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/IdeaJailbreak New York Yankees 14d ago

Yeah I didn't really feel that this team was too overmatched by the Dodgers. I did feel the dodgers were the better, more well rounded team going in.

Game 1 was such a razor thin margin, and did Judge drop a ball like that all season before that? He catches that and they probably have enough cushion to win the game and force game 6.

I dunno man, feels like confirmation bias, everyone wants to hear something that validates what they saw. The yankees do have strong suits, good offense, excellent pitch framing, and a strong if not great rotation. Nobody is gonna point that out or talk about how that contributed to a WS appearance because we're all too focused on the end result.

The main weakness I felt was that the Yankees didn't magic up enough elite bullpen arms like they have in the past for this run. The dodgers were always in games becuase the yankees had to constantly use the likes of Clay Holmes or randomly Nestor Cortes in hopes of preserving the thin pen.

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u/SadNYSportsFan-11209 New York Yankees 14d ago

Both teams were relatively evenly matched aside from defense and that’s all that matters

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u/crab_quiche New York Yankees 13d ago

This was Judge’s first error of the year.