The Yankees announced today that third baseman Josh Donaldson has been transferred from the COVID-19 Injured List to the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 24, due to right shoulder inflammation. While he was on the COVID IL, he wasn’t counting against the team’s 40-man roster, meaning a corresponding move was required in that department, which the club announced as Chad Green being transferred to the 60-day IL.
The news is surely something of a disappointment for the Yankees and their fans. Donaldson, 36, had been on the COVID list for the past few days due to experiencing symptoms. But since he continued to test negative, it seemed possible that he could make a quick return once those symptoms abated. Now it seems he will be out for at least another week due to this shoulder issue. This isn’t the first time that Donaldson has been held back by shoulder inflammation, as the same injury landed him on the injured list for about two weeks while with the Blue Jays in April 2018.
Acquired from the Twins in an offseason trade, Donaldson’s tenure in the Bronx is off to a good start. Through 37 games, he’s hitting .238/.349/.415 for a wRC+ of 130 as the club is currently sitting on a record of 32-13, the best in baseball. Donaldson’s contributions will now continue to be on hold while he recuperates. Manager Aaron Boone told reporters, including Lindsey Adler of The Athletic, that the injury has been bugging Donaldson for a while. He received a cortisone shot this week with the club hopeful he’s not facing an extended absence.
With Donaldson out of action, the logical backup plan would have been to use DJ LeMahieu at third base, though he’s been dealing with left wrist discomfort and hasn’t appeared in a game since Monday. Adler relays word from Boone that LeMahieu’s condition has improved enough that he could appear in the game at some point tonight, though he isn’t in the starting lineup. Marwin Gonzalez has been getting the starts at the hot corner lately and figures to do so until LeMahieu and/or Donaldson are eligible to return.
The transfer of Green to the 60-day IL is a mere formality, as it was announced earlier this week that he will require Tommy John surgery. That will keep him out of action for the remainder of this year and at least part of next season as well.
Don’t screw around with LeMahieu’s wrist. Don’t risk aggravating it by making him swing the bat before the wrist is healed completely. He has four more months ahead of him.
Didn’t realize that apologizing for doing nothing wrong caused shoulder inflammation? Get well soon, Josh.
When did he apologize?
After the TA incident, publicly.
I still think the best response TA could have had to JD was to say “Hey how’s it going Jacoby”.
Ouch, that’s arguably worse. May I ask, as one with Native American heritage, why did you pick Jacoby FPG, huh?????!!!!!! Because he’s Native American?!
You Red Sox fans are all the same!
Oh, wait, except the ones that find that offensive.
Maybe he should’ve said: “I was just Joshing — that’s my name!”
Or not.
Someone give Josh the “cold shoulder”?
He didn’t apologize to Anderson (nor should he have), but he did apologize to Jackie Robinson’s widow for any stress he may have caused her.
I thought he said something to the effect: “I didn’t mean to offend TA, it was a joke, & I’m open to sitting down with him to hash it out” or some such general language? I may not recall correctly, I’m a bit under the weather so, kind of foggy at the moment.
Clip, the Healing Power of Jesus be released to you, brother.
Thanks, my friend. I appreciate you, brother. He is the Great Physician.
God Bless.
why should he apologize to Jackie’s widow, he’s not the one who falsely and absurdly compared himself to the iconic Jackie.it was TA who should have apologized to the widow to begin with imo.
Because he was using his name to insult someone?
It’s a good thing the Yankees took advantage of their comically easy schedule to start the year because their luck appears to be running out quickly.
From your lips to gods ears, drew!
Don’t worry, Matt Carpenter is on his way to save the day!
Matt Carpenter? Hmmmm? I’d like to see proof. They stashed the real Matt Carpenter in an underground cell. That’s WB Mason, as Kay so affectionately calls him (and every other make with a mustache).
@Yankee Clipper, don’t bogart that joint my friend!
Meet me at the corner & we’ll share a toot
@Yankee Clipper- I think Michael Kay might have something there. Carpenter with the mustache could definitely pass for WB Mason!
Yup. Long home run tonight, Curly. That Carpenter sure knows how to handle the lumber.
The Yankees dropped seven runs on the Rays last night with a lineup that had Miguel Andujar batting cleanup. They also still have one of the best pitching staffs in the league. I think they’ll be just fine
I’m a Sox fan, they’ve had a similar schedule with a different result the first two months of the season. The yanks have played well.
The Yankees are pitching first (finally got a great pitching coach), defense (got a real SS), and are even running.
Not relying on HR’s.
The Yankees are playing more like the Rays than the Rays are.
This is a very odd year in MLB……
There are around 8 very good teams.
There is a small middle class of teams – Jays, Cardinals, Twins that can make the playoffs but are hardly in the top bracket.
Then there are somewhere around 19 teams that have so many weaknesses that they can’t be taken seriously this year – all their fans can hope is that they put together a core and do some things in the coming offseason to compete in 2023.
Not sure I’ve seen this in quite some time.
Incorrect 55% of the Yankees runs this season have come as a result of the long ball higher rate in the league by a far margin
That’s the biggest thing that’s surprising. More small ball play. I love it. It’s exactly how you’re able to beat teams when their aces are on the mound.
RazorRamonie;
Not incorrect.
Did you know that the Rays have been long ball hitting for 2-3 years now? They hardly pay small ball offensively.
The Rays infield defense this year has been atrocious. It’s cost them numerous games and messed up the pitching staff. Their OF defense is OK, their catching defense is not particularly good. Mostly what’s happened is that they’re using analytics to switch infielders each game to such a point that they don’t have a real ML 1B; while Walls and Franco that can both play SS and 3B are moving around each game (with Diaz going between 3B and 1B) and all 3 of them are playing subpar as the positions are so different that they can’t get into a rhythm. They also play around at 2B with Lowe, Brujan, Walls, and Paredes so there’s simply no stability in the infield.
The Yankees found a SS as well as 2 Catchers and let them play. Furthermore while Judge is not really a ML CF, they start him there then bring in Hicks or Florial in the later in innings and move Judge to RF where he belongs.
The Rays are totally out of kilter. They got too cute this year.
What “easy schedule”? They’re 12-6 against >.500 teams. They’ve already played 9 games against the Blue Jays. What’s your team?
Drew: Yankees only make it look easy; don’t be jelly. It’s like a platinum glove in the field, just cause we do it doesn’t mean you can fella.
Timing is sketchy. Wonder if Donaldson’s days in the Bronx are counted
I don’t think so. He’s too valuable & too costly to just write-off. Even politics isn’t enough for Halbert Moneyhands to swallow $25M over two years.
My thoughts: They are using this to buy separation from the TA incident to let JD heal and let other news cycles take the place of this. They’re letting time & distance come between JD, TA, MLB, & the media until the short attention spans of everyone turn to something else.
Then, when he returns, it’s an old story, nothing to disrupt the clubhouse, draw attention away from the Yankees performance, & co-opt the news of the Yankees.
Yeah I think you’ve got it Clip! Looks like to me that Carpenter can hit again. Hasn’t really had a bad at bat in the 2 games. I get it it’s way too early to make any meaningful assessment but I like what I have seen so far.
clip, all good points. And the Yankees shouldn’t be surprised or complain, didn’t they bring Donaldson in for exactly this reason, that’s what Cashman said at his press conference they wanted him because he had an edge. So it would be hypocritical of them, or not the first time for them, to complain about it now. Although the truth is that was just spin, they only brought donaldson in and his salary because it’s the only way they could get a cheap shortstop and catcher.
And ironically we still have not seen the catcher this year and we probably won’t, and they could’ve spent the 25 million on a real shortstop ,with lindor and Correa Are not doing too badly on their respective teams.
the timing is he is injured
Yeah, I think he was opining as to an alternate theory of the injury wasn’t an actual injury. I’m very hesitant to claim someone is not actually injured though. I do think there is duality in this IL stint, *not* that my above explanation was their primary purpose – I should’ve better clarified that.
Donaldson had this injury for awhile. So why now? Why now is he on the IL10?
He’s been a productive hitter and solid fielder, has he not?
Yeah, his hitting has suffered a bit – it was a painfully slow start. But he was starting to get his timing down and we could see the results. He was still a threat, but the biggest thing was that he had several hits in clutch spots, winning a couple games in walk-off fashion.
“Jackie” Donaldson.
Careful. Calling someone something sometime is racist.
This is the case.
They are shopping him.
This IL stint buys them time.
Could not possibly sell lower … depleted at 3b …. He’s not going anywhere
Well, he’s excellent defensively. Offensively, he’s struggling right now. His power is still there though.
But, I agree, he’s not getting traded, and if he did, it wouldn’t yield any kind of return.
Happens when you give someone the cold shoulder.
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. #drippingsarcasm #notaninsidejoke
Karma’s a B!
You mean, since the Sox are still terrible despite being a good team on paper?
Whether he’s racist or thought he was being clever towards someone he simply doesn’t get along with, that “Jackie” comment sealed Donaldson’s fate.
I’m not sure I think Donaldson is racist or just crass and petty, but he definitely made himself persona non grata to the organization and his teammates, past present and future.
If he isn’t racist I hope there’s a way for him to smooth this over and move on. If he is- good riddance.
May he enjoy earning $43M to go away and do nothing if this is the inauspicious end of his career.
Puke
If only we could all be judged by millions on one comment, our lives would be so much more enriched!
#puke
We can! Thank you Twitter.
He’s a trash-talking douchebag who has gotten away with it for most of his career being a superstar. TA felt that they weren’t tight enough for him to make that comment and crossed a line. Both of their viewpoints are valid. It’s schoolyard BS. In my days, you shook hands and moved on. Looks like JD extended his. But pro sports is entertainment so the drama ensues.
Yeah, I also believe that if MLB weren’t trying to turn the sport into softball with NBA-style “fouling” it would’ve been resolved the next time he came up to bat. You only get drilled in the back by a FB so many times before you realize, “hey, maybe I shouldn’t say things to aggravate people on purpose?”
I hate racists, but at worst this is insensitive. The MLB is touchy about their NASCAR levels of African American participation. Somehow I think he’ll be well received back in the Bronx
TBH I despise everything about Donaldson and his antics along the way. I loved when Sevy threw at the Blue Jays and charged the plate bc Donaldson started unnecessary crap.
That being said he wasn’t being racist and it was just a reach by an old drunk trying to act morally superior and clear his name after an embarrassing DUI. Larussa really turned this into a circus by making a ridiculous accusation with no evidence.
LaRussa is old school. He doesn’t care about being PC or whatever and stirred crap up to fire up his clubhouse and create some sort of rivalry. I don’t agree with his tactics but it didn’t do his team any harm there. We see this stuff in politics all the time from all sides.
Or he was…..drunk, perhaps?
Donaldson, 36 and with a list of injuries as long as his sleeve. What did Cashman expect?
And worse, he’s got another guaranteed season after this one.
Most sensible comment thus far, including my own. I like it.
#johnnyDepp/AmberHeard puke
…they all fall…
Boy, the Yank’s good health has really turned around. This injury helps to explain the Carpenter signing. Still day we need an outfielder more than anything!!
Side note, imagine being so soft of a man to get upset about being called someone you likened yourself to years ago.
What if another player of the same skin color as TA did the same thing. This would be a non-issue, right?
What if it was a player of Dominican or South American heritage that said it? Again, a non-issue, right?
But it is an issue because Donaldson is not a Black American or other non white heritage.
Strange.
Where are you Andy Griffith when we need you? (OK you too Barney)
https://t.co/I1fOEk9cs1
You misread this situation terribly wrong if you come to the conclusion that Anderson is somehow the one deserving flack.
Both at fault, both small children. Both deserve flack, neither probably deserve the flack they’re getting.
A professional athlete should be better, bottom line. Neither were in this case. Both should’ve handled their respective situations better.
Thanks for the link. Donaldson’s tweet-liking history adds some missing context. Given his past disposition to fight with and insult others without apparent regard for color or ethnicity, it’s hard to say with certainty that he’s a racist. But when he “likes” racists on a public forum, that puts some holes in his cover.
Is there such a thing as a reformed racist? Absolutely. Gov. George Wallace was the national spokesman for racism and a presidential candidate before he got shot and crippled by a would-be assassin in 1972. Another candidate for the presidency, black congresswoman Shirley Chisolm, went to see him in the hospital after the shooting, shocking her black supporters. In 1979, George visited a famous black church, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, as described by his daughter:
‘On a Sunday in 1979, Daddy’s arrival to this church was unannounced and unexpected. But for an attendant rolling his wheelchair to the front of this sanctuary, he was alone. What the congregation must have thought when he said, “I’ve learned what suffering means in a way that was impossible. I think I can understand something of the pain that black people have come to endure. I know I contributed to that pain and I can only ask for your forgiveness.” As he was leaving the church, the congregation began singing “Amazing Grace.”’
https://wapo.st/3NGWKWx
As a Christian, it behooves me never to deny another person the hope of redemption. Donaldson is on a team whose leader has black ancestry and whose manager has two black sons by adoption. If he arrived in New York as a racist, maybe he’ll be a better man when he’s done here. One can hope.
Wow, Fink, your last paragraph is fantastic! Amen, brother, amen.
Fink, I am confused on how his “likes” of the Joe Rogan scenario, or the mini-diatribe on the “thin blue line” sticker has any credence to JD being a racist. I admit ignorance on which Rogan scenario this is referring to because I don’t listen to his podcast. The thin blue line sticker? Yeah there are really bad police. That doesn’t mean you can’t support them, it’s not mutually exclusive.
I support them, and I know of very, very corrupt police. I’ve endured a situation with corrupt police, but that doesn’t mean I don’t support them overall, or down those who support them. That was just a really odd note to insert in the middle.
What did I miss, my friend?
Thanks, Clipper. Consider it enlightened self-interest. I depend on redemption being available to even the worst sinner.
Whenever people identify themselves as cop-haters I remind them that 71 police officers rushed to their own deaths on 9/11 to try and save complete strangers. “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”
As for Rogan, here’s some more context on him. I think Noah’s comment nails it:
https://n.pr/3GtueW3
You are incredibly bright, my friend. For this reason [alone] I don’t mind social media….lol.
Small sample size, Clipper. ; )
Lolol, somehow, I think I’ve received a representative sample.
In re: to the question you asked on the other page, the reason for my…uncertainty with my answer is because I defer to the Bible for my political/cultural expectations & foundation. So, if it’s anti-biblical, I inherently don’t agree with it (even though I often fail in my own life, unintentionally). I agree with what you said – it makes sense. I just know the way the world is headed, so it’s not a surprise. I also know where we will be at the end.
Wait so because he’s an angry guy and likes a few tweets that defend Joe Rogan after heavily edited videos of him saying the “N” word pushes the needle here? And foe reference, no, I am not a Joe Rogan subscriber or apologist.
Answer my question here. If a person who is non-white calls TA “Jackie” are we having this conversation now? It’s a simple yes or no.
I’m not on a witness stand and you’re not the D.A., so I don’t have to give you a yes or no answer. In fact, I don’t have to give you an answer at all, so dial back on the order-giving, counselor.
I’ll oblige anyway, because I want to.
If another black player called him that, it would make no sense for Anderson to infer any racist intent, would it? If a non-white player of another minority race, say Latino, called him that, it might have some racial undertones or it might not — same as Donaldson saying it.
As for Rogan, here’s what he had to say last February:
“Somebody made a compilation of every time I said that word over 14 years and they put it on YouTube, and it turned out that was racist as f*** – even to me!
“I’m me and I’m watching it saying, ‘stop saying it!’ I put my cursor over the video and I’m like, ‘four more minutes?!'”
The issue isn’t whether Rogan is a racist. It’s that he knows racists like what he says on his show (same as Howard Stern, his Robin fig leaf notwithstanding) and he capitalizes on it. A person can exploit other people’s racism without being a racist himself; but since the effect of his behavior is to promote and/or validate racism, it matters less whether he’s racist himself or not. Arguably it’s worse, because he knows what he’s doing is wrong, but he does it anyway because it profits him.
If you’ve never seen the Hitchcock film “Rope,” I recommend it. In an usual role for him, Jimmy Stewart plays a cynic whose iconoclastic pronouncements like “The lives of inferior beings are unimportant” inspire a couple of younger admirers to murder a man in cold blood. When he realizes what they’ve done, he protests vehemently that they misunderstood him. But the victim is still dead.
Wow, I had no clue that happened! As I told you, I was completely ignorant of the Rogan issue. Thanks for the clarification on that. That’s terrible, man. Yikes!
Yeah, I could see where JD argues he’s “liking” the pro-free speech advocates, regardless of how insulting said speech is; nevertheless, when you put that in context with this, it is *not* a good look. The inference can easily & readily be taken that he is supporting or advocating pro-racist content.
This all goes back to one verse: Matthew 7:12 admonishes, “Therefore, whatever you men want to do to you, do also to them, for this is the law and the prophets.” NKJV
I wish I had acted that out for my entire life; how much easier my life would’ve been.
Me too, Clipper.
I take comfort from the parable of the prodigal son. All the sins of the wayward son couldn’t cut him off from his father’s love.
“As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust.” – Psalm 103
I can’t judge the state of anyone’s heart or soul, and it’s not my job. Even in the case of Rogan’s slurs, I shouldn’t have said with certainty that he knows he’s exploiting racism for profit. Maybe he’s not bright enough to reason that he’s appealing to racists — although, realistically, he’d have to be pretty dense not to realize it, and he doesn’t seem to be that stupid. But “seem to be” isn’t the same thing as “is” or “isn’t.” Same goes for Donaldson and Anderson — and anyone.
“For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
As with anybody, far be it from me to deny Rogan the possibility of changing for the better when his faults are brought to his attention, as they have been. I’ve got the plank in my own eye to worry about.
It’s my feeling that racism — fear and hatred of the “other” who’s different — is a natural failing of humans to a degree, and I don’t know of any race or culture that’s without it. It’s just one more thing for fallen humans to work on.
Somebody said “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions,” but I don’t believe that. I think that road is paved with bad intentions. Having good intentions and failing to realize them is better than bad intentions, all day, every day. Getting up again after each fall and struggling on won’t put anyone on the wrong road.
Okay, back to baseball!
Awesome! Totally agree. And, speaking of baseball, man, Gleyber is looking good at the plate! I’m pleasantly surprised. Could this be the return of Gleyber?! I hope so. All the naysayers all along said he was finished at, what, 24? No way, just needed time, proper guidance, & patience.
I hope he’s back – what a huge boon (pun intended) to the offense! Plus, his defense at second (minus a couple mental errors) has been really, really good. Miggy looked pretty good too. He’s hitting line drives to oppo, that’s a good look for him. His swing is really level and he’s letting the ball get in deep and hitting it hard. And, as we said before, his defense has been night and day (like that diving catch!).
Tallion has been incredible, so incredible it’s hard to believe he’s really flown under the radar, as far as MLB pitchers go. He’s been tremendous, for the most part.
Last, it was really good to see that Carp still has some power left in the tank. He absolutely crushed that ball to RF.
I was delighted at Carp’s bomb, of course. I compared him to Roogie previously.
“Why’d they get this guy?”
Boom!
“That’s why.”
Here’s hoping he’s more lightning in a bottle.
I’m with you on Gleyber. He sure rebounded well from his earlier hiccups on the field; some really nice plays last night. I hope his homer doesn’t make him pull-happy. Like Paulie says, he’s best when he goes to right field and up the middle.
The Yankee rotation has gone above and beyond. When the guy with the highest ERA in your rotation is Gerrit Cole, you’re probably doing okay.
Gotta run now. Good talking to you, as always. Later, my brother.
Let’s keep in mind that it was Italian American LaRussa who first labeled it racist, and egged Anderson into agreeing.
Like I said when the Yankees got off to a blistering start….Cashman had a horrible off-season. Relying on a washed up 3b, a DFA caliber center fielder and a left fielder who will be out of baseball in the next 3 years for 1/3 of your lineup is a joke. There are already huge injury concerns with Judge and Stanton so this team was already tight on depth in their lineup.
Imagine if we had prospects to call up to fill in the gap. Oh right that isn’t important with the Yankees brand of baseball they can just bring in old past their prime vets.
The question is does Cashman get fired before or after the Mets take over NY? I can’t believe nobody can see this team getting old and stale and it’s leaders being perfectly okay with just making the playoffs.
I understand your points (my concerns as well during the offseason), and your frustration; BUT, they are in first place, they battered the Rays yesterday, they punished the O’s, who could swing the balance of first place by season’s end.
Blin7y, & Ducky we’re pretty consistent in their support of Cashman’s moves. RobM was fairly neutral, depending on the move, but was adamant that time to discern the effectiveness of the moves was necessary.
So, I implore you, fellow Yankee fan, don’t do this emotional roller coaster ride! Be patient, let the season play. It will prove Cash a genius (great for us), or prove him a complete doofus.
Either way, the roster is what it is until the trade deadline. Gallo is here for this year. Donaldson here for two. That’s a done deal, man. But our SP is second to none, our BP is as good as it gets considering the injuries it’s suffered.
We are lucky. Look at the ChiSox. They have a good team on paper & they suuuuuck. They’re faltering bad. Look at the Red Sox. They’re going through a mini-retooling, losing some top players in the process, & they’re struggling bad. Look at the Rays. For all the bragging their fans consistently do about how much better a team they are with operating on 10% of the budget, or whatever, they’re getting hammered at times too, like yesterday.
@Yankee Clipper, Me old mum feels warm about your latest post. She thinks you be a Yankee fan. Yanks better win this year or she’ll whip your ass (so she says)
Thank you, Curly. I sincerely appreciate your mum’s astute observation. I also believe she could probably whoop me…lol.
I love this site, so does me old mum
Fear not clipper, I never give up on this team and pull for them until the last out of the season. It’s just frustrating seeing the obvious issues with this team before the season that could have easily been address by just bringing in a capable LF and CF, they didn’t have to be stars just good defenders with some intricate tools on the offensive side, and also giving this team some depth after battling injuries year after year.
Honestly I think Andujar will eventually take over left and provide enough offensively to carry the load. But the frustrating part is he should have been in LF since the minors and not learning it on the fly at the MLB level. Still have big hope for him.
Yanks4Life,
I agree with everything you said! Like Clipp says, We’ll see. I don’t think they are looking to trade Donaldson. I feel strongly that they would trade Gallo in a minute, but there is obviously no market.
Yeah, Y4L22: I hear you, man. It can get frustrating. It’s like these gaping holes we see, coupled with a seemingly simple solution, ie CF/LF, & we seem to whiff….big time.
I still don’t get the Hicks thing. Fink said he generally supports Cashman, but that’s the one extension he still can’t grasp. He’s obviously an intelligent dude, & very adept at all-things-Yankees. That’s one I think most of us scratch our heads with. Hicks is just terrible. At least I understand Gallo – he’s a stat guy, a nerd’s hero. A desk jockey’s computer entry dream! But Hicks? What in the world were they looking at?
Anyway, he’s going to be frustrating the lot of us. When I watch the games with my young son I go off on tangents about all the things Hicks does wrong at the plate…..every time. He’s probably sooooo tired of hearing it. Now, it’s in the field & on occasional base running gaffes too.
I will still never understand the reluctance to fill SS. Unless they plan on T. Turner as a fallback this offseason if the prospects continue negative trends.
But, again, I’m trying my level-best to be patient with them. Cash has been largely successful with his marching orders & getting overall team achievements per season (postseason).
But, we are with you, my friend. We see it too. Each Gallo whiff. Each Hicks overswing. Each Booner blunder.
Amen Clip I can’t argue with anything you said. Also may analytics be dammed it always comes down to pitching. And honestly that is why I really do have confidence in this team. Like I said they don’t need all stars in LF and CF, just hard nosed players. With a staff like this we don’t need to out slug teams. Timely and situational hitting will be crucial for them going forward.
Exactly, brother! Their pitching has been a miracle too. Not sure if it’s Blake or something else, but I have to believe it’s in part due to Blake. It’s been amazing
clip, gallo is less than replacement level, I don’t expect any improvement.a team of psychoanalysts wouldnt hell at this point. Since he’s only owed 6 million, I could see Cashman move him at the trade deadline to a small market team perhaps which would be more suited to him, if he kicked in a few million.Anduhar can take his spot.Hicks we are stuck with , he’s owed considerably more money, but he could be relegated to the bench and we could acquire someone better.
Doc: This is a really good read on the situation. I hadn’t considered how little he’s owed because that opens a lot of doors – he can go anywhere for that amount. Good thinking.
Hicks is owed about $40M from what I gather, and they aren’t kicking that loose. But, yeah, he’s a fourth OFer at best. In fact, Boone said Hicks’ poor offense is NOT impacting his defensive play……what?! Then, he just sucks? He’s stupid? He’s lazy? I don’t get it. If his offense isn’t impacting his defense, and his defense is trending negatively, what in the world are you seeing, Booner? What’s the reason, the solution, the action, or response? What; Let him go he’ll figure it out?
I’m lost on Hicks, man. I was critical toward the end with Sanchez, but I never advocated for the Yankees to cut him loose. But, I don’t see any value in Hicks, at all. He should be sent to AAA or somewhere not on the 26-man (barring injury).
Alright boys you’re right. No need to complain about Cashman all season. It is what it is like Clip said and it’s time to go to war for NY. Let’s go Yankeeeeeessss!!!!!!
Gardner says “Damn! Another infielder!”
Carpenter says “we don’t need no stinkin’ outfielder”
Or, Carpenter says, “I’m finished”
If you get the Daniel Day Lewis reference, you’ll get it.
My thoughts and prayers.
Sarcasm intended
Ah, I don’t want to see anyone injured, regardless of how bad a person he may be. We may judge his actions, but we don’t truly know him. Same goes for those who dislike TA. There is only One who truly knows them, and He knows their heart. That’s something they can’t run away from, excuse, or mislead. That’ll also be punished one day, severely.
Wasn’t Donaldson involved in another altercation a few years back? Trash talking is going woke.
Donaldson “experienced symptons”, but tests “negative”. Yankees are able to carry extra roster spot. Now he has to go on IL due to shoulder. But they had nothing to do with one another. Someone’s gaming the system.
It’s possible to be sick with the flu or some other virus and to have an inflamed shoulder simultaneously. He’s had shoulder inflammation before, as the article says, and he was playing through it when he got sick. They said he was given IV’s for the sickness. Often that’s for dehydration from diarrhea and hurling a lot. I take them at their word that he and Higgy and Gallo were too sick to play.
Good riddance racist.
I don’t think TA is racist, honestly. I just think he was a bit too sensitive. But you are entitled to your opinion.
Probably not a bad idea for Donaldson to lie low and ponder his navel for another week.
I really don’t think that either Anderson or Donaldson are racists. Donaldson should think twice before saying something dumb like that Anderson should never have compared himself to a great man like Jackie Robinson.
The only racist, in my onion, is LaRussa. This wasn’t a racial thing until LaRussa stuck his big White mouth in. He’s a patronizing ass.
Well, it is a bit paradoxical that LaRussa was the first to use the term, given his age & the likelihood of what he saw/participated in as a player in the 70s. I’m sure this was very, very tame compared with what was said/heard in his days.
Nonetheless, it doesn’t mean he was wrong. I don’t think he did it with any calculated intent. I believe it was an emotional response from him, probably reading the situation at the time.
Either way, it *is* a “racial thing” now, so we must deal with that. Whether it was in fact racist or not, or whether it was intended to be or not, the fact is that it’s being interpreted that way by swaths of people. So, it’s a problem – a problem for MLB, a problem for JD, & a problem for NYY.
Well put Clipper.
Yankees are really missing Stanton’s and Donaldson s production right now.
Yeah, especially Stanton. Even his mere presence in the lineup alters the manner in which the Yanks are pitched to because he’s so dangerous. It’ll be nice to get him back healthy.
That’s for sure clipper. Let’s hope he’s not out for a long period of time.in the meantime, hopefully Miggy can contribute something.carpenter is not the answer ,I don’t think, although he had a nice couple of games, but once the league acclimates to him I dont expect much.
Doc, I really like what I’m seeing from Miggy-two-bags, man. Hitting the ball hard oppo-field. He’s looking good in the box so far. His field play is worlds beyond what it was. He actually looks like a legit LFer out there. His routes are pretty good and his hands are certainly softer receiving the ball than the past few seasons. Miggy may just earn Hicks’ FT spot.
hey Clipper, me too. And I think Miggy will only get better.admittedly, the bar is set very low after watching Gallo and Hicks.I just hope Boone, or Cashman, whoever makes these decisions,continues to play him when or if, Stanton returns, and hopefully hicks realizes he’s done and retires, and Gallo is shipped out, one way or the other ( hopefully). After all, the latter is only owed the remainder of 10 million, for this year, whenever they decide to move on from him.
Aside the point. Watching the Rays and Yankees. Why would anyone employ Joey Gallo? Can he see a fastball? The modern day waste aka/ Dave Kingman.
That is what is most frustrating. Gallo has such a long swing, with such an uppercut, that he’s exploited fairly easily by most pitchers. Look, man, when middle-middle is your *weakest* contact zone you’re in trouble. He simply can’t hit a straight FB.
The only good thing about Hicks’ & Gallo’s at-bats is it’s a great opportunity to restock the plate or go to the bathroom without missing anything….
worse. At least Kingman ran into one occasionally.
I just realized the most important part about the Rays/Yankees series: someone finally got Miggy pants that fit! No more high-water capris for Miggy…. I wouldn’t have been able to pitch to him because I’d have been laughing at his pants.
Sonny Gray’s women’s-cut sleeves got nothing on Miggy’s pants.
Placed on the IL for Inflammatory comments is more like it lol.