Are Yankees a shoe in tonight?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Well whatever I have left which is not much

Stop posting junk, guy.

[play4win]

trap games of the day: yanks, mets and angels
yanks and angels got punked in 9th inning. and mets got 8 runs up in their azz in 6th against division rival braves.
yanks looks like they cant scored against bum tampa. you cant make this shiet up.

[pologq]

Thanks. Ive been doing well playing small dogs against good/public teams. I really wanted to hit the rays tonight but I took the O's instead. They may both win but the Os look like I won't have to sweat

Orioles put up a good game most of the time. congrats.

[pologq]

yankees are in deep shit. i know keep saying it but i see it day by day living here in NYC so I want to stress it to non NY guys. don't fall in love with them. even if/when they come out of it that is just a hot streak, not who they really are. boone is already sweating.

[stevenash]

yankees are in deep shit. i know keep saying it but i see it day by day living here in NYC so I want to stress it to non NY guys. don't fall in love with them. even if/when they come out of it that is just a hot streak, not who they really are. boone is already sweating.

Like it or not Boone isn't going anywhere.
Hal and Cashman just signed him to a three year deal, Hal (the shot caller) has always loved him.
They're not going to shit can him, maybe after year two of the three year contract they signed him to, but he's safe for this year and next.

[pologq]

let's say this losing streak continues the next 10 to 15 games. i don't know what else they can do.

hicks is absolutely killing them.

[JIBBBY]

Fade again today. Why not? Yanks have to show me something before I stop fading!

[pologq]

agree jibby. no reason to bet them at all. boone has no answers.

[stevenash]

agree jibby. no reason to bet them at all. boone has no answers.

Boone has the answers, the problem is the answers aren't producing.
Take away Stanton in that lineup, Judge sees less pitches to smack out.
Even without Stanton that's still an All Universe lineup that stopped hitting, that's not on Boone, I pay attention, Boone's in game managing has not been a problem, he hasn't made very few, if any, bad managerial decisions.

You could have Sparky Anderson running a dugout, but if his dugout quit hitting, and his pitchers are getting smacked, there's nothing a manager can really do.

I don't think anybody on these boards are more heavy into analytics and metrics, and sabermetrics than me, but I'm still part 'old school' too. There are times to let the LH hitting slugger who normally can't hit LH pitching for shit, get up there against the LH reliever because your sluggers has been on a tear lately, and you play that hunch.

Same applies when your lineup has totally quit hitting all of a sudden.
I'll throw out the book of excel spreadsheets, and databases, all the metrics, flush in the toilet and shake things up.
Put nine names in a hat, pull them out, first name out of the hat hits leadoff, etc. etc.

Time for Boone to shake it up, but none of this slump is really on him.

[JIBBBY]

Yanks will snap out of this slump at some point. Knowing when that point happens is the big question? Maybe today at home or maybe next week and next series?

[stevenash]

Yanks will snap at of this slump at some point. Knowing when that point happens is the big question? Maybe today at home or maybe next week and next series?

And that's what I always say about trend betting, and I've heard every side of trend betting from good to bad.

The secret to it is easy, spot and get on it right as it's developing, and get off exactly when it's about to end.
It's one thing to say it, it's all together another thing to do it.
It's like a sense, you have to feel it so to speak.

[jjgold]

Yanks scoreless again its bizarre

[JIBBBY]

Fade again today. Why not? Yanks have to show me something before I stop fading!

Cash it again ...

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/tampa-bay-rays-new-york-yankees-420816110/

[slayer14]

dodgers look the team to beat again

[JIBBBY]

dodgers look the team to beat again

Struggling tonight in this game. It's anyone's to win in this 3-3 tie..

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers-milwaukee-brewers-420816108/

[stake1]

dodgers look the team to beat again

they have a big problem at closer. October 1-run games will be their downfall

[stevenash]

dodgers look the team to beat again

I'm hardly a Mets fan, but they match up well against LA

[jjgold]

Atlanta the sleeping giant

[pologq]

Boone has the answers, the problem is the answers aren't producing.
Take away Stanton in that lineup, Judge sees less pitches to smack out.
Even without Stanton that's still an All Universe lineup that stopped hitting, that's not on Boone, I pay attention, Boone's in game managing has not been a problem, he hasn't made very few, if any, bad managerial decisions.

You could have Sparky Anderson running a dugout, but if his dugout quit hitting, and his pitchers are getting smacked, there's nothing a manager can really do.

I don't think anybody on these boards are more heavy into analytics and metrics, and sabermetrics than me, but I'm still part 'old school' too. There are times to let the LH hitting slugger who normally can't hit LH pitching for shit, get up there against the LH reliever because your sluggers has been on a tear lately, and you play that hunch.

Same applies when your lineup has totally quit hitting all of a sudden.
I'll throw out the book of excel spreadsheets, and databases, all the metrics, flush in the toilet and shake things up.
Put nine names in a hat, pull them out, first name out of the hat hits leadoff, etc. etc.

Time for Boone to shake it up, but none of this slump is really on him.

it is on him to shake it up and get results. when your team is not hitting something has to be done. this is where he fails consistently for years. change up swings, play small ball, try something, anything. insanity is doing the same thing everyday and expecting different results. he just always says they are too good and/or will eventually snap out of it. that is not what i want to hear as a fan.

[pologq]

Atlanta the sleeping giant

100%

do not write them off

[stake1]

Atlanta the sleeping giant

they have a great lineup. two of their top prospects are shining in the show right now, and Iglesias was an under-the-radar pickup that was huge for their pen. They will win the East, Mets offense is fading

[pologq]

for some reason it always feels more dangerous to be the hunter than the huntee. funny how baseball works with these division chases.

[stevenash]

they have a great lineup. two of their top prospects are shining in the show right now, and Iglesias was an under-the-radar pickup that was huge for their pen. They will win the East, Mets offense is fading

Top five MLB teams.

When us sabernetrics analytics geeks rank/rate teams, we start with the WAR metric.
You don't have to a fan of the analytical numbers, but you shouldn't ignore them

Rk

Total

All P

SP

RP

Non-P

C

1B

2B

3B

SS

LF

CF

RF

OF (All)

DH

PH

1

Los Angeles Dodgers19.8

PHI8.5

PHI7.0

BAL6.9

STL12.2

PHI2.8

STL4.0

CLE2.3

STL4.5

ATL3.1

CHC1.5

SEA2.5

LAD3.3

HOU3.9

HOU2.3

NYY0.7

2

New York Yankees18.3

LAD8.5

LAD6.9

NYY3.3

NYY11.8

TOR1.8

LAD3.3

STL2.1

SDP3.3

NYM3.1

HOU1.5

NYY1.7

HOU2.6

NYM3.9

NYY1.7

MIN0.3

3

Houston Astros13.6

NYM7.0

NYM6.6

ATL2.0

LAD11.3

ATL1.3

WSN2.2

MIA2.1

ATL3.0

CHC2.4

CLE1.2

LAA1.6

WSN2.4

LAD3.7

TOR1.6

TOR0.3

4

New York Mets11.3

NYY6.5

SFG6.0

LAD1.6

HOU8.0

LAD1.2

TOR1.9

COL1.9

BOS2.2

MIN2.4

SDP1.1

NYM1.6

NYY2.1

NYY3.1

PHI1.5

STL0.2

5

Atlanta Braves10.7

ATL6.3

LAA5.2

PHI1.6

TOR7.8

TEX1.2

ARI1.9

MIN1.9

NYY1.8

CLE2.3

KCR0.8

ATL1.4

NYM1.6

BAL2.0

MIN1.2

MIL0.2

[JIBBBY]

^Trends and match ups matter in MLB but it's all about what have you done for me lately! I hate weighing in on season trends for anything. Last ten or five games works for me and tells the story for any team and where they are at. Who's hot and not!

[ChuckyTheGoat]

Yanks scoreless again its bizarre

gOLDY, you killed the site.

[stevenash]

^Trends and match ups matter in MLB but it's all about what have you done for me lately! I hate weighing in on season trends for anything. Last ten or five games works for me and tells the story for any team and where they are at. Who's hot and not!

I hear you, same with horse racings.
The real old timers, the ones with the White Owls dangling from their lips (like Oscar Madison) used to tell me pretty much "it's all about the past three races"

[stevenash]

gOLDY, you killed the site.

God Bless the bald one, I love him.
Now having said that, it's who he is, it's what he does.

[manny24]

-140 horrible line but Montas going tomorrow they will get the W

[JIBBBY]

Rain delays messing with the fade yanks and under bets tonight! Call the game!

I hate rain delays.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401355982

[stevenash]

-140 horrible line but Montas going tomorrow they will get the W

You're paying for the 'name'
I agree, it's a horrible line with minimal value.

[spippen]

Could the bats finally be back for good? When is Stanton back? That was a big win for them and they needed it like oxygen.

[pologq]

stanton is still at least a week away. he needs to do a rehab stint this weekend assuming he is OK.

[JIBBBY]

Yanks appear to have turned the corner, no more fading for me.

[stevenash]

Yanks appear to have turned the corner, no more fading for me.

Remember when I mentioned trend betting and sensing when to get on a trend before the public catches on and the books adjust.
Yes Jibber, I'm sensing the Yanks will be trending upward now for awhile.
That walk off was gigantic.

[JIBBBY]

Remember when I mentioned trend betting and sensing when to get on a trend before the public catches on and the books adjust.
Yes Jibber, I'm sensing the Yanks will be trending upward now for awhile.
That walk off was gigantic.

Agreed Stevie.

You ride trends until they pop and then back off when they do pop. That's always my MLB gambling strategy! Won't touch the Yanks for a while. They may heat up now but I won't bet on it. Gotta wait and see?