November 21, 2024

68 thoughts on “Yankees (79-55) vs. Cardinals (60-73) Saturday, August 31, 2024, 1:05 PM EDT

    1. I don’t see anything to build on. Remember he had a 6+ era in the minors. In any case he should’ve been sent down after the last disaster.

  1. As I said!! A guy with a 10 era Boone gives the same leash he gives Cortes or Stroman. Boone has ZERO urgency.

    HE SHOULDVE NEVER GOTTEN THIS START. It’s not his confidence Paul, he sucks. Warren era now OVER 10, only Brooks Kriske was worse.

    1. I’m writing him off but I wouldnt release him. Show me something. Poteet pitched 3 yeasterday, he could’ve done that here today. Likewise Schmidt. Or they could’ve brought up Marinaccio and used him and Mayza for 4 or 5.

  2. Yankees may be the highest scoring team in baseball but that stat is misleading. They disappear way too many games. Fifteen runs against Rockies by scoring 2,3 10.

  3. “In other words, they really gave him a four-year/$90 million contract, with two years tacked on to avoid the luxury tax.”

    But contracts are always like that – and while the front office knows it’s doing that when they sign the contract, they constitutionally incapable of remembering that that’s what they were thinking when those last few bonus years roll around.
    A front office that DID remember that would have an enormous advantage over every other team. But I doubt we’ll ever see it.

    1. As they noted, they take it out of the ump’s discretion by giving them a watch that buzzes when the time runs out. So it wasn’t the ump’s call.

    1. True, but Waldo could also not be a moron, and Wells and Leiter could have not given away a run.

      But yes, not going with a bullpen game, and then having a bullpen game anyways, but only after your starter gave up 4 runs was definitely a very poor decision.

  4. Absolutely perfect. Of course the Yankees would get the tying run to second and the winning run on. Reminds me of the Mets game when a guy who was really bad struck out Judge in the 9th. What’s our numbers in those situations?

  5. Rizzo likely on the way after hitting under 200 in AA. Why no AAA?
    The Yankees went 14-12 in August and didn’t capitalize on what was, on paper, a favorable schedule.

    1. This is who the team is, two good hitters short of a real MLB line-up. Too much dross with LaMahieu, Verdugo, Trevino, Gleyber (675 OPS), and Volpe.

  6. I see Will Warren day went well. Ad this is why afternoon baseball is so good, you get to enjoy the rest of the day instead of waiting into the night for the loss.

    1. And early in the season I think they win their first 6 one run games so they’re 9-16 since.

  7. Would any other manager have let Warren get 5 starts?

    Will Warren is the 1st pitcher in Yankees history to allow at least 24 runs and 31 hits in their first 5 career games

    1. How much of that is attributable to March, April and May? When they were good. Now, they are a run-of-the-mill .500 team since June.

  8. The possible reason they haven’t called Dominguez up yet may drive Bombers fans crazy. Per MLB reporter Bryan Hoch, they could be trying to turn Dominguez into an extra draft pick.

    “Jasson Dominguez will retain his rookie status for 2025 provided he does not exceed 130 career at-bats (he has 35 right now),” Hoch explained on X. “Keeping his rookie status for ’25 allows the Yankees to receive a draft pick after the first round in 2026 if Dominguez wins the 2025 AL Rookie of the Year Award.”

    The Yankees’ front-office decision-making is nonsensical. They accumulate superstars in Aaron Judge, Juan Soto and Gerrit Cole, and then bring in Verdugo, who’s been steadily declining since 2020. They plug holes with bargains like out-of-position Jazz Chisholm Jr.

    https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/the_yankees_handling_of_jasson_dominguez_makes_no_sense/s1_13132_40821826

    1. Once Dominguez suffered his setback injury it was obvious they were going to hold him back to maintain his rookie eligibility.

  9. There is no reason to have Verdugo on the team with the Martian heathy (given his play).

    Rumfield could also outperform Rizzo / Rice / DJ and he’s actually had a milb career of playing at first.

    What are they doing?

    I really want the useless vets off the team in favor of baby bombers ASAP. Certainly for the postseason.

    1. It was a “solution” to a problem no one really gave a fuck about. It was so silly. Especially since their “relievers must pitch to three batters” rule cut down the major complaint people had, which was that teams would just throw tons of relievers at you with a stacked bullpen full of call-ups.

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