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[Brozay]

For people complaining about Tatis and others...

I don’t quite get this though, it doesn’t preclude players from going to see a doctor if they get injured or feel ill

 

[Regular_P]

Rizzo had a .760 OPS for the NYY over 49 games. Maybe he can get to his 2019 numbers but he's 32 now. Why are they bargain basement shopping?

You haven't heard? The Yankees are a poverty franchise now.

 

[Miggs]

So the Yankees are projected to win the division with 97.9 wins and people think signing Josh Donaldson was a disaster.
Obviously projections are not predictions but this will be interesting to follow.

For all the progress baseball has done in the world of analytics, the casual fan still has quite a bit to catch up to.

Most other projections have them at 89-90 wins,tbg i dont see that roster as a 97 win team esp when you factor theyre gonna lose a bunch of games due to covid regulations...

 

[Spidey Man]

You haven't heard? The Yankees are a poverty franchise now.

So this is what the Yankee fans felt like after Madoff

 

[tremonthustler1]

Most other projections have them at 89-90 wins,tbg i dont see that roster as a 97 win team esp when you factor theyre gonna lose a bunch of games due to covid regulations...

This is an 85 win team if Covid never existed and I'd even bet the under on that too.

They will underachieve for the same reason they underachieved last year: analytics and projections are banking too much on half the roster getting their heads out of their asses and they've shown nothing to indicate that.


It doesn't help that the division is filled with players who save their best work for when they play the Yankees. Meadows, Grichuk, Bo, Lowe, every Rays opener, JD, Kike, Kirk, Teoscar, Zunino, Choi, Arozarena, even Baltimore got Mullins and Mancini.

 

[Mike809]

Aint Rizzo another anti-vaxxer ? Lol

 

[the next guy]

cubs went to 3 nlcs , won a championship,won their division 4 out 6 years & made the postseason 5 out 6 years. Not sure wtf you’re talking about

The team was still a disappointment. Especially compared to the Giants.

 

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[Remote]

The team was still a disappointment. Especially compared to the Giants.

The giants overachieved and won’t be very good in 2022.

 

[tremonthustler1]

So the Yankees are projected to win the division with 97.9 wins and people think signing Josh Donaldson was a disaster.
Obviously projections are not predictions but this will be interesting to follow.

For all the progress baseball has done in the world of analytics, the casual fan still has quite a bit to catch up to.

To be fair, projections never seem to figure out Tampa well at all.

 

[Spidey Man]

Aint Rizzo another anti-vaxxer ? Lol

Are they trying to tank without tanking or are they hoping City Hall saves them

 

[Remote]

To be fair, projections never seem to figure out Tampa well at all.

The projections will get better over time.
Even if we had 20 years of projections that’s still not enough sample.

 

[ineedsleep212]

Why am I hearing Yankee fans talk about Wilson Ramos being an option

 

[tremonthustler1]

Are they trying to tank without tanking or are they hoping City Hall saves them

conspiracy theory: Yankees can just blame Covid for the third year in a row as to why things haven't gone their way.

They spent over $40 mil to bring in a guy who can fire up the clubhouse even though firing Boone woulda been every bit as effective because a new manager wouldn't tolerate the bytchassness.

 

[Derek Lee]