The Yankees’ Refusal to Open the Door for Jasson Domínguez Could Prove Costly
September 4, 2024
The Yankees’ Refusal to Open the Door for Jasson Domínguez Could Prove Costly
31 comments
Fuck this team
I don’t know if I ever remember a Yankee decision be so universally panned.
Like EVERYONE agrees that Jasson Dominguez should be given a chance to start in left field down the stretch, expect for the people running the team.
This piece really does a fantastic job of articulating why Alex Verdugo is not somebody that is worth catering to the way the team has this season.
This team brought him up to face the best pitcher in the AL, but doesn’t want to bring him up now with greater roster flexibility, in a pennant race, when LF has been a dumpster fire. Crazy how stupid we are
It’s same shit every year. We start hot then when we start to stink in the 2nd half of the season. They make absolutely no changes.
Add it to the list. Refusing to play Cabrera over lesser options, refusing to play Dom, and most importantly the refusal to get rid of DJ… it’s like they want to lose. It’s crazy.
I am not sure why they wouldn’t open the doors. Don’t they need better hitters? He needs the experience in the big leagues for the Yanks to be ready for the playoffs.
Every other team has called up prospects at this point. The Guardians called up Jhonkensy Noel aka “Big Christmas” months ago. He’s mashing.
Why can’t we call up our prospect with cool nickname? We want The Martian!
“Yankees refusal to recognize Holmes isn’t a closer could prove costly” “Yankees refusal to DFA DJ Lemahieu could prove costly”
This is idiotic beyond comprehension
I’m more concerned about the bullpen, offense as a whole has been satisfactory since the ASB.
Regardless of whether Jasson is ready or not, the Yankees *loyalty to Verdugo specifically* is the most head-scratching part to me. Trent Grisham is a career 95 wRC+ bat, but they don’t let him play over Verdugo. At the deadline, the Yankees could’ve picked up a corner outfield rental for cheap. Plenty of random outfielders were moved. But no, they stayed loyal to Verdugo.
It’s a very confusing way to treat an OK-at-best player who is leaving the org in two months anyway.
You’d think they’d try *something* else at some point, especially considering how tight the division race is.
And I know some fans are excited about Verdugo’s new gloves. He’s hit .342/.359/.447 over the last 10 games. Now I *hope* it’s a real sign of change (gloves or not), but I remain skeptical. Verdugo has 1 BB/6 K in that span with a hard-hit rate (38%) and barrel rate (2.6%) in line with or worse than his norms. Doesn’t seem like much has changed, aside from luck (.387 BABIP). Hard to count on that going forward.
What’s funny is that Jon fucking Berti is getting reps in OF. So if Verdugo were to get hurt, Berti is the replacement and not Dominguez lol. This organization is a JOKE
It’s just crazy to not give him a legit shot… with his ability to impact the game with his power speed tools. Like if he struggled with his chance then u have the insurance of Verdugo and Grisham, but to not even find out is so crazy
The thing I don’t get… they called him up last year. If he didn’t get hurt he would have been up here, so why are they so insistent on not bringing him back? If they never brought him up and were still trying to tuck him away it’d make more sense.
Notice how the team constantly bends over backwards to appease shitty veterans over young talent. It feels like at points they would rather be a retirement home for guys and burn money on bad players rather than win
The Martian will get revenge on Cashman
When Jose Abreu was performing terribly with the Astros this year, you know what they did? They didn’t keep him on the roster for much longer, they released him and cut their losses. Wish this organization would do the same.
This is my first year of following the yankees at all, is it always like this? Martian should have landed by now.
Verdugo has gotten a couple bloopers over the infield and some grounders have snuck through lately, so he’s never coming out. They forget that the last 3 months happened, can’t bench a “hot” hitter.
The insane part of all this, is that Verdugo in all probability will not even be a Yankee next season!
He had his chance against the Tigers and he blew it.
/s
I was thinking about this. When Boone was a player he probably felt like he had some pop left before he was passed up and stopped playing as much. He probably spent his last few seasons wondering why he wasn’t getting more playing time over the younger guys, and that translates to him refusing to bench dudes now.
Verdugo Holmes DJ indecisions will cost them big time.
Who is Verdugo’s agent? The only reason to continue to play him at this point is if they have a promise to an agent that they care about and don’t want to piss off. Otherwise, the amount of deference they are showing to a one year rental is absurd… the Yankees gave Brett Gardner less deference and he was an integral, home grown player!
It’s not even worth getting angry over anymore. They will never win a WS as long as Boone and Cashman are around. It’s just time to accept it
Not more costly than them continuing to use Holmes in the closer role. This is more of a priority than bringing up another bat.
The Yankees should have gone after Theo Epstein the way they went after Judge. He makes cashman look like the douche bag he is.
It’s just weird and when they’re questioned about it they always brush it off like “nobody should be asking” well NO we SHOULD be asking
Probably not. They got Jazz and he’s been incredible and they still suck so I’m not sure what people think Jasson is gonna change.
I grew up with Billy Martin. Say what you want but nobody made managerial decisions for him. Today’s game sucks in comparison. Might as well have it run by computers. This puppet management arrangement with Boone is pathetic. In the oft chance they ever win a championship with Bozo he should receive no credit. Hal and Cash are whacking each other off in the front office. There is zero ability to correct in mid stream and change direction. The way it’s run is like the Titanic. “What iceberg? Oops”.
31 comments
Fuck this team
I don’t know if I ever remember a Yankee decision be so universally panned.
Like EVERYONE agrees that Jasson Dominguez should be given a chance to start in left field down the stretch, expect for the people running the team.
This piece really does a fantastic job of articulating why Alex Verdugo is not somebody that is worth catering to the way the team has this season.
This team brought him up to face the best pitcher in the AL, but doesn’t want to bring him up now with greater roster flexibility, in a pennant race, when LF has been a dumpster fire. Crazy how stupid we are
It’s same shit every year. We start hot then when we start to stink in the 2nd half of the season. They make absolutely no changes.
Add it to the list. Refusing to play Cabrera over lesser options, refusing to play Dom, and most importantly the refusal to get rid of DJ… it’s like they want to lose. It’s crazy.
I am not sure why they wouldn’t open the doors. Don’t they need better hitters? He needs the experience in the big leagues for the Yanks to be ready for the playoffs.
Every other team has called up prospects at this point. The Guardians called up Jhonkensy Noel aka “Big Christmas” months ago. He’s mashing.
Why can’t we call up our prospect with cool nickname? We want The Martian!
“Yankees refusal to recognize Holmes isn’t a closer could prove costly” “Yankees refusal to DFA DJ Lemahieu could prove costly”
This is idiotic beyond comprehension
I’m more concerned about the bullpen, offense as a whole has been satisfactory since the ASB.
Regardless of whether Jasson is ready or not, the Yankees *loyalty to Verdugo specifically* is the most head-scratching part to me. Trent Grisham is a career 95 wRC+ bat, but they don’t let him play over Verdugo. At the deadline, the Yankees could’ve picked up a corner outfield rental for cheap. Plenty of random outfielders were moved. But no, they stayed loyal to Verdugo.
It’s a very confusing way to treat an OK-at-best player who is leaving the org in two months anyway.
You’d think they’d try *something* else at some point, especially considering how tight the division race is.
And I know some fans are excited about Verdugo’s new gloves. He’s hit .342/.359/.447 over the last 10 games. Now I *hope* it’s a real sign of change (gloves or not), but I remain skeptical. Verdugo has 1 BB/6 K in that span with a hard-hit rate (38%) and barrel rate (2.6%) in line with or worse than his norms. Doesn’t seem like much has changed, aside from luck (.387 BABIP). Hard to count on that going forward.
What’s funny is that Jon fucking Berti is getting reps in OF. So if Verdugo were to get hurt, Berti is the replacement and not Dominguez lol. This organization is a JOKE
It’s just crazy to not give him a legit shot… with his ability to impact the game with his power speed tools. Like if he struggled with his chance then u have the insurance of Verdugo and Grisham, but to not even find out is so crazy
The thing I don’t get… they called him up last year. If he didn’t get hurt he would have been up here, so why are they so insistent on not bringing him back? If they never brought him up and were still trying to tuck him away it’d make more sense.
Notice how the team constantly bends over backwards to appease shitty veterans over young talent. It feels like at points they would rather be a retirement home for guys and burn money on bad players rather than win
The Martian will get revenge on Cashman
When Jose Abreu was performing terribly with the Astros this year, you know what they did? They didn’t keep him on the roster for much longer, they released him and cut their losses. Wish this organization would do the same.
This is my first year of following the yankees at all, is it always like this? Martian should have landed by now.
Verdugo has gotten a couple bloopers over the infield and some grounders have snuck through lately, so he’s never coming out. They forget that the last 3 months happened, can’t bench a “hot” hitter.
The insane part of all this, is that Verdugo in all probability will not even be a Yankee next season!
He had his chance against the Tigers and he blew it.
/s
I was thinking about this. When Boone was a player he probably felt like he had some pop left before he was passed up and stopped playing as much. He probably spent his last few seasons wondering why he wasn’t getting more playing time over the younger guys, and that translates to him refusing to bench dudes now.
Verdugo Holmes DJ indecisions will cost them big time.
Who is Verdugo’s agent? The only reason to continue to play him at this point is if they have a promise to an agent that they care about and don’t want to piss off. Otherwise, the amount of deference they are showing to a one year rental is absurd… the Yankees gave Brett Gardner less deference and he was an integral, home grown player!
It’s not even worth getting angry over anymore. They will never win a WS as long as Boone and Cashman are around. It’s just time to accept it
Not more costly than them continuing to use Holmes in the closer role. This is more of a priority than bringing up another bat.
The Yankees should have gone after Theo Epstein the way they went after Judge. He makes cashman look like the douche bag he is.
It’s just weird and when they’re questioned about it they always brush it off like “nobody should be asking” well NO we SHOULD be asking
Probably not. They got Jazz and he’s been incredible and they still suck so I’m not sure what people think Jasson is gonna change.
I grew up with Billy Martin. Say what you want but nobody made managerial decisions for him. Today’s game sucks in comparison. Might as well have it run by computers. This puppet management arrangement with Boone is pathetic. In the oft chance they ever win a championship with Bozo he should receive no credit. Hal and Cash are whacking each other off in the front office. There is zero ability to correct in mid stream and change direction. The way it’s run is like the Titanic. “What iceberg? Oops”.
Can he pitch? Can he close games?