Back in early July I imagined one possible future for a Yankees team that was struggling, and two months later most of the moves I suggested back then have come to pass. Oswald Peraza has been playing third base for a few weeks, Josh Donaldson was finally released, and the Yankees have firmly embraced the future, admitting that there isn’t much to hope for in the present.
I’ll admit that it never occurred to me that they’d waive center fielder Harrison Bader just to save three quarters of a million dollars, but they might simply have felt like his spot on the 40-man roster was worth more than that. Bader’s roster spot, and possibly his position in center field, will be filled on Friday in Houston by Jasson Domínguez.
While Domínguez might only be the Yankee’s #2 overall prospect, he’s likely #1 in Yankee fans’ hearts. Since the day he signed back in 2019 at the age of sixteen for $5.1 million, a franchise record for an international free agent, the stories surrounding the young Dominican have been the stuff of legend. Nothing that happens in Houston this weekend will determine whether he turns out to be Mickey Mantle or Paul Bunyan or Rubén Rivera, but I’m certain people will be watching.
Promoted along with Dominguez will be catcher Austin Wells, meaning that five of the Yankees’ top six prospects entering 2023 will be in the dugout. If Aaron Boone adds these two newcomers to the lineup along with the youngsters already there, we could see one of the youngest Yankees lineups in the past few decades. Imagine this…
1B D.J. LeMahieu
RF Aaron Judge
2B Gleyber Torres
DH Giancarlo Stanton
CF Jasson Dominguez
C Austin Wells
SS Anthony Volpe
3B Oswald Peraza
LF Everson Pereira
It promises to be an interesting weekend.
At least I expect this team to be young and bad, but with the promise of a better tomorrow ... instead of old and bad and the certainly of more to come.
The Martian and Wells are starting.
Whoa, Wells and Martian.
War of the Worlds!
1B DJ LeMahieu R
RF Aaron Judge R
2B G. Torres R
DH G. Stanton R
CF J. Dominguez S
SS A. Volpe R
C Austin Wells L
LF E. Pereira R
3B O. Peraza R
Do I have it right, the Yankees are starting 5 rookies?
I hate MLB blackout rules.
I got tix to see The Martian last but I'll I got was this crummy Franchy Cordero t-shirt.
Excited for this game! Hope they knock out Dicklander (hat tip thelarmis!) and the rookies get their first mlb hits!
[7] YAY ... it's OK JAZZ!
Hey ya cult! Only in front the tv for an hour but then will listen to the reading feed while in transit!
I hate MLB blackout rules ... I'm 90 minutes NORTH of Arlington ... 6 hours from fucking Houston, 20 minutes from Oklahoma and?
The Astros are blacking out my mlb.tv feed.
RAGE!
I'd rather watch this game on a 13" b @ w TV than what the prime video stream looks like currently. Fucking bollocks! Go baby Yankees!
Yay, Kay and Cone. Confirmed, 5 rookies. Gotta be the most since the Highlanders’ first year. Excepting WWII
I know, I know ... I should have a VPN ... point taken.
LeMachine!
Oontz!
Cult, that’s this ‘Oklahoma’ you mention, is that the place with the potatos?
Don’t know why but I’ve always disliked Verlander…
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An earth shattering kaboom!
Highlight of the season. Wow!
Well, hello! Welcome to the big leagues, Mr. Domínguez!
THE MARTIAN LANDED ... AND THEN LAUNCHED AGAIN!
I was actually applauding in my family room! Just unbelievable. And as Kenny would say, he hit that off of a name brand!
This was the best moment all year!
For those who aren’t able to watch, Dominguez’s whole family appears to be in the park, and the reaction shot was just what you’d expect. So good.
The Martian is on pace for.....oh let's see...20 year career.....500 at bats or so.....10,000 home runs!
I hope that everyone like me (in my blackout situation) knows of *this* site
https://baseball.theater/game/_/716763/Highlights
"Cult, that’s this ‘Oklahoma’ you mention, is that the place with the potatos? "
No, it's the place with tornadoes AND ... onion burgers.
Family reaction.
https://twitter.com/TalkinYanks/status/1697767955864449037?t=wy1KKl3WXLgziCV6xdlZbA&s=19
Onion burger…well, I live somewhere with very questionable pizza and burger combos so I won’t comment!
Man, I’m still excited from that tater, and to go opposite fields is so impressive!
I haven't really been watching Yankee games for... I dunno. Well over a month, anyway.
FINALLY something to watch.
An acceptable hit. Plus no extortion over getting the ball back.
Wells' family too!
It smells like a Friday night!
"Onion burger…well, I live somewhere with very questionable pizza and burger combos so I won’t comment!"
No, no, no ... Oklahoma Onion Burgers seem DAMN tasty ... like a smash cheeseburger topped with grilled onions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZWtGNIzUQQ&t=160s
Back to our regularly scheduled Rodon Sucks program II see. At least he’s only on $162 million for the whole contract…
"FINALLY something to watch."
Like I said at [1]
"At least I expect this team to be young and bad, but with the promise of a better tomorrow ... instead of old and bad and the certainly of more to come."
I'm SO much happier with this team than I was a month ago.
[35] We can always talk onion burgers!
Also ... I'm giving Austin Wells a B+ on his porn 'stache!
Yeah that stache is the real deal.
I only wish he could have been promoted last year so he could have Wonder 'Stache powered up with Matt Carpenter.
FRANKENSTANTON!
Geez.
The old grey Verlander ain't what he used to be.
Stantonian!
HE'S ALIVE!
I approve. Eat shit, verlander.
Argh
Are we sure that Cashman didn't mistakenly sign Francisco Rodón ... the recently deceased Puerto Rican artist???
[42] He dies have Kate Upton to comfort him.
Kate will leave him after this performance.
Rodon…I really dislike his game, pitches seem to just float in top part the zone
THE POWER OF THE KIDS COMPELS YOU!
Sigh.
Nice catch in left! Not missing Hicks.
Suzyn & Not Sterling saying was a great catch in LF hidden in the corner?
Random but, kind of dissapinted it’s pronounced ‘Jay-son’ and not ‘Jah-son’….
All rise!
Hell Yeah. Here come The Judge!
Happy happy homer night.
Wow! They’re teeing off on Jerklander!
"Random but, kind of dissapinted it’s pronounced ‘Jay-son’ and not ‘Jah-son’…."
I'm disappointed it's not pronounced "Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator"
⬆️Send that in to Sterling for home run call!
I can just hear John saying, "ill-LUDE-ee-um, Suzyn..."
Pity we can’t post pictures here.
Uh ... did this inning REALLY seem like the time to break out Randy Vasquez?
[62] Or gifs ... or videos ... sigh.
So a sixth rookie is in this game for the Yankees? Did this team get sold in the last couple of days?
Phew.
Hit his forearm. At least.
Phew, no Holmes.
Two.
Three!
Yankees are officially 1-0 when both Judge and Domínguez homer in the same game.
I'll take it ... onwards!
RIP, Jimmy Buffet. I guess summer is officially over
Six starters 24 and under. I approve.
Greetings, fellow Earthlings!
A RISP hit. Don’t these kids know that that isn’t The Yankee Way?
Oh well at least two runs.
Sigh
Seeing The Great Gazoo every time I open the Banter almost makes up for missing the playoffs this year.
Sigh .... 2-2
Sevy not long for this game.
Judge sets it right
Double sigh
I'm shocked Luis cannot hold a lead.
I fucking HATE the astros.
Sevy makes it wrong again.
Hmmmmm....that is not the astros way. E4!
Whiff on a fucking hanger?! UGH!
Sac flies? 2 out rbis. WTF is happening?
Huh, walking the terrorists while the Yankees are batting works again.
I suppose ATOM balls *are* one strategy ...
This team's a lot more interesting and exciting, but they still need to get rid of Stanton. Watching his inevitable further decline is not a pretty sight. Will Hal bite the bullet? Doubtful.
Let them play! Let them play! Nice double play by the kids and that old dude, DJ.
[91] I have already predicted FranK's demise.
Sometime during the 2025 season they'll just cut him.
[93] Predicted? He's done and been done for awhile.
It's still 2023. He might be using a walker in 2025.
How soon before this game goes south?
[94] Predicted as in when the Yankees will finally accept the amount of salary they'll have to eat and just DFA him.
Nice! Very satisfying.
Winning a Sevy game when he had nothing?
Nice game.
Hopefully, this is some of what we're gonna get next year.
Yankees' Judge becomes fastest MLB player to 250 home runs
BASEBALL IS FUN AGAIN!
Yankees still owe Stanton $115 million. They ain't cutting him anytime soon.
I just saw that Mike Trout is the same age as Aaron Judge. He has 5 more seasons in the big leagues.
[102] They'll be cutting him sooner than you think.
He's a sunk cost already ... and he steps down like he did from 2022 to 2023 ... in 2024?
He'll be an opportunity cost as well.
I said he'll get a chance to prove he's more 2022 than 2023 in 2024 ... but if he isn't?
By 2025 ... calculations will being made.
Fangraphs has doubled from yesterday the Yankees' chance to make the playoffs...from 0.-1% to 0.2%. We are on a roll.
I hate this in game conversation stuff.
Robbery!
5Ks in 3 innings ... a promising start.
Tonight, do we have the youngest Outfield in MLB?
Might be the youngest team out there.
Oh, a second hit
LeMachine ties it up
WTF, Dusty, take him out, even if it’s just a hyperextended knee. It’s no longer the day of “rub some dirt on it.”
Dear Jebus, this boils my blood.
DON'T TAKE CHANCES ... GET SOMEONE ELSE IN THERE AND HAVE HIM CHECKED OUT!
Oh fuck you Blue, that pitch was in the next zip code
An earth shattering kaboom!!
FUCK YOU BLUE ... THE MARTIAN GETS JUSTICE FOR THE JUDGE!
These Yankee Yuts are awesome!!!!
Sure as heckfire beat old, slow and boring.
Fan interference.
Suck it, Terror Tot!
Gleyber with insurance
Wells, wells, wells. Another yout contributes.
One, two.
BROOM TIME, TRASHCANS!
Sweep!
I really wanted to see the Asstros swept by the Yanks, but I don't subscribe to the four letter network and I was blacked out. Still, it's good to sweep this team.
It’s supposed to be Labor Day but I can’t find the Jerry Lewis telethon on any station
Rizzo shut down for the season. I’m still waiting for the MLBPA complaint.
[129] For the best. NO reason to bring him back at this point.
What a debacle.
DJ!
The booth really really REALLY need to stop saying ‘The Yankee Yutes’, it’s horribly annoying
Yay, LeMachine
FranK is *painful* to watch
Dumb challenge, Volpe's out.
Love hearing from Bernie!!
Yeah, this Kay and Bernie and Paulie is a fun booth.
Well phew
MOAR runs would be nice.
Sigh
Argh.
And ... poop.
Miggy does that.
Now score to give Cole a W.
And there it is. Congrats to Stanton! Kaboom!
FRANKENSTANTON ... YAY!
Thanks you Stanton!
And there it is! Let’s get this win for Cole!
Nice gesture from the fans.
The Martian!
Not an earth shattering kaboom, but I’ll take it.
GLEYBER!
My favorite Aaron Boone quote of all time: “Sometimes Gleyber thinks he’s invisible out there on the bases.”
That was SAD.
Gleyber is *obviously* a graduate of the Jorge Posada School of Advanced Baserunning.
On a roll!
Cheers, all. Just win, baby!
W for Cole!
Baseball is (still) fun again!
Mr. Altuve, all 5'6 of him, hit 3 HRs today... after hitting 2 last night.
That's why he's the Terror Tot.
I would HOPE the Yankees have been scouting these two ... extensively.
"Imanaga joins Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto as the top Japanese pitching stars available to MLB clubs through the posting process. Yamamoto and Imanaga will benefit from not being tied to Draft-pick compensation, whereas some MLB free agents will be."
https://www.mlb.com/news/shota-imanaga-to-be-posted-to-mlb-clubs
Just don't leave the scouting up to "Pags" ...
Or we'll get another Kei Igawa.
I'm so psyched now that I bet $100 at 1,000-1 for the Yanks to win the WS
Oy.
Ouch
Stanton just made this a bullpen game for the tigers. Or else that pitcher is extremely fortunate. Ouch.
A nice, loud, audible FUCK!
[167] looks like the former.
DJ!
I like this new philosophy of getting hits withRISP.
MARS NEEDS BASEBALLS!
Kaboom!
Missed the swing but saw the trot. Love the line drive homerun. Has anyone read he was named after Jason Giambi because dad is a huge Yankees fan?
Wells' mustache makes it VERY weird to see his parents in the stands.
I like this here Martian fella!
He kinda reminds me of a extra-terrestrial Nick Swisher.
WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?????????
I was about to pinch myself to be sure I wasn't dreaming ... but FranK brought me back to reality.
It’s like this is a whole new team.
MARS ATTACKS!
Nanu Nanu.
Nice ... giving Clarke a chance to grow and get out of it.
This is the sort of thing the rest of this season is FOR.
Ah, well ... now it's time for the hook.
Looks like I picked the wrong half inning to walk the terrorists.
Uh oh ...
Not a worry in the world!
Not gonna lie ... Holmes giving up a run to set up a Martian walk-off?
Would be mind blowing.
Yikes, Holmes.
Ah, well ... I will settle for another win.
Tomorrow, gents.
Pheeew!
We were 11 games out of the wild card.
Now it's 6.5 games out.
Possible?
Yankees back over .500. With kids, not grizzled veterans.
Ouch, indeed ... season over for Manning.
https://twitter.com/cmccosky/status/1699607266742125029
I honestly don't remember the last time the Yankees were this much fun to watch. Judge's chase for 61 was obviously fun, but this is a different kind of fun. And they've got me hoping...
And even though we're only talking about a five-game stretch, it still makes me pretty excited about 2024 -- even though I haven't given up hope for 2023. (A week ago I had.) This is some special stuff.
That’s not good.
Gone!
Gleyber!
1st and 2nd, nobody out ... back to back grounders to SS ... 3 out.
[196] Here's your Rodon reality check.
[197] Good thing we've only got him signed for, what ... 5 more years?
Missed that crap, had to help my mother print from her iPad.
Dammit!
And Judge just missed.
Two balls, called strikes on the Rook ... thanks, Blue.
Eat shit, ump. That was fucking ball 5 ffs!
Rondon doesn’t have it tonight.
[196] Here's your Rodon reality check ... again.
Ding dong ... 8-1!
Bad to worse
[211] Contract year 1!!!
Only mostly dead.
Chipping away!
Man, Willie looks GREAT!
⬆️One of my favorite players ever!
Designated loss, terrorist walk didn’t work.
This blows.
Double digits. For the wrong team.
Abreu to the IL ... Nick Ramirez up.
Hmm, delayed start?
Good start.
Hmmm, it touched the line.
Oof. Kids initiation inning.
I had forgotten Bauer was still on the team.
And just missed.
Good catch. Grrrrr.
MARS NEEDS BASEBALLS!
AGAIN!
Earth shattering!
And sigh.
Ah .... sigh.
Fucking bolkocks. Please just let it be a terrible cramp. : (
It's a good thing it's September, we might not have a team left to field in a month ...
Volpe ... sigh.
Volpe is over anxious
Terrorists’ magic seems to be gone.
Ugh.
Welp ... I suppose we've got one more chance at some runs.
Not that there's any point.
Wait ... Bauers got an error on the throw that Volpe fucked up?
Official scoring is pathetic.
[232] Afraid not.
Luis Severino dropped his glove and immediately clutched his left side, grimacing after his final pitch on Friday evening. It also may have been his last as a Yankee.
Still in extreme discomfort hours later, Severino is set to undergo diagnostic testing on Saturday, another unwelcome addition to the right-hander’s lengthy injury history. The Brewers pulled away with six late runs, handing the Bombers an 8-2 loss at Yankee Stadium.
“I feel like somebody shot me,” Severino said. “It’s a deep, sharp pain.”
Haven't been on here for a little while, hope that everyone is doing well. Sitting here on my couch in Jackson Heights, I have to admit that the Old Timers' ceremony had me tearing up. El Duque, Matsui, and Posada particularly. Its been a very rough season, but was nice to be reminded of why I love the Yankees. Haven't sat down and watched a game for a while (work schedule, etc). Looking forward to seeing the kids.
Ugh, nasty rain in the Bronx
Any update on a start time?
MLB.tv saying event will begin shortly
Yay, starting.
Been raining off an on all day on the east coast. With thunderstorms.
Finally a day under 100 degrees here in Texas!
We even got sprinkles last night!
I think Sevy has thrown his last pitch for the Yankees.
Someone fire up the calliope!
Ugh
[248] 100%.
Dude knew it last night.
Yay, some offense.
Woo hoo, tied
Hey ... Brewers want their calliope, too!
Good job, King
This just in ... 2 hits a game?
Ain't gonna get it done.
Well walking the terrorists backfired
Seems like you've been writing that a lot recently ...
Christ Volpe, you couldn't hit that with a frickin' boat oar!
Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on
This team is ... still NOT good.
[1] NOT that I am at all surprised.
They're not booing ... they're calling Boone-y!
BOOOOOOOOOONE-Y!
Get all the suckiness out today.
Like they did yesterday?
And the game before that?
Well, win tomorrow for Gerrit.
Gerrit, I suggest you give up ZERO runs.
No surprise
**Yankees' Luis Severino done for year with left oblique strain**
Good thing this a scheduled early afternoon start ... might take all day and all night to get this in.
THE CAVALRY IS HERE!
RHP Matt Bowman and LHP Anthony Misiewicz recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Bowman, 32, has not pitched in the Majors since 2019 with the Reds. He had a 3.86 ERA and five saves in 46 games (56 innings) at Triple-A. Misiewicz, 28, appeared in the Majors earlier this season with the D-backs and Tigers, posting an 8.64 ERA in eight appearances.
Uh oh, the Martian is scratched
[270] Well... he's played 8 whole games. He must be exhausted!
EP WITH THE GRAB!
So much for that "chance"
No hit through 6 ... knock me over with a feather.
3 outs to get Cole a win.
[271] Uh ... no.
Jasson Domínguez was scratched from Sunday’s starting lineup against the Brewers with right elbow inflammation, the Yankees announced.
The team said that Domínguez is day to day. The announcement was made approximately 15 minutes before the scheduled start time for Sunday’s series finale at Yankee Stadium.
Through 8.
Now nine
Why do I feel like the Yankees will win this 1-0 without getting a hit?
Bunt the runner to 3rd. Sac fly. Sho nuff.
What is this bunt you speak of?
[280] The only problem with my plan is that with a runner on 3rd one out, the OF will be pulled in, so that what would be a SF would go over their heads and be a hit.
Now ... could be infield in with 1 out and a grounder to SS or 2B that doesn't get the runner at home ... that would be a FC ... and no hit.
WHAT A FUCKING CATCH!!!
How did he hold on to that catch?
Yup.
Well, there goes my dream.
5 straight walks. Let's go!
Phew. That'll do.
Hey, that’s one of them whatchamacallits. Is that allowed?
C'mon, Blue.
Interesting strategy
It worked.
Well we were scheduled for no rain, so of course it’s a downpour right now.
Word to Big Bird.
Stanton! Retied.
Well phew.
2 horrifying bunt attempts. Barf.
Higgy for the win!
Sweet. Beats losing. One day closer to hockey season.
Holy shit. Boone just said that Jasson Dominguez has a torn UCL. That’s a full year recovery, so we’ll see him in 2025. Crushing.
This season is clearly cursed.
WTF!!!!!!
Auuuugh!
[302] For pitchers, not hitters, we'll see him again in 2024.
Hmmm, Angels open to trading Trout.
Boone suggested nine to ten months, and it’s in his throwing elbow. Though it’s been pointed out that Bryce Harper was back 160 days after his surgery. But was DHing for a while.
“I felt like something wasn’t right, but not preventing me to play,” he said. “We had a day off on Monday, so Tuesday felt about the same. But warming up and getting loose for the game, that’s the point where I could play. And then Wednesday, that’s when I told the trainers that I was feeling some kind of discomfort that wasn’t going away. And since Wednesday it has gotten progressively worse.”
What the God damn Hell?
First Rizzo, now this. Shut him down immediately if he says it isn’t getting better. There needs to be a wholesale house cleaning this off-season.
[307] Right, the problem isn't that The Martian couldn't "play" (at DH) ... it's that right now the corpse of Frankenstanton is hogging that spot.
If he has it done immediately, 8 months is mid-May next year, but he'll be able to start baseball exercises that doesn't involve throwing long before that.
Prior to tonight’s game, the Yankees made the following roster moves:
•Selected OF Estevan Florial (#90) to the 28-man roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
•Placed OF Jasson Domínguez on the 10-day injured list (retroactive to 9/10) with a right UCL tear.
[309] Yeah, I chose not to mention that because I think everyone here knows that problem. In general, I don't think it's a problem to occasionally put a bad outfielder like the 2022 version of Stanton in right field, but the 2023 version is a huge problem. He's obviously not healthy. So the question now isn't whether or not he can become a good outfielder. He can't. The question is whether or not he can return to his 2022 "form," when he could at least run after a fly ball.
Stanton probably needs to play forty games in right field in 2024, just to allow others to cycle through that DH spot. Since this whole comment is teetering on the edge of fantasy, let's imagine that he's healthy and plays 140 games. If he hits 35 home runs during those 140 games (I know), I can live with forty games of subpar defense in right.
So ... we need a nickname for Florial ... since he's here for the Martian ... I propose nicknaming him after one of Mars' two moons: Phobos or Deimos
he two moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos.[1] They are irregular in shape.[2] Both were discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall in August 1877[3] and are named after the Greek mythological twin characters Phobos (fear and panic) and Deimos (terror and dread) who accompanied their father Ares into battle. Ares, the god of war, was known to the Romans as Mars.
Florial is in the lineup and batting 9th ... assuming they play the game, that is.
That does not look good.
The forecast?
And the radar. The train line goes all the way to NJ. Postpone and play a DN double header tomorrow. It makes no sense to start a game at 11 pm. School night and adults have to work in the morning
Gonna be a fun series ... showers tomorrow and thunderstorms on Wednesday.
And sanity prevails, postponed
But now I am forced to watch the Jets!
It already looks like another lost season for both teams.
Game 1 @ 1:35 pm, MLBN, game 2 7 pm on TBS.