Why was Stanton on the roster if they weren’t going to use him? They could hve given that roster spot to a lefthanded hitter like Tauchman, Ford, or Wade, who could have played and helped them.
Agree, Stanton shouldn’t have been on the roster. And you can bet if the Yanks still didn’t still owe him around a quarter bil, he wouldn’t have been. Worst high dollar acquisition ever. Worse than Ellsbury.
“Why was Stanton on the roster if they weren’t going to use him? They could hve given that roster spot to a lefthanded hitter like Tauchman, Ford, or Wade, who could have played and helped them.”
Exactly. All of their big name hitters looked like chumps. Stanton never looked comfortable at the plate even when they played the Brewers. Encarnation did NOTHING in the playoffs and when they needed homers from Judge they got singles. All the big names turn into Arod in October. Tauch, Ford and the other fill-ins hit all the time. They earned their place in the playoffs. And don’t get me started on the relief pitchers. They fawned all over Kahnle, Britton and Ottovino. When the time came they all sucked. Each of them would throw 3 balls before a strike. I also never liked Chapman as closer. Another bum who routinely goes deep in the count before getting anyone out. I especially liked the way he stood SMILING on the mound after giving up the walk off HR to Altuve. Fine him $100,000 for that. OK rant off.