The Yankees announced a series of roster moves today, with outfielder Andrew Benintendi heading to the 10-day injured list with right wrist inflammation. Outfielder Estevan Florial was recalled in a corresponding move. Additionally, right-hander Ryan Weber has been selected to the big league club, with lefty Anthony Banda designated for assignment.
Benintendi, 28, left last night’s game after appearing to injure himself on a swing. Last night’s X-rays came back negative, but it seems the ailment is enough that the Yanks will keep him out of action for another ten days at least, as they try to figure out what’s going on. “Just not sure, like, where we thought, may not be injured,” Boone says in the video shared by Marly Rivera of ESPN. “So, they got to get more CT scans. I just got briefed on it a little bit so I really don’t have much for you other than he is going on the IL but it’s a little inconclusive right now exactly what.”
Given that uncertainty, it’s hard to know exactly how serious this will be for the Yankees. However, even a minimum absence could have an impact in this late stage of the season, as there are just over four weeks remaining on the regular season schedule. Acquired from the Royals prior to the trade deadline, Benintendi is having a solid season at the plate, one of his best showings in years. His .302/.371/.397 battling is 21% better than the league average hitter this year, as evidenced by his 121 wRC+. That’s just shy of his career best in that department, as he registered a 123 wRC+ back in 2018.
The Yanks will have to do without his production for at least the next week and a half, with the results of the continued testing still to determine the next steps. Until then, they will have to get by with an outfield mix consisting of Aaron Judge, Aaron Hicks, Oswaldo Cabrera, Marwin Gonzalez, Tim Locastro and Florial. Giancarlo Stanton could theoretically be a factor as well, though he’s been used exclusively in the designated hitter role since returning from his own IL stint. Despite running away with the AL East for much of the season, the club has been in a rough slide lately, seeing their lead over the Rays slip to just five games. They would surely love for someone in that group to step up and make up for Benintendi’s absence in order to help keep them in the driver’s seat down the stretch.
Banda, 29, previously pitched for the Pirates and Blue Jays earlier this year, in addition to a brief stint in the minors for the Mariners. He signed with the Yankees on Sunday and made two appearances in pinstripes. The first one went well enough, as Banda entered the club’s game against Oakland on Sunday with one out and no one on in the fifth. He surrendered a walk sandwiched between two outs to finish the inning. His second appearance came last night and didn’t go nearly as well. With the Yanks down 5-0 to the Rays in the eighth, Banda entered with two men on and faced six batters, walking three of them, hitting another and giving up two singles. That leaves with a 40.50 ERA through two thirds of an inning as a Yankee, though a 6.75 ERA on the season overall. Despite that unfortunate ERA, he does have a career-high 22.2% strikeout rate on the year. The Yankees will place him on outright waivers or release waivers in the coming days, though Banda would have the right to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency, by virtue of having been previously outrighted in his career.
As for Weber, 32, he’s bounced on and off New York’s roster all year long, generally faring well in brief stints with the big league club. He was first selected in June but was designated for assignment the next day. He cleared waivers, elected free agency and re-signed with the club on a new minor league deal. That same cycle happened two more times, making today the fourth time he’s been selected to the roster, never staying in the majors more than about a week. He has a 1.17 ERA in 7 2/3 innings over those sporadic showings, in addition to a 3.86 ERA in Triple-A for the year. His control has been excellent at both levels, as he has a 3.8% walk rate in the bigs and a 3.0% rate in the minors, much lower than the 9.1% average for an MLB reliever this year.
Lindsey Adler of The Athletic tweeted word from Boone about Benintendi’s IL placement before the moves were officially announced. Bryan Hoch of MLB.com relayed the Banda-Weber swap before the official announcement.
Fun second half.
Boone should slam more desks during post game press conferences that should do the trick 🙂
I want to see him throw himself onto a table WWE-style.
Off a turnbuckle
Off a Yankees dais would suffice.
Blanda. Please no plaque in Monument Park.
Yeah, you say this now. He’s a flame thrower but wild. Just wait until someone gives him a crazy haircut and black rimmed glasses
They are playing like booty.
The stingrays are kicking their booty. Hope the Yankees finish higher than the Orioles. That would be embarrassing.
Hahahahahah!!!!!!
-Cards fan
Hope you’re enjoying my boi Monty out there in St. Louie? Smh
Yes. We are. Molina has turned Monty around and made him a much better pitcher than he ever was before. How’s Bader doing for you? Oh…wait…
If only the Yankees could play in a division with 3 rebuilding teams, just think what their pitchers could do. What kind of powerhouse lineup did the Cubs put out against the Cards tonight?
I wish the Yankees could play in a division with 3 rebuilding teams – just think what their pitchers would do. What incredible powerhouse lineup did the Cubs throw out against the Cards tonight? Much like the Reds earlier this week…
I don’t know – rewind the clock a bit and take a look at what the Yankees pitchers did against the Cardinals a few weeks ago when they got SWEPT. Bahahaha!! The Yankees are in a tailspin and about to lose the division lead. They are sooo over-rated and under-performing. Byeeeee Yankme’s!!
There are dark clouds forming over whatever the Yanks intendi to do in the OF. The Braves are in second place & have a better record. What’s going on Yanks? Are you crashing & burning?
He said “what trade? What are you talking about?” lmao straight flaming the Yankees
I’d be laughing too after that Montgomery/Bader trade. Brian Cashman isn’t the powerhouse GM Yankees fans think he is at times.
Zero real Yankees fans believe he’s a top GM.
Yeah, what a terribly run team that’s finished no worse than 2nd in the highly competitive AL East in any year since 2016. I wish my team was that inept.
I’ve been a Yankee fan since 1959…Trashman was given a team early on in 2009 with the addition of Teixeira and Sabathia by over spending won in 2009. SInce then, nada.. He’s just a flunky for PT Steinbrenner.
Jim-41 gets it 100%
You’re way off on your timeframe there Jim. He became Gm in 1998 so he wasn’t given Tex and Sabbathia, he signed them.
Sorry if I wasn’t clear enough…yes he did purchased Tex and Sabbathia…the last hurray for the Boss.
At least when Boston had an epic collapse, they had the decency to have a cool “beer and fried chicken” excuse. This team just plain sucks.
They continued to put Hicks and Gallo out there every day and expected them to turn it around lol. By the time they traded Gallo the damage had been done. Hicks should have been DFAd a while ago.
This is for everyone that wanted Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman back. And yes they both have a lot to do with this crap. Smh
With the exception of that ridiculous Monty trade, this is on the players. It is basically the same team that mowed through the first half of the season.
Finally, a Yankees fan who gets it. Coaches get too much credit for winning and way too much blame for losing. This is on the players. Boone is putting his best available players out there (remember, relievers can’t pitch every night), they just aren’t performing.
Just look at Gabe Kapler. They called for his head in Philadelphia and he got fired. Then he leads a rag-tag Giants team to a 107-win season last year and wins Manager of the Year in the NL. Now with a sub-.500 record, they are calling for his head in SF. While managers can impact a game to a degree, the players win and lose games. The Yankees players have failed since the All Star break, plain and simple.
Joe,Obviously the players have the most to do with it because they play the games.
However, cashman put this team together in his usual half hearted matter, with over the hill ,older players, injury prone, or players he could get on the cheap ,as far as length of contract goes ,or prospects he’d have to give up. This is the end result. It’s the perfect storm of ineptitude. and let’s not forget Boone, who when he gets a chance to contribute to a loss is happy to do it. He still does not know how to manage a bullpen after all these years, always leaves his pitchers in too long ,hoping to squeeze one more out of them, and by the time he gets around to removing them it’s usually too late. This has happened time and time again over his tenure. Do you think he would’ve learned something by now.
You guys are correct, however Cashman is directly responsible for failing to make necessary acquisitions for positions many thought would be problematic and made unnecessary trades that definitively hurt the team. They were also playing Hicks everyday, after extending him to begin with, playing Torres, playing Locastro, and pitching terrible relief options, ie, Banda.
I believe where Boone has demonstrated consistency in poor management is: he does a fine job when they’re winning (obviously), but cannot turn the team around in any season when they start this predictable slide. And, Cashman put this roster together using analytics, he shouldn’t be surprised that so many players regressed to their predictable statistical norms, particularly when we were so lucky regarding injuries in the first-half aberration performance.
Clipper I’ve never been a Boone fan. Even when they’re winning, I don’t see it as anything Boone has done right and when things go bad, he’s useless. As far as Cashman goes he’s got his faults but overall he did a decent job remaking the team in one offseason. I never thought the team was as good as the first half of the season but I don’t think they’re this bad either. The Monty trade is inexcusable.
Yankee Clipper2 hours ago
particularly when we were so lucky regarding injuries in the first-half aberration performance.
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I appreciate you mentioning this. Too many people ignore the math. Most times, a good stretch is nothing more than a couple of hot players, weak schedule, and one-run wins. In one-run games:
Apr 2-2
May 7-2
Jun 8-3
Jul 4-6
Aug 3-8
You add those one-run losses to the fact that a couple of hitters have regressed to their career numbers, and a few injuries, and you can see the difference.
When anyone asks me about the RS, I tell them it is simple. In 2021, we had 3 starts from SPs that weren’t in out top-7. In 2022, we’ve had 35.
Joe says…1 hour ago
I never thought the team was as good as the first half of the season but I don’t think they’re this bad either. The Monty trade is inexcusable.
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And this is the comment of the day. The NYY are on pace for 97 wins. I think every pre-season Yankee fan would’ve been happy with 97 wins. And if the season had happened in reverse, with the NYY playing .750 in the second half rather than the first half, Yankee fans would’ve made Boone the MOTY.
And I can’t recall any Yankee fan liking the Monty trade, like literally 100% were either agnostic or hostile about it.
Boone is not a good leader so he is partly to blame for their downward spiral.
@Joe Good points but the takeaway is that the Yankees will have momentum going into the playoffs. Hot, not best, teams win the WS. Right now it’s like pushing a rock up a hill except it keeps rolling back down.
JoeSays & JoeBrady: Both of you have excellent points. Brady, your one-win, one-loss position is very accurate and is being played out right in front of us Yankees fans.
JoeSays, yeah, I agree, Cashman did an excellent job with retooling the team and maintaining a playoff roster. He’s also made some excellent trades (like Trevino / Holmes / Tallion)
The problem is that I think that’s his ceiling, minus 2009; but we don’t have Jeter, Posada, A-Rod, or Mo anymore, and they were the difference for that team.
It’s a great point you make nonetheless, it’s just he needs to spend (over the CBT) to fill the needs of the team or someone better needs to comprise a championship roster, imo, because I just don’t see Cashman with the ability to build a viable, sustainable championship team (a true dominating team) within Hal’s budget, and with the ability to keep the farm strong without trading key assets like 2016 all over again. He did a great job this past offseason, but many of us said then, he went too far one way… He needed to spend the requisite funds or prospect capital to acquire true two-way talent to take the roster to the next level.
Cashman inherited the Core Four of the 90’s dynasty Yankees (Jeter/Mariano Rivera/Posada/Bernie Williams) from the previous GM. Cashman is simply not the genius some people think he is. He should probably spend more time doing baseball stuff and less time repelling down skyscrapers and having multiple affairs on his wife which led to a expensive messy divorce.
And who do you think brought these garbage players in? Brian Trashman.
One of the lst times I’ve ever agreed with you, yes no more Cashman anymore: Trashman now.
This is dead on. It’s poor performance by nearly everyone on the team. I didn’t like the midseason Cashman moves, but that doesn’t cause a collapse of this nature.
I thought he did well, until the Montgomery trade. That negated all the good. You can’t have enough pitching. Montgomery was a gamer and a clubhouse guy.
Jacoby Ellsbury 2.0
Slow news day in the NYC Metro Area, eh?
I hate to sound like Randy Quaid in Major League 2, but this team was bound to collapse. I found it hilarious when ppl actually compared this team of jabronis in early July to the 1998 Yankees team lol.
At this point they should consider themselves extremely lucky if they win the division but based on them having the worst record in the AL since August 2nd it’s not looking too good!
I am wondering if Judge will be a Dodger or Met in 2023.
My guess is the Giants. It’s near where he grew up and they have plenty of $ to spend.
Do you guys realize how bad that team is if Judge leaves?
They’ll be fighting the Red Sox for last place.
The problem is can the Giants afford him? Lindon just on the other side of Stockton. I would guess the Dodgers if he wants to get back on the West Coast. San Diego may come into play depending on Tatis situation..
Dodgers can’t afford him
Never going to happen. I definitely think the San Francisco Giants will be in play though, even though his power numbers would definitely go down. No Mets or Dodgers though, unless it’s all about the money only.
Benintendi is done for the season. He more than likely tore something in his wrist and those types of injuries require surgery and a long rehab. See Aaron Hicks.
This team is cooked, as much as I hate to say it.
Choking like Benoit is their pops.
Breh
as a yankee fan watching in disbelief, part of me wants them to go all the way and miss the playoffs so i can tell my grandchildren i was there for The Collapse
You’re witnessing it as it happens, you will get your wish soon
They can’t possibly go 9-19 in their next 28 like the last 28, they are not that bad even with any holes they have.
Who’d have believed that these games in TB would be meaningful?
The Yankee’s might be tired of hearing their skipper tell the media after every loss that he is “EMBARRASSED” and that it is just “UNACCEPTABLE.” He’s done it more than just a few times. Don’t rag on your own players.
What do you recommend that a manager of a multi-million dollar sports organization say instead? He’s being quite direct, and transparent, no?
Something to motivate them not bring them down….Never heard Dave Roberts utter such words…Gee, guess just different management styles..
I agree Trumbo. Same goes for Bob Melvin (in conjunction with AJ Preller)- who he could emulate as well. (As a Padres fan I refuse to compliment Roberts, hehehe).
Got nothing against Boone. I know the expectations for them this year (and just about every year) are WS or bust, and that the pressure is on.
I dry heave a little everytime I pay the Yankees a compliment..and even your team. Won’t stop me from recognizing talent though. Heck I wanted Cronenworth and Hosmer on the Angels the past 2 seasons.
What is the Yankees should find to be “EMBARRASSED” and “UNACCEPTABLE” is their FO, their choice of manager, the amateurish trading deadline moves, and finding that they’re no more knowledgeable about building an MLB contending team than their fans are.
This is what happens then the MLB bylaws change so the Yankees and Red Sox can’t just outspend other MLB franchises for 3 decades, and have to compete with other organizations on a semi-level playing field.
Samuel this is all in hindsight though right?? Did anyone really predict they would get so cold at this juncture in the season?? If you think the Yanks got problems try being a Halo fan. You can magnify everything you said times about 50 with them.
TrumboJumbo;
I didn’t think they would get to the WS in 2022.
For years I’ve been writing here about the Yankees history. Particularly how after winning 10 AL pennants in 12 years they utterly collapsed around 1965 and were a mess until a bit after George Steinbrenner bought the team and free agency came about. What caused that collapse was primarily that MLB put in a draft – prior to that the Yankees could just buy the best minor league players. They could not compete with many other franchises on a level playing field.
The steady modification of MLB bylaws the past 20 or so years regarding drafting, penalties for going over a pseudo-salary cap, etc, has caught up to the Yankees and Red Sox. Their fans (as well as their local baseball media and the national baseball media) don’t know it – they think those franchises are immune.
The building of rosters and running of games has changed. The Yankees are – and have been for years now – well behind the curve. One that doesn’t understand how the game is administered and played has to wonder how the Rays – not just with the roster they opened the season with but the one they now have after an absurd amount of injuries – can possibly be in contention?
This may well be just the beginning of a stretch for Yankee fans that resembles the period between the mid-1960’s and the mid-1970’s.
P..S. A similar thing is in process with the American economy. “Those that don’t know history are doomed to repeat it” is a truism.
You definitely know your Yanks history and some of the technical behind the scenes stuff…You would make a good FO man. For all I know you ARE an FO man haha.
P.S. I of course agree with your “history” maxim. And I can only add in conjunction with that: “A lie repeated enough times becomes the truth.”
“The steady modification of MLB bylaws the past 20 or so years regarding drafting, penalties for going over a pseudo-salary cap, etc, has caught up to the Yankees and Red Sox.”
Except the Sox won the WS in 2018 and came 2 games away from the Pennant last year….Not nearly the same same boat and Tankees
What hurt the Yankees was the implementation of the First Year Draft in 1965. The Yankees, Cardinals, Dodgers, and Mets were against it but the MLB voted for the First Year Draft rule.
Actually the Yankees won 14 pennants in 16 years.The reason that they dropped so quickly in 1965 was that all of their superstars got old and unproductive all at once.The institution of the draft could certainly have been a factor for lack of wins in the early 1970’s however.
Very good. One of the few that realize that all of winning Yankee history was just having more money than everyone else.
Hal will sell the team soon. A new owner won’t mean squat.
Lol… Ok then!
Fonzo2;
Agree with you about the Sox not being in the same boat as the Yankees.
To me the difference is that Mr. Henry has a background in analytics from running his investment companies before he ever bought into MLB (same as Mr. Cohen with the Mets). Economics and business for some time now had been all about numbers. Colleges have been teaching it that way for maybe 20 years now.
Hal Cashman do not have that background. They keep trying to pick that up on the run, but because they don’t have an overview they keep lunging this way and that every year or two as they “fill holes” as opposed to having a comprehensive strategy and letting players develop.
To their credit the Sox brought in Mr. Bloom – who gets knocked in the comment section here by 95% of Red Sox fans every time there’s an article on the franchise. And of course they have been far more advanced in using analytics as well as associated processes for MLB franchises since Mr. Henry took over.
Where I wasn’t clear is that the national baseball sports media as well as local sports media in NYC and Boston live on a narrative that they created – MLB revolves around the Yankees and Red Sox. The media keep expecting them to sign the top 4 FA’s each year, and make one-sided trades to get established players from teams that gave them long-term contracts they now can’t afford, in return for an average MLB player and a few so-so prospects. That age (from the late 70’s to maybe the early 2010’s) is over.
Writer fails to mention he’s only hit .246 with NY and has struck out approximately 25% of the time.
No surprise banda was DfA d,that was coming. He was just another scrapheap move made for depth by Cashman. Benitendi will be missed, he was one of the few players actually hitting. But this team is so bad, right now, and has so many issues, that whether he plays or not, wasn’t going to help much.
Benintendi BMI = 26.6
If only his BMI was only 25, he would not have injured himself swinging a baseball bat. Bulk up and fall apart. The modern baseball player, an abject failure at proper fitness for the sport. There’s no contact, you don’t need the excess baggage. But they just don’t learn. Sigh.
Hal needs to find out if David Stearns has an opt-out after the season……
If so he need to give him the most generous FO contract in MLB, allow him to hire whomever he wants, give him a large budget and promise to stay away from anything to do with Baseball Ops. Then he needs to go the fans and explain that they won’t be a WS contender in 2023, and probably not in 2024 as well…..as if they’ve been a serious one more than once or twice since they last went to the WS 12 years ago.
I doubt that will happen. Yankee baseball fans need to realize that their legendary baseball team is no more dominant than the Knicks, Jets or Giants have been for the decade or so. Professional sports leagues give franchises equal opportunities now.
David Stearns has a job for life in Milwaukee with a ballclub that’s competitive most every year.
Besides, baseball is not the NBA or the NFL. The only people who think one sport equals another are the White Male Sports Media and “dumb jock” fans.
Just because the Yankees do not dominate any more does not mean that mlb “ gives franchises equal opportunities now”.The three other sports do,but not baseball.One WS winner in the last 30 years for small market teams prove that out.And it cannot be said that it is because they are all poorly run.The Pirates and Reds in general may have been,but the Royals and Twins have been managed decently over that period.The Rays,A’s,Brewers,and Guardians have all been competitive in a non competitive environment.
The small market teams do not have the vast financial resources that the large market teams do and can’t afford more than maybe one superstar and those are the players who form the basis of the great teams.
I think that to think otherwise is quite naive.Money runs baseball.It is much more of a business now than a sport.
All of a sudden winning the division is up in the air. They are doing a team impression of Giancarlo Stanton !!!
All your AAAA veteran relievers are belong to Cashman on 4 day stints
I posted before the Mets series how if the Yankees lost a few more games and the fans would begin to panic. Looks like Yankee fans are in full panic mode. The Yankees are not only fighting to remain in first but could be looking at the Orioles knocking them out of the playoffs altogether.
You act as if the Yankees haven’t won a World Series since 1986.
I’m acting like the reality of the situation and the Yankees are working on the biggest collapse in baseball history.
You’re over here worrying about a team in the AL while your team is in 1st place in their respective division (for now).
I can’t imagine hating another franchise more than I love my favorite baseball team. But hey, you do you.
The Yankees still have a 4-game lead in their division.
The Mets’ lead is down to 2 games. Shouldn’t that be your concern instead of what the Yankees are doing?
You don’t comment on other teams? It’d be pretty boring if we all only commented on “our” teams. Tell us again about the 27 championships.
Everyone cheered those contracts when signed. Lol
He took time settling in. He was productive of late.
What contracts?
Sorry everyone in baseball is watching this historical shipwreck happen in slow motion. We are all watching and enjoying it immensely.
luckyh- The point i was trying to make is that Mets fans (like that jabroni Mets93748494837384) comment more about the Yankees than their own team…that’s the point I was trying to make.
Reading comprehension. Try it sometime, cuck.
Lol Craven you first. I don’t keep track of insecure Yanks fans, or how many comments folks make about what teams. People can comment on whatever stories they wish. Your comment says more about you. Enjoy!
By all means continue to make yourself look like a clown with your cringe replies that make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Cuck.
Bad contracts added to the current roster by Cashman through trade, extension or free agency:
Hicks
Stanton
Cole — overpay in money and years without accounting for Spider Tack although it was known a year earlier; a fastball pitcher not likely to age well
LeMahieu
Donaldson
That’s a lot of bad contracts for one GM.
Lol at Yankees fans who thought we “stole” Stanton from Miami.
Looking back that was yet another transaction where Cashman got fleeced.
I can picture the Marlins’ front office after hanging up the phone: “YES!!!” Champagne all around.
Yup. But yet he’ll be re-signed for another four ir five years I’m sure.
They’ll wind up letting Judge walk and then sign Benintendi to a 7 year deal
No they’ll extend Hicks by 3 years bc “CaShGoD”
And then sign Torres to a 10 year 250mm deal
Lolololol
Instead of us having to hear “leMahieu is going to struggle for the rest of the year with his toe,” we should be hearing who’s replacing him in the lineup. But, no. He’s being paid too much to sit. Cashman will forfeit the season rather than admit that he wasted ownership’s money. Two years in a row of playing an injured, unproductive LeMahieu, and next year he’ll be 35 years old. And the Ninja added an automatic out in Donaldson for $50M. That’s more than the entire payroll of the A’s and Orioles.
But the Yankees lead the AL in attendance, so Hal’s content.
And Boone says: “We lead the league (meaning the AL) in scoring.” Right. And you’re 10th in the AL and 20th in the majors in scoring since the break. That was then, this is now.
And the spiral continues. There is a very real chance the Yankees end up being a wild card team. if that happens, the franchise will own the two worst collapses in MLB history. I don’t think a Yankees/Astros ALCS rematch is gonna happen.
It would suck, but it wouldn’t be one of the two worst collapses in MLB history. The Yankees only lead the division by 4 games on Sept. 3.
The Phillies had a 6.5-game lead in the NL on Sept. 20, 1964 (before divisions and the Wild Card were created) and lost the lead by a game and didn’t make the playoffs.
The Mets had a 7-game lead in the division and a 1-game lead in the NL on Sept. 12, 2007. They didn’t even win a Wild Card and didn’t play in the postseason.
There are several other cases that were worse collapses later in the season than where the Yankees are now.
But, yeah, it would suck. For the record, I said long ago that I didn’t see this as a championship team. The first half was a mirage because it’s a marathon, not a sprint, and a team has to be built to go all the way. This team never was, and Cashman weakened them at the trade deadline. The only hope I see is if he surprises me and gives some rookies a chance and they play out of their minds. I don’t expect him to do that. He seems to think aging veterans are the “safe” play.
The other collapse I was thinking of was 2004 ALCS.. I didn’t know that about the Phillies and the Mets.
Yeah, that 2004 ALCS could qualify as the worst postseason collapse.
Especially if Yankees have to play Seattle in a wild card series… fire Cashman
Only 1 team can win the WS. I don’t think the other 29 teams can all be failures.
In the Bronx, anything less than a ring is a failure.
Definitely understand/appreciate the mentality.
Benny heard a pop and had numbness. He’ll need surgery and won’t be back.
Was this an odd injury in terms of swing mechanics? Benny hurt his right wrist which is at the bottom of the bat for him. Which hand/wrist experiences more stress when swinging, the top or bottom? I always thought the top did most of the work when swinging and the bottom was kind of along for ride as a guide. I guess every swing is different. I think the bottom wrist may twist more when swinging, so maybe it does get more stress.
It is about 50-50 and can vary amongst hitters. Both wrists start the swing with top hand as power/lead, once you get down to the hips some guys one hand it (Trea Turner, Justin Turner) or you can follow through with both hands. Different player to player. About 50-50 all in all though.
It appears as if Matt Carpenter is some kind of talisman. He injected dynamic energy into their lineup and then…breaks his foot and the Yanks’ Faustian bargain socks the life out of the team. #cardinalkarma
With Rizzo hurt too, they’re wanting for power from the left side. The righty-heavy lineup last year was easy to pitch to, and so is this one. When Rizzo comes back, I’d like to see them sit Donaldson and LeMahieu, who’ve been useless at the plate lately, move IKF to third base where supposedly he can field better, put Peraza at short, and let Florial, Judge and Cabrera handle the outfield, with Stanton occasionally in right, if the strain isn’t too much for him.
Same crap, different day. Hicks in left field today, IKF booting a routine grounder to make Montas throw more pitches, Judge, the one-man offense, homers in the first. And hitless Donaldson hampers Montas from pitching inside by starting a needless kerfuffle instead of being grateful he got on base for a change.
Just yes. DJ is injured and it’s completely useless right now. But you know how the Yankees front offices, they are so slow to make moves, the wait till the end of the season when it’s too late, as usual. Just like they brought up some of the Yankees prospects, but too late. Should’ve been a month ago so they didn’t have to now undergo trial by fire
What looked strange to me was LeMahieu hitting the toes of his cleats with the bat between pitches today, like Odor used to do. If your toe is hurting, that would seem to be a bad idea.
Stanton is injured now. In case you hadn’t heard.
Yankee fans will get to see Estevan Florial now.
The Yankees can’t expect to field a starting lineup with Giancarlo Stanton, Josh Donaldson, Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge and Luis Severino and expect them to stay off the IL.
Yeah, but how much of a chance will he get? This, from Bryan Hoch’s MLB article is irritating:
“In a corresponding move, the Yankees recalled outfielder Estevan Florial from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Benintendi’s absence could spell increased at-bats for Oswaldo Cabrera, Aaron Hicks or Tim Locastro, at least in the short term.”
mlb.com/yankees/news/andrew-benintendi-exits-at-ba…
Aaron Hicks or Tim Locastro? How about, for once. giving Florial enough AB’s to show something? I hope Hoch just misspoke and Estevan isn’t going to get the same treatment as usual: ride the pine and then get sent back down.
Best thing is for my boi’s Florial and Andujar are to be traded in the off-season,where they can actually get at bats for another team(Yankees Kid Gloves) Smh.
Pink I agree with you, they never give Florial enough reps. but it’s not like Aaron hicks is doing anything at all, may as well bend him at this point and let’s see what Floreal has.
I would also bring up Miggy, because he can hit, and he’s got to be better than some of the stiffs in the lineup right now.
I think they should bring up Ronald Guzman, a first baseman, instead of Miggy, unless Rizzo is ready to play. Guzman has been raking for the last month. They should put LeMahieu on the IL.
They should just let Florial replace Hicks. But of course they won’t. Cashman gave that foolish contract to Hicks and it appears that playing time is dictated by salary.
I wouldn’t count on seeing Floreal for an extended period, cashman for some reason doesn’t like him, and they never give the guy a chance. Or an extended look.
Boone says they still own their destiny. Since acquiring Montas who is 4-11 and 0-2 with a 7.11 era since joining the yankees. For Montgomery since joining St. Louis 5-0 1.47 era. Nuff said. Traded for a CF Bader who hasn’t played an inning. Nuff said. Doesn’t matter if they do make the playoffs. They’re dead meat.
I only really look at BMI and IP to know whether a team will maintain performance. BMI predicts injuries and IP predicts overuse. The Yankees are full of oversized players (news flash: baseball is not a contact sport, size is meaningless). They also overuse their bullpen every year and this year they overused their rotation. The injuries are not over, that is for sure. Now, they still have to get passed by another team to lose the division. That is in no way a lock to happen. But the outlook is not too rosy.
“I only really look at BMI and IP to know whether a team will maintain performance. BMI predicts injuries and IP predicts overuse.”
Learn here why your theory based on 19th-century nonsense is delusional:
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Not looking very promising for Yankees now, @ 4 game lead. Boone will be fired if NYY loses lead and is a wild card. Gotta move out the dead wood hitting players / errors, and get changes for ‘23: Donaldson, iKF, Hicks, Chapman … get a decent #3 starter. Gleyber needs a retooled swing
You’re right but you’re not going anywhere, cheap Steinbrenners not gonna pay their salaries while not working for the Yankees, and while Cashman doesn’t yet have a contract I don’t think, but he and Steinbrenner are best buds ,so he’s not going anywhere either. As long as they’re making money, so Steinbrenner can finance his other interests like soccer leagues, they are not going anywhere.
Not looking very promising for Yankees now, @ 4 game lead. Boone will be fired if NYY loses lead and is a wild card. Gotta move out the dead wood hitting players / errors, and get changes for ‘23: Donaldson, iKF, Hicks, Chapman … get a decent #3 starter. Gleyber needs a retooled swing.
Not looking very promising for Yankees now, @ 4 game lead. Boone will be fired if NYY loses lead and is a wilds card. Cashman is on ice. Gotta move out the dead wood hitting players / errors, and get changes for ‘23: Donaldson, iKF, Hicks, Chapman … get a decent #3 starter. Gleyber needs a retooled swing.
And MLB soils their pants handing today’s game to the Yankees. So they will win the division thanks to the fixamatron dumpires ever expanding strike zone. It is really quite pitiful. The eighth and ninth saw more gift strikes than a bowling lane with the gutter down the middle.
Mets lost again and the Braves won, huh?
Actually, if the gutter were down the middle, it probably wouldn’t lead to a lot of strikes.
I think the only way we can get rid of Boone, if Cashman tosses him into the yes network so they don’t feel they’re losing too much money since they still have to pay him ,and then we can actually get a competent manager. That’s the only way that it happens, or they give them some other role in the organization where he can’t do too much harm.
Because as we see, carp a fill in since boon is thrown out of the game, did a better job of managing the later innings than Boone ever would have.