Neither Severino or Sanchez are rookies but yes I am excited about the future.flysack said:Let this sink in:
The 2017 Yankees are 1 win away from the World Series with a rookie ace, rookie RF, and a rookie catcher who gets suspended 4 games for punching Miguel Cabrera in the face.
Do you have any idea how great this team is going to be for a long time? They built the team frugally (for the Yankees), only splurging on Chapman. Then they developed the talent beyond even Cashman's hopes, with three rookies as perhaps their best players. When arbitration is over and they hit FA, there is no effing way the Steinbrenners let any of those players walk. Unless something catastrophe happens to one of them, Severino, Judge, and Sanchez are getting Jeter-dollars to stay in the Bronx. Hell maybe Didi too.
Severino isn't. I was kinda lit when I wrote that post last night.Neither Severino or Sanchez are rookies but yes I am excited about the future.
Sanchez finished 2nd in the ROY voting LAST YEARSeverino isn't. I was kinda lit when I wrote that post last night.
Sanchez isn't though? If not it's by the barest definition. The guy started what? 6 weeks last year?
Maybe my inebriated brain was thinking of Monte's success. I'm not sure what his future role is, but I can see him taking CC's spot in the rotation in 2018 or 19.
Yes, and only lost because he barely played the minimum to be designated a rookie.Sanchez finished 2nd in the ROY voting LAST YEAR
Keuchel began the night with a career 1.09 ERA against the Yankees, the best ever against the franchise. In Game 1, in classic Keuchel subterfuge, the lefty threw 60% of his pitches out of the strike zone and beat the Yankees by getting them to chase pitches that slipped just off the inside, outside and bottom edges of the plate. The Yankees swung at 20 of the 66 pitches out of the zone, and hit .100 in their chase effort (1-for-10).
[Hitting coach Alan] Cockrell knew that Keuchel’s magic trick is to stretch the plate horizontally in a hitter’s eyes, not vertically. He turns the 17-inch plate into a 21-inch plate, and those extra two inches on each side are sirens that lure wayward hitters into the rocks.
So before Game 5, Cockrell told his hitters about this trick. There was no way, he told them, that they could cover both sides of the plate. So he gave them this order: simply look for balls over the plate. Instead of worrying about the boilerplate mantra of “make him get the ball up,” (Keuchel almost never elevates the ball anyway) Cockrell told them simply to look for balls that cut the 17-inch wide airspace over the plate, even if it was down. Forget about covering in and out.
It worked. The Yankees hit .333 against Keuchel (7-for-21).
I don't think so. Not saying the Yankees win but I doubt Verlander pitches another gem like that.Really really interested in seeing how they attack Verlander tonight. They've seen him once for 9 innings. Can Verlander shut them down again? Keuchel couldn't.
Oversimplification.Look for balls over the plate. Sounds like rocket science!
Yeah but he would have the game 1 ump tonight in game 7 who Gave keuchel a very generous zoneOversimplification.
It's true that the traditional approach is to force the pitcher to come up into the zone by laying off balls in the dirt. If he paints the bottom line, then yea, you have to go get them. But few pitchers can do that consistently. So you lay off the low stuff and force him to elevate his pitches.
The Yankees realized that Keuchel's success is he works different by expanding the horizontal zone rather than the vertical. Take that away from him and you force him inside the 17 inch strike zone - and get hittable pitches.
Considering no one else has done that to him, including the Yankees, yes, it was rocket surgery.
Just curious...Yeah but he would have the game 1 ump tonight in game 7 who Gave keuchel a very generous zone
Tight zone last night. Lots of Yankee fans worked up about the aaron hicks 3-1 pitch but they got every other borderline call that inning. It was a ball based on what he had been calling but I can’t get up in arms. My issues with the umping the first two games were the low, high east and west all seemed very generous. You can’t call a low strike and a high strike imo. One or the other hitters can work with. Maybe that’s why those games were 2-1, taking nothing away from keuchel and verlander.Just curious...
what did you think of the umpire's zone last night?
The more I think about it baseball relying on humans to call balls and strikes in this day and age is ludicrous and kind of makes the sport a joke in a way.
I wish someone would put out a count of the wrong calls based on the little box they put on tv.Tight zone last night. Lots of Yankee fans worked up about the aaron hicks 3-1 pitch but they got every other borderline call that inning. It was a ball based on what he had been calling but I can’t get up in arms. My issues with the umping the first two games were the low, high east and west all seemed very generous. You can’t call a low strike and a high strike imo. One or the other hitters can work with. Maybe that’s why those games were 2-1, taking nothing away from keuchel and verlander.
If fhe yanks somehow pull fhis this out verlander should still be mvp. What a horse.
I thought it was erratic at times, but like Tripper said, the ump was squeezing the zone all night. He did it to Verlander, he did it to Severino. Verlander was just better at adjusting. When Severino started getting squeezed bad in the fourth, he fell apart.Just curious...
what did you think of the umpire's zone last night?
The more I think about it baseball relying on humans to call balls and strikes in this day and age is ludicrous and kind of makes the sport a joke in a way.
It should never be erratic. That's the problem. I wish I had time to go back rewatch and track it and see the exact numbers of who got more calls.I thought it was erratic at times, but like Tripper said, the ump was squeezing the zone all night. He did it to Verlander, he did it to Severino. Verlander was just better at adjusting. When Severino started getting squeezed bad in the fourth, he fell apart.
That box also has a margin of errorI wish someone would put out a count of the wrong calls based on the little box they put on tv.
What percentage of wrong calls went the Yankees way vs. the Astros.
Smoltz even made a comment at one point.
Its maddening to see what it ought to be called then having to hope the umpire calls it right.
Baseball did a great thing imo going to replay. Now they need to make balls/strikes right.
How do you guys feel about them resigning Girardi?
Despite the gaff in the Cleveland series, I'd like to see him resigned. He helped build this team and he got them much farther than anyone hoped this year.
I wouldn't mind seeing them release Headley and signing Frazier for 2 years. Headly is just too damn streaky of a hitter. He was killing them in the second half of the season, and doesn't take walks like Judge or have room for improvement. Cut him. Sign Frazier. The guy keeps everyone loose and emerged as a real leader in less than half a season with the team.
Sabathia will probably come back on a 1 year deal. He wants to, and the Yankees want him.
Not just talking about passed balls. I'm talking about relay throws. He absolutely should have made the play on the winning run in game 2. It wasn't a good throw, but he had had time to gather it. Considering old ### Brian McCann was able to catch the throw that caught Bird at the plate on Saturday, Sanchez has to make that play.I hope (expect?) Chance Adams earns a rotation spot in spring training. Remember: Tananka has an opt-out clause in his contract this year. I think he'd be stupid to exercise it considering how inconsistent he was in the regular season, but you never know. If Adams wins a spot, what happens? Severino, Tanaka, Gray, CC, Monte, Adams. Monte loses out? I hope not. I can see him developing into a great #4 pitcher. CC may be blocking Adams imo. How far along is Chance? Do any of you think he's ready for the bigs?
Sanchez will be fine with an offseason to work on the passed balls. Don't forget, he may struggle blocking, but he has a hell of an arm for throwing guys out. He's young. He'll work the kinks out.
I suppose. He's been really good in the minors.I really can’t think of a big name out there that when I hear it it says ‘He should be the manager of the Yankees’
Does Al Pedrique make sense here? Young team, instrumental guy in a lot of their development
c'mon. The guy had a .562 winning percentage in pinstripes. .554 overall.No big loss
Tired of all the nickle and dime money stuff that comes from Hal Steinbrenner's Yankees. The cost savings of a new manager factored in? GTFOH.
That ALDS blunder was one that was unforgivable. He was a decent manager, handled a bullpen well, but also one who made many questionable decisions over the years. I guess we'll see who they hire before I say no loss. His winning % is more the product of the team he had built around him than his managerial skills.c'mon. The guy had a .562 winning percentage in pinstripes. .554 overall.
That .554 is 19th overall in the modern era among coaches with at least 5 years managing. 7th overall since divisional play was instituted.
You're complaining about Hal "nickel and diming" things. The Yankees don't go cheap on anything.Wat?
Again. C’mon. He did 3-4 years of smoke and mirrors with the corpses of Arod / Teix / Jeter polluting the lineup. Crap out of Elisbury, CC learning to redefine himself.That ALDS blunder was one that was unforgivable. He was a decent manager, handled a bullpen well, but also one who made many questionable decisions over the years. I guess we'll see who they hire before I say no loss. His winning % is more the product of the team he had built around him than his managerial skills.
100 win season is only a .61 winning percentageMan, it seems like the all-time list of winningest managers all hover around the .500 mark.
Girardi's .554 winning percentage over 1782 career games is pretty impressive. It puts him in the top 20 all time for managers with over 1000 MLB games and most of the guys above him on the list are pre-expansion.Man, it seems like the all-time list of winningest managers all hover around the .500 mark.
I never knew that the leader had more losses than wins.Girardi's .554 winning percentage over 1782 career games is pretty impressive. It puts him in the top 20 all time for managers with over 1000 MLB games and most of the guys above him on the list are pre-expansion.
Mack's 1916 Philadelphia A's went 36-117. They had a starter Jack Nabors who was 1-20.I never knew that the leader had more losses than wins.
And yet he is incredible successful everywhere he goes.Aaron Judge's reaction when they asked him if they felt good winning that Cleveland series for Joe tells me there was underlying issues with Joe and the players. He never really connected with any of them, always kept himself at arm's length, and never really warmed up to the media. Apparently, him and Cashman didn't see eye to eye alot either. This decision seems like it was a long time coming and I'm glad that they stuck to their convictions (whether we agree with them or not) and not get emotional and keep him just because of the run they went on. That would've been a mistake.