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]]>One could argue if the Yankees should be better or worse but as football Hall of Fame New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells would say, “You are what your record says you are.” In other words, not ideal.
In this space, I’m grading what I and many of you have witnessed thus far in the first half. I’m a tough grader. With that, let’s take a look.
While one can’t say Hal Steinbrenner doesn’t spend on payroll, he’s clearly out of touch with the fanbase. A fanbase that takes out a second mortgage to watch this team. A team that charges fans like they’ve won three World Series titles in a row. There’s been zero accountability from the top, aside from the rearranging of the deck chairs on the Titanic with swapping Sean Casey for Dillon Lawson at hitting coach.
The complacency is an overcorrection from when his father owned the club and it’s why general manager Brian Cashman and manager Aaron Boone remain. Steinbrenner also told everyone after signing Carlos Rodon that the club wasn’t done yet. However, a lineup that was stymied in the 2022 ALCS saw virtually no changes and entered the season sans a left fielder. While Anthony Volpe may be the goods eventually, the club passed on two of the best free agent classes for shortstops. The team also passed on Nathan Eovaldi to bolster starting rotation depth.
The roster construction is flawed. A lineup shouldn’t fall apart because one guy, Aaron Judge, is injured. This isn’t football where if you lose your quarterback or basketball if your center goes down, where your team drops. Cashman entered the season without a left fielder, leaving the position to a young infielder Oswaldo Cabrera, doubling down on Aaron Hicks and eventually throwing no-arm Isiah Kiner-Falefa (another infielder) in the outfield.
He continued his sunk cost fallacy with Josh Donaldson, burying the “untouchable” Oswald Peraza in the minors. He also banked on the combination of DJ LeMahieu, Giancarlo Stanton, Harrison Bader, Anthony Rizzo, Jose Trevino, and Kyle Higashioka either not getting old, being injury prone, or regressing offensively.
The lack of drafting depth development is also on Cashman.
If not for Matt Blake’s wizardry, I shudder to think what the beat-up pitching staff would be doing.
Boone can only do so much with the roster he’s given but does he get the most out of his roster like say, Alex Cora or Kevin Cash? He doesn’t seem to have his guys prepared to play and far too many times this team does things that would make Tom Emanski cry. Situationally and fundamentally, there is a lapse. The way he apologizes for some of his players is mind-boggling. Plus, he doesn’t have a feel for some of his players and lacks urgency.
Many players have regressed under Boone. Plus, the “great communicator” can’t seem to manifest the best out of his players. Some of these guys strut around like they’ve won five titles around here and that’s on the manager.
Aside from Judge, this lineup has been brutal. Gleyber Torres added some early fool’s gold too. Some of the replacements had had their moments but as mentioned above, the core of expected regulars have gone to rubble. Rule changes such as banning the shift have done nothing to boost even mundane hits. This team gets criticized for being a “three true outcomes” lineup but they don’t even do that well. Their .300 team on-base percentage is tied for fourth-worst in MLB. The team’s .710 OPS is ranked No. 21. They can’t even work a pitcher anymore, as starters have gone seven innings on 21 occasions against this lineup.
The Yankees team ERA is 3.80 or seventh best in the bigs. Gerrit Cole, who is starting the All-Star Game, has pitched like an ace, a Cy Young Award contender, and a solid stopper. It’s a shame how the Yankees are wasting his prime. Rodon has made one start. Luis Severino has been a disaster. Nestor Cortes was inconsistent before getting hurt. Domingo German and Clarke Schmidt have been a roller coaster ride. Much of this grade is a credit to the bullpen, which ranks second in MLB with a 3.11 ERA.
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]]>This past off-season, the Yankees thought Rodon was the finishing touches on what on paper looked like a top-tier program. Rodon would join Rodon at the top of the rotation. Nestor Cortes and Luis Severino were seen as the best third and fourth pitchers in baseball. Frankie Montas appeared like a prime bounce-back candidate.
Montas went down with a shoulder injury ending most of his year. A forearm strain preceded Rodon’s back injury. And Severino has been battling a lat injury. Even Cortes had a brief injury scare when a hamstring caused him to miss the World Baseball Classic.
Going into the year, the Yankees had to have liked their top-depth options to round out the rotation. German and Schmidt have both accumulated MLB experience over the past few years. Ideally, the Yankees figured one could make some spot starts while both were options for long relief. Instead, both have had to be the main options in the rotation.
Furthermore, as a result of trying to compete for a World Series, the Yankees have traded most of their top minor league pitchers. As a result, the young and unproven Brito has made multiple starts to start the season. While Brito was fantastic in his first two outings, he was unable to get out of the first in his last start, as the Twins scored seven runs off the young righty.
While German was just okay during his first two starts, he was so good in his last start that Twins fans have been consistently calling him a cheater since he struck out 11 over 6.2 innings. For German, his track record has seen plenty of ups and downs, but he has had enough success to give the team, and fans, some confidence in his abilities.
Unfortunately, not every Yankee starter has seen some success in the early part of the season. In each of his four starts, Schmidt has struggled. While he has only 0-1 on the year, the Yankees are 1-3 in his starts while he has pitched to a dismal 8.79 ERA and a 5.96 FIP. Meanwhile, he has only completed four innings once, causing the Yankees to have to use multiple relievers to finish the games he has started.
For Schmidt, his main issue has been his inability to limit hits. In only 14.1 innings pitched, Schmidt has let up 22 hits, four of which have been home runs.
While the Yankees await for their hurt starting pitchers to return, the team doesn’t have many internal options. Over the past couple of seasons, the team traded most of their top minor league pitchers to help compete for a World Series. As a result, the team’s top prospects are almost completely hitters, with higher potential pitchers in the lower levels of the minor leagues.
With Severino throwing bullpen sessions, the Yankees will hope to have Severino rejoin the rotation in the near future. As a result, German, Schmidt, or Brito will be bumped from the rotation. With German out of minor-league options, it seems unlikely that he will be the odd one out.
For Brito and Schmidt, they might only get one or two more starts before one is removed from the rotation. At that point, the team will have to decide if either pitcher can help from the bullpen, or if they would be better served to stay “stretched out” in Triple-A. With both pitchers eligible to be sent to the minors, it’s easy to see a scenario where they are directly competing for the final spot.
With Schmidt’s continued struggles, it certainly feels like Brito has the edge.
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]]>Without ever receiving a formal challenge from Guardians’ manager Terry Francona, the umpires convened way after the allotted 15 seconds for a challenge and overturned the call. Incensed, Boone argued the call, likely pointing out that there was no official challenge, and was tossed from the game by crew chief Larry Vanover and his staff.
Aaron Boone gets tossed after the umpires overturn the out call on the Aaron Hicks play without a review pic.twitter.com/fFkoBBe8do
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) April 12, 2023
While the call should have never been ruled a catch, the issue is the precedent set. As MLB looks to shorten games, about 15 minutes of dead time occurred during the review and argument. After the game, MLB supported Vanover and his crew saying that the umpires are allowed to convene and overturn calls without a direct challenge.
Perhaps in the ultimate “ball don’t lie” moment of the young MLB season, Vanover had to leave the game. A ball thrown to home, unfortunately, hit the veteran umpire in the head. Vanover was able to get back to his feet but had to leave the game. Afterward, it was reported that he had some trouble recalling the injury.
Franchy Cordero tied the game with a home run in the seventh inning with his fourth home run of the season. The New York Yankees pulled ahead in the ninth starting with Giancarlo Stanton reaching second on an error. Gleyber Torres, who was resting a slight hip flexor tightness pinch ran and scored on an Oswaldo Cabrera single.
Meanwhile, the Yankees had to survive a shaky bottom of the ninth from closer Clay Holmes. In the inning, Holmes hit a batter and walked two others to load the bases with two outs, before quickly falling behind Ahmed Rosario. Fortunately for Holmes, Rosario, who homered earlier in the game, would eventually strike out, giving the Yankees their fourth consecutive series win to start the season.
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