A Yankee Mystery
We are not even at the half way point of the season
and I already feel like the Yankees are running out of time. I get the sense
that soon enough another team from the AL east will figure things out and
sprint ahead. Speaking of figuring things out, these Yankees have been harder
to solve than Chinese Algebra. We might have a better chance of finding out why
the Cardinals hacked into the Astros system before we solve the 2015 Yankee
riddle. How I wish the FBI was involved in our dilemma as well.
We have had times when the Yankees have looked
unbeatable, defeating teams in convincing fashion. But then there are those
times where you shake your head and wonder where all the MOJO went. Maybe John
Sterling is right. Maybe we really can't predict baseball. The Yankees lead the
Major Leagues with 71 first inning runs, which means if they were playing by
little league rules they would be on easy street. Break out the cider!
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It's not like we could say they need more pitching.
With Ivan Nova back, there is sure to be a clutter in the rotation. There have
been talks of going with a 6 man instead of the traditional 5 man set but we
all saw what extra rest did to Michael Pineda. Despite his performance against
the Phillies, the last thing you want to do is disrupt such artistry.
In conversation with the rest of the writers from
this blog, Chad brought up the idea
of moving Eovaldi to the pen. I thought it was a great idea. Mainly because 1
to 2 innings of him is all I could stomach anyway. But Chad did bring up some
great points on how Eovaldi's stuff might translate better in a short role.
Who else misses Jacoby Ellsbury? I'm not sure he is
the end all be all of this team but he sure brought some extra flavor to the
mix. It seemed like every time I turned back to the YES channel after
commercial breaks he was always on base. The Yankees had a record of 22-18
while Jacoby was active as opposed to 16-14 with him on the disabled list.
Although on paper it doesn't show much of any difference, at this point
anything is better than having Carlos Beltran play defense. Every time I see
him out there I get these images in my mind of Robinson Cano running to first
base. My hope is that with the addition of Jacoby it will somehow lead to the
omission of Beltran on the field. The underwhelming contributions of Beltran,
Gregorious, and Drew have killed many rally chants and left many men on base
but is there lack of production the true bottom line in this mystery?
I cannot comfortably project what's left for the
Yankees this season. Sometimes they are Bronx Bombers and sometimes they are
being bombed in the Bronx. It's felt like riding on the passenger seat of a
student driver. Interpret that as you may but my head hurts from hitting the
dashboard. Can somebody tell me how we are getting to the post season? Would
you shuffle the deck, make a trade or hope for the best?
Article by: Danny Valentin
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