Thursday afternoon May 2: Battle for First Place with MFYs

[Tony-OH]

1 minute ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

I finally get to heat Jorge Mateo speak English. What a treat!

Mateo has always seemed like one of those guys that is easy to root for. Now that's he's settled into his utility role, he has a nice long career ahead of him.

[Uli2001]

Most runs scored in AL and second best in MLB (Dodgers with two more games played).

[Just Regular]

7 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

Just a gentle reminder: we're better than the Yankees.

It may be one of the West teams by the end but they are also probably the 2nd best team in the league right now.

[Bemorewins]

That win and this series (as a whole) was very satisfying!

I hope some of you got a chance to witness first hand that the Yankees are a good team, with very good pitching, but certainly nothing to fear. We are the better ball club. 

[EddeeEddee]

1 minute ago, Tony-OH said:

Mateo has always seemed like one of those guys that is easy to root for. Now that's he's settled into his utility role, he has a nice long career ahead of him.

They might let him start against righties the way Urias has been hitting.  Not ideal since he's best as a platoon player.

[Uli2001]

6 minutes ago, Moshagge3 said:

A triple's pretty good, too bad the guy behind him is hitting .197.

OPACY turning into a triples park now, who would ever thunk it.

[SteveA]

Who did the scorer give the W too?

I'd vote Webb.

 

[EddeeEddee]

5 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

It may be one of the West teams by the end but they are also probably the 2nd best team in the league right now.

Cleveland looked like the best team for awhile and KC is still making some noise.  The West is not as strong so far this year.

[Malike]

15 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Literally the white flag move by the Yankees!

If I'm Grisham and Jones is PH for me, I'd consider a new profession.

[Malike]

1 hour ago, spleen1015 said:

C'mon, that throw earlier was 99 MPH. Yes, way off the line. He just needs to work on it.

Like I said. He's got a strong arm, and a bad arm, both of those things can be true.

[bpilktree67]

The Yankees are having to pinch hit Jahmani Jones in the 9th meanwhile we are starting  our defensive replacements in the game and they are hitting homers.  I remember the days of players like Jones coming off the bench for us in those awful years that was not fun times.  The Yankees have a few very superstar type players but they better hope they don't get some injuries because they have no depth where we have guys just waiting in AAA to get a chance that might even be better then the guys starting now.  Our depth will most likely pull us away from the rest of the division over time IMO.  

[Philip]

20 minutes ago, Just Regular said:

It may be one of the West teams by the end but they are also probably the 2nd best team in the league right now.

The Guardians would like a word…

[Philip]

Juan Soto’s analog right now is Mike Trout.

A Superstar on a bad team.

[Aglets]

18 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Who did the scorer give the W too?

I'd vote Webb.

 

Looks like Akin got the win.

[spiritof66]

29 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

That win and this series (as a whole) was very satisfying!

I hope some of you got a chance to witness first hand that the Yankees are a good team, with very good pitching, but certainly nothing to fear. We are the better ball club. 

I agree with your bottom line, but the NYY lineup will look a lot different if Judge becomes a scary slugger again.