Comments on: Posada could join the Yanks in Cleveland

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:03:59 +0000

The difference between Swish and Tex is that Swish was pretty bad last year, Tex was not. So while we had faith in Tex to eventually produce at his normal levels, Swish’s normal levels from last year were bad

By: Lanny

Lanny — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:39:52 +0000

Someone pays attention!

By: Tampa Yankee

Tampa Yankee — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:13:53 +0000

I am all for constructive criticism and conversations but not batshit insane arguments.

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:06:54 +0000

Swisher has turned into an AUTO OUT.

By: NHYankee62

NHYankee62 — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:56:44 +0000

OAKTAG!

Stop comparing a superstar to an average at best player!!

By: NHYankee62

NHYankee62 — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:29:09 +0000

Alright buddy:

Per Pete Abe’s blog today (who just so happens to have a bit of a man-crush on Swisher):

“You remember Nick Swisher. Funny guy, carried the team on his back in April. Xavier Nady? The Yankees are better off without him. Or so it seemed.
Yeah, not so much.
Swishalicious in May: 8 of 67 (.119) with three extra-base hits and eight RBI. He has walked 16 times and struck out 25 times. He has an OPB of .291 and a slugging percentage of .224.
Swisher was hit in the elbow by a pitch on May 1 and hasn’t been the same since. Whether that is a coincidence or not is something we plan to ask him today.
The Yankees were knock, knock, knocking on victory’s door in the seventh inning last night when he grounded into a double play with the bases loaded and one out. In the sixth inning, he took a called third strike with a runner on second.”

Face the facts: Swisher has been a detriment to the team for the entire month of May. Playing him only hurts the team. There is no reason not to play both Melky and Gardner over him until Swisher comes out of his funk.

NICK.SWISHER.HAS. NOT.BEEN.PRODUCING.FOR.THE.YANKEES.ON.THE.FIELD.FOR. THE.ENTIRE.MONTH.OF.MAY.

By: NHYankee62

NHYankee62 — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:12:38 +0000

The point is the Swisher is not hitting for power or getting on base right now. He’s having bad at bats in general.

Gardner’s playing better right now, he should play more. If he starts struggling, then you go back to Swisher. It’s very simple, play the hot hand.

Finally, you’ll have to explain to me in plain English what “Oaktag” means. I’m not a regular here, so if you’re going to reply to one of my posts using that term, please explain its meaning.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:00:22 +0000

Over the past year, batting .220 indicates that he’s been a below average player.

No, batting .220 indicates that he’s a below average HITTER. He still got on base 33% of the time while batting .220, indicating that he’s AT WORST an league average offensive producer. AT WORST.

Please, stop using batting average as your primary metric for evaluation. There’s so much it just doesn’t capture. Last year, Jason Giambi and Melky Cabrera had nearly identical batting averages (.247 and .249) but Giambi was productive and Melky was worthless.

I think too many people have bought into the Swisher hype. They read how PeteAbe glorified him as some kind of hilarious down to earth guy, which is fine and all, but it doesn’t translate into producing on the field.

2005 (age 24): 522 plate appearances, 101 OPS+
2006 (age 25): 672 plate appearances, 125 OPS+
2007 (age 26): 659 plate appearances, 127 OPS+
2008 (age 27): 588 plate appearances, 92 OPS+
2009 (age 28): 180 plate appearances, 120 OPS+

NICK. SWISHER. PRODUCES. ON. THE. FIELD.

By: Tampa Yankee

Tampa Yankee — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:59:38 +0000

By: Tampa Yankee

Tampa Yankee — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:58:36 +0000

“And don’t be switching in names on a reply to my post, Hoss. I didn’t mention Cervelli, Pena or Swisher in my post.”

I know you didn’t but that doesn’t exclude the fact that Cervelli (40 ABs), Pena (65 ABs), Cash (22 ABs) and Berroa (12 ABs) have seen more time than anyone could have imagined.

“Berroa is soaking up a roster spot when the team clearly needs a 5th OFer because Matsui is position-limited.”

So who is this 5th OF you speak of… Duncan? AJax? Linden? J. Rodriquez? Damon/Gardner/Melky/Nady/Swish was suppose to be the 5 OFs. With ARod possibly needing some time to work back into a full-time 3B role, he needs to DH which mean Pena starts and thus needs a late inning PH and then someone to play 3B after that… Berroa. Thus we have 4 OFs.

Look, I’m not happy that our bench consists of Berroa, Cash, Pena and Gardner but to say that any team should have a back-up plan to a back-up plan is ludicrous.