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Update From Yankee Land

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It has been another fortnight so it’s time to head back down to Yankee Land and see what’s going on with the Bronx Bombers.  Well, it hasn’t been good.  The free fall continues for the Yanks and things don’t look like they are turning around.  If there was ever a team that needed an All-Star break it is this one.  Well, let’s get into it. 

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Update From Yankee Land

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It’s been another fortnight since we last checked in with the New York Yankees.  It’s another Monday off day and there’s a lot going on right now so let’s head back down to Yankee Land and see what’s happening with the Bronx Bombers.  Since we last checked in the Yankees have gone 13-6 and are now 50-24 on the season.  Baltimore refuses to lose baseball games and has moved back into a tie for first place after the Yankees went into Boston and dropped two of three.  The Yankees are tied with Baltimore and the Dodgers for the best record in baseball (the Yanks have played and won 3 more games than the others two) but things are getting a bit shaky for the Boys in Pinstripes.  Let’s dive in.

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Update from Yankee Land

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I feel it is time for another Update from Yankee Land.  Since the last time we looked in on the Bronx Bombers they have gone 8-5 and now stand 11 games over .500.  They are currently on a 4-game winning streak heading into today’s action but have fallen to one game behind the Orioles for first place in the AL East.  They seem to be righting the ship in a lot of areas as they recover from their late April slump.  Let’s look at where things stand 37 games into the season. 

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Down on the Farm

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One of the very many things I love about Baseball, and one of the few things Manfred can’t get rid of, is that they have a farm system.  A true minor league.  Basketball has the G League but it’s only one level and only 2 or 3 guys on the team are actually on the NBA clubs’ teams.  The NHL has the AHL but again, it’s only one level and the best prospects play Major Junior hockey until they are 20 years old.  With baseball, as soon as you are drafted and sign with the team (rather than go to college) you enter their minor league system.  I love seeing who the Yankees have coming up through their system.  I love following prospects and figuring out who is good and who isn’t.   Sometimes I am better at it than Cashman is.  I remember begging them to call up Severino when he was dominating the minors.  Or looking forward to the big kid Judge who keeps mashing long balls on every level.  I usually follow the top prospects but I love finding guys who come out of nowhere.  Like when I was clamoring for Rob Refsnyder to get called up and looking forward to Garrett Whitlock getting the call.  They are both productive players for the Red Sox now.  So, here we are.  Another season of Prospect watching.  I have to preface this by pointing out that I am doing this mostly through stats and I don’t get to see these guys actually play.  I always say the best way to tell if a player in any sport is good or not is to watch them play day in and day out.  I just have no way of doing that so I have to rely on stats.  So here we go…

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Yankees Spring Training Observations

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Spring Training has ended and the new season is about to begin.  The New York Yankees are about to launch their latest march toward winning their 28th World Series.  But before we embark on this 6 month, 162 game marathon of ups and downs, wins and losses, highlights and low lights we call a baseball season, let’s look back at all that happened in Florida this spring and see where the team stands. 

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Prospect Watch, the Beginning

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Man do I love baseball.  And man do I love the New York Yankees.  We are a week into spring training and I am so excited for the season.  I was actually disappointed the Yanks had an off day this week.  Like, they couldn’t have just thrown a bunch of minor leaguers out there and had a game?  Come on.  Oh well.  

While it’s cool to see guys like Judge and Cole back in the pinstripes, and new guys like Soto, Verdugo, and Strowman, make their debuts, what I really love about spring training is watching the young guys.  I read about these guys all season long and I check out the box scores and their stays throughout the year but I never really get to see them play.  I’ve seen Verdugo and Strowman and the other vets play. I know how Cole and Soto and the rest of the established players are going to play this year.  There are really just three veterans worth watching this spring.  Rodon, Cortez, and Rizzo.   Rodon and Nester are the biggies.  They need to be good this season for the Yankees to be serious contenders.  Rodon needs to figure things out and Nester has to return to form.  They have each had a start as of this writing and they both looked fine.  It will not be until they get further into the spring and start throwing more than a couple of innings per game before we will be able to tell where they are at.  

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