Running 2017 MLB regular season thread

Had to do it, JandE ...

 

Yanks land Frazier/Robertson/Kahnle for Clippard, 2016 first rounder CF Blake Rutherford (Class-A) and SP Ian Clarkin (High-A).

White Sox trade Todd Frazier to Yankees for top prospects

 

1-0 game @Dick Whitman, you didn't miss anything.

 

Time will tell, of course, but this looks like a good trade for the Yankees. Not sure what will come of Rutherford or Clarkin (who is age 22 and still in High-A ball), but the Yanks desperately needed a corner infield bat and their bullpen has been shitty for a month or more.

Given Robertson's resume, if nothing else, he may push Betances and Chapman to be better. Even when they've gotten the job done, neither has seemed to pitch a clean inning since Chapman's return from injury.

 

Yankee fans are cheering like crazy right now because Clippard is gone.

 

Some people regret it when they don't make the game and others regret it when they do go.

Chris Christie booed by fans after catching foul ball at Mets game

 

Also the great named outfielder Tito Polo.

The 40-man crunch was going to hit both Polo and Clarkin this off-season, and I think both would get claimed. Polo for sure would stick as someone's 4th outfielder. The key is Rutherford. He's already a top prospect but the Yanks have so many young outfield guys that they were going to have to pick the right ones to trade. If they are wrong, it might hurt. But IF they somehow get Harper in two years, i'm not sure what they are going to do if Frazier and Judge keep doing what they are doing and Hicks is for real. Too many guys and not enough spots.

 

Someone explain to me how a 1-0 Kershaw game takes 3 hours, 21 minutes.

 

Looks like this might be the record.

The Yankees And Rays Played The Longest 1-0 Baseball Game Ever On Monday Night

 

Yeah, Clippard was excellent the first two months, and then he lost it in June. He hadn't been doing that poorly for the last couple of weeks after he got some confidence back by striking a guy out with the bases loaded, but by then, the fans had lost all confidence in him.

Plus, there's also the thought that the Yankees might go all-in on getting Harper after next season, giving them an outfield of Harper, Judge and Frazier with Hicks as the fourth guy and Ellsbury as a very expensive fifth guy, so there really may not have been room for Rutherford there anyways.

 

Uh oh. Kris Bryant left today's game with a finger injury after a head-first slide.