Game 85: Coming up Aces
ByWhen the Yanks depart Minneapolis this afternoon, I’ll feel a twinge of sadness. I’m really going to miss the Twins. From walk-offs to blow-outs, the Yanks have just dominated the Twins this year, and similar to why the Yanks’ 0-8 showing against the Red Sox has prevented the Yanks from running away with the AL East, the Twins’ 0-6 record against the Yanks is why the Twins are 3.5 games out of AL Central.
Today, we get a guest start. Alfredo Aceves, yesterday’s man of the hour, gets the ball in place of the injured Chien-Ming Wang. Aceves is on something of a pitch count, but based on his recent track record, he should be a-OK.
On the season, Ace is 5-1 with a 2.02 ERA over 21 appearances. He has issued just seven free passes while striking out 34, and opponents are hitting .208/.252/.354 against him. Ahead of today’s start, Tyler Kepman profiled the quirky Aceves. Check that one out.
The Twins counter with the once-great Francisco Liriano. Seemingly stolen from the Giants a few years ago, Liriano was the third-place runner up in the 2006 Rookie of the Year voting. He missed all of 2007 and hasn’t been the same since his arm surgery. On the season, he is 4-8 with a 5.49 ERA. When he faced the Yanks on May 15, he gave up six walks and four hits, but the Yanks plated just one run.
Offensively, the Yanks are resting a sore Johnny Damon. Posada catches a day game after a night game, and A-Rod will DH. On the injury front, word out of Yankee camp is that Damaso Marte is set to throw batting practice in Tampa this weekend. Remember him?
Jeter SS,
Swisher RF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Cabrera LF
Ransom 3B
Gardner CF
And pitching, wearing number 91 in honor of Dennis Rodman, the Mexicano Gangster himself Alfredo Aceves.
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I am really excited about this one just to watch Ace.
How many innings do you think he goes? If he pitches 15/inning it could get him into the fifth.
Ace will go 4 to 5 innings. Robertson or Alby will probably have to pitch multiple innings. Hopefully we bash Liriano so hard that Tomko can pitch a couple with a big lead.
i wish ace wasn’t starting this one.. he clearly has been lights out in the bullpen, so why mess with that success? I liked the idea someone had of having aceves throw like 70 and then hughes 40-45 pitches so he can begin to get “stretched out” for after the ASB. But no, the yankees have decided hughes is a reliever and won’t be in consideration to be the 5th starter.
I’m hoping for 5 out of Ace. Followed by Albie, Bruney, and Robertson/Coke then Rivera if necessary
Aceves will pitch 8IP if the Yankees let him.
CG 2 hitter
wow, that aceves article just made me love him even more than i already did. what a beast of a person
+1
which article? i want more aceves!
liriano’s been on a pretty good run recently, then again, a lot of pitchers were this year before they faced the yankees…
he’s only given up more then 3 runs once in his last 6 starts, his era is like 3.80 over that time
i dunno, i feel hinske should be getting a star at 3b since his bat is better than ransom’s and they might need it…but whatever.
liriano is a lefty, hinske is bad against lefties
touche well played
Eric Hinske, career:
vs RHP as LH – .263/.347/.455
vs. LHP as LH – .223/.299/.369
Yeesh, you ain’t kiddin.
But Damon’s resting.
YOU CAN’T REST TWO REGULARS ON THE SAME DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.instantcrickets.com
arod’s the dh…ransom’s not a regular….
Touche.
Matsui is a regular.
Major Fail = jsb.
eh, but it doesn’t count as replacing a regular because arod replaces him, so it’s probably a + and not a wash or a downgrade. ransom = a negative.
Touche.
And pitching, wearing number 91 in honor of Dennis Rodman, the Mexicano Gangster himself Alfredo Aceves.
If he throws a complete game shutout, I guarantee he rips off all his clothes and runs around the Metrodome outfield naked in celebration.
or wears a dress during is postgame interview
I would PAY to see that.
Rebecca’s a very kinky girl.
The kind you don’t take home to mother.
Lol I was surprised when I read the actual reason for him wearing 91. Maybe he’s just fuckin with us.
love the title of the thread
I want to sweep so bad…
Take a sweeping piww.
She said sweep together not sleep together you idiots!
My post work errands really get in the way of these 1 PM weekday home games.
my work really gets in my way
then again, if it wasn’t for work getting in the way i wouldn’t be able to afford cable. so there’s that
Live sports at work?
That’s a lot better than work at work!
i wish! gamecast for me. im saying, my job gets in the way of me watching these games.
I also hope A-rod smacks a couple out to make up for that should-be slam
Good to see Jesus is #3 on BA’s new list. Why isn’t Clay Bucholz on the list?
cause you have to have not been accused of a felony.
his 98 major league innings probably take him off the list because hes no longer has ‘rookie status’
word. That’s what I figured.
Typo? This is the only logical reason I can think of. BA’s staff must be fired! How dare they overlook a Redsox prospect!
Because Red Sox players aren’t “prospects”. Being a “prospect” implies the possibility of failure. All Red Sox youngsters are guaranteed future studs.
For example, Manny Delcarmen is already on pace to break Trevor Hoffman’s career saves record.
For Diamond Cutters, I’m Peter Gammons, ESPN.
i’m excited to watch ace
Jesus #3 prospect in baseball
Jackson #37
http://www.baseballamerica.com.....ts/?p=5456
It feels like Mike Moustakas has been a top prospect for like a decade already.
I love me some Montero.
Jackson’s not number 37. “The Next 25″ is presented alphabetically.
You mean Brad Holt isn’t better than Eric Hosmer?
I’m shocked at that revelation. Shocked.
Whatever happened to all those prospects that made their system so much more deep and overall better than the Yankee’s system? From what I can tell they have two prospects in the top 50 and both are lower than the Yankees top two.
I assume “their system” is referring to Boston?
Yeah, I was cursing Boston in my head and it didn’t make it to the fingers
I’m pretty sure if the list was longer BA’s slight Boston bent would’ve reared its ugly head later in the list. Though Lars Anderson has underperformed to date, they do have a decent CF prospect in J Reddick who’s turned it on AA.
Was Junichi Tazawa on that list?
Reddick is hitting .186 against lefties, just saying
man I’d be so bummed if I was Ace and Girardi had Ransom playing 3B on the day I start
No, you probably wouldn’t be…
yea I suppose if I were starting for the Yankees I probably wouldn’t be
Eh, cut Ransom some slack. Remember the snag he had at third then threw home, earlier in the year? He’s got the ability to play a solid third.
Giambi would have made that play.
i love tex
my boy ace needs to throw some more strikes
It’s aight Ace, dudes hittin like .390
Joe Mauer can hit.
Mauer is a beast
Man, Twins should have signed that Mauer kid to an extention the day he made the big league club. Crazy good
agreed. would have been a great move.
Moot, though. Mauer wouldn’t preemptively give up that much of his earning power.
He signed a four year extension in 2007. No agent would have let him sign anything longer than that.
So I always heard that playing in a dome/turf shortens the careers or gives players more leg problems then players who dont play in a dome for their home games- any concern with Mauer about this? Or even Crawford?
Probably not Mauer since I’m pretty sure the new stadium will have real grass next year.
Didn’t Crawford make it a point to train only in grass this offseason to avoid breaking down on the turf during the course of the season like he has in the past?
Yeah, didn’t you see the sign?
“Countdown to ch-ch-ch-chhhhhhhh”
It’s so obvious! Duh!
Anytime you get through Mauer and Mourneau without giving up runs it’s a pretty big win in my book.
The only reason that Joe Mauer is not currently hitting .400 is because he was sore for a couple of games after spending all day rescuing nuns and orphans from burning buildings in the local Minneapolis area.
i heard he also preforms circumcisions in vietnam with tim tebow
He personally rebuilt the collapsed I-35 highway bridge.
Out of metal and brawn. Pro bono.
man i def remember watching him help build the entire target field himself
During the offseason, he cleans all of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes. With a toothbrush.
He recruited Brett Favre?
He recruited George Mikan.
with his teeth.
Ace needed a hand, they were big buildings.
I remember the first game I saw in the Dome while living in MN. Twins v Tigers. I laughed watching a fitted Zamboni with brooms prepping the field – sweeping the dirt from outside 3rd base back into the field.
Was a sad, sad, day.
When you walk to leadoff the inning, does it count as passing the baton?
Mo >>> Melvin >>>> Montero >>>> Mauer >>> Cervelli >>>>>>>>> Everyone else?
This is going to end badly.
Mike redmond always hits us well.
Actually BR says he only hits 220. hmm, wonder why I though that.
Honestly, I can’t wait to see Mauer in pinstripes.
What position?
I guess Montero will have to learn how to shag fly balls.
When it comes to a player that great, you don’t worry about your prospect. Get him signed.
Bobby Knight: Draft Michael Jordan. He’s the best player in the draft.
Blazers GM Stu Inman: But we need a center.
Bobby Knight: Then draft Jordan and play him at center.
Heh. IETC.
Umm…. he already wears pinstripes.
I’m just sayin.
Imagine the riots in the streets of Minnesota if they let him get away, especially after using public money to build a new stadium. Prince would be pissed.
Game.
Blouses.
Who last longer in this game Ace or Liriano?
Liriano. He’s going to throw a gem.
I say he doesn’t make it past the 5th.
14 strike : 15 ball makes it seem like he wont be around long
Did I say 5th, I meant 3rd.
or not.
stolen base? but his HIP! he looks 47!
lol
is getting hit by a pitch considered passing the baton? or justt a gritty at bat?
Peter Gammons says any red sox player who does that is gritty
Who did it? ARod? If ARod got on base any way other than getting a hit, he’s passing the baton because he’s a pussy.
If Jeter did it, it’s because he’s a team-first super-leader who does all the little things to win a ballgame.
Alex walked while JoPo got HBP
Are Puerto Ricans allowed to be gritty? I forget.
No.
I think you can’t pee on your hands, then yes
Give that man a hit!
That was scary close to a rally killing DP
theres no outs and alex would have been at third so its not really killing a rally would it?
you’re telling me! I was worried he was turning into derek jeter during interleague play
C’mon Melk, let’s put a pin in this.
Dang good AB…
oh well, good AB Melky
Cmon Cody
smart job holding up there alex
Indeed, Cuddyer has a cannon that I have personal experience with. I once rung up a hat trick in an AAU game with him on the mound. He throws hard.
cmon In Play, run(s)
he walked ransom
Wow. I had zero faith in Ransom’s ability to do anything productive once the count was 0-2.
Did you already forget that awesome box jump video?
For shame, Axisa…
gotta have faith
same heir
damn iPhone, I meant here
Cody Ransom > Francisco Liriano
Cody Ransom AKA RBI Machine !
Good shit Cody.
that works, but he passed the baton too
That’s right. He should have choked up and weakly slapped a ball towards an infielder so that we could have traded an out for a run. That’s what good teams do.
Sincerely,
ESPN’s Baseball Tonight
RBI KILLAH!
Cody Ransom is just that good.
And Francisco Liriano is throwing a no hitter and losing 1-0
Hinske would have done bettah
Wow, David Cone knows his shit…
looking at unearned runs…
Has anyone done that yet?
That fucking sucks
Ron Gardenhire is probably asking “Why me? Why?” this series, we’ve been just killing their starters all series long.
damn it, i thought he got hit
ill take it
For those of you quoting Peter Gammons, Gardner’s AB was a bad AB unless it is Pedroia then it would be gritty – play by a special player.
Gardner was just trying to pad his stats by picking up a cheap RBI.
Pedroia would have done it because he has a powerful and abiding desire to win at all costs.
Go figure, we kill the ball all inning, that fuckin thing dunks in.
It’s Jeter, he grits it in there all the time to score
Oh Captain my Captain !!!!
but he swung at the FIRST PITCH
Jeter!
GRIT GUTNER IS NAILS!
Man, Jetes is hitting .446 against LHP this season.
how the hell did gardner get to 3rd? wow
Well that is perplexing.
You know, I was sort of hoping that he maintained the no hitter but still lost the game. Andy Hawkins style.
Halladay is in trouble in TB
Okay, I love being aggressive, but why are we fucking around with double-steals?
Liriano is pitching horribly. He was what we thought he was. And we let him off the hook.
ha, oh Denny.
Seriously though, ya got Swish up who ran the count full last time up, it had bases loaded with 2 outs all over it.
NOW IF YOU WANNA CROWN HIS ASS, THEN CROWN HIS ASS! BUT LIRIANO WAS WHO WE THOUGHT HE WAS!!!!
ahhaa that had me laughing
Long half inning for Ace to sit.
Gardy, you’re gritty for a Yankee but you are not a Red Sox
Brett Gardner =/= Jacoby Ellsbury.
Can’t believe they did that with Liriano struggling out there. Stupid Girardi.
Swish didn’t even get out of the way until he saw Grit, I don’t know if that was called from the dugout. Maybe someone messed up the sign.
Well, at least Kubel’s on my fantasy team.
+1 same here
damn I knew that Kubel would do something
should have called it like little bill or axl
lol I was gonna say /Little Bill’d but I actually thought soand that would’ve made it sarcastic.
Where the hell is Axisa? 0-2 HR. No sign anywhere. Weird.
was that a 0-2 shot? Damn
Yeah it was, which sucks.
Jason Kubel’s one of those Luke Scott types. You never think about him or worry about him, but he’s sneaky under-the-radar good.
He’s got a wicked platoon split, though. OPSing 1.038 against righties and .470 against lefties. Helloooooo, Phil Coke!
Oh dear @ that split
thats an ugly split
Yup.
At least he’s got the good half of the split, though.
cmon Ace
Come on Ace, the bed is starting to look shitty…
Ugh. Two bad throws to Tex in one inning doesn’t help much.
Thanks a pantsload, Cody.
Damn JV players. Ransom > Pena?
Ransom is useless.
No, he’s just not useful.
Tommie, whatever sick and twisted game you’re playing just needs to stop.
Here’s the sick and twisted game I’m playing:
Swapping Cody Ransom for Ramiro Peña will have a negligible effect on this team. It’s moot.
Yeah, a backup infielder has little effect on the team. I was just saying that because of your response. May have gotten someone confused is all.
I usually don’t disagree with you but at least Pena can field his position.
Ok the walk was nice but Ranson has got to go. He really brings nothing to the table.
Ransom and Peña bring equal amounts to the table. Just configured differently.
Absolutely false. Pena has Ransom beat offensively and defensively. Small sample or no small sample.
agreed
Is anyone else surprised Cody Ransom is lost on the baseball diamond? Haha. He just put his hands up as to say “Where am I? What am I doing here?”
Ransom’s 4th error already…
WTF!!! Please get Ransom down to the minors and bring back Pena. He is awful!!!
Maybe if they placed a 5 foot tall block in front of him at 3rd base, he’d field better?
did u see the hop it took?
Stop making excuses for a player who’s made 4 errors in 8 minutes at third base.
okay, if you say so.
Drew, are you blind? He had plenty of time to get set and throw it over to 1st. He just completely whiffed and threw it away from Tex. Awful awful throw.
No I’m not blind. I never said he shouldn’t have made the throw. I asked a simple question and none of you have answered it.
Yeah, the ball took a hop. He then sets himself, clutches, and with plenty of time, fires wide.
Right now he looks like that kid in little league who DOES NOT want the ball hit to him. And I should know cause that used to be me!
He’s just so athletic. The best athlete on the team. Then why the fcuk can’t he throw a baseball to 1st base? He must be Girardi’s cousin or something. There’s no other answer.
If there is a worse overall position player in the majors right now other than Cody Ransom, I’d like to know his name.
Tony Pena Jr.
Nah he can field can’t he?
-3.2 UZR/150, he’s got average range and he has a .947 fielding percentage so he’s not even sure handed. There is absolutely no reason that he should be on anyone’s 25 man roster.
He really shouldn’t even be in anyones minor league system either, unless it’s as a pitcher. I’ve heard talk of him converting, or at least having the ability to convert.
+1, -35 OPS+ with average defense and below average speed.
Jose Guillen.
Jeff Francouer.
Orlando Cabrera.
Chris Davis.
Emil Brown
Richie Sexton! Oh Richie…
Angel Berroa was sent down, otherwise I would say him.
Berroa and Ransom make Argenis Reyes look competent.
shouldn’t that be an unearned run?
think its earned due to the error on the pickoff from aceves, i think its similar to a pitching throwing a wild pitch
Yeah, the scorers usually change it a bit later in the game, as they did Liriano’s.
Horrible inning all around. I hope they got that shit out of their system.
horrible half inning, the top half wasn’t bad
Well got out of that craptacular inning
well, we still have the lead. Let’s score several more now…
so much for aceves going 4 innings today
Cody Ransom< Carmen Angelini
Ouch. That’s mean.
I’ve seen Angelini play and I can affirm this. At least he has an arm that is good enough to make throws across the infield.
Soon as Pena gets some OF playing time in AAA (the “supersub” concept), he comes back and Ransom is DFA’d. He’s kickin’ or chuckin’ every other ground ball he sees.
Swish has gotten a case of the Canos lately.
The people running the Yankees have no idea what they are doing. Ransom is not a major leaguer but he plays alot against lefties. He cannot play defense. Meanwhile Pena has yet to start a game in the outfield down there. Get rid of Ransom. 177 hitting, no defense. Makes me pine for the days of Dale Berra and Paul Zuvella
The people running the Yankees have no idea what they are doing
That’s just a tad hyperbolic wouldn’t you say.
If they knew anything this team would have one of the two best records in the AL!
“but he plays alot against lefties”
3 starts since hes been back, i dont think that counts as ‘alot’
BUT TEH ERRAH!!!
Ok, let’s not let up on Liriano here….keep the pressure on him!
Dammit, Lirano. Let that go through your legs.
With Swisher, Tex and Arod at the plate, you’d think Liriano would throw more than 7 pitches to get the 3 of them.
Have we seen enough of Ransom yet?
Is the 180 BA the worst of it or the fact that he cannot field?
Why is he still on this roster?
He’s on Youtube… He’s famous.
he has some good herb
Why is he still on this roster?
Just to personally piss you off, Bo. Brian Cashman hates your guts, and he knows you hate Ransom. He’s stickin’ it to ya.
Joe Girardi hates Bo as well.
That list is long. Goes on for pages and pages.
Now now fellas.
The majority of those AB’s came before the tear in his quad. It’s very possible that he was masking a partial tear or some injury that eventually led to the full tear.
He’s had some good AB’s since he’s been back.
They had a shot at signing Nick Punto in the off-season but let a few hundred thousand samoleons get in the way.
Well is it really worth a few hundred thousand dollars to get a marginally better player who hardly ever plays?
Nick Punto has 2yr/8m contract
Nick Punto has a .568 OPS. Nevermind the fact that he was signed for 2 years, 8 million.
Nick Punto is currently OPS+ing 58.
I literally could not give a shit that we let Nick Punto get away.
SIT DOWN MAUER!
The Washington Natinals just called and they’re willing to offer the Yankees their washing machine in exchange for Cody Ransom. They see him as the player that could push them over the top for the 2010 #1 pick in the draft.
Come on Yanks let’s destroy Liriano. He’s on my opponents fantasy team and it’s already close for pitching! Murder em!
Probably faked out the organization when he came up last season and immediately hit a handful of home runs. They thought they’d stumbled onto something here but…the guy’s 33 years old. That makes him like 198 in dog years.
Now that was a Gangster inning. Extra credit for striking out Mauer.
MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that the Yankees just traded Cody Ransom to Scranton for Ramiro Pena
not sure if this has been addressed in any posts on here recently, but you do not need to be using optimum’s online network to watch yankees on yes.com. you just need to be an optimum cable and internet customer.
watching at work, doesnt get much better than that
I wonder if Ace has any info on ManBan. I’d like to know his thoughts.
Considering they played for the same team in Mexico…
Yes they know what they are doing. I apologize. Cashman signing those three unknown free agents, Sabbathia, Burnett, and Teixeira was a stroke of genius. I used to drink the cool-aid that they knew what they were doing but then they had Bobby Meacham become the third base coach.
i wish they signed Nick Green, John Smoltz and Brad Penny instead
Starts with an R, ends with a Y, has EPL in the middle.
Just sayin’.
Batshit insane.
and Meacham was a Girardi hire, not Cashman
That was Girardi’s call. Meacham was on his staff in Florida.
I see Melky’s still swinging at the first pitch, according to Gamecast …
And apparently leaving another runner at 3rd base with nobody out too. Ouch.
oh god, we better score here…cmon Cody
Isn’t “Punto” some filthy word in Spanish?
no that’s “punta”, I believe.
I could be wrong
Ok so when I call someone a Punto, I’m basically just calling him… Nick Punto. Joke’s on me.
P-U-T-A
Cmon Cody. Earn your stripes !!!
Melky is too busy making videos with Mary Carey to drive runners in.
anybody noticed that the last times arod rested it was against a lefty? its almost like Girardi is doing it on purpose so he he as an excuse to play ransom over Hinske…what was the point of getting him again?
If he doesn’t get at bats, when he does play he won’t hit well..
Today was day game after a night game. That’s a much more likely explanation than the lefty thing.
well Hinske sucks at third base too, and are if we are really complaining about who should play between Ransom/Hinske then this team is in a pretty good position
Cody Ransom is so awful.
+1
Cody Ransom atones for past sins.
I never doubted Ransom for a minute and I’m glad to have him on board.
Ransom giveth and Ransom taketh away
cut this guy! he’s a waste! he does nothing!
Cody Ransom has two RBI’s.
Two of them. Today.
Huh but the runs the Yankees scored are all scored as unearned except for Ransom’s RBI right now. What happened exactly?
Cody Ransom is useless!
there you go Cody, makin up for the error (even though it makes me think it could have been 4-1 now but oh well)
Cody Ransom’s offense > Ramiro Pena’s offense.
Cody Ransom >>>>>>>> the haters
but is Cody Ransom’s offense > Pena’s defense?
I heard from a guy that heard from another guy that it was Cody Ransom who dunked on LeBron.
TB’s bullpen is starting to implode again.
maybe David Price should have gone 8innings like all young pitchers do
/francesa
Oaktag is out in full force ladies and gentleman.
Ransom reverse jinx works- now take him out for defense
and put hinske in? hinske sucks at third
Can we go 3-3 with knocking out starters in the 4th inning?
That would kind of be all sorts of awesome.
how fast we forget, his suckiness from april, 1 good game, doesn’t make him a good player…
1 good game, doesn’t make him a good player…
True.
One bad game also doesn’t make him a bad player.
Who said Ransom is a good player?
back up players are not suppose to be good players, thats why they’re back ups
No, one bad game does not make him a bad player. Every game in April that he palyed makes him a bad player.
you replied to the wrong comment
…
Okay find me a post that said Cody Ransom is a good player.
All right Grit!
Brett Gardner is so not an everyday player.
Gritsner!
Bottom of the line up today is all sorts of awesome.
Pena offense > Ransom offense
Pena defense and ransom defense not on same planet
Gardner- starting centerfielder
I knew Cody Ransom would be good when brought him up. All of doubted him but I knew he would be good. You just let some little error and bad games get in the way but I had faith. I hate to say I told you so but I told you so.
/Little Bill’d
Brett Gardner is an rbi machine
Brett Gardner is hotter than Roger Clemens’ balls.
Wow, thats white hot.
You sound like a princegayhomoqueer. All one word.
/Ironhorse’d
Oh, Derek.
DFA JETER
Ransom and Gardner get RBI hits, Jeter GIDP. baseball is funny
+1
You are disrespecting the game if you say baseball is funny.
/Posada’d
Derek is useless!
DFA DFA DFA!!
thats how we shud solve all of teh problems of teh yankees11!1!1!
i r smarter than cashman dfa dfa dfa dfa!
GARDNER FOR ROY!
Seriously, can someone start a campaign or something (RAB, I’m talkin at you)
Leads all AL rookies in VORP!
Nice.
Whats the threshold for rookies? Is he still a rookie after 140 PAs last year?
It’s 130 ABs. He only had 127 in ’08. Woo!
It’d be funny if Gardner sustained his present rates and Matt Wieters never caught up. Who would have thought that?
Not with Porcello and Romero roming around. But it would be nice for him to get some votes.
except Porcello is going to get shut down due to innings, unless he ends up with 30starts/150 IP
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....ent-471734
Porcello’s not doing as well as we think.
BG’s got a shot, an outside one, but there’s a shot.
Posade with cat like quickness.
cmon Ace…double play
The storm here in Tampa must have knocked out the power at the Trop. The Rays games says “delayed:power”.
Isn’t that the Mets’ problem?
http://instantrimshot.com/
How can the TB-TOR game be delayed? Both teams play in indoor stadiums… wtf?
Oh power outage… true.
Jorge cannot block balls.
Jorge hates smiling.
Tha Gangsta is gassed. Get him outta there.
Uh oh.
Bring in Roebertson now.
There’s a good chance this would’ve been CMW’s line anyway.
IETC
that doesnt really make sense
Joke. Humor. Funny. Ha.
Double Play or strikeout/popout then any out please
Ok, he didn’t pitch bad but can someone explain the logic of not using Hughes today.
Because apparently Joe Girardi thinks Hughes is better off as a reliever. I don’t agree at all.
I find it hard to believe that was solely Girardi’s decision.
Not stretched out enough.
Because he can only got 45-50 pitches, would you rather have 65 from Ace or 50 from Hughes?
Ace threw 4 innings the other day.
So wouldn’t this be a chance to stretch him out another 20 pitches to equal the 65 Ace threw. I think they are wasting Hughes. Build him up.
Per gamecast: PITCHING CHANGE. David Robertson replaces David Robertson.
65 pitches on the nose, funny how things work out like that.
Great now the bullpen will be gassed and Joba is going tomorrow…
Well they all have a nice 3 day break coming soon so I’m not too worried about it
worry about tomorrow tomorrow… do everything you can to win the game at hand if you have a small lead.
So if comparing this start to one of the recent Wang ones, what is the take away?
wang was going 5-6
you cant judge a start on a 65 pitch count
Let’s go, D-Rob.
erghhh
Oy, please don’t walk in a run. Those make me cry.
3-1 to fuckin nick punto
How dare he just miss the zone with 3 fastball.
when you’re facing nick punto you shouldnt
That was beautiful.
Forget the curveball, Davey. Throw ‘im the heater.
Please. don’t. walk. in. a. run.
i hope he knows the bases are loaded
It’s Span, not Mauer but Span.
Fuck. Come on, Dave.
ughh i hate young pitchahs!!
WTF? that was a strike
when you throw 3 balls a foot outside you’re not getting the corner strike
wow he got squeezed terribly
no. that last pitch of the at bad was low.
man, a 4 pitch walk with the bases loaded. i love Robertson, but he needs to get that control on track.
again a strike to tolbert…
Who was that who wanted Nick Punto? coughJohnnyCcough
You’re going to tell me Ransom is better than Punto as a utility man? You’re better than that, Steverino.
And that’s why he cannot be trusted in high leverage spots at this point. He loses the strikezone in those situations. He is going to be a really good reliever, but right now he is just a solid guy you use in 6th innings.
Is it me or do many pitchers seem to be nibbling way to much this year, not just Yankees.
Robertson isnt ready for prime time. He walks way too many guys.
Thank you Joe Morgan.
JESUS
God. Dammit.
Wow, this kid is not only shitting the bed but he is playing with it. Nice job Dave.
oh fuck off david.
Balls 1 and 3 were strikes on gameday to Tolbert
Dont worry, Hughes will be ready to face his 2 batters in the 8th inning.
damn it D-rob. stop walking people.
according to gameday this ump is full of crap.
woww
I love these pitchers duals.
I’m not sure I understand the umpires zone here. I’m only watching on Gameday day but 4 of the 5 pitches to Tolbert were right down the middle.
Um, paging Mr. Cashman. Hope you’re still looking to trade for a bullpen arm. David Robertson is a pu$$y who has forgotten how to pitch. Thank you.
If he can strike out Mauer. Just DO NOT WALK HIM!
Dammit Robertson. He didn’t call it a strike the first 5 times. Stop throwing it there
Holy crap, is that guy 10 feet tall? Gameday had 3 of those balls as strikes.
cmob D-rob get out of this
Cue the homers who will complain about the umps squeezing a guy who can’t throw a strike.
This umpire has been squeezing all the pitchers today, Robertson has thrown 6 balls that should have been strikes
OK i think we can let robertson off the hook for this. cuz according to gameday, he didnt walk anyone and struck out tolbert looking