Spring Training Game Thread: See CC on TV
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This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for, ever since we learned that CC Sabathia had agreed to join the Yanks back on Decemember 10th. Tonight, we’ll get to see him pitch in a Yankees’ uniform. It’s a St. Patrick’s Day Miracle.
Bryan Hoch says that Sabathia will go one and a third CC innings (four innings for a regular pitcher), and will be followed by Mo making his spring debut in the 5th. Jorge Posada will catch the first five frames. Here’s the rest of the boys:
Posada, C
Damon, LF
Teixeira, 1B
Matsui, LF
Nady, RF
Melky, CF
Ransom, 3B
Pena, 2B
Nunez, SS
Scheduled Pitchers: CC Sabathia, Mariano Rivera, Al Aceves, Edwar Ramirez
Some kid named Tabata is playing right and batting fifth for the Buccos. YES will have the action with first pitch set for 7:15. Enjoy the game.
Oh, and here’s your last reminder to vote in this week’s Fan Confidence Poll if you haven’t already. Thanks.
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Lets go Sabathia ,been looking for this day for a while>
How many impeccable innings has Mo thrown?
Woulda been extra awesome to see my boy Pedro Alvarez square off against CC. Pirates still sending up most of their regulars tonight.
They already sent Alvarez to minor league camp.
Do you happen to know how he did this spring? I remember fat and lazy reports at the beginning of camp…
hit .444 in 18 AB’s, 1 hr and a few doubles. No one goto the Pirates website, you will have to listen to some strange guy in a bright yellow shirt talk about 1 dollar food at their stadium. Poor Pittsburgh
So Mike does this mean Sabathia next start they push him to pitch 5 innings.
So far nice start for Sabathia.
McClouth K’s, Francesca tears.
Sabathia sure has sum baggy Pants.2ks for C.C
Oh noeeess!! Tex doesn’t have a home run!!!
Tex K’d with runners on and one in scoring position? Bust.
Nice to see Matsui rip that for a double 2-0.
Is it meaningless if a non-ARod batter records a run-scoring hit before the 7th inning?
MAtsui can be huge for the Yanks while A-Rod is out.
Looking forward to see Tabata’s AB.
he looked good, he’s been on fire ever since he went to the pirates.
CC looking GOOD.
Oh Tabata… I miss you. I’m starting to think I would have rather seen AJax go instead… in terms of upside anyway.
I’d rather have Jackson anyways. I would of much rather seen IPK go, but of course that didn’t happen.
I would have much rather seen IPK go as well… in place of Ohlendorf. I always liked Ohly.
You’re joking, right?
I thought IPK would of been the main guy involved with no Tabata/Jackson involved and they could of also kept McCutchen.
I wish… but you had to give them an OFer for Nady.
Not at all. I think Ohly was misused. He’s got good, hard (94-97mph) sinking stuff and didn’t take to the long relief role well. He did well once Pittsburgh decided to start him. I always thought he profiled as a much better mid-rotation starter than IPK did.
He was pretty crappy with the Pirates. 6.35 ERA, 2.118 WHIP, 13/12 K/BB…
I meant w/ the minor league club.
Pretty crappy? Understatement of the month, at least.
He’s been pretty crappy everywhere, it’s just because he can dial it up to 97 MPH that people “feel” better in regards to his upside in comparison to the 89-91 MPH heater that IPK employs.
No he did well once it was decided he’s a starter in AAA. Right before the trade the Yankees were starting him b/c they wanted to sell him as a starter and he did pretty well. After the trade too w/ the Pitt AAA club.
I don’t feel like looking up his #s but that’s just what I remember.
Twenty-eight hits and thirty-three baserunners in just 22.1 IP is doing “well”? really?
And if we’re using MiLB stats, compare Ohly to IPK, it’s a landslide in IPK’s favor.
25 Ks to 5 BB in 22.1 IP is doing well. Really. No. Really. 33 baserunners in 22 IP is actually a 1.16 WHIP you nitwit.
The 46 hits 8 BB and 40 Ks in 46.2 IP with the Pirates AAA is good as well. To go along with his 3.47 ERA.
It was a nice debate while it lasted but don’t make me fucking mad with your fucking sarcasm. And learn baseball stats the next time you fucking talk to me.
Fuck!
I don’t know if you were being sarcastic but 33/22 is a 1.5 whip.
Really. 33 baserunners in 22 IP is actually a 1.16 WHIP you nitwit.
And learn baseball stats the next time you fucking talk to me.
i think you shattered the unintentional comedy scale
Something tells me Frank won’t be posting under the same name anymore.
i’m not.
olly’s got a much better chance to be a solid mid-rotation starter than IPK does.
i think he’s gonna have a pretty good year over in the little league.
i owe you a coke, frank
LOL. Yeah we know what’s going on. Meantime I’m seeing hearts and rainbows watching CC pitch!
OK, results aside (which you can look at here: http://tinyurl.com/dcypof ), Ian Kennedy has always been a better prospect than Ross Ohlendorf. I’m not faulting you for liking the latter, I’m faulting you guys for favoring Ohlendorf over Kennedy simply because of the former’s velocity gap over the latter’s. Honestly, outside of throwing the ball harder, what in God’s name has Ohlendorf ever done on a baseball mound better than Kennedy?
pretty simple since i parsed my words carefully.
if i was forced to bet, “which pitcher (if given equal opportunities) would *likely* have a better MLB career), i would have picked IPK, since i think he can be a MLB quality 4/5 starter (especially in the NL) and he’s a pretty decent bet (if given a real chance).
i just don’t see any real upside to him.
whereas Olly clearly has the raw stuff to be a mid-level starter or better, though he’s far more volatile when it comes to *likely* outcomes.
stuff matters.
Ross Ohlendorf does not have a true out pitch; the man throws hard and that’s it. What does Ohlendorf have to “put together”? It’s not like he has flashed dominant stuff in the past, he just throws hard, and has some good movement to the heater.
Having “raw stuff” is a lot more than dialing it up to the mid-nineties, you have to actually have damn-good secondary pitches – which Ohlendorf does not. You guys think just because he throws hard that means he as some dearth of talent to spin a sick Slider or dastardly Splitter; that is not the case… at all.
IPK as a prospect >> Ross Ohlendrof as a prospect; and IPK as a professional pitcher >>>> Ohlendrof as a professional pitcher.
There’s a reason why even though he throws so hard, Ohlendorf has a near 10 H/9 rate and a7.44 K/9 rate: everybody can hit a Fastball, and that’s all Ohlendrof has..
It’s just a question of upside for me.
No doubt IPK has a long history of success. But I know there are half a dozen guys who can take IPK’s place. Even as it is he’s 2nd… maybe 3rd on the list for a callup.
But if Ohly ever put it together >> IPK. Past results be damned.
right, now we’re even with cokes, Frank!
I was a big Rock n Rohlendorf fan as well. Great arm, just didn’t miss many bats for whatever reason.
Lack of command, most likely. He’s similar to Edwin Jackson in that way.
Most def. his command. His stuff goes all over the place sometimes. He would’ve missed more bats if he could master a changeup as well IMO.
CC’s changeup looks sick.
How did they score that run off of C.C.?
RBI groundout.
CC had mercy on their souls and let them score that run so they wouldn’t feel bad.
infield single by Tabata, balk, stolen base, groudout.
Thanks
Keep a look out for Alex if you’re on the subway.
http://baseball.realgm.com/src.....ght_games/
Alex, take a helicopter. Stay off the subway this year.
Mike i heard of this b4 its not the first time i heard about A-rod taking the subway i heard that from a friend of mines and alex who goes to every Yankee home games and does massages for Alex Rodriguez ever since he played winter ball in the Dominican republic.
SICK slider!
CC Sabathia is not impressed by Nate McLouth.
Tex has such a nice flat swing.
Good to see the Yankes get some solid contact off this guy… Vasquez is not impressive.
GODZILLA!!
Matsui on fireeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
LEATHERFACE!
What a horrible route by Nyjer Morgan.
What is that, four straight extra base hits? Yeah, time for a new pitcher.
man, nice swing from Hacky McHeadfirstslide!
Yikes. It looks like Evan Meek ate his way out of being able to throw 96-98.
meanwhile, USA up 5-1 over PR
Does anyone else want them to lose? Let’s get on with it already.
only team i’m rooting against is cuba, though i’m really *not* invested in whether the US team advances.
looking forward to Japan v Korea tonite.
saw them in the semi-final last time at Petco.
one of the best sporting events i’ve ever attended.
SO much fun.
Nope, I’m hoping for a Cuba USA final.
yeah, i *really* dpon’t like cuba.
what a bunch of whiny bitches.
seeing them play Japan on Sunday at Petco just confirmed that.
watching them in the field when they’re struggling or behind is about as fun and interesting as watching glaciers recede.
pitch.
pitcher pouts like a teenager.
catcher to the mound.
pitcher wanders around the mound.
infielders to the mound.
pitcher wanders around the mound.
catcher scolds the infield.
pitching coach AND catcher AND infielders to the mound.
pitcher wanders around the mound.
pitch.
rinse, lather, repeat.
I’m not into it. To each his own.
it?
the WBC?
i’ve been lucky living on the west coast, it’s been easy to get tickets to see it live, which matters.
japan v korea was nuts, their fans were non-stop chanting and thunderstick banging and into the game.
doesn’t really quite translate to tv, but in person, the games are REALLY cool.
Yeah in person must be a lot of fun b/c the fans are so crazy for it. I would enjoy seeing it in person but I can’t get into it otherwise.
its 3-1 on game day, what happened?
that’s weird, it *was* 5-1 when i flipped over a second a go, now it’s back to 3-1 … haven’t been watching so, not sure.
last score showing on MLB.tv was 3-1, sorry for the confusion.
damn glitches, I was following, waiting for a big hit to plate 2
What game are u watching the score is 3-1
I love what the Yankees are doing at the plate. Keeping it simple, taking advantage of pitches over the dish. Cabrera working the count a little bit and going the other way made me very happy.
Looks like Jorge’s gonna have no problem getting in his ABs
And a great job by Nunez working his way back to draw a walk. This was what was missing from the Yankees offense down the stretch last year: patience and simplicity.
Don’t beat yourself up Jorge. Please
Does any one Noe if that catcher of the pirates the son of hitting coach from the Texas rangers.
Yeah, he is.
thanks Mike.
http://www.google.com/
No no no! http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jason+jaramillo
Ya, I like that alot.
Thanks Pablo that’s website is much easier
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8-1 keep on hitting and only in the third inning
Way to go, Jorge. He’s really hitting well and I’m loving it.
Oh my Mo there’s only one out.
LOL. Yeah I almost forgot Mo is gonna pitch after CC. Let’s make some outs already so we can see Mo.
Did anyone else catch the article on SI.com – I think they got it from the Post – about Joba losing velocity on his fastball?
I laughed so hard. I was about to comment, explaining what spring training actually was for (arm strength, mechanics) and how I saw Joba hit 96 in his last start. But then I figured…nah. So I came over to RAB where intelligent Yankees fans post
Seriously though… this is going to be such a long season. Thy sky is already falling in spring training.
I saw the article, some of those people over there are worse than the miscreants at LoHud.
..Exhale… You suck Ted Lilly
oops, theodore roosevelt lilly just coughed it up.
3-3
Its time for Tex to go deep i Noe is spring but i wanna see him go deep>
Cano pinch hitting for Matsui lets go get a hit.
gah!
CA-NOOOOOOOO!
Why is Cano so damn bad with the bases loaded?
He is an alumni of A-rod’s “how to hit with the bases loaded” school.
It starting to drizzle in the gamee.
i’m SOOOOOO happy we decided the ‘Big Ugly’ was more important than securing the services of Carlos Beltran.
not like we had a gaping hole in CF or anything (sorry, Bernie) …
CC’s angry at McLouth.
Easy play for Tex
Giambi who???
“No one goto the Pirates website, you will have to listen to some strange guy in a bright yellow shirt talk about 1 dollar food at their stadium. Poor Pittsburgh”
I highly recommend taking the minute to see the Pirates advertisement. It’s a pretty brilliant spoof on the sham-wow commercial. It even has that guy who says, “Ya followin’ me here camera guy?”
http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb......p?c_id=pit
And sorry for not replying to the comment directly, I didn’t think anyone would look 100 or so comments up.
Shamwow was exactly what I thought when I saw it.
here is a great pic of shamwow.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dlAF.....hamwow.jpg
haha that’s my facebook picture
Mo be praised!
Nice 3 pitches and hes gone.
This guy 42 looks pretty good.
“Grit, a gamer, old school play the game right.” Leiter on Youkilis. If your playing announcer buzz word bingo, you just won.
tex’s at-bats are a thing of beauty
Come on Bernie!!
Bernie on one channel Ajax on another
USA Down 4-3 and bernie to the plate.
I don’t think I saw anyone post on Texeira’s amazing play in the 2nd inning. No way Giambi makes that attempt. The grounder hit off the third base bag and Ransom barehanded it after it was in the air and threw it and Tex literally went at least six steps from teh bag and dove and rolled catching the ball in the process.
Melky was just seen gathering his luggage.
Didn’t the DR lose like last week?
Does anybody have any guesses as to where Matt Jones ends up? Giants? Cowboys?
Jones is the biggest WR in the league at 6’6, and he could fill in as a #1 WR.
Him and Plaxico could be great on a state penetentiary team.
Because the Giants have showed a great propensity to sign below avg players?
Really?
Or because they both have had run ins with the law?
state prison, federal penitentiary?
do it for your country Derek!
Unclutch. He’s gotta drive that guy in. Walks are selfish.
Hmm, Derek had a monster year after the ’06 WBC. Any chance it happens again in ’09?
Pedro Martinez close to an agreement with the houston astros
Nope…
http://blogs.chron.com/basebal.....lanes.html
To anyone watching the WBC: how fast/slow is Bernie’s bat?
Booooooooukilis
I’m late on this but Flaherty was harping on it earlier and all the WBC guys have been saying it, too. It would appear that “grinder” and “grinds out ABs” are gonna be the buzz-phrases for the ’09 season.
Apparently Mr. Douchebeard couldn’t “Git-R-Done.”
Is it possible I hate him even more than before? I think so. Can’t wait to see him face Joba.
CANO FTW! <3
Ha. Putz struck out both of his Amazin’ teammates.
They giving Tabata a chance to start this year?
Come on USA..
“The Best of Mike Francesa” is on at 10:30 on YES….that ought to be interesting
“The Best of Mike Francesa” is on at 10:30 on YES….that ought to be
interesting short.Agreed!
Coding fail.
“The Best of Mike Francesa” is on at 10:30 on YES….that ought to be interesting short
Agreed.
That’s better.
NO it isn’t. My Mo do I suck at life.
You worked through it though, that’s all that matters.
7 Ks in 4 innings? Not too shabby Carsten Charles.
That right there is a ball stopped by most shortstops.
PastadivingJeter FTL
Jeter range is awful.
Derek Jeter’s D costing team USA the game. Twice routine grounders up the middle he couldnt get to has lead to 2 runs.
Davey Johnson wanted to lose the game. Otherwise he’d have put Rollins in at SS and Jeet at DH.
but teh gold glove!!!!!!1!!!111!!!
Yea, its his fault the great pitchers are walking guys and its his fault he gave up the homers to Rios and Delgado.
I agree, 3 walks and 3 runs in 3.1 innings is not really getting it done.
No matter how the pitchers fare, J-Roll is the better defensive SS
I’m not near a TV, but I have the GameCast open. However, it is delayed and glitches constantly. Anyone want to tell me what is going on?
I was thinking the same thing. The Yankee brass better start making some plans at SS in the not too distant future. I am not saying for this year but Jeter can’t be the Yankee starting short stop in 2010.
This is the year Eduardo Nunez busts out.
A trade for Hanley.
Nah, our farm couldn’t take a hit like that. We’d have nobody left.
Well for all you WBC haters, looks like USA is out of it. We suck again.
I wouldnt be giving JC Romero that much credit just yet.
How someone hasnt killed the guy doing the whistle thing I don’t know.
LOL
LOL.
I’ve been wondering the same thing…
if you think that’s annoying, watch soccer or even Cricket.
Time for Jeter to GITP.
Jeter DP?
fudge
At least no DP
Jeter’s bat looks slow- I do not like it.
Is it wrong if I want Yooouuuk to K here?
You’d be like Limbaugh wanting Obama to fail.
It is ok…….
if you hate America, you filthy commie!!!
Heh, TRAITOR TO THE CROWN!
Double play. I’m calling it now.
Did he just shake off a Molina!?
WOOOHOOOO
Oh, snap!
Well, David Wright. You got your chance to help shed this choke artist label.
Rooting for a sock then a met, what has become of me
Feel the same way.
Could be worse.
Pedroia could be healthy and Paps could be closing.
eh..
Wright better not fuck it up
ahahahahahhaha SICK!!!!
Wow! I thought that was a ball too! Nice.
You try telling me this is an exhibition and these guys dont care.
Well for Adam Dunn…probably not going to see the playoffs with that new Nats contract
BAM
I think this game proves Joba needs to be in the pen.
How many injuries came from that pile on?
They tried to do a pileup on David Wright but he ran away. He didn’t know what was happening since the mets miss the playoff every year. ZING!
Heh.
A for effort.
yep, walks will kill you
Victorino and Rollins can shit on Romero for the rest of the year. Should be interesting.
Well, 112 games anyway…
wow. i can hear francesa now…”if only a-rod could be as clutch as david wright”