SU has been thinking. For your consideration:
- If Kevin Durant does not stay with Golden State for one more year as he is able to do, NBA teams would be crazy to let the Achilles injury get in the way. He will be fine once he recovers and has been a durable player his entire career.
- LeBron James’ friend and agent is not good for the NBA. Having agents play kingmaker and force teams to trade star players is not good. SU has always been neutral towards the Lakers and I do like LeBron. But I will now root against them. And keep in mind when you have 2 stars and lots of rookies or journeymen surrounding them, when there is an injury to one of the stars, well it’s not good. SU is surprised that Vegas has the Lakers as the early favorite to win it all next year. Assuming Kawi heads West to the Clippers, watch for Milwaukee to take the next step.
- The Knicks should think really hard about what to do this off-season….. and then do the opposite. Worth the shot.
- Cameron Maybin is up to .300 now and will be the next highly productive player jettisoned from the Yankees’ roster to make room for the Generational One starting tonight. First Frazier, now Maybin and Urshala’s at bats are disappearing quickly. These 3 guys have been instrumental to the team’s hot start in 2019. Boone will put Stanton right in the middle of the order because that’s what his baseball card says he should do. He did the same thing with Hicks from day 1 and he is stuck at .210. It almost seems like Boone closes his eyes and picks the players out of a hat for his line up. Maybe bunch the players with higher batting averages at the top of the order as they will get up more times? Just a thought from SU.
- Houston is coming to town for 4 games. SU says pay attention to how the Yankees’ right-handed dominant line up performs as this will be a preview of October. Didi, Hicks – that is it. Not built for post-season success. At least not yet.
- SU says the USA Women’s World Cup team is must see tv. In men’s soccer, it takes about 6 perfect passes to score a goal. Honestly, hard to watch for SU. But the women’s game is slower, and there are more mistakes which makes for many more chances to score. Very enjoyable and yes, they should be paid the same as the men’s team – for sure.
OK, I am done. Feel free to agree, disagree or whine. All comments are welcome.
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Changing the dynamics of the teams chemistry right now is a bigger chance than one thinks. Batting average down, strikeouts up, on base percentage down, hoe runs (probably) up Speed down. Defense is a wash with Frazier under average by Urshela a real stud. The team we have right now offensively is perfect. Get another stud pitcher and away we go. With such a solid lineup Gardner is seeing more pitches to hit and is taking full advantage of it. Chemistry and karma mean a lot. maybe not in the stats but you know it adds a big boost mentally.
The Knicks are a mess… but getting Durant coming off an Achilles heel problem is very chancy. This part of your body is very tricky and is very hard to strengthen. I’m just not sure if you want to pay max dollars for him based on this kind of injury. I’d rather have 2-3 stars than 1 super star. There would be more passing and more balance. It would kind of remind you of today’s Yankees before the super stars come back…. More fun to watch now.
Their hands are tied now that Encarnacion is here. Urshela is now a bench player and I agree with that. No one is putting LeMahieu, Voit, Torrez or Didi on the bench so be thankful for the riches. Stanton and Judge are the attraction and while winning is everything, it is not the only thing–money matters and they put fannies in the seats and ratings for YES. Stanton can strike out 4 times tonight and probably get booed but people will pay to see him and frankly, I always stop to watch the Stanton and Judge at bats–it is just must see TV. Maybin is an unfortunate victim of the abundance of riches. Maybe for awhile the Yankees go with 13 position players and 12 pitchers and use some of the options on the young pitchers to move people up and down. It is still a long time until expanded rosters so not sure how that will work.Ultimately we want a playoff roster that can win so this issue with the 24th and 25th man on the roster is not that important.
You are totally wrong about Aaron Boone. Although his performance last year left much to be desired, he’s done a solid job this year, as one would expect from a three generation baseball lifer. The fault for this team’s line up rests entirely with Brian Cashman. He and his brilliant analytical staff believe that baseball is fantasy baseball. They are the ones who valued Stanton over Yelich. Before the big names and contracts return, I have seen more balls hit to the opposite field in a third of a season, than in the past three years. Baseball is not batting practice. It involves hitting behind runners, moving runners over and getting timely hits, not swinging from your shoe tops. The fact that the media lets Cashman get away with this all the time shows they know as little about baseball as he does.
KDs injury seems like a great opportunity for the Knicks. When David Robinson was hurt for an entire year the Spurs tanked and ended up with Tim Duncan. Cross your fingers, sign KD and concentrate on 2020. Stick to the “Process”! Suck it up for another year and develop the young kids. Get another lottery pick for next year and then sign the best available 2020 FA that will compliment what emerges. 2 Stars plus 4-5 high ceiling young kids with a few good role players is a formula for success.
Yanks trade Stanton straight up for Baumgarner! All problems solved! Yanks get an Ace. Giants get a center piece that they previously tried to sign. Howard is Happy! (Stanton goes on to battle Pete Alonso for NL Homer title for next seven years)
It’s time for the Mets to leave Mickey Callaway on a permanent road trip. Joe Girardi won’t necessarily solve a horrible bullpen and make up for a very poorly constructed team that has wasted precious few financial assets on old injury prone players with ties to Creative Artist Agency. He will however hold players accountable and promote strong fundamental baseball. Something that has been lacking on this team. 2019 is fading away all to fast. Mickey is a nice guy and we all know where nice guys finish. Make a change NOW.