November 21, 2024

49 thoughts on “Yankees (78-55) @ Nationals (60-73) Wednsday, August 28, 2024, 6:45 PM EDT

  1. I mean, Boone and Cashman, they lie right to the fans faces. LeMahieu should have been DFA, yet Boone has the nerve to say what he said about LeMahieu.

    Boone: “You want to let things really declare themselves to where you’re making sound decisions moving forward.”

    Duh! It has already been declared, bozo.

  2. I guess we haven’t had a total Rodon first inning shit show in a while. And this is certainly a shit show. He’s allowed a home run, a walk, a wild pitch, and a balk all in one inning, and there’s still no outs!

  3. dj just passed stephen drew to take sole possession of the 9th worst yankee season with -1.5 war.

    horace clark’s record of -2.4 seems safe but he could still crack the top 3 with enough at bats.

    2. ruben rivera 1997 -2.1
    3. gene michael 1968 -2.0

  4. If we lose this we ‘ll be 12-10 on the easy portion of the schedule. Championship caliber.

    It seems like 2/3 games this team just doesn’t hit, often against bad pitchers. Like against the Rockies where they score 2, 3, 10. Five runs a game not bad.

  5. I’ve been thinking about a new tactic that could help the Yankees. I call it the Intentional Strikeout (IK). With men on base and less than two outs and your groundball machine due up, the manager raises three fingers and the batter is called out. The pitcher gets credit for a strikeout and the next batter gets to bat.

    1. Gore has had some great games this season, and clearly has a lot of talent. I don’t mind him so much. It was Corbin that was just batshit insane to get dominated by him. That was just truly loser shit.

    2. Corbin and a half dozen others. Who was it on Detroit that Paul said is not pitching like his era. The first two games against MLB worst Rockies they scored two and three. You score 2,3, 10, the average is 5 but 2/3 games you’re scoring 3 or fewer that usually won’t get it done.

    3. Oh, totally, they’ve been pathetic when they play down to their opponent’s level recently. Gore, though, I think is at least a legit young talent. Those other guys are definitely much worse examples.

  6. Rodon was not good but this is on the offense. Two runs two nights in a row against these guys? There are just too many holes in this lineup for them to have any kind of sustained success.

  7. A little late but I’m here to defend Horace Clarke who as far as I can see never had a WAR as bad as DJLM this year.

    Horace Clarke was the leadoff hitter the first game I ever listened to. He hit a triple. Making him – in my 8-year-old brain – the best hitter ever. Soon enough I fell in love with Bobby Murcer. Who is still in my top 5 favorite Yankees of the last 53 years.

    1. My researcher just spit out an entirely different list! No Drew, Rivera, Clarke. WTF

      Safe to say that things are not looking good for DJ either way.

      Steve Sax (1992) – -2.1 WAR
      Kevin Brown (2005) – -1.9 WAR
      Sonny Gray (2017) – -1.6 WAR
      Bobby Meacham (1985) – -1.5 WAR
      Randy Johnson (2005) – -1.5 WAR
      Jeff Weaver (2003) – -1.4 WAR
      Chris Chambliss (1976) – -1.3 WAR
      Danny Tartabull (1992) – -1.3 WAR
      Jake Gibbs (1967) – -1.2 WAR
      Jose Contreras (2004) – -1.2 WAR
      Charlie Hayes (1998) – -1.2 WAR
      Tim Stoddard (1985) – -1.2 WAR
      Jim Leyritz (1999) – -1.1 WAR
      Brian McCann (2016) – -1.1 WAR
      Clem Labine (1962) – -1.1 WAR
      Hank Bauer (1960) – -1.0 WAR
      Eddie Ford (1965) – -1.0 WAR
      George Wright (1907) – -1.0 WAR
      Alvaro Espinoza (1991) – -1.0 WAR
      Hal Trosky (1939) – -1.0 WAR
      Cliff Mapes (1953) – -0.9 WAR
      Matt Lawton (2005) – -0.9 WAR
      Lyle Overbay (2014) – -0.9 WAR
      Tony Womack (2006) – -0.9 WAR
      Jason Giambi (2004) – -0.8 WAR

    2. i just asked chatgpt to avg baseball reference and fangraphs and horace clarke – who i had previously not heard of – appears twice. I remember steve sax though – I thought he was good! narrator: he was not good.

      Horace Clarke (1968) – -2.0 WAR
      Steve Sax (1992) – -1.9 WAR
      Ruben Rivera (2001) – -1.8 WAR
      Kevin Brown (2005) – -1.7 WAR
      Sonny Gray (2017) – -1.6 WAR
      Jeff Weaver (2003) – -1.5 WAR
      Danny Tartabull (1992) – -1.4 WAR
      Chris Chambliss (1976) – -1.3 WAR
      Jake Gibbs (1967) – -1.3 WAR
      Jose Contreras (2004) – -1.2 WAR
      Charlie Hayes (1998) – -1.2 WAR
      Tim Stoddard (1985) – -1.2 WAR
      Jim Leyritz (1999) – -1.1 WAR
      Brian McCann (2016) – -1.1 WAR
      Clem Labine (1962) – -1.1 WAR
      Eddie Ford (1965) – -1.0 WAR
      Alvaro Espinoza (1991) – -1.0 WAR
      Cliff Mapes (1953) – -0.9 WAR
      Matt Lawton (2005) – -0.9 WAR
      Lyle Overbay (2014) – -0.9 WAR
      Tony Womack (2006) – -0.9 WAR
      Jason Giambi (2004) – -0.8 WAR
      Bobby Meacham (1985) – -0.8 WAR
      Randy Johnson (2005) – -0.7 WAR
      Horace Clarke (1969) – -0.7 WAR

    1. They ain’t hitting HRs, they ain’t scoring. How many HRs did the Cubs need to overcome a 10-3 deficit? Just 1.

  8. Katie Sharp “ Yankees are now 5-21 (.192) when trailing at the end of the first inning this season.

    That’s tied with Pirates for the 3rd-worst record in MLB (ahead of only the Blue Jays and White Sox).”

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