2018 Yankee Season Game thread

[Northern Star]

Now, if Pillar's steal of home hadn't worked, does he get criticized for the aggressive base-running? #doubleedgedsword

[Bellhorn04]

Last 2 games were interesting to say the least. Betances goes out and throws a clean inning in game 3. Instead of being content with that, he runs him back out there to a predictable disaster. Today, he walks the same handed Donaldson to face the lefty swinging Smoak (I know he’s a switch) who is already killing us and it backfires. It was just asinine. You load the bases to face Smoak with a 1 run lead, so KRob cannot afford to walk him and he had to come in with a full count. Just dumb

So apparently it was DRob who told Boone he wanted to face Smoak. Going into the AB Donaldson had much better numbers vs DRob than Smoak. Oh well.

[Kimmi]

So apparently it was DRob who told Boone he wanted to face Smoak. Going into the AB Donaldson had much better numbers vs DRob than Smoak. Oh well.

Intentionally walking a batter almost never favors the pitching team. Almost never. Like the sac bunt, intentional walks are overused and misused. This is another case where most managers have not caught up with what sabermetrics are telling them.

I would have thought Boone knew better. But even if Boone did, as Cora seems to emphasize, you have to get the players to buy into it.

[jacksonianmarch]

Managers need to be smarter than their players. I’d rather have seen robertson work carefully to Donaldson with the leeway to walk him instead of loading the bases and forcing him to go after Smoak

[Kimmi]

Managers need to be smarter than their players. I’d rather have seen robertson work carefully to Donaldson with the leeway to walk him instead of loading the bases and forcing him to go after Smoak

Managers do need to be smarter than their players, but more importantly, they need to be able to get their players to buy into their decisions. If the player isn't buying it, chances are it won't work.

[jacksonianmarch]

Didi goes boom!

[Carpin]

Let's see if we can hold on this one

[jacksonianmarch]

Boone trying to blow another one

[Carpin]

Boone trying to blow another one

Damn

He's doing a good job at it

[jacksonianmarch]

Just dumb. You're up 3, you bring in a rookie who puts two guys on. You don't wait for him to put 2 more guys on before going to the pen. He doesn't get it

[a700hitter]

Just dumb. You're up 3, you bring in a rookie who puts two guys on. You don't wait for him to put 2 more guys on before going to the pen. He doesn't get it

It's the new breed of managerial stupidity.

[Carpin]

Just dumb. You're up 3, you bring in a rookie who puts two guys on. You don't wait for him to put 2 more guys on before going to the pen. He doesn't get it

We should start the over/under for Boone to be fired

[jacksonianmarch]

He cannot seem to manage a pen.

[Carpin]

Didi to the rescue

[Spudboy]

I think the Yankees should hire that Chicano broad from ESPN to be the bench coach and to keep her Buddy company.