We are a fully operational dollar store:The 2019 New York Yankees Season Thread

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

If he can’t get an ace before Christmas, he needs to be fired.

 

[puggle]

They need to sign Cole and/or Strasburg if he opts out and all it’s gonna cost them is money. The offense first approach doesn’t work in the playoffs against top flight teams and it’s failed them time and time again.

Hal needs to spend the bucks and I’m not sure he will or sell the team to someone who will.

 

[wtfyomom]

every year this super lineup chokes in the postseason and then everyone blames it all on starting pitching. game 2 we gave up 2 runs in 10 innings, youre gonna get an ace to pitch much better than that? game 3 was 2-0 late, today you had tons of opportunities and couldnt score. this team is full of chokers and every year outside of 2009 post dynasty they spit the bit in the postseason and then everyone acts like its starting pitching when its not. if we had an ace he would lose 3-2 or 2-1 with this team anyway. also we could've had corbin but the yanks were too cheap and i said it at the time

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

They need to sign Cole and/or Strasburg if he opts out and all it’s gonna cost them is money. The offense first approach doesn’t work in the playoffs against top flight teams and it’s failed them time and time again.

Hal needs to spend the bucks and I’m not sure he will or sell the team to someone who will.

He’s let two aces get to Houston in the last three years. I haven’t seen a front office fukk up that bad since the magic lowballed Shaq and he left for the lakers. They need two aces, and yeah this is as good a chance as they’re going to get with this team. They also desperately need to get a few new hitters. Their roster is filled with guys who underperform when the lights are bright. There’s Gary who’s the third worst playoff hitter in team history. There’s Encarnacion who slugs below .400 in the playoffs. Gardner and Hicks are both roughly .200 hitters in October with next to no power in their swing. Severino has a 5.17 postseason ERA. Didi has been horrid this series and was awful the last 10-11 weeks of the season too. I don’t think it would be a terrible idea to go in a different direction at shortstop either.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

I honestly don't even want to watch this shyt tonight...I been sick all week and this the first day I've felt normal again

fukking dirty ass Subway...fukking nasty ass co-workers who won't wash their hands....fukking Yankees

 

[tremonthustler1]

I needed to decompress for a couple of days, just avoid Yankee talk online or sports talk radio. We really loved this Savages team. It just sucks that the same stuff that cost us before cost us again. This team just can't get past the Astros.

Gary Sanchez: C+ First half Gary was pretty much an A player. Second half Gary was an F. Hit .207 in the 2nd half of the year, got hurt again, and in the playoffs didn't do shyt other than game 6. Another stat. In wins, his ops is .970. In losses, .602. When Gary's on, we don't lose. He's just too inconsistent. I gave him a C+ because FWIW, his defense did improve this year. One more stat. He did his best work offensively, batting 3rd. I'm surprised we didn't try that more. Boone tried everything else. At this point, I'd only be slightly surprised if he got traded, but at the very least, now I'm sure Anthony Seigler is gonna be untouchable since he's gonna replace Gary once he's ready. That's 3 years away though.

Austin Romine: B- Best hitting year he had for us even though his defense fell back a bit. He's a FA so he'll probably leave to get a starter's job. He was what we wanted out of a backup catcher. If he stays, cool. Turned into a beast whenever Gary wasn't around.

Greg Bird: should be incomplete, but fukk that. F. Go away.

Luke Voit: B-. I'm a bit more sympathetic to Voit because everything went to hell after he got hurt in London. He went from our #2 hitter, carrying this team when we were hurt to not getting a single AB in the playoffs. I don't even know if his 1B job is secure if the Yankees tell Andujar to learn 1B. Kinda woulda liked to see what he coulda did vs. the Astros.

Gleyber Torres: A. He's an untouchable member of this core. He still gets a little lazy on defense but he finally learned how to hit high in the order. I think Torres should finally get a chance to hit 2nd instead of Judge (more on him later). Mainstay on this team whether he's our 2B or SS.

DJ LeMahieu: A+. Most dependable hitter. MVP of the team. Lock him up to an extension. He did everything asked of him and more. None of our shortcomings were his fault.

Didi Gregorius: D. TJ surgery didn't help, but just never got on track. He did own the Twins again, but it felt like he was pressing the entire year. I'd hate it if they didn't bring him back, but Didi doesn't have a ton of leverage over this team. They need a lefty bat and a clubhouse leader and he's that. I just don't think they need to overpay him to keep him. I hope he stays, but this was a lost year for him.

Miguel Andujar: INC. Like I said, I hope when he's ready that he gets a 1B glove because we could use his bat in our lineup. Otherwise I don't know how he stays here.

Gio Urshela: A. Kinda didn't do much in the postseason but man, what a revelation he was. His defense alone makes him worth keeping. I hope going back to the old baseball doesn't mess him up too much but Urshela had the year of his life.

Mike Ford: B If he's a lefty Voit I'd rather have that than Voit. I have no clue what they're gonna do with him.

Tyler Wade: C. I still think he sucks but in fairness when he came back up he tried to do a bit of everything. Expendable but he tried.

Edwin Encarnacion: C- The 2019 JA Happ. Whatever he did in the regular season was negated by how he performed in the playoffs. Maybe it was the oblique that gave him trouble but his approach was so wrong at the plate. He's a veteran. He should know better. He's definitely not coming back.

Aaron Hicks: D-. Missed over 100 games and went back to being the injury prone guy who isn't all that good at the plate anyway. He had 2 things to hang his hat on: that game saving catch vs. the Twins and he was one of the few who did alright vs. the Astros. He's gotta stay healthy, but he's a guy whose eye test doesn't match the analytics.

Brett Gardner: A-. Best year of his life. I dropped him from an A because of the postseason. Other than that, none of wanted him back and he produced the way he did. I'm skeptical for the future, but he'll be back.

Aaron Judge: B. All the talent in the world but he's brittle and he strikes out too much. I think he's being wasted at the 2 spot. He doesn't drive in enough runs and by hitting him 3rd or 4th that just makes him more potent. The analytics guys have to relent on him hitting 2nd.

Mike Tauchman: B. Nobody knew why he was here and he was trash the first half, but he manned up and did his thing in the 2nd half. Too bad he got hurt, but he's a lock to be back as 4th OF.

Clint Frazier: C. Kid can mash. Deep down I want him here because I could see him haunting us for years with the bat. That said, how he handled that game vs. the Red Sox was piss poor and probably cost him a meaningful future here.

Cameron Maybin: A. Every time it looked as if he was gonna get released, fans lobbied for him to stay and he rewarded us every single time. Gonna be sad to see him go but he was so good here.

Giancarlo Stanton: I woulda said INC but fukk it. He's getting an F too. Injuries are one thing, but he had all year to heal and then finally has competitive AB's in the playoffs. We were undefeated with him starting in the postseason. But if he was that hurt, he shouldn't have been on the roster. He's gonna be the whipping boy of this franchise for the next 8 years (along with Gary). He'd have to have an A-Rod level run in the postseason just to get fans temporarily off his back. At this point he might really be too soft to make it here.

Pitching I'll do later

 

[tremonthustler1]

Luis Severino: INC. He pitched OK I guess in the playoffs but Boone has to give these pitchers more leash in game situations. I still think he can be an ace. He just needs to put it all together in 1 year.

Masahiro Tanaka: B. He gave us a Tanaka year. Numbers look worse because of what Boston did to him, but Tanaka did what he always does.

James Paxton: B. F first half but I think a lot of Yankees fans are more at ease with Paxton after Game 5 against the Astros. He can build on this and be a mainstay here.

Domingo German: C-. If it was just his pitching performance, he'd get an A-. Everything came together. He killed it at home. 18 game winner. But I dropped him 2 full grades because he wanted to fukk his career up with his domestic violence situation. He compromised everything with the team. Instead of bullpening a game, he coulda started. Instead of relying on Happ, we coulda used him. Now we don't even know if he'll ever pitch for us again and it's all his fault. Talk about wasted talent.

JA Happ: F. His solid last month doesn't change the fact that he was utter garbage this year and shouldn't have come back.

CC Sabathia: I'd rather not give him a D for what he produced but just say he gave everything he had and he'll forever be loved as a Yankee. CC

Chad Green: C+ bizarro season with him. Sucked so bad he got sent down. Came back up and found a role as an opener. He got back on track even though that HR to Gurriel is burned in my mind. It's good to know he can pitch multiple innings but Green needs to go back to 2017-18 levels.

Aroldis Chapman: A-. Obviously the Altuve HR sucked and he fell in love with that slider, but he kinda needed a 2nd pitch and for the most part it worked. Blew some saves but it didn't kill us. If he opts out I still think he comes back. Having that security in the pen really helps.

Dellin Betances: INC. Go get that bag Dellin. Awesome Yankee. We missed him.

Tommy Kahnle: A-. Bounce back year for him. Definitely washed away 2018. 72 games was a lot for him and he was gassed at the end but he has a bulletproof spot in that pen.

Adam Ottavino: C+ It woulda been a B+ but his postseason was that bad. He was so good for us so for him to be useless in October sucked. Good first year but I'd rather him take a step back during the season and save his best for October,

Zack Britton: A-. Probably our best reliever this year. He was used correctly and was a great safety valve in case Chapman got wild. If he has to close next year, so be it.

Stephen Tarpley: F. AAAA pitcher

Jonathan Holder: F. So trash Boone couldn't keep using him. He could easily be the 2020 Kahnle though.

Luis Cessa: C. Honestly, that's a way higher grade than I could have imagined giving him. He was just ehh instead of garbage.

Nestor Cortes Jr.: D+. He gets that because honestly he did his thing at times during those opener games. He sucked every other time though.

Jonathan Loaisiga: D. If the Yankees are smart, make a reliever only. I don't think he's cut out to start. Just let him loose coming out of the pen or trade him.

 

[High quality poster]

I knew not to get emotionally invested in these fukkers. Did anyway.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

@tremonthustler1 there’s a lot of attention to detail and excellent wording in these posts. I’d look into seeing if you can write on the side if you don’t already. That F is a bit harsh on Stanton though considering that he was never healthy and stayed productive every time he was in the lineup. Spot on for judge and Voit.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Boone to me gets an A-. Boone still does weird shyt and he's still married to this analytic way of using arms which will burn us, but he did improve and a lot of stuff went his way. I think more fans like him now than before because of that savages rant. For what he had to deal with, Manager of the Year.

Now, do I think they get Strasburg or Cole? No. But like I said, I dare Cole to turn down the best offer, which should be mandatory from this team. No excuses. I still think he leaves to go to the Angels, but hey, CC Sabathia was gonna go to the Angels too until the Yankees blew him away. The same thing has to happen to Cole. I'd sign MadBum too if he's not too expensive (I think he goes to Atlanta)

Cole
Severino
Tanaka
Paxton
Bumgarner

Now nobody can say shyt about the rotation.


Realistically, I can see the Yankees overpaying for Zack Wheeler in a bidding war with Chicago or Houston. Even though pitching didn't cost us in this series, Cashman can't run it back with the same guys. He just can't.

If Didi's smart, he accepts the Yankees' QO and tries one more time at free agency next year. Otherwise I sadly think he goes. With Didi in the lineup, move DJ to 1B and bench Voit.

 

[tremonthustler1]

@tremonthustler1 there’s a lot of attention to detail and excellent wording in these posts. I’d look into seeing if you can write on the side if you don’t already. That F is a bit harsh on Stanton though considering that he was never healthy and stayed productive every time he was in the lineup. Spot on for judge and Voit.

He lost me when the excuse for not playing was resting him on the trip to Houston. Maybe that was Boone covering up poorly, but I couldn't go out like that. We played a man down effectively because of him. As long as the Yankees wanna bring up a budget and lux tax and all that, everyone's gonna shyt on him because that's a lot of money that coulda went towards pitching. He's gonna be viewed as p*ssy until he ain't anymore. That's something only he can fix. He woulda got less shyt had he just bowed out because perhaps in those games instead of Encarnacion, that's Voit or Tauchman or Maybin or Ford.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

He lost me when the excuse for not playing was resting him on the trip to Houston. Maybe that was Boone covering up poorly, but I couldn't go out like that. We played a man down effectively because of him. As long as the Yankees wanna bring up a budget and lux tax and all that, everyone's gonna shyt on him because that's a lot of money that coulda went towards pitching. He's gonna be viewed as p*ssy until he ain't anymore. That's something only he can fix. He woulda got less shyt had he just bowed out because perhaps in those games instead of Encarnacion, that's Voit or Tauchman or Maybin or Ford.

We kinda threw him under the bus. Outright said he’d have been on the DL if it wasn’t the playoffs, they bring him in at DH for game 5 after missing 3, and then Boone chooses to not use him in game 6. If he wasn’t right to play games 2-4 and 6, then he wasn’t right for game 5 either. I didn’t see anything about him choosing not to play either. It kinda reminds me of how the ravens handled breshad perriman’s knee injury as a rookie, consistently downplaying how bad he was hurt all year long.

 

[The War Report]

What a mistake it was giving Hicks that money.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Some major changes need to be made with this lineup. It's only built to beat up on mediocre pitching during the regular season. Judge, Sanchez, Voit, and Stanton all strikeout too much. They should be looking to trade at least one of Stanton/Sanchez this offseason.

 

[IGSaint12]

Some major changes need to be made with this lineup. It's only built to beat up on mediocre pitching during the regular season. Judge, Sanchez, Voit, and Stanton all strikeout too much. They should be looking to trade at least one of Stanton/Sanchez this offseason.

Judge is a great postseason performer although he didn't do much in the ALCS but Sanchez, Voit, Stanton gotta be be moved on from. It was a critique I made in the ALCS thread that they just don't make the same impact that they do in the regular season because they face tougher pitching. I would also like Gardner to not be resigned. For all the talk and bravado Gardner strutted around with during the season he was a huge disappointment. We need to make some big changes this offseason or I will lose interest in next season.