T. Duffy (2-6, 6.18) vs. N. Eovaldi (6-4, 5.02) Ellsbury -CF Gardner -LF Beltran -DH McCann -C Teixeira -1B Castro -2B Gregorious -SS Headley -3B Hicks -RF
I know its only the Twins and beating them is less impressive than beating good teams but, it could be very helpful winning 70-80% of games vs bad teams. Gotta put on my rose colored pinstriped homerific glasses for this: Maybe the Yanks could miraculously play around .500 ball vs the "good teams" the rest of the way and clobber the "bad teams". -
...Yanx are 16-23 vs teams with winning records. ...O's are 25-21 vs teams with winning records. ... Sox are 20-20 vs teams with winning records. ... Jays are 17-16 vs teams with winning records.
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To further sour the pot the Yankees are 6-15 against the AL East top three. Old Jed Clampet would say " whew doggies, them boys have a heap of ketchin' up to do!"
^^^plus, even though the Yanx have not shown that they can compete vs the O's, Jays, and Sox I'm sure someone will point out that if they beat up on the bad teams, things should be OK. The problem with that sort of pretzel logic is that those bad teams won't playing in the PS.
I dont see any overwhelming success by the top three teams vs teams with winning records and Baltimore has a losing record on the road. The Yanks obviously have to do better vs winning teams- this isnt a big secret. We'll find out in due time which will also tell us if this team can compete for the div over the remaining schedule. I guess that's why they play all the games.
Duffey, another in a stream of 'over 5.00' pitchers facing the Yankees, is mowing 'em down early........ And, there it is. Eovaldi throws a gopher ball.....good guys down 0-1.
Howdy beyatches! Popping in to say German 3-0 over Slovakia. On the ICE rocketing back to Frankfurt from a weekend of drinking in Paris with my best friend from college. Nice to see the Yanks doing well, that offsets my disappointment that Trump is still breathing, lol!
Have fun Tom, I'm jealous. As far as the Yankees I'm trying my best to cast a spell on them and hopefully these Idiots can get their shit together.
...even though the Yanx have not shown that they can compete vs the O's, Jays, and Sox I'm sure someone will point out that if they beat up on the bad teams, things should be OK. The problem with that sort of pretzel logic is that those bad teams won't playing in the PS. ___________________ We ALL agree the Yanks have problems and can barely play .500 ball. They're skating on thin ice and have put themselves in a hole because of a bad April 8-13, minus 30 run diff. Yeah, we also know ALL the games count....including April.....and those yet to be played. No doubt whatsoever Toronto has owned the Yanks last year and this year winning 7/9. This is plain to see. Not quite sure at THIS point (June 26) I'm ready to say the Yanks can't "compete" with Baltimore and Boston based on 2-4 records. And when someone pointed out beating bad teams, they also mentioned playing around .500 ball vs "good" teams as a possible route to competing for the div the rest of the way.....but I guess this is a concept which is foreign to some who claim to be seasoned veteran baseball fans. Balt is 5-0 vs Minn and 6-2 vs TB who currently have lost 10 straight and Balt is in the process of beating TB again today. Boston is 10-3 vs Atl, Col, Oak and Minn. Toronto? Have to admit, they wouldn't be all that much the past two regular seasons WITHOUT beating the Yanks...lmao....sometimes it be that way. Pretzel logic? Only a noodle brain would mention "bad teams" playing in the post season. I always thought BOTH teams playing each other in a post season series are "good" teams. Nice try. Finally- just to keep things clear and in perspective, I am NOT predicting or saying this Yankee team will turn on some magic switch and play .550-.600 ball the rest of the way...... The point was and is, teams can win divisions by holding their own vs good teams and taking care of business vs bad teams. And so far, the Yanks are NOT doing it- but we still have to play the schedule.
Lol, the Twinkies having a ball. Yanks finish 5-2 vs Minn. Memo to Joe the Genius, time to do some "managing". Take Eovaldi aside so he knows the difference between a "coach" holding his hand and the MANAGER, and tell Eovaldi to start taking charge of the inside part of the plate and commanding respect from the hitters or else he'll continue giving up a ton of hits with a very high ERA. Basically read him the riot act. Time to toughen up pussie boy!
