Jul
31
The Return of Shelley Duncan
ByVia Chad Jennings, the Yanks have called up Shelley Duncan. No word on a corresponding move, but most likely either Jon Albaladejo or Mark Melancon will be optioned out. Calling up Shelley also requires a 40-man roster move, but they can easily slide Xavier Nady or Chien-Ming Wang to the 60-day DL. Scheduled to face three lefty starters the next three games, expect to see Shelley get himself a handful at bats.
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oh, fuck. it better at least be albaladejo optioned
I want Girardi fired if Duncan plays even an inning of outfield defense.
I think he plays better defense than Swisher…
I concur
You’re both wrong.
cjennings agrees with them, for what it’s worth.
On his blog the other day, Jennings said that Shelley doesn’t make it pretty, but he makes plays out there.
Frankly, I think that same assertion applies to Swisher, though Swisher has more range than Shelley, so he’s more valuable on D.
Frankly, I think that same assertion applies to Swisher, though Swisher has more range than Shelley, so he’s more valuable on D.
That’s the operative point. Both Shelley and Nick are ugly but effective out there. Nick’s just both a little uglier and a little more effective.
Swisher’s range is underrated by Yankee fans. I know the metrics show he has great range, but I’ve been trying to see it “with my own eyes.” On Wednesday, against Tampa, he ran down a ball in foul territory and one in the gap that many RFs wouldn’t have gotten to.
While Swisher will make an ugly play now and again, his range more than makes up for it.
Watching Swisher track a fly ball is like watching a cat chase a laser pointer. I’d still give him the edge over Shelley though.
Lol seriously?
No way. Shelley looks like Brad Garrett out there.
Yeah!!!!!! Shelley!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok anyone out there think Casman will make a last minute deal? I cant see how they continue with AJ-CC-Pettite-Mitre and put Joba in pen at his innings limit-Someone tell me Cash wont let the sox trade for the pennant-via Halladay-Martinez-Gonzalez-I think this team has come to far for that
You do know there is a Trade deadline thread, right?
Sox won’t get all three. They’ll get VMart, maybe…probably even.
My guess is he picks someone up at the last minute. Someone will call with a last ditch effort to give someone up to save money.
I hope he autographs something with Red Sox suck.
I know there is a thread but I wanted to discuss it herer, who cares about shelley duncan, he is a stiff. I hope Cashman pulls out a deal for Halladay at the last minute-anyone disagree?
Okay, seriously, that’s just fucking annoying as shit. Stop it.
He tried to make it on topic.
No he didn’t.
He dismissed the topic as not up to his standards. I don’t think that counts.
You are miles ahead funnier than anyone else on this site haha
Here is where we’re discussing the Shelley move. The trade deadline thread is one down. Go discuss trade deadline topics there. There are rules here that we choose to abide by in order to keep this discourse civil and to avoid threadjacking.
Hush little baby don’t say a word…
Disagree.
Use the trade deadline thread AND the reply button, please.
Ok I woould not want to be accused of thread jacking-How can anyone be against the idea of adding Halladay? Obviosuly pending the correct package in return.
just don’t respond to him
No one is against the idea of adding him, they are against the idea of having to trade the farm to get him. It isn’t worth seeing a guy like Montero become a beast on another team in your division and have to face him for the next decade.
mryankee, meet the reply button.
Reply button, meet mryankee.
I hope you two will have a long, happy life together.
But, I hope mryankee will cheat on the reply button to spend some quality time with the commenting guidelines, so he will stop, for example, demanding to talk about Roy Halladay on a Shelley Duncan thread.
Shelley’s only being called up as a late-inning-defensive-replacement for melky in center.
Shelley Duncan reminds me of other “gritty” and “intense” players the Yankees allowed to overstay their welcomes based on the 3 weeks a player gets before the scouts catch up to him. I never wanted to see this guy again.
If it makes you feel any better, he’ll probably be here for like two-three weeks tops. I doubt he gets more than 20 plate appearances.
What does the promotion of Shelley Duncan mean?
At minimum, since he’s out of options, it means he will be designated for assignment when Gardner is healthy. Most probably, he will be designated assignment before that when they need a spot on the 25-man.
They guy has proven in two trips to the Majors that he is not a big-league hitter.
Of course, I hope I’m wrong.
Why so much hatred for the 25th guy on the roster?
Tradition?
He won’t be here long.
…Duncan stronger arm than Swish…ALOT STRONGER…
I’m more concerned about whether or not the combined enthusiasm of Shelley and Swisher will cause the dugout to explode during a game than whose defense is better.
Swisher’s.
IS it safe to say Shelly got a leg up on Swisher ?
Starting to hear buzz about Brian Bannister at the deadline…he’d be a nice pickup for the back of the rotation. I like the possibility of Heath Bell too, but I’m hearing there are a ton of teams in that mix so the price will be high.
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