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  1. jon abbey

    NY waiver pickups

    I'm starting this thread because I want to keep an eye on something Cashman has been doing now since the start of last offseason. A lot of NY's top minor league depth this winter was guys who did not need to be on the 40 man yet, so Cashman took that opportunity to keep the back of his 40 man...
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    5/9: Blanco vs. Stroman

    NY's final meeting this season against HOU (regular season anyway), they are 6-0 and going for the season sweep. Ronel Blanco is a 30 year old righty who pitched a no-hitter in his first game this season (on 4/1 vs TOR) and has pitched slightly worse in every succeeding start since. Let's keep...
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    5/8: Arrighetti vs. Rodon

    Middle game of the series, HOU is evidently sending out a descendent of a pirate and Dave Righetti against Carlos Rodon. This, like every Wednesday game for the next couple of months, will be streaming on Amazon as well as conflicting with the Knicks (Yankees start an hour earlier), so not sure...
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    5/7: Verlander vs. Gil

    NY got a much deserved day off Monday after 17 straight days playing, tonight HOU comes to town for 3, their second and final series this year. NY opened the year in HOU by sweeping four games behind a bunch of late rallies and 15.1 scoreless from the bullpen. Neither Verlander nor Gil pitched...
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    5/5: Skubal vs. Cortes

    Series finale vs. DET, another 1 PM start. Tarik Skubal has been fantastic this year, only 21 hits allowed in his 6 starts (!!!). Oswaldo Cabrera has been ice-cold for a while after a hot start, Jon Berti will likely get a game today against the lefty and an opportunity for more time if he can...
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    5/4: Mize vs. Schmidt

    Game 2 against DET is a 1 PM start at the Stadium, Skubal tomorrow so it doesn't get easier. I wonder if the NY lineup problems have anything to do with the fact that they are essentially playing two men down currently, with Trammell and Jones never starting. It's nice to be in the lineup...
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    5/3: Olson vs. Stroman

    Going back to early season baseball seems a little anticlimactic after the titanic struggle of Knicks/Sixers, but the Yankees come back home tonight after a demoralizing four game set in BAL. First they face the resurgent Tigers, who are actually 10-4 on the road.
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    4/20: Cortes The Killer

    In honor of 4/20, something a bit different, we'll be preparing for the 1 PM start with one of Neil's alltime best: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX9k9aoX6gk What a killer. TB sends out Eflin, Soto is 11-25 against him with 2 HRs (although probably most or all of that the pre-TB...
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    4/19: Alexander vs. Schmidt

    NY returns home for their second homestand of the season, 3 with TB followed by 4 with the suddenly playing well A's (7-4 in their last 11). They start off with their first series of the year against TB, against lefty Tyler Alexander. Like some of the other NY SPs, Schmidt has had trouble...
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    4/17: Stroman vs. Gausman

    3 PM EST start, ending the road trip. A win here would at least salvage a 3-3 trip, make it happen Marcus.
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    4/2: Cortes Jr. vs. Gallen

    Game 2 in ARI features NY's Opening Day pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr. against ARI's ace Zac Gallen. Both pitched once already, both went five innings, Gallen threw 90 pitches while his team was scoring 16 runs and Cortes Jr. got hit early but settled down to get 12 of the final 13 guys he faced...
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    4/1: Gil vs. Nelson

    NY continues their opening week road trip with three at NL champs ARI. Interestingly, ARI was another team (along with HOU) who NY beat in a series down the stretch last year, the ARI series was the final week of the regular season before ARI went on their impressive postseason run. NY is now...
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    3/31: Schmidt vs. France

    2 28 year old RHP in the finale of this four game set, Clarke Schmidt vs. JP France. 2 PM EST on YES. If I told you that Clarke Schmidt made all 32 starts last year, you probably wouldn't believe me, but he did. He worked on his arsenal this winter and hopes are high for him to keep improving...
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    NY regular season 2024

    A general thread so that we can have a more ongoing discussion than in game threads... Bad news on DJ LeMahieu today, a non-displaced fracture in his foot, reexamined in a few weeks. But even with that, NY looks a lot better set in his absence in the infield than they did a week ago, before...
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    3/30: Stroman vs. Brown

    Game 3 of 4 in Houston, this one is on Fox at 7:15 EST. HOU has only scored one run in the last 16 innings, Marcus Stroman will try to continue that drought today in his Yankee debut. Stroman has only faced Altuve, Abreu and Bregman among HOU hitters, Bregman is 0-11. Most of the Yankees have...
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    3/29: Rodon vs. Javier

    Cristian Javier has absolutely owned the Yankees in his short career, the current set of Yankee hitters are just 10-73 against him in his career, for a whopping .492 OPS. Judge is 0-12 with 2 walks and 7 Ks, yikes. Austin Wells should definitely start this one, Berti probably too even though...
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    3/28: Juan Soto Is A Yankee

    I'm a big fan of how Cashman has positioned the Yankees as of now, a bunch of hitters potentially in their walk year and extra motivated to perform, and a bunch of very exciting kids ready to step in in the near future. The pitching staff is maybe a bit thin in terms of depth, but I think that...
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    NY 26 man roster 2024

    Less than two weeks left, most jobs have been set and safe the whole spring, assuming they stay healthy of course. The fringe spots are part prediction and part what I hope for, heh. C-Wells/Trevino 1B-Rizzo 2B-Torres SS-Volpe 3B-LeMahieu LF-Verdugo/Stanton CF-Judge/Grisham RF-Soto/Judge...
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    Following Former Yankees 2024

    New thread for a new year... I count 13 former Yankee prospects on MLBTR's list of guys who are out of options, so have to make the team, be put on the IL, or released. 3 of those 13 are the guys taken in this winter's rule 5 (Spence, Coleman, Sauer), but a lot of familiar names on this list...
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    Rolling 2024 NY Spring Training Game Thread

    First game tomorrow! View: https://twitter.com/chriskirschner/status/1761104598301802496?s=46&t=0GHHaPVUX26Io0V2HIcS0g
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