AL East Thread

cerealboi said:

Yankees have gotten pretty good work out of German and Jonathan Lasagna considering.

Lasagna had mediocre stats in AA gets called up and pitches well in the majors. While Jalen Beeks is top 5 in most categories in AAA gets called up and gets shelled.

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molsaniceman said:

yankee fans get their wish Romine the starter now
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nynasty said:

German has much better stuff than Loaisiga, but a shit ton to learn about pitching. Just leaves the ball right in the middle of the plate, regardless of the count. And if his stuff isn't quite as biting as normal, then you get disasters like yesterday.

This rotation is wacky. Gray takes a step up, German goes backwards. Irritating.

But definitely hammers home that if they're going to compete with Houston and/or Boston the next few months and beyond, they're going to need reinforcements in the rotation.

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DirtDirtDirt said:

I think hitting away from home is legitimately as much a problem as their starting pitching

This is more than a blip now...Judge is one of their more important hitters and for 2 seasons now, he morphs into Alvaro Espinoza on the road

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nynasty said:

Bit of an exaggeration. He had a .935 OPS on the road last year. This year, yeah, he's been lousy, but I'm not all that concerned. He's also getting jobbed by the umps again. At least 4 pitches called strikes on him this weekend that were nowhere close-as a result he's expanding his zone. He's best when he's walking all the time-umps are not letting him do that of late.

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navamind said:

you can have 30 home runs and 100 RBI's and still have a bad season (look at Joe Carter, Tony Armas and Tony Batista), granted a 93 OPS+ isn't really bad for a catcher. Romine is a big dropoff.

Sanchez has a .194 BABIP, which is more than 100 points below what he had in 2016-17. He'll be fine.

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nynasty said:

Bit of an exaggeration. He had a .935 OPS on the road last year. This year, yeah, he's been lousy, but I'm not all that concerned. He's also getting jobbed by the umps again. At least 4 pitches called strikes on him this weekend that were nowhere close-as a result he's expanding his zone. He's best when he's walking all the time-umps are not letting him do that of late.

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DirtDirtDirt said:

Leads the league in "Incorrect strike calls"

Yes that is a legitimate stat thats kept

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DirtDirtDirt said:

Gardner and Hicks platoon in CF, Frazier the everyday LF for a good stretch

Walker DFA, Drury brought up to either take over first, split time, or spark Bird


These are easy ones IMO

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tducey said:

I think the Yanks may attempt to trade Bird this summer for immediate help. IE he'd be part of a package to acquire help for the Yanks. Bird, Frazier and a prospect for a pitcher perhaps?

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nynasty said:

I'm over Walker. He's been a capable hitter in previous stops, but he's just not going to play enough in NY to get into a groove. If he can't hit only playing a few days a week, then this isn't the place for him. I'm sure Cashman is trying to see what he can get for him as we speak.

Bird I don't know. Love the guy, but he just looks totally lost up there right now.

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DirtDirtDirt said:

Not my wish, all the Sanchez haters are gonna miss him when they see what type of everyday offensive player Romine is......Sanchez was still roughly on a pace of 30HR and 100 RBI with all his troubles

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cerealboi said:

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DirtDirtDirt said:

Frazier demoted

I'm gonna lose it

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