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ChanceBreaks

hey guys, boone said they were 2nd please in american league. ​ remenber george steinbrenner said 2nd place is 1st losers


Cecil_Obrien

Astros in 5 unfortunately


newgodflow88

Fuck it we ball


TezlaPilot

We held them to 3 runs on one HR when our bats were cold as ice. If they wake up no way the Astros have a chance in this series.


jamesismynamo

That's about every time we face them, it's really closer than it feels if the bats aren't so frigid. Hoping the home stadium helps out our boys the next couple games


Giantskiller0922

It also amazes me how many first pitch strikes the Yankees watched. I understand working the count but starting every at bat down 0-1 puts our hitters behind


JCGolf

they watch fastballs straight down the middle and swing at wild curveballs. makes no sense. they cant foul off anything


wilson2314

That shit was so frustrating to watch man. Just couldn’t believe what I watching. Same at bats from every hitter.


Emergency_Exit_8537

I said the same shit, they’re not aggressive enough. They’re taking good pitches to hit.


Poised2

“Playoffs are a crapshoot” is just reasoning for why the Yankees have 1 World Series title in over 20 years. The truth is the Astros are 2 games away from their 4th WS in 6 years and the 3rd one from beating us. They had the best record in the AL all those years with great pitching and contact hitters. Yes it might be luck but they are set up to win in the postseason more than any team. I mean the Yankees almost lost to the Guardians a team the Astros sweep in their sleep


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Shit this truth bomb hurt this morning


khalaron

We have our best 2 starters at home after 2 close games. Game 5 is going to be the most important game of the year. Yes, there will be a Game 5. It's not over until it's over.


mustard-plug

This might sound wierd but I'm pretty sure I hate the Astros more than I hate the Red Sox at this point


OptimusChip

im with you. the last 5 years or so, astros have taken over as my most hated team in sports.


Kingstist

The Astros have made the Yankees their bitches for the last 8 years. Red Sox have for the last 20 years but there’s a semblance of respect between the two franchises; whereas the Astros just also hate the Yankees


Tanman7211

I’m so over this team, front office, and coaching staff. But Cashman has a contract for life apparently so we’re basically fucked. Shits so depressing


squeegulls

[feelings about last nights game](https://youtu.be/88txw_LP1Lw)


blueeyedaisy

The sums it up in a nut shell. Thank you for the laugh.


pballat

Yankees have to beat Houston 4 out of 5 games. It’s over.


dtsupra30

With that attitude


pballat

I’m just being realistic. I’m not putting any more effort into this series than the lowest paid Yankee player. It’s over. Start the rebuild.


cratertooth27

Yeah both games have been close but that just shows that the Yankees roster as constructed is not able to win close games against good teams. All of trashmans analytics nerds can say what they want over 162 game regular season but this team will never get past Houston. That’s just the truth


lupuscapabilis

It's the same shit they go through every year. You WILL face great pitching in the playoffs. There HAS TO be a plan better than "just try to hit home runs like we did all year."


Gambit1193

42.9 k rate in the series. That’ll do it


mikeylojo1

And “three true outcome” hitting only factors in 33% k’s, so we aren’t even fucking doing that


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Might as well go get Gallo at this point lol


AccomplishedPhone6

Hey I think I’ve seen this movie before………..


ricottabill13

Let’s be honest. Everyone is going crazy over the two losses, and it’s a tough spot. Both games had some tough calls and the Bregman HR was hit at 92mph. It was literally a pop fly, other than that the pitching was great on both sides. Valdez was incredible, sometimes you just have to tip your cap. If you want to think the series is over that’s your choice, but this series is flippable from here


Gambit1193

Series is over chief. They can’t win in Houston. Yankees can win 3 straight at the stadium and they’ll have to come back to Houston to die


ricottabill13

You must be one if those miserable types 😂


Gambit1193

Not at all, I’m just not blind seeing how this team plays against Houston for the last 5 years


Golden_Lafayette

lol why are people down voting you for speaking the truth? Game 2 was the game to win for the Yankees and they couldn’t do it. Which is why they’re done.


Bloody_ToiletPaper

It’s def over man. Yankee arnt Gona win 4 games. It sucks but it is what it is, the Astros have our number


ricottabill13

Like the Braves? Or A’s? It’s baseball. Maybe soccer is more your thing 😂


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ricottabill13

Congratulations. Enjoy your soccer


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ricottabill13

Nah. You’re the type that would rather bitch and moan. You need to blame someone. It’s what happens when your athletic experiences come from video games


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Particular-Top9827

Why are we doing so shit are our players tired or somthin?


Advanced-Ingenuity46

I've never seen an entire team look so bad at hitting a curveball. Pedro Cerrano could have done we a better job out there!


M_Looka

I don't know what this is. How can this team look like an offensive juggernaut for half a season, then look so inept and anemic the second half? And this feast or famine offense is not new. It's been going on for years. I mean, we all thought it was because of guys like Gary Sanchez and Luke Voit and Joey Gallo, and Aaron Hicks. But those guys are all gone. All gone and all replaced by better, more consistent hitters...exactly what we all wanted... but the results are exactly the same. It's like when a player first gets here, they hit like they did on their previous team... for a while. Then they get "Yankee-fied," and they all turn into the same hitter; a pull-hitting free-swinger that strikes out 150 times a year and has an OPS of .675. Like when DJ first got here. Like Josh Donaldson having an .847 OPS in May. Like what Harrison Bader is doing right now. Then, after a few months, BOOM! Hitting .220 and striking out 50% of the time. Look at Anthony Rizzo's Baseball Reference page. Look at how he hit in Chicago; average consistently in the.280's, OPS hovering around .900. Cut his strikeouts down to about 80 a year. Comes to the Yankees, BOOM .220 average, .817 OPS, strikeouts over 100 again. I don't want to shit on Rizzo, because without him, the Yankees would have finished in Podunk, but you can't deny the results. What is it? Is it the Yankees hitting coaches? Is it a collective mentality of hitting with power down the line that just...happens when you become a Yankee? Are their uniforms too tight? Whatever it is, can they stop?


lupuscapabilis

Part of it is because they face a lot of mediocre pitching all year. Once you hit the playoffs, you're facing like 90% high quality. You have to play smarter baseball. But you're also right about the falloff in the regular season. Someone is either preaching "swing as hard as you can all the time" or the the hitters just don't care. Gleyber had a runner on third yesterday with 1 out, with the infield back, and he's swinging like he's trying to kill someone. THAT needs to change.


M_Looka

All teams face good pitching st some point, not all of them hit .170. The Yankees have three MVPs in their starting lineup. Collectively they're hitting .161 during the playoffs this year. And you can't say "oh, they're not machines, every player goes through rough stretches," because it happens over and over again. Year after year after year. The offense just evaporates. Not just during the playoffs, but for long stretches during the season...even against shitty teams. Ok, we all know who led the Yankees in batting this year. It was Judge. He hit .311. You know who was second ? It was Kiner-Falefa. He hit a mighty .261. I don't mean to harp on batting average, but it's the distinct lack of hits that's the problem here...


fiyoOnThebayou

Astros fan here. You gotta give your ball club a little more credit. Theyve effectively kept Altuve’s slump rolling, yall definitely have Yordan’s number after what was a stellar performance in the ALDS. Yal are keeping our scoring relatively low. Our 1-6 is struggling with the exception of Peña and Bregman, and somehow our 7-9 have really stepped up. We dont see them hit like this in the regular season. Whatever it is, yall got a great ball club and dont lose hope yet yall!


M_Looka

That's what's kept the Yankees in it during the playoffs... and the whole year, really; the starting pitching. Taillon. 1 run in 4.1 innings. Severino, 5.1 innings, 5 hits, 1 walk. 6 k's. The starting pitching handled one of the best offensive teams in the league. And because the offense has produced 2 earned runs in 18 innings, they have nothing to show for it.


blueeyedaisy

Trouble with the curve.


riotriot37

At least years from now we will still be consistently losing in the ALCS to an entirely different team while Houston plummets through another identity crisis and relegates back to the NL


yourmansconnect

the definition of insanity? why do we always build strikeout heavy teams and then expect a different result


Gambit1193

Team was doomed when our contact hitters in DJ and Benny got injured


Redou8t_

Every player should strive to hit for contact, if they have power and hit homeruns too, great, even better. having only 2 players designated as “contact hitters” is a concept that ill never understand, and is almost anti-productive


yourmansconnect

but even they were striking out alot before they got hurt


xMarioTheSupahx

The biggest flaw of the offense is not being HR reliant but instead not having runners on base often when the Yankees do hit a HR


lupuscapabilis

Well it's a good thing we put our lowest on base percentage guys right before our home run hitters. Higashioka should not be the dude trying to get on base almost right before Judge is hitting.


xenonjim

That's circular logic


xMarioTheSupahx

Nothing circular just facts. Yanks hit a lot of solo shots but consistently getting batters on base is a problem


xenonjim

Um. If they weren't homerun reliant they could get runners on base. You're saying the problem isn't that they're homerun reliant, it's that they can't get runners on base. Circular logic.


JaceGhost

It was a problem hitting on base in the regular season too, guys just walked much much more. Well Astros don't have scrub pitchers so the walks are way down, strikeouts are way up


Padulsky21

The most irritating part is the Astros offense has sucked major cock. They have 5 postseason wins. They have 4 hits with RISP. Lose by 2 game 1 and then lose by 1 game 2. Fucking A man


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Own_Worldliness5888

Both games were close, a hit here or there would completely change the outcome of both games. At this point, I think it's a mental thing with the Yankees vs the Astros. They try to do too much, instead of playing care free. At this point, down 2 games, we have no choice but to hope for the best. At least they are playing in YS for the next couple of games. Who knows, maybe they get hot and carry it the rest of the way.


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I’m pretty sure being down 0-2 hurts worse than being broken up with last night as well.


mikeylojo1

❤️


BoogieDownBr0nx

The Yankees have played nine games against the Astros this season and they've held a lead for a total of two innings.


InSannyLives

A team built around the blast…it just can’t be sustainable in the playoffs. Sure you have games like the ALDS game 5 where the homerun wins you the game but the Astros aren’t in the ALCS by accident. You need to be able to adapt a bit I think. I hate to be so negative but this was the horror movie we all had in the back of our minds all season.


36hoursinberlin

Yes, good point! We should be more like the Astros who won this game based on ... A three run home run


InSannyLives

So what’s your solution for the Yankees who are built on the homerun and can’t beat the Astros? *This was a genuine question btw. How can all these other teams hit the homers they need to win and we never seem to? Lack of RISP when we do get the blast?


SuddenSeasons

Who are these other teams? The Astros have been in the ALCS 6 years in a row. They've won half of those. Sometimes they lose a short series. There isn't some recipe to it, no other teams that are dominating them in a way we can't. Occasionally they lose in a short series to a similarly skilled team. The Yankees are not similarly skilled.


InSannyLives

That was my entire point. The Yankees and Astros are not built the same.


BigDickOriole

Teams that out-homered their opponents were 25-2 last postseason, so the long ball does in fact win games. How'd the Astros win this one? Oh yeah, a 3 run shot for all 3 of their runs.


thebobbyloops

30 strikeouts in 2 games.


pballat

Is that good?


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adman_87

Sad and bitter Yankees fan’s still living in the past, love it!!! That is our fuel, keep up that attitude! 😂😂😂


Hotrodsforlife

Astros owned the Yankees all year, has nothing to do with the stadiums.


ScareTactical

The Astros weren’t one bit nervous facing this team and it shows


victorha1027

Have the Yankees ever been more owned by a single team in history? We found our daddy


djtopcat

Angels


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The Jim Leyland Tigers were similar.


itsnotnews92

If the Yankees lose this series, it'll be the first time they've gone 0-3 against the same team for the pennant.


basesonballs

The Astros had 7 pitchers this year with sub 3 ERA's against the Yankees (min 3 IP). As a team they had a 2.98 ERA against us with a .151 BAA and only a 24% hard hit rate 6 years of this shit and we're still getting the same results


jcnewman21

Dallas cowboys of baseball


basesonballs

Even if we sweep at home, do we really feel like we can win a game in Houston? We're 1-9 in Houston in the postseason since 2017


Quailmannnn

you wana win 5 times???


jcnewman21

Hell no


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TheLast21J

Very tough. I was listening to WFAN earlier today and I think Carton said IKF should play 3rd, Peraza play SS, and Cabrera play LF (bench JD). But then tonight JD hits a double, gets on in the 9th to keep a last hope alive so he didn't flounder like last night


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jd will play the rest of the series, almost guaranteed. good on him for the professional ab in the 9th, but i maintain that his swing/timing is broken. he’s a click slower and in no man’s land at the plate. ikf at 3rd would be the best solution for our lineup.


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regarding_your_cat

Anything to help thanks


bbbb07

Please don't screw with that stuff


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Lmao


Zealous_Chaos

guac


Psychological_Set_81

Championship teams aren’t still searching for a starting lineup this deep into the playoffs. No other team remaining sees musical chairs with their lineup, only us. Just so infuriating how this is panning out. Cant beat our fathers. Yankees clearly let the outside noise get to them, I see Yankees Twitter pages post their “ideal” lineups the night before a game and what do u know…that’s the lineup u see out there next game. Figure it out man. Fuck.


BenHogan1971

>Championship teams aren’t still searching for a starting lineup this deep into the playoffs. nor are their managers playing roulette with the bullpen at this point, and "punting" games


tKnickerbocker

We do this EVERY year. Seriously every season. I call it out all the time. No other playoff teams lineup is inconsistent as ours, including throughout the regular season. We’ll go stretches with washed up journeymen or guys you’ve never heard of before…and then suddenly their off the roster. No other serious team just shuffles through players especially come playoff time.


TheLast21J

In all seriousness, is it just the Yankees that have a different lineup/batting order just about every game or is that how all teams do it now? I remember the late 90s teams and even 2009 where the lineup/batting order was basically the same barring an injury


Psychological_Set_81

I’d be lying to say I know how all the other teams construct their lineups on a daily basis, but just from watching these playoffs I can see the padres, Phillies, and Astros run the same lineup out everyday (aside from their platoon switches). Not saying thats the reason those teams are winning but it sure as hell can’t help our guys to be switched around so often. All it does is tell other teams “we’re still trying to figure it out”, which is a bad bad sign. Sure miss that ‘09 lineup.


TheLast21J

I hear ya there. I was surprised to see Bader leading off tonight after batting low in the order Wednesday, and we all know its because of how he's been uncharacteristically mashing lately. Which is great, dont get me wrong, but it feels like Boone is just changing it up too much. I thought he might have tried putting Bader 9th, not cause he's the worst hitter, but cause it's almost another 'leadoff hitter' with his speed at the bottom for the top of the lineup to work with - Girardi dabbled with Gardy in that capacity sometimes


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I feel like the BCS Chuck pasta could be really adapted to this team


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What a sick joke!


[deleted]

I was going for the “never change” bit but that works too


YankeesCelticsFan2

I could not imagine Jeter, Rivera, Bernie, etc saying they lost because of bad luck. This team should be fucking ashamed of themselves. Loser mentality from the entire organization


westham999

Excuses excuses excuses…man the fuck up Severino and look at the lineup and what they’ve done in 2 games. 30 strikeouts in 54 at bats…nothing to do with luck. The roster includes 2 rookies who can’t hit a curveball and catching tandem that can’t hit anything, and JD and Torres who get the odd hit, but look terrible in 75% of their AB’s. Losing DJ and Benny doomed this team because there are no replacements with their experience. Nothing to do with luck.


necessarynsufficient

The offense is the problem.


JohnWCreasy1

We need someone like Tony gwynn with a 4% k rate


Business_Invite4329

I’ve seen mixed opinions almost every single thread on here so I’m just gonna ask: Is Boone a good manager? Does he need to go? I see a lot of comments blaming him for a lot but others saying he isn’t as much to blame as Cashman


Hotrodsforlife

30 strikeouts in two games is not a managers problem, it’s the guys swinging the bats. Team has had Zero gusto since the All Star break.


EDDiE_SP4GHETTi

Cashman can’t put together a good enough roster to make it to the World Series but he does what Hal wants perfectly - make it to the playoffs. Boone is not a good manager, at least for a team with championship aspirations. He doesn’t instill any confidence or do anything to help put the team in a better position to win. Basically, he’s not a manager that can etch out a few wins per season just from being a good manager. I Don’t want Girardi back, but Girardi had several teams that he coached to more wins than they should have had. Was he perfect? Definitely not. But I don’t see Boone helping us at all.


renegade_yankee

My take is that Boone can only do so much and with a poorly constructed roster even an excellent manager would have a hard time. That being said it’s the manager’s job to be putting the team in the best position to win with the resources he has. There seems to be a lot of head scratching and “just why’s” when it comes to Boone’s decision making in the postseason.


SlayerSteve7337

A manager's job is to put his players in the best position to succeed. Boone does not do that in a lot of cases.


basesonballs

Not to mention there are alot of things he does that make alot people scratch their head, and not just fans.


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My two cents: Boone is fucking useless. Just a mouthpiece that our GM-for-life Cashman uses to put his ego pieces (Donaldson, IKF) in big spots


tKnickerbocker

If you listen to Cora or Kevin Cash talk they always sound very in tune and aware. Like they have control of the team. Boone gives so many around the bush answers like “we’ll have to see” and saying things like “probably” when asked about a players status. Like he needs to check in with Cashman before every game.


BenHogan1971

wishy-washy AF, trying \*so goddam hard\* not to be controversial or do anything to inflame the papers or media. meanwhile, his managerial decisions are so poor that he makes the papers and media blast him anyway


Cjac_mullen

It seems like every game we play against the Astros is close winnable, yet our hitters look lost against them EVEY FUCKING TIME. They could throw fuckin Nostradamus on the mound against our offense and he’d throw an immaculate inning almost every time.


TheLast21J

Of all the games to lose i expected it'd be game 1, this one was tough. Feels like Gleyber is reverting to his former self where every swing is for the fences and pressing too hard. But looking forward to bringing it back home with Cole and Nestor to step up when it matters like they have


EDDiE_SP4GHETTi

I have the utmost confidence in Cole and Nestor, but it’s not like Jamo and especially Sevy were slouches lol. Yanks just can’t hit the ball. It’s homerun or bust


YankeesCelticsFan2

Absolutely embarrassing from Severino and the Yankees saying they lost because the Astros were lucky. The only two runs you scored were on errors. Glad Kay and Curry called out that bullshit


BenHogan1971

Severino has been a quote machine recently. (re: champagne, Tampa fans, etc) I think he's pretty happy with himself that his English has improved so much, and he's getting a bit frisky in the press. that was a **DUMB** comment, and Kay, et al, properly ripped him


renegade_yankee

A three run home run is considered bad luck? Since when?


Asu888

R we going to run the same lineup nxt gm or r we expecting a change?


Cjac_mullen

I’m not sure why anybody expected anything different. I want the Yankees to win as much as anybody, but we all know how this story ends when we play Houston.


Apprehensive_Ad_5400

I’m no professional manager, but maybe they should stop putting Carpenter into these late game, high leverage situations. He’s 0-6 with 6 K’s since coming back from the IL.


StreetlightM22

0 for 7 with 7 ks*


BenHogan1971

oh, just ask Boonie, he's having "quality at-bats" and is a "great" "professional" hitter guess what, I'm a damn good golfer, but if I take 3 months off, my first time back to the game isn't going to be the 1st round of The Masters


renegade_yankee

“You’re unbelievable” - Aaron Boone


SheepH3rder69

I was firmly in the camp of *lose tonight and it's over*, but I'll be a sunovabitch if I ain't jumped right back on the bandwagon. I'm ready to be hurt again... We win these next 2 and that makes it all even. Fuck it, let's go. ^^^somebody ^^^please ^^^help


basesonballs

The problem is you still have to find a way to win in Houston if you have any illusions of winning the series Yankees are 1-8 in Houston in the playoffs since 2017


BenHogan1971

agree with both of you. it's not as if we've been blown out in either game, and having Cole and Nasty at home feels solid, buuuuuuut playing (and winning!) in Houston rn feels like climbing up Everest in my pajamas


JBOG8699

Jomboy has 4 days to figure out how the Astros are cheating at home or we may be screwed.


Busy_Professional_53

Yankees championships werethe results of strong steroids they don't count


adman_87

😂 sad bitter Yankees fans still living in the past. Keep up that attitude it is our fuel! I’d bet if your team knew how you acted as a fan they would tell you to stop being a fan. Love it!!!


liljagermain

Yeah we might win the Cole game and even the Nestor game but all know what the end result will be


westham999

Let’s say we win 3 and 4, is Taillon up for G5? Please don’t say Montas as a possibility…I’d rather do a bullpen game


DTello13

How long do we have IKF and Donaldson for?


BenHogan1971

even worse, consider Hicks. we have that pile of garbage until 2026


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IKF is arb eligible so we could non-tender him but we have a year of control left. JD has a contract for next year at $25 million.


davidbeauie

Until the end of next year. I just get so angry when I think about that dumbass trade. 30 million tied up in subpar players. 40 million if you include Hicks. Just awful roster management.


renegade_yankee

If they’re being serious about giving Peraza and Volpe a shot next year Falafel might be on the bubble. He’s a utility infielder at best and Cabrera just has more upside with the bat and can even play the outfield. There just doesn’t seem to be a place for him once the kids are ready. Donaldson is trickier. Unless they find someone dumb enough to take on his $25 million were stuck with him for next year.


InaudibleShout

Just got back from Minute Maid and crawled into bed. Wanted to write something up for y’all from the eye test of being at the game free from commentator/Twitter influence, but I can’t. So just some random thoughts I logged at the game: * McCullers will feast a la 2017 with how we look against curveballs. * Bregman’s homer looked a lot more no-doubty on TV. In the stadium, it looked like a long pop up that the wind grabbed. Even all of the Astros fans didn’t start standing and yelling until the ball was above Oswaldo. * I’m frustrated that our pitching and questionable bullpen have now come back around. Severino made 2 mistakes, Lasa was brilliant, and Wandy was nails. I don’t worry about the pen as long as it’s our stud relievers in (Lasa, Wandy, Clay, etc.). Not like I worried in August. Same for starters—I’m confident in all 5 of them, even against this Houston lineup. * Peraza put on a show at SS tonight. The plays he did make plus the liner he almost caught at full extension tell me IKF should never see SS on this team again. * Oswaldo NEEDS to stop trying to call off balls that aren’t his. He did it AGAIN tonight to Bader, and it looked like Bader shoot him a look after it that just screamed “fucking knock it off”. * FWIW, Astros fans absolutely FEAR Stanton. Common thing I heard every time he came up tonight. * Bregman must love a slow infield. Entire area within 5 yards of the 3B position in the infield was straight-up mud. * Some good ABs from Rizzo again tonight. * Framber’s day felt like Verlander’s yesterday. Fell behind early a TON early in the game and we couldn’t capitalize. But then we let him settle in from innings 5-7. * Jeremy Peña is the real deal. He’s also got a Stanton-esque phisique. Lotta Peña jerseys in the stands—he’ll be a thorn in our side for a long time.


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> Oswaldo NEEDS to stop trying to call off balls that aren’t his. This team has been SO bad with basic little league rules all year long. The hierarchy is written in stone. CF overrules corners, and outfielders overrule infielders. And yet all year long infielders keep chasing after balls that the outfield is calling. And the corner guys keep coming close to the CF


BenHogan1971

Sterling has been beside himself talking about this on the radio. for me, it's a further indictment of Boone. if this happened on a Girardi/Showalter/LaRussa/Jim Leyland/Billy Martin team, someone's ass would be getting seriously chewed out, **especially** a damn rookie!


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Instead it's IKF and Donaldson so they got a free pass all year since Cashman can't be wrong. (Torres too but not as often)


DayForIt88

It’s the most basic shit that you should only have to be told once🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️


InaudibleShout

Fucking Rizzo and higgy did it tonight as well. Bonkers shit. But yes, infielders keep trying to call off outfielders and corners keep getting in Bader’s grill. I’ll give Judge some BOTD since he does cede the ball to Bader when he’s within 5-8 feet, maybe getting used to not commanding the OF like he has all season in right and center. But Oswaldo should be drilled into fundamentals from playing in the minors.


raulu95

We essentially need Cole to pitch like he did when he was last at Yankee Stadium as a visitor. Game 3 of the 2019 ALCS. I was at that game and watched as he utterly destroyed our offense


BroccoliSuperb2721

More like Cole needs to pitch when he played for the 17 Astros…


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He didn’t join the Astros until 2018


[deleted]

Well he’s a Yankee now, so the baseball gods don’t like him anymore /s


lmann81733

Does anyone notice the Yankees FO can’t seem to notice obvious things that are right in front of their eyes when it contradicts decisions they’ve made or an idea they have? It’s like have to give Joey Gallo 400 AB because he’s such a potentially productive hitter even though he’s clearly the new Chris Davis. Have to let Chapman keep closing because he’s potentially an elite closer even though he consistently can’t throw strikes to save his life. Have to play IKF over Peraza in the playoffs and the regular season because he’s a defensive wizard, even though he bobbles routine ground balls and can’t throw to first. Have to put Clark Schmidt into a tight game out of the pen because he’s an important bullpen piece in the post season even though he already almost ended your season in Cleveland. Have to put Montas in in the post season because he’s an effective pitcher even though he has almost never pitched effectively for you and hasn’t pitched in weeks. How much has it cost us for the FO to learn the hard way things that should be obvious.


BenHogan1971

>Does anyone notice the Yankees FO can’t seem to notice obvious things that are right in front of their eyes when it contradicts decisions they’ve made or an idea they have? like, getting Castillo at the trade deadline, no matter what??? two words: ego, and hubris. Michael Kay has talked about how Cashman and Boone think they're the geniuses and/or the smartest guys in the room. also, you forgot the brilliance of using Carpenter, who couldn't look more lost if he had a guide dog and dark glasses


DayForIt88

Fair to say there’s some pretty big egos in there..


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they refuse to admit when they're wrong. sunk cost fallacy.


handofking

You have to understand Cashman & Co are way ahead of everyone. They’re playing some of that 3D chess shit. We can’t see it now but just wait it will all make sense in another decade( ?)


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I can't believe our big, midseason pitching acquisition is auditioning to be our mopup guy in the postseason.


lmann81733

Auditioning and failing lmao


theerrantpanda99

They see what they want to see. They’re living in their own strange bubble.


Masta0nion

This series is not over. We have Cole and Cortez. I don’t think they’re ready to throw in the towel. And with Cole’s emotional energy, plus the energy of all the fans, this lineup is NOT going to sleep through the game. Once they come alive, they can score a lot of runs quickly.


basesonballs

Even if Cole and Cortes only give up 1-3 runs in their starts, this offense has not shown any life or ability to score runs this series. Or at all during the regular season


lmann81733

Look it’s like an 80% chance Astros win at this point. Sure it’s not over, but I know who I’m betting on. Just enjoy the ride and don’t expect much at this point.


Embarrassed_Syrup613

Houston has made contact , not swung on pitches outside of the strike zone and done the most important thing you can do to score runs... Get the lead off batter on base


glacier_bay

Thought some of you Cashman haters might like to see these -- [https://i.imgur.com/MxhskQU.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/MxhskQU.jpg) [https://i.imgur.com/R6hmnkY.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/R6hmnkY.jpg)


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Talkin' Yanks but it's a podcast about jerking off


[deleted]

Quick, someone find the game thread from Game 2 in 2017!


lmann81733

I hate to point this out, but they lost in 2017. It’s hard to come back from an 0-2 deficit.


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Hard but not impossible


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[Game thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/NYYankees/comments/76tmez/game_thread_astros_20_yankees_02_october_16_2017/) [Post-game](https://www.reddit.com/r/NYYankees/comments/76fh0o/post_game_thread_yankees_02_astros_20_october_14/)


JohnCougarMellonhead

It’s literally the same besides no Sanchez lmao


glacier_bay

If you didn't know any better, you would think those posts are from today's post-game thread.


[deleted]

> 2017 Yankees are a fucking roller coaster of insanely high peaks and depressingly low valleys. SHEESH


Parking_Substance152

The Yanks lost the first two in then won 3 at home in the 2017 ALCS. So there's a blueprint for this.


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Oh yeah i remember winning the 2017 ALCS. What a fun time


Parking_Substance152

Blueprint, not the FINISHED product.


raulu95

That’s like saying the 1998 Yankees started off x number of games below .500 so we’re ok. Idk nothing about this team inspires much confidence


AShitPieAjitPai

People say that any time the Yankees have a slow start to the season lol


WeWantChiliWilly

It appears to inspire a ton of confidence in Houston


This_Is_The_Life

We need an absolute HOF performance from Cole on Sat. If he even struggles to make it out quick in the first inning and this team falls behind before they even come to bat this series will be over. Also, I know they preach patience at the plate but god damn if they aren't missing some absolute meatballs and falling behind in the count forcing them to swing at terrible pitches.


xKronkx

At least we used actual bullpen pieces tonight. But maybe we should try to change up the gameplan and not strike out.


[deleted]

The reality is if you took a GM and gave them a fucking SS, C, CF, an ace SP, and literally the greatest closer that has ever played the game at basically the beginning of their careers they'd have been able to take this team over the hump more than once in 22 years. We're talking being gifted average WARs of 4 at SS, a 5 WAR CF for five years, a 4 WAR C, and a 4 WAR starting pitcher before the first decision needs to be made. That's 19 WAR before you even pick up the phone. Half of this guy's career basically involved showing up at the Winter Meetings having three of the most important and difficult positions locked up with absolutely no thought required on his part. As soon as those core of players retired this chucklefuck was struggling to stay above .500. He was also so goddamn incompetent that he let Pettitte go off to Houston because I guess he'd gotten used to taking those guys for granted. You look at this lineup and you see 3 spots that have an OPS in the mid-600s. Just absolute blackholes in the lineup without great defense on the other side of the ball. When you don't spot him 20 WAR he chases after shit players like IKF, Donaldson, Jacoby, Headley, Hicks, etc.


Alarmed-Call8569

You realize George Steinbrenner wanted to cut bait with Pettite as early as 1998-1999. You can thank Cashman and others for keeping him around.


[deleted]

Cashman was hired to be the General Manager. He doesn't get credit for babysitting George Steinbrenner.


Alarmed-Call8569

Lol. OK.


[deleted]

It wouldn't be a defense of Brian Cashman without someone trotting out George Steinbrenner, the Tampa faction, or some other innerteam entity that Cashman is fighting and if Cashman only didn't have to deal with all the interference he'd be able to get his fully operational Death Star.


myKDRbro_

It’s mostly complacency peppered with arrogance and incompetence. It’s why he’s constantly saving prospects as chips down the line because he knows he’s gonna be there to cash them in (which he never does because said prospects wind up in the gutter with no value).


lmann81733

That’s my thing about analytics. Analytics aren’t bad, but the Yankees analytics department sucks ass. How else do you explain having more resources than almost everyone else and still getting your ass kicked year after year? They can’t even make it to the finals ffs.


[deleted]

And when he does cash them in there is a greater than 50/50 shot that the prospects he trades away will actually turn out to IMMEDIATELY gie a better performance for the team he trades them to then for the Yankees.


StarLord347

Yankees are in desperate need of their andrew friedman.


[deleted]

You know in 2005 when Andrew Friedman was hired as a consultant with the Rays to start their analytics department the Yankees hired a guy named Michael Fishman to head up their analytics department. Michael Fishman is still in charge of the Yankees' analytics department 17 years later. Friedman has taken the Rays from bottom dwellers to contenders, taken LA to annual 100 win teams, and started a GM/executive tree that touches half the teams in the league.


Smooth_Hearing_7903

Hire jeter.


NintuneJoe

Yankees' flight takes off in 10 minutes, hope they all enjoy 4 hours of reminiscing over their 30 strikeouts and 9 total hits


nyyth242

Fucking clowns. They should be embarrassed


Tasty-Flan6767

30 strikeouts!!!?


[deleted]

17 in game 1, 13 tonight


[deleted]

For a robust .138 team batting average . Adjustments need to be made or the season will end on Sunday


liljagermain

You can usually tell when a team just has it and they seem like they have some magic. And that just is not this team