AL East Thread

[bksballer89]

I'm ok with sitting Sanchez, but be prepared for an automatic out in Romine

Sanchez is batting .188

If that's not an automatic out then idk what is.

 

[navamind]

Romine's OBP is almost 50 points higher this year... lol (granted he still has a lifetime OBP of .276).

 

[navamind]

14 years ago...


You can watch the entire game here:

 

[nynasty]

I'm fine with it

Aaron Hicks lost them that game

Sanchez is in a hit or lose situation

Hicks could have done a lot of different things to tie that game

He's not an every day baseball player

Hicks got hot for awhile, and entrenched himself in the middle of the line-up. Bird is hitting, but seems locked into the bottom of the order. Boone needs to do a better job reading these guys and adjusting based on how they're actually producing.

And all I want from Sanchez is to f*cking hustle. No more, no less.

 

[Pure Steel]

Hicks got hot for awhile, and entrenched himself in the middle of the line-up. Bird is hitting, but seems locked into the bottom of the order. Boone needs to do a better job reading these guys and adjusting based on how they're actually producing.

And all I want from Sanchez is to f*cking hustle. No more, no less.

I said it at the beginning of this thread....The guy is just lazy, doesn't look like a guy that really gives a shit about anything....Tremendous talent - yes, great arm - yes, lazy at everything he does - yes

 

[cerealboi]

Nice leg whip by Aaron Hicks. Should be an automatic out at first just for that.

 

[molsaniceman]

let the excuses begin

Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports hears that Gary Sanchez might have aggravated his groin injury during Monday's game.

In fact, Heyman hears that it happened on the much-discussed passed ball during Monday's game. Sanchez said after the game that he was over the injury, but Heyman hears that he was initially afraid to tell the team after his miscues, perhaps because it would serve as a convenient excuse. Either way, Sanchez will now receive treatment in hopes of avoiding another stint on the disabled list.

 

[Pastafazul]

now y’all want my boy ellsbury out there!!!! He be milk in it now! Thank blinky for that one!!

Betcha if blinky was still in charge, no more bubble gum for Sanchez

 

[nynasty]

let the excuses begin

Jon Heyman of FanCred Sports hears that Gary Sanchez might have aggravated his groin injury during Monday's game.

In fact, Heyman hears that it happened on the much-discussed passed ball during Monday's game. Sanchez said after the game that he was over the injury, but Heyman hears that he was initially afraid to tell the team after his miscues, perhaps because it would serve as a convenient excuse. Either way, Sanchez will now receive treatment in hopes of avoiding another stint on the disabled list.

I might buy it if the replay didn't show him accelerating when he realized he screwed up by loafing it down the line.

 

[Indrid Cold]

I think the Yanks just have to accept that Sanchez isn't really a catcher...even though it is tough to figure where else he fits in on the team they have now.
Makes me think of Cliff Johnson, another giant righthanded hitter who could just pound the ball and got screwed over because teams kept trying to pretend he was a catcher early in his career when he really wasn't.
Not that I particularly like the Yanks or want them to do well, but the best thing any team could do with Sanchez is hide him at DH, 1B, or (maybe) LF and let him hit.

 

[nynasty]

I think the Yanks just have to accept that Sanchez isn't really a catcher...even though it is tough to figure where else he fits in on the team they have now.
Makes me think of Cliff Johnson, another giant righthanded hitter who could just pound the ball and got screwed over because teams kept trying to pretend he was a catcher early in his career when he really wasn't.
Not that I particularly like the Yanks or want them to do well, but the best thing any team could do with Sanchez is hide him at DH, 1B, or (maybe) LF and let him hit.

Problem is he loses a ton of his value if you move him. Lots of DHs and 1B hit like Sanchez (when he's right), not many catchers do.

But it's clearer and clearer that one of the reasons he's not really improving that much as a blocker of pitches is because he's half-assed back there.



I remember Cliff. He could hit, but the biggest damage he did to the Yankees was when Gossage broke his thumb punching him in the head.

 

[Pure Steel]

There has been some serious talk about removing the blindfold from Sanchez's head this season.....I mean, he was just so painful at times....Cliff Johnson had better skills back there.....

Hmmmmm.....Jan 30th

 

[nynasty]

Hmmmmm.....Jan 30th

Steeladamus

 

[Indrid Cold]

14 years ago...

Arod was obviously a big, strong guy, but Tek was an on field leader who was built like a coke machine propped on oak trunk legs with a temper like an Irishman who hasn't had a potato in a week nor whiskey in a month...should have started something with Pokey Reese, instead.
Funny, Arroyo was also the pitcher in the Arod glove slapping incident later in 2004, Game 6 of the ALCS which was won by a 3 run Mark Bellhorn homer that was originally called as off the wall by the infamous Jim Joyce (who hosed up Armando Galarraga's perfect game).

 

[Pure Steel]

Steeladamus

Lots of talk that ill fated day......

 

[Indrid Cold]

Hmmmmm.....Jan 30th

Whoa...I just got chills up and down my spine...


...wait, the AC is leaking onto my chair. Never mind.

 

[Pure Steel]

Steeladamus

My next prediction is a very strong chance of drunkenness tonight.....

 

[Indrid Cold]

Problem is he loses a ton of his value if you move him. Lots of DHs and 1B hit like Sanchez (when he's right), not many catchers do.
But it's clearer and clearer that one of the reasons he's not really improving that much as a blocker of pitches is because he's half-assed back there.
I remember Cliff. He could hit, but the biggest damage he did to the Yankees was when Gossage broke his thumb punching him in the head.

Good point, if Sanchez develops as a hitter he's good at 1B/DH but a world beater at C.
Thing is that I think staying behind the plate could really hurt his development...but, hey, Piazza did it and he sure wasn't a natural back there.

Gossage vs. Johnson...heavyweight matchup there. The Goose liked a good scrap, even to the point of telling Joan Kroc (Ray Kroc's widow) that she was poisoning the world with her McD's burgers when he got ticked off with the Padres.

 

[tducey]

Sanchez is still a decent enough name and player that if the Yankees didn't want him at catcher they could use him as trade bait for a team that wants a DH.

 

[nynasty]

[QUOTE="Gossage vs. Johnson...heavyweight matchup there. The Goose liked a good scrap, even to the point of telling Joan Kroc (Ray Kroc's widow) that she was poisoning the world with her McD's burgers when he got ticked off with the Padres.[/QUOTE]


He's become a bit of an asshole in his old age. You think he'd be happy to be in the HOF, but he insists on denigrating today's closers, including the GOAT.

Yanks actually banned him from Spring training this year.