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Fan Confidence Poll: May 10th, 2010
ByRecord Last Week: 5-1 (42 RS, 22 RA)
Season Record: 21-9 (178 RS, 111 RA, 22-8 Pythag. record), 0.5 games back
Schedule This Week: @ Tigers (four games, Mon. to Thurs.), vs. Twins (three games, Fri. to Sun.)
Top stories from last week:
- The week started off with an easy enough assignment: a three game series against the Orioles at home. Randy Winn powered the Yanks to a win in the first game, and A.J. Burnett dominated the next day for another dubya. Nick Swisher took care of business and helped complete the sweep on Wednesday, however Monday’s game sat a new record low for attendance at the New Stadium.
- For the second time this season, the Yankees marched up to Boston for a three game set. A Josh Beckett meltdown led to win on Friday, then Frankie Cervelli and Mark Teixeira helped pound the Red Sox again on Saturday. Burnett got smacked around a bit yesterday, and the Yanks were unable to complete the sweep.
- Last week was also injury week in the Bronx. Jorge Posada missed a few games with a calf strain, ditto Mariano Rivera with a stiff side. Andy Pettitte is going to miss a start with an elbow issue, but that’s better than a DL trip. Nick Johnson and Robbie Cano left Saturday’s game hurt, and although Cano was able to return to the lineup the next day, Johnson will miss several weeks with tendon inflammation. Al Aceves exited Saturday’s game with a stiff lower back, and will be out just a few days. The good news is that Chan Ho Park was able to throw from a mound, bringing him closer to a return.
- Because of all the injuries, the Yankees had to call up Greg Golson, Kevin Russo and Romulo Sanchez, though Golson has already been sent back down.
- Javy Vazquez‘s start was pushed back in an effort to get him on the right track.
- Cano was named the AL Player of the Month for April.
- Gene Monahan is targeting a June 1st return.
Please take a second to answer the poll below and give us an idea of how confident you are in the team. You can view the Fan Confidence Graph anytime via the nav bar above, or by clicking here. Thanks in advance for voting.
Given the team's current roster construction, farm system, management, etc., how confident are you in the Yankees' overall future?
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I went with a 4 because we lost last night.
/Cry baby fan’d
(Seriously, I went 10, as always.)
I was going to say 1 for the same reason.
I went w/ 10, which I’ve been all season. May go down to 9 if the minor injuries don’t stop.
While the sweep would have been nice, I’ll take a 5-1 week any week
does anyone have a clue why jesus ain’t playing!!!!!!!!!!!
This info has been a bit frustrating to find out. Isn’t there a reporter in SWB? It’s becoming like Tampa up there, an informational black hole.
It’s probably just a disciplinary thing. They’ve done this in the past (Tabata). If Montero was hurt in any way, I highly doubt that he would have been warming up catchers in the bullpen after getting yanked in the game.
Disciplinary for play or bad behavior?
Behavior.
Has that been confirmed? Not doubting, just wondering.
No, just assuming. Montero’s been hitting of late, seems like an odd time to sit him for poor performance.
It’s just frustrating not getting any info. Mashmore would have been all over this story.
I’ve heard it was for not hustling. But seems odd to bench him for two games after that.
So would Chad have. Did anyone replace him inb scranton?
Yes, but the team is on the road and the new beat guy (Donnie Collins) isn’t with them. Still, a simple phone call would suffice.
Due to budget cuts, he was replaced by the Gardening Expert in the paper. He doesn’t know crap anout baseball, but he can tell you the proper nitrogen mixture to make your bougainvillea tree really blossom nicely.
The SWB blog indicates he may have been injured:
http://blogs.thetimes-tribune.com/yankees/?p=4296
Yeah, but if he was, then why was he in the bullpen warming up pitchers later in the game? The whole thing is just odd.
How much trouble can you get into in Steam-Town? did he rob the Krispy-Kreme???? Or the Turkey Hill on Mulberry St?
Staying strong with a 9.
8 only because the injury bug continues to creep along the clubhouse. Once we get our guys healthy again, I’m back to a 9.
Ocho, because of injuries… But once the nagging injuries go away the team should be at its full depth chart.
I liked what I saw out of Romulo last night, I hope to see him get a shot in the Detroit or twins series.
8 for me as always, it would be 9 had we swept and 10 if half the team wasn’t hurt. What are we expecting from Mitre tonight? Oh and is it (Mee-Tray) or (mI-Tur) or something else?
Its Meat – Tray…
I’M expecting 6 innings of low hit, low walk pitching.
Nine. 10 reserved for WS.
But still.
We have Gardner, Cervelli, Thames, Winn playing almost every day and the Yankees are still scoring 3+ runs a game, even when they lose.
Only Granderson and Johnson’s injuries seem to be severe.
The pitching is doing it’s thing.
Anything new on Johnson? His injury seems pretty bad. Having prior surgery there and it hurting again…can’t be good.
i don’t think i’d include GGBG with the list of “suspect” players.
8. Because we’re still winning (5-1 on the week). The injuries are quite a concern though…and expecting guys like Gardner, Cervelli, Thames, Winn, Pena, etc. to continue the way they’ve been playing so far for the rest of the year is kind of wishful thinking but not rational.
But like one of the guys on the radio/tv (i forget) said on Friday night… “As long as they have the 4 guys in the infield healthy…they’ll always have a very good chance to win games and score runs”
The pitching has continued to carry us. When you have those 4 guys in the infield accompanied with the pitching we’ve been seeing (outside of AJ’s start yesterday) you’re still going to be able to win a lot of games. Hopefully Hughes can continue his performance at least until we get some of our better offensive players back.
“The pitching has continued to carry us”
Well they are on pace to score over 950 runs this season, and even with Granderson and NJ, they still have an excellent lineup.
You apparently didn’t really read my post and just began looking for something to bitch about. Don’t worry, you’re not the only one to do that…
Rose, seriously, stop it with the “I’m being persecuted” schtick. It wore itself out two handles ago.
Did Zack pick on one line? Yes. But that line also flew in the face of everything else you wrote. You say the pitching carried us, but when an offense is scoring as the Yankees are, pitching isn’t carrying anything.
I just disagreed that the pitching is carrying this team.
4 of the 5 starters have been great, but the offense is also on pace to score 950 runs.
Solid niner. Even with a rash of injuries this team is pitching extremely well (obviously, not last night) and scoring a ton of runs.
Does Miranda get the call this week despite his less than stellar numbers in SWB?
9 as pretty much always. I hope all the guys that are dinged up a bit (and/or worse) get better!
In light of Hughes’ recent string of absolute dominance, I’m back up to a 9.
9
In spite of all the injuries. I have no worries about this team… yet.
going with 8 only because of ( obvious) injury worries. also concerned with Thames playing a significant amount of time in LF. If Andy comes back on schedule we can go back to a nine.
I’m usually at a 7 or 8 but down to a 6 due to injuries. It’s amazing how well they are playing without key people but I still worry that the B lineup can’t sustain the win streaks. I hope I am proved wrong.
10. Why injuries are a concern they did go 5-1 against division opponents. Also it took the bad AJ to lose a game to the Sox this weekend.
I’m worried for this particular week with the uncertainty of Mitre and Javy, especially with not a single off day till the 24th. We could possibly get our bullpen burned out in the worst possible way if the games don’t turn out the way we want.
So 7.
Still rolling with the 8 – the sweep might have made it an 8.5
8, because 9 is the highest, there will always be room for improvement, 10 is the actual ceiling.
8 also because 3 starters are healthy 100% and pitching well, excluding the Burnett-Boston Brew-ha-ha. While Pettitte is hopefully fine, Javy will have to prove himself. And the pen hasn’t been all that unhittable.
8 also because our OF is not what it is supposed to be with Granderson out with injury. Thames looks lost. Winn isn’t bad but is a 4th OF at best. In fact we may have 3 4th of 5th outfielders…and maybe 4 for a short period of time.
8 also because our lineup isn’t functioning precisely yet.
and 8 cause Girardi continues to micro-manage situations that don’t call for micro-managing. But I do like Girardi.