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A quick warning for all that any conversation/speculation about athletes regarding vaccination status needs to happen in the V&N thread created for that purpose. Discussion of roster implications, etc. is fine, but beyond that, there is no wiggle room on this policy.
No. Vaccine status and speculation posts belong in V&N. Keep it to baseball here.Is this the right place just to ask if they were/are vaccinated? Not to politicize it but just to know.
And any word on how they're all feeling...
Would love to see what Ort can do.Feltman threw 41 pitches yesterday. So he's probably out for at least two days.
I would want Ort because you can match him up. He's got a huge righty/lefty split. His WHIP is .98 vs righties, 2.12 vs. lefties. You can fill in the blanks on the rest of the numbers because yes, they are that lopsided.
Schreiber could be a good length guy.
They're going to be hard pressed to get someone from upstate NY (WooSox on an off-day between Buffalo and Rochester) or Manchester (Sea Dogs are off and headed there) to St. Pete in time for tonight's game.Would assume Valdez since Rios is injured but this seems like an opportunity to bring in someone not on the 40-man who could provide a different look. Ort, Feldman, or John Schreiber would each be interesting.
Seconded. Though three or four appearances ago he gave up a four spot, he's been mostly good this season and I wish they could have found a way to elevate him a bit earlier. He's 29 with no big league experience, hopefully he's just a late bloomer and if he gets the call he can contribute.Would love to see what Ort can do.
why is the starter TBD? There’s no doubleheaders scheduled. The pen is clearly cooked.They're going to be hard pressed to get someone from upstate NY (WooSox on an off-day between Buffalo and Rochester) or Manchester (Sea Dogs are off and headed there) to St. Pete in time for tonight's game.
Per PeteAbe, Espinal, Valdez and Schreiber are on the taxi squad and with the team. Espinal seems a logical pick to start tomorrow's game since the starter is currently TBD and Cora was talking about it being a bullpen game.
Because Cora has been discussing it as a bullpen game since early yesterdaywhy is the starter TBD? There’s no doubleheaders scheduled. The pen is clearly cooked.
Because they're trying to keep everyone on a six-man rotation schedule with just 5 starters. Cora said yesterday that they hoped to have a bullpen game but availability would dictate. He also said this would be the last turn through where they would be committed to five days off between starts. After this, it's a 5-man rotation and if there's an off-day, great. Otherwise, everyone gets just 4 days off.why is the starter TBD? There’s no doubleheaders scheduled. The pen is clearly cooked.
Passan's only said he's going on the IL. No word yet about tests. Probably a close contact with Perez, but that's where Arroyo started too.? Barnes hasn't tested positive, has he?
If it keeps coming in dribs and drabs, they can field a team with call-ups and taxi squad guys. I don't expect any postponements. With the Yankees, it was only that first game and I imagine it had a lot to do with guys coming back from the break and being tested too close to the start of that game to replace them. Seems less likely to happen now.How many guys did the yankees have out with Covid for the first game after All-Star game to be postponed? With four guys already testing positive, not to mention the strength coach, if one more guys tests positive I'm kind of expecting some postponements.
They have dozens of minor-leaguers, so I'm not sure why there would be any postponements. I'm not sure the results v. the Rays will be appreciably different with or without the guys who are out.How many guys did the yankees have out with Covid for the first game after All-Star game to be postponed? With four guys already testing positive, not to mention the strength coach, if one more guys tests positive I'm kind of expecting some postponements.
Yes, it's such a bummer. Obviously everyone's health the top consideration. But the team at full strength is still a very good team. If they could get Hernandez back to CF, Arroyo to second, the defense improves and the line up is long. Add Sale and Houck. That team makes it to the post season. Now ... not so sure.Passan's only said he's going on the IL. No word yet about tests. Probably a close contact with Perez, but that's where Arroyo started too.
This outbreak might make all the trade deadline hysteria moot. Symptoms or not, a positive test is a minimum 10 days off. If they lose anybody else at this point (and it seems inevitable they will), the roster might be too depleted to hang on. Especially considering 10 of the next 13 are against first place teams (Rays and White Sox). The timing here couldn't be much worse.
No way in hell.At this point, with all of these Covid positives, I'm starting to think that tanking the rest of the season for a better draft position might be worth it
You might want to add strength and conditioning coach Kiyoshi Momose. I believe he may have been among the first wave of personnel to have been identified. I find him and Raymond Vazquez to be of concerning interest. I'm not sure what defines close contact, but I would imagine as coaches they spend a fair amount of one on one time with many of the players.Maybe we need an updated thread title.
I'm just gonna update this as we go:
Christian Arroyo: Last game: Aug 26. (+ test)
Enrique Hernandez: Last game: Aug 26. (+ test)
Martin Perez: Last game: Aug 28. (+ test)
Matt Barnes: Last game: Aug 29. (+ test)
Josh Taylor: Last game: Aug 29. (close contact Quarantine)
Coach Raymond Vazquez.: Last game: Don't really care. (+ test)
Hirokazu Sawamura: Aug 31. (+ test)
Callups:
J. Arauz: Aug. 27
Yario Munoz: Aug. 27
Phillips Valdez: Aug. 30
Raynel Espinal: Aug. 30
Brad Peacock: Aug 31
(Renfroe returns from bereavement leave: 8/31)
X - Roster expansion 9/1
X - Roster expansion 9/1
Done. We'll learn the particulars one day, but in the meantime, this outbreak could effectively end their season. 3-7 over the next 10 will probably do it.You might want to add strength and conditioning coach Kiyoshi Momose. I believe he may have been among the first wave of personnel to have been identified. I find him and Raymond Vazquez to be of concerning interest. I'm not sure what defines close contact, but I would imagine as coaches they spend a fair amount of one on one time with many of the players.
You could see the coaches mask up as they called him in.Xander pulled from the game on the way out to play defense - seems like a covid situation.