Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Yankees done, I think not...
After watching the the Yankees vs. Red Sox game tonight, I have to say I am content with the New York juggernauts' chance of making the playoffs. People have been writing the Yankees off all year because they are not in first. Sometimes, you can't be dominating the entire year, and you have to make a run to get into the playoffs. If that's how this team has to make the playoffs, then so be it. Now that they have taken Mussina out of the starting rotation, I think they have a pretty solid staff. No offense to Moose, but his stuff has looked absolutely horrible as of late, and something needed to done. Now I understand the Yankees don't have an amazing pitching staff. In fact, I'd be the first to argue that they need to stop trading for and signing sluggers. They simply have to many. This can be seen with Giambi and Damon, who don't even start regularly anymore, but have multi-million dollar contracts. The Yankees have another series against the Red Sox, and if they play the way they have been the past 2 games, catching the Mariners, or even the Sox, should be no problem at all. I'm not saying this will be an easy task, but they Yankees always have a way of finding the postseason. I don't think the Yankees have a great future ahead of them. Their management has done a poor job in planning ahead for the future. Signing aging veterans to long contracts and trading away young pitching prospects shows a lack of intelligence on their part. They need to start thinking ahead, rather then trying to put together a new team every year to win the championship. In my opinion, they future of the Yankees doesn't look too bright, with the majority of their players coming the point in their careers were retirement is a clear choice. The Yankees might not have a chance to vie for the playoffs in years to come, but this year I think they may have just enough of that Pinstripe magic to make it to the playoffs one more time, and maybe even pull off a Championship despite all of the criticism they have been subjected too.
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3 comments:
Dude your the mannnnnnn....baseball still sucks though.
The yankees always seem to have that surge at the end of the season, where they are peaking at the right time. I don't know why they sign those aging veterans, must be they think they can perform the same as they did while they were in their prime. If they keep some of their young pitchers and they keep performing the way they have been, they'll have a decent rotation in the future. The race for the playoffs will be interesting just like every year.
Sorry kid, have to disagree with you on this one. do the names Jaba champerlin, phil hughes mean anything to you. the yanks are loaded with young talent and have refused to trade it away for position players. they just go out and spend the cash for them. the minor league system is full with prospects. aaa and aa won their respective titles.
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