The Official New York Yankees Thread

Cliffy6745 said:

Some good stuff here

http://riveraveblues.com/2017/09/thoughts-on-the-final-off-day-of-the-regular-season-161132/

This...so much this.

2. Why are the Yankees are on pace to win 90.6 games with the second best run differential in baseball? Because they’ve obliterated the normal attrition rate associated with even top prospects. Aaron Judge might hit 50 home runs as a rookie. Gary Sanchez has 32 homers as a 24-year-old catcher despite missing a month. Luis Severino has performed like a legitimate ace. That’s not supposed to happen! When you have three prospects like that coming up through the system, you hope to hit big on one and thank the baseball gods if you hit on two. Hit huge on all three so quickly? Come on. That doesn’t happen. Young catchers usually need a few seasons to find their footing offensively. A 6-foot-7 hitter is supposed to need years to adjust to big league pitchers picking apart the holes in his swing before posting .400+ OBPs. Young starters who throw 100 mph for 100+ pitches aren’t supposed to stay healthy. The Yankees hit the prospect jackpot. Judge, Sanchez, and Severino all became impact players very quickly. The veterans have helped get the Yankees where they are. No doubt. But they’re all complementary players. The three homegrown All-Stars are the centerpieces of this soon-to-be officially postseason bound team.

Cliffy6745 said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Some good stuff here

http://riveraveblues.com/2017/09/thoughts-on-the-final-off-day-of-the-regular-season-161132/

This...so much this.

2. Why are the Yankees are on pace to win 90.6 games with the second best run differential in baseball? Because they’ve obliterated the normal attrition rate associated with even top prospects. Aaron Judge might hit 50 home runs as a rookie. Gary Sanchez has 32 homers as a 24-year-old catcher despite missing a month. Luis Severino has performed like a legitimate ace. That’s not supposed to happen! When you have three prospects like that coming up through the system, you hope to hit big on one and thank the baseball gods if you hit on two. Hit huge on all three so quickly? Come on. That doesn’t happen. Young catchers usually need a few seasons to find their footing offensively. A 6-foot-7 hitter is supposed to need years to adjust to big league pitchers picking apart the holes in his swing before posting .400+ OBPs. Young starters who throw 100 mph for 100+ pitches aren’t supposed to stay healthy. The Yankees hit the prospect jackpot. Judge, Sanchez, and Severino all became impact players very quickly. The veterans have helped get the Yankees where they are. No doubt. But they’re all complementary players. The three homegrown All-Stars are the centerpieces of this soon-to-be officially postseason bound team.

Point three and four of this about driving up pitch counts is valid also.

Yeah, man.  I was thinking the other day when that Twins kid was pitching that this more like your stereotypical yanks lineup.  Drive up the pitch count, get the starter out and beat up the bullpen.

tempo_n_groove said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Fuck, I caught the piece just as some of the players were looking like they were going to cry/barf over the spectator hit.  They didnt show what happened -- was it a kid that got hit or something?
As much as it is a pain in the ass to have the screens up at Philly this season, it is much easier to sit by the dugout with my easily distracted 12 year old.  I was always on super watch and insisted I sit in-between him and the batter.  Now I can look at my phone/around the stadium & chill.

Yeah, that looked bad.  It looked like Holliday was crying.  They showed a 2 second glimpse and it looked like a very small kid that they were carrying out, but I am not 100% sure just how young.  Was definitely a kid.

Put the friggen nets up.

This is dumb to not have the nets there, knowing what we know about safety and being able to measure exit velocity.

Nobody screamed for the nets for years and years.  I personally don't like them.  

Is this where we are heading now though?

xavier mcdaniel said:

knowing what we know about the speed of balls, I never want to sit down low where there's netting. I went to the Orioles game tonight and sat in the field level behind the plate where there was netting and even though a ball could go over the net as a fly ball, it's a lot more of a peace of mind knowing a line drive isn't screaming your way.

tempo_n_groove said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

knowing what we know about the speed of balls, I never want to sit down low where there's netting. I went to the Orioles game tonight and sat in the field level behind the plate where there was netting and even though a ball could go over the net as a fly ball, it's a lot more of a peace of mind knowing a line drive isn't screaming your way.

Not attacking you X-man, just some thoughts.
 
This is what fascinates me, you didn't know the ball was coming off the bat like a rocket all the other years?  It was pretty evident that it was hit hard and fast back in 1987 as well as in 2017.

2nd I always liked being in seats where it was possible to get a foul ball.  Being behind a screen meant there was no chance...

I do wonder if they put up more nets if the experience between player and fan will diminish even more?  No autographs down the rails if a net is up?  Or maybe just a less of a chance.  Just a thought.