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 801 – 1000 of 1452 Newer› Newest»Yanks up 4-2 after 8.
Final 4-2 win.
4-2 win.
Good start to home stand with the win tonight.
Montgomery tonight to try to keep the wins coming.
Need to rebound from the first 10 game period loss this next 10 game period.
Montgomery needs to control the walks he allows. Too many right now. There are times when you might want to walk someone, other than that, throw strikes and make them swing and hit the ball. I can accept a single but I detest walks.
Tuesday 5/23 7:05pm
Jordan Montgomery (L)
vs. Royals - Danny Duffy (L)
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
2. Aaron Hicks (S) LF
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. Austin Romine (R) C
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Romine in for Sanchez. Sanchez did not look good last night. Hope there is no issue.
No matter who plays and no matter what the lineup is all we need to do is win.
Lets go Monty, earn your pinstripes.
0-0 after 2.
Scoreless through three.
Yanks up 1-0 after 4.
Hicks HR for 1-0 lead after 4.
Carter HR puts Yankees up 2-0 after 5.
Yanks lead 2-0 thru 5.
Warren crashes in 7th putting Yanks down 3-2 and coming to bat.
Yankees down 3-2 after 7.
Warren, Holder, Shreve all implode giving up HRs putting Yankees down 6-2 in 8th.
A very disappointing outcome tonight. A downer.
Final. Yanks go from up 2-0 after six to a 6-2 loss.
After leading 2-0 thru six innings last night, four different Yankee pitchers each allowed home run in the 7th and 8th innings for six runs and a 6-2 defeat.
Louie Louie tonight. Hope we score some runs.
Wednesday 5/24 7:05pm
Luis Severino (R)
vs. 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
We need to win.
1-0 Yankees after three on Gregorius home run.
2-0 Yanks after 6.
Yanks lead 2-0 thru 6. Same score at same point yesterday. Just need a different result tonight.
Louie Louie throws a brilliant 8 innings of dominant shutout ball and leaves leading 3-0.
Betances closes out a 3-0 win with 3 K's in the 9th.
Final a 3-0 win for the good guys.
Greg Bird working out. Goes to Tampa Sunday for some workouts and then some rehab games. If he comes bat healthy that will help alot.
Tanaka starts tomorrow to try to win this series. Hope it corrects his issues.
Afternoon game tomorrow. 1 PM
Ellsbury after running into center field wall making catch of first out in first inning was taken out of the game after the first inning. Has concussion and neck issue. If put on DL likely a call up from Scranton for ten days.
Raining in NYC right now, but moving quickly. Hope we can get game in.
Todays game has been canceled. Rescheduled for late September open day.
I would rather have played today.
With the rainout today the Yankees will throw Tanaka, CC, and Pineda at the visiting Oakland A's for this weekends series.
With the rain out today the KC series was a 3 game one and we won it 2 to 1.
Tanaka is the only starter in the last go round that has not pitched well. His turn to run the engine.
Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend. Lets go Yankees.
Friday 5/26 7:05pm
Masahiro Tanaka (R)
vs. Athletics - Sean Manaea (L)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Aaron Hicks (S) 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
Sanchez out.
Scoreless thru four.
0-0 after 6.
Yankee bullpen burns again allowing 2 runs in 8th and 2 runs in 9th. Trail 4-0.
Yankees bring tying run to bat in 9th but lose 4-1.
Very sloppy loss.
We lost another game last night we could have should have won. CC today. Maybe we can score some runs.
Saturday 5/27 1:05pm
CC Sabathia (L)
vs. Athletics - Jharel Cotton (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
Headley out, Torreyes in.
Just too much not producing when it counts going on.
Yanks up 1-0 after 2.
Yanks lead 1-0 after five and don't have a hit.
Holiday 2 run HR puts Yankees up 3-1 after 6.
Betances in in the 8th with men on 2nd and 3rd with one out and K's the two batters when it counts to hold 3-2 Yankee lead.
Clippard failed in 8th today again.
Betances gets a 1,2,3 9th for the save and Yankees 3-2 win.
Final 3-2 win on only 2 hits.
We still aren't hitting.
Big Mike for a try to take this series tomorrow.
After Big Mike tomorrow we go to Baltimore for three games, Monty, Louie Louie, and Tanaka.
Hope we start putting the hits together again sooner than later.
The starting pitchers have put a strong string of outings together, too bad the bats have taken a nap.
Sunday 5/28 1:05pm
Michael Pineda (R)
vs. Athletics - Andrew Triggs (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
Same lineup as yesterday. Hope we get at least 5 times more hits as yesterday.
When the time is right the Yankees will upgrade a couple or more of our prime bloomers and growers for a shot in the arm later this season.
Lets go Yankees.
The way we haven't been scoring runs, Pineda may need to hold the fort with a big effort.
Yanks down 2-1 after 2.
Judge grand slam puts Yanks up 5-2 after 3.
Nice to see Judge go to right today in both very hard hit at bats.
Yanks up 6-2 after 4.
Yankees lead 7-3 after 7.
Chad Green gives up 2 run HR in 8th, Yankees up 7-5.
Yanks up 9-5 after 8.
We got what we needed. Pineda a good start. We got the hits we were lacking and scored runs.
Final Yankee win 9-5.
Warren 1 2 3 9th for the save and Yankee 9-5 win.
4-2 home stand. Now 13 straight against the AL East. 3 in Baltimore, 4 in Toronto, a day off, 3 at home with the bosux and 3 at home with Baltimore.
Lets go Yankees.
Monty Baltimore
Louie Louie Baltimore
Tanaka Baltimore
CC Toronto
Pineda Toronto
Monty Toronto
Louie Louie Toronto
Tanaka bosux
CC bosux
Pineda bosux
Monty Baltimore
Louie Louie Baltimore
Tanaka Baltimore
If all games are played as scheduled and no injuries or other mishaps occur.
Lets win them all and put this baby to bed.
Hopefully the guys snapped out of their hitting doldrums and will start scoring more often these coming games.
This is where the rubber meets the road. 13 games against the AL East.
Yankeeforever, this is when it matters.
If we play .500 ball the next two weeks, we can hold our own.
Monday 5/29 1:05pm
Jordan Montgomery (L)
@ Orioles - Dylan Bundy (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. Chase Headley (S) 3B
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Headley back in lineup.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS
GOD BLESS ALL WHO HAVE PASSED IN SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY
GOD BLESS OUR PRESIDENT
Sharon/NC...hear hear.
Hear, hear.
God Bless America!!!
Lets go Yankees. Earn a win on a great American holiday.
If Monty pitches like he did last time we should be in decent shape today. If?
Hear hear too.
Time for Yankee baseball.
1-1 after 2.
Monty has thrown 56 pitches thru two innings. Hope either our bullpen is ready or our lineup score some runs.
Montgomery really struggling. 73 pitches thru 3 and down 3-1.
Yanks down 3-1 after 4.
Montgomery out after 4 1/3 innings and 100 pitches and two on.
Judges 7th inning HR cuts O;s lead to 3-2 after 7.
Yanks go down 1,2,3 in 8th.
Yankees go down 1,2,3 in 9th. Lose 3-2. Hit into 3 DPs with no production when it mattered.
Final, 3-2 loss.
Not much worse than losing a one run game.
Bullpen did its job. The bats took a step backwards again. No excuses for not producing when its counts as often as we are.
Louie Louie listed tonight to try to even series with O's.
Lets go guys we can still win this series.
Anyone notice the Nats Harper lose his composure because a pitcher threw at him and hit him in the hip? Harper would have had an excuse if the pitcher threw at his head. Looks like a whiner to me.
Has Harper won a World Series yet, or even helped his team get to one? Sometimes a change of scenery can make a difference, particularly if the change is to a team that plays to win as a team.
Tuesday 5/30 7:05pm
Luis Severino (R)
@ Orioles - Chris Tillman (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. Chase Headley (S) 3B
9. Rob Refsnyder (R) 1B
Refsynder in for Carter, thank God.
Robert Mandel, if Harper wants to be a Yankee and help the team win, I think that would be a surprise. Because I don't think any player is worth what he will be asking and only a fool would pay.
The way Carter has been swinging, I think anyone would be an upgrade right now.
Forget overpaying for Harper. If things go right how about this starting team in 2018.
Sanchez catcher
Bird first base
Castro second base
Torres third base
Gregorius shortstop
Frazier left field
Fowler center field
Judge right field
Holiday designated hitter
YankeeMike... love it, what can we get for Hicks, Gardner, Elsbury, Headley, Carter?
YankeeMike, you show exactly why we don't need Harper and his long term albatross salary. We have better in Judge in right field.
To top all this off, is we still have a boat load of young prospects behind those who are close to moving up. And don't be surprised when Chance Adams turns the final corner and cracks the Yankee rotation.
Nice looking to the future people, but lets win tonight. The future has a way of shaking out in a variety of ways based on performance of the players, injuries, and or trades.
The stat frauds are all agog with Harper. That is a good enough reason for me to not want him. The stat frauds laud losers and demean winners.
I love all the comments about are kiddie corps and their blooming and growing.
Gardner and Holiday with first inning solo home runs.
Sanchez has been hitting an awful lot of popups.
Yanks up 3-0 after 2.
Holiday with his 2nd solo home run of game in 3rd for a 4-0 lead.
Gardner matches Holiday with his second solo home run of game in 4th for a 6-0 Yankees lead.
Yanks up 8-0 after 4.
Yankees lead 8-1 after 6 as Orioles score one of the most garbage runs in the history of baseball.
Yanks up 8-1 after 6.
Yanks lead 8-3 after 8.
Final 8-3 win.
Louie Louie was brilliant again tonight. A real gem that is blooming and growing.
Tanaka tomorrow in the rubber game.
If Tanaka throws like last outing we have a good chance to take this series.
It looks like a reprise of the early mid nineties for a WIN METHOD dynasty possibility.
We are getting good pitching, and when we put up some runs we usually win. It is a team game with everyone contributing. No one man is worth a kings ransom, particularly a player that doesn't help his team win.
bigbadwolf....I agree, WIN METHOD may have hit the jackpot again. So many future stars in the fold blooming and growing.
Hopefully the Yankee management knows and will not push guys up the ladder but let them climb the rungs at their own pace. And when they are ready to reach the top give them the chance at the major league level.
I just hope we don't trade away any of the perspective blue chippers. The stat frauds love the White Sox Quintana. Quintana has been a proven loser over his career and is pretty much worthless.
Take this series tonight guys. Yes you can.
Wednesday 5/31 7:05pm
Masahiro Tanaka (R)
@ Orioles - Kevin Gausman (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
5. Aaron Judge (R) RF
6. Chase Headley (S) 3B
7. Ronald Torreyes (R) SS
8. Austin Romine (R) C
9. Rob Refsnyder (R) 1B
Sanchez, Didi, Carter out....Romine, Torreyes, Refsnder in.
We are lucky to have a backup catcher as solid as Romine to keep Sanchez fresh. It's a long season. Refs at first over Carter is also a plus. Didi out after being HBP last night.
Carl Hooks, I agree, catchers take a bigger beating than anyone who hasn't ever been a catcher can imagine. No catcher should start more than a 110 games a season.
Baltimore had a sun shower, so about a 15 minute delayed start.
0-0 after 2.
Tanaka throwing lollipops again giving up 4 runs in 3rd and failing with 2 outs when it counts. Yanks down 4-0.
Yanks down 7-1 after 4.
Through six innings the Yankees have left nine men on base and the bases loaded twice. Failing to score when it counts loses games. On the other hand the Orioles have produced when it counted and they lead 7-3.
Yankees trounced 10-4. Lose series to O's.
On to Toronto for four games. Hope the guys get their act together.
CC in Toronto tonight against a renewed Blue Jays team.
Tanaka's struggles are not good. We could use one of our own from the minors to give the rotation a shot in the arm.
This series in Toronto is four games.
Yankees progress this season. Here are games 41-50.
Here we go:
10. 6-4
20. 7-3 = 13-7
30. 8-2 = 21-9
40. 3-7 = 24-16
50. 6-4 = 30-20
We are averaging 6-4 over the first 50 games. Four winning stretches. One losing stretch.
Cory, we just have to stay away from those losing 10 game stretches.
Thursday 6/1 7:07pm
CC Sabathia (L)
@ Blue Jays - Marco Estrada (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Aaron Judge (R) RF
4. Matt Holliday (R) DH
5. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
6. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
7. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
8. Chase Headley (S) 3B
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Judge moves up to the three hole. Carter back in a first base.
Different. Four power right handed batters 2-6.
Love to win the game tonight and play with house money.
Need CC to throw another big game. Lets go Yankees.
Yanks up 5-0 after 2.
Yankees lead 7-0 after four. Sanchez with 2 home runs and 3 rbis. Hicks with a bases loaded double and 3 rbis.
Hicks had the biggest when it counts hit in the game and has set up the game as a laugher. Bases loaded 2 out in first inning produces a base clearing double giving the Yanks a 4-0 lead. A Big hit.
CC gives up his first run of game in 7th. Yanks up 9-1.
Hicks having best game of his career. 4-5 with single, 3 doubles, and 6 rbis.
Yankees with a lot of meaningless RBIs late in the game. Save them for when it matters.
Final 12-2 win.
Yankees pound Blue Jays 12-2 to take game one of the series.
We just have to do it again tomorrow.
Good start to this ten game period.
Don't get lost in the hitting barrage, but CC had a very good game tonight.
Pineda tonight. Last night was an easy win, lets not waste it. Win again today and now look to take this series.
Different players contribute in different ways each day. It comes down to wins, that is what counts and what determines the best.
Want this game tonight for a guaranteed split of the series. Win tonight and then think bigger.
It looks like Tyler Austin and Greg Bird may be available next week. Barring any setbacks.
Friday 6/2 7:07pm
Michael Pineda (R)
@ Blue Jays - Francisco Liriano (L)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Gary Sanchez (R) C
3. Aaron Judge (R) RF
4. Matt Holliday (R) DH
5. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
6. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
7. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
8. Chase Headley (S) 3B
9. Chris Carter (R) 1B
Same as yesterday except Hicks up one spot and Didi down one spot.
Lets do it again guys. Same as last night.
Lets go Yankees. No let down tonight.
Gardner leads off game reaching third with no one out. Sanchez and Judge fail to score him with less than two outs and Holiday flies to left for third out.
Pineda hammered for 2 HRs and 3 runs in first inning. Yanks down 3-0.
Yankees load bases with one out in 3rd and fail to score.
Yankees trail 5-0 thru four.
Judge and Castro each with 2 run home runs in 6th to cut Toronto lead to 6-4 after 6.
Yankees down 7-5 after 8. Last chance, top of lineup do up.
Toronto scored twice on sac flies this game. The Yankees failed twice on their chance.
Final Yanks lose 7-5.
Pineda had nothing tonight.
We need for Monty to pitch us a winning game today to stay ahead of the curve.
Saturday 6/3 1:07pm
Jordan Montgomery (L)
@ Blue Jays - Joe Biagini (R)
1. Brett Gardner (L) LF
2. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
3. Aaron Judge (R) RF
4. Matt Holliday (R) DH
5. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
6. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
7. Chase Headley (S) 3B
8. Austin Romine (R) C
9. Rob Refsnyder (R) 1B
Romine in for Sanchez (day game after night game). Refsynder at first base for Carter.
Ellsbury still having headaches. Being checked out and is out of the lineup for the time being.
The Yankees could use a strong left handed bat in the lineup. Bird will be the answer next week.
Score several runs early today and help Montgomery out.
Lets go Yankees.
Just about time for some Yankee baseball.
Scoreless first inning.
0-0 after 2.
Montgomery may not always be pretty, but he does battle.
Yanks take 2-0 lead after 3. Hicks and Judge RBIs.
Yanks up 2-0 after 4.
Yankees holding 2-0 lead after five.
Yanks up 2-0 after 6.
Montgomery goes six innings. 103 pitches, just 3 hits, and likely is done for day leading 2-0.
Yanks add run in 7th for a 3-0 lead and Warren is in to start the 7th. Come on guys no hiccups.
Yanks lead 3-0 thru 7.
Yankees blow game open in 8th with four solo home runs from Gardner, Holiday, Castro, and Gregorius. 7-0 Yanks.
Clippard with 1,2,3 8th. 7-0 Yankees thru 8.
Todays game was a record book game for the Yankees. The most hits in a winning game without getting a single. Four doubles and four home runs today.
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