[beyond]

They are a sorry azz team now

[Cookie Monster]

High payrolls with so called big name players mean nothing anymore in bases

This classical overreaction designed to raise flames is today's attempt of jjgold to increase the level of this forum. I hope this covers his quota, or we would have to be delighted soon with more threads like this. Thanks, guy.

[MarkDee]

They will win today, cuz everyone will be fading them

[mrpooh]

give them a series with the O's and they will be fine

[thebestthereis]

they have three chances. #1 CC wins every game he pitches the rest of the year, zero losses. #2 they buy pitchers by the deadline (will happen) #3 colon eats less meatballs and garcia finds a way to give up less hits than innings pitched, which would be a miracle. if none of these happen the yankees cannot make the playoffs with their current pitching staff, sorry it isn't happening. 162 games or 433 games, won't matter.

[stevenash]

yanks don't have anyone close to .300 avg.

But they are third in the league in on base percentage.
Can't score runs if you don't get on base.

Would you rather have a player with mediocre power that hits .290 with a .315 on base percentage.
Or a hitter with mediocre power that hits .270 with a .355 on base percentage?

In 1996 Ricky Henderson hit .241, but had a .410 on base percentage.
Know how many runs he scored? 110.
110 times he crossed the plate playing for a crappy SD team, now was the result of those 110 runs scored due to that lofty .241 batting average?

Short answer, no.

[jjgold]

Fact is YANKS ARE TOO OLD TO BE GREAT ANYMORE
I keep saying this..the new clean mlb is for young guys like the nba

[HoulihansTX]

David Wells told Phil Hughes the best way to overcome a "dead arm" is a 6-pack, or a 5th of Hennessey.

[stevenash]

the new clean mlb is for young guys like the nba

You make a good point, the good two way sports white guys coming out of college is not choosing baseball anymore, the good two way baseball players that can both hit *and* pitch, they go the pitching route.

Baseball has dramatically changed to pitching from hitting.

There are only three teams that have feared 3-4-5 hitters in the line up, and only about 5 teams that can boast a feared 3-4 middle of the order.

[Rixsaw]

I'm sure they will come around.

[GonzosDirtyTrail]

It is pretty sad to watch Posada acting like the !@#$ing tin man.

[the-phenomenal-1]

they need to follow through i getting king felix from seatle there trying to get him

[jjgold]

It is pretty sad to watch Posada acting like the !@#$ing tin man.

Posada thinks he is 24 years old

He is not even a mlb player anymore, Yanks should grow some balls and release him

[stevenash]

Posada thinks he is 24 years old

He is not even a mlb player anymore, Yanks should grow some balls and release him

Right after the Red Sox grow a set and release Varitek

[Punter4Life]

Let's bookmark this thread and see how things shake out at the end of the season.

[R23k]

I think the NYY are trying to embarrass Posada so much that he ends up retiring so they dont need to pay him

[DwightShrute]

JJ I tend to agree with you. NYY are my team but they look flat and I just don't feel that they are a playoff team at all. They need to do something to shake up the team. Like a big trade with several players IMO.

[stevenash]

Right side of the infield is fine, left side of the infield is old, Martin, when healthy is a top 5 catcher, Grandy is playing all world baseball, in the field and at the plate, Swisher is a B- player, he's pretty good, but that's about it, the starters are two parts fat, two parts head cases, relivers are fine, Gardner is the fastest white guy that ever lived, no power though.................

88 win team, will battle for the WC spot.

[DANO74]

Lack of pitching & the big name players are under-performing.

[stevenash]

Lack of pitching & the big name players are OLDER than dirt

fyp

[M4rk0]

NYY will come around!

[Landscaper]

It's a long season and Yanks will be in it till the end

[blittydeuce]

nickyyyyy

[stevenash]

NYY will come around!

If Jeter heats up some more at the plate, which will set the table for Tex, Cano, and Rodgriquez, Jeter on top of the order getting on is key.

[soli]

The good thing for the Yankees is that nobody in their division is running away and it's early

[stevenash]

^
Rays are starting to make a statement.

[zoso11871]

Really...they're finished in mid May?...right.

[cadillac pete]

They certainly have a lot of issues right now, particularly in the pitching dept. Expect them to play a lot of 10-8 games.

[natethagreat]

they will be fine- can't win a series with the Royals though. thats pretty bad

[JVP3122]

Yeah, the Yanks are done. They've lost six in a row and 10 out of their last 13. No team has ever done well after going through a rough stretch like that. No team can recover from that, right? It's already May 17 and the Yanks are in serious trouble. Of course, it's not like the Red Sox started 0-6 on the way to a 3-10 start this season or anything, right?

[Sawyer]

Yanks are not done. They will recover today..

[letsgo]

It is funny how dumb some people are...it is the Middle of May people.

[The Sensei]

There not done but they are definitely in trouble. Looks like age is finally becoming a key in this former all world lineup

[face]

Even c c sabathia is pitching poorly, they are done

[LVBOUND]

When a team depends so much on the Longball droughts like this will happen. They are also old and got a shit pitching staff.

Jeter I love the guy but he needs to hang it up. the man is a double play machine.
Gardner I like this guy but just not made for a team like the Yanks need to trade him at the deadline to get something.

If I was the Yanks I would do everything I could to go after a guy like Matt Kemp at the trade deadline. The Dodgers are struggling with their payroll and might be willing to give him up.