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The Official 2025 New York Yankees Thread

Jaydumo20 said:
I normally say that your everyday fan isn't equipped to "know better" than an mlb manager, but last night Cone and Ravech both said that the yanks will jeopardize things when they go to the pen and its what the Sox were waiting for. They even said that every Yankee fan in the stadium felt the same and the wind was knocked out of the place. All were correct
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I think what those guys were saying, correctly, is that if you take out the lefty, Boston gets to bring their better offensive players into the game. We started two utility guys in this game and DHd a backup OF. Our 2B played 1B. I think Fried was more or less on the ropes all three of his last innings and his command was all over the place, the only reason to keep him in was to keep the LH bats out of the lineup. It's a roster construction problem if the Yankees don't have a LH RP they can go to there, rather than a Boone problem.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I think what those guys were saying, correctly, is that if you take out the lefty, Boston gets to bring their better offensive players into the game. We started two utility guys in this game and DHd a backup OF. Our 2B played 1B. I think Fried was more or less on the ropes all three of his last innings and his command was all over the place, the only reason to keep him in was to keep the LH bats out of the lineup. It's a roster construction problem if the Yankees don't have a LH RP they can go to there, rather than a Boone problem.
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Tim Hill is sufficient as a lefty. He looks like a beaten down middle aged guy who you’d have a PBR with after a tough day at the mill, but he has quietly been good at getting outs. Weaver was lights out last year but he hasn’t been the same after his injury and has flat out stunk against good teams so I’m not sure if there was a glitch with the analytics department’s WOPR system but that wasn’t the move.
 
Bello chased after 28 pitches.
 
RSHERMVIKES said:
Husky25-
An on the play mentioned Judge should have let Grissham field it and make the throw since he was in a better position to make the throw!
Judge won't be 100% till next season!
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Disagree. They just showed Sogard's hit from last night. The ball was tailing away from Grissham and toward RF. I would have liked to see how Sogard rounded 1st. Phenomenally heads up baserunning if they (runner or 1B coach) saw an outfielder appear to ease up to field the ball.
 
Aaron Judge takes strike 3!!!
 
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Husky25 said:
Boone did have a feel for the game and that's why he took Fried, who was showing signs of fatigue, out. He was at 102 pitches and put two guys on in the 4th, 5th, and 6th. Duran is a lefty batting 7th for some reason so it made sense to bring Fried out for the L/L match up. Rafaela has a flare for the theatrics but a Major League Playoff pitchers should have no worries in getting quad-A 28 year old retiring.

BTW For all the boasting about Aaron Judge's defense and how no one runs on him in the MVP thread, I think that any other right fielder literally keeps Sogard at 1st base. He doesn't score from 1st on Masa's base hit.
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Had no problem with Boone taking out Fried last night but you're blaming Judge for having thrower's elbow and that's silly.
 
Eww Pitino sitting behind the Yankee dugout.
 
The Yankees often struggle v. rookie SPs.
 
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His name is...Cam ****ing Schlittler.

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Also nice to see Volpe playing Gold Glove-level SS. I am still waiting for Regular Season Judge to make an appearance, but so happy to see Boston in the rear view mirror.
 
superjohn said:
I've been on Shitts creek since his first start but I needed to see it in the playoffs. Holy cr@p was that impressive. Best start from a Yankee since when????
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My guess would be Andy Pettite game five, 1996 world series.

Cam was great. He's going to be a stud in our rotation for a number of years.
 
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superjohn said:
Had no problem with Boone taking out Fried last night but you're blaming Judge for having thrower's elbow and that's silly.
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There were multiple factors at play where a routine basehit becomes a double besides Judge lollipopping the ball into the infield. He appeared to slow up as he approached the ball and Sogard was probably burning around 1st. Duran does it all the time.

C'est la vie. The 'Sox lost and are going home. All things considered, it was a successful season. Hopefully they can keep Bregman and run it back with the kids having more experience and better injury luck.
 
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superjohn said:
I've been on Shitts creek since his first start but I needed to see it in the playoffs. Holy cr@p was that impressive. Best start from a Yankee since when????
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His ascension has been incredible.

Entering the 2024 season, he wasn't even listed on MLB.com's Top 30 Yankees Prospects list.

Hindsight is 20-20, but Game 1 was always the one game I was worried about. Crochet is amazing, but the Sox rotation is trash under him. I was sweating after Game 1, but entering the Toronto series feeling very good.
 
Interesting that the Yankees are going with Luis Gil as their Game 1 starter. I'm assuming this would allow the rest of the rotation to go on normal rest, which I think is smart. Gil hasn't been sharp since coming back from the IL, but he's got the stuff to compete.
 
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Nothing gets in the way of Saturday night dinners out. 25 years together, it's a ritual of love.

So, the bar TV was visible from the table. And there, down 2-1, bases loaded with Aaron Judge up...
 
I don't watch as much as I used to but I've gotta say this wild card format is bizarre. 2 of the best teams in baseball finish tied in the AL East standings with the blue jays winning the head-to-head matchup. So the Yankees as the wild card team will play 4 games in 5 days, 5 games in 6 days, to the blue jays 1 and 2. I'm sure no setup will be perfect but this seems extremely lopsided. The Jays may be the better team in the end but they don't need this much of an advantage.
 
Yanks are toast, have had a fake offense all year don’t let the hrs fool ya. Cannot hit or even get productive outs with RISP all year and it gets magnified in the playoffs and Fried sucks today too.
 
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