The 2018 season is over. Small success as the YANKEES reached the playoffs. Big failure as the YANKEES lost the ALDS and did not go as far into the playoffs as they did in 2017. So on to 2019.
The YANKEES had far too many injuries in 2018. Some of the injuries kept players out not for days, but for weeks and months, and some for the season and into the coming 2019 season.
The YANKEES front office has some work to do this winter and the hot stove should be ready to start getting very warm. The YANKEE primary need appears to be a front line starting pitcher and a good left handed bat. Trading away Torres or Andujar would be a major boondoggle and a blunder that the team may not be able to overcome. The YANKEES will not start the season with Montgomery and Gregorius, both out with major injuries. The YANKEES have already resigned Bret Gardner for 2019 on a one season contract deal. I cannot go into who the YANKEES should or should not sign here for proprietary reasons, I will leave that to all you brilliant WIN METHOD posters with all the common sense in the world. I will say that if things go right there will be one giant acquisition that should help the team enormously.
Don't forget, this team despite the countless injuries, won 100 games in 2018 and where eliminated from the playoffs by a team that won 108 games in 2018, defeated the YANKEES and then defeated the Houston Astros who won 103 games in 2018, and then went on to win the World Series easily trouncing the inferior league champion LA Dodgers.
Keep an eye on the hot stove and lets see what happens. I don't touch or go near the hot stove, what happens this winter is up to Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner, and the Yankee hierarchy. Lets hope for the best and LETS GO YANKEES.
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Another week and still no big FA signings. Our first spring game one week from today.
A team can win with the right combination of players. Those winning combination of players will earn their dollars for producing when it counts to help their team win. Those players are the players who should get paid better than players who do not help their team win. Paying Machado what he wants hurts a team. A team can only pay so much, even when winning. By not paying a huge contract allows the team to pay more players a higher fairer salary keeping them all happy and winning. NO ONE PLAYER IS BIGGER THAN THE TEAM.
My conclusion is rot in hell Manny and maybe Bryce.
Big contracts for long terms kill teams and make the individual player rich. Not good.
How WIN METHOD is new Yankee DJ LeMahieu. He is a contradiction. In the clubhouse, in front of the media, he is quiet, passive, and almost intentionally boring. But ask any Rockies player and they’ll tell you that no one is tougher or more competitive on the diamond.
Pure WIN METHOD. Unlike Manny the mooch Machado. Pure loser.
I know it isn't so, but wouldn't it be nice if LeMaihieus initials stood for Derek Jeter.
Betances late into camp, but with good reason. His wife just gave birth to a son, Dellin Jr.
The Yankees will win the division wire to wire.
No word on FA's. No new reported injuries at camp. No news is good news.
Take it easy guys. Sharpen your tools and don't overdo yourselves. Save it for when it counts.
A nice peaceful Sunday. Getting ready for spring training games and watching the youngsters strut their stuff.
It always make me laugh when I see stat frauds bloviating about how the overpaid high stat guys are so good and how much they will help a team. Stat frauds no less about baseball than almost anyone who knows baseball.
Manny to San Diego and Harper to Philadelphia. This is a prediction. Better them than us.
I love the upgrades the Yankees have signed for this season. We are upgrading a 100 win team. How sweet it is.
All position players report to camp today. Full workouts tomorrow. First spring game in five days against the bosux on Saturday the 23rd.
The guys who reported to camp early should have a leg up on the guys getting there today. Everyone should come to camp in shape anyways. It is their job for heaven's sake.
How exciting to have baseball back. After over two years I will be able to go to a live game again. I used to post as Jackson DeWitt-Camp Market, South Korea.
Yes we can and yes we will. We are the New York Yankees. Damn the naysayers, the stat frauds, the talking heads, full speed ahead to the World Series.
Nice Norm. Hear, hear.
Yankees on a roll as Nolan Arenado is now out of the picture as he and Rockies agree to a high dollar long term extension which pretty much kills the Rockies chances for a few years.
Chance Adams listed as Yankee starter for tomorrow. Unless Tanaka got his work in somehow around the rainout it may be his start.
Florida probably had more rained out spring games today than we get all spring in Arizona.
Need to play games. Rain rain go away.
Radar has another rain front moving from west to east into and across Florida today. Another rainout?
The morning is dry so workouts and batting practice should still get completed, but will likely lose any afternoon activities.
Game has started. Bird hits 3 run home run in first for Yanks.
Yanks Adams and Acevedo both shelled for five runs each as neither can complete an inning. Both are writing their ticket to the minors to try to improve.
Got seven innings in today. 10-4 loss.
Yankees host Pirates tomorrow at 1 PM.
Harper says he will sign this week. >>> Maybe>
Happ starts today against the Pirates.
I heard Sanchez is going through a very intensive catching course. Physically and mentally. That is why he has not been in any games. He did come to camp with twenty less pounds from the end of last season.
J.A. Happ (L) P
NYY Lineup
1.B Gardner (L) CF
2.A Judge (R) RF
3.G Stanton (R) LF
4.T Tulowitzki (R) SS
5.M Andújar (R) 3B
6.G Bird (L) 1B
7.K Higashioka (R) C
8.T Wade (L) 2B
9.R Lavarnway (R) DH
Still no Sanchez catching.
Maybe Boone has Sanchez blocking balls in the dirt inside and outside and told him he isn't playing in a game until he can cleanly block ten straight balls in the dirt. Sanchez may be on attempt 877.
Dumb dee dumb dumb. In one of, if not the stupidest contracts in the history of baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a 13, yes 13 year contract for 330 million dollars with outfielder Bryce Harper. Dumb dee dumb dumb.
Down go the Phillies, down go the Phillies. What a stupid thing to do. I'll be dead and buried before that contract is even close to ending. I am 87.
Hal and Brian sure as heck know what they are doing. Didn't get roped into a gross overpay for either AAAA player.
Just saying no does work.
Wow, how bad did the Phillies hamstring themselves.
Back in November the Phillie owner said he had crazy money to spend.
Hector Lopez, actually 'crazy stupid'. He was right on. Crazy stupid. Lets see how many rings it earns him.
Yankees are the winners by not signing Machado or Harper.
The games are won on the field by the team with the players who play to win and produce the most when it counts offensively and defensively, pitchers and position players, for the team to win enough games to reach the playoffs and beyond. Contracts don't matters, dollars don't matter, individual player stats don't matter. Wins and winning are all that matter.
Steve, but when the high individual stat players don't win, it is their teammates fault.
Paxton listed as starter for tomorrow's game at Steinbrenner Field as the Yankees host the Orioles for a 6:30PM game under the lights.
Louie Louie hasn't pitched in a game yet. Tanaka was listed but rained out. Yankees seem to be using a different protocol for several players, likely for reasons only know by them. All the outsiders can do is guess or make up stories like the fake news does.
A round of applause for WIN METHOD poster Tommy Lee who posted back on Feb 17 his prediction that Machado would sign with San Diego and Harper would sign with Philadelphia. He nailed it.
Nice job Tommy Lee. I bet few and far between people thought that combination was likely.
Tommy Lee, I have not heard nor seen anyone else predicting what you did on Harper and Machado. Good call.
James Paxton LHP
NYY Lineup
A Hicks (S) CF
A Judge (R) RF
G Stanton (R) DH
G Sánchez (R) C
L Voit (R) 1B
G Torres (R) SS
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
B Gardner (L) LF
K Holder (L) 2B
Sanchez is in for the first time. Look at 2B, 3B, SS. At six, this may be the most starters in a spring game so far this season.
Hicks over Harper. 10 mil/year over 30 mil/year.
Look at that lineup. Holy cow. Now, take out Gardner and Holder. Torres goes to 2B, Tulowitzki in for SS. Stanton goes to LF, Andujar to 3B or DH, and LeMahieu is 3B or DH. That makes for the best lineup in baseball. And a division winner. On the bench, Romine, Gardner, and Bird. AAA ready to go Wade, Frazier, Higashika, at moments notice.
Just hope everyone stays healthy and all have a decent acceptable season producing when it counts to win games.
Yankee travel to Bradenton Florida today to play the Pirates at 1 PM. Luis Cessa listed starter.
Luis Cessa RHP
NYY Lineup
1.T Wade (L) LF
2.T Tulowitzki (R) SS
3.G Bird (L) 1B
4.M Andújar (R) 3B
5.A Romine (R) C
6.C Frazier (R) DH
7.E Florial (L) CF
8.T Amburgey (R) RF
9.T Estrada (R) 2B
Boone is innovative with his lineups.
It's so nice not being contaminated by Harper or Machado. Why do owners pay for garbage. Can only hope the Yankees learned their lesson after afraud boondoggle. Now espn has the jerk, but espn is a crap network except for the actual games they broadcast. All other content is garbage.
It looks as if high end minor league starter pitching prospects for the Yankees are not going to get a look see this spring. As of now anyway.
Kenny Sheperd, I agree. Three of our starters have not been in a spring game yet, but have worked sim games against our better hitters. First time I've seen the Yankees use this approach. Maybe they are doing things they don't the opposition to know about yet.
Lets go Yankees.
Yankees play split squad games tomorrow. Home in Tampa against the Tigers and away in Dunedin
against the Blue Jays.
Most of the runs, and by a good margin, given up by Yankee pitchers so far this spring, have been given up by pitchers not on the 40 man roster.
Masahiro Tanaka RHP
NYY Lineup
B Gardner (L) LF
A Judge (R) DH
G Stanton (R) RF
G Sánchez (R) C
M Andújar (R) 3B
G Bird (L) 1B
E Florial (L) CF
T Estrada (R) 2B
K Holder (L) SS
Nice blend getting the future bloom and growers time with the present and the veteran. TEAM, not me and I.
It will be great to see the main lineup with variations from game to game in those last few games of training and then the start of the season. This team looks to be awesome in every way. Great starting pitchers, great bullpen, and great hitters.
AAA, great starters + great bullpen + great hitters = great team.
Tanaka opens the spring with three brilliant innings.
Andujar with some solid defense today. Far underrated by the fake news stat frauds.
Wonder how many pitchers the Yanks will carry starting the season. One less and it allows for an extra position player. Decisions, decisions. WIN METHOD fans are smart enough to leave the decisions to the people in charge who have the most information and knowledge,
Off day tomorrow for Yanks. Resume Tuesday 1 PM in Tampa against the Atlanta Braves with Louie Louie scheduled to make his first start.
Both Judge HRs today were to opposite field. That is a great asset for him.
Off day for Yankees and maybe everyone is getting in a little fishing or a round of golf or whatever each prefers.
Will Boone use most of his starters for the first time today?
Luis Severino RHP
NYY Lineup
T Tulowitzki (R) SS
A Judge (R) RF
G Stanton (R) LF
L Voit (R) 1B
M Andújar (R) 3B
G Sánchez (R) C
G Torres (R) 2B
D LeMahieu (R) DH
E Florial (L) CF
There it is, except for Florial who is in for Hicks (back ache), a regular season Yankee lineup.
Here is a post from Hobbs from back in late November 2018 regarding Yankee payroll for 2019.
""""""Hobbs said...
Bronxy, I can only guesstimate using common sense. I will use round numbers starting at 192M. We already added Paxton who made 5M in 2018. Double his 5M to 10M. Trading Gray and acquiring Gennett and raising Gennetts salary 2M will add just 1M. The two bullpen arms needed since both Britton and Robertson are FA's is debatable. Lets say it costs the Yankees an added 5M to sign the two needed relievers, but it could be less or more. Now the only need is another starter and lets go high and say 25M.
We started at 192M + 5M + 1M + 5M + 25M = 228M. Hopefully Hal would go with that in a heartbeat."""""""
It wasn't Gennett but I was LeMahieu. Also came very close to final salary. Great job by Hobbs using common sense and smart thinking.
Louie Louie while warming up was scratched from starting today's game. Tarpley will start. Waiting word on why Louie Louie not starting.
First word on Louie Louie is right shoulder discomfort. Could mean anything. But hope is it nothing big.
Louie Louie getting an MRI this afternoon.
Louie Louie MRI shows inflammation of the rotator cuff. To be shut down for two weeks. That backs him up until 2nd or 3rd week of April.
Cashman is smart enough not to go out and sign another pitcher. Lets go with what we got.
The Yankee tend to not push injured players before they are healed and ready to go. They will do the same with their gem 'ace' pitcher. Louie Louie if kept out until May would only miss a max of 7 starts and more than likely less.
Jonathan Loaisiga RHP
NYY Lineup
1.B Gardner (L) CF
2.A Judge (R) RF
3.G Stanton (R) DH
4.G Bird (L) 1B
5.G Torres (R) SS
6.D LeMahieu (R) 3B
7.C Frazier (R) LF
8.A Romine (R) C
9.T Wade (L) 2B
Yankee host the Cardinals this afternoon at 1 PM. Loaisiga can make a statement today.
The Yankees could DL Louie Louie to start the season. Then mix and match German, Loaisiga, and Cessa as needed. They could also manage with only four starters because of many off days in April. Just don't sign a useless arm and waste a roster spot. Bloom and grow with our own.
Louie Louie got his cortisone shot for his shoulder, inflamed rotator cuff. There is NO structural damage. Shoulder is sore after shot. Will not throw a ball for two weeks.
In watching today's game I came away with this observation of Clint Frazier. He struck out looking with men on 2nd and 3rd with no outs. He misplayed a fly ball into a double. He looks like he is just a AAA player. You come to spring training with everything to prove and all you do is prove negatives.
Cashman know better than to deal from behind. He will go with in house pitchers while Louie Louie recovers.
Paxton starts tomorrow versus Phillies.
CC is also out to start the season. Looks to be about two weeks. Our young pitchers will get a chance to step up and fill the void. Lets go Yankees. We will play the hand we are dealt, and we will win.
This is where the Yankee bats need to step up also and help carry the pitching staff.
James Paxton LHP
NYY Lineup
T Tulowitzki (R) SS
M Andújar (R) 3B
L Voit (R) 1B
G Sánchez (R) C
G Bird (L) DH
C Frazier (R) LF
E Florial (L) CF
M Lipka (R) RF
T Estrada (R) 2B
Andujar in two hole is nice. I think he needs to bat higher than 6,7,8.
Yes it is spring training, but Gary Sanchez has so far looked terrible at bat. Twp K's today in first two at bats. I was hoping he would lose the nickname 'meatball'.
Estevan Florial the 21 year old future Yankee center fielder with a booming three run home run today as he continues to impress this spring. Bloom and grow, bloom and grow.
The question with Florial will be how fast he moves up the ranks. Gardner is gone next year opening up a spot that it appears Clint Frazier is totally unable to earn. Florial is a five tool player with superb defense, blazing speed, very strong arm, and if the bat says he is ready it will be hard to keep him down on the farm.
Yankee host the Tigers tomorrow night at 6:30 with Tanaka listed as starter.
So it's conceivable next years outfield could be Judge, Stanton, Hicks, and Florial.
Less than three weeks to opening day.
When you hear the phrase 'dumbing down of America' which is very true as the general population becomes stupider and stupider. The dumbing down is so true for baseball fans also, not here on the WIN METHOD blog, but in general, with the influx of fake formulas and the growth of the stat fraud. The idiots believe losers are better players than the winners. That a 2 WAR player is better than a 0 WAR player just because a fake made up formula says it is. Thank God for the WIN METHOD. Common sense, unadulterated baseball with smart people from all over the world.
I think the Yankees will start the season with both Voit and Bird on the 25 man roster. Just a bit more flexibility and depth off the bench.
Sammybigdog, Boone said yesterday that he was unlikely to carry both first basemen and would rather go with 13 pitchers.
Masahiro Tanaka RHP
NYY Lineup
T Tulowitzki (R) SS
A Judge (R) RF
G Stanton (R) LF
L Voit (R) 1B
M Andújar (R) DH
G Torres (R) 2B
D LeMahieu (R) 3B
B Gardner (L) CF
A Romine (R) C
Regulars getting more and more at bats and playing time.
Sanchez needs to stop swinging for the seats every time up in my view. He has looked terrible at the plate with little contact of any meaningful consequence.
Yankees visit Orioles tonight at 6 PM. Luis Cessa starting.
Inflammation in the shoulder develops over time with repeated motion. Inflammation can be controlled going forward. As long as there was no tear or other more severe damage Louie Louie should be fine. That is why you see pitchers with the ice sling over the shoulder and arm after each start. Ice helps minimize the inflammation immediately.
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