Joe Randazzo
@YankeeLibrarian • 25,643 subscribers
Proud Librarian! 📚 Covers the Yankees for SI 🗽 Long Islander 💪 One of those plant-based diet types🪴
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Gerrit Cole might not be human. It's the only way to explain why it feels like he looks better than he did when the Yankees last saw him in 2024. In Cole's second start back, he generated 15 swings and misses and averaged 96.4 MPH on his fastball. He was able to dial it up to 98 MPH twice and 97 nine times. Not to mention its back-to-back quality starts. If this is Cole knocking off the rust, what does he look like after 10 starts? In October??
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The Yankees went 6 for 7 in challenging strikes. ABS might save Aaron Boone’s life 🤣
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Aaron Judge was so happy as he rounded the bases when he homered in his first WBC at-bat. It's the type of reaction we rarely see out of Judge unless it's a big moment for the Yankees. He didn't even get like this while he was chasing Maris. You can tell the United States team is really into it this year. The whole thing about his speech was just brain rot discourse.
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Aaron Boone keeping Cam Schlittler in for eight innings was his gutsiest as manager. It was WAY more advanced than what Alexa Cora was lauded as a genius for. Anybody can decide a Cy Young candidate and an elite closer is the best way to take a game from the Yankees. Nobody goes eight innings anymore, let alone a rookie with a handful of innings. Young players usually have a short leash, but this felt like a strategy straight out of the Michael Kay caller's playbook, where they start by proclaiming they've been a fan for 50 years. It makes up for leaving Ben Rice on the bench in game one, hah. I am finally over that.
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![George Springer thinks MLB is rigging the AL East for the Yankees. Springer has fugazi trophies, crying about the authenticity of the game. Anyway, what’s better than Blue Jays tears? Hopefully the Yanks put these guys on ice. [Via Jomboy]](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1970910209066582414/amplify_video_thumb/1970910148190203904/img/0OtMPtOlzHtPF4he.jpg)
The Yankees are giving Jose Caballero every opportunity to succeed and fail. Well deserved, too. Those underlying metrics show a player who probably won’t be an above-average hitter by the time the season is done. Still, for now, he has hit well enough to keep his job, and more importantly, he has played an awesome shortstop. Crabby might end up having the same season Volpe did in 2024, but that’s just the position he put them in by not playing well. I like Volpe and hope he succeeds, but you gotta love the urgency here. Plus, some competition can be good for Volpe in the end. WWE was stinking it up in the early 90s outside of Bret and HBK, and the best thing that happened was WCW getting hot. Am I saying Volpe is Stone Cold? Maybe.
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The Yankees are using bulletin board material as motivation this postseason: • Cam Schlittler responded to 40-year-old podcasters airing out his mom's social media accounts. • Aaron Boone went at Buck Martinez, who said the Yankees aren't a good team. This is a little different than how these Yanks operated in the past, especially under Boone. Boone employs a more stoic approach to things, which feels a little jarring in this market, but they rarely acknowledge outside noise or allow criticisms to penetrate their walls. We’ve seen them do this other times as well. Last season, Cashman looked like he was ready to go to war with the reporters during the GM meetings. In some ways, they're allowing players to voice their frustrations about things they're going through with the team as well. Look at what happened with Jazz this week. He's a competitor who was pissed he didn't start in game one of the Wild Card. He voiced it, mentioning that he used MLB The Show to work through his frustrations. In the end, his defense and base running were a huge reason they won game two. His hit in game three extended the four-run rally too. Bulletin board material is what Belichick and Brady used to do during their glory days. CC Sabathia mentioned that he did the same thing when he pitched. CC, in particular, said he picked a person out of a lineup and told himself that they were trashing him or saying they didn't believe in him. Look, whatever works. They just beat Boston, who owned them all year. If this is the edge they feel they need for a team they went 5-8 against, I love it. Keep yapping if you need to.
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Yankee Stadium roared after Aaron Judge’s homer 💙🤍 which makes me mad about TBS’ presentation. In big moments, they: • mute the crowd. • don’t pan the fans celebrating in big moments. Look how much better this looks on the stadium cam. It seems like a different place than what is presented on TV. They wouldn't do this to AEW live tapings, so why are they doing that in the ALCS? TBS is more worried about Ron Darling and Brian Anderson, cranking their volume as they wax poetic about Stephen Vogt like he's Connie Mack. The network hasn't added to what’s been an exciting run so far. They’re more worried about getting the broadcast over. Unreal.
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Baseball is such a funny sport. A guy can’t open a bag of chips, but then he can hit a ball like this.
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George Lombard Jr. had two hits off Garrett Crochet, or pig rocket, or snout guy, or whatever they call him in Boston. The first was a 104.MPH blast and the other was a 108.5 MPH single. GLJ has been one of the most fun parts of Spring Training for the Yankees. Not sure what kind of big league player he’ll be, but hopefully we see him in a year or two.
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