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Open Thread: March 6th Camp Notes
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News of the day…
- The Yankees topped the Astros 10-8 today. Phil Hughes gave up a pair of homers in three innings of work while Steve Garrison allowed one run across three frames. Brian Anderson got lit up, and David Phelps closed things out with two okay innings. Alex Rodriguez and Greg Golson went deep, plus Andruw Jones, Robbie Cano, Dan Brewer, and Eduardo Nunez chipped in doubles. Russell Martin went 2-for-4 with a steal. Here’s the box score.
- Mariano Rivera, the oldest player in camp, threw a bullpen session with Kyle Higashioka, the second youngest player in camp, behind the plate. Bartolo Colon and Manny Banuelos also threw side sessions today. There’s a chance Mo will get into Wednesday’s game, but that’s not set in stone. Rafael Soriano, however, will pitch in tomorrow’s game. (Pete Caldera, George King & Chad Jennings)
- Colin Curtis jammed his right shoulder during today’s game and had his arm in a sling. He’s going for an MRI tomorrow. (Bryan Hoch & Jennings)
Here’s your open thread for the night. The Knicks are the only local team playing a meaningful game, but SNY is showing a replay to today’s Mets-Red Sox game while MLB Network will carry a replay of the Angels-Diamondbacks game. You all know what to do, so fire away.
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gas prices suck. $3.89 is the cheapest in my area, save me Jebus
What’s a gallon of milk go for these days?
The other day after I got four bags of groceries for $55 in my low-cost-of-living town I decided it was a good time to start crash dieting.
Eliminate the Captain Crunch. I hear it does wonders.
Yeah food prices have risen with gas prices. The food industry uses a lot of oil.
Heh that’s the price of ultimate in NJ.
NJ FTW!!!
NJ typically has some of the lowest prices in the country
Is there any chance there will be video of the Greg Golson home run? I know the game wasn’t on tv, so I doubt it
So… John Kruk, Adrian Gonzalez, what’s up with that?
Recovering from shoulder surgery will have no effect on him whatsoever. He’s superhuman.
Did you not see him rehabbing? And the fact that they’re shortening the fence in right field (BANDBOX ALERT). He’s easily going to homer in every at-bat at Fenway.
Complete this sentence for me.
When Andrew Brackman makes his MLB debut, he will tie an all-time record for….?
…tallest pitcher ever.
Ding ding ding.
Him and Jon Rauch are 6′ 11″. Though Rauch has been 6′ 11″ for a long time, Brackman just started being that tall this year. And as well all know, the one thing teams will never, ever lie about are things like height or weight. Ever.
Bartolo Colon weighs 185 pounds!!
!!
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Bartolo Colon’s left tit weighs 185 pounds!!
Fixed that for ya.
Actually he weighs 416 pounds and 4 ounces.
My Source: JohnSterlingBlogspot.com
LOLZ… Andrew Brackman is wearing lifts, because we are the Yankees, and we LOVE breaking records in Pinstripes!
this… and RJs 300th win.
Eduardo Perez’s bold prediction: Yuniesky Bentancourt will help the Brewers on defense. He went on to talk about what great range he has.
I love that picture of Yogi and Robbie. It shows what it means to be a Yankee. Yogi maybe an old timer but the love of his presence around the team is priceless.
How amazing must it be to be in that clubhouse and get to be around legends…..envy.
I know it’s spring, but all signs are pointing towards A-Rod having a monster 2011.
Phrases I am keeping in mind for 2011:
“contract year Pujols”
“odd year A-Rod”
Fantastic. Narratives are fun, but ultimately worthless. Albert Pujols will have a great year because he is Albert Pujols, not because of his contract status.
I sure hope A-Rod is more than the 4 WAR player he’s been for the last 2 years considering he still has 7 years and $174 million left on his contract.
I really don’t want to see colon make this team. I know the sox and Os and Jays would hammer him. Rather see Nova advancing then Colon dying.
I would actually love to see colon help out a team in need like the pirates or Indians. That would make for a great story
http://nymag.com/news/features.....index.html
Amazing read.
I only read the first page, that was enough.
I’m probably late to the comment party on this one, but what happened to the 3rd weekend writer Brock? Is he on vacation? Was he using an alias to argue with commenters? Did he not make the grade content-wise?
School and some personal stuff to tend to. He’ll be back soon enough.
Anyone know how to buy classic Yankee games online? Like for example game 7 of the 2003 ALCS?
iTunes has that game. Not sure what other ones they have.
Oh awesome, thanks a lot.
Hey Mike, do you have a larger version of that photo? I searched for a bit and came up empty.
I do not, sorry. That’s the hi-res version though, you could download it and blow it up with Picasa or Photoshop I believe.
Alrighty, I’ll give that a try. Thanks.
Tough break for Dom Brown. Hamate bones are a bitch. He might not come back 100% until this time next year. It really fucked with Tababta while he was still with us.
The mets lineup isn’t so terrible if certain players revert to their career line. Huge if, but still, not as bad as it seemed in my mind.
Their offense could be something really special, and if all cylinders are clicking they’ll have a top 5 offense. Problem is that they’re starting pitching is a million times worse than the Yankees, they’re farm system is pretty weak, and they have so much financial concern that they’ll never be able to keep their offense and fix their pitching problems.
That team with a good owner(s)+ that front office would be a force to be reckoned with in the future.
Could a package of Joba, Adams and Marshall net Carpenter?
Thats way too much. Remember that the Cardinals would be trading Carpenter for salary relief and now they need him to compete. He’s never had much success in the AL East and he’s 36 with 1 year plus an option left on his contract. The cornerstone of a Carpenter deal would be money.
It depends on how the Cards view their outlook. If they think Miller and Matias (Martinez) can help them soon then he becomes expendable. Especially if they’re out of the race.
But if they’re not too far behind like 6 or 7 games out then I’d definitely be willing to give up Joba, Adams and Marshall. I’d start off slow but if it comes to it I’d do it.
No way I give up Marshall and Joba for half a year of Carpenter. Don’t forget the Yankees would be dealing out a lot of money for him too. In the AL East he posted a 4.88 ERA. I’m not saying he hasn’t become a better pitchers, but comparing the hitting in the two divisions (especially when you take the Cardinals’ Pujols, Rasmus, Holliday, etc. out of the mix) is a joke. If they wanted mid rotation guys like Warren or Phelps I would do it, and I think Adams is expendable too. $7.5m, Joba, Marshall, Adams for 3 or 4 months of Carpenter will not happen.
It’s been a long time and a lot of arm injuries since Carpenter was with the Blue Jays. I don’t think what he did with them from 1997-2002 is very indicative of what he can do now.
Not saying I’d give up Joba and Marshall for him, but I don’t think a ~4.80 ERA is his true talent level in the AL East.
That’s nothing.
I’m on another forum arguing with someone who thinks flipping Banuelos for Carpenter is good baseball.
When the Sox signed Crawford and the Yankees were still in on Cliff Lee, someone said the Yankees would need to sign Cliff Lee and trade Montero for Derek Lowe to compete with the Red Sox.
They guy I’m arguing with isn’t even a Yankee fan he’s a Mets fan.
He’s not dumb about baseball either. He just doesn’t think that Banuelos can succeed long-term because of his size.
Scott Kazmir?
yeah… because Dice K, Beckett & Lackey really scare the shit outta me…
pass
Yea I totally agree. He’s become a much better pitcher.
A lot are assuming the he’s gonna be a dominant pitcher like he was in 2009 and 2010 for the Cardinals. The AL East will be a harder division for him, something he struggled with when younger. I wouldn’t expect him to pitch any better than a 3.50 ERA for the Yankees, and thats not worth it for me.
If the Yankees were actually bidding on a guy with Carpenter’s peripherals, in a tougher division, at a younger age, I would give up the players above in a heart beat. Carpenter is much more like the Vazquez of 2009, and he may land one young good prospect plus salary relief.