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[Warrior]

Although I think the Yankees will make the playoffs, they don't have that horse that you can ride to a championship.

If you look at division leaders and contenders, they do. For example, Toronto has Price, KC has Cueto, Houston has Dallas Keuchel, Giants have Baumgarner, Dodgers have two (Greinke and Kershaw), Washington has Scherzer and Mets have two (deGrom and Harvey).

Who do the Yankees have? Several decent pitchers but not an ace. Their horse in the past -- CC -- is basically just a broken down nag at this point.

Great points; you're not going to win a lot of 9-8, 7-5, 8-6 games in the playoffs where you see very good pitching, not a bunch of tomato cans night after night.

That said, the Red Sox got three very good starts this past series and only managed one win; their bullpen blew the first game, a bullpen that has been a complete dumpster fire all year long.

The MFY's have a very good bullpen, I'll give them that, but their rotation is held together with tape and bailing wire, fatso could break down at any moment and Cy Tanaka's arm could fall off too......................good luck with red hot Toronto 6 of the next 9 games fellas...........................

 

[Panzer ace]

I guess I was not paying attention because before last night I had no idea that the Cubs were only a half game out of the second wild-card. Now they are holding the second wild-card, have they been hanging around all season and I just never noticed? The same goes for the Blue Jays? When did they get so good?

 

[jazzeum]

Gutty win by the Metsies tonight. They didn't grab the lead until the 9th. A back and forth game.

 

[lancer]

Gutty win by the Metsies tonight. They didn't grab the lead until the 9th. A back and forth game.

Terrific win for the Mets and proof that they are in it to win it. Meanwhile, the Nats bullpen blows another one. Nats can't get out of their own way right now. -- Al

 

[Panzer ace]

Terrific win for the Mets and proof that they are in it to win it. Meanwhile, the Nats bullpen blows another one. Nats can't get out of their own way right now. -- Al

Al:

This is one of those points in the season where nothing is going right for the Nats (pitching is sub-par, no clutch hitting, Harper has gone cold). Every team has those types of games and streaks, the really great teams right the ship and over-come it. The Nats are a team that can do that, the question is will that do it in time to save their season.

-Jason

 

[lancer]

Al:

This is one of those points in the season where nothing is going right for the Nats (pitching is sub-par, no clutch hitting, Harper has gone cold). Every team has those types of games and streaks, the really great teams right the ship and over-come it. The Nats are a team that can do that, the question is will that do it in time to save their season.

-Jason

Hi Jason,
I'm sure hoping the Nats can drag themselves out of this all around funk before they find themselves 6 or so games back. We get Strasburg back tonight and Span is getting close. The perception that Harper has gone cold is not completely accurate as he is getting very little to hit when it matters. No one is getting on base for him to drive in and no one is protecting him in the line-up. In his last 10 games, he is 13 for 35 with 8 walks; on base 21 of 43 plate appearances but has only driven in 5 runs. He is still batting .334 with a 1.126 OPS. He just can't do it all alone, which is basically what he is being left to do. Some of these big money contracts like Werth and Zimmerman have to get hot. -- Al

 

[jazzeum]

Good start by the Mets but gave it right back; Syndergard is very inconsistent, not to mention he's 0-4 on the road. He threw 40 pitches in the first so he may not be long for this world.

 

[Panzer ace]

Hi Jason,
I'm sure hoping the Nats can drag themselves out of this all around funk before they find themselves 6 or so games back. We get Strasburg back tonight and Span is getting close. The perception that Harper has gone cold is not completely accurate as he is getting very little to hit when it matters. No one is getting on base for him to drive in and no one is protecting him in the line-up. In his last 10 games, he is 13 for 35 with 8 walks; on base 21 of 43 plate appearances but has only driven in 5 runs. He is still batting .334 with a 1.126 OPS. He just can't do it all alone, which is basically what he is being left to do. Some of these big money contracts like Werth and Zimmerman have to get hot. -- Al

Al:

Excellent point about Harper. Is this day and age of individuality we often forget that it is a team game.

-Jason

 

[lancer]

Strasburg's return from the DL couldn't have gone much better. He looked like the Strasburg of old. He went 7 innings, allowed 3 hits, 1 run and fanned 12 without a walk in the Nat's 6-1 win. Harper got on base 3 times in 4 PA, 2 hits and a walk. Been on base 24 times in 47 PA over the last 11 games. Still, there is room for improvement with the hitting as the Nats stranded 8 runners and hit into 4 double plays. If Strasburg hadn't been so overpowering... -- Al

 

[lancer]

KC sure has made a shambles of the AL Central. -- Al

 

[jazzeum]

The words "Ray Milland" should be on the lips of the Mets and Nats: "A lost weekend." Mets should have won the two they lost and I'm sure the Nats feel the same.

 

[Warrior]

The words "Ray Milland" should be on the lips of the Mets and Nats: "A lost weekend." Mets should have won the two they lost and I'm sure the Nats feel the same.

Throw the Yankees into that duo; swept by the surging Blue Jays and are up by 1.5 games.

Yesterday was classic; Nova running out of gas, two hits, then walks a guy on four pitches, approaching 100 pitches for the game, Giradi looking like a deer in headlights, what to do, what to do, what to do, reliever ready in the pen, he sticks with Nova..........................grand salami, four runs in the blink of an eye.

Today after a Toronto home run, a fan throws the ball back................and drills Gardner in the back of the neck.......how he missed that bulbous head of his is beyond me.

MFY's/Jays in Toronto next weekend; good luck fellas.................

 

[Panzer ace]

Great points; you're not going to win a lot of 9-8, 7-5, 8-6 games in the playoffs where you see very good pitching, not a bunch of tomato cans night after night.

That said, the Red Sox got three very good starts this past series and only managed one win; their bullpen blew the first game, a bullpen that has been a complete dumpster fire all year long.

The MFY's have a very good bullpen, I'll give them that, but their rotation is held together with tape and bailing wire, fatso could break down at any moment and Cy Tanaka's arm could fall off too......................good luck with red hot Toronto 6 of the next 9 games fellas...........................

George:

Nice prediction so far. The Jays swept the Yankees this weekend.

-Jason

 

[Warrior]

George:

Nice prediction so far. The Jays swept the Yankees this weekend.

-Jason

I'm stunned that they did absolutely nothing at the trading deadline, so unMFYlike.

Meanwhile, the Jays went out and got two all stars, a shortstop and a true ace, while the Rangers got another ace in Hamels.

If I were the MFY's right now, I'd be more concerned about the wild card than the division, Toronto 1-9 is absolutely loaded, #2 in the power rankings right behind the Cardinals.........................

 

[lancer]

The words "Ray Milland" should be on the lips of the Mets and Nats: "A lost weekend." Mets should have won the two they lost and I'm sure the Nats feel the same.

Ain't that the truth. Nats fell victim to the bullpen inadequacies once again. -- Al

 

[Panzer ace]

I'm stunned that they did absolutely nothing at the trading deadline, so unMFYlike.

Meanwhile, the Jays went out and got two all stars, a shortstop and a true ace, while the Rangers got another ace in Hamels.

If I were the MFY's right now, I'd be more concerned about the wild card than the division, Toronto 1-9 is absolutely loaded, #2 in the power rankings right behind the Cardinals.........................

It could very well be an all bird WS, the Blue Jays v. the Cardinals. Toronto's run differential is +129, the cards are at +121. No other team comes close to that. Houston is in 3rd at +78.

Then again I am not sure what that stat really indicates. The A's are at +35, yet they are in last place in the American League West.

 

[jazzeum]

The Yankees decided they wanted to hang onto their prospects. They could use Price but the "price" was too steep for a player you'd have only for two months.

 

[Warrior]

The Yankees decided they wanted to hang onto their prospects. They could use Price but the "price" was too steep for a player you'd have only for two months.

Understood about wanting to hold onto prospects, but they're just that, prospects and who knows if they'll even pan out as MLB talent.

When a true ace like Price is on the market, sometimes you have to go for it; the Red Sox got Jake Peavy at the deadline in 2013 and he pitched well for them down the stretch. He took the workload off the other starters and was one of the reasons why they won it all........................

 

[maddadicus]

I'm stunned that they did absolutely nothing at the trading deadline, so unMFYlike.

Meanwhile, the Jays went out and got two all stars, a shortstop and a true ace, while the Rangers got another ace in Hamels.

If I were the MFY's right now, I'd be more concerned about the wild card than the division, Toronto 1-9 is absolutely loaded, #2 in the power rankings right behind the Cardinals.........................

Unlike George S.,who was a Yankee FAN, his sons are all about the profits. George would pull out his baseball cards and pick out those guys he wanted. Money was no object. With the boys, it is about not financing other teams through the big spender tax. They have a goal of getting under the tax, which means no more free agent, big money buyouts. They look at the small market teams, winning with minimal money, young players, and still subsidized by the big market folks, and they hate it. Simple as that. Still Yanks are up 3 in the loss column and have 3 in hand to the Jays, still a 6 game spread that the Jays must make up. Folks are forgetting the O's who have played the same number of games as Yanks, and are actually closer to them than the Jays..Michael

 

[jazzeum]

It must be the new math Michael because the Orioles are 5 back in the loss whereas the Jays are 3 back in the loss. Think the Jays' position is more enviable than the O's right now.

You make it seem like the Yankees are almost paupers. Two years ago they spent a lot of money and I believe got hit with a luxury tax. This year their payroll is one of the highest; the Dodgers may be higher, I'm not sure. Hal Steinbrenner, who runs the team, has gotten a little smart, unlike his father, and is trying to spend wisely and not trading away draft picks. Getting a Hamels or a Price would have done some severe damage to the farm system. Let's not forget that the great Yankee teams of the late 90s and early 2000s were built by Gene Michael when Steinbrenner was suspended. Had he not, players like Jeter, Posada and Rivera might have wound up playing go other teams. Do you not remember Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps?

After all these years of gutting it, they're trying to build it up. It just so happens they've gotten lucky this year as no one saw this run coming.