Comments on: Make It Stop

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:46:06 +0000

Regarding Jeter, no one concluded anything. Regarding the offense in general, it sucks.

By: Horace Clarke Era

Horace Clarke Era — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:43:55 +0000

RI, I think the point isn’t how many runs (they’ll score some) but % from longball. I’ll leave it to the saber-guys to do the math, but my sense is that when you have higher averages and can score that way, not just with bombs, it is easier to get out of slumps (actually almost by definition?). So the all or nothing didn’t mean ‘score or not score’ it meant (as I understood the comment I was endorsing) score by homers pretty much. Sorry if it was unclear.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:31:07 +0000

Ummm.
The Yankees scored five runs. That is pretty much the paradigm of a non-all-or-nothing offense. Yes, they sucked against Beckett. But in the first game they scored four runs. So some of the diagnoses here seem way off.
Jeter has an OPS of .783 over the last two weeks, which is kind of acceptable, so I think it’s wrong to conclude that he will not ‘come around’.

By: Horace Clarke Era

Horace Clarke Era — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:11:53 +0000

All 0r nothing offense seems prone to this sort of thing and I agree with Hawk … you are less slump-prone if not relying SO much on the HR. On the other hand, we have been really dreadful for 2 weeks now and still the AL East is basically at Square One. The negatives are that we go into Tampa Bay scuffling and a lost series undoes my Square One theory.

The other negative is that everyone has let the BoSox back in, and that is a powerful team. I thought we were playing 2-3 teams for the Wild Card this year, and I still do. Alas.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:01:43 +0000

I’d love to think of this as rock bottom, as far as this stage of the season goes. The thing that is killing me the most, perhaps strangely, is A Rod. He looked poised to have a huge season then next thing you know, he’s hitting like [insert any Yankee besides Granderson here].

The Yankees have a great lineup that isn’t hitting, much like the Red Sox had earlier (I assume they’re out of their collective slump), and the Sox have clawed their way back to .500. Getting swept at home by Boston is a drag but this anemic offense is actually more bothersome. The sweep is merely a symptom.

You’d like to think this can’t last much longer though. Jeter I understand may not come around, and even A Rod if he’s injured may continue to be mediocre. Posada may be a lost cause. But Texeira needs to get his ass in gear, particularly, and it’d be nice if Cano would start hitting like he can, and if Swisher would rejoin the living.

At the very least I’d like the Yanks to spare us the constant home run swings coming up empty in big spots.

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Mon, 16 May 2011 11:34:56 +0000

Rivera allowed two baserunners last night

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Mon, 16 May 2011 07:21:15 +0000

I missed the Saltanatallamacchiato “home run”. Sounds like Joba was just unlucky then and that was a NYS special?

Wretched series, let’s hope they sweep Tampa Bay now and rebound..such a wasted first 6 weeks, could have had a real nice gap between them and the SoxRays..