MF the MFYs, 2020 thread

[Fman99]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28641913/back-surgery-sidelines-starter-james-paxton-3-4-months-yankees-spring-training-nearYanqui starter James Paxton out 3-4 months after back surgery. Way to wait until February, dum dum.

[Edgy MD]

Luis Severino has apparently severino'd a UCL and will miss the season while spending time in Florida visiting with Tommy John.



It apparently is a result of an injury sustained in his last playoff start, but not picked up on until now despite multiple examinations, including two MRIs and a CT scan.



I wish missed diagnoses on nobody. But could you imagine if it were Mets doctors who swung and missed three times?

[Ceetar]

it's almost like medical stuff is tough. he'll probably miss almost all, maybe all, of 2021 too.



he didn't really play last year either, rotator cuff issues and then strained a lat rushing back, and perhaps he still rushed back.

[ashie62]

No Severino Paxton or Marquez



Loasiga (sic) better be good

[Frayed Knot]

So their rotation at this point is Gerrit Cole, Tanaka, and JA Happ, plus some combination of:

- Jordan Montgomery: 27 y/o, LH, 6th in ROY in 2017 but just 30 IP since due to TJS

- Luis Cessa*: 28, RH, 4 partial seasons as a Yanqui totaling 86 games/19 starts (none in 2019) 4.50 ERA

- Jonathan Loaisiga: 25 y/o, RH, 24 ML games including 8 starts combined in 2018 + 19

- Deivi Garcia: small RHP (5' 9"/165), turns 21 in May, top-100 prospect this winter [24, 65, 92 on various lists], 12 starts at AA, 6 at AAA

- Mike King: 24, RH, 2 ML IP late last year, missed much of 2019 w/arm issues



And then some combination of James Paxton (if/when he gets back from back surgery), Domingo German (63 more games to go on domestic violence suspension),

or the ever popular mystery man/men.







* Bonus Quiz: Luis Cessa, originally signed by the Mets, has been traded twice during his career, both times in 2015 and both in deals involving current NY Mets.

One is fairly easy, the other not so much.

[Guest 41Forever]

Buster Olney's guest on the Baseball Tonight podcast said Cole will have a "monster year," will win 20 games and is the prohibitive favorite for the Cy Young Award.



Let's see how he reacts to pitching in a bandbox.

[seawolf17]

lolyankees

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: * Bonus Quiz: Luis Cessa, originally signed by the Mets, has been traded twice during his career, both times in 2015 and both in deals involving current NY Mets. One is fairly easy, the other not so much.

The (I assume) easy one is when he went from the Mets to Detroit as the second player (along with Michael Fulmer) in the 2015 Yoenis Céspedes trade.



I believe a Tigers exec at the time said they had insisted on Cessa because the equipment manager had all these C's, E's, and S's left over in the uniform room that he had purchased for Yoenis and now would never get to use.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: * Bonus Quiz: Luis Cessa, originally signed by the Mets, has been traded twice during his career, both times in 2015 and both in deals involving current NY Mets. One is fairly easy, the other not so much. The (I assume) easy one is when he went from the Mets to Detroit as the second player (along with Michael Fulmer) in the 2015 Yoenis Céspedes trade. I believe a Tigers exec at the time said they had insisted on Cessa because the equipment manager had all these C's, E's, and S's left over in the uniform room that he had purchased for Yoenis and now would never get to use.

That of course was at the trade deadline in 2015. By December of that same year the Tigers flipped Cessa to the Yanx in exchange for Justin Wilson.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Giancarlo Stanton down with a bad sounding leg strain

[MFS62]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Giancarlo Stanton down with a bad sounding leg strain

What kind of animal was he chasing? running from?

Later

[Fman99]

Sucks to be a MFY fan and also a YouTube TV subscriber, as they're going to give YES the boot starting on Saturday. So that's pretty great.

[seawolf17]

MFY fan friend of mine posted that he dropped cable yesterday morning for YouTube TV, and then they made that announcement a few hours later. LOLOLOLOLOL

[Ceetar]

this is an interesting powerplay by YouTube no? I mean, being able to get those games is a BIG reason why people switch to YouTube TV and I can't imagine any price being 'too high' unless Sinclair is making a play for it's own mass-streaming solution, which I guess could be the case.



Of course, Alphabet is filthy rich anyway..

[Edgy MD]

Phil Hughes, not particularly jazzed about being honored by the Yankees.

[MFS62]

They are staying together to train while other teams have disbanded/gone home.

While there will be a few weeks/ games for the other teams to get in shape, I fear they will come roaring out of the gate when baseball resumes and jump to an early lead in their pennant race.

The bastages.

Later

[nymr83]

=MFS62 post_id=33730 time=1584668056 user_id=60]
They are staying together to train while other teams have disbanded/gone home.

While there will be a few weeks/ games for the other teams to get in shape, I fear they will come roaring out of the gate when baseball resumes and jump to an early lead in their pennant race.

The bastages.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

So it seems that Aaron's Judge's girlfriend was arrested for "extreme DUI" (BAL north of .15) in Arizona a couple days ago.

During the arrest she tried playing the 'Do you know who my boyfriend is?' card to the cop.



Not a good move sweetheart.

[nymr83]

Frayed Knot wrote: So it seems that Aaron's Judge's girlfriend was arrested for "extreme DUI" (BAL north of .15) in Arizona a couple days ago. During the arrest she tried playing the 'Do you know who my boyfriend is?' card to the cop. Not a good move sweetheart.

I hope the cop said "Do you know who Luis Gonzalez is? Fuck the Yankees!"

[Edgy MD]

The problem is that the alcohol intake that has damaged your judgment to the point where you're driving with a load on tends to lead a lot of people to be something less than humble and penitent and circumspect when talking to the officer, whether you're Glenn Campbell or Reese Witherspoon or Mel Gibson. You're best advised to confine your comments to yes, sir, and no, mam'n.



Most cops, particularly highway patrolmen, are used to folks talking shit at the time, and don't let themselves get provoked. But that shit-talking goes into the report.



Also, embarrassingly playing your famous boyfriend's name for legal favors isn't going to help your relationship much.

[Ceetar]

I mean, bribing..sorry, showing your PBA card, is SOP in these situations isn't it?



Plus damn, real profession and classy to leak that she dropped his name. guy must be a Yankees fan too, so surprised it didn't work.

[bmfc1]

No, no, no, no, no. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

https://twitter.com/djshort/status/1266035090552954881/photo/1https://twitter.com/djshort/status/1266035090552954881/photo/1

[Edgy MD]

Sixty-four straight hours of Jeter programming could actually be fun, in the right hands.

[MFS62]

I saw that announcement yesterday, and had barely recovered when I saw this post. Thanks a lot. (SM=99)

I wonder if that program director got a gift basket.



Later

[bmfc1]

The creator of "The Good Place" comments:

https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/1266051345817038848https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/1266051345817038848

[MFS62]

I would rather give birth to a flaming porcupine than listen to just one minute of that tripe.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

I DO think it's great that he doesn't get the big outdoor ceremony with a million Yankee fans descending on the normally-nice village of Cooperstown. Zoom just isn't the same.

[Edgy MD]

I have to say, I'd gladly go for 60 straight hours of Bruce Boisclair programming. Jim Bethke? Victor Diaz?



Bring it on!

[MFS62]

All the more reason the Mets should have won:

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/derek-jeter-moved-out-manhattan-yankees-lost-mets-2000-world-serieshttps://www.foxnews.com/sports/derek-jeter-moved-out-manhattan-yankees-lost-mets-2000-world-series

Later

[bmfc1]

There are no words for a take like this one:

https://twitter.com/MarcCarig/status/1269014354256683009https://twitter.com/MarcCarig/status/1269014354256683009