This is the hardest blog post I have ever done. The retirement of all time great and the best player in Major League Baseball for the past twenty seasons, Derek Jeter has hit me hard. The best player and one of the very first players drafted by Mr.S. (rip) and the YANKEES is gone and the hole he leaves offensively and defensively as the best shortstop in baseball is enormous. However, we must move on.
The YANKEES for 2015 will be fine and are reloading. With a very deep and talented starting rotation, albeit a starting rotation with much to prove, do not be surprised if this team performs far above expectations of the pundits and so called talking head experts. Didi Gregorius has been tabbed to replace Jeter at shortstop, which in reality can never be done. Didi needs to be himself, do what he does best and must not let the comparisons to Jeter get to him. Chase Headley has been given the third base position and that may be one of the best moves the YANKEES have made in the off season. The basic starting team will be McCann c. Teixeira 1b. Drew 2b. Headley 3b. Gregorius ss. Gardner lf. Elsbury cf. and Beltran rf. The YANKEES have a boatload of very promising minor leaguers, some of which who will undoubtedly be heard from over the 2015 season.
During the off season the YANKEES lost closer David Robertson, but have gotten better and deeper in the bullpen with the maturation of Betances and the signing of Miller. The closer spot has not been decided and possibly no one will be named. From start to finish the YANKEE pitching staff will be exemplary and carry the team a long way. The lineup on the other hand will have to come together and several players will have to step up their game over last seasons effort. The loss of Jeter, the leader, the captain, will leave a gaping hole that will have to filled by everyone in the lineup stepping up their performance.
Personally, I had an almost non-stop off season with interviews and evaluations. By my choice I am now on a year to year proprietary deal with the Steinbrenner sons. But they are not Mr.S. Hopefully, they will make the decisions that are best for the team, the fans, and winning.
I've noticed the stat frauds are almost non-existent here anymore. You guys and gals have done a great job beating them off, refuting and disproving their garbage man made formulas that are meaningless and useless. WINS and WINNING will always define the best players and teams. I will try to post more often this season and glad you are still here and growing the best baseball blog in the world, the WIN METHOD.
To conclude............LETS GO YANKEES.
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Final 6-4 win
Big win, lets go Yankees.
We just took back to back series from the two teams who had the best record in baseball when we faced them. Sweet!!
No let down guys. Great effort versus the Tigers and Mets. Keep it going, one game at a time.
A great week for the Yankee team and Yankee fans.
Tampa in for three games and they will be looking for revenge. Since we swept them a little over a week ago the Rays have been red hot and are tied with the Yankees for first place. The winner of this three game series will be the first place team. No letups, and win each game.
Warren, Whitley, and Tanaka listed as Yankee starters for Tampa series.
Whitley is in because they want to give Tanaka an extra day. It really gives everyone an extra day unless Whitley is in for only one game, because Thursday is an off day which would mean everyone would get an extra day.
Got to keep the pressure on and not let up. Take game one of this series tonight.
Keep scoring runs. One more than your opponent is enough.
Lets do it, just win.
Pitchers duel thru five. Yanks score one in fifth for 1-0 lead.
3-1 Yanks after 6.
4-1 Yankee win.
Warren 1 run thru 5 2/3. Bullpen 0 runs for final 3 1/3. Wilson the win, Betances the hold and Miller the save.
Yanks take game 1 of this series. 4-1.
Very nice game from Warren again. Nice guy to have on the team.
Welcome back Chase Whitley. Here is an opportunity. Take advantage of it.
Everybody contributes to wins. Offensively and defensively.
An abundance of riches at pitching. I remember WIN METHOD saying several years ago all he was doing was concentration on pitchers to build the farm. Fruition is here.
The Yanks are playing pretty good baseball right now.
All left handed lineup tonight
1.
Ellsbury, CF
2.
Gardner, LF
3.
Teixeira, 1B
4.
McCann, C
5.
Beltran, RF
6.
Jones, DH
7.
Headley, 3B
8.
Drew, 2B
9.
Gregorius, ss
Maybe we can get to the porch in right a few times with an all lefty lineup.
Miller and Betances have combined for:
20.2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 8 H, 11 BB, 34 K.
A thing of beauty. Most important are the wins, saves, and holds,
3-0 W/L record 5 holds 8 saves
2-0 Yanks after 2.
2-1 Yankees after 3.
Yanks up 2-1 thru 3.
4-1 Yanks. Whitley five innings one run.
Yanks cling to 4-2 lead after 7.
Tanaka may be out for a month with forearm and wrist tenderness. Going on the DL.
I guess that's why Whitley is realy here.
Final 4-2 win.
Yankees win 4-2.
Good game for Whitley and Rogers in relief. Martin for the save.
Tonights win takes this series. Pineda goes tomorrow afternoon to try for sweep.
Tough news about Tanaka. We will overcome.
The Yankees are playing the ultimate WIN METHOD baseball right now. Everyone and anyone contributing, solid pitching and decent hitting.
Sweeeeeeep today!!!
At least the Tanaka injury is not the elbow. None the less it sets him back. One players setup is another players opportunity. Go Yankees.
The Yankees got the win last night without using Betances or Miller. That is nice and says something about this team.
With Tanaka down, this coming month will be important. Need to keep our head above water and everyone step it up a bit.
Go Yankees. Hit and pitch and WIN.
afraud lives. Strikes out with runner on third and one out. Can't bring in the run WHEN it matters. 0-0 after 1.
Pitchers duel at the Stadium. Scoreless after 3.
Pineda cracks first giving up 2 in the 4th. Yanks trail 2-0 after 4 as afraud flails away away again striking out with men on and no outs. Rally killer.
Headley HR guts Ray lead to 2-1 after 5.
Yanks down 2-1 after 5.
2-2 after 6 on Chris Young HR as afraud a whiff again of third time in game.
2-2 after 8.
Extra innings 2-2.
2-2 into the 11th. Betances and miller perfect over three innings.
afraud whiffs for the 4th time in game and is oh-5. Going to the 12th at 2-2.
tough loss, but you can't win them all. Off day tomorrow.
Fianl, Yanks lose in 13, 3-2.
A giant set of goat horns for afraud.
afraud caps off the day hitting into a game ending double play, going 0-6 with 4Ks. Utterly pathetic. He has shot his load and needs to go. Yanks los4 3-2 in 13.
afraud will hit the interstate before you know it. Cost us this game, big time.
I hate losing games like todays.
afraud had one of the most pathetic days of hitting in Yankee history. Six at bats accounting for seven outs with four strike outs and failing to deliver a major run WHEN if mattered most.
Off day for the Yanks. But I can't get the taste of discuss with afraud out of my mouth.
Chill out today. Rest and bet ready for the next road trip.
Two extra inning games and two losses. One in 19 innings and one in 13 innings. You can't blame the pitching.
We finished April in decent shape.
CC tonight in Boston.
CC needs to earn some wins.
Tonights lineup card has afraud benched. Thank God.
All lefty lineup again tonight.
Yanks get 1 in 1st for 1-0 lead.
1-1 after 3.
Yanks trail 2-1 after 5. Lineup fails on 3 major WHEN opportunities.
CC finished six innings with a very good effort but leaves trailing 2-1.
McCann rbi single ties it 2-2 after 7.
afraud pinch hit HR in 8th puts Yanks up 2-1.
3-2 Yanks after 8.
Betances with a scoreless 8th. 3-2 Yanks.
Final 3-2 Yanks.
Miller 1,2,3 ninth. Another save.
Theeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeees Winnn.
You know people, Betances and Miller can't keep doing this forever. One and or both will have to blow a game some time.
Very nice win. A couple of hits earlier in the game at the right time, this game could have been much easier.
afraud taketh away and afraud giveth.
Eovaldi goes this afternoon. Lets go Nathan.
Keep on winning one game at a time. Would love to take todays game and put the series in the bank.
I agree Patricia, but they are certainly over the top right now. Unbelievable dynamic duo.
Lets go Yankees. Take another series and another step forward.
Yanks up 1-0 after 3.
3-1 Yanks after 5. Gardner all RBI's.
Eovaldi leaves after 7 leading 3-2. Very solid outing.
Wilson and Betances for a shutout 8th. Still 3-2 after 8.
young HR makes it 4-2 Yanks. 3 more outs.
Betances stays in for the close and save and strikes out all four batters for the Yankee win.
Theeeeeee Yankeeeeeees Winnnnn.
Beautiful. Yankees take game two 4-2 and have won this series. Sweeeep tomorrow night?
I'm in heaven. Go Yankees.
It's been a great weekend so far. One win at a time. Everyone contributes.
Eovaldi steps up and earns the win. Very nice.
Warren tonight to try for the sweep.
I can't believe how many Sunday night games the Yankees have played so far this season. But then again the Yankees are the number one team and draw in baseball.
The Yankee haters in the idiot world of the talk forums are betwixt, bothered and bewildered.
Keep it going guys. Love it.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!
Score a few more runs guys. Help out the bullpen.
Lets get the sweep. Every win is needed.
All lefty lineup again bur for one, afraud is DH.
Tex HR has Yanks up 2-0 in first.
McCann and Beltran deliver when it counts to give Yanks 5-0 in 3rd.
The Yankees have made the sux pitcher throw over 70 pitches in 3 innings.
5-0 Yanks after 3.
Warren with a very strong five innings so far as Yanks lead 5-0.
Gardner 3 run HR in 6th puts Yanks up 8-0.
Yanks up 8-5 after 6. sux score 5 after 2 out and nobody on.
An easy game is not over yet. 8-5 Yanks after 6.
afraud fails miserably again when it counts striking out with a man on third and less than two outs. Utterly pathetic
afraud lives up to his name.
We don't have Betances for the 8th, but we do have Miller for the 9th.
Wilson and Carpenter throw shutout 8th. Yanks up 8-5 after 8.
Yankees win 8-5.
Miller was extended to the limit throwing over 30 pitches for the save getting Big Papi for the final out with the bases loaded.
Theeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnn. but it wasn't easy even with an 8-0 lead.
Nothing is easy, but the win is all that counts.
A tough sweep of the sux. They do not roll over.
Miller looked like David Robertson last night. Getting himself into trouble before getting himself out of it. The one thing however is this is the first time Miller has done this, Robertson did it most of the time.
Big win and it isn't easy to sweep in Boston. Onto Toronto.
Whitley, Pineda, Sabathia for the Toronto series.
Goal, take another series, one game at a time.
Keep us rolling Chase. Throw up a batch of goose eggs.
It looks like almost everyone is contributing to helping the team win.
Team playing well right now.
Lets go Yankees, lets go.
Scoreless after three.
5 innings in an hour. 0-0.
With 2 on in the 6th afraud fails again.
Jones RBI single gives Yanks a run in the 7th.
1-0 Yanks after 7. Whitley has been brilliant.
Yankee bullpen, Carpenter/Betances blows it in the 8th. Yanks down 3-1.
Poor Whitley.
Yanks lose it 3-1.
Tough game to lose. Whitley stepped up big time.
Yyou can't win them all. Get even tomorrow.
Tough to win when you only score one run. Whitley was exceptional.
Bautista was the hero hitting a ground ball into the 2nd base hole with no fielder there. Bautista is a power pull hitter, but he did what was needed to help his team win. WIN METHOD
Bounce right back tonight. Don't lose the winning karma.
A new game today. Only wins count. Lets go Yankees.
Baseball, the greatest game. You don't have to go several days, a week or more to play again after a loss. come right back the next day and play again.
Pineda tries to get us even tonight.
Take tonights game.
3-0 Yankees after 2. Better than last night.
Tex 2 run HR puts Yanks up 5-0 after 5.
5-0 after 7. Pineda has been pretty solid.
Pineda with 8 scoreless innings. Got stronger later innings.
Carpenter comes in for the ninth, gives up three runs, then Miller called in for the one out save. Yanks win 6-3.
final 6-3 Yanks.
Series even CC tomorrow.
Last nights very nice and easy 6-3 win for the Yankees is just yet another game that blows the stat frauds meaningless stats out of the water. After being up 6-0 the Yankee bullpen came in for the 9th inning and allowed 3 meaningless runs bloating the individual pitchers meaningless ERA and the bullpens ERA. The win is all that mattered. But the stat frauds will go blindly on their merry way down the road of ignorance.
Right on johnsondc. The stat frauds are buried under their lies, deceit, misinformation, convoluted formulas, and ignorance.
Stat frauds are afraid to post here because they are challenged for being the fools they are and their illicit meaningless convoluted stats. Enough said on stat frauds. CC tonight for the series. Go CC, go Yankees.
Now all we need is for CC to win a few games.
I know it may be only a couple to several stats to compare starters, but right now CC is number 5.
It would be nice if CC can string several wins together.
Just say no to individual stats and stat frauds. Say yes to wins and winning.
Whenever I talk baseball with somebody and they spew that individual stats are what the game is about I know they are stupid and do not know baseball. WINS and only WINS.
CC for himself, needs a well pitched win.
Earn us a win CC.
CC struggling thru 2 innings. Yanks down 2-1.
Yanks down 3-1 after 4.
Yanks down 4-1 after 6. CC in trouble almost every inning.
Yanks down 4-1 after 6.
Down 5-1 after 8. Need a major rally.
It's final 5-1 loss. First series lost in two weeks.
CC not good and no run support = loss.
Right now Sabathia is not an asset.
The Yankees return home tonight after a great run of series, moving from last place to the top of the heap. Eovaldi, Warren, Whitley, and Pineda are the four listed starters.
CC at 0-5 has been a disappointment. Giving up to many hits when it matters most to the opposing team.
We have to hang tough until MAYBE Tanaka and Nova and possibly someone else can contribute.
Four games with the O's. Lets do it.
Who would of thought at seasons end last year that our starting rotation would include Eovaldi, Whitley, and Warren?
You never know how things develop. All you can do is your best to play through any and all obstacles.
Get us back to winning Eovaldi.
Back on track guys. Lets go Yankees.
2-1 Yankees after 2.
3-2 Yanks after 3 on afraud HR.
4-3 Yanks after 5. Game keeps going back and forth.
4-3 Yanks after 5.
4-3 Yanks thru 7 and it is now a battle of the pens.
Betances 1,2,3 8th.
miller another save. 4-3 win.
Theeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeees Winnnn.
Eovaldi win, Betances hold, Miller save.
Tough win, but a win.
Just enough for a WIN MRTHOD win last night.
Warren tonight. Interesting to see how his outing will compare to Eovaldis. Warren doesn't have Eovaldis fast ball but his pitches have more movement.
In my opinion, movement is more important than velocity. Now if you have great movement and velocity you get Betances and Miller for an inning each.
Velocity from a pitcher makes a hitter have to commit more quickly.
In the end, it is whether or not you can earn wins for the team that counts and matters most. I don't care if you throw 110 MPH, if you can't get wins and or saves, forgetaboutit.
McCann 2 run HR puts Yanks up 3-0 after 1.
McCann with a first inning Ballantine blast.
Beltran double WHEN it counted scores two giving Yanks 5-0 lead after three.
Warren struggling entire game pulled with 2 out in 5th. Tagged for 2 runs and still 2 men on his responsibility. Instead of just throwing strikes, fooling around to much and walk first two batters in 5th. Wilson in. for lefty lefty match up. Wilson gets the K.
Wilson with a walk and hit batsmen gives up to on just one single in the 6th. Yanks up only 5-4 after 6.
These games aren't easy and no body is giving you anything. You have to earn it.
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