Smart to ask Arcia, who hasn’t even played in weeks, to bunt there. Lol more braindead stuff from snitler.
i still don’t fully accept that he isn’t a gen z white dude. seeing his picture for the first time was confusing for my simple brain
There’s something about Drake’s approach to left that reminds me of Kakes with letting the ball travel a little deeper for an opposite field line drive
I don't care if Luke Williams is hitting .025 in AAA this is a huge win because Snit won't play Williams a single inning whereas he would keep letting Rosario pinch hit and spot start in the OF as long as he was on the roster.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6343544/2025/05/09/yankees-max-fried-mlb-notes/ What impressed New York Yankees coach Matt Blake most about the left-hander, from the first time they spoke via Zoom during free agency, was his openness to new ideas. The number of adjustments the Yankees suggested to Fried might be perceived as excessive for a successful pitcher joining a new organization on an eight-year, $218 million contract. But Fried, according to Blake, essentially said, “Keep going. What do you got? Keep giving it to me.” The Yankees gave Fried the information. Fried, 31, implemented it to maximum effect. And his major-league leading 1.05 ERA represents Fried’s best eight-start stretch in a single season. Fried throws seven pitches in all, and Blake said he has improved many of them on the margins. For insight into how he has changed, I asked The Athletic’s Eno Sarris what he sees in the data. And man, Eno had plenty to offer: • Fried’s sinker has four inches more drop, and his usage of the pitch is at a career-high 18.8 percent. • His curveball and changeup also have more drop even though he is throwing the curveball a mile per hour faster (75.6 mph). • Fried is throwing his sweeper more to righties than he did in his previous two seasons of usage. Generally, pitchers use sweepers as a weapon against same-side hitters, but they can also be a back-foot option against them. • And the big one: According to Stuff+, Fried’s mix is the best it has ever been, and his curveball and sinker are the best they’ve ever been. “Obviously, Atlanta has got a really strong pitching program. But they go about it in a little more traditional way,” Blake said, referring to Fried’s former club.
It's been this way for a long time. We've over compensate for pitchers then rarely draft/develop bats. We had that min surge of McCann/Frenchy/Freeman then really nothing of note until Riley? (Ignore Chris Johnson's flash in the pan). Most of our better bats have been International Guys?
Chris Johnson was like 28 with over 1000 at bats and a .300 season under his belt at the time when he came over in the Upton trade. and why aren’t we including international guys? this post is a mess stuhly.
We traded our good farm bats for Olson and Murphy The A&M shortstop over Henderson hurts too because he was more local
similar how games don't count in april, developing international players instead of college/hs draftees doesnt count either
I forgot CJ was via a trade. An my last sentence literally addresses international guys b/c I specified "drafted" players vs bought at 16