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2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:42 am
by Chicat
So the Yankees just traded for a guy who has put up an OPS+ in his first 3000 plate appearances only rivaled by Ty Cobb, Mickey Mantle, Jimmie Fox, and Mike Trout while giving up very few of their top prospects (like, almost none).

Juan Soto, welcome to the Bronx!

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:23 am
by EastCoastCat
A la Trea Turner for the Dodgers. Renting him for 1 year but he's got quite a resume. Boy, the Yanks sure will have a lot of pop in that line-up.

Forgot to mention the addition of Verdugo (Tucson boy) who I have always liked and Grisham who can come in for late inning defense. Nice outfield line-up.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:26 am
by gronk4heisman
Love seeing Hal finally open up the check book that used to be the Yankees biggest advantage, even if it is just for one year.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:09 pm
by Chicat
Unfortunately Boras probably won’t let him get extended but I’d love for them to lock him up long term.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:32 am
by gronk4heisman
I am still convinced this is a one year thing before Hal goes back to penny pinching next year, hoping that the results from this year appease fans for awhile.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 9:58 am
by EastCoastCat
Yamamoto???

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:12 am
by Chicat
Cole & Judge are hurt so if anyone needs me I’ll be drowning myself over at the creek.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:51 pm
by azgreg

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:52 pm
by Chicat
5-0 is a great start.

5-0 on the road against a perennial rival and last year’s NL World Series representative is just about enough to give a man some hope.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:19 pm
by Chicat
Thank you DBacks for bringing me back down to earth. This is still a fundamentally flawed team.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:23 pm
by EastCoastCat
Chi - I have Judge on my Fantasy team.

Sorry about that…

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:21 pm
by Chicat
EastCoastCat wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:23 pm Chi - I have Judge on my Fantasy team.

Sorry about that…
He came through today. He just needed to hear you apologize.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:25 pm
by Chicat
Yankees are on pace to win like 135 games.

I still don’t see them winning more than 90.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:41 pm
by Chicat
Longtime radio play-by-play man John Sterling has retired due to health reasons.

Personally, I was never a fan. Listening to him and Suzyn Waldman do a game is like listening to George Costanza’s parents argue over paella. But any end of any era is to some degree a sad one. Hope he is able to recover from his health struggles.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:47 am
by gronk4heisman
Last night was a bad bad loss, stranding multiple runners nearly every inning, and an awful series split at home against the lowly A's travelling across country. Series like this are the difference in a stacked tight division like the AL east.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:20 pm
by Chicat
Aaron Judge is just straight up bad right now. Missing completely hittable pitches.

I wonder if his spring training injury has lingered.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:21 am
by EastCoastCat
Chicat wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:20 pm Aaron Judge is just straight up bad right now. Missing completely hittable pitches.

I wonder if his spring training injury has lingered.
What did I tell you? Players on my Fantasy team mysteriously turn to shit.

I’m a MLB cooler…

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:40 pm
by azgreg

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Sun May 12, 2024 6:12 pm
by Chicat
For as much shit as I talk about this team (and how weak I truly believe them to be), they keep winning series.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed May 15, 2024 7:23 pm
by Chicat
Won another series on the road.

And Judge is fucking BACK.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 3:04 pm
by Chicat
Hammering the bad teams and splitting with the good ones is a recipe for a 100 win season. White Sox just ran into a buzz saw.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 8:39 am
by Chicat
All three are on a heater. Here’s hoping they don’t go cold in the second half.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu May 30, 2024 10:16 am
by gronk4heisman
Chicat wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 8:39 am All three are on a heater. Here’s hoping they don’t go cold in the second half.
Put Judge and Stanton in a padded room until mid August as a safety precaution.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 8:20 am
by Chicat
If Soto is really hurt, the Yankees only hope is that Jasson Domínguez is ready to go and can come in and do his best Juan Soto impression.

And here I was just starting to get optimistic. Silly Chicat…

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:37 am
by EastCoastCat
Chi - I’m going with my son who is a huge Yankee fan Sunday night. He will be wearing his Yankees gear while I will be sporting Dodger blue.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:42 am
by Chicat
EastCoastCat wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:37 am Chi - I’m going with my son who is a huge Yankee fan Sunday night. He will be wearing his Yankees gear while I will be sporting Dodger blue.
Awesome

Might be a great pitching matchup!

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 11:17 am
by EastCoastCat
Chicat wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:42 am
EastCoastCat wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:37 am Chi - I’m going with my son who is a huge Yankee fan Sunday night. He will be wearing his Yankees gear while I will be sporting Dodger blue.
Awesome

Might be a great pitching matchup!
Yep. Looks like Glasnow vs Gil.

Plunking down $500 for tickets and told my son it’s coming out of his inheritance.
😁😁😁

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 4:01 am
by Chicat
Soto gets hurt and they immediately revert to last year’s form. Ugly…

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 6:17 am
by EastCoastCat
Chicat wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 4:01 am Soto gets hurt and they immediately revert to last year’s form. Ugly…
And I’m sure he will play tonight when I attend…

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2024 7:37 pm
by Chicat
EastCoastCat wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 6:17 am
Chicat wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 4:01 am Soto gets hurt and they immediately revert to last year’s form. Ugly…
And I’m sure he will play tonight when I attend…
Took the third day off but unfortunately my Yankees treated your Dodgers rudely.

Went to KC and won tonight without starting Judge, Stanton, & Rizzo. I like that a lot. Rizzo especially needs to sit. He’s been awful.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2024 2:46 am
by EastCoastCat
Chicat wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 7:37 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 6:17 am
Chicat wrote: Sun Jun 09, 2024 4:01 am Soto gets hurt and they immediately revert to last year’s form. Ugly…
And I’m sure he will play tonight when I attend…
Took the third day off but unfortunately my Yankees treated your Dodgers rudely.

Went to KC and won tonight without starting Judge, Stanton, & Rizzo. I like that a lot. Rizzo especially needs to sit. He’s been awful.
Great time at the Stadium and my son was happy so not a total loss. Lot's of Dodger fans too.

Funniest moment was the fans shouting “We want Soto” when Grisham, his replacement, was at bat. He promptly hit a 3 run homer to basically win the game a moment later.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2024 11:18 am
by Chicat
That feeling when you single-handedly kick the shit out of your former team in their stadium and oh yeah that team just happens to be the Red Sox who traded you because they didn’t like your passion and now you’re a New York Yankee and on the first team to 50 wins…

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2024 11:56 am
by UAEebs86
He went to Sahuaro in Tucson. My son remembers him from Little League All-Stars.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2024 5:32 pm
by Chicat
Judge is hurt and just left the game.

Life is cruel and not worth living.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 3:13 am
by EastCoastCat
Looks like you guys dodged a bullet unlike Betts.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 3:54 am
by Chicat
EastCoastCat wrote: Wed Jun 19, 2024 3:13 am Looks like you guys dodged a bullet unlike Betts.
True

Hopefully the Orioles are good at dodging fastballs up and in. They’ve hit way too many of our guys this year and last.

Actually, on second thought, I hope they’re real bad at getting out of the way of high heat.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2024 10:37 am
by EastCoastCat
They know it’s coming tonight so if I were the Yanks I would drag it on for a while. Tough enough facing Cole in a normal situation let alone knowing a 97 mph could be whizzing by your head at any moment.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 9:14 am
by gronk4heisman
First real struggles the Yankees have faced this season, even with Soto and Judge still raking. They really need some of the others to step up if they want to be a real World Series contender before Hal cuts back.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2024 9:19 am
by Chicat
gronk4heisman wrote: Wed Jun 26, 2024 9:14 am First real struggles the Yankees have faced this season, even with Soto and Judge still raking. They really need some of the others to step up if they want to be a real World Series contender before Hal cuts back.
The good news is that our slide coincides with the Orioles losing 5 straight. Otherwise we’d be looking up at them and fighting for a wild card.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 8:18 am
by gronk4heisman
Aaron Judge keeps raking, the Yankees keep losing. The pitching has really taken a nose dive to go along with an extremely top heavy batting order.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 9:40 am
by Chicat
This stretch reminds me of last year. Sad efforts from bad lineups.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:32 pm
by Chicat
Starting pitching is now dog shit.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 6:42 pm
by Chicat
EastCoastCat wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:21 am
Chicat wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:20 pm Aaron Judge is just straight up bad right now. Missing completely hittable pitches.

I wonder if his spring training injury has lingered.
What did I tell you? Players on my Fantasy team mysteriously turn to shit.

I’m a MLB cooler…
Aaron Judge has proven you wrong.

Unless you traded him. 😂

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2024 3:55 am
by EastCoastCat
Chicat wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2024 6:42 pm
EastCoastCat wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 8:21 am
Chicat wrote: Fri Apr 26, 2024 7:20 pm Aaron Judge is just straight up bad right now. Missing completely hittable pitches.

I wonder if his spring training injury has lingered.
What did I tell you? Players on my Fantasy team mysteriously turn to shit.

I’m a MLB cooler…
Aaron Judge has proven you wrong.

Unless you traded him. 😂
Don’t jinx it man!

😁

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2024 6:47 am
by Chicat
Unfortunately back in the real world this is 2022 redux.

Sizzling start then Judge has to break through to 60/130 just to keep us from falling out of the wild card in the second half. It’s been ugly.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2024 5:24 pm
by gronk4heisman
In the month of June Aaron Judge and Juan Soto each had OBP of over .500, that is pretty amazing. Unfortunately the Yankees also had 6 regular starters with OBP under .280 during the same stretch. It is quite literally a two man lineup at this point. Mix in the fact that our pitching has gone in the toilet and this team is getting hard to watch even with two of the most exciting players in the league.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2024 7:10 pm
by Chicat
Time for Boone to stop being everyone’s best friend and start yelling at these guys who keep grounding out with Judge and Soto on base.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:44 am
by EastCoastCat
Except last night it was Judge’s DP ground out that did them in.

I always thought the Yankees were playing a bit over their heads and they would come down to earth. They are who they are - a pretty good team with 3 studs (Judge, Soto and Cole), strong pen, good but not great starting pitching, with some question marks at a few positions.

Still 20 games over .500 is nothing to sneeze at. But they should look at adding some pieces before the trade deadline.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 5:28 am
by Chicat
EastCoastCat wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:44 am Except last night it was Judge’s DP ground out that did them in.
It absolutely was not. It was only managing to get two hits through the first 7 innings and JD Davis grounding out with Soto on 3rd & Judge on 2nd in the 3rd when they were down 2-0 and needed some momentum. He gets a hit there and the Yankees win that game going away. Had to have it, didn’t get it.

Re: 2024 New York Yankees

Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2024 5:57 am
by EastCoastCat
Chicat wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2024 5:28 am
EastCoastCat wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:44 am Except last night it was Judge’s DP ground out that did them in.
It absolutely was not. It was only managing to get two hits through the first 7 innings and JD Davis grounding out with Soto on 3rd & Judge on 2nd in the 3rd when they were down 2-0 and needed some momentum. He gets a hit there and the Yankees win that game going away. Had to have it, didn’t get it.
Point taken. Although media and fans here, not surprisingly, were not as forgiving. They expect Judge to always come through.