OT: Yankees Rest

[McLovin]

We can’t even blame Boone because he is a pawn to the front office analytical staff. You listen to him in postgame press conferences and he can’t even answer half the questions about the decisions he “made” without sounding uncomfortable.

There is no excuse to keep trotting Jay Bruce out there or letting Hicks face right handed pitchers. Anyone with 2 eyes can see they suck right now and need to be benched for an alternative. This is what happens when you let the nerds run the show.

Sure, over 162 it may smooth out. But what if the model is wrong? What if Bruce or Hicks have lost a step in their game (they are 2 years older than the last full season now)? Just because the numbers say it will work if we give it time, 5-7 and last place in the AL East is pathetic with this team. Even in their wins they have looked awful. No one is loose and having fun. The front office has turned this team into robots and it’s probably frustrating for the players.

Need to start managing the team like they are human beings and not by what the computer says may happen. Let the kids play!

 

[mauconnfan]

We can’t even blame Boone because he is a pawn to the front office analytical staff. You listen to him in postgame press conferences and he can’t even answer half the questions about the decisions he “made” without sounding uncomfortable.

There is no excuse to keep trotting Jay Bruce out there or letting Hicks face right handed pitchers. Anyone with 2 eyes can see they suck right now and need to be benched for an alternative. This is what happens when you let the nerds run the show.

Sure, over 162 it may smooth out. But what if the model is wrong? What if Bruce or Hicks have lost a step in their game (they are 2 years older than the last full season now)? Just because the numbers say it will work if we give it time, 5-7 and last place in the AL East is pathetic with this team. Even in their wins they have looked awful. No one is loose and having fun. The front office has turned this team into robots and it’s probably frustrating for the players.

Need to start managing the team like they are human beings and not by what the computer says may happen. Let the kids play!

Hicks contract was awful anyway. Now add to the fact he's in the 3rd slot often with his .200 average our team is pitiful.

 

[McLovin]

Hicks contract was awful anyway. Now add to the fact he's in the 3rd slot often with his .200 average our team is pitiful.

.313 from the right side / .087 from the left side. And he has twice as many PAs from the left side. Maybe just an early season struggle that will correct in the long run, but we have 2 lefty CFs who should be playing right now over him while he figures it out.

That's the problem with analytics, they take out the human factor which is a HUGE part of baseball (and basically every sport).

 

[mauconnfan]

.313 from the right side / .087 from the left side. And he has twice as many PAs from the left side. Maybe just an early season struggle that will correct in the long run, but we have 2 lefty CFs who should be playing right now over him while he figures it out.

That's the problem with analytics, they take out the human factor which is a HUGE part of baseball (and basically every sport).

But even their bench sucks. Gary is who he is it's ok but Tauchman had his year already he's the same hitter as the others weaknesses galore and it all caught up as the pitchers figured him out. Can't hit anything up and in with cheese. It really is just a badly planned team by management. Even if they sneak into the playoffs somehow they can't win a series against a playoff team with good pitching, they continue to prove it year after year.

 

[McLovin]

But even their bench sucks. Gary is who he is it's ok but Tauchman had his year already he's the same hitter as the others weaknesses galore and it all caught up as the pitchers figured him out. Can't hit anything up and in with cheese. It really is just a badly planned team by management. Even if they sneak into the playoffs somehow they can't win a series against a playoff team with good pitching, they continue to prove it year after year.

Agreed on the second part (although I hope this is the year they prove us wrong...) but Gardner is hitting .286 in the same number of plate appearances that Hicks has from the left side. Gardner should be getting every start right now vs RHP.

DJ, Judge, Stanton, Gleyber, Frazier, Gary, Gio, Odor, Gardner.