Game 67: No A-Rod and no DH
ByBecause the Yankees play at Dolphin Stadium tonight, they will have no designated hitter, which takes Hideki Matsui out of the lineup. Ok, that’s manageable. However, when word came down that Alex Rodriguez would get the next two days off (presumably to play Sunday and then get another day off on Monday), the lineup didn’t seem as manageable. Seem is the key word here, though.
Despite A-Rod‘s absence, the lineup is still an imposing one. Sure, a number of the guys are slumping, but that happens in baseball. These guys could break out of it any time, and if they do tonight they’ll be just fine. A few characteristic hits tonight could bring the Yanks to a W.
They’ll try to do it against lefty Sean West. I always check out Baseball-Reference to get a gauge of the starters the Yanks face each night. In this case I was met with a surprise before I even got to West’s stats. He’s listed as 6’8″, 200 pounds. Duuude. That’s one lanky kid. Checking some images of him he neither looks that tall nor that thin. I guess we’ll get a better look tonight.
West has made five starts in his rookie season, registering 30 innings, so a round six innings per outing. He was a strikeout guy in the minors, though that was in the lower levels. Surprisingly, West has made only eight starts above A-ball, and those came this year in AA. He struck out 50 in 42.2 innings there, though has notched just 15 in his 30 MLB innings. His problem, both in the minors and at the major league level this year, is that he walks way too many guys. This problem became more pronounced after he missed the 2007 season with a torn labrum.
Of his five starts, two have been brilliant. These include a seven-inning, one-run performance against the Mets on May 29, and an eight-inning, no-run outing (with six strikeouts) against the Giants on June 8. In his last outing the Blue Jays pasted him for four runs in 5.2 innings. He threw just 51 of his 98 pitches for strikes. The Yanks could sure use some of that tonight. We’ve seen enough of their faltering in the past few games against pitchers they’ve yet to see.
Andy Pettitte has another go at it after a few suspect outings. Thankfully for him he’ll be facing a Marlins lineup which features only two guys with an OPS over .800 — Hanley Ramirez and Ronny Paulino, the latter of which is on quite the tear to open the season. His .480 SLG is roughly .100 better than any of his full seasons.
For those who don’t like Joe Girardi, thank the baseball gods that you’re not a Marlins fan. Fredi Gonzalez is batting Wes Helms second. Wes Helms has a .603 OPS. Meanwhile, Cody Ross, who is tearing the cover off the ball with 10 homers and 18 doubles, both second on the team to Hanley Ramirez, is hitting eighth. Jeremy Hermida, who is second on the team in OBP (again, to Hanley), is hitting seventh. Paulino, the guy on a tear, is hitting sixth.
Lineup:
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon, LF
3. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Jorge Posada, C
5. Robinson Cano, 2B
6. Nick Swisher, RF
7. Melky Cabrera, CF
8. Angel Berroa, 3B
9. Andy Pettitte, P
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Why Berroa over Pena? WHY!?!?
Probably has to do with Berroa’s bat.
Haha, good one.
That and his stellar -52.1 UZR/150 defense
ARod is available to pinch hit tonight. So my guess would be if he pinch hits and gets on then you have Pena come in to pinch run and play defense. Just a thought.
After Nick Swisher, the lineup gets sorta ugly after that.
Leche’s a beast
what a sh*tty lineup. count this as another loss. no run support + pettitte pitching = loss.
thats sarcasm i hope
cashman please trade swisher. he’s a clown and a dork. he doesn’t fit the yankees mold.
7:04 and you’re starting already?
It has to be. This is the regular lineup minus ARod and the DH spot.
I admire your outlook, crap.
WHAT I THOUGHT WE DON’T SCORE RUNS!
RAB: Can you guys please bash 2-3 or 9 players tonight even if you don’t mean it so they play well tonight?
Please! I’m serious…we need a win to stop (delay?)the Lohud evolution around here.
the comment from “crap” above mine is what I mean with the LoHud evolution.
what is this some kind of cult?
I apologize if your comment was sarcasm but some people have gone crazy here with comments like yours…except they’re serious.
hey tommy: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba.....ter-090618
I’m watching Hellboy on FX till the game starts. I forgot how much I like this movie.
Is it a bad sign when the #8hitter is more of a liability than the #9 hitter who is apitcher
and the dumbest manager of the year award goes to…
Anyone know if joe plans to play matsui at all aside from ph
Pretty well documented that he will be not start in the field at all if possible, Joe is open to using him on a limited basis with double switch and pinch hitting, but that’s about it, they’re afraid his knee would give out if he plays the field.
Thank you. Figured as much but found nothing specific to interleague
anybody’s mlb.tv not working?
mlb.tv usually doesn’t work till the game itself starts.
mine works just fine.
try logging out and logging back in
What is going on with the comments? I feel like my IQ is dropping from reading them.
A lot more trolls lately, it’s kind of unavoidable once the blog got more popular.
hitler thought jews were trolls. the holocaust was then he tried to weed them out.
Fuck off
ERROR! FAIL!
that’s not even close to being almost ok
i think arod’s hip procedure was a failure.
damn jeter that was CRUSHED. Thats the way to start the game.
It sucks, that should be a HR but let’s hope the rest of the offense can bring him in.
should have taken the first pitch, make the young kid work
Yay Jeter
I hate ground-rule doubles.
If we strand jeter, I’ll be pissed.
Hey what do you know.
Hell hath no fury…
6-3 Yankees. Can’t guarantee they won’t be playing from behind
Wow, jeter’s really limping out there
that’s what I like to see when my mlb.tv starts working
A lot of hard-hit balls; that’s a really good sign.
hey we scored
Nice to get a run across early.
JoPo!!!!! Cmon Swisherrr!
Oy swisher.
A hit with RISP… wake me up
Swisher grounding into several rally-killing DPs. Thank God this one didn’t come late with the game on the line.
good to see the yankees finally scoring first in a game for once
nick swisher yay
BTW, I convinced 2 people that Joba belongs in the rotation in the past week!!! I also convinced one of them that it’s good we didn’t trade for Johan.
Always nice to see intelligence win out
Too bad it can’t prevail against Francesa because when you say the truth you’re cut off.
Notice how the only stat he ever cares about is runs scored?
He hasn’t figured out UZR, FIP, and OPS much yet…thank god because Joba’s FIP is like 4.97 or something.
The funny thing is that he didn’t even know who Hughes was (though he recently went back to school and works two jobs so has not followed the Yanks much for 2 years now).
pettite looked good
Berroa and Pettitte both have 1 HR in the past 3 years.
well that almost changed
Good to see a lead off hit. I can’t believe cano didn’t hit a ground ball on the first pitch.
Think Andy will take three straight?
Whoa how did Robbie go to 2nd on an infield popup?
This isn’t possible, the Yankees haven’t seen this pitcher before!!!
That’s because West isn’t a staahting pitchaah! Porcello, a guy you’ve never heard of, has bettuh stats than him!
So who was complaining about Berroa in the line up again?
Angel Berrora…seriously?
hahahahahahhaha Berroa
Looks like Berroa doesn’t want to be DFA when Ransom comes back.
HOORAY
Pettitte says ENOUGH! And made his own run support.
Yanks must win this game if Angel Berroa is hitting doubles off the wall.
and if pettitte can, any one can
HOLY SHIT!!! GO ANDY!
hahaha I live for this shit.
HOLY SHT, ANGEL BERROA DID SOMETHING!
So I’m at the game tonight and the “Yankee fan” sitting behind me just said he “hates Robinson Cano because of his attitute that he thinks the world owes him something” and that he “loves Melky Cabrera and is a GREAT role player”….WOW, fans in Florida know lots about baseball
Bonjour Berroa!
Great stuff & Andy too.. fantastic, lets make this a more positive place
Why is Angel Berroa starting?
ARod Who?
Wow andy can’t catch his breath from jogging on a double
Hehe Gamecast and Gameday both froze on Berroa’s AB
They can’t believe he got a hit either.
isn’t that a sign of the apocolypse
Gamecast and Gameday both know that Berroa doesn’t hit doubles (or anything at all), and doesn’t know what to do with the data.
And all the pessimists leave for now. Gotta love it.
Well it is the river ave blues blog
Yay Berroa and Andy!
I blame A-Rod. Take him out of the lineup, and the Yankees have three runs through two innings.
Seven hits in the second inning? I can work with this.
Well how can we hit this guy but not JOHN LANNAN!
WWhy cudnt they do it against the Nationals… aah i hate inconsistency
Andy’s line 1.000/1.000/2.000
the yankees are coming out guns blazing!
Loving the offense lol
Anyone notice YES had the Yanks batting in the bottom of the 2nd for a little while there? All the Yankee fans must be confusing them.
4-0 yankees!
the yankees are tearing the cover off of the ball
And YES can’t even maintain a current count and keep recor dof who’s on abse!
Man, A-rod wishing he could get in the fun to break out of his slump.
That call was BS he wasn’t giving that pitch to Andy.
Absolute BS call – Andy threw that pitch twice to Ramirez and it wasn’t called.
man cmon posada!
Somehow West has only thrown 32 pitches even though we have 8 hits already and made 5 outs. Definitely being very aggressive, even though the scouting report says he doesn’t throw strikes very well.
well they are hitting everything that goes anywhere near the middle
Oh I’m not complaining about the result, but interesting nonetheless.
Anybody remeber the last time a pitcher tried to score? It was wang in houston and he was out for the year and ruined his career. But glad to see Pettitte didn’t do that.
yeah i was at that game in houston. One of the saddest things i had ever seen. Too bad he doesn’t play basketball, that lisfranc injury wouldn’t be so bad
How long before Hanley is a FA
2014 last year on contract, he’s not staying at SS so dont even start dreaming
Ok now pitching takes over and wins the game hopefully…and hopefully the offense tacks on more runs.
Whoa. They actually just hit a HR at Citifield (I flip during commercials, sometimes). And hey, beating the Rays is good.
Back to reality. Cantu double
O god I hope that didn’t mean anything
I think everyone on this message board is right with O’neil in throwing Kay over the side
hes tired of kay making fun of his eating habits
i actually dont mind this announcing combo on yes right now
I don’t like when Singleton does the play-by-play
Classic Pettitte leadoff double but gets out of it using 20 pitches
Nice Andy
Wow Kay can’t say presently
The milk man delivers! Thats the melky way!
That’s my boy!!
Leche delivers!
The Melk-man!
Wow nice ab coming off of an rbi double berroa
Melky says “OPS this, nerds!”
yikes he got all of that one
Well hes even he drove in a run and gave one up. Starting fresh
thank god cody ross is so low in the order. This guy is a monster
and they’re batitng him 8th
got home late and just caught up on tivo. jeter gets jammed and hits the ball 440 feet? amazing strength
Not many people here today
Usually happens when we’re winning.
makes sense
Trivia = Girardi, no?
whats the question?
yes. they were 79-83 i think
Hey whatd’ya know!
Yeah, the only reason he got fired after that year is because Loria and him had a feud
land shark stadium has a sad trombone!
I just heard that. Awesome! Better than that stupid whistle.
jeter’s hurting. if we pile on some runs, get him out of there early
kawakami >>>>>>> matsuzaka
Jeter has been great this year defensively.
Michael Kay doesn’t even know how to quote defensive statistics…
it was like he reading the ingredients label on the back of a box pretending he knew what it meant
A plus/minus mention? *gasp*
yay yankees!
It’s nice to see a game like this!
i love watching dicek walk off the mound demoralized… and boston fans booed!
boston fans don’t boo, they merely cheer in a negative tone!
Why can’t we have more games like this?
Because we only get to see the Marlins for one series this year.
because a lineup cant have a pace of 12.5 runs a game
Is Renyel Pinto coming in? Dude’s nasty.
how so?
another good trade for the marlins
I see.
We suck against teh rooks!
So . . . guess the Yankees can hit pitchers they haven’t seen before?
(Ref: Derek Holland, Scott Richmond)
10-6 v rookie pitchers this year
Matsuzaka just got pulled after 4.
4 IP, 6ER, 8H, 4BB, 2K, 1HR
somehow only 67 pitches
He walked Jeff Francoeur. Think about that.
almost as bad as wil nieves walking twice in one game
Talk about a watse of money.
Cano failing with RISP – shocking.
chicago gives up very good players
but they got juan pierre!!!!
ahh, nevermind =)u take back what i said
ouch robbie.
So far Pujols winning the battle against Greinke
my gameday has kyle davies as the SP tonight?
ESPN has Davies pitching. Cardinals gave him a beating.
So will Angel Berroa win over Yankee fans with this AB?
Oh they dissed Berroa…cmon Angel inflate your RBIs here but do not GIDP
wait a minute wait a minute ANDY PETTITTE IS A STA’TNG PITCHA!!!!
Fernando Nieve shutting out the Rays through 5. Maybe everyone overreacted a little about these rookie pitchers? Except me of course. We seem to be doing fine tonight.
1. Nieve isnt a rookie
2. Yankee fans flip out if Halladay shuts them out
3. Nieve isnt that great but whatever cant dwell on it
nieve’s not cy young, but he’s only 26 and he’s making the astros look stupid
for a team that signed mike freakin hampton you think they would have given him a chance
maybe he punched out the gm
Most have accepted elite pitchers like Halladay beating us. In fact, we usually expect a loss when the series begins.
To be honest, Halladay starts are the only ones these days where I’m surprised if the Yankees win.
Yeah but this site still blows up because he dominates us and not Boston
I dont remember that many people complaining about Halladay beating us. And it’s as of late it seems like there are LoHudians here because we’re in a slump. Look at today…we’re winning and the trolls are all hiding.
Ok maybe not Halladay, but Beckett and Verlander yes
Ok maybe not Halladay, but Beckett and Verlander yes
Them I can understand because they struggled to start the year but recently have been utterly dominant, especially Verlander
2nd and 3rd no out = no runs again but it doesn’t hurt as bad today
5-12 RISP
AND Kenshin Kawakami is one hitting the Sox, and hes a no name scrub with a high 4 era!
Impossible!!!!!!!!!
The Sox show up to win everyday, have grit, know how to win, and have great leadership!!!!!! And they the best advanced scouting in the whole Universe!
I don’t trust the score, my eyes tell me they’re winning and haven’t lost a single game since 2004.
DFA everyone not named dice-k
and Bay, because they’ll be able to sign him to a 3yr/27m extension because he loves playing in Boston
There is no possible way that Matsuzaka does not go back on the DL. I think he caught the Anxiety Flu.
Dream scenario?
DiceK to DL for ‘fatigue’, Smoltz gets rocked, Penny gets rocked and loses all trade value
I missed the Pettitte double, anyone care to explain how it happened? Misplayed? Real hard shot?
legit double. went with an outside pitch and lined it over third
Nice job, Andy. 2 more innings, please.
man andy pettite is dealing
wait for the….”against the marlins”
Still a major league team and doing what he’s suppose to. Besides, Marlins aren’t bad – they swept the Jays.
Pettitte pitches so well away from YS3. 2.59 ERA, 1hr allowed, holding opponents to a tOPS+ of 61, compared to 123 at YS3.
paul o’neill please stop sharing vacation stories
What happened to crap?
Andy and the offense dropped a Hughes-like deuce on him.
IETC. I’m betting “crap” was Ryan Zimmerman.
hehe could be…Phil owned him
So I was reading Pete Abe’s blog. Is this what it sounds like to you?
1) Alex asks for a day off. Girardi says ok.
2) Alex expects today off, when he sees he is still in the lineup. Calls Cashman.
3) Cashman, A-Rod and Girardi have a group conference in which Cashman instructs Girardi to give Alex two days off.
Are we seeing problems in communication between Girardi, players, and Cashman or am I overreacting?
Eh, maybe they talked about giving him Sunday off so he has back to back days off, then Alex woke up or showed up at the stadium and they re-did their plan.
Dont start up the Giradi v Veterans junk
I think when they say Girardi against Veterans they are refering to people who really enjoyed playing for Joe Torre.
I just thought it was interesting. Its been noted on this site and others that Alex has played nearly every game since coming back.
Alex now gets two days off after a meeting with Cashman.
well, in recent interviews, A-rod has been saying he’s been fatigued.
Is it on A-rod to be more clear to his manager when he wants time off? Or is it on Girardi to know his players better.
Kevin Long said that A-Rod only has had a few good swings, all the rest he just kinda reached the bat out. Should Girardi be using his eyes more?
well, girardi knows how ALex can change the game with his bat so he wanted to keep him in the lineup as much as he can, especially in this slump we’ve been in.
and if Alex actually admits something like that, it’s serious because he never wants to be out of the game so they just maybe want to play it safe and decided to give him 2 days off and he’s been slumping too.
Maybe Joe wanted assurance he wouldnt be fired for benching Alex after the team lost 2/3 to Washington, or maybe Cashman is the GM and is involved in all planning of player injuries
overreacting a bit
Could have just been a mistake. I don’t think we should speculate without knowing more. I’m sure Abraham or another writer will ask further questions about this.
Personally, I am reserving judgement to see if the story is picked up by other beat writers. Pete Abe seems to have a thing for Girardi. It seems like another one of his attempts to portray Girardi in the worse way possible.
And ARod.
Josh Johnson >>>>> Sean West.
This yankee lineup isn’t going to have this kind of success tomorrow. Hopefully Arod makes a surprise start.
Is that what you said before they faced Santana?
I was skeptical of the team’s chances against Santana. Sure. Its Johan Santana.
Josh Johnson isn’t going through any dead arm period. Kid’s a straight fire baller. He’s like AJ burnett … with better command.
u mean ‘with command’
Heh … i can’t completely dump on AJ. He’s been hit and miss for sure. To win tomorrow, AJ has got to deliver on the mound. There’s no excuse for giving up walks to this weak Marlins lineup.
yup, weak offense that is top 5 in runs in NL
Anyone have any idea when IPK will start throwing again?
When he’s healthy
Fair enough. As a pessimistic person I’m going to assume there have been set backs and that is why we haven’t seen news.
I don’t remember where I read it, but I recall reading in the last few days that the plan is for Kennedy to resume throwing after the all-star break.
Of course, that could be outdated information, or completely made-up. So I’m not sure anyone knows.
Expert analysis, guys. There wouldn’t have been a trade if…there wasn’t a trade.
It’s why they get paid the big bucks.
Pettitte with a quality start!
I’d say its a Damn fine start.
I’m forced to watch the Marlins broadcast on Extra Innings and they can’t stop talking about the Yank’s payroll. How did they think they won the World Series in ’97?
grit?
Good play, Melky.
Where are the negative whiny girls tonight? I thought I was on the wrong blog.
The Yanks are winning.
anyone know if Rebecca-Optimist Prime is a babe or not?
Hmmm… whether Rebecca is a babe or not is an interesting baseball question.
Anyone know if NJY is a jerk or not?
keep one, trade one, release one: Arod, Wright, Longoria
Keep Longoria, trade Wright, release A-Rod.
But that’s completely contract-driven for me. Maybe trade Longoria and keep Wright if I think that Longoria’s trade stock is higher than his real talent might dictate. Longoria’s contract is so good, it might be…
I agree with everything you said
Here’s an interesting thought-experiment. You are the Yankees. Let’s say you’re no longer on the hook for A-Rod’s contract (suffers a career-ending injury tomorrow, and insurance covers the rest).
You get the Rays on the phone, and Friedman is willing to deal the Yankees Longoria. The price? Chamberlain, Hughes, Montero, Jackson, and a player-to-be-named later (with the understanding that it’s Heathcott).
Does Brian Cashman pull the trigger, or does Friedman withdraw the offer before Cashman can decide?
Way too much to give up for one player.
That’s what I’m thinking, too. I think Longoria’s one of those players that’s untradable simply because it’s nearly impossible to get equal value for him, and that’s solely because his contract is so ridiculously team-friendly.
cashman doesn’t pull the trigger….they can have hughes OR chamberlain, but not both. If all those prospects pan out, it is still a franchise changer.
Is that a joke? Two of the best young pitchers in the majors + prospects 1,2,3 ?? Only if we’re getting back David Price, Desmond Jennings, and Evan Longoria.
Well, that’s the thing. Is Longoria’s value (measured by talent+contract) equivalent to Hughes *or* Chamberlain + Montero, Jackson, and Heathcott?
Probably not. But if you’re dealing Longoria, you probably want three star (not impact, star) talents in return. Hughes or Chamberlain would be one, and Montero *might* be the other (his bat certainly looks like it)…but who else in the Yankee system is at that level? Sure, there are plenty of gems in the low-minors that have star-ceilings, but they’re all so far away anything can happen.
Ideally you’d like to split the difference with someone like Betances or Brackman, but they both probably have too many question marks for the Rays to deem acceptable.
Again, if we’re talking about trying to match value-for-value.
Talent dictates:
Keep Wright (easy. Wright is the best player in NY professional baseball)
Trade Arod (walks a ton, will hit for power, Ks have dropped)
Release Longoria (he’s not a yankee)
My thought is that longo does hos craft in the AL East, thats why i said keep him
I think Wright can play anywhere. Its just my opinion, but there isn’t a better well-rounded player in NY than Wright. He’s simply a better hitter and defender than both those guys.
you’re right, i really don’t think you can go wrong wither way
Possibly. I think the only real difference between Longoria and Wright is that Wright’s been doing it a few years longer.
I think in two years, Longoria’s going to be the same player Wright is now. The difference? Longoria’s going to be making millions less.
Pretty sure Longoria is better then Wright in the field, regardless of gold gloves
Twice in one night Swish come on.
these are the guys that have signed:
6th: Rob Lyerly, 3B
9th: Gavin Brooks, LHP
11th: Neil Medchill, LF
13th: DeAngelo Mack, LF
18th: Hector Rabago, C
19th: Luke Murton, 1B
21st: Joseph Talerico, CF
23rd: Kevin Mahoney, 3B
24th: Isaac Harrow, 2B
25th: Schaeffer Hall, LHP
37th: Justin Milo, OF
40th: Ben Watkins, RHP
Do you know if I am missing someone, or if someone on my list should not be there?
Good job Swish for wasting his quota of Double plays in this game
Swisher again not playing his game and swinging at first pitches resulting in 2 DPs in 3ABs. frustrating AGAIN.
Swish has been hitting into a hell-of-alotta DPs this year.
hes around 13-14 a season, prior to tonight he had 5 in 64 games, so he was on pace for 12
kobe not opting out…..not everyone uses their opt outs!
Sheeet, I would have. He would have gotten himself another max contract.
Knicks in 2010?
Trust me Zack, the way Jeter is a Yankee for life, same with Kobe with the Lakers.
2 years ago he was bitching to get traded?
Ivans right, once he didnt get traded a couple years back, theres no way hes leaving LA. Lebron to the Knicks has a better chance of happening than Kobe leaving LA. Lakers can pay him more, and his in a market that gives him everything NY could give him. Plus hes on a pretty good team.
I still think LeBron sticks with the Cavs at the end of the day, but I,ve said along, that if he does leave Cle, he’s going to the Knicks.
I agree, but dont compare him to Jeter-Yankees.
I know its something with the salary cap, but dont get how Kobe has to opt out to get an extension, cant just add 5 years to his deal?
Cant renegotiate in the nba i believe.
Surprise there. I assume he would considering he would want one more giant pay day.
yea.
Maybe that payday wouldnt be there, ala Manny. Last i heard the economic situation of the NBA isnt too good.
Yea, but knowing Jerry Bus, and his huge love for Kobe, he would of gave him anything he wanted.
its not good for the Bucks or Grizzles or Nets, but its good for LA/BOS, no different then baseball, big markets are going good.
Yeah, but if basketball had the same principles as baseball guys like Duncan, and Yao woud be gone from their respective teams.
Well, one of the big things is that in Basketball, the formerly-controlling team can almost always guarantee the most money on a contract, if I recall the NBA’s cap rules correctly. So Milwaukee and San Antonio can always offer that extra year (and ergo, the extra $15 or whatever million) over what any other team can offer.
At least, I think that’s how max contracts work for unrestricted FAs. But I don’t follow the NBA, so I could be completely wrong about all of that.
That should read Houston, not Milwaukee.
principles like salary cap?
Exactly. No other team can afford Kobe or has the cap room. So why opt out and sign say a 5 year deal at $26 mil a year, when you can earn 23 and 24 the next two years, then actually play the free agent market against the lakers, when teams will actually have cap space to make Kobe an offer, without having to trade away player.
how can he play teams against the lakers? they’re going to offer him a max contract. Right now he has guaranteed 47m, why not sign now and get 120m guranteed, not that he needs the money but still
but the lakers wouldnt have to offer him a max contract, they can just offer him what he gets paid now, since no other team can offer him anything better because nobody has the cap room.
Kobes not going to go sign a 10 mill contract somewhere. He opts out now, he doesnt have many options, and quite possibly gets the same deal hes getting now.
Plus, Kobes still trying to ressurect his image, so opting out right after winning a championship would look pretty foolish and money hungry.
when the marlins made the world series, did they fill that stadium?
Wow…I though I’d never see the day when Cano and Melky draw back to back walks.
BTW, Melky has been really patient today.
berroa has an extremely slow bat
I just realized I get to see Johan Santana tomorrow!
(My friend’s a Mets fan, we go to a game a year)
go to blue smoke, great bbq
and the Shake Shack for the fries and Burgers.
I hope he beats the Rays
Why Aceves? This is a good game to get D-Rob or Tomko some work.
Robertson pitched yesterday, rather have him available tomorrow in an important spot then in a 5-1 game
+1
Nice plays from Berroa and Tex. Heh, nice play Berroa. There’s a first time for everything.
That’s what I was thinking.
Nice job Andy.
there’s a lot of Yankee fans there. Maybe more than Marlins.
Standing Ovation for Andy!
It’s really nice to see his cutter working tonight. He’s way better when it does. Tonight, I think we can say he was pretty dominant.
i have no confidence that the mets will close out the rays
isnt it a save situation right now? why isnt krod in? WHY ISNT KROD IN??? WHY ISNT KROD INNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!
oh Green got out of it, nevermind
I really want Matsui to turn on one here.
Turn on one means walk in my language, obviously.
matsui up in florida. i’m having flashbacks of 03 and derrick lee
Jeter GIDP’d. I can’t believe it.
man that a lot of GIDP tonight hopefully they get em out their systems in a game they are winning.
Good Job by Jeter too by wasting some his quota of Double plays oday.
what’s the over/under on mauer’s BA at the end of the season? he’s currently at .426
The over/under is probably .400. I say under. Barely.
how many ABs does it take to qualify as a record or league leader?
he’s on a pace for 500, so unless he gets hurt he should qualify
If Joe Mauer gets hurt, I’ll cry for days.
“he’s on pace” counting all remaining games our taking into account hes a catcher so he’ll sit once a week?
I’m not sure; I think there’s a PA per game requirement.
It’s 3.1 PA/game to qualify for rate stats.
3.1 * 162 = 502 PA to qualify?
Correct.
quick math: if he continues to average4.4186 PA per game this season he needs to play in 70 of the next 90 games to get to 502
he’s a machine
For my fantasy baseball team’s sake, I hope the over/under is .400, and it’s over.
But I don’t think you can ever bet on a BA over .400, even with what Mauer’s doing. So I’ll peg the over/under at .380, and take the under. Say he finishes between .370 and .380.
What’s crazy is that Mauer is already a 4-5 WAR player on the season. That’s obscene. Absolutely obscene.
And Teixeira just got Jeter’d. Way to flash the glove, Hanley.
They even do that stupid chant in other parks. Aiyiyi
what chant
hip hip jorge
Oh, eh it’s a good thing if its on the road
I hate it. Jorge hates it. It needs to die.
Ken Singleton invokes Bob Ueker. Nice.
OK, finish this sentence for me people:
“A-Rod will not pinch hit tonight. However, he is available to ____ ____, as always.”
Think of something that rhymes with ‘Pinch hit’
Grinch shit?
*facepalm*
Where’s TSJC when I need him?
A simple wrong would’ve done okay.
Sorry buddy, its just so obvious.
Think nicknames. . .
See below.
slightly better than “You suck.”
i award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul
itch pit
Bitch tits.
doesnt rhyme with pinch hit so that cant be it
YES!!!!! WE HAVE A WINNER!!!
Every time someone mentions Alex and ‘pinch hit’, it reminds me of his nickname.
pad stats
IETC.
+1.
show-off-his-bitch tits?
That works.
pitch fit??
Piss on Jorge Posada’s hands for him? Or does it have to be two words?
fuck madonna
IETC.
Mostly for how little it rhymes with Pinch hit, bitch tits or anything else.
Why doesn’t Bruney’s hat have a patch?
You gotta love that new look Bruney has.
I had no idea the Villiage People were on a reunion tour and looking for a 7th member.
He bought it from a Vendor on 161st street.
he bought Mo’s ’96 hat at an auction a la David Wells & Babe Ruth
remember that game where you used a magnet pencil to drag bits of black powder around and give a blank face funny facial hair? that’s what bruney’s moustache looks like
mr fuzzy
20 million men are on Viagra? JEEZ American men…!!! What the HELL?
I don’t need Viagra.
IYKWIM
Let Hughes pitch the 9th?
Tomko…good Mo no.
Damn cano thats three times now he’s put the 1st pitch in play.
1st AB- 4 Pitches
2nd AB- 4 Pitches
3rd AB- 4 Pitches
4th AB- 1 pitch
so no you’re wrong?
Oh shit…it’s only twice
you forgot the 2nd AB and he’s had 5 ABs today
I never agree with Kay but yeah it’s strange.
Just had the Mets game on for a second and it got me thinking: does anyone have worse mechanics than K-Rod?
veras
I was thinking that as well.
IDK who else has a open stance when pitching
Good job, Yankees. Good win.
thats what i like to see from the pitching staff. combined 3 hits and one run.
You think the Sox would like a do-over on the Dice-K deal right around now?
Check out those stats.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....erId=28631
We could get Ian Kennedy to do that for MLB minimum. Cost them 100 mil.
His BB9 is DOWN from last year too. Except his H9 is more then doubled
That’s not saying much. His walk rate was awful last year (5.06/9 IP). He was obviously bat shy, and now he coming back over the plate and paying for it.
They called him a ‘Houdini act’ last year up in Boston, and it looks like once again Harry took one too many blows to the stomach.
he helped them win a WS in 06.
thats how i look at AJ’s deal, its probably wont be good at the end, but if he helps win a ring i really dont care
Um.
Eh, after the talk today about how A-Rod is struggling and emphasis on the idea that he is almost 34, makes me cringe thinking about the last 2 years of his deal when hes like 42 and making what 27 mil?
He’ll actually be making “just” $20 mil in the last few years of his deal. Not counting the HR incentives, of course…
actually I believe he’ll “only” be making 20 million in the final years of his deal.
I guess, but you could say the same about Dave Roberts.
Yankees win
TB lose
BOS lose
that was a comfortingly boring win
just what the doctor ordered
excellent win for the yankees! YANKEES WIN… THAAAAA YANKEES, WIN!
Good day, Yanks won, Sox and Rays lost and Nady seemed to be close to returning.
So the two fake umps in the front row at that Toronto game (they were at the WBC as well btw) are at the Toronto/Nationals game in Washington.
As a real umpire, I’m insulted by that.
Where are the negative guys? If you can comment when they lose, then you can comment when they win.
Heh. Lanny NEVER comments on a win. EVER.
No doubt he’s crying in his chowder – along with the other trolls (or Lanny’s sock puppets, if he’s that pathetic)
Gotta think Pettitte’s back is – heh – back to normal. That could be great news for the rotation (and the pen)
Off-topic – Sergio Mitre might turn into an excellent depth signing by Cashman – check out Chad Jennings’ blog:
http://community.thetimes-trib.....polis.aspx
Low 90s sinking FB with 12-4 GB-other outs.
Sergio Mitre (and to a lesser extent Casey Fossum) are the reason why I don’t take the Yanks too seriously when they talk about not wanting to keep Hughes in the pen, since he wouldn’t be able to start at some point.
They have other options, and if there’s a long term injury you could send him down to stretch him out and pitch Mitre 1-2 times in the interim.
Mitre’s 11 months removed from TJ – so the one question will be his endurance. It sounds like he tired tonight after a strong start.
So he could be an ideal long man once a week if a starter struggles.
I’d rather send Hughes back to Scranton (if Wang shows he’s OK), and have him stretched out and ready to step into the rotation if and when Andy or Joba need to skip a start.
Thinking ahead here – Nady and Mitre both have to be added to the 40-man (Nady’s on the 60-day DL, right?)
Kevin Russo is looking pretty good again at Scranton. Move 1 is DFA-ing Berroa – you’ve got Russo as insurance. Move 2 could be some kind of deal to clear room on the 40.
If Hughes fills a role in the bullpen (he does, 7th inning) then I don’t put ‘getting him innings’ over helping the Yanks win games.
As far as his development goes, there’s just as many people who will tell you the MLB bullpen is the best place for him to develop.
I don’t think Hughes gets sent down. We’ll see if I’m right or wrong, but that’s my take.
You could be right
As far as learning, I agree with you 100% – the majors is the place for him to learn his craft.
You wonder if Hughes can get to 150 creatively – skipping Joba a few times, maybe skipping Andy or AJ if they need a rest, and maybe going to a 6-man rotation for a week or two. If he can get to 120 innings, you can tentatively pencil him in as the 5th starter in 2010 (assuming Joba gets to his innings target)
Swisher 2 GIDP! BOO!
Nice win and bounce back outing for Andy today!
But…there’s not a lot of fans watching…
Where’s the usual crowd?
I umpired a game til fucking 8:30. Damn extra inning playoff games.
a beautiful friday is where we went broski. Where’d you think we went? Jared?
Andy said at home some of those hits would have been HRs. Stadium in Andy’s head.