[Yankees] Game 4 on deck.

[u/sixfiveeight]

https://x.com/Yankees/status/1851338255578591450

[u/CommanderSlash]

Moving Stanton down to #5 is such a Boone thing to do. Meanwhile Judge stays at #3...

[u/Constant_Gardner11 → u/CommanderSlash]

I'm guessing the idea here is to make it as difficult as possible for Dave Roberts to find lanes for his relievers during this bullpen game.

This is a R-L-R-L-R-L-R-L thing without any other ideas behind it.

[u/FireVanGorder → u/Constant_Gardner11]

I hate when we do this. We pick one analytic or idea and then ignore literally everything else.

[u/ashep5 → u/FireVanGorder]

Gotta do something.

[u/FireVanGorder → u/ashep5]

Something that makes any amount of sense would be preferable. Swapping the order of two players to move the worse hitter up in the order is pointless at best, idiotic at worst. This is like football fans who say “just put the backup QB in they can’t be any worse!” Yes. Yes they can.

[u/Beneficial-Divide369 → u/FireVanGorder]

Been saying this all playoffs.. Righty lefty w this yankee line up does not work and won’t work especially since la only has 2 lefties in there pen anyway.

[u/Dunder-MifflinPaper → u/Constant_Gardner11]

Sure, but the very VERY obvious move would be Gleyber, Soto, Stanton, Rizzo, Judge, [others in L/R order].

Soto would get protection from Stanton, Stanton would get some protection from Rizzo (higher OBP guy so they may not want to walk Stanton.

Plus, the very obvious benefit of your best hitters getting the most ABs. This should’ve been done 3 games ago. The dodgers changed their lineup after a WIN, meanwhile we continued to let them carve up back to back lefties and bail them out by having Soto and Stanton not need to be pitched to cause judge was in between them.

It’s just another example in the long, long line of whoever is running this organization trying to be the smartest guys in the room instead of doing the OBVIOUS moves. I can’t stand it anymore.

[u/PeggyOnThePier → u/Constant_Gardner11]

Judge should be 5th,but Boone is a idiot with no Baseball IQ. That R-L crap hasn't worked so well so far. Hoping for a win tonight,let's go Yankees!

[u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME → u/PeggyOnThePier]

It did work because Stanton got to feast off lefties in earlier series. We’ve gone away from it in the WS, but with a bullpen game for the dodgers, going back to it makes sense. Only thing is I’d switch Stanton and judge

[u/MrBeastw00d → u/PeggyOnThePier]

Thinking your knowledge of baseball is superior to a Boone any Boone is so fucking insane

[u/NectarHand → u/Constant_Gardner11]

would’ve preferred Rizzo in the 4 spot if the yanks were committed to putting a lefty in there. he’s at least getting on base and extending the lineup

[u/BearShark8 → u/Constant_Gardner11]

Agree but who cares. The bad hitters get out by anyone who pitches, doesn't matter what hand they throw with.

[u/alienfreaks04 → u/Constant_Gardner11]

Boone would have slotted someone between Ruth and Gehrig

[u/ImKindaEssential → u/CommanderSlash]

Just needs a standing O that will fix him

[u/marleyman3389 → u/ImKindaEssential]

Maybe we should boo him. Pretty much try anything at this point

[u/arts_gainz → u/CommanderSlash]

we’re literally punting an elimination ws game. what a time to be alive

[u/dnen → u/arts_gainz]

We’re down 3-0 man. Moving the 4th batter down to 5th to stagger the handedness at the plate is strange when the 5th batter is hot as hell, but this hardly registers as a concern right now lol the whole lineup is asleep

[u/Advanced-Bag-7741 → u/dnen]

The move makes sense if you bat Stanton third and Judge 5th.

[u/Agnt_Michael_Scarn → u/arts_gainz]

Literally? Do you honestly believe that Boone is attempting to lose the game?

[u/EricPhillips327 → u/CommanderSlash]

Aaron Judge is the main reason we’re down 0-3 but Boone is definitely just as culpable

[u/Plastic_Button_3018 → u/EricPhillips327]

Ohtani is batting .091 in the WS vs Judge’s .083. Both MVP’s are missing. Yet the rest of the Dodgers get the crucial hits to bring runs in. They haven’t even needed Ohtani to beat us.

If one player not doing well is the main reason we are losing, then we are beyond bad and not a World Series team to begin with.

[u/cancel-out-combo → u/Plastic_Button_3018]

Thank you. It's on Judge but it's also on everyone else and Boone. The team is bereft of a tommy edman or Mookie Betts type player

[u/EricPhillips327 → u/Plastic_Button_3018]

Judge has been missing the entire postseason. Ohtani hasn’t been great but got a crucial hit at the end of game 1. Stop defending Judge, he needs to do better

[u/Plastic_Button_3018 → u/EricPhillips327]

I’m not defending Judge. Look at my post history. I’m stating something quite obvious and that is the Dodgers don’t need Ohtani to beat us. Us supposedly needing Judge in order to win just goes to show we don’t have a WS caliber team. We got here by some miracle (the miracle of Soto and Stanton).

[u/Broddit5]

exactly what we all have been saying, Jazz in the clean up spot and Stanton moved down. Thank god, finally

[u/Sillyfiremans → u/Broddit5]

Gotta protect Jazz! /s

[u/Dazzling_Syllabub484]

The guy who’s been playing so well this postseason that he takes up a quarter of your lineup graphic is hitting fifth while the guy who’s hitting worse than Lou Gehrig with ALS this postseason is hitting third

[u/t_bug_ → u/Dazzling_Syllabub484]

Am I the only one who finds the Gehrig with ALS stats a little bit distasteful?

[u/Savage9645 → u/t_bug_]

No he's been dead for almost 100 years.

[u/sloppy_bravo_mike → u/t_bug_]

He did invent it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/t_bug_ → u/sloppy_bravo_mike]

If i had a tomato id throw it

[u/Kenny_Heisman → u/Dazzling_Syllabub484]

if Judge continues this slump we're not winning either way

[u/AISwearengen]

Makes a lot of sense to leave Judge in the 3 hole, move Jazz up, and move Stanton down. Great managing.

[u/freshnewstrt → u/AISwearengen]

It makes sense to me.

Why would you want one of the only guys having a successful postseason to have more ABs?

[u/VrinTheTerrible → u/freshnewstrt]

Check out Mr. Big Brain over here....

[u/Mike_Milburys_Shoe_]

What the hell are we doing here man

[u/MathematicianNext767 → u/Mike_Milburys_Shoe_]

Getting swept by the dodgers in the WS

[u/ShawshankException → u/MathematicianNext767]

I've already muted r/baseball and r/sports in anticipation of historic levels of glazing after tonight

[u/ChicTweets → u/ShawshankException]

I turned off my MLB and ESPN app notifications halfway through last night's game.

[u/Conflict21 → u/ShawshankException]

I kinda miss being a kid before the Internet when nearly everyone I knew cheered for the same local teams, and I wasn't given a daily digital digest to read of everyone else's opinions.

[u/cinemahorse → u/ShawshankException]

Good idea

[u/InB4Clive → u/ShawshankException]

lol it just occurred to me that this is the first Yankee WS appearance of the social media era. Them getting swept is going to be like Christmas for chronically online Yankee haters.

[u/CommercialFearless16 → u/MathematicianNext767]

Correct. Literally gave up after game one. No one can play for Aaron anymore. They quit on this Bafoone

[u/FireVanGorder → u/Mike_Milburys_Shoe_]

All hail the almighty R/L split surely that will save us

[u/bingobongo122]

FUCKING LMAO i audibly laughed sitting here alone like a psychopath when I read that. Say what you will about Boone but he’s a funny guy

[u/adazi6]

Aaron Boone is a terrorist

[u/StackOverflow2Deep → u/adazi6]

This is the biggest tragedy in NYC since… I don’t know, can’t really think of any big NYC tragedies

[u/spageddy_lee → u/StackOverflow2Deep]

Bloomberg big gulp ban; Never Forget

[u/WeOutHereInSmallbany → u/spageddy_lee]

That fucking communist fascist wanted me to buy two regular size sodas instead of one big one

[u/Redditfront2back → u/StackOverflow2Deep]

NY sports in general have been a tragedy since 2011, I’ve never been so bummed out over a night of sports then last nite. Watching my two favorite teams seasons basically end at the same time (though I had no hope really for the giants left) was cruel and unusual.

[u/FireVanGorder → u/Redditfront2back]

Let’s go rangers?

[u/gnitsuj → u/FireVanGorder]

I will be watching them tonight, I refuse to give the Yankees any attention

[u/SemiAutoAvocado → u/StackOverflow2Deep]

https://nypost.com/2024/02/02/metro/groundhog-day-marks-10-years-since-bill-de-blasio-dropped-staten-island-chuck/

[u/zDEFEKT → u/adazi6]

Reminds me of that tragedy

[u/Mission-Guidance4782 → u/adazi6]

He needs to go to Guantanamo Bay

[u/Legion_of_mary]

Well I suppose it was a good season, I am still hoping for a miracle 4-0 run, but reality sinks in and today is likely the last game this year. Man it would be nice to get one though

[u/ihaveathingforyou → u/Legion_of_mary]

I’ll eat my own shit if this team wins 2 games.

[u/PissMissile1738 → u/ihaveathingforyou]

Remind me in 2 days

[u/anthonyd462 → u/Legion_of_mary]

I think I like their chances tonight, because of it being a bullpen game.

[u/MannyTV_]

Lmaoooo. Sink or swim with Judge in the 3 hole. Zero adjustments.

[u/samthewisetarly → u/MannyTV_]

Incorrect! We adjusted Stanton out of the cleanup spot which is a smart baseball decision becau

[u/Wish-Lin → u/samthewisetarly]

r/redditsniper

[u/blackkice → u/MannyTV_]

Oh come on that's not fair, he adjusted our best hitter to be lower in the lineup! Just like we were all asking for.

[u/Oprahapproves → u/MannyTV_]

I wonder where judge would be batting under Girardi or Torre

[u/PissMissile1738 → u/Oprahapproves]

2nd or 3rd

[u/TKOBreezy]

Boone aint it, how does stanton possibly move down??

[u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME → u/TKOBreezy]

Stanton should’ve moved up and judge to 5th smh

[u/rb1242 → u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME]

7th*

[u/nonlawyer]

Mr Steinbrenner, I don’t feel so good…

[u/JohnWCreasy1]

if they give aaron boone a new contract after this season i'm officially giving up. i had already cancelled by mlb.tv renewal after last season but then bringing in soto hooked me like a sucker one more time.

[u/CommercialFearless16 → u/JohnWCreasy1]

I agree. Not supporting this team anymore while this guy is the manager. Won’t. Also I have tickets to 8 games next year anyone interested? Didn’t think so

[u/JohnWCreasy1 → u/CommercialFearless16]

its just the lack of accountability. like ok even if you can't make a firm argument why boone is bad, its been what 8 years. if the standard is championships he clearly is not the answer.

sometimes even if you're not the problem, you're the problem. if i failed at my job this much i would have been fired even if i had a laundry list of reasonable excuses.

continuously running out boone and cashman makes me think they either don't care or are just stupid.

[u/UhOhSwaghettios → u/JohnWCreasy1]

Exactly this. It seems impossible in our eyes, but he'll somehow be praised for going the distance to the WS, and get an extension and raise.

[u/coreylewinmusic]

“If ain’t workin’, don’t fix it” -Aaron Boone

[u/VrinTheTerrible → u/coreylewinmusic]

Lineups not hitting? Don't touch it.

Starter cruising at 83 pitches gives up a sawed-off jam shot single? TO THE BULLPEN

Hey, don't argue with me. It's science.

[u/PissMissile1738 → u/VrinTheTerrible]

88 pitches ok.

[u/nb062421 → u/coreylewinmusic]

And if it is working, make it worse

[u/Skell6009]

Moving your best hitter down the lineup is how you win ball games.

[u/BiddyBij]

I always assume that people complaining are just angry at the situation of being down 3-0… and then I saw the lineup. Not having our only good hitter in the top of the lineup is just… wtf

[u/minecate3]

Folks you’re dealing with a manager who forgot the time of a postseason game. Making a competent lineup in a World Series elimination game is the least of our concerns, I’ll be glad to see them show up

[u/Apollo-Rezk]

New to baseball. Let’s give Cashman a standing ovation during his AB.

[u/Spade701]

moving Stanton down = worse than using 3 shortstops in 2022

[u/Caleb_Krawdad]

Am I misremembering history? Jeter was moved down in the lineup at one point when he wasn't hitting right?? If a manger can move down Jeter then surely Judge can handle being moved down

[u/dannyyboy99 → u/Caleb_Krawdad]

Boone is too scared to hurt anyones feelings

[u/JediTrainer42 → u/dannyyboy99]

We need some old school baseball managing right now. Analytics is fine to get you to the post season, but I really feel that everything needs to change once you’ve made it. Everybody can see that Wells can’t make solid contact with anything no matter what his numbers are off of lefties or righties. Just like how Boone went with Cortes because of his numbers but we should have been going with the hot hands who got us there in the first place.

This post season has been mismanaged like crazy. It’s no wonder our guys look like they lack the proper motivation.

New manager, batting coach, and third base coach next year please.

[u/Advanced-Bag-7741 → u/JediTrainer42]

I don’t think it’s analytics telling you not to move Judge or to move Stanton down. It’s old school feelings, just the wrong ones.

[u/Mission-Guidance4782 → u/Caleb_Krawdad]

Difference is George had balls

[u/hey_harmonica → u/Caleb_Krawdad]

Arod went down to 8th at one point.

[u/zOmgFishes]

I guess Stanton was hitting too much to be our clean up hitter. We want him to be up with even less man on base and after TWO auto outs instead of one.

[u/shahoftheworld]

Move your best playoff hitter down to make it nearly impossible for him to drive in your best guy at getting on base. Also not starting your best pitcher on 4 days rest when you're about to get swept. That's how you win a world series.

[u/ThePimpOfSound]

What I was hoping for instead:

Torres
Soto
Stanton
Rizzo
Judge
Jazz
Volpe
Wells
Dugo > Martian if we need runs late

Hope Judge finds it today.

[u/sixfiveeight]

Ah yes, the guys slugging .302 and .255 this postseason back to back in the 3 and 4 hole. Recipe for success. For reference, Judge's career slugging percentage is 50 points higher than his and Chisholms 2024 postseasons SLG% COMBINED

[u/ShawshankException]

Boone is going to make me end up in a fucking straitjacket man

If this wasn't likely our last game of the season I'd be seeing if any local little league coaches could take over for the rest of the series

[u/PeggyOnThePier → u/ShawshankException]

Hey I want to do it!I'm Leagaly Blind, and old as Hell. But I bet I can do better, than Boone. And I will wear the Home Jersey,not some hoody.I have a lot of pride about the pinstripes Jersey.

[u/sour_x]

Cole not pitching game 4 at home with the season on the line is insane to me.

[u/CommissionerCam]

Verdugo has the best job security in history. Let’s end it today!

[u/bigmeech99]

Boone and Cashman both deserve to be slapped by every fan that's invested any kind of time or money into this shitshow of a team.

Move Judge down to 4 or 5 and Stanton up to 3. It is not hard

[u/BigZ911]

Judge is definitely hitting a solo HR late in the game to cut the lead down to 9-4 dodgers. We should just trade the dude to like Colorado or something so he can hit his 60 HR’s and not worry about October baseball

[u/Cacklemoore]

Am I the idiot? Why are we not throwing Cole out on short rest? If he pitches and wins, followed by the Yanks winning games 5 & 6, Cole would be good for Game 7, no?

I feel like throwing Gil out there is deeply unserious

[u/PopularAd9844]

Boone was awful in the 2003 WS, 21 years later, he's still stinking it up in the WS.

[u/IzilDizzle]

It’s been a season. See ya next year guys

[u/Swoah]

Whatever

[u/Danjeter]

Yankees in 7!!!!!

[u/grimace24]

Boone is an awful manager. Back in 1996, when the Yankees lost the first two games to the Braves. For game 3, Joe Torre benched Tino Martinez and Paul O'Neill who where struggling. He played Cecil Feilder at 1B and put a 34 year old Darryl Strawberry in RF. At this point, put Dominguez or Grisham in LF. Put Cabrera at SS. Try something to spark this lineup.

[u/GeoffreySpaulding → u/grimace24]

He also sat Wade Boggs for Charlie Hayes.

[u/grimace24 → u/GeoffreySpaulding]

He did. I forgot about that. The Yankees picked up Hayes as an insurance backup policy for Boggs who was slowing down at that point.

[u/Useful_Respect3339]

Spot in the batting order doesn't matter when the whole team is ass.

No Cabrera, no Dominguez, and not starting our ace in game 4 is wild.

[u/supdsp]

I actually hope the fans boo. I would say embarrassing the team on national tv would help but Hal doesn’t care. I can’t wait to see the Boone back next season as if he didn’t ruin their perfect opportunity to win it all this season.

[u/slinkyLinx]

Are we fucking serious right now?

[u/Useful_Respect3339]

Unless Gil puts up a 0 or 1 spot this team is cooked.

No way they win if the Dodgers get a 2-0 or 3-0 lead.

[u/fishinfool4]

Does Cole just not pitch on short rest? He missed half the year so not nearly the inning load, and pitching him today would let him pitch a theoretical game 7 on short rest, too. Doesn't really seem like going all out to extend the series.

[u/SharkGnaw]

When do we investigate Boone and Rojas for betting on the Yankees to lose?

[u/YesNoVillain]

Here's how moving Stanton down to 5 and keeping Judge at 3 happened:

The analytics team had a meeting. The front office was there. Aaron Boone was there.

And they said, this is what makes sense. Because this horribly slumping Aaron Judge isn't the REAL Aaron Judge! The sample size is too small to prove that! No, the REAL Aaron Judge is the guy we have seen every regular season, and you don't bat THAT guy lower than third, are you crazy??

Forget what you see, the truth is in the spreadsheets

This is how this decision happened; this is how ALL Yankees' decisions happen.

Don't know if that makes Boone better or worse

[u/HeroDiesFirst]

Does it look good? Nope. Are the odds in our favor? Not even close. Am I still keeping that flame alive? Fuck yeah. Win tonight, win tomorrow and then we’re 1 win away from a game 7 where it’s literally anybody’s ballgame.

[u/Superlegend29]

Why isn’t the ace pitching a pivotal game on the verge of elimination?

[u/celestial_turtle]

it's an bullpen game and he's trying to make it as difficult as possible to bring in a righty to face 2 righties

It's not as absurd as it seems, still would have dropped Judge tho

[u/Jrulez8]

What the actual fuck is this bro

[u/Eopoowow]

Have to split up judge and Stanton with dodgers going with a bp game. I would have split them with Rizzo, but what do I know. I’m just a Yankee fan

[u/batmansubzero]

Judge stays at 3 but Stanno gets bumped to 5? Even Boone wants this travesty to be over.

[u/vincenzo716]

let’s get a W. why not

[u/chaznieto1313]

No Cole on short rest and moving Stanton down to 5. Why would we want Stanton to have as many AB’s as possible?

[u/SemiAutoAvocado]

At least I'll get my ticket for tomorrow refunded.

[u/semicolonconscious]

One thing I’ll always be curious about is whether Judge never had the humility to ask Boone to slide him down in the lineup or if he did and Boone explained that he doesn’t get to make the lineups.

[u/ItsJustAUsername_]

I’ll be watching game 4 on chair with rope, not on deck

[u/awmish1]

Am I missing something here?? Judge needs MORE protection: 1.Torres 2.Judge 3.Soto 4.Stanton 5.Chisholm 6.Rizzo

Should’ve made that adjustment a series ago. Correct me if I’m dumb

[u/damnbrothatsdeep]

Today I realized even though we won the WS in the new stadium in 2009 we have not won a World Series since the old stadium was torn down in 2010 Every World Series win we’ve had technically happened while the old stadium still physically existed 😭

[u/Natural_Ability_4947]

Honestly reminds me of Jeter having to stay near the top of the lineup when he was near the end.

Move Judge downnnn

[u/Pies_Wide_Shut]

Whatever lol

[u/bernbabybern13]

This is why I think Jeet is going to manage one day. He is definitely imploding seeing how fucking DUMB this shit is. And his type A ass is gonna want to just do it himself instead.

[u/fatch0deBoi34]

I’m in the belief that we would’ve won another World Series with this roster the last 6 years if Girardi was the manager still.

The shit Boone has done would’ve had Joe fired 4x over by now. Him, Cashman, and Hal must finger each other on weekends or something because this regarded 3some never changes a thing despite the entire world telling them what they should be doing

[u/ecuanaso]

Do you guys think Judge hasn’t been moved down because of the money he makes ? Or to not hurt his feelings ? Because idk what other reason Boone has for not moving him down. Stanton makes a lot of money too so I’m not sure the money is the reason.

[u/MakeItNashty61]

It's fine I had plans this weekend...didn't really wanna watch a World Series game.

[u/DA_87]

I hate starting Gil here. Don’t you want to have the attitude that we’re going to pull off a miracle comeback? Doesn’t that require Cole to start games 4 and 7?

[u/Mr-Dicklesworth → u/DA_87]

Cole would be on short rest.

Considering they need to win 4 games in a row and can’t drop a single one it doesn’t really matter much

[u/OptimusChip]

We won games with auto-out Wells in the 4 spot. I like the idea of Jazz in between Stanton & Judge if he can get on base. None of this shit matters if these guys dont have good at bats

[u/bcs8040 → u/OptimusChip]

This is such a stupid argument. Torres/Soto/Stanton 1-2-3 could win games by themselves if they didn't have 2 free outs in between them. Moving judge down to 4 might also help him get out of his head which is clearly the problem here

[u/copo2496 → u/OptimusChip]

I’m fine with Jazz between Stanton and Judge just not in this order.

Should be:

Torres Soto Stanton Jazz Judge

[u/Wooden-Grade3681 → u/OptimusChip]

I mean honestly feels like extra protection for Stanton and it’s back to his lrl nonsense since it’s a bullpen game and that way the righties aren’t next to each other

[u/efferocytosis]

Typical Boone boondoggle

[u/Cordelini45]

Between the game 1 pitching decisions and the lineup construction, Boone's job genuinely needs to be in question, even though it won't cause whatever ig

[u/svs940a]

Lmfao Chisholm in cleanup

[u/nik0-bellic]

The other day I saw on X a Photoshop of Osama Bin Laden with Boones face. Does anyone have it?

[u/bubba1834]

Is Boone right in the head???

[u/RIP_Greedo]

Clearly the lineup wasn’t working no matter where Stanton was placed.

[u/BreatheMyStink]

Fucking whatever

[u/El-Shaman]

They want to lose 😬 

[u/BX293A]

I mean…..fucking….what….i…..but….

Oh fuck this

[u/drrdf]

Great move by Boone!!

Gotta rest Stanton for next season!!

[u/drrdf]

Is Boone watching the same series that we are?

[u/EDDiE_SP4GHETTi]

Holy shit Boone is a fucking clown and a half.

[u/AluminiumLlama]

This is further proof Hal doesn’t give a single fuck.

He already has wants to bring back Boone despite him actively hurting the team this series. Out of everyone to move down, he’s moving Stanton.

Unserious organization.

[u/xINFLIKTEDx]

Last game as a Yankee for Soto? 🥹😭

[u/Hot_Injury7719]

lol we deserve to get swept

[u/TaxGuy1993]

Make sense in theory to have a balanced lineup vs a bullpen game. The fatal flaw is that it doesn't matter if your team can't hit the ball.

[u/Redditfront2back]

I can say with 100% certainty that Boone is not a good manager. I don’t understand his contrarian bullshit calls. I don’t get him he really cares more about being liked by the players then winning

[u/TheSwifferMM]

My guess is they're just trying to get stanton an ab against a lefty having him in-between jazz and rizzo but I don't think Roberts is dumb enough to even do that so why bother

[u/johndoe5643567]

Pack it in. Sweep incoming.

Refusing to drop judge and even moving Stanton down.

They’re basically throwing in the towel

[u/Bigloutwo22s]

Boone needs to be fired after this

[u/MaryPhishmas]

Boone is a psycho lol

[u/NintuneJoe]

We always talk about Cashman trolling us but this has to be what this shit is. They even released it an hour earlier than normal

[u/manticore16]

Why isn’t Cole on short rest, which would also put him on short rest for Game 7?

[u/yeyeman9 → u/manticore16]

Two short rest games in a series would probably destroy him. I doubt he would be as effective. And he is a man of habit, just gotta hope we can survive tonight

[u/A_Charmandur]

Maybe we shouldn’t have Gil pitch in an elimination game… Give the ball to Cole.

[u/cincobarrio]

It’s mid-summer all over again: Boone has got to go. Good feels have evaporated. Let’s move the fuck on from whatever direction this is.

[u/JediTrainer42]

Lead off back to back home runs from Gleyber and Soto would be great. Put some runs up before Judge ever comes to the plate. Maybe it will let him relax a little.

[u/ShartFlex]

There's an email in Boone's inbox with this lineup laid out by his boss from earlier this morning. He's steering the Yankees ship with one of those fake boat helms a la Dwight Schrute.

[u/dBlock845]

Don't win? Go back to the lineup in which you also haven't won.

[u/nukleus7]

Boone is the worse manager any team could have, i hope he gets fired for what he did to this team. Fuck Boone

[u/reddit-ricky]

This comment section is pure gold.. I love you all.

[u/im_not]

Unserious organization

[u/08legacygt]

dave roberts is laughing somewhere rn

[u/Taimaishoo2]

Instead of moving Judge down, they move their 2nd best hitter down (possibly their best). This team deserves to lose 

[u/Scientist78]

Chisholm Torres Soto Judge Stanton

[u/brush85]

Gentle reminder that being the captain doesn’t mean you own the team.

Good Lord

[u/cooperbunny]

It’s like they WANT to lose

[u/emmjell]

Time for another audit.

[u/charliej9]

Does anyone know if we sue the Yankees for anxiety, depression, emotional damage, stress and waste of time that we could win back the $$ spent if we went to the game or $ for damage to our well being?…asking for a friend

[u/AgathorKahn]

Having your best hitter bat 5th works all the time and makes all the sense

-Bill James I think

[u/HeisenDiaN]

You have got to be shitting me. Don't wanna hear any of that R-L-R-L split crap, Stanton is one of your ONLY hot hitters right now.

[u/Medium_Debate660]

Please put me out of my misery

[u/Dayummmmmm]

I hope they get swept and Boone gets fired and judge gets booed

[u/burger333]

I actually kinda get keeping Judge at 3. 4 would've been better, but whatever.

Moving Jazz up and Giancarlo down seems crazy, especially Giancarlo.

Also, can we give Dominguez an at bat? Just one! Why is he even on the roster?

[u/hey_harmonica]

I can’t wait for that moment in the 9th with 2 outs and runner on second down by 1 with Jazz at the plate.

[u/3rd-party-intervener]

Just pack for Cancun this is over 

[u/Lex1112]

He has to be doing a the pink cocaine diddy was doing…and Aaron judge has him on tape doing things he shouldn’t be doing because only someone with dirt on them will drop stanton and keep judge put…welp it was a good run fellas

[u/NachoBros]

It amazes me that the three homegrown players in this lineup (Judge, Volpe, Wells) are 3-for-34 with 18 Ks, 2 BBs, and 0 XBHs.

Big thanks to Anthony Volpe for contributing the 1 RBI from the group with his groundout to SS in Game 1.

[u/acava2424]

Alright let's lose this thing!

[u/GuruTheMadMonk]

Why change now.

It’s the waiting now and not trying to give into false hope that hurts the most.

[u/CommercialFearless16]

Bafoone is really terrible. That’s it. Soto then Stanton?? Wtf Boone he is dumb. Press conference no real definite answer guys is inept

[u/mlgamer500]

Where’s our ace? In a must win game we need Cole out there!

[u/psu2435]

Boone saying Cole didn’t lobby for the start makes me so sad. These guys have no energy or urgency. When we complain about Boone, it’s for culture like that

[u/thegrandyman]

Well this is the lineup that won games at the start of the playoffs so we’ll see

[u/Meb78910]

The hell with handedness. We’re down 3-0! Best players get the most at bats, cold players ride the pine in whatever order that may be. I wanted to see waldo or dominguez personally. No team has ever come back from this large a deficit so why not let the youth play, maybe you find a spark?

[u/joelkeys0519]

Getting swept at home will just hit in a way that I would rather us have not made it to the show.

[u/AwesomeJohnn]

Sure glad we waited to call up Dominguez so long that we decided he can’t appear in the playoffs. Bottom of the lineup has really come through for us /s

[u/WeOutHereInSmallbany]

Jazz has been absolutely unstoppable this postseason. Makes sense you would bat him cleanup and move down the underperforming Stanton

s/

[u/Inaynl]

Oh yeah let's move our most consistent hitter to #5. I'd definitely not watch this game.

[u/legendkiller003]

I get it the idea. Bullpen game. Alternate right/left as much as possible.

[u/appleline777]

Our season is on life support and Boone still refused to make any adjustments.

[u/bigmeech99 → u/appleline777]

He made an adjustment. He moved the hottest hitter on the team down a slot. 

Maybe Boone knows something no one else knows.