You need to go back to the late 50's to 60's. Micky Mantle was awesome. The early 50's was the tail end of Joe Dimaggio's career. And yes I saw Mantle play in his prime.
Good call. I only remember Mantle's from '64 on, but yeah, in his first nine seasons Mantle put up 69 fWAR to Judge's 49. Mays was just behind Mantle with about 65 fWAR. Both Mantle and Mays were much better fielders and baserunners, so better all-around games.
You just said it yourself about Holmes and he's still the closer that's an example of throwing the division. Losing a series in August at home to the Angels, Whitesox ( I'm counting a loss to the Whitesox as losing the series), and Tigers is another example of throwing the division. See the Yankees are getting blasted by the Rockies today let's see if they can actually win the series. Just a severely flawed team outside Judge and Soto.
“Throwing” is totally a ridiculous idea. They are still
Probably won't help you guys since you're way in the back of the line for waiver claims, but feeling is pretty strong here that Pirates will do the right thing and let Chapman go for a third ring. I'd expect his release to come either Monday or Thursday, unless by some miracle they're on a 7 game winning streak. Only thing in Yanks favor is that Chapman will still be owed $1.75 mill for a month's work. Chappie has been untouchable since the AS break.
I was using the term “throwing” in hyperboles obviously. Yankees should have better fill ins than Warren you know the Dodgers do. Yes I do count a single loss to the White Sox in the month of August as losing the series their possibly the worse team of all time it’s equivalent to our basketball team losing to DePaul.
Do u think Flaherty is the difference between a playoff spot and a WS Title? I don’t think there was anybody (outside of Skubal) who might’ve been the difference before the deadline. I agree with a lot of what u said, I’m not sure it would’ve been worth the cost.
They have the second best record in baseball, geez.
Because of Soto and Judge geez.
DJ is cooked.
Gleyber actually looks surprisingly good in the leadoff spot as of now anyways. I think Stanton and Volpe are the key to the lineup. Amazing how much better a pen looks when your starters are going 6 innings 5 at a minimum.
Right which is why Wells should be the starting catcher and it's obviously key for Stanton and Jazz to be healthy, like I said all the pieces need to be glued together. Your right Cashman is perfect.
Maybe, maybe not Flaherty isn't an ace but he sure as hell is a solid 3 he would've bolstered the rotation and strengthened the pen for the playoffs.
The pen is his major trade deadline flop.
So i suggested Cabrera. Any thoughts? He is versatile and has played a little 1st. I trust him more than DJ and probably Rizzo who undoubtedly will be given 1st when he returns.
Throwing games has become a Cashman-Boone specialty. Finally start Wells over Trevino and what do you know he hits 2 hrs in a game Judge goes 0-4 with 3 ks. I like Trevino but he should not be playing over Wells.
Definitely
Wells has come on of late. I was confused why they couldn’t hold on to Higashioka in the King deal, I thought rushing Wells might be unnecessary. Contract details aside, Higgy is producing with SD in the ideal part time role. Although he’s gotten more AB bc of injuries this yr.
I see the path similar to Bernie back in the early n mid 90s…it took him a minute to really see if he could be that player. A switching hitting lethal bat and a great CF. That’s a high bar for Cabrera and I’m not suggesting he’s gonna be Bernie but I think he’s shown some signs of maybe becoming an everyday productive player in the lineup.
