The 2016 Major League Baseball season starts today. The New York YANKEES first game will be tomorrow in New York against the Houston Astros. The starting rotation has been decided, the twenty-five man roster has been decided, and tomorrow the drive for the playoffs will begin. This is not fantasy baseball, played by stat fraud fools who live by meaningless individual statistics, this is real baseball where winning is determined by what all players on each team contribute to help their team win the most often. These contributions are measured by wins and players producing at the right time, when it matters, and not by how much or how many stats they produce for themselves as their team fails.
The injury bug has bitten the YANKEES, as it has bitten every team in one way or another. First baseman Greg Bird is likely out for the season. Pitcher Brian Mitchell may be out approximately three months, and pitcher Andrew Miller with a broken bone in his non throwing wrist may have been the luckiest, and will lose no playing time.
Several YANKEE WIN METHOD youngsters are blooming and growing and are on the roster to start the season, and several more are on the near horizon and will start their season in the minors.
Several years ago the WIN METHOD made a concerted effort to find pitching talent each season and the YANKEES drafted many of these youngsters. The time is here for some of these youngsters and the time for others is just around the corner.
The YANKEE management led by the brilliant dealing of General Manager Brian Cashman have added several new players to this seasons roster and have deepened the bench for 2016. Also, three very possible future stars are so near. Catcher Gary Sanchez, right fielder Aaron Judge, and shortstop Jorge Mateo are getting closer to the major league roster every day. Playing regularly in the minors right now is best for them and their development. But they will soon be heard from.
Remember fans, it is a long season, there will be ups and downs, and as always only wins and winning will be the determining factor on which teams earn playoffs spots and go on to the second season. Let the stat fraud fools play their fantasy games. We will play for real baseball and root for our team to win and root for the contributions of each player to help our team win.
LETS GO YANKEES
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afraud, the lying cheat is batting .107
Yanks trail 3-1 after 5. Leave 2 more on in the 5th and 10 for the game.
Yanks down 3-1 after 5.
Yanks get 1 in 7th, trail 3-2 after 7 with 11 men LOB.
Eight innings complete. Down 3-2, one more chance.
Yanks lose again. 3-2 final and leave 14 men on base for the game.
Wow, another can't produce when it counts loss.
OK fans, and for so many newer WIN METHOD fans. The oldest and one of the best WIN METHOD tenets that puts the game of baseball in perspective. When you are playing your best, you are not that good, and when you are playing your worst, you are not that bad. The worm will turn.
The word is afraud want to leave MLB by making a name for himself. Everyone has heard of the Mendoza line in baseball which is used to describe a batter who is having trouble batting .200. afraud is trying to create the afraud line which is going to be used for a batter struggling to bat .100.
That is great Deb. The afraud line. He has already made a name for himself as one of baseballs all time liar and cheat.
Tanaka today to try to break the losing skid. The pitching hasn't been the problem.
The problem has been the inability for the hitters to deliver the big hits when the would matter the most. Just one or two hits at the right time in the past few games could have meant wins instead of losses.
wolfie citing the WIN METHOD tenet puts things in perspective and the worm will turn.
I have two requests. 1. Let the worm turn. 2. Out right release afraud.
Lets go guys, turn it around on a dime.
afruad still in lineup, that means the black hole is still there, but down in the six hole now.
Well Arod just had a pretty big hit...credit where credit is due
afraud must read this blog. After being called out repeatedly here, and rightly so, he hits 2 run HR to give Yanks 2-1 lead after 2.
3-1 Yankees after 3.
4-3 Yankees after 5.
It looks like afrauds HR was just a fluke in 1st AB. In next 2 ABs he Ks and pops up leaving 4 men on base.
4-3 Yanks after 5.
Yanks 4-3 thru 7. Betances in for 8th.
Betances 3 up 3 down, all Ks.
afraud strikes out again in 4th at bat.
Miller for the 9th and he also K's all three batters for the save.
Theeeeeeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnnn.
Final, a 4-3 win.
In the last two games Betances and Miller have faced 12 Mariner batters and struck every one of the out. Spectacular.
Off day tomorrow and them just maybe we can start a roll.
Think how pathetic a hitter yo must be that you can go 1 for 7 and raise your BA. afraud makes Stephen Drew look like an all star.
You guys are acting like goons, it's been 9 games - ya know Jeter once batted .161 with 0 home runs and only 4 rbis through the first 19 games of the season.
Off day tomorrow.
Off today..Tue, Wed, Thurs, nights at home with the Oakland A's. Pineda, Eovaldi, and Louie Louie for the Yankees. Then Fri, night, Sat, and Sun, afternoons with the Tampa Bay Rays. CC, Tanaka, Pineda for the Yankees. that will finish this homestand.
Mike, we may be goons, but we are not stupid. The difference between Jeter and afraud is that afraud lied and cheated baseball as a game, lied and cheated MLB, lied and cheated his team, lied and cheated the fans, and most important, lied and cheated his family.
Jeter did none of that, none.
Alex, also, Jeter could play the field and run the bases. There are several ways to help your team.
Was talking about strictly on-field performance, nine games doesn't mean much of anything.
A good time to string some wins together.
We have two home series this week. Win them both and we move forward. Lets go Yankees.
Agree, lets get the the wins rolling. We are better than we have been playing.
Pineda starts off the A's series tonight.
We have been getting decent pitching, even from the starters, the hitting when it counts has been the drawback so far this season.
It would be nice for Pineda to set the tone of this series with a dominating start tonight.
Different lineup tonight. Lets see what happens.
Glen, I checked out the lineup. It is intriguing. Ellsbury out. Hicks in. Castro up to 2nd. afraud 5th.
Guys, it doesn't matter who bats where. All that matters is producing when it matters.
One hit that matters and helps win a game is worth...you fill in the blank____________.
Ok team, do it.
1-1 after 3.
2-1 Yanks after 5.
2-2 thru 7.
2-2 after 9. We need to hit when it matters.
Yanks lose 3-2 in 11.
the lineup stinks up the place once again. 2 runs in 11 innings. Just enough to lose.
All we can do is try again today. The worm needs to turn in our favor.
Eovaldi tonight, but it won't make a difference until the Yankee hitters start to produce at the right times. The pitching has not been the Yankee issue, it has been the hitters failing time and again when the opportunities present themselves. Mixing up the lineup does not make any difference. I have little doubt that a player like Alex Rodriguez at this time has a devastating effect on the production of the lineup.
My kingdom for a winning streak!
Warren, you are right. If the team and its ownership are willing to accept cheating and lying, they have to sleep in the bed they made.
The hits and runs will come. Just have to go with the flow right now and stay close.
No lineup posted for tonights game yet.
Cast same as like night except Ellsbury in and Gardner out. afraud bats 6th and Hicks bats 9th. Castro in the 2 hole again.
HITS and RUNS
Game time, first pitch, single up the middle.
0-0 after 1 as afraud stands there looking at the third strike to end the inning leaving the bases loaded. There is a black hole in the lineup at whatever spot afraud is inserted.
Didi solo HR. Yanks up 1-0 after 2.
Yanks down 3-1 after 4.
Yanks down 3-1 after 6 and bats look terrible.
Yankees down 3-1 after 7 failing to score in the 7th with men on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out.
Solo HR by Beltran in 8th, but Yanks down 5-2 after 8.
Game over, another loss, 5-2 down.
This hasn't been pretty.
Louie Louie Severino starts tonight to try to stop the bleeding. The way the Yankees have been hitting, if Louie Louie gives up a run or two he may have no chance at winning.
afraud is no no no no no no no no no bueno.
Get afraud off the team already. He is a cancer.
This is the way the team was hitting last September.
George Steinbrenner must be turning over in his grave. What do you think he would be saying if he were alive for this debacle.
Gardner, McCann, and Didi not in lineup, but afraud is. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Eight right handed bats tonight. Really overdue to produce when it counts. Hopefully the dams will open.
I could see George Steinbrenner kicking afraud off the team, as things now stand.
Hicks rbi single for 1-0 lead after 2.
Romine RBI single in 4th for 2-1 Yankee lead after 4.
Yanks up 2-1 after 4.
2-2 after 6.
Castro rbi single in 7th. Yanks trail 4-3.
Final, another loss. 7-3.
Game over 7-3 loss. Swept.
The Yankees worst season in the past 10 years was the year Arod was suspended, if you think this issue is about him you're kidding yourself.
This is a team issue. Not an Arod issue.
We can't start to rise until we hit bottom. Where the bottom is will be the issue at hand right now.
I can't even say any of our starters will be the stopper. At least not until the lineup scores some runs and gives them a chance to win.
Losing streaks stink.
We have to start hitting, scoring, and producing at some point. That is what determines averages. And averages are meaningless compared to producing when it counts.
Hicks in CF for Ellsbury. Other positions the usual. We need production.
OK, I will predict a win tonight.
2-2 after 2.
McCann 2 run HR in 2nd for 2-2 tie.
Yankees trail 3-2 after 4.
Ellsbury steals home for 3-3 tie after 5.
Could Ellsburys steal be the spark that changes the momentum?
McCann rbi single for 4-3 lead after 6.
2 run double by Ellsbury in 8th puts Yankees up 6-3. Hits when they count.
6-3 Yanks after 9. Miller in for the save try.
Theeeeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnnnn. Finally.
Final 6-3 win.
Game over Nova win in relief. Betances save, Miller save.
Ellsbury and McCann step up, Yanks play around afraud 0-4 again.
We needed tonight.
It may be ingsignificant for the stat frauds, but Ellsbury could very well have changed the tone of the Yankee season. Lets move forward.
Let the sun shine in. Tanaka this afternoon. Build on last night.
Lets go Yankees. We will win it all.
Betances and Miller are amazing. Betances struck out all three men he faced and Miller struck out two of his three. Their strike out rat is phenomenal and Chapman will have much to do to show he is at least their equal.
Maybe, just maybe, could we have hit the bottom of the barrel. Is the worm turning. Lets go WIN METHOD.
Nice effort last night led by Ells and McCann.
The Yankees are facing a pitcher they have never seen before, and in the past the Yankees tend to do poorly against someone they have never faced.
Mike, you cherry picked one season. FACT: afraud since coming to the Yankees, the team has won one World Series. In the immediate similar time period before afraud became a Yankee the team won four World Series. When you look at the big picture you get the truth.
How can anyone defend any player who cheated the game all through his career, then lied repeatedly about doing it, until he was nailed and banned.
Yankees take 1-0 lead after 1 as afraud makes the final out leaving runner in scoring position.
1-0 Yanks after 3.
Yanks trail 2-1 after 5.
Get the bats going guys. Just a couple of runs.
Yanks scratch a run on Gardner rbi single for 2-2 tie after 7.
Gardy walk off 2 out HR in 9th for 3-2 win.
Theeeeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnnnnnn. AGAIN!
Betances and Miller with shutout 8th and 9th innings and Tanaka 7 innings just 2 runs and a couple of hits by Gardner to tie and win the game does it for the win.
Just enough to count. 3-2 win.
The bad, the stain, the black hole. afraud 0 fer 4 again. A team can't keep playing around this zero.
A tough win, but a win none the less.
A thought. In May, chuck afraud off the team. Beltran becomes DH. Judge promoted to RF and takes afrauds place on roster. Sanchez promoted and Romine goes to AAA. The team becomes better immediately and the black hole in the lineup is gone.
muchomachoman, The sad part is I think they don't have the intestinal fortitude to release the fraud.
Ellsbury and McCann the heroes Friday and Gardner today. Tomorrow another name?
Pineda tomorrow for the sweep.
Hard fought win yesterday. The combo of Betances and Miller are unquestionably the best closing duo in all of baseball.
Lets sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!
It's a long season, someone has to lose early and someone has to win early, but it only matters where you are after 162 games.
Regular lineup again today. The black hole is still there.
Yankees have their work cut out for them as Pineda gives up five runs in first inning.
Yanks down 5-0 after 1.
Yanks down 6-0 after 3.
Yankees down 7-1 after 5.
Yanks down 7-1 after 7.
Game over, 8-1 loss.
Wire to wire loss. Never in it. 8-1 downer. And yes, the lone rbi when it mattered least was from afraud the fraud.
3-6 home stand. Now on to a nine game road trip.
Billy, I was think of that when the Rays scored 5 runs in the 1st. This is the type of game afraud does something, or up 8-0. I should have.
This honestand showcased the Yankees weakness of both offense and starting pitching.
Everyone has been relatively healthy and still we've struggled mightily. This team doesn't look like a playoff team- and it's not just Arod, it's a number of "winmethod" players.
What has winmethod done to this once proud franchise.
Turn around immediately with a 6-3 road trip.
Frustrated Fan, It appears you think playing 10% of the seasons games defines a team. We might just as well go home now. Losers like you whine, quit and go home. We play out the season, ride the highs and lows, play the cards we are dealt, and go on to the playoffs. "struggled mightily" indeed, we have 10 losses, as has Tampa and Toronto. Boston has 9 losses and the worst team in the division has 6. If you think these few games determines the future, Baltimore wins the division. You are smoking something.
Patricia, well said.
Frustrated, What WIN METHOD has done for this always great franchise is, since its inception, the WIN METHOD has guided this team to more playoffs, pennants, and World Series championships than any other team in baseball.
Patricia
We haven't won a playoff game in any of the last 3 seasons. We missed them entirely in two of them. I'm frustrated that this team hasn't played up to the fans or owners expectations in years now.
No one said that the season was over, not sure why you insinuated that, but this play is not acceptable to me - nor is not winning a playoff game for 3 years. This team hasn't gotten worse over the years, not sure how you can debate that.
We start nine game road trip tonight. 3 in Texas, 3 in Boston, and 3 in Baltimore.
Has gotten**
Sorry for the typo
FF, You stated "This team doesn't look like a playoff team." If you believe that, then you believe the season is over. Or is it that your words don't matter. Many teams haven't won a playoff game in the past three seasons, and many haven't even been to the playoffs. Frustration breathes losing and that looks like you. We will overcome despite the negativity of far to many fans, but happily, very few on this blog.
Eovaldi starts tonights game. Lets get off on the right foot.
Sadly, we know what you meant Frustrated Fan, no need to apologize. Typos, grammar, spelling are no issues here. Wins and winning is the goal. One win at a time.
Sometimes things have a way of turning around with a change of scenery. Like a road trip.
Teena
That's a kind of silly conclusion. At 7-10 and last place, they have not been playing like a playoff team and as such, they do not look like a playoff team right now. They need to play a lot better than they have been thus far.
Why are you making it more complicated than that and putting words into my mouth?
Eovaldi like to pitch in Texas.
FF, Your words again "At 7-10 and last place, they have not been playing like a playoff team and as such, they do not look like a playoff team right now." The same can be said for Tampa, Toronto, and Boston. How a team performs over 10-20-30-49 games during the 162 game season does not tell if they will make the playoffs or not. The 162 game season will decide that. I think they are very well a playoff team that has started the season off poorly. That is not complicated by any stretch of the imagination.
Teena
So what of my words exactly do you disagree with, you think we've been playing like a playoff team?
FF, I'm saying I think we are a playoff team and will be a playoff team, despite the outcome of just a handful of games. Again, not complicated by any stretch of the imagination.
Teena
No I agree it's not. I also never said we weren't a playoff team. I said we haven't been playing like one to this point.
WIN METHOD fans, the discussion you have been reading between Teena/Bronx and Frustrated Fan illustrates rather potently the difference between a positive outlook compared to a negative outlook.
FF, I don't think any sub .500 team ever made the playoffs in MLB. What would you say in September about a team in first place, but just finished the month of August winning 10 and losing 20 games? Would you say they are not a playoff team and not playing like one although they are leading their division.
There is always only one thing to remember, that at the end of the season only one thing matters, and only one thing determines what teams go to the playoffs, and only one thing determines who the best players are. WINS. W-I-N-S.
afraud and McCann not in lineup. Ackley and Romine in.
Tom
I would argue they are not playing playoff caliber baseball at that time. The difference between that example and this team is that this team has yet to show a stretch of consistent winning yet.
The example you made is similar to how the Yankees struggled down the stretch last year- playing sub .500 baseball in the second half, lost their hold on first place, and ultimately lost their lone playoff game. We did not play playoff caliber baseball in that 2nd half like we did in the first and it showed once we actually played the wildcard game.
FF, it is not whether you play playoff baseball at any point in time, or stretch of time, it is whether you play playoff baseball over the 162 game season. That is all that matters.
These guys arent robots Tom. Playing good baseball going into the playoffs boosts a teams confidence and gives them a greater chance of a deep playoff run or championship.
I'm just giving my evaluation of the team so far, and based on what I've seen we have a lot of issues. That can change in baseball quickly for sure, but I can only base my opinion on what the team is showing me.
0-0 after 2. Didi and Romine both leave bags full in 2nd. WHEN.
FF, People can look at the same thing and see different things. The difference is anyone can look at a 5-10 team and say they aren't playing good. The knowledgeable people can look at the same 5-10 team and say they aren't going well right now, but they are going to be one of the better teams by the time the season closes.
Yanks up 2-0 after 3.
Gus,
WINMETHOD predictions from '13 and '14
2013 - We have so much talent on the horizon the YANKEES will continue their run of superiority and dominance unrivaled during the past two decades.
2014 - 2014 season outlook. Even at this time, without the rosters being finalized and spring training not yet open, the YANKEES look like a solid sure thing playoff team.
Point is neither you or I knows how the season will play out - so don't toot your horn about how much more knowledgeable.
We'll see how it goes and I hope they turn it around soon.
2-0 Yankees after 5.
FF, there is nothing to turn around, the wins will come when the hits come when it matters. Finished 1zt in 2011, finished 1st in 2012, finished 3rd in 2013, finished 2nd in 2014, and finished in 2015. Always a winning record and always competitive. Being more knowledgeable I have no doubt it will be the same in 2016.
3-0 Yankees after 7.
Eovaldi pitching a gem thru 7 and Yanks lead 3-0. Eovaldi gave up his first hit of the game in the seventh.
3-1 Yankees after 8. Betances gives up a HR for the Texas run. Perfect time, it doesn't mean anything and costs the team nothing.
Miller another save for the 3-1 win.
Theeeeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnnnnn.
"The wins will come when the hits come when it matters." - that would be the definition of turning it around.
Good start tonight, Eovaldi looked great, hitting when it counts is still an issue.
Great game from Eovaldi. Good start for the road trip.
Looked like a playoff team tonight.
Build on last nights win guys. Louie Louie tonight.
Eovaldi moved the ball very well last night, up down in out. Bloom and grow.
Gus: Great positive post. There are ups and downs for every team every season. It all comes out at the end where wins determine the best.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/statheads-are-the-best-free-agent-bargains-in-baseball/
What do you guys think about the fact the Yankees spend the second most on statistical research and development?
Louie Louies turn tonight. Just do what Eovaldi did and you will get what he got. A win.
Kat, statistical research and development is meaningless claptrap. Reason: Statistitcal research and development has led to too many teams playing dreadful losing baseball. Seven teams lost over 90 games last season. Another seven did not play .500 baseball last season. Throw in the fact that the three teams with the best records in baseball last season did not get to the WS.
What any team spends is their prerogative. What it gets them is nothing. You pay for garbage you get garbage.
Kat....Man made convoluted stats and formulas are useless and created for fools to drool over. Wins and only wins created by players on teams working together to produce at the right time to earn wins for their team. WIN METHOD buries false stats.
White Knight..Great post.
Kat..1. I don't think anyone has any idea what the Yankees or any other baseball team expenses for anything involving baseball operation. Particularly with any degree of accuracy.
2. Why don't you or the website you posted ask the 14 sub .500 teams just how statistical research and development are working out for them.
Maybe most of the sub .500 teams don't have as advanced R&D divisions...?
Not all 30 teams can be winners
Good news, afraud not in lineup tonight. Tex DH. Ackley 1b. Torreyes 3b.
Kat, I think most of the sub .500 teams are the ones with the most advanced R&D. That would explain their pathetic play.
will-i-am_____that was beautiful. nailed the stat frauds to the cross.
Really would like to see Louie Louie start putting it all together. He is still young and learning, but when the light bulb turns on, watch out. Going to be a star.
will-I-am and Yankeedoodledandy
You didn't look at the article did you? The Yankees, Rays, and Dodgers are the teams with the most advanced R&D divisions...They've all been very successful over the last few years
Kat, I don't think you read the post from Deb F.
You think the professionally published article that cites the source of all the information they obtained is lying?
Kat..Newspapers are professionally published and they are wrong and publish mis-information every day.
Dan, so do magazines, periodicals, network tv news, etc.
Yankees down 1-0 after 1.
This is real solid proof and documentation from Kats site.. """""""SourceS: MLB, VARIOUS TEAM MEDIA GUIDES""""""
Various team media guides. Totally useless garbage.
Yankees down 6-0 after 3. Louie Louie looking horrid tonight. 74 pitches in 3 innings.
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/fan_forum/mediaguide.jsp
The Yankee media guide is garbage? Why?
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