The 2022 season is over. Another solid winning season making the playoffs. Sadly another season of getting knocked out of the playoffs and not making the World Series. A good season, yes, to make the playoffs, but not good enough to make the World Series.
The hot stove has been hot and is burning strong. Many big names have changed uniforms so far. The YANKEES re-signed free agent Aaron Judge and signed a top of the rotation starter in free agent Carlos Rodon.
As I told all the WIN METHOD fans in my July 5, 2022 blogpost, Aaron Judge was not going to sign with any other team but the YANKEES. Attaining Rodon is a fine upgrade to the starting rotation. With the addition of Rodon, the rotation is more balanced with three right handed starters and two left handed starters. Cole, Cortes, Rodon, Louie Louie, and Montas.
With Benintendi lost to free agency there is an opening in left field, I would think and hope the YANKEES will give Oswaldo Cabrera every chance to earn and then hold the left field position. Then there is the infield to deal with. First base as of now is the only infield position set in stone. Anthony Rizzo has first base locked up. There may or may not be a deal coming this winter to help decide the infield spots at second base, third base, and shortstop. But the YANKEES have an abundance of bodies in LeMahieu, Torres, Peraza, Kiner-Falefa, Donaldson, and possible even Volpe to fill the three positions. How things shake out during the winter break and then spring training will eventually tell the story.
The bullpen has many arms and should be no issue throughout the 2023 season, There are a couple of youngsters in the minors who are still developing and who knows just when the light bulb goes off for them and they are ready to make an impact at the major league level.
At the catcher position. Personally, I am looking forward to seeing what left handed hitting catcher Ben Rortvedt will bring to the team. Rortvedt may provide a big surprise. I would think the YANKEES will not carry three catchers and either Trevino or Higashioka will be gone.
In the minor leagues the YANKEES have a bunch of fine looking youngsters at all positions, as WIN METHOD as they can be, how they bloom and grow over time will determine their ultimate value.
WIN METHOD fans, I can't say this often enough. You are the smartest and most knowledgeable baseball fans in the world. You make fans at all the other blogs, sites, forums, or whatever look silly. You all, have made the WIN METHOD blog the number one go to site for YANKEE baseball talk and information, You fans are positive, uplifting, and use common sense. All of you KNOW baseball. Around February 2023, this blog will attain one billion five hundred million views, 1,500,000,000. Thank you all, you truly are the greatest YANKEE fans in the world.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS, to each and every one of you wherever you are across this planet. I still get amazed when I look and see the hundreds of countries all of the viewers of the WIN METHOD blog come from. Everyone, have a happy and healthy new year. Lets win a World Series. LETS GO YANKEES.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1001 – 1200 of 2034 Newer› Newest»Judge first inning HR gives Yankees 2-0 lead after two innings. So far so good on Brito.
Yanks up 2-0 after 4.
Brito had to work hard this time out, goes 4 1/3 innings allowing 1 run and 3 hits. Leaves game leading 2-1 and will earn a no decision. So, four starts, two real good, one OK, and one awful.
Yankees scored 2 runs in 1st inning after first two batters. Haven't scored since, but still hold 2-1 lead thru 7 innings.
2-2 after 8.
Extra innings of Manfred (LOSER) extra inning little league baseball tied at 2. The Yankee have not produced one time so far this game when it mattered most. All they needed was one time and the game would have been over.
Final. Yankees win 3-2 in 10 innings on a walk off sacrifice fly by Torres. Hamilton get the win. Brito gives up 1 run going 4 1/3 innings and bullpen goes 5 2/3 innings giving up 1 run. Rubber game tomorrow (4PM starting time) with Cortes starting. Lineup needs to score some runs.
Only time in game the Yankees produced when it mattered most. Got the runner in for third base with less than two outs, and it wins the game. A win earned is always good, and only wins will get you to the playoffs.
Judge defined WIN METHOD tonight. In the 3-2 win, he put 2 of the Yankee runs on the board with a home run, and kept 2 Angel runs off the board, 1 with a leaping catch at the centerfield wall that took a home run away from the Angels, and with a diving catch in the right centerfield alley to keep at least 1 run off the board and close out an Angel rally. Plays like that is what determines which team wins pretty much every game throughout the season.
And yes, yet again, only wins get a team to the playoffs.
Can't wait to see what lineup Boone comes up with today against another left handed pitcher.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Nestor Cortes (L) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Aaron Judge (R) RF
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Gleyber Torres (R) DH
5. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
6. Oswald Peraza (R) 2B
7. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF
8. Jose Trevino (R) C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF
As things stand right now, this is likely the best lineup we have against a left handed pitcher. Playing for another series win this afternoon.
The Arizona Diamonbacks just DFA'd Madison Bumgarner with 34M+ left on his deal, yet the Yankees keep useless Aaron Hicks on their roster preventing better younger players from helping the team. Dumdedumdum.
Lets go Yankees.
Yankees score five in first inning with the big hit a 3 rbi base clearing double by Trevino with 2 outs when it masters most. 5-0 Yankees after one inning.
Yanks up 5-2 after 5.
Yankees after scoring five runs in first inning do nothing for the next five innings, but do give up three runs putting the Angles back in the game. Then in the seventh they get the three runs back for a 8-3 lead after seven innings.
Final. Yankees win 9-3. Cortes earns the win going six innings allowing 3 runs. Yankees scored 5 runs in first inning capped by Trevino base clearing 3 rbi double. Marinaccio, Peralta, and Weissert go final three innings. Yanks win another series.
This has to be the best Yankee infield since Jeter retired.
Rizzo -- first base. Peraza -- second base. LeMahieu -- third base. Volpe -- shortstop.
They are fun to watch. Offensively and defensively.
Next series the Yankees host the Blue Jays at the Stadium, three games over the weekend.
German starts first game of series Friday night. Will he match his last outing -- if he does the Yanks win.
YankeeMike, that infield should play every game every day. For a break at any position, you just fill in with Torres and Cabrera. And if absolutely necessary for a game here and there Donaldson.
Donaldson can play 3b and LeMahieu 1b when Rizzo get time off. Let the kids play. DFA Hicks.
Biden is on China's payroll. He, his family, his cohorts, and all those who have participated in, allowed, and ignored, all of this criminal activity, corruption, and destruction of America happen need to pay the ultimate penalty.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Domingo German (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Aaron Judge (R) RF
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
5. DJ LeMahieu (R) DH
6. Oswald Peraza (R) 3B
7. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF
8. Kyle Higashioka (R) C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF
Back to back lineups but for catcher. Lets get the same result.
Doug Parker, Yes, great infield.
Walt Belamy, great post. Yes, the ultimate penalty.
Big game for German tonight. He is well in front of Schmidt as of now. A good game tonight and Schmidt may be out of the picture.
Look at the lineup and there is one change soon to come, Bader in CF. He will be a big upgrade over IKF offensively and defensively and on the basepaths.
Would love if the Yankees could start this series with a win. The Yankees have been playing catchup in too many series so far this season.
Yanks down 2-1 after 2.
Yankees trail 2-1 after two. German getting hit hard the first two innings. Cabrera home run for the Yankee run.
Sorry fans but this is pretty big ---------
Bombshell: Ex-CIA Chief Confessed He Got 50 Colleagues To Co-sign False Hunter Biden Laptop Letter In Bed To ‘Help Biden’
Story by David Wetzel • 1h ago
Joe Biden's presidential campaign allegedly urged a top United States official to "help Biden" by getting signatures stating that the investigation on Hunter Biden's laptop was Russian disinformation.
The Biden camp reportedly asked former acting CIA Director Mike Morell to "help Biden" get 50 colleagues to sign a letter in October 2020 stating that the allegations about Hunter Biden's laptop having damning information was merely a ploy by the Russians to undermine the United States.
Morell told the House Judiciary Committee during a private sworn testimony that Antony Blinken, now the secretary of state, was the Biden camp official who asked him "on or before" Oct. 17, 2020, to organize signatures to say the allegations against Hunter Biden were Russian misinformation.
Yanks down 4-1 thru six. German has given up two 2 run HRs.
Final. Yankees lose 6-1. German goes six innings allowing 4 runs and takes the loss. Abreu gives up 2 runs in the 8th. Cabrera solo home run Yankees only run. Yanks never in the game. Yank 1-6 hitters 2 for 21. 7-9 hitters 3 for 8. Lose another series opening game.
Team looked very flat tonight.
Cole tomorrow to try to even series. If the Yankees don't score, how Cole pitches will not make much of a difference. The Jays will be looking to take down Cole. It would add another feather for them.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Gerrit Cole (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Aaron Judge (R) CF
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
5. Willie Calhoun (L) DH
6. Franchy Cordero (L) RF
7. Jose Trevino (R) C
8. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF
9. Oswald Peraza (R) 3B
Cole pitching after a loss again. The Yankee lefthanded hitting lineup. Need to win today and tomorrow to win this series.
Woody/Atlanta, criminal corruption abounds at the White House, the Capitol, the FBI, the DOJ, the CIA, the State Department, the Pentagon, and everywhere across America where there is a radical leftwing democrat in charge or in existence.
Cole strands two Blue Jay runners in the first two innings. Two tough innings of work.
0-0 after 3.
A true pitcher's duel at the Stadium. Both pitchers putting up goose eggs on the scoreboard thru five innings.
0-0 after 6.
One heck of a game.
Two outs bottom of eighth, Peraza single and Volpe home run, when it matters MOST, for first runs of game and a 2-0 lead.
Volpe two run HR for 2-0 Yankee lead in 8th inning.
Yankee take lead on Volpe 2 run HR in 8th. Three outs for the win.
Peralta blows in instantly. Walk-HR to first two batters in 9th.
Cordero stops the bleeding in 9th at 2-2.
Rizzo leads of bottom of 9th with double, Torres infield single puts men on 1st and 3rd. Calhoun walks fills the bases, DJ pinch hit single wins the game 3-2.
LeMahieu pinch hit rbi single wins it in ninth 3-2. Great game.
The Yankeeeeeeeeeeee Winnnnnnnnnn, 3-2 walk off win on DJ pinch hit single.
Final. Yankees win 3-2 on a great Saturday afternoon game between two of the best teams in baseball. Game was scoreless until 2 outs in the bottom of 8th inning. Then all the action starts, Peraza 2 out single followed by Volpe 2 run home run for a 2-0 Yankee lead. Peralta in the 9th gives up a leadoff walk followed by a game tying HR. Then a single. Cordero comes in to get a pop fly out and a double play grounder. Bottom of 9th, Rizzo leads off with a double, Torres infield single puts men on first and third and no outs. Calhoun walks to load the bases. LeMahieu pinch hits and singles in the winning run for a 3-2 walk off win. Rubber game tomorrow.
What a game. Tension all the way through for seven innings, the big lift in the eight, the traumatic let down in the top of ninth, followed by the joyous walk off win in the bottom of ninth.
Schmidt starts the rubber game tomorrow. Drats!
You just never know what is going to happen. No one produced for either team until 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th and then the flood gates opened. Badabing badaboo.
Sadly, I missed the game today. It had to be a great win, it could even call it as winning it twice between the 8th and 9th innings.
Fred Slube, you did miss a good game. The Blue Jays had opportunities early, but could never produce when it counted most. They did that one time in the ninth and I thought for sure the Yankees would lose.
I have to admit I am pessimistic about tomorrow's game with Schmidt starting. He hasn't thrown a good game yet this year.
Benny Pake, if Schmidt pitches the way he has been pitching the Yankees may need double digit runs from the offense tomorrow. Maybe Schmidt will surprise us.
I don't know what to expect from Schmidt. He has gotten lit up every start and has given the team no useful innings in any start.
How WIN METHOD is this. Contributions from players with minimal time in the game. Winning RBI by LeMahieu who pinch hit in the ninth inning, winning run by Kiner-Falefa who pinch ran in ninth inning, and the winning pitcher Cordero who faced one batter in the ninth inning.
Unfortunately I think Toronto after facing Cole yesterday will think they are seeing a batting practice pitcher in Schmidt.
Oh oh spaghetti-o's, the Yankee series winning streak is in the hands of Schmidt this afternoon.
I have no idea why Hicks still has a roster spot. The Yankees play IKF over him in centerfield and Cordero/Calhoun over him at right and leftfield. Hicks also isn't the first pinch hitter option. It makes no sense to keep him on the roster.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Clarke Schmidt (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Aaron Judge (R) RF
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) DH
4. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
5. DJ LeMahieu (R) 1B
6. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF
7. Oswald Peraza (R) 3B
8. Kyle Higashioka (R) C
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF
Schmidt is the barometer. Righty lineup against a righty pitcher. But a good lineup. The youngsters are playing and they are learning from guys like Judge, Rizzo and LeMaheiu. Yes we can.
My words of encouragement for Schmidt. If you don't start throwing shutout dominant innings and if you can't get thru a minimum of five or more innings, you won't be in the rotation the first minute I can replace you. It is up to you and only you. Your performance will decide your fate. It is in your hands.
yankeeclipper, come on now man. In the woke joke dope world of the joe-bama/commie MALADY administration of corrupt criminal radical leftwing liberal democrat scum, you can't talk to or say something like that to anyone. You may hurt their feelings. That being stated, I agree with what you posted and anyone who doesn't is entitled to their views, but they can also _______________________. Fill in the blank as you wish.
yankeeclipper, oh my God, you scared the begeebers out of Schmidt -- at least for the first three innings.
0-0 after 3.
It didn't matter what the Yankee pitching staff and especially Schmidt did today since the Yankee offense has not scored a run over the first eight innings and trail 4-0.
Final. Yankees lose 5-1. Schmidt pitched great for five innings and then gave up two home runs in the sixth and takes the loss. Yankee lineup anemic until Rizzo hits a meaningless home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. This was the first series the Yankees have lost this season. The bright spot takeaway was Schmidt's five innings of dominating pitching.
The Yankees need an infusion of life. Team seems to be marching in place. It just be a matter of getting the injured back and getting rid of the dead wood, in order of uselessness -- Hicks, Calhoun, Cordero, Kiner-Falefa.
I believe the kids should play, but eliminating the above with Bader, Donaldson, and Stanton would be a gigantic upgrade. Most importantly would be the pitching to come back and produce. Rodon, Louie Louie, Montas and a reliever.
Yankees go on a road trip. Three games in Minnesota starting tomorrow night. Brito, Cortes, and German Yankee starters.
How good is the American East Division --- All five teams are playing over .500 baseball
AL Central --- 1
AL West --- 2
NL East --- 3
NL Central --- 3
NL West --- 2
Todays Yankee lineup.
Jhony Brito (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Aaron Judge (R) DH
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
5. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
6. Franchy Cordero (L) RF
7. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF
8. Jose Trevino (R) C
9. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
Yankee lineup has eight baseball players and one golfer in it. The golfer is not even good at golf, but he is getting paid 10 million a year by the Yankees for being awful at baseball.
The Twins were the team that lit up Brito in his only bad start. Turn around is fair play.
0-0 after 2.
Yankees trailing 4-0 after five. Lineup failing again. Brito two good innings and then lost it in third allowing three runs while throwing a ton of pitches.
Final. Yankees lose 6-1. Never in game, scoring their only run in the ninth inning. Brito goes 2 2/3 innings allowing 3 runs and takes the loss. Weissert allowed 1 run, Abreu allowed 1 run, and Cordero allowed 1 run in relief. Another bad game by the hitters. Another series opening game loss.
Cortes tomorrow to try to even series.
Why is there a spring training? What good does it do? Use common sense, if you play a sport where it takes numerous skills, you need to be in shape. There should be no off season. A contract given to a player should spell that out. The player must have supervised winter season obligations to get each player in the physical condition needed to play their position without breaking down. There has to be someone out there that can come up with a plan that for each player depending on each players specific needs that can keep players away from so many injuries. Multi-million dollar employees that don't perform. Sounds like our government.
I bet this has been said at least once every season since this blog was created --- so here it is --- when you are playing your best, you are not that good, and when you are playing your worst, you are not that bad. That goes for an individual or a team.
Geronimo Wyatt, your last four words says it all. Things are much worse in America and the world than people know. The supporters of the joe-bama/commie MALADY administration and the radical leftwing liberal democrat scum are destroying all that is good and perpetuating all that is evil and morally corrupt.
Geronimo and Richard, if anyone ever votes for a democrat or liberal, they are the problem and making everything worse.
Think of this team without Judge this year. They would be a bottom of the division team losing 90+ games without him.
Chatterly, if you believe what you posted, you are an imbecile.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Nestor Cortes (L) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
3. Aaron Judge (R) CF
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
5. Willie Calhoun (L) DH
6. Oswald Peraza (R) 2B
7. Franchy Cordero (L) RF
8. Jose Trevino (R) C
9. Aaron Hicks (S) LF
Yep, that's the lineup. Sure Hicks plays again, He went 0-4 last night and his BA could dip below .100 tonight.
Yanks23245, every time that is posted here, the Yankees go on to the playoffs.
A lot of people are saying this, but when you put Hicks in the lineup and continue to have him on your roster, you have hit the bottom of the barrel.
1-1 thru three.
Cortes and Marinaccio each give up a two run home run in sixth. Yankees down 6-2.
Final. Yankees lose 6-2. Cortes goes five innings giving up 4 runs and takes the loss. Offense, little to none. Not much else to say. Last game of the season with Twins tomorrow afternoon, Another loss and Yanks get swept.
For the Yankees, hopefully this first month of the season will be the teams worst month of the season. However, the team will have to turn things around sooner than later.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Domingo German (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Aaron Judge (R) DH
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
5. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
6. Willie Calhoun (L) RF
7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF
8. Kyle Higashioka (R) C
9. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF
One more and last try against the Twins this season. Unless both teams make the playoffs and play each other.
Yea!!! Yankees put up a five spot in the second capped by a Judge three rbi double. Lead 5-1 after two.
Yanks up 11-3 after 4.
German goes six innings allowing 6 runs, but, the Yankees score 11 and lead 11-6 thru seven innings.
Final. Yankees win 12-6 laugher. German allows six runs in six innings but earns the win as the Yankees scored big early. Everyone in the lineup contributed. At least the Yanks did not got swept. Head to Texas.
Yankees in Texas for a four game long weekend series in Texas with the Rangers. Cole, Schmidt, Brito, Cortes are the listed starters for the Yankees. Three night games Thurs, Fri, Sat, and a day game Sunday.
Four game series are hard to win, teams usually split them. Cole should get us off to a good start if he keeps pitching the way he has and the lineup can put up a crooked number or two on the scoreboard.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Gerrit Cole (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Aaron Judge (R) RF
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) DH
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 1B
5. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
6. Oswald Peraza (R) 3B
7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF
8. Jose Trevino (R) C
9. Aaron Hicks (S) LF
Yankee best left fielder not in game. So sad.
LeMahieu and Torres back to back HRs to open second inning.
Yanks up 3-0 after 4.
Final. Yankees win 4-2. Three solo home runs, LeMahieu, Torres, Trevino, and rbi single from Volpe. Cole went 6 2/3 innings giving up 2 rinky dink runs in a hiccup inning, and earns the win. King goes the final 2 1/3 innings fluidly for the save. Judge came our of the game after striking out twice. Look for update.
Word on Judge is 'right hip discomfort'.
Hope whatever is issue with Judge is minor.
Hope Schmidt can follow up his last game with a big outing. The team needs help from every player more than ever.
It looks like the Yankees will be playing without Judge for the next couple of games in Texas.
From what I have heard, Joe Biden is being heavily chemically treated. - That is the reason his public contact is very limited and controlled. - In the few and far between times he has to have a longer period of time openly, such as the state of union speech, his treatments are at their apex. - When this occurs, Biden then is hidden away for longer stretches so as to be able to recover. - Without the treatments he is incoherent, doesn't know where he is, or what he is doing. - He is completely unable to take, much less pass, a cognitive test. - He is told where to go, what to say, over and over. - He is a drugged shell of a human being. - The worst of all this is the United States is being a criminal corrupt shadow government being controlled by China.
Yankees have added AAA Jake Bauers to their roster. Maybe in lineup tonight? He's been outstanding at the AAA level.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Clarke Schmidt (R) P
1. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
3. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
4. Willie Calhoun (L) DH
5. Oswald Peraza (R) SS
6. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF
7. Franchy Cordero (L) RF
8. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
9. Kyle Higashioka (R) C
Looks like Bauers has not gotten to Texas yet.. Worst outfielder in centerfield. Volpe out. Judge getting MRI.
Gerald J. Boyum, I hear talking head on new shows saying Biden's mis-speaks are just gaffes and everybody commits them. The difference is Biden constantly does these errors, mis-speaks, gaffes, or whatever you want to call them. The doctors say these constant 'gaffes' are not gaffes, but contentive mental disease.
Schmidt has nothing again and has pitched the Yankees into a 5-0 hole thru four innings.
Final. Yankees lose 5-2 and never in game. Schmidt gave up all 5 runs and was bad again. Bullpen went three scoreless innings. Cordero in right field looked bad on two hard hit balls right at him that went over his head. Series tied at one game each.
1. Brito starts tomorrow.
2. No update on Judge.
3. Are Biden and Cashman related?
Newest news on Judge from a few minutes ago.
Aaron Boone said the team actually might have gotten some good news on Judge’s right hip following a 5-2 loss to the Rangers at Globe Life Field on Friday night.
“It doesn’t seem too serious,” Boone said on the YES Network broadcast, though he added there was “something” that the test showed.
Boone said the Yankees were waiting for team physician Dr. Christopher Ahmad to review the results of the MRI that Judge had earlier in the day in Texas. “When we have that,” the manager said, “we’ll know.”
Judge didn’t speak to reporters in Arlington before the game. Judge revealed the injury Thursday after coming out in the fourth inning of a 4-2 win over Texas. He said he suffered it when he was sliding into third base Wednesday versus the Twins. Judge didn’t so much slide as he did nearly scorpion, with his hands jamming into the bag and his legs almost going over his head.
"Something" that the test showed. Sounds very ominous to me.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Jhony Brito (R)
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
3. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
5. Willie Calhoun (L) DH
6. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) RF
7. Jose Trevino (R) C
8. Jake Bauers (L) LF
9. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF
Bauers in lineup for his first MLB game. Hicks not in lineup but still on team. Good he is not in lineup, bad he is still on the team. Brito to keep us in game and give us a chance.
You have to be kidding. Bauers on the first ball hit to him in the first inning makes a spectacular catch sliding full speed into the left-field wall saving a run. after several minutes he did walk off the field on his own.
Bauers does not come out to play the field in second inning. Hicks in. Buaers doesn't get an at bat. Is this team cursed or what.
If the Yankees continue to play Hicks in the outfield, he is going to kill someone on his own team with his incompetence.
Scoreless after four innings played in 55 minutes.
Yanks down 2-0 after seven innings. No big bat with Judge out, and his replacement, Bauers gets injured in first inning and doesn't even get an at bat.
Final. Yankees lose 2-0. Brito went five innings allowing a two run home run in the fifth for the only runs of the game and he takes the loss. Jake Bauers, called up from AAA and playing in his first MLB game, gets injured in the first inning and will undergo an MRI tomorrow. Cortes start tomorrow and Yanks need a win to split this four game series.
The MRI report on Judge is a mild strain of his right hip. What a nightmare this season has been.
Yankee fans, the worm will turn, mark my words. Making the playoffs and winning the World Series this year will make it all much sweeter.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Nestor Cortes (L) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Oswald Peraza (R) 3B
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) DH
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 1B
5. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
6. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) RF
7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF
8. Kyle Higashioka (R) C
9. Aaron Hicks (S) LF
Just thinking of the best player in the past 30 years, Derek Jeter, and his pals, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, Tino Martinez, Scot Brosius, and Paul ONeil.
You couldn't write a movie script for a baseball movie like this. No one would believe it. Franchy Cordero who didn't even get out of Texas, was recalled, one day after being demoted, to replace the replacement (Bauers), who only played for three outs and got injured, who was called up to replace the injured Aaron Judge.
Cortes with the worst game of his Yankee career gets hammered and the Yankees are down 8-1 after five innings.
This weekend series in Texas reminds me of an old Ray Milland movie from the 40's.
Yanks now down 14-1 thru seven.
Final. Yankees lose 15-2. Cortes takes loss. One heck of a pathetic road trip with 2 wins and 5 losses.
sid greenberg.nyc, Ah yes, The Lost Weekend, one of the all time greats, with real people doing real acting.
Yankees come home with their tail between their legs. Host the Indians for a three game series. German, Cole, and Schmidt.
How many tens of thousands of Americans have been murdered by illegal aliens who have entered this country illegally under, supported by, and encouraged by, the evil, corrupt, criminal joe-bama/commie MALADY administration since Biden took office. Wake up America. Erase these people from every office they now occupy.
MAGA2024 wake up America, let me add that anyone who votes for a radical left-wing, liberal democrat is voting to kill another American citizen. If voters cannot see how this administration is destroying this country, it is a shame. How stupid are these people. Worse, how dangerous are these people. This country is teetering on the edge of oblivion as free sovereign nation.
Sure hope we can win this series.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Domingo German (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
3. Gleyber Torres (R) DH
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
5. Willie Calhoun (L) RF
6. Oswald Peraza (R) 2B
7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF
8. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) LF
9. Jose Trevino (R) C
Can only hope for the best.
Chris Blacker and MALADY 2024: anyone who votes for a Republican NRA stooge/gun loving nut who put millions of automatic weapons in the hands of criminals, the insane, and the stupid are voting to murder even more Americans and American children.
May want to pray for the best also.
The Yankees have place Judge on the 10 day disabled list. (DL) Out for the Cleveland and Tampa Bay series.
Grosner, guns do not murder, people do. Bidens people are pedophiles, arsonists, murderer, drug dealers, terrorists, rapists, gangsters, and paid liberal democrat voters. No contest, you lose.
Yanks up 2-0 after 3.
What a horrid loss. Yanks blow 2-0 lead in ninth and lose 3-2.
Final. Yankees lose 3-2. A heartbreaking loss. German goes eight innings allowing 1 hit and 1 walk for his greatest game in his career. Boone pushes the envelope and sends German out to pitch the ninth inning. German get first batter and the gives up a single. Boone take German out and brings Holmes in who gets no one out and blows the game 3-2. I will leave with this comment. Why did Boone allow German to pitch the ninth and take him out after one man reached base? Why did Boone not bring Holmes in to start a clean inning? I am posing these questions only because I took it for granted German had done much more than could ever been expected and asking him to go even more was not wise. I never thought German would come out for the ninth inning. This is not second guessing, this in my opinion was common sense. But, then again, Boone is the manager, and/or is he the problem?
I have a pain in my stomach. A nightmare loss in the 9th leading 2-0 and giving up 3. Holmes blows it.
Managers don't play in games and their decisions win or lose are determined by what the players on the field do and how they perform. However, there are times when a manager's decision can be questioned. Tonight was an easy one. Holmes should have started the ninth inning. Would the game have turned out differently, we will never know.
It's not Cashman's fault he's bad at his job, just like I don't blame Boone for his inability to think on his feet. I blame Hal for allowing this to continue.
I believe this should be a 'fact' of managing. If, as manager, you decide to let a pitcher start an inning, and you know you are going to take him out if he puts a man on base, then you should NEVER let him start the inning.
Cole starts tonight to even series. Cole may need to have to pitch a complete game shutout to get a win.
It looks as if a lot of Yankee fans believe the team needs a new owner.
yankeeforever, you are positively correct. I do not believe in blaming a manager for a decision in general. If Boone takes out German after the 8th inning and lets Holmes try to close out the game starting the 9th inning. That is fine, and when Holmes either saves or blows the game that is on him, not the manager.
However, like you stated, it is on the manager and his half-hearted, undecided managing, to change pitchers after one batter who reached base right after the pitcher just struck out the previous batter and had pitched very well the entire game (25 outs) 2 singles and 1 walk.
The Yankees are in 6th place in the wild card standings. Still a 1/2 game ahead of the Indians. That is amazing considering the roster, the injuries, and the players who have yet to play a game this season. As the great Jim Valvano said, "never give up". Losers (nyyfanforum posters) give up.
I see Biden and his criminal corrupt joe-bama/commie MALADY administration of radical leftwing liberal democrat criminals are sending 1500 troops to the border. They are not being sent to do any good, but just to show the administration cares. What a joke.
Bader has been taken off the DL and reactivated. Could be in lineup tonight. Franchy Cordero has again been optioned to AAA Scranton. Maybe he will make it there this time. A baby step, none the less, it is a step forward.
Donald Blazina, the troops are being sent to the border to help administratively, not to help secure the border. More illegal criminals will be dispersed throughout America faster under the auspices of the joe-bama/commie MALADY administration crime family.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Gerrit Cole (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
5. Harrison Bader (R) CF
6. Willie Calhoun (L) DH
7. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) RF
8. Jose Trevino (R) C
9. Aaron Hicks (S) LF
Bader in CF. Hope no balls hit to left center, Hicks could take Bader out. Two runs wasn't enough for Boone last night.
Guy Padikian, I always come here to read your comment on each games lineup. Great stuff.
I'd prefer Peraza in the lineup rather than Calhoun. Peraza has a future. Calhoun is filler. It is hard to believe Boone gets paid to make poor, bad, irrational decisions.
Lets go Yankees.
Cole doesn't have it tonight. 69 pitches thru 3 innings and down 2-0. Things are going from bad to worse.
2-2 after 6.
Cole grits out six innings and leaves game with 2-2 tie. Marinaccio in for seventh.
Final. Yankees win 4-2. Came back from 2-0 down. Cole went six allowing both runs and was not his usual sharp outing. Yankees score on Volpe HR, Rizzo rbi single for 2-2 tie. Calhoun HR for 3-2 lead, and LeMahieu rbi insurance run single. Peralta earns the win and King with the save.
Well, how about that, Yankees win 4-2. You never know.
Hi dee hi dee ho, Schmidt starts rubber game for Yankees tomorrow.
Getting back to managerial decisions during any game. Every time any manager makes any decision, it will turn out either right or wrong every time. Only the players on the field thru their performance/production will decide if the decision is right or wrong. As fans we can first or second guess all we want and no one will ever know it we were ever right or wrong anytime, unless we tell them about it.
What I am getting at, the manager does not fail or succeed because of his decision, he fails or succeeds based only on the performance/production of the players on the field. All the time, every time. That is fact, no matter who likes it or not and no matter who accepts it or not.
Nice win last night considering Cole was not at his best. Every little bit helps.
From the Harvard Kennedy School --- Institute of Politics --- March 2023 youth poll
As the HPOP research team continues to focus on youth mental health, and the factors contributing to depression, anxiety, and loneliness -- the team found:
Nearly half (47%) of young Americans indicate that at least several days in the last two weeks, they suffered from “feeling down, depressed, or hopeless.”
Forty-one percent (41%) of young Americans describe persistent feelings of being “afraid, as if something awful might happen.” Young people in college (45%), and those not in college (43%) describe this in roughly the same proportions.
One-third (33%) of all young adults under 30 specifically say that they are “worried about a potential mass shooting when in a public space (such as school/university, mall, office, theater, etc.)” at least several days in the last two weeks. Among those who indicate signs of depression, this number rises to 51%; and for those who describe feelings of fear, it is 57%.
How very sad. The present administration is destroying our country.
johnsondc, but the stat frauds say it is the managers fault, the general managers fault, and the owners fault.
It was nice to see Bader in centerfield last night. Felt like a big upgrade defensively for the team.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Clarke Schmidt (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
3. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
5. Willie Calhoun (L) DH
6. Harrison Bader (R) CF
7. Jake Bauers (L) RF
8. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) LF
9. Kyle Higashioka (R) C
Bauers in RF. Why is Cabrera not in LF? He is a lefty bat against a right hand pitcher. A win would be great.
Peraza not in lineup either. I may not like it, but I understand Calhoun a lefty bat being used. Someone would have to sit between Peraza and Torres.
German and Cole gave us chances to win the last two nights, Schmidt has to do the same. If he does what he has been doing, there will be a far less chance of a win tonight.
Torres lack of defensive skills hands Indians 2 get out of jail free runs in first inning. The sad part being Schmidt gave up two 2 out rbi singles. Schmidt, although dealt with a bad hand, did not produce when it mattered most.
Fifth inning solo home runs by Calhoun and Bauers pull the Yanks even at 2 all after five innings.
2-2 after 7.
Bader and IKF collide in 9th and Bader taken out of the game as Holmes comes in and immediately gives up two hits and run putting the Yankees down 3-2.
Peraza turns ankle stealing base in bottom of ninth. Taken out of game. No joke, this is really happening. Both Bader and Peraza taken out of game with injuries. Then Calhoun ties game with rbi single when it matters most.
3-3 after nine. Little league extra innings.
Trevino with a pinch hit walk off rbi single in the 10th for a 4-3 win.
Final. Yankees win 4-3. Abreu gets the win pitching the 10th inning and not allowing the fake runner at second base to score. Schmidt started and went 4 1/3 innings allowing 2 runs and the Yankees down 2-0. The hitting star(s), Calhoun with a HR and a game tying rbi single in the bottom of the 9th sending the game to extra innings. Bauers with a game tying HR after Calhoun HR. And Trevino with a pinch hit game winning walk off rbi single in the 10th. Bullpen was great but for Holmes who gave up a run in the 9th putting the Yankees in a tough spot down 3-2.
Bader and Peraza both left game with injuries in the 9th inning, Bader on defense when he and IKF collided on a short fly pop in left center. And Peraza on offense turning his ankle while stealing second base. Off day tomorrow, let's see how things shake out.
Who won the game and how. The team (Yankee) whose players performed the most when it mattered the most. Not the manager for either team. Neither had a bat or glove and their names were not in the box score.
Nice to have an off day today, after two come from behind wins. Hope Bader and Peraza injuries are not as bad as they looked. It is uncanny what is happening to this team so far. Yet they are hanging in there. Lets go Yankees.
No word on Peraza yet.
Peraza ankle is just a sprain, like everything, he is day to day.
Brito, German, Cole for the weekend series in Tampa. Yes we can.
Waiting to see who is able to play and who will be in the lineup tonight.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Jhony Brito (R)
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
3. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
5. Willie Calhoun (L) DH
6. Harrison Bader (R) CF
7. Jake Bauers (L) LF
8. Jose Trevino (R) C
9. Oswaldo Cabrera (S) RF
Bader is in. Brito needs to keep us alive. Lineup needs to score. Defense at its best.
The Rays sure look good, Yankees down 4-0 after three innings. Everything they are hitting is hit hard.
Out call at home plate overturned giving Rays a run in seventh and a 5-4 lead.
Final. Yankees lose 5-4. Tough game to lose. Brito gave up 4 runs in first three innings putting the Yankees down 4-0. The Yankees clawed back and evened the score with a 4 run sixth inning, the big blow a 3 run HR from Bader. Rays win it on a mis-played fly ball by Bauers. Cordero takes the loss for the Yankees.
A severely crippled Yankee team gives the Devil Rays all they can handle in Tampa tonite but wind up losing 5-4. Brito allowing 4 runs in the first 3 innings was the difference. Bader with a 3 run HR was the big hit, but in his next at bat, runners on 2nd and 3rd and one out, he popped up and could not get the run in from 3rd. Ups and downs.
At least the Yanks did not throw in the towel after going down 4-0 early.
German today. If he does what he did last start, we will even series.
Todays Yankee lineup.
Domingo German (R) P
1. Anthony Volpe (R) SS
2. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
3. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
4. DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
5. Willie Calhoun (L) DH
6. Jake Bauers (L) RF
7. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) CF
8. Aaron Hicks (S) LF
9. Kyle Higashioka (R) C
It is what it is. Another German gem? Lets go Yankees.
German gives up two first inning runs.
Amazing, the Yankees best the Rays 3-2 scoring three times in the eighth inning.
Final. Yankees win 3-2. The Yankees became to first and only team to best the Tampa Bay Devil Rays this season after Tampa scored first in any game. Tampa scored 2 runs in the first inning and that was all, The Yankees scored 3 runs in the eighth inning, on an RBI double by LeMahieu and a 2 RBI single by Bader for the win. German went five strong innings allowing both Tampa runs on a ball hit hard directly at LeMahieu that was scored a hit even though it went between LeMahieu's legs, Peralta went 2/3 of an inning, Marinaccio 1 1/3 innings, Holmes 1 inning and Hamilton 1 inning of scoreless ball. Marinaccio earned the win, Holmes a hold, and Hamilton earned the save. This was a very big win for the Yankees. Now if Cole can do his thing and the Yankees can win this series, that will be even bigger.
A great win. One other thing, Hicks should never play for the Yankees ever again. Burn his uniform.
Bader may not be a star, but he is better than half of this teams offense. Pay Hicks to play golf and let someone take his spot on the roster. No one is as useless as Hicks.
Cole is the ace, if he shows it tomorrow, Yanks take this series against the team who has been playing .800 ball.
Taking this series would be golden, all things considered.
Uplifting win today, can't wait until tomorrow.
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