OT: MLB Thread - Part XIX: Yankees Hire Boone. Joe Buck Still Unenthused
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This is a bad hockey team.
2Leetch_94
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Yankees don't want to give up on:
Sadly doesn't look like that Dellin is coming back.
AIexisLafreniereNYR
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Form The Golden Boy to The Hated One in a few years. It's sort of like Joba.
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For someone that does not active;y follow the yanks, what happened to/with Betances in the last couple years?
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Betances had some rough outings to end 2016 when he was put into the closer's role after Miller and Chapman were traded at the TDL. Things got heated in an arbitration hearing that winter with Randy Levine saying he's not a closer and calling him Dylan instead of Dellin. Betances ended up making the All-Star game in 2017 before losing his command during the 2nd half and playoffs which has pretty much remained non-existent since. Combine that with his inability to hold runners on; every walk and single turns into a double, triple, or in Kevin Pillar's case, a run scored on a steal of home. Either he can't fix his mechanics or it's all mental, but he looks completely lost out on the mound more times than not.
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bleedblue94
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I knew about the arbitration stuff, but didn't know what happened with him on the field. Thanks
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Torreyes has always been a good utility guy. He'll spray singles and that's about it, but sometimes that's all you need. The fact he's so versatile is why he's so good. You need guys like him, and he's a really good utility guy.
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Hicks is a very gifted player, he just had trouble putting it all together in Minnesota and has struggled to stay healthy with us. He can play all outfield positions, is a switch hitter, can hit decently well and has some power. He was drafted as a five-tool talent, and you can see why. He'll never be a true 5 tool player in the sense that every one of the tools is a plus, but not a single one of his tools is "bad", more good to very good rather than great. He's unquestionably starter material, it's just crowded in our OF right now. I'm guessing he'll be our starting CF next year after Gardner's contract ends.
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This is a bad hockey team.
That's the rub. He's had three oblique injuries in a season plus. At least he's hitting since coming back. He was putrid after the second injury last year.
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Ignoring the super wealthy athlete part, I actually feel pretty shitty for Pujols and how bad he has gotten. He was f***ing terrible last year.
And that contract has like 4 more years too. RIP
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The fact they postponed the game until tomorrow pisses me off. The weather is fine now. They could have easily fit in the game between now and midnight-ish when the weather turns to shit again. They didn't even wait, they cancelled it before the game was scheduled to even start. It makes no f***ing sense. Now, if the weather is awful tomorrow and they can't play any games, you have to have a makeup double header. It's f***ing stupid. At the very least they could have waited a few hours before calling the game.
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The way the weather is going, it'll be snowing on June 4th.
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