Get your pitchforks out Yankees family, we’re about to have
a bonfire and a pig roast because the New York Yankees and their newfound youth
movement need just one more thing. A new manager. I know, I know, I’ve been one
of the bigger Joe Girardi supporters during his tenure here in New York and
while the binder, now turned iPad, has frustrated the hell out of me his
bullpen management has been and remains to be one of the better bullpen
management in Major League Baseball. The Yankees have the kids up now and
nothing to play for yet players like Ronald Torreyes, Tyler Austin and others
remain on the bench in big games. Why? Because Girardi needs to go, that’s why.
Before you bring up his Manager of the Year Award with like
17 players who couldn’t even legally buy beer yet in Miami let me stop you.
First of all that was a long time ago and secondly that’s all he had at his
disposal. Girardi does great with managing and managing young kids but he only
does so when his hand is forced and the New York Yankees will never force his
hand in my opinion. They will always have that veteran option either down in
Triple-A or on the MLB roster “just in case.” The problem here is Girardi uses
his “just in case” options far more than he should and it’s really, really annoying
and frustrating to watch as a fan who is devoted to this rebuild.
I mean look at it this way. Brian Cashman traded away Carlos
Beltran and that is the ONLY reason we saw Aaron Judge. Aaron Hicks got injured
and that is the ONLY reason we saw Mason Williams. Ben Gamel was great for us
yet the sample size is too small to really jump up and down about because he
was hardly ever used leading to him being traded to the Seattle Mariners. He
wasn’t even good enough in the Yankees eyes to use as a stolen base guy off the
bench despite having comparable numbers to the guy they traded for, Eric Young
Jr. of the Milwaukee Brewers, and gave his roster spot to in less at bats and
opportunities. But Young is a veteran.
You know what the biggest problem is? Talent bails out
Girardi more times than not and Wednesday night was the perfect example of
that. On Tuesday night Tyler Austin has a three-hit game including a game
winning home run so what does Girardi do in his infinite wisdom? Sits him the
next day in lieu of Mark Teixeira. Sure, Teixeira hit the game winning walk-off
grand slam in the game which stopped all the questions from the media after the
game but what if he didn’t? What if that’s never an issue if Austin starts the
game and the Yankees offense actually scores before the 9th inning?
Joe Girardi is just frustrating me right now and I just
don’t think he is the right fit for this team anymore. Does that mean he’s a
bad manager? No, hell no in fact, but I also don’t think he is going to be able
to get out of his own way with the veterans still on this club. He may not be
the manager for the youth movement, at least in my opinion.
Oh, and FREE REFSNYDER! You almost made it a prospects post
without hearing about him.
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