October 8, 2024

14 thoughts on “Yankees.com: Cole’s bases-empty IBB to Devers backfires: ‘Clearly, that was a mistake’

  1. Third worst BA in baseball last 7 days after being shut down by 8 straight starters,10th worst over the last 15 days. A championship team? They could easily be looking at avoiding a sweep today the way they played.

  2. I have to say – you can’t blame the FO for a whole slew of players performing radically below any rational person’s expectations.
    For that, though, you certainly CAN blame the way they handle the players they have, given a clear pattern. And you can blame the FO for persisting with putting together and (worse) sticking with the staff that produces that outcome.
    Also, I’m not sure Brian’s right that coaching doesn’t have much of an effect when it comes to veterans. Look at individual sports – boxing, tennis. Coaches can tank or turn around a veteran’s career. So I don’t think we should give them a pass here when it comes to radically underperforming veterans.

    1. To me acquiring Donaldson and reupping DJ were clearly wrong. Beyond that he’s made moves that were defensible but didn’t work out. Is he just unlucky?

    1. Don’t know if Cole reluctantly went along with Boone or the other way. But why was this a discussion in the first place?

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