Comments on: In which Mike Mussina wins again

By: mike

mike — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:53:11 +0000

I think Moyer has been pitching that way for 10 years, not 10 starts as Moose has and thus I would be a little more confidant in his past performance being a good guide, and Moyer is a lefty – all of whom seem to have a longer life-cycle of effectiveness once they get themselves confidant in their stuff/abilities/limitations

By: Ben K.

Ben K. — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:39:06 +0000

And what facts are you basing that on? Because out of a slow stretch in the middle of 2007, this is right in line with what Mussina has done over the last few years.

By: Whitey14

Whitey14 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:37:34 +0000

I certainly hope the yanks continue to depend on mussina for this year and beyond. I think that would be great news for the Sox

Sorry guys, but I think mussina is shooting his whole load now. Nothing from the past few seasons suggests that his hot streak will continue much longer. He’s smart and has seemingly made some adjustments, but thinking this will continue all season is probably incorrect.

By: Ben K.

Ben K. — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:37:11 +0000

while Moose will get clobbered in the NL, Moyer has made a living out there

How do you figure? That’s a bit counterintuitive.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:34:41 +0000

I thought this off-season he would be dealth to Philly, and I can see them make a push for him as well – their pitching stinks, and while Moose will get clobbered in the NL, Moyer has made a living out there

By: mike

mike — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:13:34 +0000

Pleasantly surprised by Moose – while I thought he would win his share of games being the #5 with this Yankee offense, he has not only pitched pretty well, but he has pitched to the scoreboard and gotten much deeper into games than we all anticipated.

Its amazing how we all spend the Hot Stove going over stats / projections and numbers, but whoda thunk Cano would be this bad (btw how is his ZR so far – he looks ok in the field, actually), Moose would be this good and Matsui would be leading the league in BA (irrelevant stat, but interesting)

By: WRT

WRT — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:46:59 +0000

MOOOOOOOOSE

By: steve (different one)

steve (different one) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:29:53 +0000

that ain’t gonna happen.

i think he’ll head to the NL, but if he comes back it will be on a 1 year deal.

By: JRVJ

JRVJ — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:15:18 +0000

I’m a big Moose fan, and have posted repeatedly here and at Pete Abe’s about the possibility of resigning the Moose after this year.

Besides the obvious proviso (the Yankees should wait out the year before making any commitments), it does bear mentioning that while Moose has been a pleasant surprise, he is still not a top 10 pitcher this year.

(I looked at his stats, and the best two that I could see were Wins and K/BB, which was actually VERY NICE at 3.55, which places Moose at No. 6 in the AL).

That’s partially because when Moose is bad (his April 17 start against the BoSox, his May 20 start against the Orioles – to a lesser extent, his April 12 start against the BoSox), he’s been really bad.

Having said that, I count 6 QS for Moose (Apr 7 vs. TB, Apr 23 vs. the CHWS, May 3 vs. SEA, May 14 vs. TB, May 30 vs. MIN and yesterday vs. Tor).

Though not QS, his Apr 2 and May 8 starts were close (particularly the May 8 one, where he was only at 86 pitches when he was pulled).

In summation, Moose has given the Yanks QS in 6/13 starts, clunkers in 3/13 and so-so starts in 4/13 starts (again, 2 of the so-so starts were close to being QS).

That’s a LOT more than I think Yankee fandom expected from the Moose this year.

By: Bo

Bo — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:12:04 +0000

And the rotation would look formidable right now if Moose was the 5th starter like he should have been.