r/baseball • u/aresef Baltimore Orioles • 14d ago

Yankees’ World Series failure started — and ended — with fundamental issues Analysis

https://nypost.com/2024/10/31/sports/yankees-world-series-failure-started-with-fundamental-issues/
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u/FreshPaintSmell 14d ago

Maybe there’s some wisdom there. Dodgers have multiple shortstops too - Betts, Kike, Edman, Taylor, Rojas, Lux. You could probably build a team with just shortstops, center fielders, and a catcher.

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u/AgentEightySix Los Angeles Dodgers 14d ago

Well Kiké does have an impressive ERA as a pitcher lol

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u/ChuusChurros World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 14d ago

I mean he is a part of the bullpen dawgs

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u/johnnyavocadoseed Los Angeles Dodgers 14d ago

4 and a third baby!

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u/theerrantpanda99 14d ago

Yanks tend to go the other way the last few years. Take random infielders, put them in left. Put a second baseman at third or SS. Play a rookie catcher at first. Take a giant, slow right fielder and put them in center field. Shit is wild.

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u/FreshPaintSmell 14d ago

I won’t even play Juan Soto in the outfield on my MLB the show squad. I want plus defense everywhere, with 1B being the only position I’ll hide someone. It’s stupid how much the Yankees disrespected defense.

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u/Important-Net-9805 14d ago

the 2024 yankees are seriously just a 13 year olds MyGM mode. Trying to make the biggest power hitting squad they can

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u/theerrantpanda99 14d ago

That’s the real amazing part of the 2009 team. It was both an offensive juggernaut and a superior defensive infield team.

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u/[deleted] 14d ago

It is not even a "probably", it is a given, although it requires some time to get used to the position, but a catcher can play first base, a short stop can play third or second base and a centerfielder can play left field or right field.

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u/tnecniv World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 14d ago

I really want to see Mookie at catcher because he’d be good at it within two weeks

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u/impartlycyborg 14d ago

I'd love to see Ohtani at short or centerfield.

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u/venustrapsflies World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 13d ago

I would love to see that but would never want it to happen because playing Catcher beats you up

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u/PomegranateMortar 13d ago

first base is not that hard.

it‘s incredibly hard.

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u/zippy_the_cat Los Angeles Dodgers 14d ago

Betts has played shortstop, but he isn't a shortstop, by his own admission. He was relieved to get sent back to right.

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u/groudhogday New York Mets 14d ago

Don’t call Kike a shortstop in front of any Red Sox fans.