Spring Training Game Thread: What do you mean, split squad?
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Ah the joys of Spring Training. We’ve got our first split squad game of the preseason today, as half the team will be in Bradenton playing the Pirates this afternoon while the other half will be home in Tampa to take on the Phillies. We’re getting the home game of course, and for the first time since 2004, Javy Vazquez will be pitching in a Yankee uniform.
Vazquez is last starter to throw in some form of game action following Andy Pettitte‘s simulated game yesterday. I’m sure he’ll be held to the same 35 pitch limit the other starters were held to their first time out, and chances are he won’t be throwing much more than his fastball and a handful of breaking balls. Thankfully, he won’t be matched up against Roy Halladay.
Here’s the starting lineup…
Gardner, CF
Johnson, DH
Teixeira, 1B
Posada, C
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Thames, LF
Russo, 3B
Pena, SS
Scheduled Pitchers: Javy Vazquez, Mark Melancon, Royce Ring, David Robertson
Jesus Montero is scheduled to take over behind the dish once Posada gets a few at-bats. First pitch is set for 1:05pm, and you can watch on either YES or MLB Network. Enjoy the game.
Photo Credit: Kathy Willens, AP
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That’s a really unflattering picture of Kyle Kendrick there on YES.
He’s engaged to Suvivor’s Stephanie LeGrossa.
Really? What is it with Phillies pitchers and Survivor alums?
Cole has the hookup.
http://www.zazzle.com/holla_if.....8885841107 (safe)
Playoff Preview©™.
but is it a spring training match-up for the ages?!
Since how Javy Vazquez looks here today in these 35 pitches will be proof of exactly how good or how shittastically crappy he’ll be this year, this game is the most important game in the history of all games.
Is this streamed anywhere?
OOOOOOOOOOOOH, JOHN MAYBERRY JR!
I wonder if his dad will be watching in the stands.
Hah.
AWESOME.
Number of times that meaningless homer will be mentioned over the next two months: about a billion.
It Is High, It Is Far, It Is… Caught is already writing the post
I can only assume Big George is currently drawing up the paperwork to retake full legal control of the team again.
Brian Cashman must be fired immediately for the horrible offseason he just had that has plunged us back into permanent mediocrity.
We just should have signed Lackey!!!!
/IIH IIF IIC’d, though I can’t tell if they’re serious or not
Hahahaha.
send him back to teh braves
Um… That was hysterical. All the people who hate Javy just JIMP’d. I felt a disturbance in The Force.
I’m not even mad. That was amazing.
Rollins: HR. Utley: K. I just don’t know what to think anymore.
Confidence Level: ?
Confidence Level: -i
:: head explodes ::
Kyle Kendrick must still be distraught that his sister lost out to Monique last night.
* Mo’Nique
Thanks for the help out.
Get it right or pay the price!
/Camp Anawana’d
Mo nique Mo nique Mo nique–without spendin any o’ yo nique!
COLIN CURTIS FOR LEFT FIELD!
I’m assuming Javy gave up a HR, but can I get a recap of the inning from anyone? Thanks
Javy gave up a HR to Rollins – first pitch IIRC
the next batter got out on a nice play by Cano
he struck Utley out
Howard grounded out
The Utley K was swinging on a changeup.
werth looks like a grizzly bear
But I thought Nick Johnson was injured forever!!!
Kyle Kendrick came wayyyyyy too close to hitting The Stick. We can’t have that. Now return Nick to his protective bubble.
hahahahaha fucking javy.
Kendrick’s got a pretty nice changeup. Nice fade down and away to lefties.
Hey, in the Pirates game, A-Rod just hit a two-run single with the bases loaded. SO NOT CLUTCH!!!
The run factor in the 1st inning is 0.30. So he really only knocked in 0.6 runs.
A-rod is getting clutch hits. That’s how you know it’s March
Yeah. Or October 2009.
I’m loving watching baseball again.
No one wants to relive this, Michael.
Jorge is too jacked up for this game
Duuuurty hook.
Straight filth. I love it.
Is Jayson Werth the same guy that does those Geico commercials?
Heh.
Seriously, though, if you were on the fence about whether or not we should pursue Werth this offseason, this hair “ensemble” should be enough to nudge you off the Werth bandwagon.
Yeesh.
He has to be slower with all that hair. Speed decrease this year for him.
Holy crap that beard is out of control.
Did Kay really just say that if you’re a team’s #4 starter, you’ll be matched up with the other team’s #4 starter all year? He can’t be that stupid.
I was thinking the same thing.
He can’t be that stupid.
Yes, he can.
His carbon monoxide detector went off and all he did was open the windows and go to sleep.
ietc
…and is.
Makes sense to me. Every team obviously plays on the same day throughout the season and there is never any rainouts.
scene: saturday at spring training. me walking around georgy field before the game, kay and singleton prepping for their pregame on the field.
me: KEN SINGELTON RULES! YOU ARE AWESOME!! YEAH SINGLETON WOOOOOO!!!
(singleton rips a huge smile and chuckles)
(kay remains stone faced)
Kay’s inner monologue: damn you singleton. why aren’t they shouting my name?)
me: KAY YOU KINDA SUCK
(singleton still laughing)
(kay, still stonefaced)
it was priceless
edit, as singleton smiles and laughs he plays with WS ring from 88
We’re talking about 2004 Vazquez’s struggles compared to his excellent first half… when he had numbers similar to those put up by Joba “To The Eitgh” Chamberlain last season.
correction, Joba “TO TEH EITGH!!1!” Chamberlain
STRIKEOUT!
Jazzy Vazquez: 1
Ted Kaczynski: 0
unabomber?
Yup.
werth did look like the unabomber. whenever that secret history program is on nat geo i always watch it
You know what’s sad, that lineup without Jeter, Granderson and A-Rod is still REALLY good.
filthy
Werth-Francisco might be the ugliest back to back in baseball at the moment.
I have a Philly fan friend that thinks Werth is incredibly hot (though she’s tempered on him since the crazy hair). I don’t get it, did she not see the creepy eyes?
My answer:
She’s from Philly.
this
i find it crazy that people speak about javy as if his name is joe blanton. Hes more then just a 5 era innings eater. His expectations are so low that he almost has to exceed them.
I think his expectations are higher than many think. He is expected to pitch on the same level as AJ and Pettitte and that is no easy task. That is still lower than what the expectations should be. He should be expected to pitch better than both of them. If he performs like Joe Blanton, fans will call for his head, and Cashman’s for having the audacity to trade for him a second time.
yeah agreed i think hell clearly be our 3rd best starting pitcher and thats because im expecting improvement from aj and andy missing some time on the dl. i thin javy can settle in nicely into the 3.8-4.1 era range. which is great for a “4″ starter.
a 4th starter that will be matched against every other team’s 4th starter all year.
/kay’d
I think his expectations are higher than many think
Is that even possible?
Impressive outing by Javy. He had all four pitches going. That’s cheating on March 8th.
Impressive outing by Javy. He had
allfour of his five, possibly six pitches going. That’s cheating on March 8th.Fixed.
That’s Dice-K’esque
Is there any pitcher in the ML’s who has a larger gap between their ceiling and bottom even if healthy all year, than Javy? Or at least the perception of their ceiling/bottom, not including any health factors? I can’t think of one.
His name is AJ Burnett
I think AJ’s production is pretty predictable at this point, not including health concerns. You can expect an ERA of about 4, close to a K per inning, and a whip of about 1.35-1.40. Health is the X-factor with AJ. When healthy, you know what to expect.
I agree with you as far as his performance on average over an entire year, but game to game there’s a fairly strong chance of being bombed or dominating with a significant gap in between. I thought that’s what you were referring to…I would also throw Dice-K’s name out there
got ya know. I could have been clearer I guess.
Yea, Dice-K is a good one as well.
now
Joba Chamberlain
I was thinking about the young guys, but that is a bit different too. Many predict breakout seasons, but if they don’t break out, they may be pretty bad. So you are right that the predictions can be very divergent, but for different reasons. You are right though.
How about someone with a track record like Javy, or at least like 5-6 years service time, where the opinions vary so much.
Every pitcher in baseball.
funny guy
Take my wife, please!
Oliver Perez?
Yea, Oliver Perez is another good example.
Every Yankee, since the NY sports media is out of its collective mind.
That works too.
Chien-Ming Wang.
True. But he has a health factor as well. Coming back from all those injuries. But you are right that even if healthy, his possible performance could be anything.
Nationals Baseball: now officially more enjoyable than healthcare reform!
“A government big enough to give you everything you want…is big enough to take it all away”
Sincerely,
Gerald Ford, 1974
was ford one of the founding fathers? i forget.
I’m going to the Nats this summer…can’t wait to see my Wang back in action.
3…2…
Javy Vasquez, K Machine
amount of attention that will be paid to Javy’s Ks of Utley, Werth, Ibanez: very little
amount of attention that will be paid to Javy’s leadoff HR: wayyyyy too much
(Yes, I realize neither of them means much of anything.)
The real Robinson Cano: standing up
Bad cutter
Reason #4.
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-796366
How many pitches has Javy thrown?
Only one, and it was a 634 foot homer to Jimmy Rollins. Nothing else happened after that pitch, to my memory.
There was no one on base, yet it was still a grand slam, that ended the Yankees chances of repeating.
Marcus Thames just struck out against Kyle Kendrick. They should cut him just for that.
I want to call Marcus “Thames N Hood Chek”, but I fear I may be the only one who appreciates the Smif-N-Wessun reference.
Your reference
———————
My head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCB4yKHK6ZM (NSFW-profanity)
Albie isn’t helping his cause at all.
i feel like im seeing way too much albaladejo in spring i kno he has to get work but jeez it feels like hes in every televised game. i really hope joe isnt planning on stuffing him into the bullpen somehow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon_fodder
yeah brett not a good bunt at all lol… back to the cage!
agreed. he barely got an out and gave up five runs saturday. looked awful.
Good grief Johnny Albalapendejo
IETC.
Carlos Ruiz >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jorge Posada
Sincerely,
mentally unstable Phillies fans
you don’t want to know how many times I heard this. Needless to say, it was A LOT.
You must know a lot of real lunatics.
It’s not as bad as the Ryan Howard > Albert Pujols people because Howard “has more RBIs”
Or how about as bad as Mitch Williams talking:
“Placido Polanco is the best 2 hole hitter in baseball.”
I normally find Mitch amusing…this though…
And with Vazquez leaving the game, we now go on JesusWatch™.
Meh, he’s old hat. I wanna see Zack Segovia and José Gil.
Guys, how would you grade this team. My first fantasy draft ever, 1st pick:
C: Miguel Olivio
1B: Albert Pujols
2B: Placido Polanco
3B: Chipper Jones
OF: ichiro
OF: Nick Markakis
OF: Manny Ramirez
SP: Zach Greinke, Joahan Santana, Brandon Webb, AJ Burnett, Ben Sheets, Johnathan Sanchez
RP: Mariano Rivera, Michael Wuertz
Bench: Magglio Ornodez
& I’m still picking
Forgot
SS: Alexi Ramirez
I’m done, bench:
Matsui
Orlando Cabrera
Jeff Francoeur
Josh Willingham
Do not be afraid to drop any of those guys for Free Agents.
Going to need a better catcher, but it’s a good team. You’ll have a high AVG.
Jesus Flores!!
Is the 2nd round pick missing there, or did you use it on Greinke?
Ichiro?
I Guess…
yea ichiro, was that bad?
Not bad, maybe a bit of a reach. But you know for the most part what you’re getting out of him.
No, you’re going to need steals from somewhere, i would look for guys like Carlos Gonzalez or Julio Borbon… but i doubt they’re still there.
Gardner might not be a bad gamble real late in terms of steals.
Yeah, but usually you want a guy who is giving you good numbers in atleast 3 categories in a 5×5… I have drafted McCutchen, Gonzalez, and Borbon in all of my drafts, i hope they all work out.
Oh absolutely. I’m just saying. If your last pick comes around and you’re looking at your team saying, I really need steals, Gardy wouldn’t be a bad gamble.
I try to avoid guys like Gardner, Nyjer Morgan and Juan Pierre though. Usually someone of that mold is available on waivers.
I’m a big Gonzalez fan, btw. I was pissed when someone reached to take him one round before I was going to.
Yeah, if there’s a player you’re picking up for just one category, you probably want it to be for steals.
That or saves.
Yeah, Carlos Gonzalez had great stats for just 278 PA’s. Than he had a great playoff series, hopefully it carries over.
Eh. B- maybe. Lots of question marks with your pitching. Offense seems like a middle to lower of the pack team in a roto-league.
Not sure where you are in the draft, but if you’re still looking for a SS, Asdrubal Cabrera is a good lower round pick there.
Well, you have Placido Polanco, the best 2 hitter in baseball.
/MitchWilliams’d
Can’t Fool Mark Teixeira.
Nick Swisher’s arm has gotten demonstrably better over the last 12 months.
His career RF ARM is -9.2, fwiw. Half of that negative came last year, which was his worst single season statistically. He’s probably regressing to his mean (in a good way).
It’s clear that the laid-back Spring Training atmosphere is conducive to Cano’s approach to the game. That’s why he hits .700 every March. What a lazy player.
When it doesn’t count for anything, he tries hard. Makes perfect sense.
Brace yourselves. Albie is in the game!
over on the Pirates game, Aceves: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K
Had another inning on to that tally.
This Timothy Oliphant “Justified” series looks like a really interesting and well done show that I’m never ever going to watch.
Does Yogi really have to wear the uniform and hat and jacket and everything? He looks weird.
When you reach a certain age, I think you should be allowed to wear whatever the hell you want. Especially when you’re just an advisor and not an official coach of any sort.
Heh.
ShiftFAIL.
I laughed at that.
slick ramiro real slick
This is disorienting at work. Where’s my game chat Axisa?
Anyone have Vazquez’s Official Line for the game?
2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K
Correct me if I’m wrong.
I remember it being: 0.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 Pitch thrown
IETC.
You left out:
Thousands of doubts: CONFIRMED
you mean 800 R because every run Javy gives up equals 800 R. Just like how every HR A-Rod hits is actually only like 1/3 a HR because they’re never clutch.
is it me or does anyone else see werth definately being a sawk next year. vic expiring ortiz leaving drew to dh in the last year of his deal.
I could see that. He certainly is a Red Sox kind of player (i.e. “white”).
yea with the wild mountain man looking facial hair lol i cant help but wonder how they eat their chowdahhhh. the napkin business must be booming in bean town.
As a Bostonian-against-my-will, IETC.
He would seem to fit the mold in terms of awful facial hair (i.e. Damon, Youk).
Imagine how much fun he’d have with the monstah.
Anyone else feel like Thames could have caught that ball pretty easily, or am I crazy?
Can’t both of those things be true?
Yes, but the question was framed in such a way as to ask whether my opinion on that specific Thames play is either accurate or the product of insanity.
Don’t make me angry, Jose. You won’t like me when I’m angry.
Calm down, Mondesi, no need for raised tempers. Have a chicken wing. Or twenty.
Haha. When I Hulk-out I turn into this: http://gamesnet.vo.llnwd.net/o.....8_main.jpg (safe)
I imagine you angry is something like the “Family Guy” depiction of John Goodman at Thanksgiving.
Heh… I’ve never seen it but yeah, I can imagine and that sounds about accurate. (See comment above.)
http://www.metatube.com/en/vid.....Family-HD/
(thinks)
If he was running in at full speed, I think he could have gotten to the spot, yes. I don’t think he could have gotten to the spot AND fielded it cleanly.
Marcus knows his limitations. He hasn’t been a solid fielder in a while.
Yeah, but maybe part of why he hasn’t been a solid fielder is because he badly misjudges/misplays balls like that, though. He set himself up and stared that ball down to the ground, if he’d been moving in for the ball he would have fielded it cleanly (in my opinion). There were a few beats there while he watched that ball, I don’t think that would have been a tough play if he had tried to field it for an out.
Why wasn’t Marcus charging that ball?
Javy win more games than AJ this year?
I’d guess yes.
If Billy Martin was around. he’d have pulled him right out of the game. Aske Reggie.
The Sanitary Napkin. I approve.
Who acts as the second manager when they go split squad?
Yogi.
Contreras and Vazquez in the same game?!?!?!
Who’s next, Esteban Loaiza?
Kevin Brown actually.
oof, I just shivered.
Bubba Crosby.
Then he’ll complain about Joe Torre.
Aceves perfect through 4!!! Why hasn’t Michael Kay mentioned it?!?!
HE’S WINNING TEH FOURTH STARTER BATTLE!!!!!1!!!!
That’s like 4 perfect 8th innings.
Ace to teh 8th!!!11!!1
Yeah Swishhhaaa
Flaherty (regarding Jorge Posada being an older catcher: “I will admit, though, when I turned 35 years old, it really took a lot out of me.”
John Flaherty:
1998 age 30 – .207/.261/.273 (39+)
1999 age 31 – .278/.310/.415 (83+)
2000 age 32 – .261/.296/.376 (70+)
2001 age 33 – .238/.269/.363 (67+)
2002 age 34 – .260/.296/.374 (79+)
2003 age 35 – .267/.297/.457 (97+)
2004 age 36 – .252/.286/.465 (93+)
orly?
Must be the toupee.
Yeah but he also played about half as many games/season after he turned 35 than he did before.
True. I just found it funny that his rate stats actually improved in the two years immediately after his “magical” age 35 season. They way he and Kay were portraying it, there’s something intrinsically debilitating about catching after the age of 35 that Jorge must now be monitored for. It’s a numerical boogeyman.
I think it’s like the Verducci Rule. Not necessarily inaccurate or wrong, but also totally too general and arbitrary to add anything to the conversation.
I mean… Players decline around age 35? Eureka!
Exactly.
(cracks open two Pinstripe Tampa Light Limes™)
(Sorry I picked on you there, I hope you didn’t feel condescended to.)
Mondesi: Man, you are one pathetic loser! No offense.
Tommie: Oh, no, none taken.
You know, I’m actually not really into the lime-flavored beers. What else you got for me back there?
The full catalog:
Pinstripe Lager™
Pinstripe Tampa Light Lime™
Pinstripe DFA IPA™
Pinstripe IFA IPA™
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(Peruses…)
Pinstripe IPK IPA™, please, while it’s still available. Gracias.
A wise choice. You’re a man of good taste.
(Which would explain the huge gut. But I digest.)
Pinstripe CCXL 52oz. Malt Liquor™
+ 52. Awesome.
Meatgrinder #1: Jeter-Johnson-Tex-ARod
Tommie: aroused.
Meatgrinder #2: Cano-Posada-Granderson-Swisher
Tommie: very aroused.
1 pitch, 6 outs.
Gardwinnhoffthames.
The women of RAB just fainted.
It’s the large sample size.
Kay: Would the Yankees ever take a complete jerk if he was a great player?
Girardi: I don’t think anyone really is a “complete jerk”. I don’t think anyone is really like that.
I heart you, Joe Girardi.
If Barry Bonds circa 2001 wanted to come play for the 2010 Yankees, I have a hard time believing that the Yankees would say no.
Psh. He had his own chair in the locker room! There’s no room for that here!
THERE’S NO ROOM FOR THAT TYPE OF SELFISHNESS AND CLUBHOUSE DIVISION!!!
Sincerely,
Reggie Jackson
Two-time Yankee World Series Champion
If Barry Bonds circa
2001his whole career wanted to come play for the 2010 Yankees, I have a hard time believing that the Yankees would say no.Fixed.
And then Kay responds, “I AM!”
Good moment there.
Peña with TEH WHEEEEEELZ!!!
Russo seems like he’d be a heck of a 9 hitter.
Great swing, Brett.
NJ looked way to happy taking that walk.
Trying to clog up those bases again.
Mike, you’re here. Why not a chat? Is it because 2 in one week is too much and us RABers would become spoiled and ask for more?
Did Michael Kay do his terrible, “That’s Amuary” joke again?
Ruh-roh, Cano with RISP! Overreaction time!!!!
it’s no longer a playoff preview because the Yankees are winning
No, it’s still a playoff preview because you forgot that the first pitch of the game was the only one that counted.
Woohoo Robbie!
No reason to get cute on the bases in a spring training game for Posada.
a hit with RISP? ZOMG
Robbie knocks ‘em in. Struggles with RiSP have now been completely absolved. This is a WS preview, after all.
SWISH!
/meatgrinder’d
Nick Swisher doesn’t lose weight; he discards it intentionally.
Latin is a dead language because Nick Swisher wants it that way.
Not only does Nick Swisher talk in the third person, he also sees in the third person.
What Michael? It rolled on the warning track and went over the wall?
That little “victory!” arm thing by Posada was adorable.
id say the new approach at the plate is working well so far… if mo is god and montero is jesus than kevin long has to be moses.
no way. cause we still can’t figure out what days are jewish holidays, causing schedules to get rewritten annually.
if only there was a way to know when they were, you know, ahead of time…
I had to go out for a half hour, ofcourse thats when the Yankees bats come alive… can anybody illustrate what happened?
Jose Contreras came in…that helped.
Ahh, that’s all i needed to know.
I had to go out too, but as far as I can tell, Contreras happened.
(I did see Robbie get a hit with the bases loaded and two outs to give the Yankees the lead.)
A.D. stole my joke.
can anybody illustrate what happened?
Yes: Kevin Russo can hit, Ramiro Pea and Brett Gardner are fast, and Posada, Swisher, and Cano are all really, really good at baseball.
Holy crap. Chris Garcia is actually on the mound and pitching.
He not injured but now his feelings are hurt.
Maybe not well but….it’s something!
http://www.theonion.com/conten.....eech_opens (safe)
You could hang a coat on that pitch.
wow chris garcia reminds me alot of pavano.. in SO many ways.
Nice turn.
It’s like Tinker to Evers to Chance.
Pena really is a graceful fielder. It would really be something if he could hit the ball.
Somehow Rey Ordonez started 919 games in his career. I don’t think Pena is that good, but I am also amazed that Ordonez started that many games.
Yeah, in the NL. Much more emphasis on up-the-middle defense. And Rey Rey was possibly only second to Vizquel in terms of defense at the time. He really was unbelievable with the leather.
Pena could be an All-Star in the NL.
/Gammons’d
Who is #94? Kay says it’s Nunez and that’s his number, but he doesn’t look one bit like Nunez. Plus, apparently Nunez is playing in the Pirates game:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxsco.....b_pitmlb_1
It’s Jose Gil, #99.
But there was a guy with #94 in the Phillies game who was in before Gil came in. A tall white guy.
I’m pretty sure that’s Gil. His skin isn’t dark.
Yeah, I saw Gil and he isn’t very dark. But Gil is 6-0, the guy was more like 6-3. Maybe he is coming to bat the next inning. Wasn’t Sublett either, who wore something ending with 7.
Oh shit, my bad. That’s Luis Nunez.
Luis Nuñez? When was he invited to the big league camp? I missed that one.
No, they have to call extra guys up from MiL camp for these split squad games.
Sometimes other guys get “called up” from Minor league camp, especially during split-squad games.
Ah, Luis Nunez, forgot about him. Thanks.
Wasn’t
SublettLaird either, who wore something ending with 7.Fixed.
Oh, he was talking about in the Yankee game Mike, not the Red Sox game.
There he is again, #94.
http://riveraveblues.com/2010/.....ent-796523
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOA, WE’RE HALFWAY THERE…
Axisa would have JIHP’s had Nunez been in the game.
I would have just turned it off.
haha. Touche’
Meanwhile, In Bradenton…Kyle Higashioka pics up his first spring training hit…a double.
TEH DEPTH!!!12111
I know nothing is more legendary than the Red Sox’s pitching depth but I dare say the Yankees get almost sort of kind of close with their hitting depth. Sorry, baseball gods, do not smite me for such a crazy thing.
for saying such a crazy thing*
Domonic Brown in RF for the Phils. One of the 15-20 best prospects in the game.
He’s a big dude, 6’4 atleast.
Anyone know the score of the game in Bradentown?
5 to Nil. (I’m getting hyped for the World Cup)
My new favorite name:
Didier Drogba.
Fancy Cote d’Ivoire name.
Thanks! I actually just remembered I could find the live box score on the MLB website. ha!
Kay: “Sublett strikes out looking…”
Um, #97 is Laird. Sublett isn’t in the big league camp, Michael.
I’m pretty sure that was Sublett. Laird’s a RHB. They bring guys up from MiL camp for these split squad games.
Ah, that explains everything.
again with the nunez! that guy is caucasion! jeez kay cant you see
They already updated the Yankeeography of 2009? ???
So confused… Kay keeps saying Nunez but mlb.com’s boxscore says Nunez is playing against the Pirates…
There’s our number nine prospect baby!
/Scout.com’d
Sooo this Garcia kid could be pretty good
That WAS Sublett.
This Luis Nuñez/Eduardo Nuñez and Brandon Laird/Damon Sublett number confusion further brings us back to the great “we’re running out of numbers” debate.
I still think the best option is to allow retired numbers to be issued for all spring training games. Let the kids have some of those retired/unissued numbers during March where the games don’t count, and you’ll never have to give out two #94s and two #97s.
Serious question: Can they do three digits?
Seeing as how three different Yankees have worn #94 in spring training games just today (Eduardo Nuñez, Luis Nuñez, David Adams), I’ll say no, probably not.
I guess it was Adams all along and Kay just called him “Nunez” but the roster says “94 – Nunez”.
You just know Swish would do 007 if given permission.
When I see guys with numbers in the 80s and 90s I always have to think of football players who also wear them.
montero looks fine too me in his movements and such. atleast from what ive seen so far. granted i havnt seem him throw trying to catch a runner but supposidly thats not one of his weaknesses. aside from the sss my eyes arent lost are they? he looks passable to me.
HE’S TOO CUMBERSOME, HE’LL OUT GROW THE POSITION!!!!!
Sincerely,
Everyone who has never really seen him play’d
No, that is one of his issues. He has a poor transfer and his throws are a bit long, though his arm is very powerful.
If he hits Jorge defense (not that tall an order), we’re rolling in gold bullion.
interesting. we need to see someone try to steal. id like to see him fire one off to second.
Bust.
David Adams: Well done.
#94
Showing the wheels!!!
I think I just developed a minor prospect-crush on Adams, he really squared up that pitch.
I love seeing these kids in Spring Training, I gotta get down there next year.
That one single plate appearance validated all the scouting reports I’ve read saying he has an advanced approach at the plate and makes solid contact. Looks to be a solid, solid young hitter.
Daddy likes.
That plate appearance shows that his gap power may develop into super-duper gap power. We can only hope.
But seriously, he looks like a pretty good hitter. Good approach.
No kidding did Montero just strike out in three pitches that bastard.
It was at least four, he fouled one off. Still. BUST. DFA. Can we trade him to get Melky back?!?!?!?
I wish, but I want Crosby back instead. Remember when he hit that walk-off versus the Orioles. What a game and what a player unlike Montero.
It’s Jose Gil, you moron.
They were saying Jesus Montero.
No no no, I’m talking to Kay. He keeps calling him Jose Hill.
My bad, so I am guessing Gil is catching or is it Montero.
Jose Hill=Half scrappy gritty/half lazy
Jose Gil=100% lazy
But has a great tan.
/Berlusconi’d
Wait, is Jack Curry replacing Kim Jones?
looks that way kim is doing alot of stuff on sny now along wit wfan.
Ooooh, CurryChat™.
(listens intently for teh smartness)
Can Jack Curry just do, like, every on-screen job on game-day broadcasts?
kthnxbai
And take time away from the amazing Tino? No way.
Tino does have luscious hair.
Jack Curry is awful.
Yeah, I said it.
I’ll take “flat and boring” over “dumb and wrong” anyday.
I guess I stared at Kim Jones’ boobs too much, but Curry’s fumbling & bumbling is not as entertaining as I would hope.
Oh, believe me, I’m all about putting up with subpar reporting in exchange for some delicious funmelons from time to time, but Curry’s just a breath of fresh air in that he actually… thinks. And you can tell.
You just blew your shot at being a guest interview on his new YES Blog, Cooking With Curry.
I like how Werth, Howard, Polanco, etc. are still in the game. Charlie Manuel is clearly cheating in this, the World Series Rematch For The Ages (c) ™.
And yet…. Yankees are winning.
Is it just me or does Gorecki look fairly awkward in CF? Every motion just seems unnatural.
Hmm, me thinks Jesus leads off next inning.
Bold prediction: drag bunt triple.
Ah man I already missed him.
Who feels like fixing the Yankees’ wikipedia article?
“Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto and Bill White teamed together in the 1970s and 80s. Rizzuto spent nearly 40 years in the broadcast booth, and White later became president of the National League. Bobby Murcer called games with Rizzuto and White until shortly before his death from brain cancer”
Yeah, Murcer called games with the dead body of Phil Rizzuto. Beisdes the fact that both Rizzuto and White retired a long time ago, does anyone even check dates anyore?
From the Great Broadcast Booth in the Sky:
“Check that, I’m dead.”
“Holy Cow! I am too!”
Bocock Fail
Hah, a Jimmy Paredes sighting.
Russo gritted the ball out of his glove.
Kid CudiJimmy Paredes reaches on an error. Nice.How’d Gorecki get a number in the 60s
“David” Sublett?
Really?
Ivan Nova was the worst pitcher for the Yankees in Bradenton. He gave up a single.
One hit shutout against a slpit squad Pirates team. I’ll take it,
Ivan “Bad Ass” Nova™, you mean.
Shouldn’t be, Ivan “Bad Ass A” Nova
Hmmm… no.
Maybe, Ivan “Bossa” Nova? (that’s what I was thinking of originally.)
BAD. ASS.
(refuses to budge)
I don’t get it.
Can I get a warning when Montero is about to hit?
The games just about over hombre. Unless the Phils score 3.
First Gil, now Segovia.
I’m joyed.
True story: I had my buddy’s kid pester Jose Gil in Spanish, asking him to give him a baseball. Gil was laughing the entire time, he finally gave him one.
tie the game phillies!… i wanna see some jesus.
Montero with the CAT-QUICK REFLEXEZ!!!
stop it with your dumb “Let’s go Phillies” chants, people at this game.
Can I get a Jesus Montero update? How did he look in his at bat/at bats and behind the plate
Where the hell is Mo? If Girardi blows this game with these clowns I hope he’s fired
Oh, Segovia’s gone already. Let’s see, who do we want…
Ryan Pope? Dustin Moseley? D.J. Mitchell?
(crestfallen)
Looks like Whelan. Yanks are screwed.
They’re not going to hold a guy down that can play out of spite
Carl Everett disagrees.
Dinosaurs roamed the earth from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous period.
Carl Everett disagrees.
And you don’t disagree?
Were you there, have you ever seen a dinosaur?
YES!!!!!! SWEET REDEMPTION!!!!
WE DON’T SUCK AFTER ALL!!!
good to see jose contreras sucking as usual