Jun
20
A-Rod, Posada will be day-to-day next week
ByBoth Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada are still slowly coming back from hip and foot injuries, respectively, so Joe Girardi has tentatively declared both players to be day-to-day next week. The Yankees will be playing the Diamondbacks and Dodgers on the road, so they can’t hide either player as the designated hitter. I suspect we’ll see Jorge Posada catch every other game, which means he could start the first and last game of each series because of Thursday’s off day. I’m not so sure about A-Rod, maybe he’ll do that same thing.
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It’s not that big a deal.
Ideally you’d like them both to be completely healthy, but I’ve got no problem with resting Posada and A-Rod on and off over the next week or so. I mean as a team, Arizona is bad. They have a 95 OPS+ and an ERA+ of 83, with a run differential of -1.1; while the Dodgers are strong in the NL West only (ERA+ 95/OPS+ 103/Rdiff .1) Their pythag is a pedestrian 35-33, and their 38-30 record has benefited greatly from playing Arizona 9 times already (going 8-1).
So, all things considered, it is not a bad week to get some players rest if necessary.
with a run differential of -1.1
Huh? Do you mean that SRS thing?
The Dodgers were absolutely awful for a while, then they got very very hot, now they’re coming back to earth a bit, it seems.
I think I’m starting to get worries about arod
Rest Posada and A-Rod alot against the D-Backs, then go all out against those sorry ass Dodgers, because the Yankees can and will win the series against the D-Backs, regardless off Posada or A-Rod, but against the Dodgers,play them like you would the Mets, Phillies, or any other great NL team
I don’t think “great” and “NL” ever really go in the same sentence.
I dunno, the Big Red Machine was pretty decent
That’s basically like Sean Hannity saying that the Democrats’ legacy is slavery.
Fox News: We quotemine and cite things devoid of context, you decide.
One of ten Family Guy bits I enjoyed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCvO1jERjSI
Ah, Colmes, a/k/a “The Human Strawman”. Good times.
FWIW, Carig tweeted that A-Rod said he intends to play all six games of the trip.
He’s having his hindquarters and fetlocks rubbed down with a currycomb as we speak.
/horsejargon’d