A nice kid from Tom's River.

This "aw shucks" profile borders on journalistic negligence:

"In some ways, Todd Frazier is still that 12-year-old kid who seemed to get every big hit in leading his team from Toms River, N.J. to the Little League World Series championship. He has a Derek Jeter-like confidence, in fact, that oozes out of him even when he’s hitting .209 for the season.

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Frazier indeed delivered a line single to left against Kluber to put the Yankees ahead at the time, yet he’s only hitting .188 with runners in scoring position this season, and his overall numbers have major-league scouts scratching their heads, wondering what happened to the guy who as recently as 2015 looked like he was going to be an All-Star for years to come."

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The thinking among at least some baseball people, including the aforementioned scout, was that Frazier would be better after escaping the losing environment around the White Sox, and raise his game on the big stage in the Bronx, essentially a homecoming for him.
Yet he’s hitting only .214 since coming over in the trade six weeks ago, with five home runs (21 for the season, a double and a triple).

On the other hand, Frazier has played brilliant defensively at third base, and he has taken enough walks to have a .345 on-base percentage. He just hasn’t hit the way the Yankees hoped, and with Greg Bird back at first base, there will be days Joe Giardi will have to choose between him and Chase Headley, who has swung the bat well lately."

The writers pick players they like and warp reality rather than say a bad word.

Brilliant defense? Confidence he'll play better?

Just say he stinks.

Sanchez can't field, Romine can't hit.

Romine has an OPS+ of 52.Pitcher-esque slash line of .221/.278/.300.Two HRs in 190 at-bats.

Sanchez's defense is bad and it isn't getting better. No chance that Sanchez will be behind the plate in the late innings of a close game in the playoffs. Which means Romine is going to get a big at-bat in the ninth inning of a playoff game. He will not get a hit.

Next season, the Yankees need an upgrade at catcher and Sanchez is going to have to DH.

This guy stinks at baseball.

.217/.301/.337 with 121 strikeouts in 406 at-bats ... in the minor leagues.

All the players better than Chris Carter.

2017 Carter: 184 AB, .201/.284/.370, 8 HR, 26 RBIs, 20 R, 35 BB, 99 Ks.

2017 NYY Todd Frazier: 114 AB, .211/.345/.368, 5 HR, 15 RBIs, 19 R, 18 BB, 35 Ks.

Is Frazier better?

A little better.

Frazier is also paid 4x the salary.

So this is basically an annual occurrence now.

Shot.

"Chapman surrendered a solo home run to slugger Yonder Alonso in the 11th inning and the Yankees couldn't recover. When he walked off the mound, he did it slowly, and he was showered with boos.

Alonso hit out a 100.1-mph fastball. Alonso became just the third lefty to ever hit a home run off the southpaw Chapman. The last was Red Sox rookie Rafael Devers on Aug. 14. Before that? It was 2011."

Interesting information about HR record.

So Dave Kingman is the real single season HR record holder?

Everyone who's better than Ellsbury isn't any better than Ellsbury.

Hicks had a nice game in the second game after he came off the DL. It was exciting. It was a spark.

Made a memorable throw when Nunez tried to tag up to third base on a fly ball to left field.

Guess what?

Since coming off the DL, Hicks is 7-for-49 (.143).

... and I didn't get past the first sentence.

"They're the St. Louis Cardinals, as big a name as we have in sports" 

They are?

Curt Schilling says he still supports Donald Trump.

Because, baseball.

Try again next year.

Maybe Chapman is just having a bad year, maybe he's just tired from overuse in last year's playoffs, maybe he hasn't fully recovered from his injury.

Girardi is being foolish and contradicting his own willingness to bench prominent players.

For example, let's use one example to slag on Ellsbury again:

"The Yankees are in the midst of a fight to stay in the American League East race. They also want to hold on to the Wild Card. The Yankees couldn’t afford to keep playing Jacoby Ellsbury when Clint Frazier came up. They can’t continue to be unsure what they’re going to get from their closer every night."

Ellsbury has won a couple of games recently with big hits. Not that he's making a run for the AL MVP or anything. But the narrative is bogus ... the Yankees "couldn't afford" to play Ellsbury instead of a rookie with a .274 on-base%.

One way to fix the Subway Series.

Better teams.

I thought Sunday night would be his final game.

Funny thing is, Romine's defense hasn't been too good either ...

It's good that the Yankees are trying to nip this in the bud.

"Girardi said that Sanchez was told point blank that his defense must improve after he permitted his Major League-leading 12th passed ball in Friday's 7-2 loss to Cleveland. The manager said that Sanchez is 'physically fine,' but his issues blocking balls prompted backup Austin Romine to catch Sunday's day game following a night game.
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 Part of the issue may be that Sanchez has gained some weight, with general manager Brian Cashman telling the New York Post that Sanchez had put on eight-to-12 pounds of muscle over the offseason while keeping his body-fat percentage the same. That may be limiting his flexibility, with Cashman saying it was a matter of 'good intentions and bad results.' "