The Tuesday Discussion: Enjoying 2025...
- SSTN Admin
- May 20
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May 20, 2025
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This week we asked our writers to respond to the following:
What have you most enjoyed about watching the Yankees thus far this season?
Here are their responses...
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Paul Semendinger - The 2025 Yankees are playing a better "brand" of baseball. To date they are more fundamentally sound. The young players have brough a great new energy to the club that is no longer so old, so slow, and so one-dimensional. Things seem to all be falling into place making this a very enjoyable team to watch.
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Derek McAdam - It’s been fun watching Aaron Judge get off to a hot start, which is usually something that never kicked in until around this time of the season in years past. But it’s also been great seeing other players step up and get off to nice starts. Paul Goldschmidt has been a fantastic pickup, but Trent Grisham and Ben Rice have also had some positive moments so far this season. Cody Bellinger is beginning to hit and DJ LeMahieu has had a nice few games since his return from injury. The offense may not always be red hot, but they seem to be a better overall team from top to bottom compared to last year. However, there is still some work that can be done.
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Tim Kabel - So far, I have enjoyed watching Max Fried pitch. He is a tremendous pitcher and an amazing acquisition by Brian Cashman. I can’t wait to see him combined with Garrett Cole next season.
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Cary Greene - I've enjoyed watching Max Fried pitch, I'm pretty stoked that the Yankees finally got a legitimate, ace level lefty starter and he's really fun to root for. Another thing I've enjoyed so far this season is that Ben Rice and Paul Goldshmidt have both been outperforming Juan Soto and quite frankly - I'd much prefer to root for and watch both of them over Juan Soto. Lastly, watching Aaron Judge do his thing as also been really fun. Can Judge continue his blistering start to the season?
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Mike Whiteman - I've really enjoyed the balance of youth and experience in the 2025 Yankees. It feels like we haven't had this in a long time. When I see guys like Dominguez, Volpe, Rice, and Wells play, I see a cumulative level of energy I haven't seen in awhile. It has been a fun season!
I think there are too many fun things going on with this team. it is not possible for me to single out one thing as the most fun to watch. I will do my best to list a few
I have enjoyed watching Goldy a LOT
it is mildly odd to watch him play this well and also realize that there is very close to zero chance he will be with the team next year
I really enjoy watching JDom develop, and I enjoy it immensely watching him run the bases. I enjoy the overall improved baserunning very much
we used to have SO MANY guys that you were almost positive would get thrown out if they tried to score…
Enjoying a lot:
First place
Judge of course
Fried
Belli gaining steam
Goldy seems rejuvenated
Not so much:
Volpe, period
Too many strikeouts and LOBs (seems better than last year though)
Some questionable decisions by Boone
All in all, not half bad so far.
I'm enjoying Max Fried's success and that of Rice, Wells, and JDom. I thought we should have sold high on Grisham; maybe it's not too late?
I've liked being wrong about Cruz. But it appears that I may be right about Grisham. Grisham has hit about .222 over the last 3 weeks, and by playing him on an everyday basis, Ben Rice has found himself on the bench more often, and that has disrupted his rhythm, so now both Grisham & Rice are scuffling. Liked seeing Loaisiga back on the mound, and in the Pinstripes. The prospect that everyone seems to be talking about besides Andy and me is RHB C/3B Jesus Rodriguez, now officially 2nd in International League (AAA) hitting at .385. I want to see how many games this week he starts at 3B.
Have loved to see that they finally let Will Warren…
the pitchers have wise old heads
the hitters fresh young legs
shame that Cole is out
with Cole (and Gil) this is a team likely to go to the Series.
still might be
but w/o Gerrit, it's incumbent upon the GM to dig in and pull in
an arm or two,