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.
Burch first I agree with Patrick and now I agree with you. When I start agreeing with Reed its time to say adios. Girardi never manages from the gut as we know. He is a binder baboon and his time has passed. Unfortunately we have as much a shot of Girardi getting canned as we do the Clipper spending money this off season. In other words it isn't happening.
ReplyDeleteKEN H......Three quick whatever's for you.
Delete@ Daniel & I, are not deranged lepers. You are smart to agree with us. As we are with you.
@ You, and Ken Reed, are on the same rails. Inter-changeable.
@ I've been working hard all this season. So I missed a bit.
Soooo... Where is this vaunted cast of commenters that I've
been hearing about ? In someones imagination ?
You, and Ken ?
Actually Reed and I never agree nor do I think we will ever agree and I'm ok with that.
DeleteKEN H....You made your point clear. Somewhat.
DeleteBUT....does anyone else post here any longer, than the now
mighty three ?
Hard to put an effort into a vacuum.
Daniel is the finest, there after it drops off big time.
Not the way Ken, and I, learned to cut our teeth.
re: commenters
DeleteWe've had quite a few people come and go, come and go. They return for a little while and come back.