Luis Severino’s return finally seems imminent, as Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters (including The Athletic’s Lindsey Adler) that the team hopes to activate Severino from the injured list within the next few days. Severino will be used out of the bullpen, possibly pitching up to three innings at a time as a long man.
It has been a long road back for Severino, who hasn’t pitched in a Major League game since Game 3 of the 2019 ALCS. The 2019 season as a whole saw Severino limited to 20 1/3 total innings in the regular season and postseason due to lat and shoulder problems, and he hit another major roadblock when he underwent Tommy John surgery prior to the 2020 season. The TJ recovery process hasn’t been smooth, as Severino has also had to deal with a groin injury and some shoulder tightness during his rehab work this year.
Given Severino’s long absence, it could be unrealistic to expect an immediate resumption of his All-Star form from 2017-18. However, in short bursts coming out of the bullpen, Severino could be quite the weapon for Boone to utilize down the stretch or (the Yankees hope) into the playoffs. If Severino is able to pitch as many as three innings, he could effectively be an opener or a piggyback starter, thus allowing New York to forego a traditional starter once through the rotation.
Since August 28 (the date the Yankees’ 13-game win streak game to an end), New York relievers have combined for a 4.82 ERA, ranking 24th in the majors in that span. Jonathan Loaisiga has been arguably the best Yankee reliever this season, though he has been on the 10-day IL since September 5 due to strained rotator cuff and might be at least a week away from returning.
Can he hit?
They are desperate, going to risk re-injuring his arm hoping he can push them into the wildcard
Desperation is a lazy and wholly incorrect analysis.
For reference, Severino was on track to return before Sale until the groin issue popped up before his final rehab start.
His arm is fine and is more than ready to contribute.
Why bother?
They are just a game and a half back with two weeks to go, hardly insurmountable.
The lousy Rangers come to town tomorrow, could easily kick-start a winning streak.
And BTW many teams have done what the Yanks are doing with Severino in similar situations. Red Sox did it with Price 3 years ago.
You must be assuming he’ll step right in with no rust? He’s already a liability in high pressure games so… with way as a Red Sox fan I like this decision.
He likely won’t pick right up at an All-Star level, but he’ll probably be better than the other bullpen options ATM. I bet the Yanks wish they had Ottavino and Whitlock back, although I know money was the issue with Otto.
As a Yankees fan I don’t miss Ottovino. Losing Whitlock is most disappointing though.
I think you mean four years ago. While the Rangers head to Yankee Stadium, I think the winning streak you are hoping for will be at most three or four games. After an off day, they have three with the Red Sox. After another off day, they have three with Toronto and three with Tampa Bay. Good luck with a long winning streak.
Yanks don’t need a “long winning streak”. We just need to win series’.
Yep, particularly the Rays, Jays, and Sox series. Just win 2/3 of each a small we will be in the postseason.
We must address some areas this offseason though, or I fear we are doomed to repeat this each season.
It may take more then that, suggest you look at who the Jays and Sox will be playing as you play Jays/Sox/Rays.
Evening, @Clip.
It does help that we play Toronto & the sox. That’s how I see it too. Definitely gotta beat up on the Rangers though. & it’s just impossible to forecast what this club is going to do this year.
It’s tough going from “Championship or bust” to “the playoffs are a crapshoot, bro”. Pretty notable sea change.
Friday will be amazing with Cole vs Sale, first time ever they’ll be facing each other in The Rivalry.
Sox won’t have it easy against the Mets, Stroman has their number.
Winning eight out of the next twelve won’t do it unless one or both of the other teams ahead of them go on losing streaks. Keep in mind if they are playing the Red Sox or Blue Jays and they are two games behind that team, if they win two of three, they only gain one game and not two. This is why they will be much better off if they win six or seven in a row.
Yes my bad, it was 2017 when Price joined the pen late in the season. I have a habit of ignoring last year because it was such a farce of a season.
By winning streak I meant mostly a sweep of the Rangers and then 4 out of 6 against the Rays and Jays. Friday will be epic with Cole vs Sale, I wouldn’t bet against Sale.
Yo ducky how’s has it been, haven’t had to catch up it’s been a rough month for me. I do have a question (and to the nyy faithful what I am about to say isn’t a knock on your team but a perspective of an outsider who loves bb) with how nyy has struggled and not having much success against tor can your guys turn around and be there. As an outsider and the way I see nyy play the last few games they just look bad and I know nyy are not this bad you have to much talent on that team. My question is can nyy pull out of this funk and make the postseason. Btw I’m not picking on nyy 2 weeks ago when my birds lost the game to the brew on a gs in the 9th I thought we were done but we have bounced back I’m just wondering can nyy do the same
What’s up, @brodie-b.
Always good to see you on the board. Has been awhile, uh? How ’bout those Cardinals? “rough month” covers a lot of ground…hope things are alright, serious.
Short answer: yes.
Yes, we definitely have the talent to turn it around.
But you’ve sort of hit on the real story of this ballclub: inconsistency. This club seems able to perform at higher levels or more extreme lows, than I can recall of any other Yankee squad I have watched. A month ago, we were shredding the league.
Lately we are pretty much fumbling through September.
I’ve no idea what to expect of these guys.
I never judge a team until the 50 game mark. By 150 games one should know exactly whom & what their team is. Not so with this club. That Jeckyl & Hide thing. They are all over the road, man. That’s pretty much all I can really say about them.
But. They are the Yanks. So: I expect to be in the playoffs.
Things are getting better for me but then again when you deal with losing a loved one in the blink of an eye things get real crappy real quick but enough of tha back to bb lol. Yeah my birds are playing great and tbh I think the turnaround is because of the game I b’ed about and sitting guys on Labor Day (and the next game) when it was union day at the ballpark (not to mention it was a sell out and only 1/4 of the people were tradesmen) but we won the next 2 game from lad and went on a roll. I will say this thou nyy has turned around especially as of this post taken 2 from the sox but both nyy and bos play at a high level like the season is on the line from apr to oct. my question is what we’re seeing out of nyy real or after this series with bos they become dr. jeckyl. Then again you can say the same thing about my cards.
Why take a chance? Let him heal up for next year.
Easy. NY wants/needs a PO appearance and throwing down all the cards. Severino is a power arm with a good slider, or was 2y ago and can try to be a power reliever with britton gone. No time to ramp up as a starter is my guess, but has a chance to be a wipeout reliever short term.
Because maybe just maybe Boone’s and Cashman’s jobs are on the line?
we could only hope that would be the case for both.Time to get rid of the out dated GM with a Buffoon as a manager.
Both Boone and Cashman have to go. Boone because he seems to lack any ability to get his team to play hard and Cashman because he hired him (among other things).
I think this recent trend of hiring very young managers with no managerial or coaching experience on any level has got to eventually stop. I understand it helps to have a young manager who can relate better with players, but I don’t think it’s a requirement.
How these teams don’t value experience at all is mind-boggling. Every job in the real world almost always involves gaining experience by working your way up, it’s no different with being an MLB manager.
Even if they have to go, I would be surprised if either gets axed. Some people in NYC keep their jobs no matter how badly they screw up. Look at Richard Alderson (don’t know where Sandy came from) with the Mets. He hired a manager with multiple sexual harassment offenses. He got better and hired a gm who reportedly sexually harassed only one woman but over sixty times. These incidents go back several years ago but they were still hired by Dick which is what he should go by. I guess he didn’t do too much checking into their backgrounds. He still has his job. Must be because he’s a Marine.
I’m don’t know if Hal values winning more than profits. As long as the money is still rolling in, he may keep Cashman and he will probably let Cashman decide about keeping Boone. Cashman said earlier in the year that Boone was not the problem when they were struggling. So, if profits are not down, Cashman and Boone may be back. If the Yankees get a wild card, I think they will both be back.
Mike Rizzo of the Nationals has hired many crappy managers but he’s still around. Davey Johnson was lucky Bill Buckner was hurt and booted Mookie’s grounder. That was his only Series win. He ruined Dwight Gooden’s career and made the Nationals closer come in a game when they were down 8-0 against the Cardinals in 2012.. I guess he didn’t think that pitching three days in a row would be too hard. It was. Johnnie Baker never won a Series. Matt Williams didn’t know that Jonathan Papelbon and Bryce Harper were going at it.
Profits and winning go hand in hand with the Yanks. If they aren’t winning, fans aren’t gonna pay the astronomical prices to see games like the last two. And they won’t watch the games on TV, which means lower ratings and therefore lower profits.
Am I the only one who thinks next year’s Yankee GM could be Theo?
Can’t see either NY team paying Theo what he reportedly wants which is a small share of the team. While he has won in Boston and Chicago, look at the mess he left the Cubs in. With the Yankees tight on payroll, what realistically would you expect from him? The Yankees will not tear it down to get high draft choices multiple consecutive years.
If Theo wants an ownership stake then I can’t see Hal doing that.
I’ve never been a huge Theo fan, but I don’t think money is an issue for him or the team payroll. They’ve reset the LT, I think they’ll spend a decent amount next year and beyond.
Afaik, the Steinbrenners own 51% of the Yankees. Anything shares they give up to lure Theo would result in them giving up majority voting rights. So no it’s another reason they won’t do it.
Depends how much.
Heck, John Henry had a 1% ownership stake in the Yankees while he was still owner of the Marlins.
Hal will not make any knee jerk decision. (12 years) Plus, he knows nothing about baseball, but just got lucky with a silver spoon born in his mouth called the Yankees.
Anything is possible, but I would be shocked if Theo actually joined the Yankees. If I was the Mets, I would hire Theo as soon as possible.
Think it is more likely he ends up with the Mets.
Hal worked his way up.
Look. He started out selling apples on the street corner. He bought one for a nickel. Sold it for a quarter. Took that quarter & bought 5 more. Sold those for a dollar.
Then, he inherited the New York Yankees & became a smashing finical success.
One like wasn’t enough Ducky!
Whoops. Somehow misspelled “financial”.
Anyway.
I make no secret of the fact that I would much prefer even the difficulties of the play-in game than not making it to the postseason. That being acknowledged, if we don’t, I can see a pretty major retooling this winter. Which would probably be pretty fun.
Hal’s paradigm is to play CBT games (increasing profits – which is his right) while always collecting that pure profit playoff loot. Not making the postseason (&, realistically at least the LDS) would be a major transgression.
At the risk of having my fan card pulled, I’m just fine with not making the playoffs. Some big changes need to be made and maybe Hal missing out on the post season money will force those changes.
Joe, I agree. Although I always want the Yankees to succeed, this year , especially with their incredibly inconsistent play, I think a major retooling for missing the postseason may yet be the best thing for the team’s future.
I like Boone, but his incessant defense and justification of their poor play gets old. At first, it was commendable, but now…..
& I’ve heard that from the majority of the Yankee guys on the board. I absolutely understand where you are coming from, @Joe.
I’m just stubborn.
If we get to the LDS than I think Cash will probably just do some tinkering again. Which – let’s face it – would be justifiable.
Depends on how you see this core. & the formula that Cashman has been using. I’m not quite as soured on all that as a lot of Yankee fans are. For better or worse, I guess.
Ducky, Joe – where are you guys on Boone? I could see this team benefitting from a change or two at the top. If you are out on Boone, who do you propose as his replacement?
I really wish they would’ve considered Mattingly more seriously. Jeter isn’t going to let him go anytime soon.
So done with Booner.
It’s on field stuff too. & not just his hoody & his bubblegum & his regular poor job of shaving.
I was a Joe G guy. Thought it was a mistake not bringing him back. But I said I would give Boone 2 years before passing judgement. Last year was a wash, but I’ve been done with him since early May.
Under Girardi, the Yanks were an average defensive club. With – more or less – the same players, we are a bottom 3 defensive team under Boone. We’ve done more confounding, flat out dumb stuff on the bases in the last 4 seasons than I’d seen in the previous 4 decades. Total. Whom should we blame for that?
Gotta be Booner.
Joe G was also known as one of the best when it came to bullpen management. Sure. He liked his defined roles. & he was incredibly rigid when it came to using his relievers in re their workloads.
But Boone is a disaster there. Which seeing how Cash prefers to build his pitching staffs is a: Big Problem.
I also feel the Yanks played harder under Joe G. But that is a lot more subjective.
We need a real baseball guy, a real in-game manager in the dugout. Not some bubble blowing, scruffy looking, yes-man.
@Ducky I’ve been indifferent towards Boone for the most part of the season but during their recent 7-game slide, I couldn’t stand watching his postgames. He’s redundant and shows no emotion. At least Joe G had that. He’d also rip into Sanchez and Torres by now publicly. The baserunning blunders are inexcusable. There also was no way Joe G would’ve given Heaney this long of a leash.
You brought up his shaving habits, more than once in this rant. And his bubble gum chewing. You clearly just don’t like him. Wouldn’t matter what happened on the field. You sound like a woman though, judging him by his appearance….and honestly, Girardi has been gone for awhile now. Stupid to even bring him up anymore. Boone isn’t the one crapping his pants at the plate.
He’s just not a very good manager, @YBC. I think a change there & at batting are definitely in order. No matter how far we get in the postseason.
At this point: yes.
I clearly do not like him. Nice catch. I gave my reasoning which was mostly focused on his on field performance, @DeMeo. I find the entire Aaron Boone experience to be trying at this point. Which does include his appearance too lol!
Just completely sick of him.
& I think comparing him to his predecessor – & noting the differences – is entirely reasonable. Lots of the same players. Hell, Boone has had more talent to work with & accomplished *less*.
Have a good night, bud.
Joe Says. I used to get real upset when and if the NYY missed the playoffs…but then I grew up…LOL Honesty even if they get into th playoffs they are not built to go too fsr. dont get me wrong I wish I was wrong….BUT no matter what happens, 2022 should be a very telling year..with a lot of upcoming decisions to make…Judge will be number one……Pitching pitching pitching…..and how about guys that can get on base…..Runner on 2b with the scored tied in the 9th inning….I’ll take a guy like Cedric Mullins all day long any day…..
Sounds like few good reasons there to NOT like Boone Yankee clipper. He is horrible….
They have had to rely on Judge and Stanton too much. They got Rizzo and Gallo to fix this but Gallo has sucked and Rizzo, while much better, has not been great. Does Judge sign for six or more years or will he want to go back to the Bay area?
@Roy Nothing wrong with comparing past and present managers. Both Torre and Girardi were very good managers. I like how Boone handles the press but he’s boring. (So was Jeter as a player.) Perhaps, we’ve been used to managers with fire in the bellies. Both Joe’s couldn’t hide it very well. I’d like to hear that managers are sometimes calling closed-door or players’ only meetings. Are these not happening anymore or is the public transparency gone? I’m not sure. What happened to the postgame win championship belt? Annual kangaroo courts? Or silly dugout handshakes? Does Boone have anything with this?
Ducky & YBC (my apologies for not including you in my question above, YBC):
I wholeheartedly agree with your assessments. I think Joe G’s admonishments of Sancho (and other players) was part of the reason they didn’t renew him. They refer to the unwritten rule of 10-year-max managers, but that’s just idiotic, especially if we’re winning. I see a few replacements out there and tbh, I wouldn’t mind bringing Bucky Showalter back at this point – great baseball mind, not too passive toward his players, and knows the Yankee culture.
Ducky, in terms of your shaving comment – it goes to more than appearance as it reflects his relaxed position with players and the rules of the team – I saw Gallo with an unshaven scruff the other day – it’s a valid point.
Also, the on-field defensive plays are disastrous. Even DJL is missed plays on babip he would’ve gotten to blindfolded before. Furthermore, on the pitching side, waaaay to much pressure on Cole to carry the team. We are witnessing the results of that burden and an inconsistent (at times anemic) offense. Cole tries to throw 100 every pitch and win on his own. Love him, but sheesh, give him run support!
The 11-1 loss to the Indi-Guardians as they smashed Cole is a gut punch.
Believeitornot: Judge has been clear on more than one occasion he is a Yankee through and through. Yankees will need to pony up on his extension which I think will occur this next year. Yankees cut their payroll in half by 2024, so they have the range, monetarily. He will be the priority as he is the face of the franchise. Upon a long-term signing, they will make him the next captain, imho.
I forgot Bruce Bochey is currently jobless as well…. Man has a lot of championship management experience.
I really think Boone was hired to allow Cash to extend his influence into the dugout. Remember when Joe G started Romine at first over Kris Karter as a FU to Cashman?
But I don’t know whom to compare him to, @YBC other than his predecessor & contemporary. Seems completely legitimate. Apparently, @DeMeo thinks Boone is doing alright.
I do not. Which is fine. It’s the internet. Differences arise.
Damn.
Getting old, Clip. My quads & calves are sore as hell this morning.
Anyway: Boone.
I’m not sure Joe G was necessarily the right guy either. I do, however, firmly believe that he is the better manager of the two. & I don’t think it’s very close, either.
Showalter, Bochey…yes, please. A manager like that. An actual seasoned manager & more of an old school guy. Someone who can stand up to Cash. Someone who can make decisions in the heat of the moment. I just don’t see those qualities in Boone.
To be honest, I am being a bit shallow & petty with the appearance stuff. But it’s like seeing an employee who has become a liability; easy to find things that bother you.
That being acknowledged, being the manager of the New York Yankees is a fairly prestigious gig. Hell…not just Yankee fans, but all the mets fans are watching you every day. Tighten up. Nothing wrong with getting squared away.
But: it’s really the messy play with the gloves & on the bases, & the poor handling of the ‘pen that rankles me the most. & I do put all that squarely on the Booner.
Okay how about if the Yanks go internally with Naehring to replace Cashman?
Ducky, I can’t believe those two are still out of a job. This MLB push to get younger managers that are more “in tune” with player needs doesn’t resonate well. Frankly, I’m shocked the Yankees gave the team over to a broadcaster, who had one big hit. Now, I’ll qualify this by saying I was a Boone fan…but I can’t stomach his refusal to honestly address his team’s and player’s performance – it’s always an excuse.
If history tells us anything, they will go opposite of what they have now in Boone, which would be more in line with who we want.
Most importantly, I agree with your Cashman assessment. He needs to stay within his scope of overall management, roster construction, trades, and acquisitions. He needs to stay out of the dugout unless Boone’s decisions reflect he cannot manage.
I was initially ambivalent in re Aaron Boone.
I’m not anymore. He was inexperienced & inexpensive. That shows.
This team is all Brian Cashman. It certainly hasn’t been a disaster or whatever. They have – however – been a disappointment overall. Let Cash put the team together. & hey, how about *with* some input from the manager.
I’ve often wondered if one of the reasons teams have trended to young inexperienced managers is so the front office can control them more.
Maybe Boone is being told who to play, lineup order, bullpen management, etc
That’s not something Girardi, Maddon, Showalter etc would ever allow.
@dewey Theo also didn’t leave bos in the best of shape when he jumped ship to chc, IMO I wouldn’t want Theo as a gm/pbo it seems his track record is I’ll get you 1 maybe 2 WS but then I’m leaving the organization in ruin while I look for my next job.
Maybe he’s the future closer?
Garrett Cole with another Cy Young start today…
Nope, he got bombed in another ugly Yankee loss
He was being sarcastic
He is in a sticky situation.
He needs to get a grip.
Robbie Ray will probably get the AL CY Young.
I agree, Ray has the edge.
Something to think about: Teams pay a fortune to some starting pitchers because of the expectation they will help the team win many more games.
Yet the Yanks are just 15-13 when Cole starts, and 68-54 when anyone else starts. Which means the Yanks are winning Cole’s games at a slightly lower rate than they are winning all other games.
Not exactly bang for your buck.
The Guardians are tuning up the yankees for the second day in a row. I really like the new name. Yup.
I feel like an insurance company now owns the Indians. I wish someone could explain why there was a need to change the name. if the emblem or mascot were insensitive, then change thought. American Indians are part of the country’s history. If I’m wrong on the Indians’ name, please educate me.
They were never “American Indians” they are Native Americans. They called them Indians because they thought they landed in India.
@dewey. You are correct there is no need to change the Cleveland Indians team name. The team has had that name over 100 years. If anything it’s ridiculous to change it.
Hey, @whyhazee. Hope you’re well.
I see you & several other of your mets fans compatriots are opting to watch the Yanks in order to “root against us”, as opposed to watching your beloved mets. Had fortune not smiled on me & I wasn’t – heavens forbid – raised a Yankee fan, I would probably make a similar choice too.
Yup.
Actually Ducky, I’m a mess. Lyme, Bartonella, Epstein-Barr, two parasites, hypoglycemic and immunity compromised. I guess all those trail runs and camping in New Hampshire has caught up to me. I’m still getting up and going to work but moving slow. Lots of meds and supplements to work my way back to being my old self. Cranky and incorrigible.
Not a fan of the Cash Man or Dr. Boonedoggle. But I don’t know that there are obvious better choices out there. Also, I think some of the yankee players may have overperformed when they first came and now are settling back into their true abilities. And I really don’t think there’s been an effort to build a smart roster (in that, they’re just like the Mets). And you know my thing about BMI, their bigness is opening them to more injuries.
Well, enough of that nonsense, happy hunting. I’ll run through the woods and spook the animals so you can shoot them. I remember running in a park where the hunters were thrilled to see us. And sure enough, they bagged one.
Aww, man.
That’s…I dunno…kind of depressing. All trash talking, trolling, joking, & anti-trolling aside that is tough to hear.
I’ve always thought that things like camping & running were good for a fella.
I think Cash has done an overall pretty good job. Even in this a “down year” he has us right in the thick of it. But he’s gotten too powerful. He has too much influence everywhere in the organization.
& Boone? Disagree whole heartedly. I think there are a lot of better/more qualified candidates.
Andujar is pretty explainable: injuries.
But Gary Sanchez is much more complicated. When he burst into the league in ’16 he was transcendent. All by himself, he kept us in the Wild Card race well into September. Without him, the Yanks don’t finish with a winning record.
The expectations were enormous. & unfair. Remember; “Manny Ramirez that plays catcher”? Phat Sancho is what he is. He’s going to hit 25-30 jacks. He will OPS .750-.800. He has an excellent throwing arm, can frame ok, & the rest of his defense is rugged. Look at the free agent catchers though. Lots of teams worse off.
“Manny Ramirez that plays catcher” is a borderline generational talent.
& Gleyber.
No idea what is going on there. It can’t all have been the rabbit ball. Could it? I just don’t understand what has befallen him.
Lately, Cashman has a formula: overengineer the lineup with TTO guys, assemble a deep pen, & scrape a starting staff together. 4 straight (maybe 5?) postseason trips & some kind of run every time (including 2 LCS appearances). Only with the Yanks is a run like that looked at as a failure. & he addressed/ admitted to some of his mistakes with the Rizzo & Gallo trades.
Personally, I go hunting to get away from people. But keep running & eat healthy, man.
Unfortunately for the Yankees he won’t be able to strike out with RISP or ground into double plays to end late game rallies
He’l never be the same
Neither will you and your crushed dreams this year. Where can I send you a pillow to cry in?
Your dreams got crushed too lol. Do you think They are making the playoffs?
As the tree falls, so shall it lie. I’ve made peace with this reality. Anything else that happens is a bonus. Your shipping address?
I’ve watched enough Yankee baseball & have seen enough Yankee teams come through over the years that; yes, I absolutely think the Yanks’ll be in the playoffs. Seems to me foolish to think otherwise.
I see the Yankee trolls are out in full force. But…it’s mostly just petty & insecure mets fans. Dudes that “hate” us (mf22, whyhaze, Gibson fan) yet watch every single game we play while the irony goes right over their little heads.
Hell…it was grouse opener this weekend. Those guys watched more of the last couple games than I did!
Well yeah @Ducky… If there is wild pitch, a passed ball, or an on-field streaker, those guys will be able to give us context.
Exactly.
I can’t fathom watching a sox or Cowboys game just because I don’t like them. & 162 times/year? Bonkers. What a waste of time.
I watch them…when I need to sleep. Just seeing JD Martinez going through the obsessive compulsive motions for 10 minutes after every single pitch is enough.
Mets suck, btw. Just sayin’. Even if no Mets player was injured, they would still not make the playoffs.
I watch zero Yankee games lol
Watch every game… pffft. You think I’d watch those crappy yankees? You do know there is mlbscores site, where I can check the scores of games?
Heh.
You’ve posted about how you watch every Yankee game, bro. & about how happy it makes you when we lose. Which…come to think of it must suck, seeing as how we’ve not had a losing season in over a quarter century.
No wonder seem so unhappy, uh?
I never said that… I might have said I enjoy watching them get bumped from the playoffs by teams with a fraction of the payroll and talent. That sounds like something I would say.
The 27 chant… is that how many times the Yankees have won a wildcard birth?
@metsfan22 didn’t you already carved in stone that the Mets were this years we champs and we didn’t even need to play a game, and a stumbling down and out cards team pretty much knocked you out of both the div an wc. I bet it just eats you up that in a weak nle your 5+ back after leading most of the year and even further back of the wc. Least give nyy some credit there still in it even if the odds are against them (especially if they don’t start playing better ball). I will say this I apologize that my birds knocked you out of the race out there in citi field
1.5 Games behind the Jays with 1 less game remaining. the toughest schedule remaining. It will be an uphill battle .
I would be very surprised if they even tie for the second wild card spot. Their schedule will kill them. Then again, I thought the Yankees would easily win today and look what happened.
The Yankees record in Cole starts is 15-13. That should tell you something.
Wasn’t it Cashman who traded Luis Cessa away?
Yes, but its much much deeper than that….who could have foretold that Justin Wilson would have been such a flop, Kahnle needing TJ and then getting released, that Britton would go down for surgery, that they would get nothing from ODay, Chapman would forget how to pitch, etc…..Cessa, while effective, would have given them effective innings, but by now, the boom would have been off the rose just as it is with Green and he’d be getting beaten like a drum!
Rocky7: To think we could’ve picked up Ray, Rodon, and Gausman this year too……. Without a huge financial commitment.
He will probably hurt himself walking from the bullpen to the pitchers mound
“Ahh my leg Ahhh, Atleast I get my money though”
Yoenis Cespedes and Jed Lowrie say hi!
Do you know that you & I are tied with Lowrie on the mets all time leader board for base hits, @Ronk?
Too little, tooo late funny that the Yanks are gonna miss the playoffs after all the smack talk. Their fans are delusional
We may, of course.
However: here we are on September 19th & – at the very least – the Yanks are quite obviously one of the 5 best teams in the AL, @Zoppity.
The season certainly hasn’t gone how I’d hoped it would. The underwhelming offense was definitely a surprise there. Yet we still have a very realistic chance at the playoffs.
& *this* is what a “down year” looks like for us. Could be so much worse, uh?
So.
How is your team doing?
One of the 5 best? The Yankees are not a Division leader nor in a wild card spot. 6th best record and barely holding off the A’s. Just lost 2/3 to Cleveland and have not shown anything in Sept to suggest they are a playoff caliber team.
The only team in the East that the White Sox are better than is Baltimore. We came within an injured Zach Britton blown save in the Cornfield Game of sweeping the season series from them. & a number of those games weren’t even competitive.
I will stick with my premise.
Yankees don’t have to be a division leader to be one of the best five teams. It is determined by record, talent, and head-to-head games, like when they whooped the ChiSox.
@Ducky, That game was painful to watch.
You guys are putting a lot of weight in April-August while ignoring Sept play.
Heads up play is a tricky measure to use especially when it is only 6 games. You could win 2 series while your time is hot and the opponent is not. Then that same team can beat up on opponents that do well against you. Example both the CWS 7-0 and the Yankees 11-8 against the lowly Orioles. That record would suggest which team is much better?
Sure looks like it, @Gruber.
Besides when I took a little lunch break to toss some poppers at bluegills in a little pond & glanced at gameday I caught a little over an inning yesterday & today. Looks like I wouldn’t have really wanted to see either of these games.
Definitely need to take care of business against Texas.
Exactly, @TTS.
Like I said, the only team in the East the white sox are better than is Baltimore.
Quite obviously?
Yes! Heany is out finally!
They have nothing to lose. Why not?
Gotta say, I don’t really see the point. Save Sevy for next season. I’m sure the docs wouldn’t have cleared him if he wasn’t healthy, but to have him come back with this much on the line, you just hope he doesn’t try and do too much, too quick. Who knows, maybe this is what this team needs right now, because they sure need something.
What Does He Throw & What Can He Add To His Arsenal For Next Season?