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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 10, 2019 22:02:31 GMT -5
Yelich is out for the season with a fractured kneecap. I hate everything right now. Are you f***ing serious? Damn, that dude is such a beast and I had him winning MVP again. Bellinger going win it by default now unless Rendon goes crazy. Brewers really let Yelich down this year and wasted his monster first half
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Sept 10, 2019 22:04:04 GMT -5
Johnny Cueto 5 innings of 1-hit ball in his return from Tommy John.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 10, 2019 22:09:48 GMT -5
Johnny Cueto 5 innings of 1-hit ball in his return from Tommy John. Still wish Yanks did the salary dump of him for Ellsbury but I think the Giants got smart and said no f***ing way
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Post by S-Chrome on Sept 10, 2019 22:10:00 GMT -5
Yeah, I figure their bench for position players is Urshela, Romine, and Maybin. If they can squeeze in another spot, maybe a guy like Wade purely for defensive purposes. Yea, that sounds about right. I expect an extra arm for the BP instead of the bench. Wade will be there for defense and speed if anything Yankees line up if healthy most likely is 3B DJ RF Judge C Sanchez 2B Gleyber LF Stanton DH Edwin SS Didi 1B Voit CF Gardner Sticking Stanton at 5 is probably the best spot because you can flip 4 and 6 with whoever you want and in the end, you are getting a 30 HR hitter. They will have to pitch to Stanton and make teams take their chance on a rusty hitter. If he looks real bad, you move him down As this point, I like Urshela starting at 3rd and LeMahieu at 1st. Better defense across the diamond. Not that I'm downing Voit, but he's more of a defensive liability and he's clearly not 100%. BP should shape up like: Chapman, Britton, Kahnle, Ottavino, Betances, Green, Severino and Sabathia. At this point, neither Cessa, Cortes nor Loaisiga are sniffing the postseason roster.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Sept 10, 2019 22:13:29 GMT -5
Johnny Cueto 5 innings of 1-hit ball in his return from Tommy John. Still wish Yanks did the salary dump of him for Ellsbury but I think the Giants got smart and said no f***ing way Yeah, Giants too smart for that. Johnny Cueto’s too good for a salary dump, especially with the success rate of guys returning from the surgery now. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball for a bit even with his arm breaking down last season, and I bet he can probably return to that level. His fastball nearly hit 94 tonight too! Very encouraging outing.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Sept 10, 2019 22:15:25 GMT -5
Yelich is out for the season with a fractured kneecap. I hate everything right now. Are you f***ing serious? Damn, that dude is such a beast and I had him winning MVP again. Bellinger going win it by default now unless Rendon goes crazy. Brewers really let Yelich down this year and wasted his monster first half Brewers Twitter reported it so yes. It is serious. F***. ME. RUNNING.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 10, 2019 22:17:56 GMT -5
Still wish Yanks did the salary dump of him for Ellsbury but I think the Giants got smart and said no f***ing way Yeah, Giants too smart for that. Johnny Cueto’s too good for a salary dump, especially with the success rate of guys returning from the surgery now. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball for a bit even with his arm breaking down last season, and I bet he can probably return to that level. His fastball nearly hit 94 tonight too! Very encouraging outing. I think Giants expected him to miss this whole year and I believe he has one more year left so they were trying to dump the money and knowing Ellsbury is basically done they can collect insurance money on that or he retires and it is wiped off the books
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Sept 10, 2019 22:22:17 GMT -5
Yeah, Giants too smart for that. Johnny Cueto’s too good for a salary dump, especially with the success rate of guys returning from the surgery now. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball for a bit even with his arm breaking down last season, and I bet he can probably return to that level. His fastball nearly hit 94 tonight too! Very encouraging outing. I think Giants expected him to miss this whole year and I believe he has one more year left so they were trying to dump the money and knowing Ellsbury is basically done they can collect insurance money on that or he retires and it is wiped off the books Signed through 2021 with a 5mil buyout for 2022
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 10, 2019 22:22:33 GMT -5
Yea, that sounds about right. I expect an extra arm for the BP instead of the bench. Wade will be there for defense and speed if anything Yankees line up if healthy most likely is 3B DJ RF Judge C Sanchez 2B Gleyber LF Stanton DH Edwin SS Didi 1B Voit CF Gardner Sticking Stanton at 5 is probably the best spot because you can flip 4 and 6 with whoever you want and in the end, you are getting a 30 HR hitter. They will have to pitch to Stanton and make teams take their chance on a rusty hitter. If he looks real bad, you move him down As this point, I like Urshela starting at 3rd and LeMahieu at 1st. Better defense across the diamond. Not that I'm downing Voit, but he's more of a defensive liability and he's clearly not 100%. BP should shape up like: Chapman, Britton, Kahnle, Ottavino, Betances, Green, Severino and Sabathia. At this point, neither Cessa, Cortes nor Loaisiga are sniffing the postseason roster. Gio has earned his spot and I think most likely against Houston (if they make it that far) you will see Urshela in and Voit coming off the bench. I agree with the BP. I think Cortes had a chance to make it due to how he has worked in supporting Green as a opener but Yanks will use Sevy/German tandem as a starter while having Tanaka and Paxton be the horses. Iff Happ gets a start, he's a short leash and I see him and CC being a tandem
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 10, 2019 22:24:16 GMT -5
I think Giants expected him to miss this whole year and I believe he has one more year left so they were trying to dump the money and knowing Ellsbury is basically done they can collect insurance money on that or he retires and it is wiped off the books Signed through 2021 with a 5mil buyout for 2022 Team option that cheap, surprising
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Sept 10, 2019 22:25:14 GMT -5
Signed through 2021 with a 5mil buyout for 2022 Team option that cheap, surprising Got it wrong, 5mil buyout. If not bought out, it’s probably 20 for the year.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 10, 2019 22:28:45 GMT -5
Team option that cheap, surprising Got it wrong, 5mil buyout. If not bought out, it’s probably 20 for the year. Oh okay yeah about to say lol they taking that option whether he trash or not I don't see that $20 mill getting picked up tho as if he has a great season next year, they are trading him to get something back to continue the rebuild
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Post by RKTaker on Sept 11, 2019 6:20:58 GMT -5
san diego walked off the cubs, mets 3 games back
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 11, 2019 14:10:00 GMT -5
Yankees might have a position player who needs Tommy John for a 3rd year in a row
Hicks is not expected to be back and TJ is on the table as a potential possibility but they aren't certain
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Sept 11, 2019 14:18:39 GMT -5
I got to see that Yelich injury. It looked all kinds of painful.
I'm honestly surprised it wasn't a Yankee given our luck.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 11, 2019 14:36:47 GMT -5
I got to see that Yelich injury. It looked all kinds of painful. I'm honestly surprised it wasn't a Yankee given our luck. Knock on wood, Yankees still got games to play and need to be as healthy as possible for the playoffs
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Post by horsemen4ever on Sept 11, 2019 19:47:43 GMT -5
The Yankees got to play a double header, we got them right where we want them. We sweept almost every doubleheader we played this year, most of them on the road.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 12, 2019 14:43:24 GMT -5
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Post by S-Chrome on Sept 12, 2019 17:53:01 GMT -5
I got to see that Yelich injury. It looked all kinds of painful. I'm honestly surprised it wasn't a Yankee given our luck. And sure enough. In the span of a few hours, JA Happ has an issue with tendinitis, Gary Sanchez left the game with an apparent injury, Encarnacion jacked up his oblique, and Judge crashed into a wall. All in the span of a few hours.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 12, 2019 18:16:09 GMT -5
I got to see that Yelich injury. It looked all kinds of painful. I'm honestly surprised it wasn't a Yankee given our luck. And sure enough. In the span of a few hours, JA Happ has an issue with tendinitis, Gary Sanchez left the game with an apparent injury, Encarnacion jacked up his oblique, and Judge crashed into a wall. All in the span of a few hours. Why the f*** is Gary stealing at this point in the season
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