The Official New York Yankees Thread

Cliffy6745

Always nice to get home from my soccer game to 5-0. Team is rolling. Cory Wade blows though. He's gone once Aardsma is ready.

Baltimore is about to lose and Tampa is losing. Would be nice if both lost and the Yanks have a 4 game lead

igotid88

Would have liked the complete game for Hughes.

igotid88

4 game lead

neilybabes86

that Wise play gets better and better

DS1119

Gardner transferred to the 60 day DL. I think they need to make a move. Wise is not the answer.

Newch91

neilybabes86 wrote:

that Wise play gets better and better

Cliffy6745

DS1119 wrote:

Gardner transferred to the 60 day DL. I think they need to make a move. Wise is not the answer.

He was only transferred to the 60 day to make room for the dude they picked up, it has nothing to do with any setbacks or anything. Who do you want them to pick up? Damon is not an option considering he can't play the field, and is batting .212 and slugging .328 (!)

I would absolutely love for them to make a play for Carlos Gonzalez if the Rockies ever put him on the block, but I can't see that happening and his splits make me slightly nervous. A move like that would make me feel a lot better about Granderson walking after next year. Would take a real big haul.

DS1119

Cliffy6745 wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

Gardner transferred to the 60 day DL. I think they need to make a move. Wise is not the answer.

He was only transferred to the 60 day to make room for the dude they picked up, it has nothing to do with any setbacks or anything. Who do you want them to pick up? Damon is not an option considering he can't play the field, and is batting .212 and slugging .328 (!)

I would absolutely love for them to make a play for Carlos Gonzalez if the Rockies ever put him on the block, but I can't see that happening and his splits make me slightly nervous. A move like that would make me feel a lot better about Granderson walking after next year. Would take a real big haul.

I think he was transferred becasue of the setbacks. IDK. I would be really surprised, although I'm hopeful, if he plays this year. I would love to see Damon back in the lineup. Someone that can create something on the basebaths. Right now the team is station to station and a homerun hitting team. When the homers don't come, they don't win.

Cliffy6745

DS1119 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

Gardner transferred to the 60 day DL. I think they need to make a move. Wise is not the answer.

He was only transferred to the 60 day to make room for the dude they picked up, it has nothing to do with any setbacks or anything. Who do you want them to pick up? Damon is not an option considering he can't play the field, and is batting .212 and slugging .328 (!)

I would absolutely love for them to make a play for Carlos Gonzalez if the Rockies ever put him on the block, but I can't see that happening and his splits make me slightly nervous. A move like that would make me feel a lot better about Granderson walking after next year. Would take a real big haul.

I think he was transferred becasue of the setbacks. IDK. I would be really surprised, although I'm hopeful, if he plays this year. I would love to see Damon back in the lineup. Someone that can create something on the basebaths. Right now the team is station to station and a homerun hitting team. When the homers don't come, they don't win.

He wasn't. They picked some pitcher up off waviers and had to put him on the 40 man. Since Gardner has been out since April or whatever, he was transferred to the 60 day (retroactively) to make room for the new guy. He is going to take dry swings next week and the Yanks are aiming for the end of July.

You have to get on base to be able to steal and right now Damon has an OBP under .300. Ibanez is a better hitter (and left fielder) at this point in his career. Yankees don't have room for nostalgia and Damon is just not that good at baseball anymore. No power, no average. Ibanez and least gets into one here and there.

This team has 23 wins in the last 30 games.

Cliffy6745

Oh and daytime baseball going for the sweep. Keep it rolling Andy.

DS1119

Cliffy6745 wrote:

He wasn't. They picked some pitcher up off waviers and had to put him on the 40 man. Since Gardner has been out since April or whatever, he was transferred to the 60 day (retroactively) to make room for the new guy. He is going to take dry swings next week and the Yanks are aiming for the end of July.

You have to get on base to be able to steal and right now Damon has an OBP under .300. Ibanez is a better hitter (and left fielder) at this point in his career. Yankees don't have room for nostalgia and Damon is just not that good at baseball anymore. No power, no average. Ibanez and least gets into one here and there.

This team has 23 wins in the last 30 games.

I know they picked up a pitcher but he's nothing really. Damon on the Yankees however is a different player then Damon on the Indians. All I'm saying is this team needs someone to create something on the basepaths. They have zero right now. Granderson's there best bet for that but he seems to be more worried about hitting home runs now...which he should. It's the only way the team can win.

Cliffy6745

DS1119 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

He wasn't. They picked some pitcher up off waviers and had to put him on the 40 man. Since Gardner has been out since April or whatever, he was transferred to the 60 day (retroactively) to make room for the new guy. He is going to take dry swings next week and the Yanks are aiming for the end of July.

You have to get on base to be able to steal and right now Damon has an OBP under .300. Ibanez is a better hitter (and left fielder) at this point in his career. Yankees don't have room for nostalgia and Damon is just not that good at baseball anymore. No power, no average. Ibanez and least gets into one here and there.

This team has 23 wins in the last 30 games.

I know they picked up a pitcher but he's nothing really. Damon on the Yankees however is a different player then Damon on the Indians. All I'm saying is this team needs someone to create something on the basepaths. They have zero right now. Granderson's there best bet for that but he seems to be more worried about hitting home runs now...which he should. It's the only way the team can win.

But why? Like I said, over the last month this team is playing .750 ball (that obviously won't last). Why would you change anything? I don't get the knock on hitting home runs. The whole playoff argument doesn't really make sense to me considering you probably aren't going to get sustained rallies against better pitchers but need to take advantage of mistakes. The Yankees put mistakes in the stands. I don't see how that is an issue.

The whole hitting with runners in scoring position will even itself out. The lineup is too good to not get hits in those situations. I'm not a little bit worried.

Edit: And I don't get how Cashman and the Yankees can rely on Damon being a better player on the Yankees than he is on the Indians.

DS1119

Cliffy6745 wrote:

But why? Like I said, over the last month this team is playing .750 ball (that obviously won't last). Why would you change anything? I don't get the knock on hitting home runs. The whole playoff argument doesn't really make sense to me considering you probably aren't going to get sustained rallies against better pitchers but need to take advantage of mistakes. The Yankees put mistakes in the stands. I don't see how that is an issue.

The whole hitting with runners in scoring position will even itself out. The lineup is too good to not get hits in those situations. I'm not a little bit worried.

Edit: And I don't get how Cashman and the Yankees can rely on Damon being a better player on the Yankees than he is on the Indians.

I would just reference the last few Yankee playoff exits to teams that rely on winning with homeruns. Like I said I hope Gardner can make it back. That team needs a player like him and if he won't be ready they better find one.

Cliffy6745

DS1119 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

But why? Like I said, over the last month this team is playing .750 ball (that obviously won't last). Why would you change anything? I don't get the knock on hitting home runs. The whole playoff argument doesn't really make sense to me considering you probably aren't going to get sustained rallies against better pitchers but need to take advantage of mistakes. The Yankees put mistakes in the stands. I don't see how that is an issue.

The whole hitting with runners in scoring position will even itself out. The lineup is too good to not get hits in those situations. I'm not a little bit worried.

Edit: And I don't get how Cashman and the Yankees can rely on Damon being a better player on the Yankees than he is on the Indians.

I would just reference the last few Yankee playoff exits to teams that rely on winning with homeruns. Like I said I hope Gardner can make it back. That team needs a player like him and if he won't be ready they better find one.

I hear you with that and it is a valid point but I think timely hitting is the bigger issue. Yanks had a chance to win in game 5 last year with the bases loaded and couldn't get a hit. Playoffs are a crapshoot and unless you are head and shoulders better than everyone like 2009 (who hit a whole lot of home runs and wouldn't have won without them) it's all about getting hot at the right time. Either way, the Yanks seem confident Gardner will be back, although they weren't really concerned with Pineda either.

DS1119

Cliffy6745 wrote:

although they weren't really concerned with Pineda either.

Exactly. They seem to be able to hide the severity of injuries very well in recent years. It goes from day to day, to month to month, to season ending quite alot with them.

DS1119

CC to the DL. :fp:

Cliffy6745

DS1119 wrote:

CC to the DL. :fp:

Welp, hopefully it's as minor as they are making it out to be, especially given our posts just above. This recent stretch has certainly given them some room to weather this storm.

Cliffy6745

HA. This is almost the exact same qupte he gave last year about Jeter

“I talked to our doc and he was talking to me about the DL situation,” Brian Cashman said. “(Steve) Donahue was telling him CC was like, ‘Well, maybe miss a start, I don’t know about DL.’ I said, ‘Well start preparing, because I’m going there tomorrow and he’s going on the DL.’ I came in here and it was a one-way conversation. I did all the talking. I know what he wants to do, but this is what we’re going to do. You have to protect players from themselves. He’s a competitor and he wants to be out there. He feels he can pitch with it right now, but we’re not going to mess with it.”

DS1119

Cliffy6745 wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

CC to the DL. :fp:

Welp, hopefully it's as minor as they are making it out to be, especially given our posts just above. This recent stretch has certainly given them some room to weather this storm.

I think I read abdominal strain. Somewhat quoting David Wells from a few years back "you can't strain fat".

Cliffy6745

DS1119 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

CC to the DL. :fp:

Welp, hopefully it's as minor as they are making it out to be, especially given our posts just above. This recent stretch has certainly given them some room to weather this storm.

I think I read abdominal strain. Somewhat quoting David Wells from a few years back "you can't strain fat".

Yeah, that was great. Think this is a minor groin issue, hopefully minor.