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    Cole To Yankees 9 Years $324 Million

    Not since the 1998-2000 Yankees three-peat teams has any team even won back to back. 2016 Cubs, 2017 Astros, 2018 Sox- you would have thought one of these teams would have repeated, they were so dominant during their respective seasons. Back to back is hard. Cole said he's hoping to get the...
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    2019-20 Yankees Offseason Discussion

    For decades, it seemed there was a prevailing philosophy about having RLR or LRL in the lineup to take away a pitcher having the platoon advantage for more than one hitter. In very recent times, I got the sense that analytics was trying to drive lineup construction towards stacking your best...
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    NY rotation 2020

    Sorry, didn't mean to post and run (work...busy). It'll be harder to use the IL to skip starts in 2020- I remember reading that pitchers will have to go down 15 days instead of 10 (position players still have a 10 day IL). I don't disagree with the sentiment "I'll believe it when I see it"...
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    NY rotation 2020

    Think the Yankees would use the extra roster spot for a six man rotation? Cole-Pax-Sevy-Tanaka-Montgomery-German are six quality arms, and from an injury prevention point of view, it makes sense (a recovering Montgomery, Tanaka and his elbow, German's first years with a full workload). German...
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    Drake Takes the Cake

    The top 10 list- all umps under 40. The bottom 10 list- all umps over 50. The article talks about age and experience being (non)factors, but the first thought that came to my mind was how age and eyesight might be the issue. Young eyes see better than old eyes- maybe like young muscles...
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    2019 NLDS - Nationals vs Dodgers - Gamethread

    They'll have Verlander on normal rest Game 2, extra day rest Game 6. Cole normal rest Game 3 and 7. I think the lost advantage is slight at best. Greinke, Cole and Verlander are/were going to start six of the seven LCS games. The lost advantage would be their non-availability in the bullpen...