Yankees lefty Aroldis Chapman will be left off the club’s ALDS roster after skipping a team workout on Friday. Manager Aaron Boone told reporters this morning, saying that the veteran lefty was scheduled to throw live batting practice on Friday but missed it with “not an acceptable excuse,” per Lindsey Adler and Chris Kirschner of The Athletic.
General manager Brian Cashman also spoke with the media, with Bryan Hoch of MLB.com relaying about two minutes of video on Twitter. Cashman said that the official roster decisions have not been made yet but that Chapman has taken himself out of consideration, explaining that the southpaw flew to Miami for the club’s off-day between Wednesday’s regular season finale and a scheduled workout on Friday. However, he didn’t return for that workout and has now been fined by the team, in addition to being told not to return for the time being.
Chapman certainly wasn’t guaranteed a spot on the roster based on his performance this season and Cashman indeed said that an element of the workout was for the lefty to throw a live bullpen as part of competing for a spot. However, he’s now made it a moot point with his truancy. Since Chapman is an impending free agent, this news creates the possibility that Chapman has thrown his final pitch as a Yankee.
After pitching to a then-career-high 3.36 ERA in 55 1/3 innings in 2021, Chapman hoped to reestablish himself as a premier closer before entering free agency in his age-35 season. Instead, today’s debacle is the latest development in Chapman’s saga-filled 2022 season.
In the final year of a three-year, $48MM extension signed after the 2019 season, Chapman has begun to show his age. The long-time closer lost his role at the back of the bullpen to Clay Holmes after a month into the season, giving up six earned runs in 5 2/3 innings in May before left Achillies tendinitis forced a trip to the 15-day IL for the entirety of June.
Upon his return in July, Chapman continued to underperform, allowing 10 earned runs in 16 2/3 innings before landing on the 15-day IL again, this time due to a leg infection stemming from a tattoo. Chapman returned in mid-September and showed signs of improving, giving up only 2 runs over his final 5 2/3 innings. Collectively, Chapman finished the 2022 regular season with a 4.46 ERA in 36 1/3 innings.
Whether or not Chapman returns to the club for a later postseason round, it’s fair to wonder how much interest he will have in free agency this winter. Though he was once one of the most dominant relief pitchers in the game, he’s coming off a poor season and has compounded those concerns with off-field problems. In addition to this year’s issues, Chapman was also given a 30-game suspension in 2016 for domestic violence.
Time to take out the trash.
His value is way down based on performance over the past year. Adding in *additional* character issues won’t increase his marketability. His next pitch will not be in Yankee pinstripes.
LordD, incredibly embarrassing look for him. These kind of antics make me think he has the mind of a sharp 12 year old.
…or a dull 12-year-old. 🙂
Waiting for the Bloom detractors to start talking about Boston dumpster diving for him. He could be a reclamation project but apparently he hasn’t matured. The Yankees fining him speaks volumes.
About time they looked at his behavior
Chapman always was a jerk but his talent got him a free pass. Now he’s just a jerk with no talent anymore he will disappear.
He thought he was going to teach them a lesson and show them who was boss….And it blew up in his face. What a mutt move by him. Primadonna!
Can only be a diva if you can do what you say
Even all the way back to his time in Cincinnati when he was one of the first pitchers to throw over 100 consistently he had anger issues? I was happy to see him go to New York… figured that organization would have straightened him out…. but I was wrong
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It helped make a difficult decision much easier.
Glad that the “Tin Man” won’t be giving up another late game HR in the postseason tbh 🙂
man every time I see your Dash pfp lolol
Tyson- Lmao someone finally noticed
It’s been noticed, but your 4th grade-level stall humor isn’t everyone’s.
Hey serge bl0w me 🙂
Brosseau says hello
Exactly what I was thinking. This is the best news I have gotten in a long time. He and the team have forgotten that a baseball thrown by him is a
deadly missile and if done outside the stadium would be a felony charge.
I was a Yankees fan until that pitch that nearly killed Mike. I watched the
Yankees back when Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris played for them. I made excuses when people said things and overlooked other things for over 60 years. I am a native Floridian, and there were no baseball teams south of Baltimore until 1966 and that was only to Atlanta.
I let go of bags of Yankee junk. I kept the ball Mickey Mantle signed for me at spring training in Tampa. and other things related to him. I dumped World Series Jerseys, T-Shirts etc in a homeless shelter.
Yeah, the person/people most disappointed this happened? Cashman? No. LeBooner? Nope. The Yankees collectively? Try again. The Yankees fans? Never!
Jose Altuve…… as he just watched his dream of another center-cut slider going over over the wall in walk-off fashion go up in smoke. I have it on good authority Altuve’s wife is cradling him in her arms like an infant while he watches “The Notebook” over and over, with his little legs dangling out of a Correa jersey (like a scene from Deadpool).
i’ll go to my grave believing altuve used a buzzer
Then you must believe Gleyber Torres had one since that dumb rumor was started by the same random twitter account that accused him of wearing one the game before?
haha what a clown ass comment.
Lol. Ain’t nobody worried about Seattle in Houston. How many games back did y’all finish?
Baton down the hatches my man the chaos storm is coming to blow the orange juice box away. Good luck!!! Hottest team in baseball about to be all up in your arse. I was there earlier this year when we shelled Verlander for 4 dongs and 6 er; the stage is set for another old man beat down. NO MERCY
Hottest team in baseball resides in Cleveland, not Seattle. I also watched Seattle act like their World Series was going on in the midseason and proceeded to lose 6 of their next 7 to Houston. And how did you guys do the rest of the time against Verlander?
Clipper, “his little legs” dangling out!! Hahahahahhahahahahaha Love it.
Sorry Clipper but that wasn’t his little leg dangling out of his jersey. Look closer you doof!
Difficult? The guy walked off two seasons. The only difficulty stems from Cashman’s stubbornness. After Chapman’s first walkoff, he had the gall to threaten an opt out if he didn’t get an extension. I would have told him to go ahead, opt out, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Cashman caves and gives Chapman a year extension. This season is that extension. $18mill wasted. Stubbornness can be expensive.
Dude has been an entitled jerk for a long time, but his talent always allowed everything to be brushed under the rug. Now that he’s not the elite reliever he once was, it’s much easier to give him the boot.
The sad part is, if he was pitching at an elite level, no chance they leave him off the roster.
If he was pitching at an elite level, there was little chance he’d miss the workout. I wonder if he had already heard he wasn’t going to make the first round roster.
That is such a strong assumption. Do you work for the NYY?
Yes.
Cashman said he was asked if he was in or out, and while he said he was in, his attitude showed he wasn’t.
mlb.com/news/aroldis-chapman-misses-workout-off-ya…
“When you add everything up, it’s not surprising,” Cashman said. “There’s some questions about whether he’s all-in or not for a little while. He’s maintained verbally that he’s in, but at times actions don’t match those words. So when he didn’t show on Friday, obviously at first there were a lot of people upset and caught off guard.”
There was a lot of speculation he wouldn’t make the post season roster.
@Joe, as I’m sure you know, there was even media reports that he was under consideration to be be dropped from the active roster in the final week of the season as they had multiple players returning. They *wanted* him to show he was worth a spot. Not sure he ever did, but there was still a chance he could be added for future, longer series. A player right on the bubble doesn’t help himself with selfish acts like this.
LordD yeah I heard about that. He’s a hard guy to root for. I hope he’s made his last pitch for the Yankees.
Even if the rumor floating around the clubhouse is that he may miss the ALDS roster, with Holmes not 100%, they’d need him more than would normally – and if you believe Cashman/Boone stating that the roster wasn’t finalized yet, he needed to show, at the very least, and he most likely would have made the roster. A strong showing in the playoffs could make a lot forget about his tumultuous season, but after this, like the infected tattoo that landed him on the IL – it will be hard to forget.
@Lord I think you are spot on. Most of the time in these scenarios, I weigh on the side of “we don’t know so don’t assume;” but in this specific instance, given Chapmans quirky and aloof behavior in the past; I think it’s extremely reasonable to believe that’s what’s going on here.
So true. Sad the team accepts his behavior. when he was pitching well. Shows their
true colors.
I wonder what the “excuse” was.
He got another tattoo infection.
yeast infection
ringworm
Blue waffle I bet LOL
I read on the NY Post that Chapman is still in Miami, so the “excuse” most likely was “I can’t throw a bullpen this afternoon, because my flight from Miami to NY is not until 10PM tonight, even though I was supposed to be home yesterday”.
There’s really no excuse. Most of these well-paid vets fly private. A-Rod use to fly privately even though the team had chartered flights in between cities. He never missed a team workout. (A friend of mine used to handle his bookings with her company.)
he didn’t miss throwing a bullpen – he missed live pitching to the hitters to help keep everyone on the team fresh
Dead Arm.
Probably more tattoos, lighting weights to put on more muscle, driving his $300k sports cars in Miami, and partying it up.
He had to smack his b*tch up
A great human being
Since when is getting another neck tattoo an unacceptable excuse?
Any professional athlete missing time for a tattoo infection is embarrassing and inexcusable.
He’s not pitching well enough that anyone cares.
The end of his Yankees career.
Edwin Diaz will be the Yankees closer next year anyway.
Keep dreaming bud.
I think the Yankees have learned their lesson when it comes to handing out big money to RPs
I would think they’d try to roll with Clay Holmes and save themselves the $15-20-ish million a year that Diaz will cost. They could also gamble that King returning from injury or Marinaccio cutting down on the walks. Their money would be better spent on either retaining Judge or improving their hitting.
It blows my mind how yankee fans think they have this endless supply of money…
“We have plenty of money to re-sign Judge and Rizzo…”
Check the books, the Yankees have stretched their budget pretty thin.
I mean, Yankees bring in more revenue than any other team in baseball. Plus, they have Chapman, Britton, Taillon, and Green coming off their books this off-season.
Yankees have enough money to go out and get whatever they really want if we are being honest.
Dude, you forgot the word “some”, as in some Yankee fans. The reality is that they did this with pieces like Ellsbury, Stanton, etc and it didn’t/won’t end well. I run a business and understand the buy all the high end players model is not sustainable, so please don’t tar us all with the same brush.
P.S – look at all the people on here who were critical about the Montgomery/Bader trade. Monty had a great 7 starts for STL but it got worse. Let’s see how that trade ages…
Never meant anything to them in the past. They always find the money to pay whatever they need.
@drasco036 Being the second most valuable franchise in pro sports, yes, the Yankees bring in an endless supply of money. However, ownership for over the past decade has been operating under “artificial” financial restraint using the CBT as an excuse to limit spending (aka pocketing more profits). Can you honestly say that they shouldn’t perennially have the highest payroll and not be behind the Dodgers and Mets? They certainly can afford it.
I hope not. Let it be King or Holmes and save the $$.
What a clown. Good for Boone for leaving him off the roster.
Good to see that accountability and attitude still count.
Adios, Chappy.
Dumb ass.
Well, shoot.
No Aroldis, that’s not what I meant!
This guy is a clown. Ever since he did them sus ass barrel rolls after a save with Cincinnati I never took him seriously. He’s not even that good anymore. Yanks would be silly to resign him but I doubt they will especially after this move. Leaving him off a playoff roster clearly indicates they don’t need you and are a better team without you. Distraction.
Resigned to resign? Bozo got many extensions even after tripping over Cookies shoes and breaking his horn
My guess is he skipped the workout after being told in advance he wouldn’t be on the playoff roster. The Yankees are using the skipped workout as an excuse.
The Yankees didn’t need an excuse to leave him off the roster. He’s been terrible and didn’t earn a spot anyways.
I remember I think it was last year Chapman was on a historic run for the first few weeks of the season and was racking up saves with a 0.00 ERA through like 20 or 45 games, something like that and then he hurt his nail and he was never the same.
Then either earlier this year or late last year when his ERA had ballooned and he ‘d become what he is now and it was clear it was over for him, he suggested in the media he’d be *very* open to an extension with the Yankees at his current level of pay- like 1 year/$19M or 2 years/$39M or whatever it was and I was kind of shocked, but I think he knew then it was over, he’d lost the precision to go along with the speed and he was maybe hoping the Yankees would extend him super casually again like they had before, where they gave him 5 years $86m and then a 1 year/$18M, which got convolutedly converted into whatever this last deal counts as? 3 years/$48M, I guess?
Anyway- it’s fascinating. I think he knew after the injury last year that it was over, but hoped he could use proverbial smoke and mirrors- fast pitches and dumb luck- to extend his career and bank an extra $40M before retiring one way or another and it was too obvious to pull off that financial coup.
I’ve seen his lifestyle on IG during the lockdowns and I wonder what will happen to his entourage, I wonder if he’s got a financial plan to invest or to put himself on a budget since he ain’t gonna be making $17.333M a year going forward.
The Cuban missile has fizzled and crashed.
Should the Diamondbacks take a look at this dude or Hell No! I’m on the fence myself. Obviously you get the bad but we need the good.
Would depend on what he’s willing to sign for I’d imagine. If he’d take a 1 year “prove it” deal for 3 or 4m, they should. Anything more, stay far, far away.
Agree very Low. Must prove himself to ever earn big bucks again!
Aroldis is gonna get 1/10. Just based on the fact that he still pumps 100 and has 300 career saves.
Always been my opinion of Aroldis, failed starter because no brains basically , God gave him an arm , took advantage of it , one inning , just throw hard. Many times still a nightmare on the mound. Overrated closer.
Bad teammate. Bad person.
All true
I guess I can default to the “addition by subtraction” theme, but I’m not sure that’s entirely the case considering the state of the Yankees pen. At minimum, they’d probably want to keep him as an option if they advance. Never know what other injuries will occur. He’s now made it more difficult to add him. Both Boone and Cashman didn’t really want to completely shut the door, likely for that reason, but at the same time, their responses, their pauses, and the looks on their faces made it clear they really want nothing to do with him.
His poor sportsmanship and his past failures in the postseason can mean only one. Baseball being baseball means he’ll be on the mound, striking out the side in game 7 of the World Series.
Cashman didn’t come out and say it but his comments seemed definitive to me. Especially when he questioned Chapman’s commitment to the team this year.
Yeah, I can’t argue with that, Joe. He went back and even brought up the tattoo situation, something he didn’t even address heavily when it happened. He indicated he’s leaving it to Boone, but he also made it clear where he stood without stating in. Cashman’s range of emotions publicly are very tight, meaning there’s little range, be he’s happy (I think he’s happy on occasion!) or disgusted. He trended more toward the latter here.
HE GONE!
Chapman couldn’t strike out Joey Gallo right now.
Ok, now, that’s going too far!
He’s a lefty so some team with think he’s fixable and sign him to a major league contract
Barring an injury to someone else i think we have seen the last of Chapmam in Yankee pinstripes
Haven’t seen this guy throw in like 2 years. How hard does he throw these days? Is he walking everyone? What is his deal? I am guessing he is walking everyone.
I’m pretty sure he hit 102 mph this year, and he is up in the 97-100 range consistently. He’s no longer 105 Chapman, but there’s still plenty of gas in the arm. Has a good breaking pitch. He can still on occasion look devastating, but he’s lost all consistency and, strangely, he’s lost confidence. He’s afraid at times to throw his fastball.
Someone will give him a shot because the arm is still there. Not sure what’s going on in the head.
Rob, Appreciate the rundown. Doesn’t sound full blown Trevor Rosenthal but probably a minor case of the yips. I would imagine one way or another he has multiple takers/buyers like you say..
With Chapman, I wonder how much losing the closer’s role to Clay Holmes has to do with it? I’m guessing quite a bit even though it dragged out the entire season. Chapman was an all star closer in 2021 and has been the closer every season of his career since 2012. Closer’s never take kindly to losing their slot.
Last year when the Cubs traded Kimbrel to the White Sox, it was a real issue between Kimbrel and Hendriks, and Kimbrel pitched like a dog the entire time he was with the Sox.
It will likely be a factor in Chapman’s FA, I doubt he wants to be in a setup role.
90% of his problems are half mental. He doesn’t have the same confidence in his fastball, even though he has been topping 100 MPH with it.
He had developed a splitter too that he was using to great effect to start 2021. Baseball reference is puking up 500 errors ATM, but IIRC he had close to a 0 ERA to start 2021 for 2-3 months. Then the sticky stuff ban went in to place and he’s been a wild, home run prone wreck ever since.
Some team will sign him though to an incentive laden one year deal.
I think losing the closer role will be a big issue for him. He thought he was Mariano Rivera. Not in this lifetime! No one will ever be that guy. Chapman thinks far too much of himself and I hope he does not pitch again for anyone.
A guy with his build, arm stength, should be able to throw nasty junk and be effective in the Show for 10 more years. What is going on on here??
Sometimes on garbage day the trash takes itself out.
Good riddance, choke artist Chapman.
He will be fine. Astros will sign him on a discount and he will be one of the best relievers in baseball next year.
Getting back to baseball…..
The Guardians have a disproportionate percentage of LH hitters. If Chapman has anything left, he could have proved helpful – even with other LH guys available out of the pen.
Francona will use this to his advantage. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the Yankees find a loophole to get Chapman back on the roster if things aren’t going their way.
Might add – I didn’t think the young Guardians would win even one game of the playoffs, but thought the experience would do them good. They’re playing with house money this upcoming series.
This is the Playoffs. If the Indians pitch well, they win!
That noise you hear outside is Yankee fans around the world cheering.
@YankeesClipper is definitely behind this probably having an off-day bender with Chappy at some Miami nightclub. Yankees fans thank you!
That makes sense Clipper and Chapman hit the night club gets to bed a bit late and with his paid escort. Nothing prettier than a true blond with a great tan.
They spend the afternoon on the beach before their flight leaves. Clipper says that was fun let’s do it again tonight. Chapman says he has to get back for his BP session. Clipper nah that doesn’t matter you are fine. So they do it again and Clipper just smiles. His work is done time for the Yankees to do their business.
This is a serious question because I have heard Jr is not nearly as tough as the old man. What do you think the old man would have done after the tattoo debacle and after this?
With the way he’s pitched in big games, George would have gotten rid of Chapman long before the tattoo incident.
I would have thought so. All the negative press aside he knew what he was doing. I have my doubts about Jr.
Who is Clipper? I need education on that one?
Me…lol. And I’ll hold on commenting on this particular theory to maintain some deniability. Let’s just say that dude can party!
Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not a Yankees fan but good for Boone leaving him off. No room for entitled jerks on any playoff team.
Yeah, they’re all gone now…
Yup.
Chapman is the biggest joke in baseball. Hopefully this bum is out of the league soon.
What a jack ass.
You could look at it this way. This is a wake up call for chapman. And some team will sign him at a slight discount. And hopefully chapman brings himself back to an elite status
His wake-up call was when he lost his closer’s role in June to Clay Holmes who makes 1/18th of his salary.
YBC, maybe he thinks the Yankees must yield to him and put some respect on his name! He is a superstar afterall. What a little punk he is.
Yeah, but arguably more important is the fact that his Yankees teammates knew he needed the work. They knew he was competing for a postseason run with them – what does this say to them? I’d imagine it’s pretty insulting.
It will likely speak volumes to the next potential clubhouse too. What a joke this dude is. He became more important than the game…in his own mind. Later Chappy, don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya!
I don’t care for the Yankees but use it tou your advantage Think now the players will want to win it all without him as a motivation to showing him that they don’t need him
Stubby, Agreed!!
He seemed out of sync most of the time. As to what was going on in his head….
Astros will sign him.
They don’t mind morally compromised players
It appears that his lack of control extends beyond the mound. I didn’t want him coming into a playoff game and loading the bases anyway, so I won’t miss him at all. But be aware that the front office and Boone haven’t definitively stated that he won’t pitch in the postseason. The rules allow them to alter the roster before each series. If I had to guess though, I’d guess that he’s thrown his last pitch in pinstripes.
Cleveland bullpen looks stacked, about on par with Seattle’s. I don’t think the Yankees or Astros have a bullpen up to those standards. Toronto definitely did not lol.
AGREE!
In what universe does Houston not have a top bullpen? They have the lowest FIP, ERA, k%, and LOB % in the whole league.
And yet, someone will be foolish enough to offer him a decent contract for at least 2023, if not beyond.
Still, he probably cost himself some money here. Last thing folks know about him before the bidding starts is that he was not only ineffective, but he crapped out on his team.
As @LordD had mentioned above, his arm is still lively but it’s a mental game for him atm. He still can dial it up to 100 mph but has no idea where it’s going. That’s fixable and some team will offer him at least two years.
Never consider Chapman a premier closer like many people said, a lot talent but never got a good pitch abilities
Unacceptable excuses like wanting another tattoo?
Sounds like a major headache. Thanks Yankees. I would trade Gleyber Torres 30 times over straight up for Chapman if it meant the cubs winning the world series. Easily a top 5 cubs trade in franchise history.
I’d rate that a win-win trade too.
In bad news, Cole is going to start Game 1. Stupid.
He’s a bum. Already made 132M. The last paycheck other than playoff money was already cashed. He’s the kind that will walk away then try to come back into the league after
a few years finally realizing he was an a hole to his teammates.
Well, the Yankees have never cared about character. Whatever it takes to win. Which is a real shame because they have had really classy players come through there. But showing this guy the door is the best possible move right now. Probably carry a weapon onto a plane like another ex-Yankee closer who was equally despicable. They rode that horse as long as they could. Paid him massive bucks. But his absence makes it no harder to root against the Yankees. Winning above charactor. A big sign right above the clubhouse door. So stupid they can’t even spell. But they smell. So, let’s go Guardians.
If he were the dominant Chapman he was supposed to be this would have never happened.
Welcome to Kansas City, or some other black hole of baseball death Mr. Chapman
Yankees dodged a bullet. He shouldn’t have been in contention for a spot anyway.
I admit I’ve never been a big fan of Aaron Boone, but I applaud this move. It took guts. Some managers would have looked the other way.
Desperate times call for desperate measures
Welcome to the Jays Chapman. 18 mill one year?
Fiiiiine 19
*yawn* ……. oh well
…a sleeveless ribbed undershirt, usually white.
You guys realize, he was not going to be on the ALDS roster anyway. He didn’t show up because he knew that before the practice.
Vegas, Understood. Still a bush league move.
Don’t be surprised if he becomes a Met, they need a LH reliever. He would fit right in there, especially with some(not all) of their loudmouth fans who frequent MLBTR, and some at the game who boo their own players. I think you can nearly ‘put it in the books’, I am sure real Mets fans would approve.
Maybe Beltran can take his place in the dugout and help them cheat some more. Funny how Beltran gets a job in their booth and Judge has a career year 😉 lol. Some have a brain and can see that correlation, and the rest are yankee trash ass fans.
That’s were Beltran learned it. He’s the one that took it to Houston and taught them. He didn’t need to even take a job there, as they were one of the first teams use electronics to steal signs.
Rajai Davis disappointed. Was planning to come out of retirement to blast one more.
Actually, there’s another way to look at this. If Chapman’s agent already informed him that the Yankees will be letting him go this winter, he may have concluded that it could lower his value if a) he actually played and pitched badly with a million eyes on him, b) he sat forlornly in the bullpen and never got the call, or c) was left off the alds by the team’s decision. It seems entirely possible that going awol might be his choice as the best 2023 contract move.
“Pujols Plan To Honor 10 Year Service Contract With Angels” (per LA Times today) hahahaha Love it. Does that mean he’ll go into the Hall with a Halo Cap on his plaque? Hahaha
Or another way to read it: “Albert Pujols intends to collect the 10-million owed to him on his personal-services contract with the Angels.”
Can’t say I blame him. : -).
My take when he signed the deal was it was a way for the Angels to defer part of his contract. I’m sure the assigned duties will be pretty minimal to non-existent. Show up in Spring Training for a couple days, offer some baseball advice, bring Arte some cookies every morning. Oh, wait, forget the cookies part. Was just watching Ted Lasso.
Fortunately, the Hall picks the cap, and that will be Cardinals all the way.
Jinx…now they’ll go down in 2. Chappie’s got a Cubbies WS Ring he’s going go home and polish.
I heard his wife took that ring when she was pissed at him one night and chucked it off a NY high rise.
I would have skipped the practice too knowing that they were doing a mix of Sweatin with the Oldies and dress up 80’s Jazzercise.
I hear Cleveland fans are livid about Chapman being left off the roster.
Rumor has it that a petition signed by Cleveland fans has accumulated nearly 20 thousand “X’s” demanding MLB use whatever legal remedies to force Chap back onto the roster.
He should hang out with Puig…sounds like they’d be instant BFFs.
Now, do Hicks, IKF, and Marwin.
I’ve had this guy pegged. Chapman wants to pitch only on save opportunities. Otherwise, he gets passive aggressive. Back in June against the White Sox, in a game which the Yankees couldn’t hit a lick, Judge hit a late inning HR, to tie the game 1-1. Then Boone puts in Tattoo and I’m thinking he’s going to give up a HR and put the Yankees behind. You can guess the rest. $18mil stupid tax. Well done Cashman.
Good riddance. Addition by subtraction
Better off the roster than serving up home run balls.
he’s always been a jerk. now the talent has faded, he is expendable. his SO per 9 is down by 4 from his career average. he is donezo
And his BB/9 is up by like…..40?
Chapman is the definition of a fine fellow