@TalkinYanks I fear that I genuinely cannot invest actual time following this team as long as Aaron Boone is in charge and setting the lineups.
I understand he is not up there hitting but look at this lineup, what are we doing
They’ve let this get to such a bad point where now it HAS to be discussed.
They’ve defended him from criticism so much that the shield has turned into a spotlight.
I think this 3-year stretch will be written about as a clear cut example of how not to treat a rookie player.
There are 88 players with 1,500-plus plate appearances since the beginning of the 2023 season.
Anthony Volpe ranks...
88th in batting average (.222)
88th in on-base percentage (.285)
87th in wRC+ (86)
87th in OPS (.666)
So Mark Leiter couldn’t pitch in that spot tonight because he hadn’t pitched in a while but Nestor Cortes who hadn’t pitched in 37 days made sense in the World Series?
Make it make sense.
Devin Fucking Williams, arguably the best reliever of the decade thru 2024, went to the Yankees and instantly became bad. What the fuck did I possibly do to deserve this
There is no doubt in my mind that Devin Williams will immediately go back to putting up a 1.40 ERA in 2026 somewhere else and it’s gonna drive me absolutely insane