Rolling Game Thread for the 2023 Yankees

[jon abbey]

NY steals a win in front of an empty Stadium, rallying for 3 in the 8th. Wells hit a big HR, Peraza hit one 443 to tie it (I did not know he was capable of that, exciting).

NY has now won 6 of 8 series and gone 17-9 since late August in their quest to finish 4th in the division (up by 3 with 6 to play, BOS has the tiebreaker) and over .500 for the 31st straight season (79-77 now). Their final week is on the road, 3 @TOR and 3 at somehow very hot KC.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

I wonder how many homers Judge would have hit if he hadn't gotten injured.

 

[terrynever]

Gleyber caught overrunning third base to end inning. Yanks up 4-0.

Buried the lead: Stanton singled in two runs before Gleyber fell asleep.

 

[EvilEmpire]

I'm enjoying the idea of the Yankees punking Toronto and helping to keep them out of the playoffs. Finish this one strong, boys!

 

[cromulence]

That was so impressive to watch. Really happy for Cole. Also really frustrated that we wasted such a great season from him.

 

[jon abbey]

Big congrats to Cy Cole!!!

 

[Jace II]

Consecutive road shutouts against a likely playoff team is cool. If Judge doesn't get hurt, him and Cole probably get NYY in the wild card conversation by themselves. Not that that would be a real contender, the rest of the lineup and rotation mostly suck

 

[EvilEmpire]

The way they're finishing gives me hope for next year.

So happy for Cole.

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/jamessmyth621/status/1707206310184259781?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/bryanhoch/status/1707217970433294399?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[jon abbey]

BOS came into Yankee Stadium in mid-August and swept NY 3 straight pretty easily, standings after 8/20:

BOS 66-58
NY 60-64

Now:

NY 81-77 (21-13)
BOS 76-82 (10-24)

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Rodon's ERA is now above Severino's after an all-time bad line. What a terrible first year on the contract and his elbow never even got injured.

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/talkinyanks/status/1707922895643554149?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[jon abbey]

Happy to have slept through this one, looks like Rodon did too.

But Austin Wells! Randy Vasquez! Lots of promising signs for NY looking ahead.

 

[jon abbey]

View: https://twitter.com/yankeesource/status/1708167906066927771?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g

 

[jon abbey]

Also I have argued for this so much that some people here probably think I look like Jerry Garcia, to be clear I have never had more than maybe a week’s beard growth in my entire life. I just think it’s ridiculous for NY to have these rules, and I do genuinely think it hurts the team.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Frankie Montas is alive and pitching!

 

[EvilEmpire]

It's a little absurd, but I'm happy the team kept the winning season streak alive.

Didn't think that was in the cards six weeks ago or so.

 

[jon abbey]

Higgy in likely his last game for NY gets to DH and hit cleanup.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Greinke is 1-15 this season?! What in the world.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Higgy in likely his last game for NY gets to DH and hit cleanup.

Bases loaded, no outs and he hit into a first-pitch double play!

Classic.

 

[jon abbey]

Bases loaded, no outs and he hit into a first-pitch double play!

Classic.

Pretty excited to never see IKF in pinstripes again either, sorry EE.

 

[EvilEmpire]

Pretty excited to never see IKF in pinstripes again either, sorry EE.

No need to be. I like IKF as a utility IF/OF who doesn't have to play too often. He's fine on a veteran team that doesn't have a bunch of holes. He needed to be more than that this year and couldn't. I'd rather see one of the kids in that role and hope on development and the upside that they can be that "more".

 

[jon abbey]

Austin Wells with 3 hits including two doubles today got his OPS up to .743 after a very slow start. He should be NY’s primary catcher to start next year, Trevino as backup.

 

[terrynever]

Austin Wells with 3 hits including two doubles today got his OPS up to .743 after a very slow start. He should be NY’s primary catcher to start next year, Trevino as backup.

Yanks have turned away from the lefty power bats that keyed most of the dynasty years. They need at least one more quality lefty bat besides Wells. Dominguez being a switch hitter is another missing element of the old days.

 

[jon abbey]

Well, not used to us wrapping things up here after game 162, but maybe for the best this year. I was super pessimistic about the future of this team after the uneventful trading deadline, but a bunch of extremely positive developments since then:

Austin Wells and Jasson Dominguez were both still in AA in July, both proceeded to show that they will be starters for NY (Dominguez mid-season once he is healthy).

Michael King was really great down the stretch as a SP, he should be in the rotation next year and no one expected that a few months ago.

Jhony Brito struggled as a starter but was fantastic as a bulk reliever: 6-1 in 12 games, 37.2 25 9 6 7 34, 1.43 ERA and 0.850 WHIP.

Plus the next wave of SPs all looked amazing down the stretch, in rough order of how ready they are to help now: Will Warren, Clayton Beeter, Drew Thorpe, Chase Hampton, and more after that.

Here in the Yankee forum, we had as dud of a season as the MLB team, hopefully we'll get our groove back next year, and we could also use some new posters in addition to the great core crew we've had here for years.

 

[jon abbey]

Eight teams left, NY beat six of those in at least one series this year, which is pretty impressive considering you only play the other league one series a year. ATL demolished NY three straight at a particularly feeble point for NY, any guesses who the other team left NY did not take a series from in 2023?

Spoiler

Yes, the much (and deservedly) mocked Minnesota Twins, they played two series in April, 2-2 in MIN and 2-1 in NY.

NY beat all three of LAD, PHI and ARI 2-1 in their one meeting, although the LAD win cost NY their season when Judge tried to run through concrete to save the game (did save the game, did run through the fence effortlessly, could not run through concrete). NY swept HOU 3 in HOU late in the season, won at least one BAL series early in the year and took 2 of 3 from TEX in June in the Bronx.

 

[jon abbey]

2022 Yankee pitchers taking the losses in the first two games of the WS, Miguel Castro and Montgomery, and you know Chapman’s a strong candidate to blow one if Bochy gives him a chance.