FIVE OF THE SIMPLEST WAYS TO FIX THE NEW YORK YANKEES

I want to introduce to you an avid BYB reader, gigantic Yankee fan and friend and new writer for Bleeding Yankee Blue, Jen Parrish. Give her a warm welcome!

--Casey

The Yankee fan base has been frustrated for months about our team.  There is no way to sugarcoat it. We need changes... big changes but also very obvious changes.  Changes that many are not being specific about. But we will here on Bleeding Yankee Blue. Here is goes...

1. Improving our Starting Pitching

This is a must. We need to improve all of our pitching but starting pitching first.  Everyone who watches and plays baseball knows that if we don't have good pitching, you cannot be a successful franchise. We have Cole, but what else? We need a starter that can pitch into 7th inning!  We also need a bullpen that can hold a lead! There have been so many times where we wasted good games pitched by Cole or Nestor and lost the lead because we can't hold the opponent down.  This needs to change.  

2.  Get away from stupid analytics. Find the right numbers to be a guide, not law!

So, what does this mean? Simply, we must put the computer away!  We have not won a championship since 2009. Why? Because we are focusing on computer stats instead of what made us successful during our core dynasty years! We must go back to manufacturing runs and smart hitting just as much as gut decisions and feeling the game. We are Bronx Bombers for a reason. Obviously, this has changed recently but we can find it again!  The bottom line is the Yankees need to be smarter in how they execute their numbers.

3. Fire Brian Cashman & Aaron Boone and bring in Kim Ng! 

Kim Ng is amazing.  Brian Cashman has been on my bad list for a while now. He's been out of touch since the Cour Four retired and I never really appreciate the way he handled their contract negotiations so publicly to the press.  Remember how he handled Jeter? Cashman gives us aging players and clearly is guided in the wrong direction when the Yanks end up signing aging players.  And how about trading away good players for bad ones? He's got a terrible track record, and this year especially has been awful. 

Aaron Boone is beyond bad. He is outmatched, outmaneuvered and often out managed. That homer in Game 7 of the ALCS in 2003? It was fun then... but it's old now.   Boone's biggest problem is he keeps relying on computers instead of what's in front of him.

Bring us Kim Ng. She was great for the Marlins, plus Jeter is my favorite and he trusts her. That's enough for me.

4. Give us New Trainers

The Yankees had so many injuries this year. We need to improve their conditioning and training, their work outs, their diet and their sleep habits.  Think about how many players got hurt this year? No one finds this unusual? It was utterly ridiculous.  The medical staff... the training staff must be reevaluated and replaced.

5. Fix the line up. We need better hitters around Aaron Judge

Aaron Judge needs help! It's a simple fix, just put better hitters around Judge so Judge can see better pitchers. We need guys on base, and we need to get back to real baseball... manufacturing runs. Get guys on base, get guys home to score. It's pretty simple.

If the Yanks can honestly just follow this check list... the Yankees can win.  Take my tips into consideration and let's get back to the Glory Days! 

Jensanity out!

--Jen Parrish

BYB Writer

Twitter: @jensanity2211

CONGRATS TO KIM NG BUT IN EQUALITY, ISN'T IT JUST ANOTHER DAY IN BASEBALL?

It's going to outrage many of you and I mean nothing by it. Read the article, not just the headline. There's a message here I'd like you to read, because you know me... my mind always wonders in the world of trying to make things different on the Internet.  

I think that balance in humanity is ultra important. White, Black, Hispanic, Asian and even women. We should all be equal. The constitution says so. It's a huge deal.  I didn't write about the amazing news about Kim Ng getting hired by the Marlins right away yesterday because I wanted to let it sink it in and I truly wanted to read what everyone was saying about it. Every publication wrote how qualified she was. How it was a long time coming. 

How amazing she is and how she will be and how she will open the door for more women to take high level jobs in baseball.  By the way, every single one of those things is true. I am not only happy to see movement and diversity become a huge part of baseball, but I want it to keep going... maybe even one say seeing a female manager in the major leagues. How incredible would that be?

But then I think about the other side.  

I will never forget this.  I was on a bus headed into Manhattan, I was about 40 years old and the bus was packed.  A pregnant woman was standing in the aisle... there were no seats.   I asked her "Would you like to sit? I can stand?"  She looked at me and her face became angry. 

"No... I can stand, don't be ridiculous."

I was taken back.  "Don't' be ridiculous" I thought? I was doing what my parents told me to do as a kid... be courteous, be kind, help people, offer help whenever you can, especially IF you can.  

Why am I telling you this... well, because I got to thinking.  What does Kim Ng think? Would Kim Ng want to be made a big deal of, or would this be what equality is really all about? Yes it's groundbreaking, but is it worth being the headline so hard that it becomes saturated and then ignored?  Every article was about Kim yesterday.  So much so that I stopped reading.  Does that help the cause? 

Don't get me wrong. Kim will walk in and do a incredible job. She has the mind for it, but you gotta wonder if she would have wanted that fanfare like yesterday... where so many articles crush the headlines... so it almost becomes overwhelming and nothing matters anymore.

BYB is different. We make you think. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that this isn't important because it's VERY important. But in our world of equality... let's celebrate, but then let these amazing people do their jobs and watch them shine. These great people want to be like everyone other leader in this world and in baseball...

Justine Seigal. Mary Elizabeth Murphy. Alyssa Nakken. Toni Stone.  I could go on and on. Google the name above. There is greatness with every one of these powerful women. And no one knows that better than me. I employ mostly women to write for Bleeding Yankee Blue. I think it's important to have everyone join us here.  

But what's my point? We welcome good strong women. We love looking at ways to make corporations better... baseball better and let's face it... men mess everything up.  It's another way to do things, a better way to look at the job and as a whole... we make a product better... White, Black, Hispanic, Asian and even women. Because let's face it... in this world we live in now? We need to come together. We need to make a better place, planet and yes... a better MLB.

Kim Ng is a fantastic story... but I would bet she'd want just a congratulations and move on.  Why? Because she's got work to do... and you know what? I admire that very much.

Congrats to General Manager Ng. You're gonna do great things!