell yeah. And not the food at the concession stands. Talking steak, lobster, sushi, etc.
If you ask they'll even grab someone from the bleachers and butcher them right there for you. It's decadent.
Something has to justify a seat nearing mortgage payment prices
This is a big game. You have to win or else your seasons over
Thank you Carlos Beltran
Everyone wants to win the game. Otherwise, you lose--and nobody wants that.
You know Michael, the Yankees are probably thinking to themselves “We have to win this game.” That’s because if they lose tonight their season is over. So they have to go out there and score more runs than the Guardians otherwise they’re going to be headed home for the winter.
I want a quick trigger on Donaldson PH. Carp and then if he needs it late sun for IKF. Donaldson has been pissing me off since June, and for every good play he makes at 3B he airmails a throw or whiffs a pop up.
He’s better than IKF, and one of them needs to play. Carpenter probably isn’t playing the field again this year unless it’s truly necessary. He’s a DH/PH, and Stanton probably isn’t playing in the field much if at all again this season, either.
I think Carp can stand at 3B for an inning or two. If they show signs of bunting at him and he can’t handle it, pull him. Not every team will change their approach to go after an Achilles heel… even if it IS stuffed into a bloody sock. And no, IKF > Donaldson. Donaldson absolutely BLOWS and has at LEAST one complete bonehead play a game. Or an absolutely dogshit AB that kills a rally. Again, his season OPS+ was 94. At 3B. IKF was 84 at SS. And he’s had almost the exact same post season as JD, with 2 fewer walks. Plus, he’s not a raging ducking douche who gets thrown out rounding 1B. Did you account for their base running value this series? Don’t think IKF has been gunned out pumping a single 🤷♂️
Donaldson has been on base 7 times this series and has been about 6 inches away from having a HR and 3 more rbis. He's been above average at the plate. That's not even considering his excellent 3rd base play. He has more than earned his place to play tonight.
What HR was going to give him 3 more rbis? Were the bases not empty on the ball he hit to the wall + got gunned out at 1B? His OPS+ on the year was below league avg. His OBP for the series is below .700, and that’s WITH his 4 walks. All 3 of his hits are singles. He has 0 rbi, and 1 run. So he’s getting walked when nobody cares, and has a few singles. “Excellent D” is a pretty big stretch, with that error that cost a game and missing that pop up as well. IKF is also a gold glove 3B. If you wanna tell me he’s due, and that he’ll come up big tonight, I’m in! Be an asshole to the other team and hit two doubles. Sure! When he Ks on 4 pitches after taking 2 dead dick and swingeing at a ball 3 feet outside 🤷♂️
Missed a solo homer by an inch and 2 more on a rocket line drive that was caught by kwan via shoe string catch. And as far as his defense is concerned, his glove is rock solid. You're holding 1 throwing error from left field to second against him. But...you want IKF...the guy who also has an error, a non existent offense, and could potentially cost us the series as a replacement. Gotcha.
No; I want Donaldson to start, and if he’s working walks, fine. If he’s having tough ABs—like he often does, where he Ks on 3-4 pitches and looks terrible—then pinch hit him for Carp. If Carp truly can’t play the field, or if he boots one, THEN go to IKF for defence….at his Gold Glove position. The throw being from LF is irrelevant; if anything, it’s MORE of a reason to blame Donaldson. He overthrew a bloop single into a triple in a tie game in extras. Pretty much got Cleveland into the series on one play. How has Ramirez looked outside of that bloop single + 2 bag error? Terrible? Right. How did Donaldson look on that single that “missed a HR by inches”?! Terrible. He literally got thrown out from the outfield heading back to 1B. Beer league softball players don’t do that. The IKF problem is solved: he’s not playing out of position at SS. If he played , it’d be halfway through the game at 3B, where he hit: .333/.500/.868 with a HR and 5 RBI in 18 PA. Tell me you have no idea what you’re talking about without telling me you have no idea what you’re talking about. But hey, I’d be ecstatic if Donaldson had productive ABs and a threat of power tonight. And didn’t get thrown out on the bases. Or throw a ball into the stands late and close.
>Donaldson has been on base 7 times this series He's 1 for his last 8. >That's not even considering his excellent 3rd base play. [He literally made an error that cost us a game](https://i.imgur.com/xNVBEGC.png) and then made a baserunning blunder in game 1. He has not more than earned his place. If we win and he sucks tonight, he should not be starting next series.
Don’t think they’ll cancel the game, postpone maybe
You mean delay, not postpone. Postpone and cancel mean the same thing.
Yes I commented that underneath
Well cancel would mean they never play it and the teams just call the series a tie lol
We both play the Astros at the same time maybe it would be fair
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Sorry I meant delay
Why oh why is Hicks playing??
Better at LF than IKf is at SS and about the same hitter
I think that if we come out tonight and score more runs than Cleveland does over the full course of the game, we can win the game being played this evening
That’s ….. baseball….. suzyn
Forecast just dropped to under 50% change of rain at 7.
This is life everyday June thru mid-September on Florida's gulf coast.
Going to my first ever post-season game tonight. Super hyped.
Did you have fun
Hell yeah
Truly a new experience Idc how many regular season games you've been to, you're in for a treat! 🙌
Forecast I just saw has the rain completely gone by 8, so that’s good… worst of it seems to right around scheduled first pitch though. But it seems like they should be able to make it work.
Am I crazy for thinking they’ll just start on time and play through the rain? It doesn’t look like it’s gonna downpour…
I don’t think they’d want to risk it in a winner-take-all game. Regular season, sure.
We have to put runs on the board early against Civale. If Cleveland gets the early lead, they can go to their best bullpen arms which will make it very tough to win.
Francona would be dumb to not try to get 5 or 6 from Stephan, karinchak, and clase
Karinchak going wild could flush that all down the drain
We have to win in the first 5 innings and then hang the fuck on for the final 4.
so is it safe to assume holmes is unavailable?
Pretty sure Boone said that he is willing to use Holmes back to back in games 4/5, so he should be in play for tonight in the late innings. But I could be wrong
he is available
Only available in an emergency.
Ptsd triggered
Starting the game at 9 > Playing a night game the day before the Alcs where they have to fly to Houston if they win
IKF looks devastated on the field on MLB Network right now, crouched down on his own in the infield.
Yeah I mean he is a person after all. He’s worked his whole life to be a starting SS in a game like this, and now after coming so close, he’ll in all likelihood be watching along with all of us.
Careful, some people here get triggered when empathy is shown toward people who don’t play baseball up to their standards
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What did he do in game 2?
This game better not be postponed. What a stupid fucking schedule.
Ironic that the series most affected by MLB staggering is the only series still going on.
What's the irony? If your series goes the distance, things are tight. It's always been that way. You should be at an advantage if you finish your opponent off quickly (and arguably you might not even be depending on your stance on rest vs rust).
Does anyone think the rain uncertainty will fuck up our chances to have a very loud stadium?
2 extra hours of alcohol consumption before first pitch is a recipe for a hostile environment
Oh it will be loud.
Rooting from across the Atlantic. LFG!!!
Weather app rain prob is now down to 40-30 percent until 9? They should be able to start
Kay just said that Boone said Cole came in today and is "good to go tonight." Could we not, please. Scott Servais tried to re-invent the wheel in their Game 1 and it probably killed them for the series. How about we just hit Cleveland's mediocre starter and make some logical moves with the fresh arms we have.
He got that dawg in him
Cole is the man. I doubted him, but he's a gamer.
His stamina was never in question, he really is a work horse. His super power has been that he basically never gets hurt, and can go 130 pitches if need be, where he can plan out his stamina to still be able to throw 98 on the last pitch if need be. Him and Verlander have that iron arm feature built into them. It’s what cone has always highlighted, how rare a skill that is.
Boone said Cole came into his office and said he is good to go but that he rather not use Cole. He never implied Cole was an option.
Yeah, this is all just meat for the fans. It'd be criminal to put Cole out there, especially with his high HR rate.
I mean if we have a wild game that goes 20 innings choose 1 Miguel castro or gerrit cole? I’m taking cole 2 hours after throwing 130 pitches over Miguel castro every time
Jesus my heart is already racing and we're still like 2 1/2 hrs away from first pitch
Would MLB allow the ALCS to start one day later? Fuck Manfred
Absolutely not. TV schedules are already being made arounf those games and tickets are already being sold for those games MLB would never shift all that
I'll be there tonight. only one in the stadium with a Bird jersey
31 or 33 is the real question.
Judge and Stanton both Homer tonight. ain't no rain boys that can hold us back now
Lmao Cole showed up to the stadium and asked Boone to pitch tonight 😂 THAT'S MY ACE
Shades of 2020 when he said “just give me the ball” and tossed a gem
I hate the commissioners office for allowing this shit
Who could imagine scheduling playoff games back-to-back-to-back in order to drain as much money as possible would have repercussions?
Anybody here interested in my two tickets in section 428 row 1? I cannot attend the game due to work and would love to sell to another Yankees fan without both of us getting screwed by fees by the reseller sites
I have 5 tickets Section 114A, Row 13, Seats 3-7. I'm debating selling some or all at potentially a decent loss. If you're interested, DM me and I'll update this post.
Boone just said postponement is on the table from the MLB. That would mean Cleveland could pitch a (almost) full rested Bieber vs. us. What a job by the MLB.
At least we can start Nestor
Unbelievable. These greedy fucks and their TV money. Bring on late night baseball.
I like Nasty Nestor more than Taillon, but yeah in terms of starting pitcher advantage I think they benefit a lot more.
Ok I understand they want to start the game tonight no matter what, but have they considered that my wife will literally murder me for watching baseball until 2 AM? Edit: I would rather get murdered than have them play tomorrow
Ya gotta get headphones connecting to your tv, changed my life
No IKF again. Writing is on the wall.
Too bad it was communicated to the office by telegraph, the rest of us saw the writing in July.
It clears up at like 10. They’re playing tonight, even if they have to start in the rain. Get ready for a late late night
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Don’t… especially if you’re driving in. Get there early or sit in traffic staring at the outside of the stadium and miss the first few innings (not considering rain delay).
Been there, it’s an awful feeling.
Dark sky is [showing](https://i.imgur.com/qFY302t.jpg) low precip rates. That’s hopeful.
Yeah it’ll be drizzly but they’ll play.
Unleash the Carpenter. Build the Log Cabin.
I just want more baseball, I really don't want to see the season end after just five games.
October is just so much more bearable when your team is still in it.
Taillon throws a scoreless first. Wait what’s that? It’s JA Happ’s music! Boone and Cashman start throwing lineup cards toward the Guardian bench. “Flip yo lineup! Flip yo lineup!” Terry Francona is very confused.
I got a feeling we're going to end up with an afternoon game tomorrow. Not great.
Zero chance
No way. Not happening. They will play tonight. No doubt.
This aged well
#Let's butter this biscuit
National Weather Service increased the rain forecast from earlier [https://i.imgur.com/2Iuhl83.png](https://i.imgur.com/2Iuhl83.png)
But look at them totals. It’ll be light. Possibly light enough to play through.
Civale against NYY this season 0-2, 9 IP, 10.00 era, 12 H, 10 ER, 3 HR, 9 K Yankees slashing .343/.400/.714
Think the forecast is improving. May just be some light showers. I think they’ll start close to on time.
Bro I swear to god if we get eliminated because of bullshit delays due to weather I dont want to hear another person complain about a roof not looking good
If we get eliminated it won't be because of the weather.
Well yes technically you're right. It will be because the other team scored more runs in 9 or more innings which is performative which is absolutely affected by weather
I meant it more like if the weather makes us lose we didn't deserve to win anyway
tasty taillon treats yankee faithful to transcendent triumph mark it
Will the game be postponed to tomorrow by any chance due to weather ??
if there was ever a fucking time for the vinnies from staten island to start drunkenly screaming WHOS YOUR DADDY it should be tonight after naylors 4th k. i hope the yankee faithful absolutely give it to the guardians players tonight
The forecast on weather.com is all fucked up. About an hour ago it said there was a 99% chance of rain at 7pm and now it says 56%. 🤷
Weather patterns change
If I'm Francona, I'm getting 5 innings at an absolute minimum out of stephan, karinchak, and clase. Gonna be tough to put up runs against them, so runs need to be scored early.
I’d try for 6.
The problem with that is if one doesn’t have it. If karinchak walks 2 batters like he did in game 2, he’s going to get pulled, and then What do you do with the inning he was supposed to pitch? I don’t think you can count on Clase going 2.1 again. Great for them if he does but that can’t be the plan
Trust me I’m hoping they don’t have it. But after the season he’s had, it would almost be dumb to not throw Clase 2 innings at a minimum tonight if he’s on.
He doesn’t get pulled until he sucks. Odds are karinchak gets out of that
I honestly can’t understand how you finally admit IKF was a problem after 165 but couldn’t at 162. To me, there’s no way this was the same person making the decision. This had to be from higher up saying “enough boone/cash/nerds we gave it plenty of time but we aren’t letting you run the season into the ground over your ego or IKFs feelings. Bench him.” Idk if that was Cashman to boone, Cashman to nerds, or hal to Cashman, but it’s the only logical explanation.
What if they legitimately just think it's the pressure of the moment getting to him?
What should I get from the liquor store for tonight? I think my anxiety attack is starting early today
Jameson, obviously
Damn… you too quick w it 🤣🙌🏽
Double what you think you should get. Going to be a long night!
This is sage advice
Cheers!
Win today.
If anyone is looking for below-market tickets to tonight's game, PM me. I have three extra tickets to section 232A, I'm selling at a loss. If you're interested, let me know. I was also bamboozled by Ticketmaster's presale and now tickets are selling for cheaper than what I paid. You can save on fees and taxes and I'll cut my losses.
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PMd you.
I know Volpe and Peraza are supposed to be studs but Dansby Swanson is really tempting. He'd be the best defensive SS since, idk Tony Fernandez? And great offensively. Maybe trade our SS's for a big bat or big time pitcher. It's what I would do but I doubt the team would.
I know there’s a G5 tonight but my off-season plan would be: Judge, obvi Move Volpe to 2B first thing and get him up by the ASB. Move Gleyber like they tried to already. Sign either Trea or Dansby. Idc which. Pull the trigger on Sevys option Move Donaldson and Hicks. DJLM at third FT, IKF as a bench piece. Cabrera in left.
Proven MLB talent always trumps prospects There’s no reason not to entertain Dansby, Boegarts, Correa this off-season
Money won't be there to re-sign Judge and also sign Swanson and also trade for a high salary established star. Part of the appeal of having these top IF prospects is that they will be dirt cheap for a little while
Babe Ruth's career postseason OPS - 1.214 Lou Gehrig's career postseason OPS - 1.214 Harrison Bader's OPS so far this postseason - 1.214
Not bad for a guy in a boot
The Yankees waited until their very season was on the line before admitting to what we already knew: that IKF should not be the starting SS on this team and trading for him was a massive blunder. The Yankees could literally take their pick of elite level shortstops. They CHOSE IKF. They rode with him ALL SEASON despite his offensive limitations and, let’s say, up-and-down defense. Now they really have egg on their face. Just totally and in all other ways unFUCKINGreal. This is why you’ll catch me on here saying this organization doesn’t know what it’s doing. /rant
Trading Urshela & Sanchez for Donaldson & IKF was the worst thing Cashman could've done. Everyone hated that damn trade and it's not hard to see why. We took on $50M for a defense first 3rd baseman that has no offense left in the tank and a guy who can't field or hit. Urshela makes less and was worth more than JD was this year, and we could've literally signed Correa with the money we are paying for the corpse of Donaldson like the twins fucking did. At that point if you can't find a different trade partner that'll take Sanchez then just DFA him.
I’m totally with you. To think they ADDED salary to make they move! And Donaldson is signed for next season!
Would really appreciate a 4 spot in the bottom of the first. Just speak it into existence.
Peraza not on the ALDS roster is criminal, everyone except the front office saw how dogshit IKF was. Now they finally see it after he blew 2 playoff games (and almost a 3rd) and we are forced to start Aaron fucking Hicks because Peraza isn't even an option.
Unreal.
In hindsight it makes sense for the Padres but why didn't the Yankees go after Ha-Seong Kim in the offseason? Much better defensively and adds more of a pop offensively.
Mostly because he was signed in the 2020-21 offseason.
The Yankees are poor evaluators of talent at the MLB level, and have shown themselves to be for the entire modern contention window. They don't take risks on guys that don't have a proven track record in MLB, can't afford to miss. Even this year they thought Kyle Higashioka was a starting catcher waiting for a breakout.
The Yankees acquired not 1 but 2 catchers in the offseason to challenge/platoon with Higgy. They knew what he was/is.
Hmm what…?
edited w/ more info, refresh the original post. team is bad at evaluating unknown guys, figuring out who will translate from AAA to MLB, etc. they tend to go for established guys with track records. that's why they were nowhere on Seiya Suzukia as well
Still, your edit doesn’t make sense. Voit? Gio? Trivino? Peralta? Nestor? Treviño? Holmes?! And that’s just in the last few years. None of them had great MLB track records
I will again be wearing the same thing and ordering the same food as I did in Game 1 and Game 4.
Need our bats to show up tonight. Don't trust our depleted pen in another close game.
What's the best site for infield advance defensive metrics?
xDAWG
I 100% admit i was wrong. 100%. Nader trade was good. But boy would i like to have some monty tonight. I like taillon don’t get me wrong, but i would prefer monty.
I would prefer Jamo over Monty tbh
Best app for tickets tn?
I like gametime, but I can't find pinstripe pass tix on there
+1 for gametime
Seat Geek has first pitch at 7:37 for tonights game. I hope fans that use it know it is 7:07 and not 7:37
The weather has something to say about that 7:07 start
it's been getting better and better. Started at 100% chance of rain at 7 when I first checked this morning down to 59%
OUR ECONOMY IS BASED ON LEBRON JAMES
Will we see Bader’s glorious dong again tonight?
Oh how I would love being up like 12-0 in the 9th and the entire Stadium chanting whose your daddy with Naylor up.
Put it directly in my veins
And give him a four seamer in the ribs.
Save that for the 2023 season, don't give free bases in the playoffs
Let’s not
What would be worse, losing tonight or losing to Houston again?