Jacoby Ellsbury Out Six Months w/ Torn Labrum

The New York Yankees announced that Jacoby Ellsbury will miss at least the next six months after tearing his labrum in his left hip. If that injury sounds familiar to you, it should. Alex Rodriguez tore both of his labrums in both of his hips in separate off-season's requiring the long recover back to the Bronx that Ellsbury now has to look forward to. Ellsbury did not play a game in 2018 and will miss at least the rest of this season, if not some of next season as well.

Ellsbury, now 34-years old, signed a seven-year deal with New York worth $153 million and is still owed through the 2020 season. There is a $21 million option for the 2021 season with a $5 million buyout as well that the Yankees, in all likelihood, will have to absorb.

In a word, ugh. In another word or two, get well soon. That's all you can really say.

Micheal Kay’s Comments Out of Line!

Whatever respect I had for Michael Kay went right out the door, with these comments........."When you're playing Luke Voit and Shane Robinson in important games, you know shame on the Yankees for not having the depth but again shame on guys like Jacoby Ellsbury for not getting healthy, shame on Clint Frazier for not getting healthy," Kay said. "Again you can't make them get healthy but if those guys are available it's a completely different animal."Don’t get me wrong he is most likely right when it comes to Jacoby, but Clint Frazier? Michael Kay you are dead wrong!!! The comment should not have been made. Totally unprofessional and uncalled for. Shame on Michael Kay for being a boring announcer. Yeah you can call a home run and make it great, but shame on you for never getting better at your job!!! Sorry Rant Over on to tonight game. The Yankees won 7-0 today. Lance Lynn pitched awesome giving up 2 hits in 7 plus innings. He struck out 9 and walked 1 giving up no runs.  (Picture my own screen Shot..not to shabby).😎⚾️Torres hit his 18th dinger of the season. Neil Walker his 4th and the Yankees A.J. Cole contributed 1.2 innings of shut out ball to drop his ER to 1.69 on the season. Cole has been very good in his few chances this year. Finally the Yankees lineup woke up and the Bombers seem to be over there beat down in Boston. Thank God! 

Have a amazing night fans.  As always I can be reached at JamesCPalma@Yahoo.Com.  Or by leavening a comment below I’ll do my best to answer all of them. If you are reading this post in the MLB News App please be sure to check out the site.....thegreedypinstripes.com

Yankees Go Belly Up in Boston!

The Yankees were spwet in Boston, on Sunday night. The final game a crushing 5-4 extra in loss thanks to Chapman’s blown Save. The look says it all! Chapman walked the bases loaded to start the 9th (At which point where is Aaron Boone to pull him). The Yankee closer showed he didn’t have it on this night, but Boone stuck with him anyway, and the end result most likely killed any hope of the Yanks winning the AL East. The Yankees do need to right the ship, but do have the 3rd best record in baseball. That being said it’s no need to panic but time to get back to winning.  From what I’ve seen is time to shake up the lineup once more.  I’ll break down what I’m seeing in and what I think should happen. Firstly Aaron Hicks is not a lead off hitter and is way to streaky in that spot. If moved down in the lineup his outs wat at least get more productive. 

Secondly Mr Torres is proving he is not ready to be in the middle of the Yankees batting order. He is struggled is returning from the DL and it may just be the spot in the order in which is expected to produce from.  Also may be due to the pitches he sees bating 5th then the ones he does batting 9.

Sir Didi is not a 3 hitter and needs to start hitting more consistently bottom line. Whoever wouldn’t take Manny Machado over Didi needs there head examined. But that is a debate for another day. (Well thinking about it I’ll touch on that a little later). Neil Walker has been one of their best hitters since heating up. Greg Bird has shown some signs of life but still can’t get it going on a nightly basis but I love his potential pop.  The one issue I see is the Yankees don’t have a legit Leadoff option. So Gardner is should be. Anyways here is the line up the Bombers should be giving a try, at least until the back up gets healthy.  

1. Gardner LF
2. Stanton RF
3. Bird 1B 
4. Hicks CF 
5. Walker DH 
6. Gregorius SS
7. Romine C 
8. Andujar 3B 
9. Torres 2B 

Putting the 2 rookies back at the bottom of the order may be what the Bombers need to turn over the lineup and get back to winning.  Greg Bird getting moved up may be the confidence builder he needs to finally stay consistent. Hopefully Judge, Sanchez, and Red Thunder can get back soon and provide the help they need. 

Now just some Quick thoughts on next years lineup and what the Bombers should look like to keep pace with the BoSox As I mentioned the Yankees need a leadoff hitter however I don’t see a legit one on this years free agent market might have to think about a trade there or getting creative. (Which might just save Sir Didi). Either way here goes nothing. 

1. Manny Machado 3B 
2. Aaron Judge RF 
3. Bryce Harper CF 
4. Giancarlo Stanton LF 
5. Gray Sanchez C 
6. Didi Gregorius SS 
7. Miguel Andujar DH 
8. Greg Bird 1B 
9. Gleyber Torres 2B 

I know I know I’m dreaming here singing both Manny and Bryce but hey you never know. To be honest with you I’d rather see Didi traded to the reds for Billy Hamilton. Then giving you .....

1. Hamilton CF
2. Judge RF 
3. Stanton DH 
4. Harper LF 
5. Machado SS 
6. Sanchez C 
7. Bird 1B 
8. Andujar 3B 
9. Torres 2B

Dream Big and Chase down the Red Sox, and damn does Manny and Bryce look awesome in Pinstripes. 

As always I can be reached at JamesCPalma@Yahoo.Com          Goodnight Fans!! 

Game Thread: New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox 8/4

And just like that it is game time here in the Bronx between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Rivalry renewed, let’s get to this here in Boston. In the start this afternoon the Yankees will send Chance Adams out to the mound to make his MLB debut while the Red Sox will counter with Nathan Eovaldi. The game will be played at 4:05 pm ET inside Boston’s historic Fenway Park and can be seen on the YES Network in New York, NESN is Boston and Fox Sports One if you are out of either market. You can also follow along with the game on MLB TV, with the MLB At-Bat app or by tuning into the Yankees radio broadcast with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on WFAN.

Follow us on Twitter, @GreedyStripes, and “Like” us on Facebook, The Greedy Pinstripes, to keep up with us and the Yankees all season long. Enjoy the game, here’s to hoping that Adams has a debut like Domingo German did, and go Yankees!!

Meet a Prospect: Chance Adams

The New York Yankees were in a bit of a predicament heading into the weekend which ultimately forced the hand of the organization into calling up the subject of our Meet a Prospect series here this afternoon. The Yankees had originally slated JA Happ to make his Yankees debut against the Boston Red Sox this afternoon, but hand, foot and mouth disease has forced the lefty onto the disabled list and Chance Adams to the Major Leagues to take his place in the rotation. In just a few hours one of the top Yankees prospects, and one that I have talked up for many, many years now, will make his MLB debut against arguably the best team in Major League Baseball here in 2018. No pressure, kid. This is Meet a Prospect: The Chance Adams Edition.

Chance Adams was born on August 10, 1994 and attended High School at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. Adams spent two years playing college baseball at Yavapai College before transferring to Dallas Baptist University for his junior season. While at Dallas Baptist the right-hander caught the attention and the eye of the New York Yankees who came calling in the fifth round of the 2015 MLB First Year Players Draft drafting him and almost immediately signing him to his first professional contract. Adams was drafted as a relief pitcher and pitched out of the bullpen for the Staten Island Yankees, the Charleston Riverdogs and the Tampa Yankees before his 2015 season ended.

Adams was converted to a starting pitcher before the 2016 season and spent time starting with the Tampa Yankees (5-0 record with a 2.65 ERA in 12 games) and the Trenton Thunder (8-1 record with a 2.07 ERA). Adams was back as a starter for the Double-A Trenton Thunder in 2017, but the right-hander was not long for the affiliate as the Yankees quickly and aggressively promoted Adams to Triple-A during the 2017 season. Adams was lights out in Double-A but he did struggle some at the Triple-A level finishing the season with a combined 15-5 record and a 2.45 ERA in 150.1 innings pitched combined.

Adams was back in Triple-A for the 2018 season but unfortunately many of the struggles that found him in Scranton in 2017 followed the right-hander into the 2018 season. At the time of his call-up to the Major Leagues the Yankees young right-hander was pitching to a 3-5 record with a 4.50 ERA, 102 strikeouts, 48 walks and a 1.316 WHIP in 98 innings pitched.

The 2018 numbers and the Triple-A numbers in general were ugly, but much like the postseason… it is a new season now and none of those numbers count. Make today’s start count, because we are counting on you. Welcome to the Majors, Chance. Go Yankees!!

Game Preview: New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox 8/4

The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox are back at it again this afternoon inside Fenway Park in the third of their four-game weekend set in Boston. Could the Yankees potentially get a glimpse into their future this afternoon? Only time will tell, but for today’s start the Yankees will call up RHP Chance Adams to make his MLB debut in place of JA Happ while the Red Sox will counter with a familiar face to the Bombers in former Yankees pitcher Nathan Eovaldi. Let’s get to it here in Boston’s historic Fenway Park, home of the Green Monstah.

Adams will make his MLB debut this afternoon for the Yankees in place of JA Happ who had contracted hand, foot and mouth disease. Adams has struggled some in the minor leagues this season for the Yankees and at Triple-A in general, but will get the chance, no pun intended, to make all of that go away with a strong start this afternoon in Beantown.

Eovaldi will once again see the greatest rivalry in the history of Major League Baseball, but this time from the side of the Boston Red Sox. Eovaldi was a pitcher for the Yankees in 2015 and 2016 but was recently traded to the Red Sox from the Rays before the trade deadline.

The game will be played at 4:05 pm ET inside Boston’s historic Fenway Park and can be seen on the YES Network in New York, NESN is Boston and Fox Sports One if you are out of either market. You can also follow along with the game on MLB TV, with the MLB At-Bat app or by tuning into the Yankees radio broadcast with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman on WFAN.

Enjoy the game, good luck to you Chance, and go Yankees!!

Hello… Finally Time to Rant About Sonny Gray

Good morning Yankees family. Where am I? More like, where have I been? Let’s cross that bridge before we completely burn the bridge connecting my fandom to Sonny Gray. Work, that’s where I have been. There is a lot changing at my job right now and a lot of moving parts, both of which I have been fully involved in. I simply haven’t had the time to scratch my head let alone to write much, although I have been trying to keep up with as much as I can on Twitter, so for that I apologize.

Now, Sonny Gray and that smug look and smile on his face after letting a Double-A team and Adam Jones knock him out of a start in the third inning the other night. You do not know how bad I wanted to be on that field or in that dugout with him after he came out of the game. That right there was the final straw for me as a fan and defender of Sonny Gray. I’m done, bridge is burnt and then he pissed on it. That’s not the embodiment of a Yankee in my opinion, to smile and laugh while the team is potentially in the midst of a free fall because you, Mr. Gray and others, are not doing your job and living up to your paychecks. Period.

Go smile in the clubhouse, don’t do it as you leave the field. You don’t give a shit, that much is clear, but we, the fans, do. Respect that as most of us have respected you, until now. Asshat, Sonny Gray is a tool.

Oh, and hey baby. Rant over, back to love. I loves you!!!

This Day in New York Yankees History 8/4: A-Bomb x500 and A-Bomb x600

At one point in his career everyone thought that Alex Rodriguez would be the man to finally break Hank Aaron's and then Barry Bonds all-time home run mark. Alex hit two home runs on this day on his way to the record books. It all started in 2007 when Alex became the 22nd and the youngest player (32 years and 8 days) to hit 500 home runs. Alex only took 14 seasons to reach the mark when he hit the three run home run off Royals starter Kyle Davies. Alex joined Mickey Mantle as the only other player to hit his 500th home run inside Yankee Stadium.

A mere three years later on this day in 2010 Alex was in the news again for hitting a home run, this time his 600th home run of his career. Alex would pass Babe Ruth to become the youngest player in the history of baseball to reach the 600 home run plateau. A Rod's first inning two run home run would make him the seventh player in baseball history to reach 600 home runs.

Also on this day in 1985 the Yankees honored Phil Rizzuto by retiring his #10 jersey before the game. Rizzuto was a former Yankees player and a play by play color broadcaster that was best known for his "Holy Cow" expressions. The Yankees honored Rizzuto by a gift from the team of a cow wearing a halo.

Also on this day in 1985 Tom Seaver becomes the 17th player in major league history to win his 300th game. Seaver ruins Phil Rizzuto Day at Yankee Stadium by beating the Yankees 4-1 allowing only six singles to reach the milestone.

Finally on this day in 1968 the Yankees held their second of three days honoring the great Mickey Mantle. Prior to the game over 2000 fans paid tribute to the future Hall of Famer in the Bronx.

Yanks Taking a Chance...

The Bronx Bombers are taking a chance, it may be forced and not choice but non the less it’s a chance.

 Chance Adams will start for the Bombers on Saturday vs the Red Sox. Chance Adams, 23, has a 4.50 ERA in 21 starts at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this year , way up from a 2.45 ERA last season in Double-A and Triple-A. He has went from being the Yankees’ No. 2 prospect a year ago to the 13th spot now. He had offseason surgery to remove bone chips in his right elbow. That dropped his fastball velocity and was a big reason he had a bad spring training. The velocity has been slowly coming back.  

Adams over his last 6 starts has a 3.07 ERA . He's 3-5 with that 4.50 ERA. Chance has been talked about for a couple years now and is finally getting his shot. I for one am very happy to see this happening. Adams may just be a surprise answer to the Yankees struggling rotation, even just for a day! It’s a Chance I’m willing to take on Adams. 

As always I can be reached at 

JamesCPalma@Yahoo.Com. 

Let’s go Yanks! 

Bring on The Sox’s

The Bronx Bombers & Boston Red Sox begin a 4 game tilt on starting tonight in Boston.  
The Yankees' lineup includes the debut of Luke Voit, who was imported last week from the St. Louis Cardinals. To make room for Voit on the 25-man roster, infielder Tyler Wade was optioned back to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees have also put lefty starter J.A. Happ on the DL and called Luis Cessa from The Rail Raiders. 

Tonight’s Yankee Lineup 

1. Aaron Hicks, CF
2018 stats: .254 average, 299 AB, 54 runs, 76 hits, 14 doubles, 2 triples, 17 HR, 47 RBI, 51 BB, 73 K, 8 SB, 2 CS, .846 OPS, 86 games.

2. Giancarlo Stanton, RF
2018 stats: .277 average, 412 AB, 65 runs, 114 hits, 19 doubles, 1 triple, 24 HR, 64 RBI, 38 BB, 140 K, 4 SB, 0 CS, .847 OPS, 105 games.

3. Didi Gregorius, SS
2018 stats: .269 average, 391 AB, 65 runs, 105 hits, 20 doubles, 3 triples, 18 HR, 60 RBI, 37 BB, 56 K, 10 SB, 6 CS, .803 OPS, 101 games.


4. Gleyber Torres, 2B
2018 stats: .289 average, 242 AB, 34 runs, 70 hits, 11 doubles, 1 triple, 17 HR, 49 RBI, 20 BB, 67 K, 2 SB, 1 CS, .902 OPS, 70 games.


5. Miguel Andujar, 3B
2018 stats: .294 average, 360 AB, 49 runs, 106 hits, 30 doubles, 2 triples, 13 HR, 47 RBI, 16 BB, 67 K, 1 SB, 0 CS, .824 OPS, 95 games.

6. Greg Bird, 1B
2018 stats: .233 average, 180 AB, 17 runs, 42 hits, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 9 HR, 27 RBI, 22 BB, 54 K, 0 SB, 0 CS, .777 OPS, 53 games.


7. Luke Voit, DH
2018 stats: Cardinals, .182 average, 11 AB, 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 doubles, 0 triples, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 4 K, .762 OPS, 8 games.


8. Austin Romine, C
2018 stats: .267 average, 146 AB, 19 runs, 39 hits, 11 doubles, 0 triples, 6 HR, 29 RBI, 12 BB, 33 K, 0 SB, 0 CS, .789 OPS, 48 games.

9. Brett Gardner, LF
2018 stats: .249 average, 353 AB, 64 runs, 88 hits, 14 doubles, 3 triples, 9 HR, 33 RBI, 49 BB, 61 K, 10 SB, 1 CS, .725 OPS, 91 games.

Yankees Starting Pitcher: CC Sabathia: 6-4 in 104.2 IP  3.53 ERA 85Ks 31BBs. 

The Red Sox Lineup 

1. Mookie Betts (R) RF .338/.422/.648 

2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF .296/.378/.503 

3. Steve Pearce (R) 1B .307/.378/.512

4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH .323/.391/.638 

5. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B .240/.304/.404

6. Eduardo Nunez (R) 3B .259/.288/.372

7. Blake Swihart (S) C .234/.298/.315

8. Brock Holt (L) SS .273/.357/.371 

9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF .215/.300/.363 

Brian Johnson (LP) goes for The Sox’s as Chris Sale’s replacement.  Big break there.  

Let’s Go Yanks! 

I can be reached at JamesCPalma@Yahoo.Com