December 11, 2024

26 thoughts on “Yankees.com: Soto ‘makes it look easy’ again, rips 2 HRs as Yanks romp

    1. If you think it would ratchet the MPH on his fastball up (which it could), then maybe?He’s currently just in the midst of all of the really bad trends (strikeouts down, walks up, hard hit contact way up).

      I bet he gets offers to start elsewhere, though.

  1. Obviously, we know it happens. But I wonder to what extent industrial espionage happens within MLB FOs.

    Does Cash have a roster of moles in all 29 other FOs to get good intel on trade/FA plans?

    If not, why not? A little Yankee bribe money to cultivate assets seems like a no-brainer.

    And if it’s widely known, do the Yankees employ counterspy measures? Like when China liquidated all our CIA assets a few years ago crippling our intelligence efforts, is Sabean out there quietly feeding disinfo to low-level quants? Or straight up merking them and dumping them in the Harlem River? Or worse, gifting them to the A’s?

  2. Per Morosi Yankees are interested in Chad Greene but per RAB he’s owed $10M next year and has by far the lowest K and whiff rates of his career.

    1. To give up more HR’s to the opposition #9 hitters. There are records to be broken here, people.

    1. Oh, for f*’s sake.
      Both Jones AND Davis. Two guys with no business being on the team at all.
      Why does Boone hate the idea of having a starter other than Cole win games?

  3. Very impressive outing by Rodon, and I’d love to believe it meaningful.
    I think we’re all at the point where we’d need to see another outing or two in the same ballpark before we started taking it seriously.

    1. At least he has some past history indicating it’s a possibility.
      Cortes, Stroman and Rodon lined up for Boston. Rodon may be pitching to avoid the sweep at Fenway on ESPN.

  4. Aaron Boone said Jasson Domínguez hit live BP yesterday. He’s expected to be playing in games this coming week. #Yankees

    Good news until the next injury.

    1. If he gets healthy, can you imagine infusing the lineup with him, Stanton and a trade acquisition at the same time around August 1st? WOW.

    2. Or they trade him for Skubal.

      I’m not saying he’s untouchable, of course, but I think he’s about as close to untouchable as you get. Jones, on the other hand, I could see them dealing for a top guy. There was talk of Judge for Sale…man, can you imagine how that would have worked out?

    3. Jasson by himself – really, that’s a big deal. If Rice or Volpe shows something, it becomes a huge deal. Hell, Oswaldo’s hitting suddenly like he did in the first few weeks of the season (no, not reading anything into that)…
      But…
      …what to expect from Stanton and whether they’ll actually get anything that impresses us – no idea. None at all.

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