Hello WIN METHOD fans. It is that time, the 2017 MLB season is set to begin, tomorrow the games count. The magic of the spring training 25-9 record means nothing. The home runs, runs batted in, the wins, the losses the strike outs, etc, none of it makes a bit of difference. Now is when it counts and matters, performing under pressure, and producing when it matters to earn wins for the team is all that counts. WINS and only wins will, by seasons end, determine who are the best teams and players. They will be the players that help lead their teams to the playoffs.
The YANKEES for 2017 and beyond are blessed with an abundance of talent all through the organization. And success breeds success as each youngster pressures and pushes the players ahead of them to reach the final goal of reaching and playing in the major leagues. Once there, the goal of making the playoffs and advancing to the World Series can be reached. Hal Steinbrenner has come on board the WIN METHOD train and his decision is going to reap benefits as the YANKEES reach the playoffs more consistently and the fans come to the ballpark to see the new young talent for years to come.
The YANKEES will start the 2017 with three youngsters in the starting lineup. Aaron Judge in right field, Greg Bird at first base, Gary Sanchez catching. Unfortunately, shortstop Didi Gregorius is starting the season on the disabled list, hurting his shoulder playing in the sham world baseball classic fiasco. The YANKEES have added youngster Pete Kozma to the roster to fill in until Didis' return.
Johnathon Holder another youngster is also on the roster as a relief pitcher to start the season. During the season you will likely see many different youngsters see some time on the YANKEE roster and do not be surprised to see one or two stick with the team this season. Two of the brightest prospects are Gleyber Torres who is on the cusp of sticking with YANKEES this season and has a very bright future ahead of him. The second is Blake Rutherford who will start the season in single 'A' Charleston as a nineteen year old. Blake is my own personal favorite to be a real big star in the major leagues as he shows much of the character, charisma, talent and desire of Derek Jeter. Can you all imagine having a youngsters follow in the footsteps of Jeter who was the best MLB player in baseball over his twenty year career. More playoffs, pennants, the World Series rings than any other player in baseball over his playing time span.
The WIN METHOD blog has now exceeded over one hundred sixty-four million views and the number one baseball blog in the world. The growth over the past two years has been exponential as more people are learning that only WINS and winning determine who the best players and teams are in baseball. Individual stats show abilities of players to play at different degrees. Batting average, power, speed can be illustrated via individual stats for hitters, while strikeouts, walks, hits allowed can be illustrated for pitchers. But, the ability of any player to be the best can only be shown by WINS and winning. You can't be the best unless you win. WIN METHOD fans already know this, and as more and more people from all over the world read, enjoy, and follow this blog, they also become the smartest baseball fans in the world. They have learned that no players individual stats are more important than wins and winning. Wins and winning is the goal of every team and should be for every player. Wins and winning is what makes the WIN METHOD the best player evaluation tool in the world.
Now, as the 2017 season begins, we are looking for a winning season, the playoffs and beyond, as the team keeps getting better and more youngster keep getting better and becoming good enough to make the big league team. Thank you, to all you fans from all over the world, baseballs brightest and most knowledgeable. Lets all get ready for a great season. LETS GO YANKEES.
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«Oldest ‹Older 601 – 800 of 1452 Newer› Newest»Castro up, Hicks on 3rd, one out.
Castro infield grounder scores Hicks, Castro safe at first. It ain't over.
The Yankees score.
Girardi is letting Shreve bat with 2 men on. So Shreve surely pitches the 18th with a 1 run lead. Shreve grounds out.
The Cubs have to use a pitcher to bat in the 18th. No players left.
Shreve does it. The Yankees win 5-4 in 18.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
Final 5-4. Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Winnnnnnnnnnnn.
I can't believe last nights game. Chapmans failure made the team play nine extra innings to score one run.
Tanaka tonight in Cincinnati.
Likely everyone is sleeping right now. One thing for sure, the inferior national league is inferior baseball.
Hope Tanaka can go a long way into this game. Betances should be the closer if needed tonight. Someone or two probably on the Scranton shuttle also.
The Yankees won last night in the 18th without a ball going past the infield grass. Hicks got it all rolling with a bunt single.
Girardi sure out managed Maddon last night.
Maybe Chapman has an issue pitching in the very cold weather.
YankeeMike, I agree. We don't have use any pitchers as pinch hitters.
It was a pretty poor job of calling balls and strikes from home plate umpire last night. It looked like many strikes were called balls and many balls were called strikes. It was the same for both teams. No umpire should miss so many calls. I know edge of the plate pitches can be called either way, however when pitches clear inches off the plate or clear inches in the strike zone, they should not be missed as often as last night. Both teams gave their all last night for 18 innings. The distraction and what then went to being a joke of the home plate umpire was sad a deflection on what the players of both teams were trying to accomplish.
Lost in the 18 innings last night was the fantastic seven innings pitched by Louie Louie Severino. Severino appears to be coming of age and putting his skills all together to become a very solid and dependable starter. Also, I would mention how well Matt Holiday performed at first base. Holiday looked like he belonged there and made several very difficult plays well.
Doug Schoen......I think Chapmans problem last night was strikes clearly in the zone, were being called balls.
Lets just win tonight and move forward.
Monday 5/8 7:10pm
Masahiro Tanaka (R)
@ Reds - Rookie Davis (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Aaron Hicks (S) RF
3. Matt Holliday (R) 1B
4. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
5. Gary Sanchez (R) C
6. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
7. Chase Headley (S) 3B
8. Ronald Torreyes (R) 2B
9. Masahiro Tanaka (R) P
Castro and Judge both out of lineup today.
I love the way Girardi gives a day off to different players at different times. These guys can watch the game and see it from a different perspective, clear their minds, up their game.
Joe manages for the team to win, and the team wins. Great manager. He talks to and knows his players. He doesn't throw them under the bus, backs them, and they respect him.
We win as a team with everyone contributing. That is the WIN METHOD and that is baseball.
Off and running scoring three in top of first.
Yankees lead 4-1 after 2.
5-2 Yankees after 6.
Tanaka hasn't been sharp tonight but has completed seven innings giving up four runs. Yanks up 7-4 after seven.
10-4 final win.
Clippard and Layne pitch scoreless 8th and 9th innings to close out 10-4 win.
Good morning WIN METHOD fans.
Several days back it was mentioned what playing 6-4 baseball would do for a team. If you take the season and divide it into 16 parts of 10 games each, you get to 160 games. That is what we will talk about here. The other 2 games that close out the season for 162 games can be discussed at the end if the need be.
If a team plays 6-4 every 10 games for all 16 portions of the season they end at 96-64. That will very likely mean making the playoffs. More than likely no team will be 6-4 for every 10 game portion of the season. There well be 5-5's, 7-3's, 8-2's, 9-1's and even 10-0's. Those numbers are all pretty much positive. Then going the opposite way there will be 4-6's, 3-7's, 2-8's, 1-9's and 0-10's. Those are portions you will want to avoid if possible.
What I will be doing after every 10 game portions of this season I will post the Yankee record for those 10 games and then a running total for the 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, etc game marks all the way through to 160. We are looking for positive numbers. Remember WINS are what counts and the only thing that counts for players and teams to reach the playoffs. Likely every team will have ups and downs over the season. The teams who have more ups than downs, particularly the higher range ups and minimal downs will go to the playoffs. Baseball is all about winning. Lets see how our bloom and grow Yankees progress this season.
Here we go:
10. 6-4
20. 7-3 = 13-7
30. 8-2 = 21-9
Nice win last night after an 18 inning game. Rest to a few players, rest for the bullpen.
Cory, I like the tracking for every 10 games. Hopefully there are all 5-5's and up.
Cory, I like. It is like a staircase. You always want to move up and not fall down, and if you fall down make it a short drop.
Cory, It is all about wins. The team wins with contributions from every player. There is no player on this Earth worth $30 million a year. No one, not Harper, not Machado, not Trout.
Steve, No question who are right. No single player earns wins, all the players earn wins for the team. Yes, some players deserve more than others, and that should be based on many factors. I'll give anyone the first 25 picks and i'll take the next 25 and beat them over a 162 game season.
I like Cory. We start the next 10 games tonight. Lets go Yankees, WINS!
Interesting possibility, a team can have a 10 game win streak and go 5-5 in two consecutive 10 game periods. 5 losses 5 wins and then 5 wins 5 losses.
There are infinite possibilities over 160 games. The 10 game partitions are a good time frame to view how a teams season is progressing. I would think staying away from 3-7 or worse periods is desired. A few 4-6 can be balance by a few 6-4 periods. The 7-3 and above periods may show the stronger teams. Underline may. Because as Cory stated 16 6-4 periods gives a team 96 wins and 2 more games for possible wins.
CC tonight to try to keep the winning run.
People, what is being discussed in Cory's post is wins and only wins. In fact, no personal or individual achievements matter, it is the wins generated by everyone who plays for the team that matters. You play 6-4 ball 10 times and 5-5 ball 8 times you win 90 games and are in the playoffs or right on the cusp.
Cory's 10 game periods basically en-capsules 3 series. Winning each series is also a goal. If you win 2 of every 3 series that will carry you to the playoffs. The 10 game period usually extends into or out of a 4th series.
This is only a 2 game series. We need to win tonight to sweep it. CC is do for a top effort. Again, lets score early and go on to a win. Everyone contributes.
Tuesday 5/9 7:10pm
CC Sabathia (L)
@ Reds - Tim Adleman (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
4. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
7. Chris Carter (R) 1B
8. Ronald Torreyes (R) 3B
9. CC Sabathia (L) P
Sanchez in the 2 hole. Hicks, Holiday, and Headley day off. Predicting a base hit for CC.
Ideally CC gets six inning and we have the lead.
The bullpen is in better shape than it was last night so that is a plus. Best is if we only need it minimally like last night.
Score first and often, help CC out just as we did for Tanaka yesterday.
Rooting for you Quay Ho.
Cory, you break down what it takes to make the playoffs. Nowhere are meaningless stats used. It is all just wins and that is all that has ever counted. Good job and thank you.
Sanchez HR puts Yankees up 1-0.
Gregorius 2nd inning HR makes it 2-0 Yankees.
CC has nothing and looks awful. Gives up five 2nd inning runs. Yanks down 5-2 after 2.
CC settles down pitching scoreless 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings. Yanks down 5-3 after 5.
Final 5-3 loss. One bad inning by CC.
Should've, could've. Failed when it mattered.
One rotten inning where every ground ball found a hole doomed CC and the Yankees last night. The Yankees had their chances but failed when it mattered and could have won the game.
Off day today and the four games with the Houston Astros culminated by Derek Jeter night Sunday. We get to honor the best baseball player in the world over the past quarter century.
Cory, I like the 10 game stepping stones. It is like a graph.
Four games at the Stadium with the Astros starting tomorrow. Our pitching lineup is Big Mike, Monty, Louie Louie, and Tanaka.
Big Mike tonight against the Astros and Keuchel who is 5-0. Too bad Keuchel, you go down tonight.
Can we take this series? Yew we can.
All through our minor league system many WIN METHOD players are being given the chance to bloom and grow.
If both starters are on their game tonight, should be a pitchers duel. IF!
Thursday 5/11 7:05pm
Michael Pineda (R)
vs. Astros - Dallas Keuchel (L)
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Chase Headley (S) 3B
7. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
8. Aaron Hicks (S) LF
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Carter in the nine hole. Seven right handed bats in lineup.
It always nice to defeat someone who has not been defeated. Just do it guys.
Yankees trailing 3-0 after 3.
In the 5th and 6th innings Carter, Judge, and Headley all struck out with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs and trail 3-1 after 6. When failure, when failure, and when failure.
Down 3-1 after 8. No one is producing when it counts. One more chance.
Yankees go down 3-2 with tying run thrown out at home for the final out of game.
One heck of a rotten loss. The bright side is we never give up.
After last nights tough loss Jordan Montgomery starts tonight to try to even series.
You do have to admit this Yankee team is fun to watch and root for. The best is yet to come.
Last nights game was a near perfect in defining the difference of false, useless, and meaningless stat fraud ideas of baseball and the overwhelming, accurate, and game defining events that occur during a game which illustrate the difference between winning and losing.
Friday 5/12 7:05pm
Jordan Montgomery (L)
vs. Astros - Lance McCullers Jr. (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Matt Holliday (R) 1B
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) DH
6. Aaron Judge (R) RF
7. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
8. Chase Headley (S) 3B
9. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
No Carter a major plus.
Only one missing is Bird. At least their is no black hole in the lineup. Carter has filled the afraud hole to the detriment of the team.
Even the series tonight and then go from there.
Lets make up for last night.
Pound them guys, pound them.
0-0 after 2.
Yanks down 4-0 after 6.
Yanks coming to bat in ninth down 5-0. Third loss in a row unless we rally.
Yanks go down 5-1.
Try again tomorrow, weather permitting, but it does not look good.
NOTE:::::Todays game has been canceled. It is pouring in New York. The game has been rescheduled for tomorrow and will be a single admission double header starting at 2:00PM and then Derek Jeter Day ceremonies at @ 6:30PM followed by the regularly scheduled night game. If you have tickets for the Sunday night game you have the only valid tickets for tomorrow and your tickets will allow you to see the 2:00PM game also. Anyone with tickets for todays rained out game can exchange them for tickets for any other game during the season.
Tina, didn't you have tickets for the game tomorrow? You get two games now.
Can we take two tomorrow.
Louie Louie and Tanaka tomorrow. Likely Louie Louie first and Tanaka the second.
wolfie, Yes I have tickets for tomorrow and I am so excited to be able to be there. Lets go Yankees.
Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers in the world and especially to the mothers of our great WIN METHOD fans. WIN METHOD mothers are special.
WIN METHOD, Thank you, and love ya,
Thank you WIN METHOD and WIN METHOD fans.
Don't like losing streaks. Break the schneid with two wins tomorrow.
All hail the greatest MLB player over the past 25 years. DEREK JETER...DEREK JETER...DEREK JETER...
Louie Louie goes in todays first game. Got to win the first and then take two.
Good luck Teena, win us two. Enjoy the games and the grand ceremonies.
Tony Gigante, right on Tony.
Chapman onto the 10 day DL and likely out a month with inflammation of rotator cuff.
Sunday 5/14 2:05pm
Luis Severino (R)
vs. Astros - Mike Fiers (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
7. Chase Headley (S) 3B
8. Chris Carter (R) 1B
9. Austin Romine (R) C
No Hicks. Carter back in.
Lets go Yankees.
Yanks up 1-0 after 2.
Castro and Judge HRs give Yankees 4-3 lead after 4.
After falling behind 6-4 in the 7th the Yankees rally for a 6 run bottom of 7th and take 10-6 lead. Hits when it mattered. That's what baseball is about. WIN METHOD.
Yanks up 10-6 after 7.
Final 11-6 win. Now we can take two.
Let the festivities begin. Let us honor the greatest baseball player for the past 30 years. DEREK JETER. Winner, leader, character, charisma, played clean, integrity, WIN METHOD.
GOD BLESS DEREK JETER.
This is the best Mothers Day ever.
Sunday 5/14 7:38pm
Masahiro Tanaka (R)
vs. Astros - Charlie Morton (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
7. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
8. Chris Carter (R) 1B
9. Ronald Torreyes (R) 3B
DEREK JETER
DEREK JETER and the WIN METHOD = THE GREATEST PLAYER and THE GREATEST PLAYER EVALUATION TOOL.
Tanaka gives up 6 runs in first inning. You have to be kidding.
Yanks down 8-0 after 2. Tanaka taken out in 2nd after what may have been his worst start with the Yankees.
Holiday 3 run HR in 5th cuts Astro lead to 9-4.
Yanks go down 10-7. But they brought the tying tun to the plate in the 9th, never giving up.
Yankees have a needed off day today and hopefully will get back on track tomorrow.
Yankees travel to KC for three games and then on to Tampa for three games. Pitching should be CC, Pineda, Montgomery, Severino, Tanka, CC.
Guy Padikian, would like to take 5 of the 6. Need to keep winning to be the best.
Sorry fans, couldn't win both games yesterday.
The back end of the bullpen needs to step up and just maybe another WIN METHOD gem will bloom and grow.
What tends to get lost in losses is something like this in Sunday nights game. The Yankees were down 9-0 after four innings but still never gave up and fought back to bring the tying run to the plate before the game ended. Shows, at least to me, some character.
CC has to help us win some games with stronger efforts.
It's a long season folks. There are ups and downs for all teams. I think Cory's ten game time frames will show exactly that. Just have to keep grinding and do the best you can by producing more when it matters.
Tuesday 5/16 8:15pm
CC Sabathia (L)
@ Royals - Jason Hammel (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
7. Chase Headley (S) 3B
8. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Carter still at first base.
Sanchez 3 run 3rd inning HR for 3-0 lead.
Yanks up 3-0 after 3.
Carter 2 run HR in 4th for 5-0 lead.
Yanks up 7-0 after 8.
An easy 7-1 final and a win.
CC went a very strong 6 2/3 and Clippard 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Holder surrenders meaningless run in 9th.
Good start to the road trip last night. String a few wins together and move on.
Pineda starts tonight. Earn the win Big Mike.
Just need to play solid winning baseball, one game at a time.
Carter had his best game of the season last night. Could take him getting hot for a few weeks.
Birds bone bruise is taking a long time to heal.
Carter getting hot would surely help, particularly if he produces when it counts.
Wednesday 5/17 8:15pm
Michael Pineda (R)
@ Royals - Jason Vargas (L)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
7. Chase Headley (S) 3B
8. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Girardi going with same winning lineup as last night.
Just want to give a shout out to Tyler Clippard and the job he has been doing for the Yankees. I remember when WIN METHOD had him as a special pick over 10 years ago.
Big Mike needs to do what CC did last night. Get the win.
Yanks up 1-0 after 2.
Yanks score 5 times with 2 out in 4th for a 6-0 lead, 3 on Hicks HR.
Yanks up 6-2 after 4.
Yanks score 4 more in 5th for 10-2 lead.
10-4 Yanks thru 7.
Yanks take first two at KC and have a chance for a sweep tomorrow winning 11-7.
Gallegos gives up a few meaningless runs in 9th ballooning his meaningless ERA.
Final. Yankee win 11-7.
Montgomery and Yanks try for sweep in KC tonight.
Hobbs, you have learned well. You now know baseball and what the game is about (WINS), not meaningless stats spewed by stat frauds.
I'm going to post something a stat fraud would post right now. Here it is. Every team in the history of baseball that won a game by the score of 11-7 went on to win their next game.
muchomachoman, that sounds like something a stat fraud would post and probably all of his followers would believe it. None of which would check.
Hope Monty comes up big tonight. And the lineup keeps producing taking the pressure off the bullpen.
Thursday 5/18 8:15pm
Jordan Montgomery (L)
@ Royals - Danny Duffy (L)
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Chase Headley (S) 3B
7. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
8. Aaron Hicks (S) LF
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Looks like a lineup with a broom.
Lets go guys. Everyone contributes anyway you can for the win. Wins are all that counts.
Carter getting full time at first since he started making more consistent contact. Nice bat in the nine hole.
Yanks down 2-0 after 2. Sloppy play on double play ball. Then Montgomery fails when it mattered.
Yankees trail 5-0 after 5.
Final Yanks go down 5-1.
Can't win them all. Take the next series and keep moving forward.
Louie Louie starts tonight in opener of three game Tampa series.
All it takes is winning series. Lets take this one too.
Severino with a big bounce back win tonight is what we need to start this series.
Let go Yankees.
Friday 5/19 7:10pm
Luis Severino (R)
@ Rays - Erasmo Ramirez (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
7. Chris Carter (R) 1B
8. Austin Romine (R) C
9. Ronald Torreyes (R) 3B
Headley and Sanchez out.
1-1 after 2.
Yanks lead 2-1 thru 4. Louie Louie working hard.
Warren gives up 3 in 7th. Yankees trail 4-2 after 7.
Holiday 2 run HR in 8th ties game at 4.
Clippard gives up run in 8th. Yanks trail 5-4 after 8.
Yanks go down 1,2,3 in 9th. Lose 5-4.
Final. A loss 5-4.
another game that should have could have easily been won.
Would help if Tanaka wins today.
The fun of a 162 game season is there are so many ups and downs, hot streaks and cold streaks, but in the end nothing else matters than who wins. WINS is what the game is about, not the new fads such as statcast or exit velocity, of the phony talking heads, the ignorant stat frauds, and anyone else who does not know baseball.
Exit velocity to a stat fraud is the ball is it hard. Just to let the idiot stat frauds know, a home run hit at 115 MPH is equal to a home run hit at 90 MPH. A home run that travels 450 feet is equal to a home run that travels 325 feet.
Stat frauds are the disgrace of the baseball world.
Saturday 5/20 4:10pm
Masahiro Tanaka (R)
@ Rays - Matt Andriese (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Matt Holliday (R) 1B
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) DH
6. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
7. Chase Headley (S) 3B
8. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
9. Aaron Hicks (S) RF
Judge DH. Interesting lineup.
jimbo, I agree, but they are entitled to their opinions, as stupid as they may be. There is irrefutable evidence, just read their comments in their threads.
Come guys lets get a big win streak together. Quay Ho is still waiting for a ten game win streak.
When and if Greg Bird returns and he returns doing what he has shown he is capable of doing, that will move up the Yankees to another level.
Tanaka was a disaster again and now a three game losing streak.
Joe Girardi said everything that needed to be about yesterdays game when it buried home plate with dirt.
We play not to get swept today.
Sunday 5/21 1:10pm
CC Sabathia (L)
@ Rays - Chris Archer (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
7. Chase Headley (S) 3B
8. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Carter back in at 1b.
Can CC be the stopper we need right now.
Tanaka is a big disappointment lately. Pitching horribly.
First inning. 2nd and 3rd no one out. Holiday Ks. Castro Ks. Judge Ks. Total and utter failure when it counts. More chances coming?
Yankee error gives Rays 1-0 lead after one.
Gardner 2 run HR gives Yankees 3-1 lead in top of second.
Yanks up 3-1 after 4.
Holiday 3, Castro 2, Judge 2, Headley 2, and Castro 2 have come to back 11 times through five innings and not one has put a pitch in play so far today, striking out 11 times.
Judge with a sparkling flying headlong diving catch in right center and turn DP at first and maybe save game. 9-4-6-3.
Yanks up 3-2 after 6.
A much needed win today.
Yankees progress this season. Here are games 31-40.
Here we go:
10. 6-4
20. 7-3 = 13-7
30. 8-2 = 21-9
40. 3-7 = 24-16
The bad....3-7 is not what you want and dissolves the 7-3 ten games.
The good...24-16 averages to 6-4 for all four ten game stretches and that is good enough for the playoffs.
Now to get back on a positive run for the next ten games. 7-3? 8-2? even more?
Yanks home tomorrow with four games against KC.
We have rain now and looks like it is going to last. Yanks may have trouble getting tonights game in.
Cory..3-7 is not good. Your 10 game time frames are very telling in a way most fans can't see by just looking at standings.
Just 4 ten game periods and you can see the ups and downs of a season already.
Even for the first place Yankees.
Rain still along the coast, but moving away as of now. Looks like they will try to play tonight.
Monday 5/22 7:05pm
Michael Pineda (R)
vs. Royals - Jason Vargas (L)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
7. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
8. Chase Headley (S) 3B
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Same lineup we used against lineup last week except Hicks and Headley flipped.
Looks like the game is on.
0-0 after 2.
Yankees up 3-2 after 4.
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