The Official Thread of the New York Yankees - 2021

[ShakyTheMohel]

I don’t think it’s all of a sudden. He did the same thing several weeks ago against Detroit or Tampa Bay. Gave up a big lead in the 8th or 9th inning by gifting some walks and home runs. He sucks. I falt Boone too for bringing him in, Louisiga was pitching well in the 8th inning, no need to bring in a shaky Chapman.

my question was why? What's wrong with him? Why did he go from arguably the most unhittable pitcher in baseball...to a total disaster?

I have to think he is either hurt...or he is trying to not doctor the baseball. Or both.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

my question was why? What's wrong with him? Why did he go from arguably the most unhittable pitcher in baseball...to a total disaster?

I have to think he is either hurt...or he is trying to not doctor the baseball. Or both.

I never really paid attention to him in Cincy other than knowing he threw gas, but I always got the sense that he was prone to living on the edge in save situations but had 104mph in his pocket at all times to bail him out.

Maybe part of it is that hitters are now used to seeing 99-100mph out of every reliever these days? I don’t know, but his last several outings have been tough to watch.

 

[McLovin]

I cannot believe they scored 7 in the first and ended up losing the game. Pathetic.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

my question was why? What's wrong with him? Why did he go from arguably the most unhittable pitcher in baseball...to a total disaster?

I have to think he is either hurt...or he is trying to not doctor the baseball. Or both.

Nothing wrong with him, he just has never had any movement on his fastball. He throws laser beams, so if a good hitter guesses right, the ball is in the bleachers. He needs to develop a cut fastball or his stint in the majors will be a short one. Yankees need a good pitching coach like Mel Stottlemyre was for the Yanks. Mel was instrumental in improving the pitching staff during their glory years.

 

[storrsroars]

He needs to develop a cut fastball or his stint in the majors will be a short one.

He's 33 and in his 11th season.

 

[boba]

I cannot believe they scored 7 in the first and ended up losing the game. Pathetic.

Defeat snatched from the jaws of Victory.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

He's 33 and in his 11th season.

Meant to say remaining stint as a Yankee. If he keeps this up he will not be in a Yankee uniform next year. If he had a decent cutter he’d be up there with Mariano. Mariano should stop making commercials and step in as a pitching coach, and hopefully his coaching skills will be as great as his pitching skills were.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Defeat snatched from the jaws of Victory.

If Gardner doesn’t hit that HR, the final would have been 8-7.

 

[mauconnfan]

Yeah Chapman looks awful no doubt suddenly. He was tremendous early on because his location was really good and he set up his curve ball to freeze hitters with strikes. Now he's having trouble throwing strikes especially the deuce so he's now setting himself up for failure, and it's working.

But once again a crappy hitting team. Needed Othani to walk the park for 7 runs then score 1 the rest of the way just horrid offensive team. Yeah they scored 11 against them the night before against crappy pitching on what, 8 hits? And a real nice job not having Judge and Urshela in the lineup in a game every who liked baseball wanted to watch. Amazing Cash and Boone are still here, truly unbelievable.

 

[Husky25]

Yeah Chapman looks awful no doubt suddenly. He was tremendous early on because his location was really good and he set up his curve ball to freeze hitters with strikes. Now he's having trouble throwing strikes especially the deuce so he's now setting himself up for failure, and it's working.

What's the RPM on his hammer before and after the "sticky stuff" crackdown?

 

[mauconnfan]

What's the RPM on his hammer before and after the "sticky stuff" crackdown?

Kind of coincidental the timing of his breakdown huh?

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Yeah Chapman looks awful no doubt suddenly. He was tremendous early on because his location was really good and he set up his curve ball to freeze hitters with strikes. Now he's having trouble throwing strikes especially the deuce so he's now setting himself up for failure, and it's working.

But once again a crappy hitting team. Needed Othani to walk the park for 7 runs then score 1 the rest of the way just horrid offensive team. Yeah they scored 11 against them the night before against crappy pitching on what, 8 hits? And a real nice job not having Judge and Urshela in the lineup in a game every who liked baseball wanted to watch. Amazing Cash and Boone are still here, truly unbelievable.

So are you thinking it's mental? That makes sense...and maybe add in he had to change his grip due to the sticky crackdown...and he probably has lost confidence in his pitch placement.

What a mess....on a messy team.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Yeah Chapman looks awful no doubt suddenly. He was tremendous early on because his location was really good and he set up his curve ball to freeze hitters with strikes. Now he's having trouble throwing strikes especially the deuce so he's now setting himself up for failure, and it's working.

But once again a crappy hitting team. Needed Othani to walk the park for 7 runs then score 1 the rest of the way just horrid offensive team. Yeah they scored 11 against them the night before against crappy pitching on what, 8 hits? And a real nice job not having Judge and Urshela in the lineup in a game every who liked baseball wanted to watch. Amazing Cash and Boone are still here, truly unbelievable.

 

[Dove]

Last night was so bad they are postponing today's game because of the threat of raindrops.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Another crappy start by Cole. He is obviously struggling to pitch without the sticky stuff. I can understand why pitchers are frustrated with a midseason change like this.

Baseball is just awful right now. I am sure my opinions are influenced by how bad the Yankees are playing....but I am getting to the "don't care" phase.

 

[eebmg]

need to add another segment.

 

[storrsroars]

I'd put the odds of Kevin Cash actually putting Chapman into the game as roughly zero, give or take zero.

Having a hard time believing players/MLB selected him. AL had to take Soto as Tigers lone rep, but choosing Loiasiga would've been very defensible. He's right there with the other three snubs, Barlow, Rogers and Clase.

 

[CTBasketball]

Another crappy start by Cole. He is obviously struggling to pitch without the sticky stuff. I can understand why pitchers are frustrated with a midseason change like this.

Baseball is just awful right now. I am sure my opinions are influenced by how bad the Yankees are playing....but I am getting to the "don't care" phase.

Baseballs not bad, the Yankees are.

They better make some big time moves in July, I don’t see how they can sneak into the Wild Card with what they’ve got. It’s fundamentally flawed and so is Boone.

 

[Scoe]

Another crappy start by Cole. He is obviously struggling to pitch without the sticky stuff. I can understand why pitchers are frustrated with a midseason change like this.

Baseball is just awful right now. I am sure my opinions are influenced by how bad the Yankees are playing....but I am getting to the "don't care" phase.

I think Cole is gonna be ok, the Yankees not so much.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

I think Cole is gonna be ok, the Yankees not so much.

Yanks will be ok too. The Marlins and the Rockies, not so much.

 

[Scoe]

Yanks will be ok too. The Marlins and the Rockies, not so much.

Whats your definition of ok for the Yankees. The division is a pipe dream.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Whats your definition of ok for the Yankees. The division is a pipe dream.

I didn’t say “are ok” I said “will be ok”.

 

[Deepster]

I think Cole is gonna be ok, the Yankees not so much.

I would hope so. You’re gonna pay him 324,000,000.

 

[mauconnfan]

I would hope so. You’re gonna pay him 324,000,000.

They should ask him if they can rework his conract a little so they’re paying him a million a year 20 years after he’s done playing like Bonilla.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

They better make some big time moves in July, I don’t see how they can sneak into the Wild Card with what they’ve got.

This trade deadline for the Yanks feels like a weird dance. I don't foresee a 2016 sell off and it would be terribly imprudent if they acquired a big player. I also don't think it's a good time to trade Torres or Frazier w/ their value super low.

One guy I am open to trading is Luke Voit. Immense power potential, but the Yankees need to get rid of these 30% K rate type guys and Voit is the easiest to trade.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

I think Cole is gonna be ok, the Yankees not so much.

Hopefully this start means he has figured it out.

 

[CTBasketball]

This trade deadline for the Yanks feels like a weird dance. I don't foresee a 2016 sell off and it would be terribly imprudent if they acquired a big player. I also don't think it's a good time to trade Torres or Frazier w/ their value super low.

One guy I am open to trading is Luke Voit. Immense power potential, but the Yankees need to get rid of these 30% K rate type guys and Voit is the easiest to trade.

I hate to agree with you because I love Luke Voit, but you’re right. Honestly the only positional players you should keep are Judge, Gleyber, and DJ. Add Urshela in there too.

No one would want Stanton for his awful contract. Frazier I love too, but he doesn’t belong in NYC he needs a small market. Sanchez, Andujar, Hicks and the rest of em’ need to go.

Just find me two players who hit .325 with 30+ SB and actually enjoys bunting.

 

[8893]

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Was watching the Euro Cup on my phone while at my son's baseball game. Just watched Saka's PK get saved and then saw the Yanks blew it in the 9th. Couldn't even swear as the Ump at the game was on a rampage about parents chirpping (he really does need glasses) and I was also surrounded by a bunch of NJ Itallians. At least my son played well and his team won 6-2.

 

[8893]

Was watching the Euro Cup on my phone while at my son's baseball game. Just watched Saka's PK get saved and then saw the Yanks blew it in the 9th. Couldn't even swear as the Ump at the game was on a rampage about parents chirpping (he really does need glasses) and I was also surrounded by a bunch of NJ Itallians. At least my son played well and his team won 6-2.

I was watching Euro Cup with the Mets game on Gamecast on my iPad. Silly me I thought the Mets lead was safe.

I was happy with the result of the soccer game but felt terrible for Saka. But that’s on the coach IMO.