Yankees Road Block

DakkaFromNyc · Post #1 » by **DakkaFromNyc** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:15 pm

Do the Yankees have a team that can stop them from keeping the championship here in NYC??

- Not in any way being a cocky Yankee fan, just wanna know what you guys think

Post #2 » by **Stanford** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:15 am

DakkaFromNyc wrote:Do the Yankees have a team that can stop them from keeping the championship here in NYC??

So what you're asking is, do the yankees have a team bad enough to not win the world series?

No, they don't.

Pharmcat · Post #3 » by **Pharmcat** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:10 am

there are plenty of other good teams, and in a playoff series, any team can get hot

but this team looks good, itd be nice if damon comes back

Post #4 » by **sunshinekids99** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:59 am

If they stay healthy they are by far the best team in the league.

Post #5 » by **lpsevier** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:38 pm

sunshinekids99 wrote:If they stay healthy they are by far the best team in the league.

Yeah, not really that close either.

Wade2k6 · Post #6 » by **Wade2k6** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:13 pm

sunshinekids99 wrote:If they stay healthy they are by far the best team in the league.

I'd agree that they are the best team, but not by far. Phillies, BoSox both have very good teams (Phillies especially if they weren't cheap and kept Lee+Halladay, but that's another conversation). I'm also a little concerned about a situation where they'd have to play SEA in a short series with Lee+Felix (As i think every team should).

Icing on the cake would be getting Damon on a 1 year deal at 6-7 mill/year. That would just end a great off-season by Cashman.

Relentless88 · Post #7 » by **Relentless88** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:27 pm

No chance. They have a filthy pitching rotation, and the deadliest offense in the league. Not to forget that they still have the best closer in history.

Only chance they lose it is if injuries, which are unpredictable.

Johnson/Jeter/A-Rod/Teixera/Posada/Granderson/Swisher/Gardner
2-6 is dangerous, and the others all have great OBP records.

Then we have Sabathia/Burnett/Vazuez/Pettitte/Joba

Hand them the championship, and lets fast forward next season already...never mind because by then they'll add Joe Mauer to the team.

I hate the AL East.

links · Post #8 » by **links** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:42 pm

They win the World Series and still add talent. I think Granderson is going to be really good for them.

They will probably be favored to win it all, but you never know what will happen in a 5/7 game series.

cold5 · Post #9 » by **cold5** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:50 am

DakkaFromNyc wrote:Do the Yankees have a team that can stop them from keeping the championship here in NYC??

- Not in any way being a cocky Yankee fan, just wanna know what you guys think

It'll be interesting. At this time there's only two teams that I see really going up against Yankees in AL. Mariners and Red Sox. Phils from NL. Yanks are still a great team but if Adrian Gonzalez goes to Boston, that Red Sox team will be loaded too.

CentralQB5 · Post #10 » by **CentralQB5** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:21 am

Boston ?

DakkaFromNyc · Post #11 » by **DakkaFromNyc** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:55 am

CentralQB5 wrote:Boston ?

lolz not a chance :lol:

Post #12 » by **sunshinekids99** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:00 pm

I doubt the Sox can take the division unless the Yanks have a big injury. But in a 7 game series with Beckett, Lester, and Lackey...I'll take my chances against them.

Post #13 » by **craig01** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:04 pm

Health would be the biggest obstacle.....they are not exactly young at SS, 3B, C and Closer.

Another factor is that many things went the Yankees way last year especially the walk off wins, that doesn't always repeat itself.

But, they are the team to beat.

Wade2k6 · Post #14 » by **Wade2k6** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:17 pm

I wouldn't exactly say "many things went the Yankees way." They are just a very good late inning team. Most teams just have inconsistent closers that aren't very good at doing their job (yes even in the playoffs, Fuetes/Lidge). The Yankees have players that work the count and get on base, and when they get on base they have a lot of players with power to get the ball in the gap or hit the HR (especially in that park).

Another thing to factor in is that this year they will have A-Rod for the entire season. It's hard to win when your best player is sitting for the first 29 games of the season. They were 14-15 without A-Rod to start the season. There record when A-Rod returned was 89-44.

Post #15 » by **craig01** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:59 pm

They were last year....lol

mbucks22 · Post #16 » by **mbucks22** » Thu Feb 4, 2010 6:57 am

Sadly, no, though I'd love someone to pull off the upset.

Bay_Areas_Finest · Post #17 » by **Bay_Areas_Finest** » Mon Feb 8, 2010 3:59 pm

Seattle Mariners.

Seriously.

Post #18 » by **sunshinekids99** » Tue Feb 9, 2010 1:29 am

Mariners will need to find some power from somewhere. I do think they would be a real tough team in a 7 game series though.

cold5 · Post #19 » by **cold5** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:44 am

sunshinekids99 wrote:Mariners will need to find some power from somewhere. I do think they would be a real tough team in a 7 game series though.

Lee, Hernandez, and a healthy Bedard would be a tremendous pain to hit against in the playoffs.

VinnyTheMick · Post #20 » by **VinnyTheMick** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:49 pm

DakkaFromNyc wrote:Do the Yankees have a team that can stop them from keeping the championship here in NYC??

- Not in any way being a cocky Yankee fan, just wanna know what you guys think

You make all Yankee fans look bad by posting crap like this.