shoddy defense

...neither Roberts nor Nova covering 1B...Jeter has got to get to that ball in the 1st inning too.

 

Jeter's range didn't help either in the first inning.

 

...you mean lack of range.

 

That play was all on Nova. If you're not pitching well at least show some hustle & field your position.

 

...that's Roberts' play too, and he hesitated big time...by the time Nova realized he could field the bunt, he wasn't going to beat the runner to first either...bad play all around.

 

...and yet another ball that a younger Jeter would have had.

 

That's a ball a younger you & I would have had.

 

...another questionable play by Roberts...this is ugly.

 

I think this is where we're going to miss Cano the most.

 

...Roberts is a much better defensive 2Bman than he has shown so far this year.

 

I have been saying it for months. I just can't believe that Cashman did NOTHING! regarding a back up 1st baseman. I mean they could have at least resigned Overbay $1.5M with Milwaukee Or Reynolds $2M also with Milwaukee.

 

Jeter playing SS at 40 and Roberts with such little time at 2B over the last few years - can't really understand the thinking as to how much these guys are being counted on. And game 8 - Cervelli is your 1B? This is not sustainable, and moves need to be made.

 

It's an infield put together with band-aids, but they knew this going into the season. I just can't believe it wasn't addressed.

 

That's what's even worse rick - only the most ignorant of homers saw the state of the infield, saw that there was no 3B, and the guys slated to play 1B, 2B, and SS are all coming off injuries, are all old (Tex isn't really old, but has told us enough times over the last 2 years that is in fact old), and believed this would work itself out as is.

 

Ownership keeps referring to all the money they spent but they ignored the infield. Roberts should never be counted on as an ever day 2nd bsseman, Jeter is 40 years old and Tex coming off a major injury and hurt already. Just no excuse for seeing a blowout game like this. They wonder why attendance is down.

 

...fwiw, better pitching will make the defense look better.

 

It's why the size of the deals they made this off-season was troubling. You can't spend as much $$$ as they did this off-season and walk away with so many holes yet to fill. The 2013 Yankees roster was horrible - give another GM $400M to spend to improve it significantly, and I bet that GM comes up with a more complete team. My feeling is that once the fake-$189M cap was exceeded - this team would arbitrarily stop short of building out a complete roster via $$$. Fact is - look at 2B and 3B - they probably needed to spend another $50M to plug those holes.

 

I think a better defense can make the pitching look better. If Jeter gets to that ball in the 1st inning - they may be out of that inning giving up 0 instead of 3.