The only way we were getting to Cueto is if we had a batter named Richter.

Which we don’t.

Last place, here we come!

Almighty projections aside, based on how this strange season has progressed, I don’t think there’s a single person on the planet who can say with any confidence how the Yankees are going to play from here on out. It seems to be a week to week thing.  Might as well call up Jeanne Dixon.  Well, maybe not her, seeing as she’s dead, but you get my point.

As someone who was a Gardner skeptic at the beginning, it’s somewhat amusing to me that I now await his healthy return with fervent but hushed hopefulness.

This team has no ‘life’. they look like dead men walking. Sure they will win games; by and alrge their talnet level is higher than most teams (and with their payroll, why not) but it seems that every game they could lose they do.

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Might as well call up Jeanne Dixon. Well, maybe not her, seeing as she’s dead, but you get my point.

Plus, that would start her MLB clock, and she hasn’t shown she’s ready to face major league hitters.

They can’t keep playing like this.
It’s just too improbable.
Well, they could, but it’s… improbable.

Yanks now just 1 game ahead of TWN. Remember when they were a laughingstock and Bobby V was on death watch? Sigh.

I guess the only consolation is that it’s a long season, and if TWN can get back in it then surely our guys should theoretically win some games too.

Our guys are all in the ICU.

I want to become an A’s fan.  Can I?

[10] Pretty sure you can. Oakland teams are not at all picky about the qualifications of their fans.

What length of bike chain do you have ?

This is the Liberty’s year.

Yankees be suckin’.

The second Wild Card really changes things dramatically. As awful as the Yankees are playing, they’re a game out of the second Wild Card! With 121 games to play! That is a ton of games.

So yeah, they certainly are playing poorly, but with everything so wide open (heck, forgetting the second wild card for a bit, five games out of first place with 121 games to play when said first place team is the Orioles is way too soon to panic).

Really, the thing that pisses me off the most is A-Rod’s vanished power. That changes the lineup a lot if is not even a threat to hit a home run. That shot in the 8th…that that wasn’t a home run is very telling.

The good news is that the Yankees farm clubs are stocked with MLB-ready prospects that can slot right in and help the team when they need them.  Young studs like Jack Cust, Kevin Russo, and Ramiro Pena (wait, when did he come back?).

Sarcasm aside, that Ronnier Mustelier (Cuban defectee) would probably be a nice addition to the big league club later this summer.  All he has done since the Yankees signed him is rake to the tune of a .956 OPS in 334 PAs across four levels.  Not sure what his defense is like - maybe they can try him out at 1B ...

How about an Adam Lind reclamation project?

I think this is what pisses me off the most.

.226/.281/.384 isn’t even close to the 20% level of .242/.343/.429.

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I can envision scenarios where the Yankees get less offense than expected out of just about every position but 2B and CF.  That makes Teixeira even more important.

Oh, SG, you prognosticating bastard.

[17] Some days you’re the gum, some days you’re the shoe.

Wait, is either of those the good thing to be ?

Yeah, Teix was frustrating in his decline, but he is flat out terrible. Remember when he was only bad the first and last month of the season ? Now it’s the first and last TWO months of the season.