To the Yankee Faithful! I hope everyone is doing well!  Let's get to it. Many moving parts in the offseason.  Overall, it is very hard to analyze because of the nuance, but I am "paid" to give you me opinion, so here goes. (this was written before the 1st two games) The big trade sending Sanchez and Urshela for Donaldson, Falefa and Ben Rortvedt was the main move as it was intended to impact 3 positions.  I am fine with Sanchez going as he was nothing but a DH and an emergency catcher for me.  His offense could be a difference maker behind the plate, but his defense ..read more

I liked the lineup Boone used.  I think it was the best lineup with what we have and how we are playing.  Rizzo leading off made more sense than Gardy. Stanton hit a high fly ball in the 1st inning that he didn't hit that well and for some reason he watched it instead of running.  He should have been on 2nd base and even that pressure changes things a lot.  Eovaldi might have pitched around Judge as well?  I don't get not running hard in a game like this, especially when you clearly didn't get all of the hit?  Remember Tito Perez, of the Mets, when he didn't run a ..read more

  I am getting asked what I think of this game against the Red Sox for the right to play Tampa in a 5 game series. First, I like the playoff system the way it is.  If after 162 games you have not been able to distinguish yourself as the leader of the division, then it is fair that you do not make the playoffs.  However, by allowing teams to get in for the wild card you make it a large penalty of having to play an elimination game first and thus also rewarding the division winners with the “bye.”  It also keeps some teams/fans interested later in the season which is good.&nb ..read more

If there weren't so many bonehead plays and bad decisions it would be easier to be totally psyched right now.  I am still very excited because we can do so much better and we still swept the Red Sox. Some Notes: ARod did a nice job of predicting a changeup (at first he did say off-speed) after Montgomery missed with a FB high, but outside of that, he was pretty off in the game.  First, I am so tired of everyone saying there was nothing Sanchez could do to block a ball when he failed to turn his body toward home plate on the block and this is why the ball ricocheted to his left and b ..read more

Is there anyone who didn't get out of their seat or at least have that awesome feeling of euphoria after Stanton squared up the first pitch he saw in the 8th inning???  Those types of swings/moments make all the frustration worth it; and unfortunately, this Yankee team has been full of those moments as well (more on some of that in a bit).   Top of the 8th inning down 2-1, Odor leading off.  First, I am not sure why he started the game.  I know DJ must have an issue with his groin, but why would Odor play over Wade when you can have much better defense with Wade at SS ..read more

 The worst team in baseball came into Yankee stadium and lost a very close first game followed by beating us twice!  How did this happen? Saturday - In general, we did not swing the bats well at all.  3 hits against a weak pitching team are not going to get it done.  If it wasn't for one of the very times Gallo has gotten a big hit for with a 2 run HR in the bottom of the 8th to tie the score, our offense would have been putrid.  For some reason Chapman was brought into the game in a tie game at home, which surprised me, but here is where the game was officially lost ..read more

 To be fair, means is a solid pitcher, but we just did not swing the bats well.  We took so many FB's down the middle of the plate it was surprising.  It looked like we were waiting for a breaking ball that never came.  We also complained on some pitches that were strikes.  This ump was one of the better ones even if he had a strike zone that was a little tight.  Surprisingly, neither team scored much, but the umps main misses were on pitches that were on the black which is fine by me.  The ump rarely called a ball a strike. I thought Boone had a smart game p ..read more

I have a ton of things to say about the last 13 games since I posted, but if I got into the weeds about an 0-2 pitch that is grooved and then hit for a big HR against us 8 games ago, you guys would rightfully fall asleep (even if grooving 0-2 pitches is what actually keeps me up at night).   Many people have been pointing to the new acquisitions as the reason why we have been playing so much better of late, but the numbers do not point this out.  Rizzo has a .784 OPS since coming over which is worse than his previous years.  (around a .900 OPS not counting 2020 as this was ..read more

 For much of this year we grinded out losses as well, but instead of everyone playing poorly, many are "evening" out their year and playing more like we would expect.  Nothing is easy though and everything is a grind.  Sweeping the Red Sox is always rewarding, especially after dominating us earlier in the year. The game: I was texting with one of our readers and I spoke about Heaney.  My one comment was "his stuff is OK. He must make quality 2 strike pitches or he doesn't do well."  Later in the evening, I watched the game and in the first inning 0-2 pitch he allows a ..read more

 I am sorry I have not written for the longest stretch since I started this.  There were a variety of reasons, but the main was the passing of my wife’s father suddenly and in our presence.  This has led to a lot of extra time being diverted and along with my normal heavy workload, I just chose to take some time away.  Further, this has been one of the most frustrating teams to watch that I can ever remember.  To the Yankees credit, they keep hanging in there, even in the face of their annual absurd amount of people not available to the team.  After watching ..read more