What a way to ruin a holiday weekend. For the first time since 2014, the Minnesota Twins just won a series against the New York Yankees in New York. To make it worse, they scored 17 runs in the final two games. That is just something no one should stomach. I never like to throw a George Steinbrenner reference because let's face it I want the man to rest in peace but his son has completely destroyed his franchise. There is no more "rest in peace" possible for poor George. He's rolling in his grave right now.
And he should be. This team is going no where. At this rate, we all know the National League easily walks through anyone this season. We won't be a factor because the Rays will finish us off and the Rays are no match for a Nation League power house. We have an infinite list of problems to fix. Some of the fixes are obvious, but the "decision makers" as I call them won't make the necessary choices.
3) DFA Camilo Doval and recall Yovanny Cruz
4) Send Austin Wells to Triple-A and recall J.C. Escarra
5) Get rid of Anthony Volpe....FOREVER!
4) Send Austin Wells to Triple-A and recall J.C. Escarra
5) Get rid of Anthony Volpe....FOREVER!
6) Whenever Jazz Chisholm returns, stop relying on him
7) Bolster catcher, bullpen, right handed bat and starting pitcher depth at the deadline
Ideally, I'd say send Chisholm packing with Volpe but the Yankees have other more pressing needs so I don't see it happening. The Phillies have proven you can fire your manager and come back stronger. There's no logical reason to keep Baboonie as a manager. We aren't winning with him. He's not adding anything valuable and he's not delivering the expectation of WINNING.
That's what the Yankee legacy was. We had the expectation to compete and win every year. That legacy died a long time ago. Now it's about doing just enough to line Hal Steinbrenner's pockets with cash. To hell with winning. The Yankees don't know how to do that anymore. They don't evolve. They don't surround themselves with actual leaders that know how to win.
So now we continue to lick our wounds. We get to be the best of the bad....but I don't even think that lasts long. We have a four game series coming up against the Rays. As of Sunday we were four games behind the Rays thanks to our freefall of failures. After this series ends on Thursday that could be 8 games if the Yankees don't pull their heads out of their ass. If we go 8 games behind the baseball world as we know it comes to an end.
I've never felt this disgruntled before. I've had my stretches of angst but this is a whole new level. This is a bad team and it's a bad team build by bad "decision makers" that don't know how to right the ship. It's time to clean house so we can stop being one of the best of the bad. Even those days are numbered.
That may be in Hal's DNA.....but it's not in mine!
That may be in Hal's DNA.....but it's not in mine!
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