The YANKEES have reached the end of their fantastic 2017 season. And a great season it was, accomplishing more than any pundits and most fans expected. But not here at the WIN METHOD, where it was stated the YANKEES would make the playoffs and beyond, and where likely every WIN METHOD fan believed would happen. The YANKEES not only reached the playoffs, but they won the wild card game against the Minnesota Twins to advance to the American League Division Series (ALDS). In the ALDS the YANKEES had the Cleveland Indians waiting for them to play a best of five game series. The Indians won 102 games during the season and were looking to go back to the World Series where they lost in seven games last season. The Indians won the first two games and the YANKEES had their backs to the wall. You WIN METHOD fans, the smartest most intelligent baseball fans never gave up, you rooted your team on, never gave up, and the YANKEES themselves never game up as they went on to defeat the Indians in the next three games. An amazing comeback for the YANKEES. By winning the ALDS the YANKEES moved on to the American League Championship Series (ALCS) where they had the Houston Astros waiting for them. Houston won 101 games over the season and are a young developing great team. The ALCS is a best of seven game series and the winner goes to the World Series and the losing team ends their season. The Astros won the first two games of the series and the YANKEES again had their backs to the wall. The YANKEES never gave up and neither did you WIN METHOD fans. The YANKEES came back to win the next three games of the series. The YANKEES just needed to win one of the next two games in Houston to go to the World Series. The Astros had other thoughts in mend and they also never gave up and the Astros came back to win the two games in Houston and move on to the World Series. The YANKEE season was over. But the blooming and growing was just beginning. The 2017 YANKEES achieved more than the baseball world expected. The WIN METHOD fans were not surprised, WIN METHOD fans being the most intelligent and knowledgeable in baseball were well aware of what their YANKEE team could achieve as the youngsters started to bloom and grow.
Congratulations to the YANKEE players, coaches, management, front office, and ownership for allowing the YANKEE team to bloom and grow.
The off season has arrived for the YANKEES. Time to kick back, rest, relax, and do the things you want to do and the things that you don't have time to do during the season. Enjoy guys, you made you proud and your run is just beginning. During the off season the YANKEE front office will have many decisions to make regarding player personnel. No question the roster for 2018 will change, some new players will come and some will go. The YANKEES are in a position of great power having the best minor league system in baseball and many many players blooming and growing trying to make the 2018 roster and challenge veteran players. The front office has work to do, hard decisions to make, and make them they will.
On a side note, you the WIN METHOD fans, fans from all over the world have made it possible for the WIN METHOD blog, the greatest Yankee and baseball blog/forum in the world to surpass a quarter of a billion views. Thank you fans for your devotion and passion, for being smartest baseball fans that exist, and for standing up against stat frauds and their misguided fools view of baseball. This blog will continue without advertisements and clutter that fills every other site you may visit. I know, you visit them for laughs.
Have fun everyone in the off season. I will go out and find a few more WIN METHOD players to bloom and grow down the road. Spring training 2018 is going to be a lot of fun as the kids make their push for the majors, the brightest lights and the biggest stage in baseball, the New York YANKEES. Yes they can, and they will. Lets go Yankees.
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«Oldest ‹Older 601 – 800 of 1424 Newer› Newest»WHIP is maybe one of the better stats to use for pitchers, it is a simple straight forward calculation, but it also is not perfect.
Then you can use wins and the WIN METHOD. Wins and the WIN METHOD can be used for a game, a series, a week, a month, or the season. They always define who was best for any time period. They are NEVER wrong. Common sense and logic over false formulas and false values.
Feliz navidad.
yankeeclipper, hear hear.
The heading of this blog says it all and are words all baseball fans should live by. Only wins and winning determine the best players and teams.
Nothing new right now as to any Yankee deals. Just a few days until Christmas. Spring camp opening is growing closer as is the new year.
So MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR to all.
In reality the Yankees don't need to pull the trigger on any deal. As far as second and third base are concerned, if they don't want to start the season with Andujar and Torres they can start with Torreyes and Wade. Then advance Andujar and Torres when the time is right.
Baseball contracts and trades need to be finished this week before the central office closes next week. MLB offices shut down the week between Christmas and New Years, so no deals can be made official until commissioners office reopens.
coryankee....That is a good way to go in my opinion. The Yanks can still push the market for a starter if they wish, but I wouldn't give away a top prospect who fits our needs. A prospect with no spot or a lower level one I would be fine with.
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas.
Just maybe the Yankees will give us one more present for the holidays, hoping it's not a lump of coal.
Zack >>>>> The Yankees having given us plenty already.
Merry Christmas Yankee fans.
Most every team seems to be keeping their powder dry so far this winter. A log jam will start flowing sooner or later.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone.
coryankee...Your astute comment on the Yankee 2nd and 3rd base situation would keep the Yankee under the salary cap and likely make for a better team.
Nothing new so far. Got Yankee shirts for the kids yesterday. They want to go to a Yankee game right now. Told them they will have to wait to the spring.
I wouldn't mind if the Yankees sign Todd Frazier, even a two year deal. He can play/platoon/backup at first, second, and third base. Pinch hit also. I would no way go for Machado or Longoria or any high price longer term cast off.
Longoria is off the table. Traded to the Giants. Great pass by the Yankees.
Longoria would have been a piece of coal in the Yankee stocking. Adios, he should do well in the AAAA league.
A very Merry Christmas to you WIN METHOD. Have have been and are the best, love ya,
Yes, Merry Christmas to WIN METHOD and all he has done for the Yankees and us fans. Merry Christmas to all posters here.
Does everyone have their shopping done? Merry Christmas
Love what the Yankees have done so far this off season. Merry Christmas everyone.
My New Year wish. Let the kids bloom and grow and let them play. Lets go Yankees.
Frank Sergi...I agree but I also think they should earn the job this spring. If they are not ready or the Yankees want to hold them back for a period of time for financial concerns that is fine. Go with Wade and Torreyes until then.
Barring any deals for a 2nd or 3rd baseman all of this will shake out during spring training. Soon the fun will begin.
MERRY CHRISTMAS and Happy Holidays to everyone who posts and/or reads this WIN METHOD blog, the best in the world. Thank you all for your continued support.
Word that Yankees and Pirates talks have cooled on Gerrit Cole. No loss.
I really don't want any other teams cast off midlin pitcher. We have better, just let them have their chance.
Merry Christmas fans.
Yankee - Pirate talks heating up again as Pirates want to dump Gerrit Cole but want Torres who they are not getting ever. Give them Clint Frazier who will fit right in on a AAAA team.
How about Cashman give the Pirates Clint Frazier and a stocking full of coal. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas WIN METHOD fans. This is something you won't read at the stat fraud forums, so I'll say it again. Merry Christmas WIN METHOD fans.
The problem with Clint Frazier is we don't know what we have or don't have. If he is not used as a trade piece this winter, he should go to AAA and play full time. There, he should develop his skills and show what he is, one way or the other.
Feliz Navidad.
Always remember Yankee management has all the information regarding the players. They will give them their chance when they decide the time is right. We have only speculation.
Benny Pake, I agree and hopefully the WIN METHOD fans know you are right on. We guess, the Yankees do.
I'm done shopping and I am off until Jan 2. A joyous time for our family. We all wish all the people here from all over the world a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a great 2018 season.
Last two days to shop if you haven't. Get on the ball. Merry Christmas.
The Yankees have signed two Venezuelan talents, outfielder Raimfer Salinas and catcher Antonio Cabello. For 2017 the Yankees have signed five of the top twenty International free agents. The Yankees continue to build the farm under the guidance of WIN METHOD.
Possible future presents?
Speaking of presents. I need one more to get. I will have to fight the crowd to get it. Oh well, Merry Christmas everyone.
A Merry Christmas to the smartest baseball fans in the world.
An illustration and a little game for baseball fans. You pick one choice of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
You have five starting pitchers for a season of 162 baseball games. Do you want from each,
1. 200 innings pitched
2. 200 strike outs
3. 10 home runs allowed
4. 18 wins
5. 2.50 ERA
coryankee, great job aggravating the stat frauds for Christmas. My choice is 4.
4 for me also.
I'm an outcast up here in Boston. Nonetheless, Merry Christmas to all Yankee fans and baseball fans no matter who or where you are.
Number 4. You have to win to be the best.
Number 4
Better question for you cor - using those stats as prior year stats, which of those would be the most important for evaluating that pitcher and if you would want to sign them for next year?
coryankee......It would be dependent on what you are looking for. If you are trying to make the playoffs, there are no ifs, ands, or buts, it is number 4. If you are playing in a fantasy league it could be something else.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Steven, I would look first to signing pitchers who win the most often. All the other attributes are likely pluses, but you can't make the playoffs without wins.
Feliz Navidad -- Merry Christmas
Barry
The point I was driving at- winning isn't a pitcher skill. Getting hitters out is consistently is the skill and is most repeatable and reliable measure for future success. If you look at pitchers, wins fluctuate greatly year-to-year and are unreliable measure from one year to the next and thus a poor way to project FUTURE performance.
Case in point who would you rather have next season - Jason Vargas or Luis Severino - (FYI Vargas won 18 games last year on a much worse team than the yankees).
Christmas Eve. Santa is getting ready. Merry Christmas everyone.
Steven, I understand what you are trying to get at, but the question is an unlikely scenario. That is the problem with a question and not a discussion. The fact that is irrefutable is that only wins will get a team into the playoffs and you need to have your pitchers win games no matter how they do it.
To answer your question, I would take Louie Louie, but not for the reason you may be trying to point out. I would take Louie Louie because 1. he had a .700 W/L percent and Vargas had a .621 W/L percent. 2. Louie Louie is ten years younger. Caveat, if KC had five starters last year that did what Vargas did then KC goes to the playoffs.
Also, players in every category have major variations in their individual stats every season with strong variations in HR totals, BA, RBIs, etc.
Here is my two cents. Using coryankees five points. If had five starters and each had just one of the five points, my team may or may not make the playoffs, there is really no way of knowing because only wins can get a team into the playoffs and my other four starters each with a great peripheral, is meaningless compared to wins.
Barry
coryankee presented the initial question, so I was limited in my response. Agreed though, a discussion is more effective.
Severino (Why are we calling him Louie Louie?!) is the obvious answer for the reasons you specified and others. There are a number of pitchers who won less games than Vargas in 2017 that I would desire more than him in 2018. My main point is that evaluating a pitcher by only wins for the future, and not looking at the full picture, is just as useless and looking at one stat and not looking at all the information.
I mean case-in-point, the Yankees must have been evaluating Sonny Gray by more than wins. They must all be looking at more than wins with Cole.
Steven, Questions can be posed to get a desired result. In my opinion I do not think coryankee was looking for a "desired" result but was seeking a common sense result. Pose his question not based on the past but what you would want from your starting five for next season. The answer should be the same, I want the winners. Because the other answers don't translate to winning. They each can be an attribute to a pitcher, but nothing in more important than winning.
Barry, Steven, >>> It has been mentioned several times in the ten years of this blog, but there are about 80 pitchers in the HOF and almost all are starters, and many with at least 300 wins. The relievers in the HOF got there with the amount of saves they earned. There is also as much as a 2 run per game ERA from the top to the bottom.
Steven, I think the Yankees are looking for nothing but wins from Cole and Gray. Both are barely #5 starters, maybe a 4. Remember this, a player can be WIN METHOD for a team and not for another. Some guys may be WIN METHOD wherever they go and some can never be WIN METHOD.
Merry Christmas everybody.
If given the chance, Chance Adams may be a better pitcher than Gerrit Cole. I rather give Adams the chance to prove himself and not have to lose any of our youngsters.
The Yankees don't need Clint Frazier, how about to send him to AAA and either fail, be average, or excel to find out what they may have instead of trading him for a sub .500 pitcher the last two seasons with very little upside unless he is truly WIN METHOD.
Montgomery is better than Cole and it is very likely Adams may be better. Let Cole rot in Pittsburgh or let some other team overpay and have him.
Merry Christmas. Joy to the world.
Five more hours. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas. Time for bed, Santa is on his way. Think he may have good tidings.
Merry Christmas to all and Happy New Year.
Merry Christmas Yankee fans. It has been a great year. Hope the front office finishes out the year without doing anything dumb. For 2018 we can look for an even better year.
Merry Christmas. Hope everyone is getting what they were good for.
Noah Gerber....That sounds like all the stat frauds got coal in their stockings.
Zack Norris, I agree.
Merry Christmas, ho ho ho.
Hoping everyone is enjoying this season of comfort and joy. Merry Christmas.
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.
Last few days of 2017. Spring training is right around the corner.
Another week and the players need to get back to the gym and start getting into playing MLB shape.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas. For 2018 it will be lets go Yankees.
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It interests me to try to figure out why some fans (not here) feel Gerrit Cole is a better pitcher than Jordan Montgomery.
Fred Slube.....They use make believe stats. However, Cole has been a winner in the past, just not the past two years.
Cole could conceivably help the Yankees, but he is not worth more than C. Frazier and one or two low level prospects.
We got Sonny Gray for injured players and I think we overpaid for him.
All I can say is give Chance a chance.
Most of the time Cashman has shown he knows what he is doing. Lets hope he keeps it that way.
Don't forger the old adage, 'you can never have too much pitching'.
Too much is great if guys miss a lot of time. If no one misses starts and they all pitch well, you may have others getting stale.
Nothing much happening as of today for the Yankees, but things can turn on a dime when minds change.
I would love to see Harper and Machado have to settle for contracts that are no where near what they and far too many stat frauds are expecting them to get. Owners need to wise up and realize they need to stop paying exorbitant long term contracts for players that don't help them win in proportion to what the fake stat fraud numbers say.
No more Yankee deals in 2017??????? 2018 is only a few days away.
The one thing we may not be taking into account is that Cole was originally drafted by the Yankees but did not sign at that time. The meaning of that could be taken in either of two ways, one good and one bad. I bet WIN METHOD probably knows.
If we acquire Cole and he performs while Chance performs we have another piece we can move for something we may need.
If we acquire Cole is the key, IF we do not overpay. Throw Grayskies into the mix and if he performs that is just another chip, and the same for Montgomery....If they all perform, you have four starters and haven't even mention Severino, Tanaka, and CC.
In the words of a song sung by Doris Day, 'what will be will be'.
I am really looking forward to 2018 and the baseball season. The Yankees may not win it all and they don't have to. I am sure they want to, but they are going to be fun and exciting to watch and root for.
Lets go Yankees.
Carl Hooks... The Yanks need to play WIN METHOD baseball and they will go a long way.
The Yankees are in the catbirds seat, they are dealing from strength and can say no to any deal that is not ro their liking.
No question Ben. No reason to maybe give away a future star for a now proven average player.
Happy New Year to all the great people here at WIN METHOD.
I've just been watching Hot Stove on the MLB network and this guy is bashing the stat frauds and their fake stats. He debunked WAR, defensive stats, defensive runs saved, defensive shifts, batter launch angle, pitching spin rates and others.
WIN METHOD blazed the trail in decrying the fake, false, made up stats created by the greatest fools in baseball.
coryankee...are some of the talking heads seeing the light? Common sense is all that is needed.
The stat frauds will not go down without a fight. They will lie you to death.
Coryankee
Just curious - what’s your evidence that defensive stats are false?
How do evaluate a player defensively? Simply by errors?
Go Yankees i 2018.
Steven, I strongly suggest you try to find a replay of this mornings program and hear what the analytical stat export had to say. I do not wish to put words into his mouth.
As far as I am concerned I like to watch guys make plays that are routine and how smoothly they do it. The same for the more difficult plays of each type. Left, right, coming in, depth on outfield popups, arm strength, and the plays others only dream of making. Errors can help, particularly throwing errors, but errors are not the end all answer.
I see. So are you of the opinion that there will never be away to quantify defensive effectiveness similar to how offensive success has been quantified?
Steven, What a stupid statement. Offensive success has in no way shape or form ever come close to being quantified accurately.
Yankeeforever
You don’t look at batting average, rbis, etc?
Try not being a huge d@^%head
Steven, the use of symbols to try to convey something illegal is unacceptable. Do not do it again or your post will be deleted. If you wish to call yankeeforever a dirtbag then do it.
We are headed into the New Year weekend and all is quiet, as far as we know, on the Yankee front.
Success in baseball is determined by wins and winning. Individual ability can be determined by how many HRs a player hits, how many hits a player achieves, how many stolen bases, etc etc. True success is measured by how many times a player helps his team to the playoffs and more. Now, stat frauds, don't come back and try to tell me that I think a utility infielder who helps his team(s) to 8 playoffs is better than a starting second baseman who has helped his team to 4 playoffs.
People, stat frauds with all their fake garbage try to play gotcha games because they spew lies and deceit. This blog since its inception has been very clear about wins and winning and how to evaluate players and teams all thru baseballs different eras. The WIN METHOD blog never will try to tell you the losers are the better players nor that the winners are not the better players.
Happy New Year everyone. Here's to a healthy and happy one. The stat frauds would serve themselves well by making a resolution and following through on it to learn the WIN METHOD and thus become knowledgeable baseball fans.
will-i-am >>>>> We can only hope. Heaven helps those who help themselves. Sadly, stupid breeds stupid.
Happy New Year Yankee fans. Lets roll in 18. Lets steamroll in 18.
Just to keep stat frauds in the loop. If you rate two players with the same WAR, and one plays for a last place team and one that plays for a pennant contender, there is a difference between the two players. There equal rating by your standards is invalid, meaningless and wrong.
99 and 44/100% of what the stat frauds use to rate players is invalid and wrong.
Hobbs, not in their eyes. They believe everything they say. That is the truly sad part.
Why are you guys so obsessed with “stat frauds”? You talk about them more than baseball...kind of strange no?
What the stat frauds believe in is made up with formulas, values, factors and such, which are man made attributes and therefore subject to a great deal of variation and false results.
Steven, not really. This blog was created so that posters could freely post their views no matter what they believe regarding baseball. An enormous amount of posters here have been banned from forums for decades because they did not fit the mold of the stat frauds lies and deceptions using man made stats. More people are finally realizing that these modern analytical stats are pure and utter garbage. The posters here were banned for using common sense and logic and not using or believing in fake numbers. The posters here were banned for believing in wins and winning determined the best players, not individual stats. More and more fans were introduced to this blog and it has grown exponentially. It is read all over the world and posters from all over the world express their opinions freely. You can see for yourself how few stat frauds post here. They meet their match here. They are shown how wrong and how stupid they are by countless other posters. The stat frauds can't silence opinions here by banning posters. The posters here have freedom, which is not true at the talk forums. You would think that intelligent posters would welcome a diversity of opinions and views, here we do, no bans of posters, just no foul language. We accept name calling, it allows posters to express and release their frustrations without very inappropriate language. More and more baseball fans are seeing the light and the WIN METHOD keeps growing.
Steven, we talk about wins and winning and what determines the teams and players. We do not make trades, pay salaries, select players in drafts, sign players to contracts, we have no knowledge of players and their personalities and personal lives. I guess there is no real need to discuss things we cannot control and have no voice in. We let the people within in the organization whose livelihood depends on their decisions do their thing. We talk about what it takes to actually win games and producing when it matters instead of how much or how many times a player produces when it doesn't matter.
Hi WIN METHOD, nice to hear from you again. Hope you got what you wanted for Christmas. Happy New Year. Love ya,
Conversations go where posters take them. We go with the flow. When we post about stat frauds we educate readers about baseball and how to judge who is best and who is not.
It looks like the Yankees will close out 2017 with no more deals. 2018 may be another story.
Happy New Year. It is going to be great again.
WIN METHOD, I have been banned from at least three forums.
coryankee, you aren't even close to WIN METHOD bannings. He is in double figures and some of the forums aren't even in existence anymore.
Steven said...
Why are you guys so obsessed with “stat frauds”? You talk about them more than baseball...kind of strange no?
December 30, 2017 at 9:55 AM
Instead of complaining why don't you post something that you think would be of interest to WIN METHOD fans regarding baseball.
It seems like Stevens posts here are usually lacking WIN METHOD savvy and wisdom.
Happy New Year to all baseball fans. One day left and it will be 2018. Another great year to look forward to.
David stern
What are your posts typically like...?
Njyanjankee
Why don’t you? The overwhelming response to my one
Post is proving my point
It's New Years Eve. 23 1/2 hours to go until 2018. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year. 2018 another year to bloom and grow.
Steven, You have no point. Jill Byrnes comment explains very succinctly where this blog goes and who takes it any direction. When you post a stupid comments, you will get wveral responses correcting you.
Will 2018 be a better year for the Yankees? The 2017 season snuck up 90% of the talking heads and non WIN METHOD fans. The Yankees made the playoffs, went deep into the playoffs, and missed going to the World Series by just one more win. Only the WIN METHOD fans believed the team could do as well as they did in 2017. But again, WIN METHOD fans are the most knowledgeable in baseball.
For the Yankees to have a better year in 2018 they would have to get to the World Series. Lets go Yankees.
The Yankees will be really good in 2018 and reaching the World Series is a lofty goal. However I believe for the Yankees it is a realistic goal. Yes we can.
I will be rooting for a WS win in 2018 but will not be to disappointed as long as the Yanks make the playoffs.
The Yankees have an awful lot of firepower in the lineup with more likely. If things jell they will go well into the playoffs in 2018. They have proven in 2017 what they are capable of doing in 2018. It sure was great that the fans here were well aware of the Yankee abilities in 2017 before the first pitch was thrown.
The experienced and confidence gained by Monty, Bird, Sanchez, and Judge is a solid foundation for continued positive results. With Adams, Torres, and Andujar on the cusp of MLB the outlook is surely positive for 2018. My desire is at least the same as last year, the playoffs and beyond.
I would like a ring, but if the guys play good baseball and get beat like this year, I'll just look forward to 2019.
If we lower our expectations, the team has a better chance of exceeding those expectations. I'll go a step further, I would like to the team make the playoffs and beyond for from anywhere between 5-10 years.
Four more hours and it's 2018. A new baseball season is around the corner. Healthy and happy New Year to all.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018.
Down to minutes. Joyous New Year to all.
New year, new baseball season. All is good.
Lets see if the FA market and the trade market start to heat up as the opening of spring training camps draws near.
Larry Kennedy....I think things have to happen. The FA's have to land somewhere. It would be smart on the owners part if they all are wise enough to cut back significantly on dollars and years of the contracts of many on the overpaid players available. 25 million per year max salary and 3 year max contract. If owners want to pay more and for longer, let them suffer the consequences.
If some owner or owner doesn't overpay then the players union whines and snivels collusion by the owners. Just develop a super farm system. Sign every kid you can, let them develop and then play them on the big team every chance you get.
Happy New Year.
The Yankees 2018 spring camp begins Feb. 13, when pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to the club's Spring Training facility in Tampa, Fla. Position players will join them on Feb. 18, and the first full-squad workout is scheduled for Feb. 19. The Yankees then open their 33-game exhibition game schedule on Feb. 23 hosting the Tigers at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
Baseball is closer than you think. I have tickets to a couple of March games and can't wait.
If the Yankees have faith in Torres and Andujar, even if it is a month or three into the season, why waste dollars or a trade for some infielder who likely wouldn't be better than the combination of Wade and Torreyes who would cost less.
That is why I am hoping Cashman doesn't trade for anyone unless it is a steal. We need nothing that we don't have in hand and who are blooming and growing.
Todd Frazier would be ideal if he would take one year and ten million. But he and his family come first. He can likely get two or three years and a couple million more somewhere else.
Hard to believe it is only six weeks to spring training.
The best part of this coming season, is what this Yankee crew is capable of achieving.
The goal for 18 is the World Series.
The holidays are over, we are into 2018. Baseball action should start to get into second gear. There is no other sports competition now.
One of the biggest projects this spring will be to see if Betances gets his head straight. Many people, albeit they would be wrong, say Betances mechanics are out of wack. Sorry people, it is his brain, mind set, and priorities that are screwed up.
Yankeeforever, I agree. The Yankees have a top notch pitching coach so if there was a mechanics issue it would have been fixed. Being in Betances head only Betances and a shrink can fix that. It all stems back to Betances trying to rip off the Yankees in his arbitration case, which he lost and then getting married.
Mechanics can be fixed pretty quickly. The mind is a whole different story and much more complicated to fix. It can be done, and Betances if corrected would be a major asset for the Yankees.
Betances may have fallen prey to some bad advice from his agent? His agent may have convinced him to try to hold the Yankees up for the outlandish salary he requested in arb. Or maybe his wife? I have no knowledge of any of this, just trying to figure out why he is so screwed up.
Greg?Morristown,NJ....It would be fantastic if Betances can consistently dominate in relief again. Consistently being the operative word. He could make the Yankees really tough to beat.
I believe if it was mechanics it would be fixed. Sadly I think he may be a 'mental case' for whatever reason. That makes him a liability when it counts. I can only hope he can be repaired.
Betances may be the biggest question mark for the Yankees this spring. We will see how it all turns out. Hoping for the best no matter what his problem is. If he gets fixed it is good for the team and a lot of fun for the fans.
I believe Betances control is more mental than anything. Just missing the plate can mean a pitcher is a little off or getting squeezed by the ump, but missing the plate by a foot or two and even more in every different direction is more than just control.
I did a little research and have to believe that Betances' problem is in his head.
I tend to agree with the consensus here. Mechanics are fixable. The head is not. Remember Rick Ankiel.
It was posted on this blog years ago that several posters felt there was something wrong with Betances. All said they thought it was mental. They were right.
I think some people are afraid to use the word 'mental'.
Baseball is a very mental game and the best players produce the most under the most telling conditions.
It takes great talent to play baseball at the major league level. Some players have used drugs to raise their game and corrupted the game while baseball leaders looked the other way.
The cheaters of baseball who used drugs are still trying to get into the Hall of Fame. Sadly the powers that be in baseball are afraid to just ban them forever. Far too many leaders are gutless swine.
Well, Betances will get another chance this spring to straighten out his mind. Maybe, a last chance.
I hope the Yankees do not sign or trade for a third baseman but use Torreyes or/and Wade until Andujar is ready.
Letting Andujar and Torres play as soon as possible would surely keep the team under the salary cap for 2018 and let the team bloom and grow.
Everything will be decided during spring training.
yankeeclipper, or more good problems can be created if players excel.
Problems of players fighting for a spot on the roster are good and the more problems the better the team should be.
We are blooming and growing.
Talking about the winter hot stove wheeling and dealing period. The highlight, the brightspot has been hit and done with. The Yankees signing of Giancarlo Stanton will likely dwarf anything else that happens this winter. The hot stove has hit its hottest point already.
coryankee, the other players will start to fall. But you are right, nobody is going to beat the Yankees getting Stanton.
Hot stove signing. LOL. Right-hander Dillon Gee has agreed to a one-year deal with the Chunichi Dragons.
Torreyes playing a month as starter for the Yankees doesn't hurt the team to any measurable degree unless you are a stat fraud and use a made up (fake) formula.
Maybe the chill on the hot stove could be teams seeing how the Indians, Cubs, Astros, Yankees are building with youngsters. They may be realizing that the FA's just aren't worth what they are seeking in both terms of years and money.
How about Harper, Machado, and Trout over their career so far. Three of the highest rated stat fraud WAR players.
Combined they have played in a total of 8 post season series. They have 1 win and 7 losses in those series. They have been relatively moderate over their careers in helping their team get to the post season, and almost useless in the post season.
Combined they have 111 at bats with just 21 hits for a .189 batting average. Most important is their teams are a combine 1 win and 7 losses in those post season series.
Cory, come on now, you know the stat frauds have their ducks in a row to cover their BS. Small sample size, it's their teammates fault, they had a bad October, etc.
There is an awful lot of losing going around when it counts most between the those three.
Judge and Sanchez have won more post season series this year than those three combined over their careers.
Judge and Sanchez are also a small sample size.
It never changes, you got to win to be the best. You are not the best because some stat fraud says you are.
I wouldn't want any of the three on my team. I would go broke and the team would not be successful.
It’s just strange to make that argument on Harper, Trout, Machado while welcoming Stanton - who also had a very poor history of winning. It’s just a silly argument to make when as you say - a player can be winmethod for one team and not another.
They could all be win method for this team, how would you know they wouldn’t be?
Steven, WIN METHOD knows. That is what he does.
Yes I can see he’s interviewed all 750 major league players on active rosters in addition to the multitude of prospects of minor
Leaguers and prospective prospects.
Steven, you are exactly right. A player can be WIN METHOD for one team, several teams, no teams. Go back and read when WIN METHOD said afraud was a cancer for the Yankees, and baseball in general. I think it is very safe to say if WIN METHOD knows which if any of the three would be a good fit for the Yankees. We will see.
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