Finally, it looks like we will have some semblance of a Major League Baseball season in 2020. Baseball for 2020 was halted by a Chinese oriented deadly virus that is traveling the world and killing massive amounts of innocent people. In March baseball was shut down as was most of America. As most of America regains its footing and is starting to recover, so is baseball.
The MLB owners and the MLBPA (players association) yesterday have agreed to play a partial 2020 season commencing around July 23-24. A second spring training will open July 1st, and each team will get in shape in their own home ballparks all across the nation. There is tentatively a 60 game season that will be played. There is always a probability what I post here may be amended by the owners, players, and baseball commissioner. Each division will play 40 games in their own division. That would make for 40 games, 10 with each rival in their division. Each team would also play 4 games against each team in their opposite division for 20 games making for the total of a 60 game season. The divisions will play each other geographically limiting travel. East vs east, central vs central, and west vs west. The regular season will end the last week of September. As of now each division winner and two wild cards in each league will make the playoffs. That is the same as the 162 game season. The inferior AAAA national league will use the designated hitter for their games for the first time in baseball history. The American League has used the designated hitter since April 6, 1973 when Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees became the league's first ever designated hitter. Also extra inning games will be started with a runner on second base which makes a mockery of the game and is a sham that demeans the game of baseball. Not all changes are bad, however this change is bad.
The playoffs will conclude the season as usual hopefully ending in October. In the end as it always has and hopefully always will the best players and best teams will reach the playoffs and then advance to the final series, the world's greatest sports event the WORLD SERIES.
The season without question will be shorter and different. Look at it this way, every one of the sixty games becomes far more important and losing streaks will eliminate teams fast, while a big winning streak can carry a team right into the playoffs. The players will need to get their heads fully into the season from the first game on. The fun part is the WIN METHOD becomes even more important. The players who produce when it matters most and do it the most often will lead their team through the season and into the playoffs. Hopefully all goes well healthwise and the season can be completed.
No matter what, happens and as always, LETS GO YANKEES!
PS....thank you all, WIN METHOD fans from all over the world for your unwavering support, your comments, and for being the most intelligent baseball fans in the world. The ignorance of the stat frauds doesn't exist here. They have no game. They are losers who love losing players.
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Lets go Yankees.
Cole had his final tuneup last night. Gave up back to back HRs by Ford and Andujar. K'd 7. 5 2/3 innings of work. @90 pitches.
Michael King RHP
NYY Lineup
Mike Tauchman (L) CF
Gleyber Torres (R) SS
Mike Ford (L) 1B
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Gio Urshela (R) 3B
Miguel Andujar (R) LF
Clint Frazier (R) RF
Tyler Wade (L) 2B
Kyle Higashioka (R) C
Only exhibition game, but just seeing a lineup is great.
Blue Jays can't play in Canada. Will play in Buffalo. We should have some fun with this.
Yanks up 3-1 after four. Frazier 2 run HFR. King has gone all four innings.
Justin Trudeau is the Prime Minister of Canada and a liberal progressive low life.
Yankees trounce Mets 9-3.
Monty starting tomorrow nights game at Yankee Stadium against the Mets.
King was very strong tonight and he was facing Mets best.
Lets go Yankees.
I think Monty has the five spot in the rotation in his pocket. The thing is King and Schmidt are trying to pick his pocket. See what he does tonight.
Heller didn't impress last night.
Jordan Montgomery LHP
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
A Judge (R) RF
G Torres (R) SS
G Stanton (R) DH
A Hicks (S) CF
G Sánchez (R) C
L Voit (R) 1B
B Gardner (L) LF
M Duffy (R) 3B
LeMahieu in action. Opening day outfield and or outfield? 3B would likely be someone else.
King pitched last night and was supported with the 'B' lineup. Monty gets the 'A' lineup tonight.
Judge first inning home run.
First 3 innings for Monty. 0 runs 0 hits 4 K's.
Montgomery finished night going five scoreless innings. 2 hits 1 walk 6 K's. In total control and looked really good.
6-0 Yankees thru 7. Judge 2 HRs, and 1 each for Sanchez, Voit, and Stanton.
Yankees and Mets have agreed that Yankees will bat in the bottom of ninth even with Yanks ahead 6-0. Mets get a pitcher an inning of work and Yanks get some extra at bats.
Final, Yankees win 6-0. Host Phillies tomorrow for final exhibition game before season opener Thursday.
Very strong power display by the Yankees last night. Duffy looked pretty bad at the plate and also made an error. No reason for him to be on the team.
Deivi Garcia starting tonight's game,
So far so good. Looks good, but it only counts when the season starts and wins determine if you make the playoffs.
yankeeclipper, Duffy struck out three times and when he did make contact hit into a double play.
There is no question this Yankee team is loaded with talent. In this short season we may even get to see our talent play as a group for an extended period of games. We haven't had the opportunity to see this yet. Should be loads of fun as a Yankee fan.
downwithfakenews, love your fake name. Your post is so true. Lets go Yankees.
No baseball is toughest on guys like Deivi. He just won't get the innings and competition he needs to bloom and grow.
Deivi Garcia RHP
NYY Lineup
DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
Aaron Judge (R) RF
Gleyber Torres (R) SS
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Aaron Hicks (S) CF
Gary Sanchez (R) C
Luke Voit (R) 1B
Brett Gardner (L) LF
Gio Urshela (R) 3B
All the Yankee lineups are sweet. And there are several other names that could be in any lineup and not hurt the team a bit. Last spring training game, two workout days and open the season Thursday for real.
Keep doing what we're doing for three months. The train is ready to roll.
Everyone contributes. Wins are the goal. Wins determine the best.
Deivi with a rough outing giving up two runs in an inning and two thirds.
Yanks down 2-0 after 2.
Yanks down 2-0 after 5.
After Yankees made 3rd out in 5th, Philly starter needed to throw more pitches to up pitch count. Faces Judge who hits HR. So score is Yanks down 2-1.
Ford pinch hit home run in 9th ties game at w all. Managers decide no extra innings.
Final, 2-2. No extra innings. Next game is season opener on Thursday.
Hope the guys don't go HR crazy. Play baseball and produce when it counts is the winning formula. WIN METHOD
Good news from the three exhibition games, no one got hurt.
I am patiently waiting for our opening game and seeing Coles in a Yankee uniform, albeit our away gray. Lets have a winning season.
Yankees face Scherzer in opener, a top right hander. Do Gardner, Tauchman, and Ford start?
My lineup, LeMahieu 2b, Judge rf, Torres ss, Ford 1b, Hicks dh, Tauchman lf, Sanchez c, Gardner cf, Urshela 3b.
47 hours to go and baseball is back in action and we have a 2020 baseball season.
God bless America and the Yankees.
Coles we know will start game one tomorrow and Paxton will start game two Saturday.
YankeeMike, game three will likely be a bullpen game as the Yankees set their rotation for the return of Tanaka next week.
Coles then would likely start again Tuesday with the set rotation following.
Less than 24 hours before baseball.
Opening day 2020 baseball season.
Ten hours and if it is not rained out we will play the first game of the 2020 MLB season.
All I can say is lets go Yankees.
Gerrit Cole RHP
NYY Lineup
A Hicks (S) CF
A Judge (R) RF
G Torres (R) SS
G Stanton (R) DH
B Gardner (L) LF
G Sánchez (R) C
L Voit (R) 1B
G Urshela (R) 3B
T Wade (L) 2B
LeMahieu out. Here we go.
Sometimes I think Boone makes out the lineup just to irk the idiot Yankee fans at all the other Yankee forums. Here at WIN METHOD, we know better and we know Boone has a plan, has information, and has reasons for his decisions. LeMahieu out and Gardner in the five hole is fine with me and I bet with almost everyone here. Love it. The idiots will post countless posts whining and crying about this at the stat fraud sites.
Boone could play anyone in any order and the stat frauds would complain.
Solid lineup. If they produce when it matters most it makes absolutely no difference who is in the lineup or where they are batting. Everyone is part of the team and everyone contributes to the results the team achieves. Sorry stat frauds, you lose again.
Weather looks good for game tonight as of now. "PLAY BALL"
Lets go Yankees.
I will be doing my 10 game segments again. Only 6 needed.
Stanton 2 run first inning HR gives Yankees an early lead.
Cole allows solo HR in first. Yankees lead 2-1 after one.
Yanks up 2-1 after 2.
So nice baseball is back.
Yanks up 3-1 after 4.
Five innings in the books. Official game. Yankees lead 4-1.
Rain delay in top of 6th with Yankees up and leading 4-1.
President Trump likely to throw out first pitch at Yankee Stadium August 15th.
Still in a delay. How long will they wait?
Game called. Final. Yankees win 4-1, five innings.
reinvaldez, you called it.
Off day after season opening win by Yankees. Paxton starts Saturday night at Washington.
Stanton and Judge were sharp last night. And Wade may have been the only Yankee that would have scored from first base on Judge's double last night. Everyone contributes.
Is is not bad to have a day off after a win. You sure want to play the next day after a loss.
Good first game of season. Cole made one mistake and gave up just one hit, which cost a run being it was a home run ball. Sherzer had to throw a hundred pitches in a loss while Cole only threw 70-75 in an easy outing and a win. The win is all that counts.
Quay Ho, that is one. Yes we can.
Wins are all that matter, and only wins gets players and teams into the playoffs. Sixteen teams make the playoffs after the 60 game season. No individual stats of any player matter. The losers go home and the winners go to the playoffs.
Oh my gosh, it is so great to have baseball back. We beat off the doomsday naysayers. There is no way this season does not finish. Lets go Yankees.
When the Yankees score early it takes a lot of pressure off their starter. Which should also go for any team, but really doesn't.
Xavier Young, you have explained a tenet of the WIN METHOD.
Our guys are chomping at the bit for playing time.
Paxton gets to show his stuff tonight. He could be as good as Cole.
Cole-Paxton could become the most dominant one-two starting pitchers in baseball this season.
Just think, next season we will also have reconditioned Louie Louie and German. Schmidt and King blooming and growing.
Somebody almost anybody will not be in the lineup in tonight's game and any game for the entire season. Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
No rain worries for tonight's game.
James Paxton LHP
NYY Lineup
DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
Aaron Judge (R) RF
Gleyber Torres (R) SS
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Aaron Hicks (S) CF
Luke Voit (R) 1B
Gary Sanchez (R) C
Gio Urshela (R) 3B
Brett Gardner (L) LF
LeMahieu in. Still no Andujar.
Nat starter Strasburg hurt his hand and we will not face him in this series. He was scheduled to start tonight. Oh well.
Paxton rocked in 2nd inning and leaves without getting an out. Michael King in to save inning
and limit damage facing two batters, a double play grounder and fly out. Yankees down 3-0 as Paxton allows all three runs.
Yanks trail 7-2 after five.
Yankees getting trounced trailing 9-2 after eight.
Final. Yankees lose 9-2. They are playing the world champions. Rubber game tomorrow 1PM.
The Yankees looked bad last night.
Also for you stat frauds....what was more important last night, Stanton's 450 foot solo home run to left center or Robles 335 foot two run home run off the left field foul pole??? Home runs do not have any more value no matter how far you hit them. Wake up you idiots.
Rubber game of this series today and we are using a bullpen game which is really not a bad thing.
Stan the Man, Stanton HR was measured at 483 feet and supposedly was the second hardest hit HR ever at 121.3 MPH. He also has hit the hardest at 121.7 MPH. It's all stat fraud garbage and fake stats since neither HR counted and iota more than any other HR ever hit. What garbage the media feeds us and worse yet gobbled up by some very stupid fans.
When fans learn that the only thing that counts is wins, they will enjoy the game better and realize all players are equally important in deciding the destiny of each team.
Jonathan Loaisiga RHP
NYY Lineup
DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
Aaron Judge (R) RF
Gleyber Torres (R) SS
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Luke Voit (R) 1B
Gio Urshela (R) 3B
Miguel Andujar (R) LF
Kyle Higashioka (R) C
Mike Tauchman (L) CF
Loaisiga gets bullpen start. Hicks, Gardner, meatball out. Andujar in lf, Tauchman in cf, and Higgy catching.
A lineup without meatball is a plus. Still waiting and hoping meatball does something positive with the bat when it matters most.
Scoreless after 2.
Yankees behind 2-0 thru five innings and haven't done squat with just one hit.
After only one single thru six innings the Yankees get solo HRs from Torres and Voit in seventh to tie game 2-2 mid seventh.
Yanks take lead in 8th on Torres RBI single. Up 3-2 after 8.
Yankees lead 3-2 after 8 in a real good game. Watching on TV the experience is far better with no people in the stands in my opinion.
Torres has to be the worst defensive shortstop and Sanchez is the worst defensive catcher in baseball.
Final. Yankees win 3-2. Win first series of season and best the defending world champions.
As hard as Torres and Sanchez tried to give away the game, Britton out pitched them to earn the save.
Next up the Philadelphia Phillies for four games. First two in Philadelphia and the second two at Yankee Stadium.
I guess 2 of 3 you would take any time against any team.
So we win another bullpen game. Uncanny.
Happ Monday and Cole Tuesday listed starters for Philly games.
Solid game from bullpen, they earned the win.
Our bullpen was fine over nine innings yesterday compared to the Nats pen over three innings. And we did not have Chapman and Cessa. The WIN is what matters.
This blog is a Godsend for baseball fans who know baseball and for fans who want to learn baseball. Baseball players are no robots and not numbers, they are guys who are playing the best game at the highest level possible and trying to win games. Or they should be. Some guys have the talent and play for money.
Lori Kelly, I agree not having fans at the game is no problem for me either. Baseball owners need them and they will return. Wjat ever, it is so nice having baseball back.
Happ makes his first start of season for real tonight.
Florida Marlins game tonight has been canceled because of Chinese virus cases on team.
Tonight's series opener at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia has been postponed while Major League Baseball conducts additional Chinese virus testing.
The Phillies are fumigating their ballpark and testing everyone who had contact with their Marlin series.
All of this closings of everything worthwhile is nonsense and being done on purpose by the liberal democrat liars. But it is fine for protesters to gather as a mob, loot, destroy, and attack people and businesses of working people trying to make a living.
Woody/Atlanta, you nailed it. The left wing bottom feeders are trying to get rid of Trump any way they can and have been trying for four years. Lie after lie. Pelosi, Schitt, Nadler, Chuck U Shumer, Comey, Mueller, obama, etal. Biden I don't ount, he is just an demented fool.
All other games today are still on. No Marlins/O's or Yankees/Phillies.
I was hoping the politics was done.
Lets all hope for the best so there can be more baseball. It was a fun weekend for a change. Especially winning 2 of 3 over the champs.
Will they play tonight in Philadelphia?
No word on tonights game yet.
Rumor has tonight's as being postponed.
More rumor has tonight's as being postponed. Still not confirmed.
Tonight's game has officially been postponed. Our starting pitching is getting backed up. Three games and our starting pitching has pitched six innings.
We may get a double header with the Phils in NY Wednesday or Thursday.
Never mind, Yankees going to Baltimore Wednesday and Thursday and will play Orioles.
Marlins game cancelled for rest of week. I guess schedule is very flexible.
If game is played tonight in Baltimore, Cole is slated to start.
This stinking Chinese virus is messing up the flow of baseball games. Just play the games already. The players who get infected get quarantined for at least two weeks and then of tested clean can come back. The games get played by the other players of the 60 players allotted to each team. The people who want to close everything are a joke and so is Fauci. There are many experts in Fauci's field who do not see things the way he does.
Pierre Jadot, the doctor's who see things different than Fauci are smarter than he is. He is a waffler who talks out of both sides of his mouth.
This season unfortunately will go down as exhibition baseball. Even the most desperate fans will not take comfort in its outcome.
Fake baseball, No, it is real baseball played by the best baseball players in the world. The season is unquestionably shorter, which in fact makes each game more important. As usual the teams who win the most games will make the playoffs. The playoffs will have more teams involved, but nontheless the worst teams will be eliminated. The playoffs will be best of three and the six division winning teams will play the six teams with the worst records during the shortened season. The winners will all move on until there is only one left and they will be the 2020 season World Champions. Sorry to burst your bubble, there are more fans on this blog than any of the other sites, forums, or blogs you may have read. I for one am thrilled by a baseball season and am totally looking forward to it. The outcome will be real and it will be documented and it should be noted that the season was irregular. All the players will also have their individual stats added to their history.
Fake baseball, you are wrong and you have the right to be wrong.
YankeeMike, you are right and you pretty much said it all.
Fake baseball, no it is real baseball. I'll watch you can stick your head in the sand.
You guys are all fools.
Fake baseball, No we are just mostly Yankee fans who know and love baseball, unlike you.
Gerrit Cole
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
A Judge (R) RF
G Torres (R) SS
G Stanton (R) DH
A Hicks (S) CF
M Ford (L) 1B
G Sánchez (R) C
G Urshela (R) 3B
B Gardner (L) LF
Ford gets his first start at 1B. Sanchez in his favorite ballpark.
Guy Padikian, Torres rakes in Camden Yards also. With all the Yankees healthy this two game series could be a debacle for the O's.
Fake baseball, NO. Real baseball, YES. Real season, YES.
Yankees up 5-1 through five innings.
7-3 Yankees after 7. Cole went 6 2/3. Tired in 7th.
Final. Yankees win 9-3. After LeMahieu led game off with a home run the Yankees never trailed.
Happ starting tonight for Yankees against the Orioles.
After tonight's game in Baltimore the Yankees head home for their home opener and series in the Bronx. Three games against the sux. Monty, Tanaka, and Paxton the three starters.
Need to keep winning. Only wins will get you into the playoffs.
Every game counts so much just like August/September of a normal season.
Baseball at its best. Playing around a Chinese virus that is killing people all over the world. Thank you all, all MLB players who are participating in the 2020 season.
Yanks up 5-4 after 4.
Rain delay mid sixth with Yanks up 5-4.
Loaisiga gives up 2 run HR in 8th and Yankees trail 6-5 going into the 9th.
Judge hits 3 run home run in 9th for an 8-6 lead. WHEN IT COUNTS stat frauds.
Final. Yankees win 8-6. Voit grand slam and Judge 3 run home run in first and ninth bookend the win.
Would love to sweep the sux this weekend.
Jordan Montgomery LHP
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
A Judge (R) RF
G Torres (R) SS
G Stanton (R) DH
A Hicks (S) CF
L Voit (R) 1B
G Urshela (R) 3B
B Gardner (L) LF
K Higashioka (R) C
Thank God meatball is out of the lineup. He might be the worst hitter in MLB, and if not very close to it.
Yes, no Sanchez. Hope Higgy has a big night and stays in the lineup all weekend. Let Sanchez replace him if a game is a blowout.
Lets go Yankees. Keep the wins coming.
0-0 after 2.
Yanks up 3-1 after 6.
Final. Yankees win 5-1. Judge and Urshela home runs. Monty 5 2/3 innings allowing 1 run for
the win.
will-i-am, Gardner also had a home run.
The take away from Higashioka's 0-4 tonight. He hit two balls on the button but right at fielders. He also did hit balls for his other two outs. No strikeouts ala meatball. Higgy needs to play.
Monty was very strong last night. Created a jam or two for himself and pitched out of them. Solo home run the only run he allowed.
Tanaka's turn tonight. Bullpen will get to work several innings again.
Kahnle ligament problem on 10 day DL and may be out for season.
Kahnle said he leaning towards TJ surgery.
Masahiro Tanaka RHP
NYY Lineup
DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
Aaron Judge (R) RF
Gleyber Torres (R) SS
Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
Luke Voit (R) 1B
Mike Tauchman (L) LF
Gary Sanchez (R) C
Gio Urshela (R) 3B
Brett Gardner (L) CF
The black hole meatball back in again.
Why do the stat frauds complain about Gardner playing but say nothing about Sanchez?
Lets go Yankees.
Yanks up 5-0 after 2.
Yankees lead 5-2 thru six innings. Judge solo home run and Urshela grand slam.
What a nice first MLB appearance by Yankee reliever Nick Nelson. Three shutout innings, no hits and four strike outs.
Final. Yankees win 5-2. Urshela grand slam and Judge solo HR all the Yankee scoring.
Nice, Nelson earned the win.
Paxton gets another chance tomorrow. Has to do better than last start.
Will be looking for a big rebound effort from Paxton today. Resilience.
Meatball got his first hit last night. An opposite field grounder against the shift that made it to the outfield. Still on a country road and not the interstate 'yet'.
James Paxton LHP
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
A Judge (R) RF
G Torres (R) SS
G Stanton (R) DH
A Hicks (S) CF
L Voit (R) 1B
G Sánchez (R) C
G Urshela (R) 3B
M Andújar (R) LF
Andujar in LF. Hooray!
Nice to see Andujar get a start.
Chance for a 3 game series sweep tonight.
Paxton gives up 2 run HR in first inning. Yanks down 2-0 after one.
Yanks up 3-2 after 2.
Judge 3 run HR gives Yankees 3-2 lead thru 2.
Paxton throwing another stinker tonight. Gives up 3 more runs in 3rd. Yanks down 5-3.
6-6 after five.
Yankees behind 7-6 coming to bat in 8th.
Final. Yankees win 9-7. Judge and LeMahieu tie and win it in eight. Outstanding win.
Judge has been a one man wrecking crew so far.
Cole starter tonight against Phillies in Yankee Stadium.
Possibility of some rain issues tonight.
Gerrit Cole RHP
NYY Lineup
D LeMahieu (R) 2B
A Judge (R) RF
A Hicks (S) CF
G Stanton (R) DH
M Ford (L) 1B
G Urshela (R) 3B
G Sánchez (R) C
B Gardner (L) LF
T Wade (L) SS
Ford at 1B and Wade at SS. Torres and Voit off.
Wade and Ford gives us two more lefty bats in lineup.
DJ LeMahieu first inning lead off home run has the Yankees up 1-0 after two.
Yankees up 3-1 after five.
Urshela 3 run home run in 6th puts Yankees up 6-1 after six and the skies open up with heavy rain. Game is now in a delay.
After just over an hour rain delay, game continues and Yankees lead 6-2 thru seven.
Final. Yankees win 6-3. LeMahieu, Gardner, solo HRs, and Urshela a 3 run HR.
Game cancelled for today. Double header tomorrow in Philadelphia with the Phillies starting at 4PM. First game Yankees will be home team and second game Yankees will be visiting team. Both games will be seven inning games.
Happ and Monty or Tanaka tomorrow. Boone may want to split the lefties.
I don't know how filed conditions would be after the storm blows through, but it is going to be completed cleared out by 3PM, four hours before game time if there was a game tonight. Pouring right now.
Speaking of lefties, Paxton needs to get his act together. The season is to short for him to pitch as bad as he has.
I was perusing player evaluation tools for MLB and found this article from a few years back.
"""""MLB and the Six-Tool Player: A Growing Trend for Evaluating Baseball Players
by s.a. rose3 years ago Follow @the4pointline
Teams in MLB are always looking for an edge over the competition. Baseball evaluators are passing on talented headcases and now valuing the impact to team chemistry when looking to draft a player or add a free agent to the most fragile of places – their team’s locker room.
Is a sixth tool about to be introduced when evaluating baseball players? It seems that the trend among GMs is placing a heavier focus on psychological make-ups and considering how a player fits into the puzzle that is locker room chemistry and bypassing talent that comes with unwanted baggage (re: character issues)."""""
I guess they had just found the WIN METHOD, because the Yankees have been doing this for almost 30 years now. What has it got the Yankees. Just more wins than any other team in baseball, more World Championships, and more playoff appearances.
Hobbs, good catch. I have heard about several teams getting into the WIN METHOD evaluation tool. None of them have the real thing nor the originator however.
WIN METHOD gave the Yankees an advantage other teams could only dream about.
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