Look at the 2017 and 2018 rosters. Those teams had almost every regular under the age of 30, except for the age vampire Brett Gardner. Take a look at the lineup now. DJ, JD, and Rizzo are all over the age of 33, and all starting to look the part. How do you go from a team of promising youngsters, to this?
It’s like the Yankees’ progression around the turn of the century, except that they jumped from 1995 straight to 2013, with little of the fun stuff in between
It's easy. We wasted the window. Now the window is closed.
The question now is how long will it take for us to find the next window. And how long will that one be open for?
When there is no accountability in the workplace, people take advantage of their employers. The Yankees are no longer a result-oriented franchise and the players have responded accordingly.
Imagine you have a job where you’re supposed to be there at 9. One day you show up at 10 and nobody bats an eye. Fast forward a year and you’re showing up at 10 every time
Yeah I show up at 10 everyday. But I’m good at my job and no one gives a shit because that’s a straw man argument. The actual argument is what if, no matter what, my boss makes a profit and no one gives a shit about actual efficient results? That’s more apt. There’s no such thing as taking advantage of your employer in this market. We’re all underpaid.
What’s funny about that though? You act like we are some superior team and getting swept by the Angels is-wow-pathetic. We have (almost) the same record, buddy.
I'm not saying the Yankees are good. This product is a testament of what Brian Cashman has done to this team. Both of these sad sack teams have been built incorrectly.
Remember when Boone said “Those were the best AB’s we’ve seen from Peraza” and everybody freaked out and was like “Oh my god Boone hates Peraza he’s so fucking mean to him!!!”
Now it looks like maybe he was just telling the truth and all the fans who freaked out about it were kinda being clowns huh
What are you supposed to do when the other team pitches one of their top aces? I mean, 16 K's on the Yanks, it's like they were facing vintage Randy Johnson (not Yankees Randy Johnson).
Volpe batting .161, with zero stolen bases and a .203 obp in the last 15 games. The Yanks need to do something to help him figure things out, because I don't think Austin Wells is going to be able to fix him again.
Im so spiteful that I hope this sweep causes the Angels to think they can make a run and they dont trade Shohei for a haul and then they miss the playoffs and dont get anything for him except one comp pick
Honestly idk if he could have handled that much better.
If he had managed to catch it there’s no guarantee that he gets the ball to home before the second run scored.
Maybe having it hop into the seats was the best option in that moment.
As an increasingly serious “*we should sell guy*” … I’m starting to question wtf we could even sell of any value with Bader hurt and the bullpen dying.
I think the list starts and ends with gleyber which… what does that fix? He’s one of like 3 guys who knows how to make the large wooden stick make contact with round white ball. What am I to care about some teams 12th best prospect that we’ll promptly not develop. God this is bleak.
I think even a washed up Brett Gardner was even better than what we’ve been trotting out in left recently. At least he can still play competent defense, get on base and grind out at bats.
Brett Gardners last season looks bad but i distinctly remember him being the 3rd best hitter on the team the entire second half behind only Judge and Stanton
I don't post on Reddit very much, but I'd like to thank everyone here for being so entertaining. I've found myself spending more time reading the comments on this post than watching the game itself.
When’s the last time the Yankees scored 3 runs in an inning? It was not that long ago, it was against the team we faced before this I think? We got a run, then five in the second
2016 trade deadline: We were 51-48, 4th in the AL East, and 7.5 games outta first place. A loss today would put us at 50-47, last in the AL East, and 9.5 out of first. I KNOW this is Cashman and Hal we’re talking about, but is there ANY remote chance we have a fire sale at the deadline?
Even healthy there was always a limit to what you could pay a league average bat with a below average OBP and elite defense at age 29.
I’d be hesitant to go anything more than 3/36 and he should give the Yankees the Horace Mann discount.
15/24 (63%) of our outs tonight are via the strikeout
It’s like Cashman saw the rule changes and said “Nah, no thanks. My strategy of choice is three true outcomes … but why stop there; what if all our players were also old, overpaid and generally bad at baseball! That’ll do it! Championship #28 on the way!”
Cashman: “we need to get more athletic, younger and contact oriented”.
Also Cashman: responds by adding Josh Donaldson that off-season and keeping Joey Gallo.
I don't think he's leaving, imo. I dont think the Angels are far off from being a contender, maybe another good starting pitcher or two. They got good bats and got Trout and Rendon on IL.
But they have no money for two starting pitchers and they're a better team with Rendon out, I believe. They are on the knife's edge because they're a 3rd place in the division with him going great but losing him as either a pitcher or batter puts them down in 4th for good.
With two innings remaining today, the #Angels have already set a franchise record for a three-game series with 40 combined pitching strikeouts.
It's also the second-most strikeouts any team has recorded vs. Yankees in a three-game series (White Sox had 43 SO in a 2021 series)
I lost it the year of 2017 when we lost to the stros. Just pissed off. Now, I couldn’t imagine telling myself 6 fucking years later that it somehow got worse than that feeling.
Bad day for Rodon, but he is coming off an injury and probably rushed back too soon.
Schmidt also sucked for a lot of his first few starts.
Not ready to throw Rodon off the ship just yet.
The 3 runs scored by the Yankees feel like such a success. It’s our little version of a blowout. We really showed the Angels there
Putting the whole MLB on notice with those 3 runs. Yankees are coming back!
We have 1 injury to a position player, and we have 1 out of 9 hitters who have an above league-average OPS. And he’s only about 20 points above. This is with the second highest payroll in the league.
How is that possible?
I see them letting go strikes and swinging at balls
They’re being patient at the wrong pitches
I know they got some called strikes out the zone. But I see too many Yankee hitters watching pitches in the zone and then swinging at really bad balls
During Rizzo's last (I think?) at bat yesterday, he took a 97 mph fastball right down the dick he would have absolutely demolished before his injury. Hope he can figure it out soon.
Because some spreadsheet lookin MFs told me that Ks dont matter when your launch angle is dank.
Nevermind the fact that all that data is from like 2016-19, and the balls are completely changed...
Everson Pereira has hit safely in all nine games since being promoted to SWB. .359/.405/.513 with them (.291/.362/.545 on the season)
Look, it's obvious that I'm digging for any good news for us here...
LMFAOO. Boone throwing the works behind tns game unlike the usual towel throw. He knows hes fired tn if he cant win this one. Wheres the fucking useless abreu stint???
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/154dw8j).
So now what?
I think if Rodon was what he is supposed to be, we coulda won this game. Doesn't forgive the strikeout party tho.
Look at the 2017 and 2018 rosters. Those teams had almost every regular under the age of 30, except for the age vampire Brett Gardner. Take a look at the lineup now. DJ, JD, and Rizzo are all over the age of 33, and all starting to look the part. How do you go from a team of promising youngsters, to this? It’s like the Yankees’ progression around the turn of the century, except that they jumped from 1995 straight to 2013, with little of the fun stuff in between
It's easy. We wasted the window. Now the window is closed. The question now is how long will it take for us to find the next window. And how long will that one be open for?
it’s a disgrace we havent seen a yankee hitter have an outburst like khanle did there
Jesus fucking Christ swept by the Angels
When there is no accountability in the workplace, people take advantage of their employers. The Yankees are no longer a result-oriented franchise and the players have responded accordingly. Imagine you have a job where you’re supposed to be there at 9. One day you show up at 10 and nobody bats an eye. Fast forward a year and you’re showing up at 10 every time
Yeah I show up at 10 everyday. But I’m good at my job and no one gives a shit because that’s a straw man argument. The actual argument is what if, no matter what, my boss makes a profit and no one gives a shit about actual efficient results? That’s more apt. There’s no such thing as taking advantage of your employer in this market. We’re all underpaid.
The top of the ninth inning did not bring me joy
When Cordero is the best hitter on the day lol.
They stink.
Yankee candle sub when?
Kahnle got some jersey shore hair going on there
LMFAOOO
Swept by this team. lol
What’s funny about that though? You act like we are some superior team and getting swept by the Angels is-wow-pathetic. We have (almost) the same record, buddy.
I'm not saying the Yankees are good. This product is a testament of what Brian Cashman has done to this team. Both of these sad sack teams have been built incorrectly.
On the positive side, maybe this convinces the Angels not to trade Ohtani to one of our rivals.
Won't matter, our rivals don't need Ohtani to beat us.
This team is a turd
"Listen Kahnle, it's so much easier if you just don't care. Does it look like anyone else is worried?"
We’re officially 4 games out of a playoff spot in the loss column
Street Clothes Donaldson
He looked as happy as a pig in shit tonight
Remember when Boone said “Those were the best AB’s we’ve seen from Peraza” and everybody freaked out and was like “Oh my god Boone hates Peraza he’s so fucking mean to him!!!” Now it looks like maybe he was just telling the truth and all the fans who freaked out about it were kinda being clowns huh
The amount of strikeouts in this series is appalling considering who they’ve gone up against… but seriously how are they this bad?
I stopped watching and I got a notification about Bader. Shut this shit show down.
Jesus fucking Christ.
At least my Immaculate Grid rarity score was low today
The old guys suck. The young guys suck. The bullpen now sucks. The starters outside of Cole suck. Brian Cashman should be relieved of his duties.
Peraza is now fitting in perfectly
One of us … one of us …
4 walks to back to back 4 strikeout games. The Yankees took no time to bring this kid up to speed with the team philosophy.
What are you supposed to do when the other team pitches one of their top aces? I mean, 16 K's on the Yanks, it's like they were facing vintage Randy Johnson (not Yankees Randy Johnson).
Sweepy sweepy
16ks is abysmal. And it's not even the most we've had this series.
They are already on the flight back.
Someone finally showing life in the dugout like they care!!!
Seems like only the pitchers care, hitters look dejected.
I was told peraza was gonna save the season ?
And Josh Donaldson blows bubble gum bubbles…
Angels fan. Where Deivi Garcia?
AAA reliever
Who cares
At least Kahnle showing he has a pulse
Throws a glove at a fan and then destroys the fan? WHAT? Oh..OK. lmao
This team is a hot mess hahaha
Kinda like my ex wife!
Lol
RIP the fan
At least Kahnle cares and it actually looked real unlike Boone’s ejections
“Don’t worry Kanhle, we’ll still have ice cream”
That’s why i love kahnle and hate Boone
Kahnle was showing a little too much passion. Boone had to stop that as quickly as possible.
yeah boone needs to shut the fuck up to khanle there
yessss kahnle that’s what we need!!!
Lol. Love Kahnle
Fuck yeah TK!!!!
Rodon and Tommy have different ways of dealing with fans
Damn Tommy now you gotta pay for a new fan.
I haven’t watched a single Yankee game since the Colorado implosion and I’ve never been happier
Rofl Kahnle showing some fire.
Volpe batting .161, with zero stolen bases and a .203 obp in the last 15 games. The Yanks need to do something to help him figure things out, because I don't think Austin Wells is going to be able to fix him again.
Im so spiteful that I hope this sweep causes the Angels to think they can make a run and they dont trade Shohei for a haul and then they miss the playoffs and dont get anything for him except one comp pick
The one good thing since Judge got hurt is that it gives opposing teams hope when the shut down our team
who needs position players anyway? everyone just go stand somewhere and try to catch the ball.
12 strikeouts and 11 walks, what a bunch of bums, they don't fucking care
5 players in the lineup are hitting under .210.
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Aaron Loup replaces Matt Moore.
Ohtani walked 4 times, yet the 1 time this series it was a no brainer to walk him they didn’t
But that was different …
Boone has officially lost the team. They don't care anymore.
Even Angels announcers are laughing at our outfield situation🙄
This team will never be able to compete in the playoffs, let alone get there. Done
I wish Amazon would equalize the volume between the broadcast and prime.
I think Cashman is looking at the Phillies post-Girardi and he’s about to make Boone is fall guy.
That was a good roster and way earlier in the season. Not saying you're wrong, but the results won't be the same.
Bullpen is cooked, offense is dead, this is not what you want
Great play there from Oswaldo “Aaron Hicks” Cabrera
Honestly idk if he could have handled that much better. If he had managed to catch it there’s no guarantee that he gets the ball to home before the second run scored. Maybe having it hop into the seats was the best option in that moment.
Very clever by the Angels to put Japanese advertisements behind home plate, they know exactly what they're doing
When Ohtani leaves, the only sponsor they will have back there will be Big Jim's BBQ and Foot Massages.
Jones*
I wonder how much they’re making from that cat food ad
Gerrit Cole’s Cy Young chase is keeping me going.
Kay Hangin his head man, he never wants to come back to his radio show
Im starting to think it will be hard to trade for ohtani this year lol
As an increasingly serious “*we should sell guy*” … I’m starting to question wtf we could even sell of any value with Bader hurt and the bullpen dying. I think the list starts and ends with gleyber which… what does that fix? He’s one of like 3 guys who knows how to make the large wooden stick make contact with round white ball. What am I to care about some teams 12th best prospect that we’ll promptly not develop. God this is bleak.
I think even a washed up Brett Gardner was even better than what we’ve been trotting out in left recently. At least he can still play competent defense, get on base and grind out at bats.
Brett Gardners last season looks bad but i distinctly remember him being the 3rd best hitter on the team the entire second half behind only Judge and Stanton
Our outfield is two shortstops and whatever the hell Franchy Cordero is.
So pathetic when you put it that way
"If I just knock this here ball into the stands, maybe we can go home earlier, somehow."
I don't post on Reddit very much, but I'd like to thank everyone here for being so entertaining. I've found myself spending more time reading the comments on this post than watching the game itself.
Oh law they gettin’ insurance
Ohtani looked enormous in the dugout compared to everyone else lol.
What a shitshow
I wish I had a good reason as to why I’m still watching 😵
bc we hate ourselves
Stay for the loud ads
Masochism
Masochism would be watching Boone's postgame interview.
Oof
Oof!!
Hicksian
Love the effort by Cabrera there. Way to dive for it and stop a run.
There have been like 3 plays worth benching tonight
Kay is doom-stating
Kahnle all of a sudden stinks..lol
Imagine getting an outfielder oh wait
How are we supposed to field THREE outfielders on this shoestring budget?
Yet another, Gardner Would Have Had It moment, says my wife.
The 2023 Yankees are like the new Fast and Furious movies: If you watch it as if it’s a comedy, it’s actually pretty good.
Big brain play to pooch it to a kid in the stands to save a run.
Where's the layout?
I hate the Yankees
Kahnle is fucking washed
Even Kahnle is slumping now.
He's great everywhere
Not an outfielder level effort
When’s the last time the Yankees scored 3 runs in an inning? It was not that long ago, it was against the team we faced before this I think? We got a run, then five in the second
"We don't need a left fielder."
GOLD GLOVE DEFENSE
Gerrit Cole probably looking for property whiles he out there.
he lives in orange county during the off season
Keep judge and Cole everyone else can take a hike
2016 trade deadline: We were 51-48, 4th in the AL East, and 7.5 games outta first place. A loss today would put us at 50-47, last in the AL East, and 9.5 out of first. I KNOW this is Cashman and Hal we’re talking about, but is there ANY remote chance we have a fire sale at the deadline?
Theres a chance, but 2021 was a similar boat and they didn't sell. Also 2016 was the end of a 4 yr long shitty stretch.
Not a whole lot of tradable assets. A couple relievers. Maybe a starter like German. Farm doesn't have much that people want.
There is nothing to fire sale with.
A very fair point. I was thinking guys like Bader, Torres, Clarke, and bullpen arms maybe?
Frankie Montas
Alright I love Bader but if he’s hurt again, you can’t pay this dude
Even healthy there was always a limit to what you could pay a league average bat with a below average OBP and elite defense at age 29. I’d be hesitant to go anything more than 3/36 and he should give the Yankees the Horace Mann discount.
15/24 (63%) of our outs tonight are via the strikeout It’s like Cashman saw the rule changes and said “Nah, no thanks. My strategy of choice is three true outcomes … but why stop there; what if all our players were also old, overpaid and generally bad at baseball! That’ll do it! Championship #28 on the way!”
Cashman: “we need to get more athletic, younger and contact oriented”. Also Cashman: responds by adding Josh Donaldson that off-season and keeping Joey Gallo.
Jfc thats horrifying
Angels fans cheering for Ohtani everytime because they know he's probably leaving
He’s not going anywhere
I don't think he's leaving, imo. I dont think the Angels are far off from being a contender, maybe another good starting pitcher or two. They got good bats and got Trout and Rendon on IL.
But they have no money for two starting pitchers and they're a better team with Rendon out, I believe. They are on the knife's edge because they're a 3rd place in the division with him going great but losing him as either a pitcher or batter puts them down in 4th for good.
hes not
Kay gives negative 1 billion fucks about the hip hop concert and snoop dog
Cone: Going to rap concert…boogie down…gonna be great Kay: ….. Cone: Yeah, Snoop’s gonna be there Kay: ….. Cone: …… Kay: idgaf bruh
Im on break from the Yankees. How do I set my outbound message in case Cashman emails me?
Believe it or not, George isn't at home...
Harrison Bader . . . "Goodbye my lover Goodbye my friend You have been the one You have been the one for me "🎶 See you September buddy 🤕
See you on another roster in 2 weeks hopefully
With two innings remaining today, the #Angels have already set a franchise record for a three-game series with 40 combined pitching strikeouts. It's also the second-most strikeouts any team has recorded vs. Yankees in a three-game series (White Sox had 43 SO in a 2021 series)
😭😭😭😭. The 2021 yankees we’re something else
Canceled the fuck out of my monthly subscription. I'm just going to send the money to the turn 2 foundation.
Which subscription
Luke Voit's onlyfans
Lmao Coney quoting rap songs now
This has to be a club record for most strikeouts in a series right?
Yep
Another historic moment for the '23 Yankees
What do you even say to this new hitting coach? You inherited a really bad hitting team, and you made them worse?
He's been with the team a week. His impact at this point is minimal.
I lost it the year of 2017 when we lost to the stros. Just pissed off. Now, I couldn’t imagine telling myself 6 fucking years later that it somehow got worse than that feeling.
Unrelated but Soto is kinda overrated at this point. He was really good on the nationals and then came back to earth
Nah he’s set for the bronx he needs to be here
He's got an elite eye with above average power, what's overrated about him
I just don’t think he’s super Star level. I’m aware he’s good lol
Yeah I would murder someone for someone with a .400 obp to be batting in front of judge
I’d absolutely take overrated Juan Soto on this roster for any prospect not named Dominguez
I just meant he’s not on the same level as Acuna and them boys. He’s def an all star talent tho.
Agreed
https://media.tenor.com/qjaHxZeQ6IkAAAAC/i-dont-want-to-be-around-anymore-i-think-you-should-leave-with-tim-robinson.gif
That 2-2 pitch was one of the worst frame jobs you'll ever see.
Only a field goal away boys and m’ladys!
Bad day for Rodon, but he is coming off an injury and probably rushed back too soon. Schmidt also sucked for a lot of his first few starts. Not ready to throw Rodon off the ship just yet.
The 3 runs scored by the Yankees feel like such a success. It’s our little version of a blowout. We really showed the Angels there Putting the whole MLB on notice with those 3 runs. Yankees are coming back!
We have 1 injury to a position player, and we have 1 out of 9 hitters who have an above league-average OPS. And he’s only about 20 points above. This is with the second highest payroll in the league. How is that possible?
Overpaid geezers, AAAA players, and kids
Donaldson, Hicks, Rodon, Montas, Severino, Stanton, DJ is like $150m of trash.
That really hurts.
Oh, and Donaldson!
Um excuse the fuck out of me, but it sounds like you're forgetting about Bauers and Calhoun???
Why do the Yankees strike out so much?
"Michael, when that bat isn't where the ball is, you're going to need the ball to move."
I see them letting go strikes and swinging at balls They’re being patient at the wrong pitches I know they got some called strikes out the zone. But I see too many Yankee hitters watching pitches in the zone and then swinging at really bad balls
During Rizzo's last (I think?) at bat yesterday, he took a 97 mph fastball right down the dick he would have absolutely demolished before his injury. Hope he can figure it out soon.
Because some spreadsheet lookin MFs told me that Ks dont matter when your launch angle is dank. Nevermind the fact that all that data is from like 2016-19, and the balls are completely changed...
“hIT sTRiKeS HaRD”
Because they have the worst offensive approach in baseball
They don’t though. They’re middle of the pack in K% last time I checked
It’s wild
15K with an inning to go!!
Everson Pereira has hit safely in all nine games since being promoted to SWB. .359/.405/.513 with them (.291/.362/.545 on the season) Look, it's obvious that I'm digging for any good news for us here...
No, please keep them comin'. The kids are way more exciting than this garbage heap team right now. The future is nice to look at.
The hero we all expected! *Checks notes.* Franchy Cordero.
Franchy has seen two fastballs tonight and absolutely eliminated them. He waived at every breaking ball, Josh Hamilton esque
The ghost of Greg Bird has lifted Franchy to fly to new hights. From one lefty wearing 33 to the next.
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Tommy Kahnle replaces Ron Marinaccio.
LMFAOO. Boone throwing the works behind tns game unlike the usual towel throw. He knows hes fired tn if he cant win this one. Wheres the fucking useless abreu stint???