Okay lets take a closer look......

[bern_baby_bern]

damn I wish they'd have kept Ichiro, Ellsbury and Gardner are fine in the outfield but I wish Gardner would run bases instead of standing on them.

Ichiro should have always been nothing more than a 4th outfielder here. I wish him well, love Ichiro.

It's really tough to watch Gardner on the bases, and it doesn't appear that a season of watching Ellsbury made any difference. So, does Girardi actually shift the lineup around this year now that he doesn't have to cater to Jeter's farewell tour? I don't want to see Gardner just penciled in to leadoff because that's what his book says.

 

[yankeesince59]

I'm not going to profess to understanding the game plan with the Yanks but I can see the upside being greater for both DiDi and Eovaldi. Phelps was what he was but I liked Prado. It's definitely different to see the Yanks pushing for some youth and not making a big splash in free agency. I don't mind them not making the big splash and handcuffing themselves with the back end of the monster contracts but signing Drew confused me. Make some pseudo-youth movement and go in to spring training with a Refsnyder/Pirella duel and I buy into it a little easier.

...yup, that's why I would have liked to have kept Prado. He can play anywhere pretty much which would give them more flexibility. And as far as 4th OFers go, for the money Ichiro signed for, I would have preferred him.
...gotta believe with the health concerns for the pitching staff, we're gonna regret not having Greene/Phelps before this year is over.

 

[yankeesince59]

Ichiro should have always been nothing more than a 4th outfielder here. I wish him well, love Ichiro.

It's really tough to watch Gardner on the bases, and it doesn't appear that a season of watching Ellsbury made any difference. So, does Girardi actually shift the lineup around this year now that he doesn't have to cater to Jeter's farewell tour? I don't want to see Gardner just penciled in to leadoff because that's what his book says.

...yup...Gardner strikes out way too much for a leadoff guy... I'd prefer Ellsbury.

 

[blgridesagain]

All excellent points Ron. And Michael I'm in full agreement BUT............apparently we're all wrong & blg is right.

Head.................................................................................meet wall.

Drew is an insurance policy for Gregorius, Refsnyder (2b)and/or Pirela.
Stop being a knee-jerk attack dog for your master and pay attention.

 

[yankeesince59]

Drew is an insurance policy for Gregorius, Refsnyder (2b)and/or Pirela.
.

...that has yet to be decided.

 

[blgridesagain]

Ellsbury bats leadoff.

 

[Rick2583]

Drew is an insurance policy for Gregorius, Refsnyder (2b)and/or Pirela.
Stop being a knee-jerk attack dog for your master and pay attention.

And I can only imagine the kind of tap dancing you'll do if your so-called insurance policy Drew is your opening day 2nd baseman.

You really seem to be under the delusion that everyone on this board is anti-Yankee & you're the only one hoping that the team succeeds despite all the teams question marks, NEWSFLASH! theirs not a person on this board that wouldn't like to see the Yankees win 90 games or 95 games. You kidding me, we'd fucking love it.

Here's a thought, climb down of that high horse you've placed yourself on, join the rest of us mortals and take the blinders off & say..........

" I know there's a lot of question marks on this team & I know a lot depends on our starting pitchers staying healthy, and for Tex & Beltran to try & regain some of there old form but I honestly believe that if all goes the way I HOPE it will, this team SHOULD be able to win as many as 90 games. "

Try it, it's really not that hard.

 

[yankeesince59]

...^^^ just now saw this. Pretty pathetic actually. His obtuse reasoning is that people who do not share his view as far as the the Yanx" win total this year are simply "weird pessimists"...and anyone who agrees with something I say, can't possibly think for themselves, and therefore are "puppets"....or better yet, now they are referred to as my "knee jerk attack dogs".

...like I said, pretty pathetic.

 

[blgridesagain]

Here's a thought, climb down of that high horse you've placed yourself on, join the rest of us mortals and take the blinders off & say..........

" I know there's a lot of question marks on this team & I know a lot depends on our starting pitchers staying healthy, and for Tex & Beltran to try & regain some of there old form but I honestly believe that if all goes the way I HOPE it will, this team SHOULD be able to win as many as 90 games. "


I know there's a lot of question marks on this team INCLUDING just about the rest of the divisional teams and to the dismay of THE MAJORITY of the board I happen to think more instead of less of the question marks will be answered in the positive.

Here's a thought, climb down off that high horse you've placed yourself on.

I know there's a lot of question marks on this team & I know a lot depends on our starting pitchers staying healthy, and I do expect better production from DH,RF,1B as I've said numerous times?
There were a couple of links I've cited supplied by a poster (Fangraphs, Pecota) which both predict Baltimore to finish in last place with 78 wins and Boston winning 88 games which gives them more wins than THE MAJORITY of the board thinks the Yanks will have. Nobody seemed to have a problem or question THAT.
Maybe, just maybe some of YOU should get off your high horse and stop ridiculing me for defending and giving MY reasons for picking the Yanks to win APPROX 90 games.

Sure I could be wrong....and so can "you".... and guess what?
The world will still be turning and the sun will come out.

The pitching staff should take care of itself because I think the talent is there enough to approximate last year's numbers and along with the IMPROVED offense and defense should translate into 5 or more wins than last year.....and make no mistake, many of those losses were a result of an anemic offense including that stretch of games starting late August last year when they lost 10 games scoring 2 or less runs.

 

[blgridesagain]

...you're not being ridiculed because of your opinion...you're being ridiculed for acting like a dick.

The pitching staff should take care of itself because I think the talent is there enough to approximate last year's numbers and along with the IMPROVED offense and defense should translate into 5 or more wins than last year.....*and make no mistake, many of those losses were a result of an anemic offense including that stretch of games starting late August last year when they lost 10 games scoring 2 or less runs.


Any comments on that *FACT.....let me guess, you're crystal ball says most of the Yankee pitchers will either be injured, or suck. What else can you say.

And you still didn't comment on your own links predicting Baltimore finishing in last place and Boston winning more games than the Yanks?
Now, stop being a - with convenient amnesia and speak up so we can hold you to your very knowledgeable picks regarding those teams.

Edited: Excessive flaming and rude conduct towards other posters.

 

[yankeesince59]

...I rest my case.

 

[blgridesagain]

Al EAST =

Toronto + Russell Martin & Josh Donaldson
New York + Andrew Miller
Baltimore + Nothing
Boston + Rick Porcello, Justin Masterson, Pablo Sandoval & Hanley Ramirez
Tampa Bay +John Jaso & Asdrubal Cabrera.
_______________________

Interesting post with a few "question marks" attached.
Toronto - their BP was 12th in the league last year and SP was 11th.
Tampa Bay - should maintain good pitching, dead last in scoring and 14th in OPS.
They've added John Jaso and Asdrubal Cabrera (not exactly murderers row lol), and traded away one of their better players, Ben Zobrist (over money) for a couple of "question marks"? minor leaguers.

Boston - added offense Hanley and Sandoval and, subtract Cespedes.
Basically exchanged Porcello for Lester.....I'll let the jury decide that one.
And of course they added the immortal Justin Masterson:
Last year - 5.88 ERA, 1.56 WHIP
Career - 4.24 ERA, 1.38 WHIP
Boston's team ERA was 12th in the league last year.
But they did add another SP....Wade Miley.... wowee!

I know, I know, "let it go".

lmao

 

[Cryptkeeper]

Maybe, just maybe some of YOU should get off your high horse and stop ridiculing me for defending and giving MY reasons for picking the Yanks to win APPROX 90 games.

Shoving your opinions down the throats of others and then blaming them for ridiculing you for it is not a smart move.

Neither is saying your posts were the way they were just because you were "defending your opinion", because in your next post, you called another poster a dick.
Think before you post, please.
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