My Thoughts on Recent Twitter (X) Posts
By Paul Semendinger
September 21, 2026
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My Thoughts - "Making the team the most valuable in baseball..." With this, all the talk about, "Well, the Dodgers were allowed to..." and "The Yankees have a budget..." and all the rest of that talk should stop.
From the NY Post: This deal "values the team at significantly more than $12 billion."
I have no problem with the Yankees making money. I want them to make tons of money.
BUT - I also want the Yankees to be willing to then invest that money into the team when great players that are needed become available. We know they have not done that.
We know that they have not built the best possible rosters. We know that they play to be a little better than pretty good so they can reach the post season and hope instead of going into the postseason as the favorites to win it all.
With this new deal the Yankees must now operate like the Dodgers who operate the way the Yankees used to.
The goal in sports is to be the best. Period. This is especially true when one runs or works for the sport's greatest franchise.
My Thoughts - That is simply amazing. What a great year Cam Schlittler had! He has an argument for MVP.
At this point, with second place all but guaranteed, it makes sense to rest Schlittler until the playoffs.
Schlittler Professional Innings Pitched By Year:
2026 - 190.2
2025 - 149.2
2024 - 120.2
2023 - 46.0
There is no need to push him for one more regular season start. Rest him until the playoffs.
My Thoughts - How can a team go this long without finding a quality third baseman?
Worse Stat - Since 2020, the third baseman who had the highest WAR as a Yankee was...
Josh Donaldson?! Yikes.
At some point, someone has to ask Brian Cashman what the problem here is. Why can't the GM of the New York Yankees find a quality third baseman?
My Thoughts - As I write this on Sunday evening, the Yankees are six games out. This means they have fallen three games behind in the standings since the Trade Deadline.
My Thoughts - Well it looks like the Yankees and the Red Sox will battle it out in the postseason.
"Prediction?"
"Yes, Prediction..."
My Thoughts - I know Rocky (1976) is the best movie of the series. It won an Oscar. But, my favorite of all the Rocky films is the first one I actually saw in the theaters... Rocky III.
As I get older, and older, Rocky Balboa (Rocky VI) also resonates more and more.
My Thoughts - I'll end with Reggie hitting a Game Winning Home Run. (We didn't call them "Walk-Off's" back then.)
I only have one comment related to all of this at this time.
the people who truly care about the game of baseball and who have any authority at all to protect the game should have been screaming from the rooftops for the majority of Judge's career.
there is clearly nothing he has done that he could be convicted for in any court, but what Hal has done during the time that Aaron Judge has played for the Yankees has been criminally stupid. I truly think stupid is the best word here, but it could be debated what other words fit- lazy? arrogant? selfish? unaware? oblivious?
the Yankees have had a person who is and will be in the argument…
Great, the Yankees are worth money! Now, who is sitting there able to look at how this business is run? The medical team, the always incomplete roster heading into the season, the way guys get coached both in the Bronx and down on the farm, outright lying to the fans.
I especially want to go after whoever is the real head of the Yankees Medical Team. I know its not a licensed Medical person, because if it is, he or she should lose their license FOREVER.
I can't believe I recognized Reggie Cleveland from his number in that video. Why do I remember that from 49 years ago, but can't remember where I put down my phone?
Of course the Yankees have not had an excuse for the way they fail to go all in even without this windfall. If Hal continues to play this game in the same way, then the Emperor truly has no clothes.
We all knew Cam was having a great year. B ut this is over the top. Just check out how many categories he leads in. He has as much of a case for MVP as any pitcher in a couple of decades.
Agreed that he should keep his powder dry for the playoffs. But seeing how he approaches the game with such tenacity, I expect he will want to go full “Ted Williams” and make an exclamation point.
Third b…
A new CBA I believe will produce some sort of compromise for the owners and players but the players will not give in to helping "police" the owners from their own greed and stupidity regarding player salaries. I imagine some funding for small market teams will be adjusted to compensate but a full fledged salary cap will not happen.