soto speak: a thread for the 2024 new york yankees

I love the end of Sotos swing. The let-go, loosey-goosey limp arms as the bat goes behind his back. Very pleasing

Monster bat flip on that homers above. Man's got style

he has that kind of ruben sierra followthrough but RS always seemed to sell out more whereas JS has his shoulder closed all the way to the end

but Freddie ain't been Freddie yet

freddie is hitting .296/.401/.482 and his 150 wRC+ leads all first basemen you horribly spoiled person

stroman has been great so far but his underlying numbers are not great

some of that you can attribute to 'getting ground balls' but also regression is loooooming

You're always picking on Stroman.

i know : /

I really wanted them to leave him in for bases loaded tonight. Kinda bummed he got bailed out.

Also lol mookie just saw your last message. Give me a break! I just meant he couldn’t be compared to the big-two’s mentioned and his slow start was a dip in form from how he had been performing the past few years. He’s picked it up significantly since mid-may (his June has been pretty electric)

But yes whatever i’m horribly spoiled, but we’re posting in the yanks thread. I thought this was a safe space for spoilt children

More on topic:

That Dodgers-Yankees series was prime entertainment. First game was epic. Even had a tonne of fun watching the loss of the last game. Dodgers were lucky to come into town while Soto was out of the lineup, series probably would have gone to the yanks otherwise

there are no safe spaces for complaining that one's league-leading first baseman is vaguely disappointing!

you *are* horribly spoiled! have you ever experienced your team having a losing season?

the dodgers have won the NL West 11 of the last 12 years. (the yankees last had a losing record in 1992.)

spare me the 'i'm just an australian who weirdly happened to choose the richest team in north american sports' i mean, you can do that, but also when you suggest freddie should be better than being best in the league, you can fuck right off

i'm sure you're a man city fan too, eh?

Cool off mate, I have no interest in indulging your indignation. Keep it to yourself next time please if you can’t have a sense of humour about it

Also the prem team I’m a fan of is possibly the only other team that could give you a lower opinion of my sports-fandom than man city lol. You can ridicule my family affair again there too, my uncle named my female cousin after their namesake (many many years before the team was controversial bought! But I know none of that matters to you hah). I’ll give you my families email addresses for next time you want to have a go at the sports teams I like. Let’s cut out the middle man!

…okay, maybe i have a little interest in indulging, :\

mookie is right, hp should’ve been a yanks fan instead

reminder that it's good when your team plays badly ball and bad when your team plays goodly ball

Xp nah, could never follow a team that's missed the play-offs in the last decade. Sound like losers