October 18, 2024

36 thoughts on “Yankees.com: ‘What a magnificent hitter’: Soto’s 4 hits spark Yanks out of break

  1. It’s just bizarre that JT Brubaker has had a setback in his recovery, Jon Berti has had a setback in his recovery, Lou Trivino has had a setback in his recovery, Nick Burdi has had a setback in his recovery, and…okay, it’s just those four guys, but that’s a LOT, right?

    1. Oh, he’s had a setback coming back from the oblique? If you’re just referring to the oblique, that really isn’t a setback, is it? It was just a whole other injury after he had been activated from the injury list.

    2. I think we determined that he hadn’t, so – sure. But Brian’s point is that it wasn’t a setback in his recovery, it was a new and separate injury.

  2. Let’s say it is September and the Martian is healthy, and so is Stanton (Stanton is probably hitting .100 since his return from the IL, of course), who plays left field? Judge or the Martian?

    1. I doubt Judge – if he’s healthy – would want to be made a DH more than occasionally. And if doesn’t want it, it won’t happen.

      But why wouldn’t your outfield be Dominguez, Judge and Soto, with Stanton at DH?

    2. I mean, this seems like a pretty impressive line-up:

      Rice 1B
      Soto RF
      Judge CF
      Dominguez LF
      Stanton DH
      Wells C
      Volpe SS
      Torres 2B
      Brian Cronin 3B

    3. My prediction and not what I want Judge in CF, Martian and Verdugo platoon unless the Martian is killing it. I assume when Stanton’s back Judge will be the everyday CF and Verdugo in left like before.

  3. So, think 5 days or so not swinging violently helped Soto’s hand?

    The Yankees, for an organization dealing with athletes, have frighteningly little sense of even the most blindingly obvious aspects of how the human body works.

  4. I’ve never before heard of a 36 year old baseball player losing it. But Boone said we’ve got to stick with him. Since June 15 Verdugo has the lowest OPS in baseball, DJ the third and Volpe the 4th worst. But there nothing we can do. Except let Waldo play more against RHPs where he’s clearly better than DJ. And when Stanton is back give Grisham more PT and Verdugo less.

  5. This rotation is not good, Gil and Cole and pray. This offense in Severino’s words has two good hitters. Somethings gotta change. This is not a playoff team right now.

  6. Two great hitters. Two maybe fair to good hitters, MAYBE, and a bunch of crap. One great starter, one generally unhittable starters, and three starters you just hope don’t totally suck. This team is a total mess.

  7. RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
    3-2 pitch. No matter how much it moved, you can’t NOT SWING. It’s RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE ON A 3-2 COUNT!

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