2024 NY Yankees thread

[Tano]

Judge Updated:

102 G, 95 R, 135 H, 24 2B, 47 HR, 109 RBI, 86 BB, .377 Avg, .506 OB%, .844 SL%, 1.349 OPS

It's only 102 games but I think I heard something the other day that no player in history has had a 100 game run like that. Pretty hard to do.

It extrapolates over 162 games to
151 R, 214 H, 38 2B, 75 HR, 173 RBI, 137 BB...... .377/.506/.844/ 1.349 OPS

Both are massive numbers.

And will we see the first billion dollar player

 

[PARAM]

And will we see the first billion dollar player

Lol. I know I've been talking about Judge but if not for him, Soto would be in a race with Witt for MVP. Besides being 1-2 with Judge in BB, OB%. and OPS, he's top 4 in runs, HR, Rbi, Slg% and WAR.

Tonight they pointed out, how is he leading the league in walks batting in front of Judge? Sure, he may have the best eye in baseball but regardless, don't you HAVE TO throw him strikes?

 

[Tano]

Lol. I know I've been talking about Judge but if not for him, Soto would be in a race with Witt for MVP. Besides being 1-2 with Judge in BB, OB%. and OPS, he's top 4 in runs, HR, Rbi, Slg% and WAR.

Tonight they pointed out, how is he leading the league in walks batting in front of Judge? Sure, he may have the best eye in baseball but regardless, don't you HAVE TO throw him strikes?

If Betts didn't get hurt, it could have been Ohtani and Betts competing for MVPs with the others in the NL

 

[PARAM]

Has Jazz Chisholm helped the Yankees? In 20 games played since the trade, he's hitting .304 with 9 HR, 14 rbi, 16 runs and 6 SB. They've gone 12-8 in those games and 5-3 during the 8 games he missed. Yankee fans were pissed that was the only major move they made prior to the deadline. The other was getting Leiter, Jr., who has been inconsistent.

Verdugo has been sucking and fans wanted to see more of The Martian (Jasson Dominguez) and surely come September, he'll be up with the team. Verdugo has gone 8 for 19 in his last 5 games.

I'm not the "normal" Yankee fan who feels "entitled" and it's the World Series Championship or failure, though it has been a while. Still you have to 'get there' first and that means making the postseason. They are 78-56 with 28 games to play. The #7 team in the A.L. is Boston (69-65). That means if the Yankees go .500 the rest of the way, Boston needs to go 24-4 to knock NY out. Not gonna happen. But in order to win the East, NY has got to do a lot better than .500. IMHO, 19-9 might do it.

Though the Yankees had an easier schedule finish than Baltimore a few weeks ago, that doesn't seem to be the case for the last month. Neither has been "killing it" in August. NYY are 13-11 and Baltimore is 12-14. The worse team the Yankees play is Oakland (58-76), while the Orioles play Colorado (50-85) and CWS (31-104). The best team Baltimore plays is the Yankees the second to last series of the season. It might all come down to that one. Should be an exciting finish.

 

[Rams8821]

Has Jazz Chisholm helped the Yankees? In 20 games played since the trade, he's hitting .304 with 9 HR, 14 rbi, 16 runs and 6 SB. They've gone 12-8 in those games and 5-3 during the 8 games he missed. Yankee fans were pissed that was the only major move they made prior to the deadline. The other was getting Leiter, Jr., who has been inconsistent.

Verdugo has been sucking and fans wanted to see more of The Martian (Jasson Dominguez) and surely come September, he'll be up with the team. Verdugo has gone 8 for 19 in his last 5 games.

I'm not the "normal" Yankee fan who feels "entitled" and it's the World Series Championship or failure, though it has been a while. Still you have to 'get there' first and that means making the postseason. They are 78-56 with 28 games to play. The #7 team in the A.L. is Boston (69-65). That means if the Yankees go .500 the rest of the way, Boston needs to go 24-4 to knock NY out. Not gonna happen. But in order to win the East, NY has got to do a lot better than .500. IMHO, 19-9 might do it.

Though the Yankees had an easier schedule finish than Baltimore a few weeks ago, that doesn't seem to be the case for the last month. Neither has been "killing it" in August. NYY are 13-11 and Baltimore is 12-14. The worse team the Yankees play is Oakland (58-76), while the Orioles play Colorado (50-85) and CWS (31-104). The best team Baltimore plays is the Yankees the second to last series of the season. It might all come down to that one. Should be an exciting finish.

Your welcome for us taking care of the Birds.

 

[PARAM]

Your welcome for us taking care of the Birds.

Thank you, thank you, thank you Dodgers! I am rooting for the Dodgers even when they don't play one of the AL contenders. I want me another Yankees/Dodgers World Series. There's nothing like an East Coast/West Coast/NY/LA World Series. 4 times LA/NY. The other 7 were subway series.

Yankees/Dodgers 11 times
Four 7-game series
Four 6-game series
Two 5-game series
One sweep.

66 games between them.
NYY 37
LA 29

Can't get more competitive than that. 11 series. Separated by 8 games?

More on this history.

Dodgers at home (19-15)
Yankees at home (22-10)
There have been 23 one-run games (Dodgers 12-11)
In 7 of the 11 series, they were tied at 2 each after 4 games, effectively making it a best of 3. Yankees won 5 of those 7.
They've both come back twice to win after being down 2 games to none.
9 shutouts (NY 5, Dodgers 4); (Last time) 1981 Game Two: NY 3 LA 0....4 were 1-0 (LA 3, NY 1)
10 runs plus 7 times (NY 4, LA 3); Most: Brooklyn 13 runs, game two 1956. Yankees 12 runs, game five 1978.
4 extra inning games. Each won 2.
Like I said, competitive and absolutely exciting.

 

[RhodyRams]

can clinch playoff spot tonight with a dub

 

[RhodyRams]

can clinch playoff spot tonight with a dub

mission accomplished

 

[PARAM]

can clinch playoff spot tonight with a dub

Done!!!

Two of the weirdest games the last two nights. Tuesday night, in the bottom of the first, Yankees leading 2-0......bases loaded 2 outs, Turner at bat. In a 3-0 count Robles tries to sneak a steal of home with Gil going for the resin bag. Out, inning over!!! Dumb!!! Bizarre!! Yankees win 11-2.

Last night in the bottom of the 10th, Yankees leading by a run, first and third no outs. Arozarena at bat, strikes out but the bat flies down the third base line. JRod runs towards the Yankee dugout to avoid getting hit by it, forgets it's a live ball and Wells pegs him out at third. Threat over when Turner K's. Yankees win 2-1.

The AL East race has gone from tight to practically over in a little less than a week.
NY Yankees 83-62 + 0.5 go 6-1
Baltimore 83-63 - 0.5 goes 1-5

Magic number for the East is now 6 with 10 left to play. Yankees go 5-5, Baltimore has to go 10-0. ....to tie.

 

[RhodyRams]

and on top of the Rams win today...NYY win and open a 6 game lead with 6 to play, cutting the magic number down to 1 to clich the AL EAST crown

WE AINT DONE YET !!!

 

[PARAM]

and on top of the Rams win today...NYY win and open a 6 game lead with 6 to play, cutting the magic number down to 1 to clich the AL EAST crown

WE AINT DONE YET !!!

IIRC, when the Yankees gained a 3 game lead last week, I heard since mid June the largest lead either Baltimore or the Yankees had was 2 games. They went from 3 to 6 in a hurry!! Baltimore is in a serious funk (5-11) while the Yankees have won 5 series in a row (12-4).

I checked....that was wrong. Baltimore had a 3 game lead on July 5th, 7th and 9th. The only time all season the lead was more than 3.5 games was June 6th, when the Yankees had a 4.5 game lead....for 1 day.

 

[RhodyRams]

3 games series against the Os starting tomorrow

 

[dieterbrock]

Magic number is 1 for the division and 3 to clinch home field for the AL playoffs

 

[PARAM]

Almost as good as Division Champs and needing just 2 wins to have homefield, the Boston Red Sox have missed the postseason for the 5th time in the last 6 years. Tell me again what's so great about Cora? IMO, Cora = Girardi. Early success followed by a lot of mediocrity.

 

[Rams8821]

Almost as good as Division Champs and needing just 2 wins to have homefield, the Boston Red Sox have missed the postseason for the 5th time in the last 6 years. Tell me again what's so great about Cora? IMO, Cora = Girardi. Early success followed by a lot of mediocrity.

Cora cheats....just like the Cheatriots. Perfect fit in Boston....

 

[RhodyRams]

jeez...Luke Weaver looks about 15 years old lol

 

[RhodyRams]

NYY bullpen

15 IP
0 ER

headed to the ALCS

 

[PARAM]

Bring on Cleveland

2022 ALDS: NYY 3 - Cleveland 2
2020 WC: NYY 2 - Cleveland 0
2017 ALDS: NYY 3 - Cleveland 2
2007 ALDS: Cleveland 3 - NYY 1
1998 ALCS: NYY 4 - Cleveland 2
1997 ALDS: Cleveland 3 - NYY 2

27 games the last 27 years.
NYY 15 , Cleveland 12
"27". Here's hoping that number changes in more ways than one.

 

[snackdaddy]

I noticed the Dodgers/Mets are playing at 1:00 PST. The Yankees/Guardians game is 4:38 PST. Making it a 7:38 local time for them. You would think it should be the other way around.

 

[PARAM]

I noticed the Dodgers/Mets are playing at 1:00 PST. The Yankees/Guardians game is 4:38 PST. Making it a 7:38 local time for them. You would think it should be the other way around.

Except for one thing. Prime Time loves the Yankees. Let's face it, out on the left coast neither game is in prime time.