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[T-Boone]

THis game was like an ND game. We kept them in it for a while until a big error from them blew it open.

 

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NY wins 11th in a row post season game over Twins, 10-4

 

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So Happ is a relief pitcher now.

Per the plan. It's a 3 game series. Only 3 starters required.

Per CBSSports

Quote:
With him off the ALDS roster, NY's bullpen figures to look something like this:

Closer: LHP Aroldis Chapman
Setup: LHP Zack Britton, LHP Adam Ottavino
Middle: RHP Chad Green, RHP Tommy Kahnle, LHP Lyons or Tarpley
Long: RHP Luis Cessa, LHP J.A. Happ


Boone also announced Thursday that James Paxton will start Game 1, as expected, with Masahiro Tanaka and Luis Severino following in Games 2 and 3, respectively

 

[NorthDakota]

Greatest ever Twins comeback starts tonight. Odorizzi will lead us to our first playoff win in 16 tries.

**** the Yankees. Most unlikable franchise in American sports.

 

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"Start Spreading The News!"


BROOMS!

 

[gkIrish]

Greatest ever Twins comeback starts tonight. Odorizzi will lead us to our first playoff win in 16 tries.

**** the Yankees. Most unlikable franchise in American sports.

How sweep it is

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Greatest ever Twins comeback starts tonight. Odorizzi will lead us to our first playoff win in 16 tries.

**** the Yankees. Most unlikable franchise in American sports.

Yeah that didn’t happen lol.

I personally think the Dallas Cowboys are the most unlikable franchise in American sports. But, you can say I am a bit biased.


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[T-Boone]

Some great fielding from the yankees.

 

[Irish#1]

Greatest ever Twins comeback starts tonight. Odorizzi will lead us to our first playoff win in 16 tries.

**** the Yankees. Most unlikable franchise in American sports.

There's many that believe Notre Dame is the most hated team in sports, but I'm with Sherm, it's the Cowboys when it comes to franchises.

 

[NorthDakota]

Fucking A twins. We have won a single playoff series in my entire life. Beat the moneyball Athletics.

This is horseshit.

The rest of our division has made it to, or won a world series in the last 15ish years I think too.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

yankees

Fucking A twins. We have won a single playoff series in my entire life. Beat the moneyball Athletics.

This is horseshit.

The rest of our division has made it to, or won a world series in the last 15ish years I think too.

Royals = made it in 2014, won in 2015
Sox = won in 2005
Indians = made WS in 2016
Tigers = made WS in 2006, 2012


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Yankees will start Masahiro Tanaka in Game 1 of the ALCS
By Post Sports DeskOctober 11, 2019 | 6:32pm | Updated

Aaron Boone tweaked his starting rotation for the ALCS.

The Yankees manager announced Friday that Masahiro Tanaka will pitch Game 1 in Houston on Saturday night against the Astros’ Zack Greinke. Tanaka started in Game 1 when the two teams met in the 2017 ALCS and lost 2-1.

James Paxton, who took the ball for Game 1 of the Yankees’ ALDS win against the Twins, will pitch next and Luis Severino will start Game 3. Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole will be on the mound for Game 2 and 3 respectively for the Astros.

 

[NDShark]

Would be massive to take a second in Houston. I actually thought GT had some good wood on his first AB (looks like it hit the end of the bat) and so did DJ. Hopefully, those convert to hits and Verlander doesn’t get a chance to settle in.

 

[Irish#1]

Would have liked to won that second one but I'll take a split over the favorites and head home.

 

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Yankees release Jacoby Ellsbury in 40-man roster shakeup
By George A. King III and Ken DavidoffNovember 20, 2019 | 7:42pm

The Yankees opened wide Wednesday night and swallowed hard cash when they released Jacoby Ellsbury, whom they owe $21 million for the 2020 season and a $5 million buyout on a $21 million option for 2021.

By 8 p.m., the Yankees had to set their 40-man roster to make room for prospects they wanted to protect from being taken in next month’s Rule 5 draft held at the winter meetings in San Diego.

With their roster at 36 and not counting Domingo German, who is likely to be suspended for the start of the 2020 season, the Yankees added seven minor league players, released Ellsbury and designated first baseman Greg Bird and lefty Nestor Cortes Jr. for assignment.

Releasing the 36-year-old Ellsbury, who hasn’t played since the 2017 ALCS due to a buffet of injuries that included hip surgery late in the 2018 season, puts an end to the seven-year, $153 million contract the Yankees handed the left-handed-hitting center fielder before the 2014 season.

This Jacoby Ellsbury-Yankees hot take includes important lesson
The Post learned that Ellsbury’s final season at $21 million wasn’t insured. Even released, Ellsbury and his annual average value of nearly $22 million would count toward the Yankees’ 2020 luxury-tax figure.

The Yankees added outfielder Estevan Florial and right-handed pitchers Deivi Garcia, Luis Gil, Brooks Kriske, Luis Medina, Nick Nelson and Miguel Yajure to the 40-man roster.

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https://nypost.com/2019/11/20/greg-birds-time-with-yankees-is-also-over/

Greg Bird’s time with Yankees is also over
By George A. King IIINovember 20, 2019 | 8:47pm

 

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Rachel Balkovec joins Yankees as first female full-time hitting coach hired by an MLB organization
Balkovec will be a minor league hitting coach for the Yankees
Dayn Perry CBSSports 5 hrs ago

The Yankees have hired Rachel Balkovec as a minor-league hitting coach. Balkovec is believed to be the first female full-time hitting coach hired by a major league organization, as Lindsay Berra notes in the New York Times.

Berra writes:

Club officials said they had hired Balkovec based on qualifications — including two master's degrees in the science of human movement and experience at several minor league clubs — that were a natural fit with the coaching crew being assembled for next season.​

"It's an easy answer to why we chose Rachel for this role," Yankees hitting coordinator Dillon Lawson told Berra. "She's a good hitting coach, and a good coach, period."

Balkovec, 32, will begin her new role in Tampa starting in early February of next year. Previously, she worked as minor league strength and conditioning coordinator for the Cardinals, the Astros' Latin American strength and conditioning coordinator, and then as the strength and conditioning coach for Double-A Corpus Christi. Balkovec also worked as a contract strength and conditioning coach for a Cardinals affiliate and was named Appalachian League's strength coach of the year in 2012, according to Berra. That Balkovec has now been tabbed by MLB's most popular and recognizable franchise makes the historic hiring all the more notable.

Balkovec was hired in early November. Not long thereafter, the Cubs announced the hiring of Rachel Folden as the lead hitting lab tech and fourth coach for the Rookie League in Mesa, Arizona.

 

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Yankees trade Nestor Cortes Jr. to Mariners for international slot money
By Peter BotteNovember 25, 2019 | 3:03pm

The Yankees made a minor trade Monday, dealing left-handed pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr. to Seattle for international signing bonus pool money.

Cortes appeared in 33 games for the Yankees last season, all but one out of the bullpen. He posted a 5-1 record with a 5.67 ERA and 69 strikeouts over 66 2/3 innings.

Cortes, 24, was designated for assignment, along with first baseman Greg Bird, last Wednesday to create room for several prospects on the team’s 40-man roster, the same day the Yankees released Jacoby Ellsbury.

 

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The New York Yankees added Gerrit Cole to their rotation with a record $324 million, nine-year contract, averaging $36 million a year. The World Series Champion Washington Nationals and Stephen Strasburg had set the mark in total dollars and average salary for pitchers a day earlier with a $245 million, seven-year contract.

 

[Irish Man3]

G. Cole to the Empire for 9years/324mill. Yoooo

 

[Legacy]

Yanks said to be shopping J.A. Happ now that they've signed Cole.

 

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Yankees actively shopping J.A. Happ to soften Gerrit Cole money blow
By Joel ShermanDecember 9, 2019 | 9:48pm

SAN DIEGO — As a way to potentially fit Gerrit Cole more comfortably into their payroll — specifically for luxury-tax purposes — the Yankees continue to shop J.A. Happ, as The Post first reported last month.

Two executives from outside teams described the Yankees as actively looking to trade Happ.

Happ completed the first season of a two-year, $34 million contract in 2019, so he counts $17 million toward the luxury-tax payroll. The Yankees know that in 2020 they will be over the first luxury-tax threshold of $208 million and probably the second penalty level of $228 million as well. But if they were able to move even most of Happ’s contract, then they probably could avoid the top penalty level of a payroll above $248 million.

Happ is not an easy sell. He had a 4.91 ERA last season. He is 37. He has a 2021 vesting option for $17 million that triggers at 165 innings or 27 starts. But he is durable. He was good down the regular-season stretch, with a 2.23 ERA in his final six games (five starts), particularly dominating lefties.

Following the 2017 season, the Yankees attached prospect Bryan Mitchell to Chase Headley in a trade to get the Padres to take on the full $13 million due the third baseman in 2018. That was key to the Yankees getting under the luxury tax that season. They could follow the same script here by attaching a prospect (or two) to Happ as a way to get an interested team to take on all or most of his remaining contract.

 

[Irish#1]

Been needing a real #1 for a while.

 

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Domingo German suspended 81 games over alleged domestic violence incident
By Post Sports DeskJanuary 2, 2020 | 2:58pm

Domingo German was suspended for 81 games under MLB’s domestic violence policy, MLB announced on Thursday.

German, 27, has already served 18 of those games from last season, meaning the Yankees right-hander will be out the first 63 games of the 2020 season.

German allegedly slapped his girlfriend at then-teammate CC Sabathia’s charity event on Sept. 6 of last year. German will not appeal the suspension.

“My office has completed its investigation into the allegations that Domingo Germán violated Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy,” Manfred said in a statement. “Having reviewed all of the available evidence, I have concluded that Mr. Germán violated our Policy and that discipline is appropriate.”

“We remain steadfast in our support of Major League Baseball’s investigative process and the disciplinary action taken regarding Domingo Germán,” the Yankees said in a statement. “Domestic violence — in any form — is a gravely serious matter that affects every segment of our society. Major League Baseball has taken the lead in our industry to make domestic violence awareness and prevention a priority, and we will continue to back those efforts. We are encouraged by Domingo’s acceptance of his discipline, and we sincerely hope this indicates a commitment to making a meaningful and positive change in his personal conduct.

“As per the Basic Agreement’s Joint Domestic Violence Policy, the Club will have no further comment on this matter and refer all questions to the Office of the Commissioner.”

German was 18-4 with a 4.03 ERA and in the midst of a breakout season before the alleged incident.

 

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[B]Don Larsen, Yankees legend who threw only World Series perfect game, dead at 90[/B]
By Mike Puma January 1, 2020 | 9:38 pm | Updated

Don Larsen had one shining moment in a major league uniform that he professed years later to think about every day of his life.

The only pitcher in World Series history to throw a perfect game, the former Yankees right-hander died Wednesday at age 90, according to reports.

Larsen’s agent, Andrew Levy, told the Associated Press the former pitcher died of esophageal cancer in Hayden, Idaho. Levy said Larsen’s son, Scott, confirmed the death.

Over a 14-year big league career with seven organizations, Larsen went 81-91 with a 3.78 ERA and appeared in five World Series. After his retirement, he became a fixture at Yankees Old Timers’ Day, where he often relived one of the greatest pitching performances in baseball history.

Given the starting assignment against the Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, Larsen (who didn’t know until hours before the game he would be pitching) held a lineup that included Hall of Famers Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson without a hit. Larsen, with his no windup delivery, retired all 27 batters he faced in what was then just the sixth perfect game in major league history. The black and white images of catcher Yogi Berra leaping into Larsen’s arms have long endured to capture the moment.

“Where was Don the night before he pitched the perfect game? I haven’t the slightest idea, but you could smell liquor on his breath all day,” Mickey Mantle wrote in his autobiography. “I’ll tell you this: He came to the ballpark feeling pretty good. In fact, to Don, the whole game was a joke. After each inning, guys left him alone, not because of the smell, but because they didn’t want to jinx him, and he’d say with a smile and a laugh, ‘You think I’m gonna do it?’ ”

Larsen became linked to the ensuing perfect games in Yankees history. In 1998, David Wells threw a perfecto against the Twins at Yankee Stadium; Wells and Larsen both graduated from the same high school, Point Loma, in San Diego. The following year, Larsen was in attendance — as part of Yogi Berra Day festivities — when David Cone pitched a perfect game against the Expos.

“We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Don Larsen, who remained a welcome and familiar face at our annual Old-Timers’ Day celebrations in the decades following his playing career,” the Yankees said in a statement.

“Don’s perfect game is a defining moment for our franchise, encapsulating a storied era of Yankees success and ranking among the greatest single-game performances in Major League Baseball history. The unmitigated joy reflected in his embrace with Yogi Berra after the game’s final out will forever hold a secure place in Yankees lore. It was the pinnacle of baseball success and a reminder of the incredible, unforgettable things that can take place on a baseball field.”

Larsen had arrived to the Yankees as part of a 17-player trade with the Orioles following the 1954 season. Other prominent names in the deal were Bob Turley, who later won the Cy Young award in The Bronx, and Gene Woodling, who departed for the Orioles after playing a role for the Yankees on their five straight World Series-winning teams.

With the Yankees, Larsen pitched for World Series winners in 1956 and ’58. He pitched for Yankees teams that lost the World Series in 1955 and ’57. His final World Series appearance came with the Giants — who lost in seven games to the Yankees — in 1962.

 

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Don Larsen was an unlikely Yankees legend
By Mike VaccaroJanuary 1, 2020 | 11:56pm | Updated

This was 10 years ago, and the voice on the other end of the telephone sounded gruff and weary. As many often do when a stranger calls, he asked, “How did you get this number?”

That’s always a tricky one to answer. You never know if you’re spoiling a confidence. But before I could worry about that, the voice softened and strengthened and a loud laugh landscaped by so many New York nights out of the past took over.

“I’m kidding. I’m glad you called,” Don Larsen said. “I was 81-91 as a major league pitcher. If that’s all people knew about me, nobody would ever call.”

A pause.

“You want to talk about my year with the Orioles, right?”

More laughter. He was 3-21 with the Orioles in 1954, when he walked 88 hitters and struck out only 80. There are a lot of ironies involved when you talk about Don Larsen, who died at 90 on New Year’s Day. He was not cut out of classic Yankees cloth. His Yankees battery mate, Yogi Berra, subsisted on a chocolate drink called Yoo-Hoo; Larsen was partial to stronger concoctions.

And he was wild. Man, was he wild. He came to the Yankees in an epic 17-player deal on Nov. 17, 1954, and he would drive his new manager, Casey Stengel, half-crazy with his inability to throw strikes on a regular basis. His best year as a Yankee, 1956, he went 11-5 with a 3.26 ERA but still walked 96. He adopted a no-windup delivery. That helped some.

Still, in Game 2 of the 1956 World Series, he faced 10 batters and walked four of them; given a 6-0 lead, he recorded only five outs. The Dodgers stormed back for a 13-8 win. Years later, Larsen said, “I was so bad that if I were managing me, I wouldn’t have handed me the ball again under any circumstance.”

Such was Larsen’s belief that he went out on the town the night before Game 5. It was through bleary eyes he discovered the next morning that Stengel had put a baseball in his spikes. It was his game.

That day — Oct. 8, 1956 — would instantly become one of the most sacred dates in baseball history. Larsen threw 97 pitches. The last one, a 1-and-2 fastball to Dale Mitchell, was a call strike three that Mitchell half waved at and that was it: 27 Dodgers up, 27 Dodgers down.

Larsen had pitched just the fourth perfect game in the 20th century, the first in 34 years, the first (and still only) ever thrown in the postseason.

Irony?

Dick Young, the most influential sportswriter New York City has ever known, whose later work appeared in The Post, was scrambling on deadline at his then-newspaper to finish two stories, one from the Dodgers clubhouse, one on Babe Pinelli, the home-plate umpire who was retiring so this was his last game ever calling balls and strikes.

Young’s colleague, Joe Trimble, was ashen-faced. The page in his typewriter was blank. He had a terribly timed case of writer’s block. Young grabbed Trimble’s typewriter and without saying a word typed these words:

“The unperfect man pitched a perfect game yesterday.”

Don Larsen, Yankees legend who threw only World Series perfect game, dead at 90
In later editions, that would be tweaked to what has become one of the most famous ledes in the history of newspapers: “The imperfect man pitched a perfect game yesterday.”

That was Larsen. For one day, he was the greatest pitcher who ever lived. The other 411 games of his career? The other 1,539 innings he logged for seven teams from 1953 through 1967? Not so much. And that was always OK with Larsen. You never met a guy happier to have accomplished something.

“Hell, yeah, I’m glad it happened to me,” he told me over the phone in 2009. “I think about it every day — and not just once a day. As long as they play baseball, they’ll remember the name ‘Don Larsen.’ That works for me.”

The call was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of David Cone’s perfect game, which had come on Yogi Berra Day, and Larsen just happened to be in the house that day, too. A year earlier, David Wells had thrown a perfecto; Wells had attended Point Loma High School in San Diego — same as Don Larsen, class of 1947.

Larsen loved everything about being a star in New York, probably loved it too much. Mickey Mantle, who would surely have known, once said, “Don had a startling capacity for liquor.” But he was right as rain on Oct. 8, 1956, and he made it to 90, and he got his money’s worth, both quality and quantity. And he was always happy you called.

 

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Yankees avoid drama by giving Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez big raises
By Dan MartinJanuary 10, 2020 | 7:58pm

There will be no arbitration drama for the Yankees this offseason.

The Yankees agreed to terms with all nine of their arbitration eligible players — including Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and James Paxton — by Friday’s deadline.

Judge and Sanchez got the biggest bumps after years of being among the best values in the game. Judge signed for $8.5 million, according to a source, after making $684,000 last season.

Sanchez led all catchers with 34 homers last season while making $669,800 and agreed to a deal worth $5 million, according to a source.

Both are scheduled to hit free agency in 2023.

James Paxton, in his final year of arbitration before heading to free agency following this year, jumped from $9.5 million to $12.5 million according to a source.

The agreements allowed the Yankees to avoid potentially messy arbitration hearings with the face of the franchise, Judge, and the injury-prone Sanchez in their first years of eligibility.

The last time the Yankees had an arbitration hearing was in 2017, when Dellin Betances lost his case and got $3 million instead of his requested $5 million. It led to a public spat during which team president Randy Levine knocked Betances’ résumé.

A year ago, the Yankees and Luis Severino were heading toward a hearing when the two sides came to an agreement on an extension at the last minute, which resulted in a four-year, $40 million deal for the right-hander.

Severino then suffered through a season in which he was mostly sidelined by arm injuries.

The Yankees also settled with Gio Urshela at $2.475 million on Friday.

Urshela figures to be in a battle for third base with Miguel Andujar. Manager Aaron Boone said last month Andujar has recovered from the torn labrum that sidelined him for much of 2019.

In the bullpen, Tommy Kahnle settled at $2.65 million and fellow right-hander Luis Cessa at $895,000. Chad Green, Jonathan Holder and lefty Jordan Montgomery also settled on one-year deals.

 

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The Yankees roster casualty of Brett Gardner’s new contract
By Dan MartinJanuary 11, 2020 | 1:29pm | Updated

Brett Gardner is back with the Yankees — officially.

The longtime outfielder agreed to a new deal with the team last month, but didn’t take a physical until Tuesday and the Yankees announced the deal Saturday.

Gardner returns on a one-year contract worth $12.5 million with a $10 million option for 2021 that includes a $2.5 million buyout.

To make room for Gardner on the roster, Stephen Tarpley was designated for assignment.

Coming off a season in which he set career highs in homers with 28 and an OPS of .829, Gardner was expected to be back in The Bronx — especially with Aaron Hicks out likely until June at the earliest following Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in October.

Gardner, 36, figures to play regularly in center, with fellow lefty swinging Mike Tauchman another option to fill in for the switch-hitting Hicks, who returned from an elbow injury during the playoffs, but then further injured it.

Hicks, 30, signed a seven-year, $70 million extension last spring, but was limited to 59 games during the regular season in 2019.

The longest tenured Yankee, Gardner’s presence in the clubhouse will be even more important this season after the departures of CC Sabathia, Didi Gregorius, Dellin Betances and Austin Romine.

The 26-year-old Tarpley appeared in 21 games for the Yankees last season and was mostly ineffective. He allowed six homers in just 24 2/3 innings and had an ERA of 6.93.

Acquired in the 2016 deal that sent Ivan Nova to the Pirates, Tarpley made the postseason roster in 2018, when he gave up three runs in one innings in a blowout loss to Boston in Game 3 of the ALDS.

He’d been good against left-handed hitters, but could be more impacted than others by the new MLB rule being implemented this season that forces pitchers to face at least three batters or finish an inning in an appearance. The rule was put in place to try to improve pace of play, but will hurt lefty specialists.

 

[T-Boone]

They probably decided it was ridiculous that a special teams coach was going to be the highest paid Judge in New York city.

 

[Irish#1]

The Yankees roster casualty of Brett Gardner’s new contract
By Dan MartinJanuary 11, 2020 | 1:29pm | Updated

Good to get things settled before heading to Florida.