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“I don’t know about others, but I’m not worried about the record as much as I am about the overall play. There is one thing to be playing well but coming up short and there is another different thing to look unprepared, to have a risky roster come up, well, as a risk, and to have so many holes that things look hard to have a significant turnaround into the championship contender we want.

The team decided to go the cheap, risky route hoping for the high reward. So far it’s been all risk with our strength not showing up. Offense will improve but not necessarily to the point of consistent winning if the pitching remains a liability. Honestly, after Cole, it doesn’t look like the rotation can provide stability. “

This is from a fan in the comments on the recap of yesterday’s loss. There are some typical “it’s not to early to panic” “don’t panic it’s early” “April losses count too.” Comments and one lovely comment about the Bosox having a .741 winning percentage. I bet he got banned after that one, haha.

anyway, I shared because I thought the Yankees were a flawed “offense and pitching” attack without the pitching. And their offense is old and/or injured. Most teams don’t emphasize defense and the Yankees are no exception. I thought the Blue Jays would be serious contenders.

But the Oriole pitching is much improved, and I wonder if we can make it to third?

The Bosox are going to fail, the Yankees will improve but each is flawed. Maybe? Maybe?

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58 minutes ago, Frobby said:

This really belongs in the MLB section, along with a couple of other threads on the Yankees’ slow start.   I mean, I get it, we all hate them, but it’s still not Orioles-related content.    

And the idea that anyone is obsessing over them is amusing to me.  Who cares what’s going on there?  Our team stinks and that’s all anyone should care about.

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50 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

And the idea that anyone is obsessing over them is amusing to me.  Who cares what’s going on there?  Our team stinks and that’s all anyone should care about.

Exactly! The Orioles are so far away from contention that NY doesn't even care, or have them on the radar. The Yankees are only 1 off season away from being on top...Baltimore however needs 4-5 off seasons.

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3 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

Exactly! The Orioles are so far away from contention that NY doesn't even care, or have them on the radar. The Yankees are only 1 off season away from being on top...Baltimore however needs 4-5 off seasons.

I'm not willing to write off the Yankees this season.

 

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7 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm not willing to write off the Yankees this season.

 

That lineup is very dangerous IF they can stay healthy.  But it seems like either Judge and Stanton are never in the same lineup for long.  And IF Severino can come back and be the same pitcher he was 2017-2018, they should have enough to be serious contenders this year.  But I'd say both those things have to break their way, unless they take a non-traditional route like trading for starting pitching, like they did with Happ/Britton in 2018.  

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The Yankees' 5-10 start to the 2021 season is their worst start to a season in almost a quarter of a century, when they started the 1997 season at 5-10.

That said, the Yankees finished that 1997 season with an overall record of 96-66, and a berth in the post-season as a Wildcard team. 

 

https://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/index.php?/topic/40832-2021-new-york-yankees/

 

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