OT: NY Yankees 2025 Season Thread (Hal is cheap, Brian is dumb)

KnicksGadfly · Post #361 » by **KnicksGadfly** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 10:26 pm

Man, Stanton might be transitioning to a bench role when he comes back

Davis18 · Post #362 » by **Davis18** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 11:55 pm

Rice has been pleasant surprise so far.
Volpe, Dominguez & Wells must pick up the slack soon.

knicks94 · Post #363 » by **knicks94** » Thu Apr 10, 2025 12:22 am

"Now, there is real concern that the Yankees were sold a dud at closer this winter, with the Brewers potentially knowing his elite days might be behind him following the two stress fractures in his back he suffered last season that caused him to miss three months of action"

www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/did-new-york-yankees-get-sold-a-dud-at-closer-this-offseason/ar-AA1CD47Z?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=e7fd465dd2b5439582a51a940ba5e4e2&ei=25

Did anybody here know of the two stress fractures? This is the first time hearing that. Did Cashman know he was injured?

knicks94 · Post #364 » by **knicks94** » Fri Apr 11, 2025 11:54 pm

Stroman/Warren/Carrassco

The starting rotation of a 100+ loss team.

Starksfor3yes · Post #365 » by **Starksfor3yes** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:27 pm

knicks94 wrote:"Now, there is real concern that the Yankees were sold a dud at closer this winter, with the Brewers potentially knowing his elite days might be behind him following the two stress fractures in his back he suffered last season that caused him to miss three months of action"

www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/did-new-york-yankees-get-sold-a-dud-at-closer-this-offseason/ar-AA1CD47Z?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=e7fd465dd2b5439582a51a940ba5e4e2&ei=25

Did anybody here know of the two stress fractures? This is the first time hearing that. Did Cashman know he was injured?

Won't be shocked that Brewers pulled a fast one on A$$man, wouldn't swing a deadline deal for Flaherty cuse of health issues but yeah let's trade for a guy with a back issue.

Starksfor3yes · Post #366 » by **Starksfor3yes** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 9:29 pm

Give Ben Rice 500 at bats. That is all.

knicks94 · Post #367 » by **knicks94** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 10:20 pm

Starksfor3yes wrote:
knicks94 wrote:"Now, there is real concern that the Yankees were sold a dud at closer this winter, with the Brewers potentially knowing his elite days might be behind him following the two stress fractures in his back he suffered last season that caused him to miss three months of action"

www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/did-new-york-yankees-get-sold-a-dud-at-closer-this-offseason/ar-AA1CD47Z?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=e7fd465dd2b5439582a51a940ba5e4e2&ei=25

Did anybody here know of the two stress fractures? This is the first time hearing that. Did Cashman know he was injured?

Won't be shocked that Brewers pulled a fast one on A$$man, wouldn't swing a deadline deal for Flaherty cuse of health issues but yeah let's trade for a guy with a back issue.

Williams makes Chapman look like Mariano Rivera. What a complete waste of money.

KnicksGadfly · Post #368 » by **KnicksGadfly** » Sat Apr 12, 2025 11:53 pm

knicks94 wrote:Stroman/Warren/Carrassco

The starting rotation of a 100+ loss team.

I got hope for Warren still. Carrasco is doing what he should be doing as the dude who comes in as the emergency starter.

I was worried about Stroman hitting his innings goal and getting his option picked up and then Hal and Cashman using that as an excuse not to spend but I guess I was worrying unnecessarily.

knicks94 · Post #369 » by **knicks94** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 12:21 am

KnicksGadfly wrote:
knicks94 wrote:Stroman/Warren/Carrassco

The starting rotation of a 100+ loss team.

I got hope for Warren still. Carrasco is doing what he should be doing as the dude who comes in as the emergency starter.

I was worried about Stroman hitting his innings goal and getting his option picked up and then Hal and Cashman using that as an excuse not to spend but I guess I was worrying unnecessarily.

Stroman has been sandbagging his starts because he knows Cashman does not really want him on the team. Hopefully he'll be on the IL for a while.

Starksfor3yes · Post #370 » by **Starksfor3yes** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 7:21 pm

Rodon sucks @$$, thanks Brian, well money spent.

knicks94 · Post #371 » by **knicks94** » Sun Apr 13, 2025 8:49 pm

Do Hal and Brian ever consider whether a player is mentally capable of playing in NY? Or do they just look at a guy's career stats and say "He is a player that will help us produce a winning product"?

MrDollarBills · Post #372 » by **MrDollarBills** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 12:45 am

Rodon is horrible

Brian Cashman is also horrible

knicks94 · Post #373 » by **knicks94** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:00 am

MrDollarBills wrote:Rodon is horrible

Brian Cashman is also horrible

Second worst pitching staff only to the A’s.

MrDollarBills · Post #374 » by **MrDollarBills** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 9:20 am

knicks94 wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:Rodon is horrible

Brian Cashman is also horrible

Second worst pitching staff only to the A’s.

Fried is the only pitcher in the starting 5 that has an ERA under 5.

knicks94 · Post #375 » by **knicks94** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 2:27 pm

This team just outright sucks.

MrDollarBills · Post #376 » by **MrDollarBills** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 6:22 pm

I can't get upset because Cole, Schmidt, and Gil got hurt but damn this is bad and Williams pissing his pants on the mound is compounding the issue.

This is not a major league level rotation right now outside of Fried.

I'm done with Rodon. Get him some f*cking Xanax or something I dunno

knicks94 · Post #377 » by **knicks94** » Mon Apr 14, 2025 6:41 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:I can't get upset because Cole, Schmidt, and Gil got hurt but damn this is bad and Williams pissing his pants on the mound is compounding the issue.

This is not a major league level rotation right now outside of Fried.

I'm done with Rodon. Get him some f*cking Xanax or something I dunno

The problem is that Hal and Cashman never have a Plan B everytime something goes unexpectedly wrong. Soto walks away and the best that they can do is sign a 29 year old injury prone retread whose on his third team in 4 years.

They then go into the season putting all of their chips into a rotataion that consists of 3 guys making between $162 mil and $324 mil and two young pitchers with a history of arm issues. When 3/5 of the rotation catches the injury bug before the regular season Cashman resorts to a guy that is way past his prime, a complete headcase and a quadruple A pitcher who has no business in the majors.

The result is what you see on paper. An team of overpaid and overrated underacheivers who are robbing its fanbase in more ways than one.

knicks94 · Post #378 » by **knicks94** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:00 am

You Yankee fans are such masochists! Only posting when this team looks like crap.

KnicksGadfly · Post #379 » by **KnicksGadfly** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:10 am

knicks94 wrote:You Yankee fans are such masochists! Only posting when this team looks like crap.

Heh...I'm happy the young guys stepped up today. Max Fried paying off. Luke Weaver needs to get maxed. Jasson 3-3 and his defense is looking better. Devin Williams pitching like he has balls (like he doesn't want to be in a Mets uniform).

KnicksGadfly · Post #380 » by **KnicksGadfly** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:28 am

knicks94 wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:I can't get upset because Cole, Schmidt, and Gil got hurt but damn this is bad and Williams pissing his pants on the mound is compounding the issue.

This is not a major league level rotation right now outside of Fried.

I'm done with Rodon. Get him some f*cking Xanax or something I dunno

The problem is that Hal and Cashman never have a Plan B everytime something goes unexpectedly wrong. Soto walks away and the best that they can do is sign a 29 year old injury prone retread whose on his third team in 4 years.

They then go into the season putting all of their chips into a rotataion that consists of 3 guys making between $162 mil and $324 mil and two young pitchers with a history of arm issues. When 3/5 of the rotation catches the injury bug before the regular season Cashman resorts to a guy that is way past his prime, a complete headcase and a quadruple A pitcher who has no business in the majors.

The result is what you see on paper. An team of overpaid and overrated underacheivers who are robbing its fanbase in more ways than one.

Eh...I gotta defend the work they did this offseason. Max Fried was a good one. Rodon is basically AJ Burnett 2.0, which hurts...he is legit like Julius Randle, in that he has no clutch gene or emotional control. Carascco isn't going to be a world beater, but he's competent. Warren is finding his way too. The results he has this year are really different from last year...last year, he was giving up 6 or 7 hits regularly in short stints, with walks. I don't expect us to be the Dodgers with 8 viable starters (although we do have a case that we should be spending more), but I think Warren and Carrasco are fine as end options.

What we are actually paying for right now is the Yankees' frugality last year. We signed Stroman to be cheap - that backfired and I think it's bull**** the Yankees continue to use his contract as an excuse not to spend. We didn't even have a Carascco last year - we were basically forced to pitch Will Warren when he wasn't ready, and those losses might have led to us overtaxing the bullpen, overrelying on certain guys and losing home field advantage against the Dodgers. If we had someone who was merely mediocre, things might have looked different for us in the postseason. Because of that, we also had to rely upon Gil and Schmidt last year when they should have been limited innings-wise.

So yea, this year, we're still paying for last year's mistakes. Stroman was such a dumbass move. Cashman trying to be cheap to fit within Hal's budget and hurting the Yankees. Gil and Schmidt getting pushed hard last year and now they're hurt. It all adds up. And then of course, the Yankees not winning a ring because they couldn't "afford" reinforcements like Snell or Flaherty, which hurts their brand, sales, and their mystique, which allows the Dodgers to sign more players for cheap and have better ticket sales, and now Hal is trying to cry poor, despite the Yankees' sky high valuation.