Comments on: Yanks add Guzman to ALCS roster

By: ALCS Game One: Angels @ Yankees | River Avenue Blues

ALCS Game One: Angels @ Yankees | River Avenue Blues — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:01:46 +0000

[...] Oh, and their bullpen is shaky. The Yanks made only one small tweak to their ALCS roster, swapping Eric Hinske for Fast Freddy Guzman. I guess they felt Brain Bruney wasn’t [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:20:11 +0000

Hasn’t anybody on this blog realized that without Hinske we don’t have a pinch hitter who can hit the ball past the infield? And that we already have pinch runners in Gardner and Hairston? The move to keep Hinske off the roster is insane, in the words of my friend and baseball writer Richard Lally. And it could come back to hurt them. Freddy Guzman is a total waste of a roster spot.

By: Moshe Mandel

Moshe Mandel — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:46:41 +0000

Minnesota allowed 21 less steals over the season than the Angels, but actually caught baserunners at the same percentage- 23%. I really do not see what has changed.

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:34:53 +0000

this

By: The Honorable Congressman Mondesi

The Honorable Congressman Mondesi — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:29:27 +0000

For the same reason the Yanks probably wouldn’t have taken both Coke and Marte on the ALDS roster if they’d been playing the Tigers.

Preparing for a particular opponent does not necessarily signal a reactionary, wholesale attempt to alter one’s game-plan. Some fans might see it that way, but I highly doubt that’s Girardi’s and Cashman’s intent.

By: Tom Swift

Tom Swift — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:22:17 +0000

Heavy lunch?

By: steve s

steve s — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:18:23 +0000

Mauer is not the kind of guy you plan on running on. The biggest vulnerablity on the Angels defensively is their catching (besides hiting a ball near a wall for Abreu) and Yanks showed in their last series with LA the benefits of an effective running game against them.

By: Mike bk

Mike bk — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:11:32 +0000

which is why i said both if damon walks as they wont get only bench money, especially derosa.

By: steve s

steve s — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:09:12 +0000

If the Yanks considered the move and did nothing that would have been fine too. I agree with the move because Hinske was basically a waste of a roster spot in the last series and would most likely have been one in this series. If the Yanks decided to keep Hinske because he has good numbers against Weaver and would think of starting him in Damon’s place if Damon was still slumping that would be ok too. If the Yanks were asked and said they were going with the same roster and didn’t even bother to consider any other possibilites then I would chastise them for not doing their homework.

By: Moshe Mandel

Moshe Mandel — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:08:08 +0000

Because fans get caught up in narratives like beating them at their own game. Why is speed more important than it was against the Twins?