THE YANKEES HAD A CHANCE TO TRADE VOLPE & THEY FAILED!

It certainly took a hot minute for this nugget to come out, but now that it has it is both fascinating and infuriating at the same time. Over the winter, the Yankees had the opportunity to trade Anthony Volpe and actually get a guy that could field and hit his weight for average....but they foolishly backed down.

You have to have a paid subscription to see this, but check it out HERE. It's certainly compelling. The Yankees and Red Sox were both talking to the Texas Rangers about Corey Seager. The Rangers were willing to make a move and are still in process of reworking their finances. They are still dealing with significant operating losses and are trying to reduce payroll and moving Seager would've helped. The Yankees need a shortstop upgrade, and the Rangers are looking to shed some payroll....on paper it looked like a match.

Internally, Marcus Semien and Seager were also not getting along with some clubhouse drama mentioned in reports. They helped the Rangers win the World Series but things behind the scenes had reached a breaking point. It ultimately led to the Rangers keeping Seager and trading to the Mets instead because the Yankees were not willing to meet the Rangers trade request. There a wide range of rumors out there about what and who the Rangers were looking for but it sounds like the Yankees were not willing to negotiate.

And so here we are.....still with awful Volpe. So now we know the Yankees are willing to acknowledge that Volpe is not the answer but they are hoping for a miracle and a deal to fall out of the sky that isn't going to happen. The are of the negotiation isn't there right now. So we'll be seeing Volpe soon.

And hoping that Volpe's conversation with Bucky Dent moves mountains and creates a divine miracle, read more HERE. It's year four of the Volpe experiment and instead of a capable shortstop like Seager we get VolpE the error machine. I'm really hoping that Jose Caballero plays so well that the Yankees just can't find room to play Volpe....here's hoping the baseball gods hear me.

Volpe just isn't the answer. He was "supposed to be" but it didn't work out. The Yankees are trying to fit a square peg into a round whole. The sooner they stop doing that and realize Volpe NOT playing is what is best for the team, the better chances we have at winning.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj

MICHAEL KAY DOESN'T GET TO TELL US HOW TO FEEL AS YANKEE FANS

I don't need to be reprimanded by Michael Kay about how us fans should feel about how good Anthony Volpe should be.  He is so short sided in this clip and he clearly misremembers the hype surrounding Volpe. And for him to sit there and suggest that the shortstop doesn't have to be the best player and compare Anthony Volpe to Bucky Dent "doesn't mean anything to me.  For one, it starts with the manager and at the time it was Billy Martin.  You can't try to even compare Boone to Martin because you'd be wrong. Two... Volpe isn't a good player. Simply use the eye test... he isn't a great player under pressure and he sure as hell won't be a franchise favorite for the New York Yankees as we move forward in our fandom.

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The best part? We're fans. We can feel however the hell we want.  Michael Kay doesn't get to tell us we're wrong, in fact his grandfather motivation mentality might be the most tired exercise on the internet right now.  

Kay says "You're saying he should be Derek Jeter."  No, we didn't say that... the media planted it, and don't get me wrong, the Yankees loved it... especially when things are going good.  Here are some of the headlines and the quotes:

NJ.com (Feb. 08, 2022) 

Is Anthony Volpe the next Derek Jeter? Fellow Yankees prospect says hype is legit

“Yeah, I can definitely see he’s being compared to Jeter now", said Yankees pitching prospect Ken Waldichuk told NJ Advance Media in a recent interview.

NJ.com (January 26. 2024) 

Yankees greats make bold Anthony Volpe prediction

"As a matter of fact, I think Anthony is more polished than Jeter was at the same time." -- Willie Randolph

Essentially Sports (May 26, 2024)

The Next Derek Jeter? Anthony Volpe Nears Legendary New York Yankees Captain’s Hitting Record

"... there have been comparisons with Derek Jeter." --Sanskar Dubey, writer

And what I don't get about Michael Kay is the fact that his own peers started this comparison and yet Michael Kay has the balls to come after the casual or diehard fan and try and blame us? 

Here's my thoughts on this dude, plain and simple; Kay works for YES, which means he doesn’t just cover the Yankees — he works for them. So naturally, he can’t go scorched earth on Anthony Volpe, no matter how lackluster the kid’s been. He’s paid to keep the Yankee narrative clean, shiny, and uncontroversial. And this latest outburst? Peak corporate shill.

Kay went off on Instagram, throwing a tantrum defending Volpe like he’s Derek Jeter reincarnated, telling fans to “get ahold of yourselves” and practically calling Volpe a lock for 20 homers and 90 RBIs. First of all, those projections feel more like fan fiction than forecasting. But even if they were real — nobody's screaming about personal stats, Michael. We’re screaming because Volpe vanishes in key moments and plays like a ghost when games actually matter.

Kay’s next pearl of wisdom? “Do you not remember that he was the shortstop on the Yankees team that went to the World Series last year?” Yes, we remember — because we LOST. Since when is showing up and failing now a badge of honor? Did we lower the bar that much?

And don’t even get us started on the "hitting .250 is good enough" nonsense. First off, he's not batting .250. What crack is that take laced with? .250 used to get you benched in the Bronx. Now, thanks to Kay’s new analytics-lite, it gets you a gold star and a bouquet of excuses.

Then Kay — self-appointed moral authority of Yankees fandom — tells us to stop screaming that Volpe has to go. Um, excuse us? We pay to watch this team. We pay for seats, parking, hot dogs, overpriced beer — and the right to be frustrated when the shortstop of the future looks more like the shortstop of Trenton.

The truth is, Volpe's not it. Maybe he will be one day. But right now? There are better athletes sitting on the bench while we get nightly "just good enough" mediocrity. And Kay’s desperate spin-doctoring isn’t helping — it’s insulting.

Let’s call this what it is: Kay, doing his duty as the Yankees’ corporate hype man. His job isn’t to tell the truth. It’s to manage the fan temperature and protect the brand.  That ESPN New York post is masked as commentary, but it's really there to attempt to calm the waters and who better than Kay, the guy with a direct deposit from Steinbrenner HQ?

But here’s the rub, Michael: you don’t get to lecture fans. You don’t buy tickets. You don’t ride the 4 train or drive an hour and a half home in traffic after another lifeless Volpe night. We do. So don’t tell us how to feel. Don’t scold us for not falling in line with the company narrative. Fans have every right to want more. We’re not unreasonable — we’re just tired of being gaslit by people who get paid to smile and say, “It’s fine.” What happened to you, dude.

Kay, stop telling us how to think. We don’t like Volpe right now. And that’s okay. You can keep doing PR. We’ll keep telling the truth.

And for the record? Comparing Volpe to Bucky Dent? Please. Bucky won at least one World Series. Boone couldn’t manage a Little League team into a playoff. The only similarity is that both wear pinstripes — and lately, that's starting to mean less and less.

Do better, Michael. Or at least, stop pretending you're not reading from the Yankees’ script. Bad look, dude.

OCTOBER BASEBALL 2021, NOT 1978

Source: Associated Press

The drama was set the moment the Yankees dropped two against Tampa, setting up the one day playoff, the modern day Wild Card, in Fenway Park on an early October night in Boston. The Massachusetts Lottery numbers on Tuesday were 1978. Bucky Dent was in the ballpark. Gerrit Cole was on the mound. The stage was set. All the Yankees needed was stability and control. They got just the opposite. 

Hanging fastballs, and walks set the tone of the game on Tuesday night. Cole seemed to have lost his command following his recent hamstring strain and it showed. The Yankees Ace was knocked out of the game in the third inning after giving up three earned runs. Things quieted down with the bullpen battery that followed, but the game was getting late and the innings clicked by, putting more and more dramatic twists into an already heightened game. 

Chad Green came into the game in the 7th and gave up a double to Alex Verdugo putting the Red Sox up by five, with a lead of 6-1. This performance has been the Yankees Modus Operandi (MO) for 2021: Sloppy pitching and no offense. In 1978, it was just the opposite. Ron Guidry gave the team stability. Reggie Jackson gave the Yankees home runs. And the Yankee lineup produced runs, consistently. Not this team.

The Yankees were not patient at the plate. They did not take pitches and as Alex Rodriguez repeatedly reminded us, when the Yankees draw walks, they win. Instead they came out swinging and overanxious  and it did not help them. No walks. No baserunners. No runs.

2021 was a season of twists and turns, failures and victories, and highs and lows. In a word, the Yankees were streaky and it hurt them more than it helped them. The season for this team has come to close with a 6-2 final in Fenway. The drama is now gone. We can say that next season is another opportunity. And that would be true, except...that if the Yankees come in with the same mediocrity, approach, coaching and yes, Gary Sanchez, then it will be the same outcome. Changes need to happen. Many tell me they won't happen. And if that is the case, we are reliving the Don Mattingly years again, a hamster wheel of repeated activity with no forward progress. I for one hope the hamster wheel breaks and we see a different team in 2022. But for now, you can join me at the Hallmark Channel for the rest of the fall. Good night, baseball. 

--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Senior Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof

DEREK JETER IS FOREVER OUR LEGEND

You walk through life being a Yankee fan and hearing about the stories of guys like Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle or Bobby Richardson. My dad would blab about how he never saw anyone hit as well as Yogi Berra and how "Back when I was a kid, the monuments were out in center field. There would be times when the ball would roll back there and the fielder would have to go retrieve it."

I vaguely remember seeing the fans storm the field after the 1976 ALCS and Chambliss's homer. Like actually seeing it on TV... not the recaps years later. I mean, I was just a kid and even back then I was thinking "Oh, they're gonna get in trouble."  

I remember the brawl between Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin in the dugout.  I remember Bucky Dent's homer and the 1981 World Series Game 1 when Ron Guidry pitched and I sat in the mezzaline in right field with my dad. The Bronx was electric that night.

I remember Jim Abbott's no hitter, Coney's perfect game and the night Derek Jeter was anointed Mr. November in a time where this country needed the biggest hug of our lives.  And I remember this young skinny kid named Derek just help carry the Yankees with one of the greatest teams I have ever seen as a Yankee fan.

Derek Jeter wasn't supposed to be a superstar, but Derek Jeter worked his tail off to become a superstar.  And let's take it further... it wasn't him selfishly looking to be a superstar during his workout routines and extra BP. It was his goal to help a team be the greatest, because, that's what baseball is... a team effort every step of the way.  And I think if you were ask Derek about his career, that is what he would say, something like... "Good teams win championships... if I could contribute in every game to make that possible, I did my job as a ballplayer." 

All this fanfare about the Captain making it to the Hall of Fame is almost too much for the guy. He's not that dude. Ricky Henderson? He knows he's the greatest and he'll tell everyone that would walk by. Jeter had swagger, but not the guy you'd hear squacking about how amazing he was. He did it with his glove... his bat and his leadership and loyalty to a team and fan base for his entire career.

Derek Jeter is going into the Hall of Fame today.  It is one of the biggest things a Yankee fan will ever witness. Jeter never gave us much when it came to the media and there probably won't be much today as well, but one thing I do know is his poise and professionalism helped him become a true leader, growing up in front of our eyes.

John Quincy Adams said "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

Jeter has done more to the kids of this generation to help move that inspiration forward. I know for a ton of kids out there, seeing #2 on their little league jerseys only means one thing... Jeter's an inspiration, a role model... and a fantastic ballplayer to boot.  That right there is signficant.

Congrats to the Captain. You have proven you can do anything and have shown everyone, including the Yankee haters that respect is earned, not given. I applaud your hard work and leadership and a huge shoutout to your parents who raised you right.

I look forward to getting up to the Hall real soon and seeing your plaque.

Respect... from everyone here at Bleeding Yankee Blue.

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YANKEES 9, HENRI 1

Source: Robert Sabo, NY Post

The only thing stopping the 2021 Yankees right now is Hurricane Henri. After winning nine in a row, including a sweep to the Boston Red Sox, the streak stops with the impending storm headed to the New York Tri-State expected overnight.

Source: NY Yankees Twitter

"Sunday’s Yankees-Twins game has been postponed due to the forecast of inclement weather and will be made up on Monday, September 13, at 2:05pm at Yankee Stadium," reported the New York Yankees. So the Yankees get a little break, and rightfully earned given their streak of just incredible baseball.

Source: NY Post

"Entering Friday's game against the Twins, there were only 40 games left. The Yankees are on their way to a number of wins in the 90s, just as we expected. As grim as it may have seemed in June, when they were swept by the Red Sox twice, or in early July, when the catastrophe against the Mets happened, there's a reason we prefer six-month seasons," reported MLB.com. The Yankees pitching, winning in tight games, speed on the basepaths and new acquisitions are the key reasons for the Yankees incredible 360. 

Has this season been the most topsy turvy you've ever season? Perhaps. I don't think I have ever seen so much turmoil amidst pandemic IL, regular IL and just players needing to reinvent themselves in my nearly 50 years watching this franchise. I have seen the Bombers come back and win the World Series in grand style in 1977 and 1978, despite so much loss to the team during those years and being behind the eight ball in July, climbing themselves back into contention in August. 

1977 record: 100-62; 1978 record: 100-63 (yes that 63rd win was the infamous Bucky Dent Green Monster Home Run in the one-day playoff game to decide the division against Boston). This year, the Yankees could fall around 93 wins for the season, and given the tumultuous season just described, it is incredible the 2021 Yankees could get that far. 

Source: NY Post

Guys like energetic Luke Voit, veteran Brett Gardner,  newbie Andrew Velazquez, relief man Jonathan Loaisiga and stud pitcher Gerrit Cole have stepped up and have contributed to the unstoppable Yankees. The newest acquisitions including Andrew Heaney, Joey Gallo and Anthony Rizzo have found a home in the Bronx, very quickly assimilating to big market baseball and adding tremendous depth to this Yankee clubhouse. 

So, yeah, there's a weather delay to the Yankee win streak, but that may only fuel this team's fire and guption for a pennant that was virtually unthinkable a few weeks ago. Only one AL team can enter the fall classic in mid-October and if the Yankees can beat up on Tampa, who is the likeliest contender, they may well be the one team standing to face whoever the NL puts in the ring against them. Perhaps I am the forever optimist, but the Yankees have earned it over the last couple of weeks. Stay safe in the storm Northeasterners. And rest up Yankees- there is more grind ahead!

--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof

GARDY FANS, LISTEN UP! NAYSAYERS, YOU TOO!

Brett Gardner is likely the hardest working current Yankee.  At 36, about to turn 37 later this summer, Gardner has played in more games as a Yankee than most of the almost 1700 players that make up the Yankees all-time roster. As a matter of fact, only 17 Yankees have more games under their belt than the Yankee outfielder.  And one of those 17 gave Gardy a lot of praise for his time served as a Yankee.

"What an outstanding leader he’s been on this team. I’ve watched him from a baby and the way he goes about his business and the fact that he can do everything on the field. He can play defense. He can still throw. He can still run at his age, and the power’s there, too,” said former Yankee second baseman and spring training coach, Willie Randolph.

Randolph is a five-time All Star and played for the Yankees during two World Series championships, 1977-1978.  Randolph was one of the best second baseman the Yankees have had, turning incredible double plays with one of my favorites, Bucky Dent.  To have Randolph celebrate Gardy, is not only special but coming from him, a humble hard-working player himself, makes the accolade even more honorable.

Source: SABR.org

"When Gardner plays his next game, he’ll join Randolph and 22 others in the Yankees’ 13-season club. He’s already in the top 30 in a lot of franchise categories, as he ranks third in stolen bases (267), 12th in triples (68), 18th in games (1,499), 20th in runs (876), 21st in walks (613), 25th in doubles (230), 27th in hits (1,355) and 34th in homers (124)," reported NJ.com.

When you review all of those stats together, it really tells the story of a great player, one who has risen after injury, kept himself current, and can beat most of today's players down the base paths toward first base or any base for that matter.

If you look up the word grit, clearly you see Gardner, a guy who deserves celebrating.  I needed a feel good story today, and this one, really lifted me.  I hope it lifted you too.  Even if you are not a Gardy fan directly, you have to appreciate what he has done for his team since 2008 and how he continues to step up as a leader for today's team.  Now more than ever we need leaders who are willing to serve the team before themselves.  Gardy is that guy and he is more than worth the one-year extension the Yankees gave him.  Cheers to you Gardy.  Proud that you are a Yankee and you are a leader for this team, especially now as get ready to play post-COVID-19.  The Yankees and their fans need leaders like you to help us get through and make the 2020 season one of the best ever.

--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof

TALKING US ALL OFF THE LEDGE

Source: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America

How many games do the Yankees and everyone else in Major League Baseball play each year?  Right, 162 games. That's a lot of games and a lot of baseball to win and lose.  Lately, it feels like we are dropping games left and right but in reality, there is still a lot of baseball and historically, for the Yankees, it has been a lot worse.  This is a feel good, talk us all off the ledge piece...buckle up for a late July pep talk.

 Forty years ago this month the Yankees were ten games behind the league leading Boston Red Sox.  Actually, prior to that, earlier in July we were even further back. And forty years ago this October 2nd, we beat the Sox and went on to win the World Series. I was nine.

Source: MLB.com

"On a crisp October afternoon in 1978, the Yankees faced the Red Sox in a winner-take-all tiebreaker game to decide the American League East. The game was played after the Yankees had come back from a 14-game July deficit to tie Boston in the standings," reported MLB.com.  We all know how that story ended. "Deep to left...."

Source: Michael Maher Photography 

"I didn't realize it when that ball went out of here, but that home run changed my life," (Bucky) Dent said. "Sports is all about moments," he said. "That was a big moment in sports history. Because it was a winner-take-all game between the Yankees and Red Sox, it meant so much to both cities," reported MLB.com.  This season ignited the fire back into the rivalry and there is a lot more drama yet to come.

Source: autographsignings.blogspot.com

Ron Guidry was on that team in 1978.  Many have compared him to Luis Severino, with his impressive numbers and of course his persistence and spark.  Sevi may have lost his step a bit over the last few starts, but he's still in it.  He will bounce back.  Guidry had his monumental 18-strike-out game in 1978, maybe Sevi is not far behind.

Source: NJ.com

It is not just about the Red Sox; it is about winning these other series with teams who are not in contention, like the Tampa Bay Rays (lost that series), Baltimore Orioles (41.5 out of first place) and most recently, the Kansas City Royals who are about 40 games under .500.  We need these games because we can't just put all of the pressure on Sevi, and newest Yankees Zach Britton and J.A. Happ, who have traditionally pitched well against the Sox and probably one of the reasons Brian Cashman picked them up.

Source: Elsa/Getty Images North America

With Aaron Judge out for at least a month, Gary Sanchez out until probably mid-September, and about sixty games or so left to go, we need to stay focused and remember that we can win again, game by game, city after city, pitch by pitch and run after run.  We can chip back, but it is going to take everyone to step up and contribute.  After all, a winning culture is not the job of one person in an organization, it is job of everyone.  Bucky may have contributed the last piece of the puzzle in October 1978, but the journey started long before that...we can do this, it's in our DNA.

--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof

RON GUIDRY: HIS INFLUENCE ACROSS GENERATIONS

When my son was about two-years-old, we started batting practice in our small driveway in Staten Island, NY.  As I pitched to him, and gave him some very basic pointers, I always bantered about my two favorite players: Bucky Dent and Ron Guidry.  Guidry, in particular, had a special place in my heart because it was Guidry, unbeknownst to Guidry himself, who helped me as a struggling reader and learner.  Often I would visually compare him within the list of vocabulary words that plagued my homework tasks.  Words like agile and fierce were great comparative words and saunter and lackadaisical were terrific antonyms.  My son took the visual comparison one step further, by sketching a portrait of my forever favorite pitcher, #49, one Mother's Day.  The picture hangs prominently in my living room today.

Source: Chris Carbonaro

Through the years, Guidry influenced my grandparents, parents, siblings, and now my children through his passionate, focused game play and resilient competitiveness.  His influence is impactful across generations and his new book spotlights everything we loved about Guidry both on and off the field.

Guidry, affectionately known as Gator and Louisiana Lightning, penned his first memoir, Gator: My Life In Pinstripes, which is available this upcoming Tuesday, March 20th.  Through his account, Guidry talks about his relationships with his teammates and the game of baseball himself, which includes advice to young players, particularly pitchers who seek success in the major leagues.

"In 1978, Guidry, or ‘Gator’, won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in baseball, and his many further credentials include being a four-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner. In Gator, Guidry recounts his ascent to prominence and discloses rare insight into the dynamics of his life both on and off the field," according publisher previews.

Source: ESPN

Beyond the statistics, there is Ron Guidry, the rock, the leader, the person who told his dugout mates how many runs he needed in order to pitch a winning game.  There's Guidry who would sprint off the mound after a strike out, closing out an incredible inning. And he is noted as the pitcher who "invented" the two-out, two-strike standing ovation. In fact he would relish the second to third strike thunderous applause, a tradition carried out across baseball even today.

If Reggie Jackson is the straw that stirred the drink then Guidry is the bartender; he created the environment, set the stage and elevated his teammates into the successful players they became in the championship years of 1977 and 1978.

As we enter the 40th anniversary season of the 1978 team, it seems fitting that Gator's book would hit the stands on the heels of what could be an equally incredible year for the Yankees. As a young pitcher just entering the scene, Guidry talks about the importance of mentorship and credits his mentors Sparky Lyle, Jim "Catfish" Hunter, Dick Tidrow and Thurman Munson as guiding him toward a career that served him well. "You put all of that together and you get me," said Guidry in an interview about his book.

If you are a Guidry fan you've already told the kids in your life about him.  Maybe you still have your glove adorned with his mimeographed signature in the pocket, like I do. And maybe this text is another way to reminisce and share what you have always loved about Guidry.  That's the way I am approaching this read...and I can't wait to dig in.

--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof

EITHER CATCH THE SOX OR THE SEASON ENDS IN 3 ½ HOURS

Source: Paul J. Bereswill

The YES Network said it very bluntly, "Either catch the Red Sox and win the Division, or the season will be settled in 3 1/2 hours."  That's about all the Wild Card Game is and that could be catastrophic for the Yankees who lose close games by one run.

Source: Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images North America

I am not being a naysayer, I am being a realist.  I think we have a chance to catch the Red Sox despite their late inning, coming from behind antics as of late.  I think they are a mediocre team who is holding onto the top spot because the Yankees have suffered more than their share of injuries.

Source: Steven Ryan/Getty Images North America

But here we are, despite the injuries, inching closer and closer to the Red Sox.  According to the NY Post on Tuesday evening, "The manager bumped Luis Severino up a game in the rotation, allowing the right-hander to start three more times in the regular season — beginning with Wednesday’s series finale — if needed as the Yankees chase the Red Sox for an AL East crown. “Our goal is still to win the division,” Girardi said. “We have clinched nothing at this point. We still have a lot of work to do in front of us. It gives us the ability to start him three more times.’’

I personally could taste the defeat of the Red Sox on the last day of season like the October 2, 1978 tie-breaker in Fenway Park.  "Deep to left..." and over the Green Monster went Bucky Dent's home run lifting the Bombers to victory and eventually a World Series Title.

And although Severino would not be available for the one game Wild Card given the schedule Girardi is proposing, he would be available for something very nostalgic.

Source: Abbie Parr/Getty Images North America

"If the Yankees enter the final day of the regular season with a shot at winning the AL East, Severino would be available to toe the rubber. He also could be in line to start a one-game playoff with the Red Sox to determine the AL East champ if they finished the regular season tied — a game that would be held in The Bronx courtesy of the Yankees’ 11-8 record against the Sox this season."

I have goose bumps just thinking of it.  We either catch the Red Sox or leave the season up to 3 1/2 hours.  I choose the catch of a lifetime.

How about you?

--Suzie Pinstripe

BYB Managing Editor
Follow me on Twitter: @suzieprof

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