Fan Confidence Poll: September 6th, 2010

September 6, 2010 by Mike Axisa 13 Comments

Record Last Week: 6-1 (46 RS, 26 RA)
Season Record: 86-51 (743 RS, 560 RA, 87-50 Pythag. record), 2.5 games up
Schedule This Week: vs. Orioles (three games, Mon. to Weds.), Thurs. OFF, @ Rangers (three games, Fri. to Sun.)

Top stories from last week:

The week started off with a four game visit from the Athletics, and the Yankees carried over last week’s winning streak by pounding Oakland in the opener. They routed the A’s again the next night, then won again on Wednesday thanks to Mark Teixeira. CC Sabathia closed out the series in style on Thursday, holding the A’s to one hit over eight innings of work.
The Yanks announced that Javy Vazquez would replace Dustin Moseley in the rotation before they kicked off their series with the Blue Jays. Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson ran wild in the first game for a win, then a late inning Marcus Thames homer on Saturday clinched the series win. The eight game winning streak came to an end yesterday when the Jays touched up Phil Hughes for three homers.
Injury Zone: Nick Swisher left Thursday’s game with a stiff left knee and has been out of the starting lineup since. Andy Pettitte is on track to make a rehab start on Wednesday, but Damaso Marte isn’t so lucky. He may need surgery on his injured shoulder. Al Aceves had to be scratched from a rehab outing to have his back looked at by doctors. Alex Rodriguez returned from the disabled list yesterday.
The Yanks called up Jon Albaladejo, Greg Golson, and Chad Moeller on September 1st. They also claimed Ted Lilly off waivers from the Dodgers, but he was pulled back and no trade was made.
Scouting director Damon Oppenheimer is a candidate for the Diamondbacks’ general manager opening.
The Yanks are in talks to move their High-A affiliate from Tampa to Orlando. In other divorce news, A-Rod fired Scott Boras.

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.

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Andy In Sunny Daytona

I really wanted to vote 5 because only 4 of the 8 levels will (or should) make the playoffs. How are they ever going to compete with the BrainTrust that is the Red Sox?

Seriously though, could you ask for a better season than the Yankee minor league system has had? With the exceptions of injuries to Carmen Angelini and Christian Garcia, the system, as a whole, has performed great.
I’m sure the Yankees are looking at a sure fire #23 ranking by Baseball America and Keith Law, right behind the #2 Red Sox and their now reloaded, unstoppable, avalanchian type minor league juggernaut.
http://yanksdraftsandprospects.blogspot.com/ Jake H

8 is what I voted for. Farm system would get a 10 on it’s own. Huge season for the farm.
http://theyankeeu.com Matt Imbrogno

Eight. Would be lying if I said the rotation didn’t give me at least a bit of unease.
- http://janeheller.mlblogs.com/yank_c.jpg T-Dubs
  
  Same.
- Chris
  
  The same can be said about every team in playoff contention.
http://mystiqueandaura.com Steve H

Still an 8. I have been 8 for a long time but the farm is close to bumping me back to 9. I was (and remain) concerned with the development of pitchers at the major league level (Hughes has helped there but still can’t figure out how his changeup won him the 5th starter spot).
http://twitter.com/YanktheMike yankthemike

I’ve been on 8 for a few weeks. up to 9 . obvious reasons.
bonestock94

Dropped down to 7 when things were ugly before the winning streak…back to 8 now though. Don’t know how this 3-man rotation deal will work this time around though. It could easily be disastrous.
poster on another computer who happens to be a deuce bag

I’m at a 9, just because ten is only for when we win the WS.

As long as Andy comes back healthy and pitching well, I’m not too worried about the starting rotation to be honest.
- poster on another computer who happens to be a deuce bag
  
  …And the bullpen is the shiznit.
turko

How can one respond to this poll when “future” isn’t defined in the question? Does future mean for the next 3 years, the next 5 years, from the 2012 to the 2015 seasons, or any other defined period of time?

I am concerned that the burden of Alex Rodriguez’s salary over the next 7 years, and Jeter’s over the next xx years, along with significant declines in performance due to normal aging and injuries, may not bode well for the Yankees future.
Beamish

Still an 8. I just hope they are completely healthy going into October.
Bob Stone

I’m still voting 9 . . . . I have been a 9 all season although at times I would have voted 9.5 if it was a choice). I’m betting that Pettitte will come back strong, Ivan Nova will perform well and that AJ has a couple of good to great games left in his arm this season with help from Dave Eiland.

I am not concerned about the offense except to wish that it wasn’t quite as streaky and that we could get everyone healthy and hot at the same time.

I predicted 105-110 wins at the beginning of this season and the Yankees have been tracking between 100 to 102 for the last month or so.

Looks like 105 wins might be tough at this point unless the team goes on a tear.