Game Six: After the rain
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That kid is up to no good I tells ya. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
In a lot of ways, the Yankees lucked out with last night’s postponement. They can skip not only one Freddy Garcia start but two, and the core bullpen pieces get some much needed rest. The regular position players also get a day of rest without missing an actual game, which is always a good thing. The less Gustavo Molina, the better.
New York will wrap up its first home stand of the season this afternoon, then they’ll head up to Boston for a quick three-game weekend series before returning home for another six game homestand. It sucks that 14.8% of the home schedule will be played in the first 9.3% of the season, but that’s the card they drew. Hopefully they can squeeze out a W and win their second straight series under some overcast skies today and leave town on a high note.
Here’s the lineup that’ll face lefty Francisco Liriano…
Derek Jeter, SS
Nick Swisher, RF
Mark Teixeira, 1B
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Robbie Cano, 2B
Jorge Posada, DH
Andruw Jones, LF
Russell Martin, C
Brett Gardner, CF
A.J. Burnett, SP
It’s a 1:05pm ET start today, and the game can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
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Let’s hope Gardner gets going today, SSS, but he’s 3/10 with a triple off Liriano
Screw SSS, if Gardner spent an entire season facing Liriano, he would have 60+ triples. Book it.
THIS GAME IS A MUST WIN…
lol, Red Sox fan site is that way —–>
This will end badly.
Dong, where is my automobile?
ITS IN MY YARD…
NO snox, GO YANKS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFLggqjddKM (Safe for work, not safe for life)
Sad part is some record exec actually said “Hey this is really good lets subject to world to this.”
you give them too much credit. They knew they could sell this crap and make a ton of money, They were right.
No coincidence that Lou Pearlman, Lou Pearlman, who founded commercially successful acts such as the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync was later convicted of running a 300 mil ponzi scheme.
This song and these bands were artistic crimes, cultural frauds.
Love to see a clean game today. Yanks hammer Liriano early and tack on throughout the game. Bartolo and Ayala finish it out. No drama.
The stadium is really REALLY empty today.
As has pretty much every stadium so far this season.
Note: Cleveland, Wrigley
It’s the cold weather home slice.
Fenway hasn’t drawn a single fan yet.
But it’s not col in nyc.
I really want to go in to Boston over 500.
Am I being ridiculous or is the game not broadcasted on 880AM? I’m trying to get audio online (and I’m all empty-pocketed so I can’t afford the MLB membership for game day audio).
One plus side of empty stadium: you can hear roll call clearly, lol
Another record low attendance today?
Why’d the Twins skip Pavano?
A.) Because he got rocked last start
B.) Because Liriano is always a much, much, much better option
If they weren’t playing the Yankees, though, I don’t think they would have flip-flopped. Agreed?
Perhaps. The handedness was probably a big factor, too; suppress that lefty power to the short porch.
Matt Holliday and now Adam Dunn felled by appendectomies already this year. Odd.
Lastings Milledge DFA’ed by White Sox. Gotta think he’s had his last chance, right?
Can you say hello to your newest Long Island Duck Lasting Milledge?
Off to the Atlantic League he goes. The guy is toast.
He’d look badass in a Newark Bears uniform.
Ah, I was going to use that one as an example too until I realized that they no longer play in the Atlantic League.
Hello Good AJ
Wow, Martin really stole a strike there.
Wow did Martin steal that one.
Curve looks good today, I like April AJ
I dont know if Mauer tipped that.
That ball was tipped by Mauer, wasn’t it?
Nice.
I DON’T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW!
Jeter?
finally a decent hit by Jeter
There you go, Jeets. Prove us all wrong. Silence our doubts. Defy the odds.
is that deadmau5 i hear in the stadium?
yea its Swisher’s first and third AB music I think
Swish got away with that, but Liriano did completely miss his spot
hahahaha Swisher screamed right in the mic
a little angry at that pop up eh
SON OF A BEE-STING!
Kay: “Swisher angry with himself…”
/understatement, haha.
Swish was just a little frustrated there
Always fun to hear the player’s foul language get picked up by the microphones.
‘Fuck, man, FUCK!’
And from Mark on the HBP: “Ah…SHIT”
Who said that, Swisher or Teix? Or both?
Swisher, when he popped up. I would have much worse language in that situation.
Swisher said “Fuck man FUCK” after popping up and you could clearly hear it. Tex got hit and you can see him mouth “Ah Shit” but you couldn’t hear it. I guess they lowered the mic
stop fucking hit Teix, fuck
Teix is like a HBP magnet…
Phew, it didn’t hit Tex right on the kneecap. I was scared for a second there.
thank god it wasnt his knee
time for arod to make him pay
come on Alex, get them back for plunking Tex.
Gameday has Alex batting left handed.
Hott
I can’t even be mad, those pitches were filthy.
damn
AJs not even close to the strike zone
Need a DP here.
Aaaaaand away we go.
AJ missing his spots…this aint good
Exhale. Okay, AJ, you’ve got an out, now keep it going.
“You can go all the way over there?” – Jorge Posada
Jeez, don’t kill yourself, Russell!!!
(fistpumps)
AJ bouncing back.
Now just don’t avoid going all Soriano and walk Valencia
should read “now just avoid….”
Nice.
He’s a fighta!!!
lukewarm AJ
(tips cap to AJ)
Nice pitching.
phew! good job getting out of it, AJ!
nice comeback by AJ
Really? That was a strike?
That’s a strike on Posada, but similar pitches from AJ are balls?
Andruw Jones sporting some slick glasses
Covered a lot of ground there, Denard.
$%#*ing MLB Mobile isn’t working! GAH Why am I shocked at this?
Bah, something odd with caching their mobile page, once you logout during a session and go back, you’re logged in and it works without entering any information. Game on…
What the hell is that thing in Casilla’s chin?
Jeter to his left – old.
LEster has nine Ks through six. Jesus Christ, he’s good at baseball. Also the game on Saturday is at noon, so that means it’s not on Fux right?
It’s scheduled to be on Fox.
I thought it was 1 PM. Did they change? Noon is unusual for Saturday Fox.
schedule says 1:10 on Fox
I thought the Fux games were at three?
Both changeups have been FILTHY
This umpire is starting to get on my nerves.
Jeez, now he calls that a strike? I’d be mad if I was Mauer.
AJ got Mauer lookin
Is it just me or is AJ the most stressful pitcher to watch on the team?
Hughes, I can’t deal with all the 10 pitch at bats because of all the foul balls
Hughes gets to me. I love him and want him to succeed so bad. Plus all the foul balls are frustrating.
Yeah, Hughes is probably the guy…simply because I want him to be so good. Even he’s doing well, I’m still nervous. When he sucks I go to make excuses, but when AJ sucks it’s easier to just get mad at him.
Got the call when he needed it. Great pitch. Nice changeup today as well.
Way to be, Allan James.
Tell you what, I think Russell Martin just got that strikeout for AJ.
So nice to have a catcher frame pitches and get the strike.
Especially nice because Martin sucks way less at the plate than Cervo did.
0-9 red sox by weekends end?
Hope so.
The homer-happy Yankees lineup vs. the homerprone Red Sox pitching staff. It’s like the irresistible force meets the utterly and totally movable object.
dark knight quote nice
Um… you do realize that the irresistible force/immovable object phrase predates The Dark Knight by, oh, say, a few thousand years, correct?
Please tell me yes.
As much as I’m enjoying their slow start, I recognize they’re a good team, and good teams playing and hitting poorly have a tendency to explode offensively all at once. Hoping that doesn happen until after Sunday.
Well we get to miss Lester. So … maybe
Make shit happen Gardy!
Moar changeup, please.
It’s nice that they’re going to do a Yankeeography of Joe Girardi, but are we ever going to get one for guys like Bill Dickey, Red Ruffing or Lefty Gomez? I mean, they’re all HOF’ers, you’d think they’d have enough material for them.
Amen, brother.
#retire11and15now
Meh, while they are all great players, I don’t think even the die-hard Yankee fans even knows who Bill Dickey is.
Is that sarcasm..?
I think it’s more a comment on the lack of historical knowledge possessed by this younger generation of Yankee fans which we are a part of.
The reason is that Dickey was overshadowed by Ruth, Gehrig, and DiMaggio despite being one of the most consistent players of his generation. The guy was a great player and a Hall of Famer, but is a victim of playing on Yankee teams with three of players who are more well-known to the casual fan.
Walking double.
He’s got one hell of an eye.
GRITTTT
Gardner better steal a damn bag now!
best walk ever
Awesome AB Gardner.
I’m praying for a 15 inning affair in the Sox/Cleveland game with a soul crushing walk off home run by Shelley Duncan
I’ll buy into that.
Random thought that just hit me. Gardner goes at the trade deadline in a package for a good #2-3 starter and Dickerson and Jones platoon in left for the rest of the year. He seems like he’s a good trade chip.
Don’t mind me. Just thinking out loud.
Don’t see that happening.
I think the Yankees want to keep Gardner. They’re going to need someone to bat leadoff in the coming years. Plus the minor league system is so deep they could pull a deal for a #2 starter without messing with the major league roster.
That, and I doubt the team is at all keen on the idea of being forced to play one of Jones or Dickerson every day. They’re great as 4th/5th outfielders, but not as a platooned starter.
No chance.
/wheelz
Mauer’s worst throw ever.
that guys is quick (just in case no one noticed)
jeter just looks old
Thank God for that steal.
Classic Gardner walk / SB sequence. Love it.
That’s a strike? WTF? It was a shitty pitch that should have been hit, but still.
an RBI for Swish, an RGI for Gardner (run gritted in)
because he’s white, right?
I don’t care what color he is, the guy gets lousy jumps on balls hit to the wall in CF.
When Granderson doesn’t play out there, we take a hit. Awful play off the wall, too. Amazing this guy has a rep as being an elite defender. Not in CF.
How many HRs has the wind stolen from the Yanks this year?
Fun game with a chance to win $5.6 million. For some reason, I decided to start my streak with today’s Yankee game, believing Cano will get a hit off of Liriano. Probably “easier” match-ups around MLB to try and start a streak.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fantasy....._index.jsp
“Only the New York Daily News gives you the exciting writing of Mike Lupica…”
I don’t know if “exciting” is the adjective I would use there.
Jarrod Saltalamachhia is so bad that if for some reason he got 10 PAs in one day and managed to get one hit, his BA for the day would be higher than his current batting average.
it’s still amazes me they didn’t outbid Cashman for Martin
For all we know, they might have made a similar offer, or could have even bid a little higher, but Martin was concerned about playing time since they seemed committed to give Saltawhatevermajig and Varitek playing time, too.
Don’t you think Martin would like his chances of beating out Saltalamacchia and Varitek more than his chances of fending off Jesus Montero, though? There’s a much greater chance that he does well here and we still don’t give him a long-term job.
That Red Sox C position was (and is) ripe for the permanent taking.
Don’t you think Martin would like his chances of beating out Saltalamacchia and
VaritekThe Reanimated Corpse of Captain America more than his chances of fending off Jesus Montero, though?It makes no sense that Martin wouldn’t go to Boston. (insert Boston is racist joke)
So what you’re saying is: he’s batting less than .100?
You mean AB’s, right?
/Pedantic’d
bahhh yeah ABs whatever.
damn, got lucky on that one, that was 2 feet shy of a HR
The unraveling begins.
Burnett hasnt been that bad
it’s approaching…
and its been denied.
Good AJ is fighting bad AJ and Good AJ is winning
(someone get this man some tiger blood!)
One thing that frustrates me more than most in baseball: when you get the lead and the pitcher gives it right back in the next inning.
Thats on Tex
Wtf just happened there…you have to knock that down Tex
for all the plays that tex makes that he has no reason making you can give him a bad one every now and then
Damn Tex.
Oof.
Thats two outs Mike
Michael Kay pulling a John Sterling
Just keep it together, AJ.
Down 2-1, no big deal.
Get in the game Kay.
“What? … I cut the sleeves off because it looks awesome–GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME!!!”
Michael Kay has bitch-tits
Ok no deal. AJ can get us through 6.
Lirano is throwing some nasty change ups to A-rod
Big inning please
I’m grateful for the hit…but doesn’t it seem like Robbie is swinging at EVERYTHING?
Stupid trivia answer lies again.
Strikeout is inevitable for Jorge now…
A true guess hitter.
lol Bard comes on and walks the 9 hole hitter to start the 8th, who then promptly steals second
Wow, that pitch was nasty.
Indians pull a suicide squeeze off now lead 1-0
Did Michael Kay just say teams don’t like to make lopsided trades in their favor…because the other GM won’t trade with them anymore…holy shit. Maybe I won’t buy Extra Innings….
Are you serious?! o.0
Also, Yay Andruw!
That’s not exactly what he said. There was a whole lot of nuance you’re leaving out.
Teams want to win the trade, but sometimes it’s helpful to only win slightly rather than win embarrassingly, because it discourages the other team from trading with you again.
Like, for example, the Santana trade with the Mets. The fact that none of the guys the Twins got back amounted to shit makes it harder for the Twins to sell a Mets deal to their fans, because of a potential PR nightmare.
Right, like Boston likely won’t send another prospect to Florida any time soon because of how badly they got ripped off.
Boston and New York are probably exceptions to that rule.
so stealing Santana for nothing is bad because it’s possible years later the Twins might not make a deal with you? That’s ridiculous. So the Indians shouldn’t have taken Lee/Phillips/Sizemore because maybe in a few years the Nationals won’t want to trade with them? That’s insane logic. Take the best offer you can get and worry about something possibly happening later. Plus with all the turnaround at the GM position it’s very possible the GM would be gone by the time the trade is decided. Especially if he’s giving away lopsided deals.
I’m not saying I agree with his hypothesis, just objecting to your inaccurate strawman characterization of what Kay actually said.
C’mon man get real. You’re just doing what you always do. Patrolling comments and starting unnecessary arguments. You are hands down the worst when it comes to this.
How is anything I said not accurate? Him saying teams don’t try and dominate trades, for ANY reason is completely stupid. Sorry I did quote his exact phrase. I just used the part that was relevant. Adding in any info doesn’t make the statement any more ridiculous.
But seriously, what is your problem that you have to do this? it’s beyond unnecessary and annoying. This is what I’m talking about Mike. It happens way too often with the regular crew. If you want this to be a website for just your friends, that’s fine. But if you want to incorporate new fans to be involved in the conversation something has to change. I know tons of people agree with me.
Him saying teams don’t try and dominate trades, for ANY reason is completely stupid.
It is, which is why it’s not what he said.
he said some teams don’t like to necessarily destroy the other team in a trade. they just like to win the trade. Saying teams should or do take less in trades for any reason is stupid. You are completely nitpicking just to be argumentative. You must have loved debate in high school.
Saying teams should or do take less in trades for any reason is stupid.
He didn’t say that.
(goes back with DVR)
Kay called the trade “outstanding” and “a really great trade”. He then said, “A lot of GM’s don’t like to make lopsided trades, because you’ll never get that team to trade with you again.”
Look, I’m on record as saying that Kay is a regular dunce, but you’re changing what he said to make it sound even dumber than it was. Kay’s actual statement can be logically assailed, but you’re arguing against a strawman position of his argument.
That’s all.
Dude…seriously? what is your problem? What else would he mean by not liking to make lopsided trades? If you don’t like to make lopsided trades the only way to avoid it would be to take less. And even if you don’t think they mean the same thing, saying teams don’t like dominating trades is also ridiculous. Getting a giant return or stealing a star player for nothing is so much more important than the other GM MAYBE not wanting to deal with you as much later. He said something completely stupid. I pointed it out and you just started an argument because you like to argue.
All i like to do is come to RAB to talk to like-minded people during the games, but it’s impossible to enjoy the chat when people just troll for arguments that are 100% unnecessary. Mike, I’ve eliminated the name calling because that too was completely unnecessary. I know the inner circle doesn’t understand how annoying it is but there must be countless others on here who just don’t even comment because of bull like this. I see it happen tons of times every day.
For the record, I didn’t start an argument, you did. I told you what you said was inaccurate. It was. That’s not starting an argument, that’s correcting the historical record.
It’s great that you like to come to RAB to talk to like-minded people. So do I. Many of those like-minded people I like to talk to also prefer to talk about things based on the actual historical record of what people actually said.
If you’d like to have a conversation about what Michael Kay actually said and whether or not we agree with it, I’m more than willing to.
the crazy thing is I know you truly believe that. No way were you extremely nitpicking at what you think is a difference. when you responded were you not arguing that you thought he said something different? how is that not an argument? You agree what he said was stupid but because you interpreted what he said differently than I did, you still started the argument. Let me get this straight. I make a statement, and you argue he meant something else. Then I argue he meant what I said in the first place but I started the argument…You’re ridiculous. You are obviously addicted to arguing if you’ll start this over the tiniest of differences in perception. I won’t be responding to this anymore as you obviously view yourself as completely infallible. Get your arguing jones somewhere else.
Let me get this straight. I make a statement, and you argue he meant something else.
No.
I’m not arguing he meant something else.
I’m telling you he SAID something else, and you’re mischaracterizing HIS argument.
Because you are. In fact, you’ve not only argued against strawman positions of what Kay said, you’ve argued in this very exchange against strawman positions of what I said.
““A lot of GM’s don’t like to make lopsided trades, because you’ll never get that team to trade with you again.””
Maybe I’m wrong, but I think that this is exactly what Jonathan said…
That this is stupid and that no decent GM thinks this way. Perhaps it is a drawback of lopsided trades, but there are 28 other teams besides that one to deal with, and if it’s a lopsided deal it’s worth it. Since so many trades in MLB are essentially salary dump for prospects… most teams know they are entering into a potentially lopsided deal.
Basically, it is so marginal a consideration that it probably doesn’t even enter a GMs mind when making a trade. If the other GM thought at the time it was unfair or not the best offer out there, they don’t make the trade in the first place. You just take care of your side and let them take care of their side…
Hah, Adam Everett just did in the Sox. Hilarious.
Sacrificed home from third.
That’s just a kick to the nuts.
I also love the fact that the only XBH of the day came from… Shelley Duncan.
Not gritty enough to steal home like the Sawx do. Unimpressed.
I’m diggin Andruw
Sweet!
Andruw’s mad at Joe for saying he’d take an 0-fer on the podcast today.
Andruw!
YEEEEAAAA BUDDY Andruw Jones!
I really don’t understand this because he sucked in Spring Training…
sarcasm of course
Did Sterling just say “Mary Andrew?”
I don’t get it..
Yeayuh Andruw! I love him.
Let’s go Russell don’t expand just put something in play. Preferably a fly ball.
Russell the Muscle
bingo
I’m starting to like this Russell Martin fellow.
Russell Martin: instant fan favorite.
one out from 0-6 for Sox
On the one hand, I’m probably gonna lose my fantasy matchup this week for lack of wins (3 leads coughed up by bullpens), and if I can’t get a win from a 7IP 3-hit SO from Lester…
On the other hand, HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA 0-6 swpet by the fucking INDIANS. So I don’t feel so bad
9th inning:
Adrian Gonzalez grounds out
Kevin Youkilis grounds out
David Ortiz………..walks
Finally some BABIP on our side.
Heh a Gardnerian hit.
0-6 for our Northern friends.
Ah crap, reply fail.
Yea BG! they’re finally dropping for him
That’s a bomb for Gardner
someone who was watching explain this:
J Drew reached on infield single to third, D McDonald out at third.
Out at second, not third, he aggressively rounded and slipped past second and than got thrown out on his dive back in.
Liner off Perez, trickled to 3B, McDonald turned too wide, slipped, got picked off heading back. It was hilarious.
“J Drew reaches on an infield single to third, D McDonald out at third.” to end the game
LULZ
0-6?
Yanks better not dick around. Protect this lead
The end of the Indians Red Sox game perfectly sums up the Red Sox season so far. Mcdonald pinch running. Drew hits one off the pitcher and it bounces to the third baseman. But McDonald went around second too aggresively and slipped and was tagged out trying to get back
Boston lost.
Whassup Boston?
Hey look, a starting pitcher suddenly came apart at the seams, and it wasn’t AJ. Nice.
I’d tell you not to jinx him but you don’t believe in jinxes.
I also don’t believe in voodoo… but I do believe in this.
(starts shooting)
Boston sucks. LOL
What a horrible way to make the final out.
It’s so weird that the Sox are 0-6 because I know they’re just as good if not better than the 1927 Yankees.
Their final record this year will be 156-6. Book it.
Maybe they’re lulling the league into a false sense of security.
Like how they secretly instructed all of their minor league prospects to have bad years last year to deflate the value of their farm system and make the league think they weren’t any good, which they actually are.
OMG. You’re absolutely kidding but I saw this EXACT argument on Sox blogs.
Swisher curses again!
hahaha yea its funny
Swisher is pissed again
Wow, Swisher has quite a mouth on him.
hahah Nick is dropping some massive F bombs today.
Swish is very angry today, don’t remember seeing that before.
0-6!
We sweep in Boston. They are 0-9. Clubhouse implodes. Pedroia breaks his leg in dugout fight-falls on Youkilis who breaks his toe. Ultimate grit.
They both refuse to go on the DL.
Has anyone else read the Gammons piece over at MLB.com about how Boston was hoping they could start the season exactly like this?
Meh, no need to read it, I’ve already read that Gammons article a jillion times in one form or another the past 25 years.
did he also say that they hope to be swept by the Yanks? XD
Gammons needs to take his pills.
Also, the lack of negative coverage their start is getting is astounding. I know there are the generic “Should Boston Be Worried?” articles but there would be nothing but straight vitriol coming from the media should this have happened to the Yankees – in any season nevermind one where they were such heavy favorites.
That’s because no one gives a crap about the Red Sox and their purchased team.
It’s 6 games… If the media condemned the Yankees after 6 games that would be a mistake, just like if they do it to the Sox it would also be a mistake. I think there’s plenty being written about it, but anything you write has to have the disclaimer that it’s 6 games attached. If you thought they were the best team in baseball coming into the season, a 6 game sample absolutely should not change your mind. Most journalists did think they were the best team around going into the season, so they are correct not to change their opinion.
I can’t help but to think that this is the calm before the storm. Gonzo is a great hitter and even if Youkilis’ body can’t hold up at third and it effects his bat I’d have to think that they’re still a great team, and a 95+ win team on paper. Buchholz is due for a regression but both Beckett and Lackey had better peripherals than you’d think last year. Maybe I’m just a paranoid pessimist but I still can see October glory in their future. Starting the year. The whole team is due for a regression, and going into their house when they’re due for a series is discomforting thought.
Shelly still thanking the Yankees. Always liked the guy, doesn’t hurt that we share the same last name…I hoped he’d have a career on the Yankees Bench…sort of a Marcus Thames last year type. Glad to see him sticking somewhere.
Shelley McNulty would be a great name.
…..phone hommeeeeeee
lol, Boston lost again XD
They thought they already won the WS in the offseason but obviously they just overrated themselves XD
wow Red Sox 0-6 thats too funny
Greatest thing is we don’t have to face the only legit ace Boston has. #winning.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Trevor Cahill for single-handedly saving my craptacular Fantasy pitching staff today.
God I love when AJ has the inside tail working.
TWSS
Who is “she?” Why does “she” keep saying that?
And why does TSJC know so much about “her”?
Ladies Love Cool Tommie
Well, there it is, then.
That’s what she asked.
Dead Sox are now 0-6 on the season! Smellsbury, PEDroia, Big Crappy, Just Disabled Drew, Crappelbon, Drek, Jon Mo Lester, Lacking, Lice K and the Pukester are gonna be killed by the chowderheads.
I think this comment qualifies as “self-parody”
Nope, I’m just posting what will surely be the typical overreaction by Red Sox fans. It’s still a solid team, but a lot of them will ask when football season begins or did the Yankees at least lose?
I think it’s actually Rice K in common parlance.
In the Russell Martin at bat, when Cano scored, what an excellent play.
And yet, Martin doesn’t get an increase in OPS, and Cano only gets a lousy RUN, that doesn’t really matter anyway, so really a no net gain. It’s as if the play didn’t happen. What a bad play.
/doesn’t actually understand what stats measure
Right because it’s so common that the majority of times that someone makes an out that a run is scored.
Please.
http://assets.sbnation.com/ass.....if.opt.gif
That’s SFW btw
Adam Everett, yo.
That’s some real Swisher-esque base running.
Someone needs to set that clip to the Benny Hill theme.
Solid inning, AJ.
Jeter in the OF where he belongs
And boom goes the dynamite…
But in all seriousness no. His bat makes him a tolerable SS. His bat in left will likely be worth negative WAR.
What if his defense is worth positive WAR there?
so he’d maybe get back to 0 or 1 WAR? Meanwhile, the team can’t deploy a real plus LFer?
He’d probably be above 1 WAR with a .320 wOBA and plus defense. Still, though, it’s a matter of the opportunity cost… Jeter also keeps them from deploying a real plus SS. They just don’t have one he’s blocking and do have Gardner in LF.
You think he could be above average is left? Granted it’s much less demanding than what he would regularly do but it might take a while getting accustomed to.
I think it’s a definite possibility. Jeter’s athletic skillset (fast but not quick, good overall footspeed range but poor lateral reaching movement, strong but not accurate arm) probably plays much better in the OF than the IF nowadays.
I think it takes a while to learn how to read the ball off the bat. And Jeter brings neither pop nor stolen bases, and his OBP is pretty AVG-dependent…
I just can’t see him being much more than a 1 win guy or so.
I think it would still be positive in LF, actually, though not as much as SS. Assuming he hasn’t regressed further than his 2010 level, he was about even with Brennan Boesch last season in terms of wOBA. Boesch was a negative defensively and still was 0.6 WAR. It’s fairly marginally above replacement, but above nonetheless.
Really comes down to who you have in LF and SS instead of him. With Gardner/Jones and Nunez/Pena being the options… I’d keep him at SS until his defensive gets even way worse than it is or the situation changes.
Really comes down to who you have in LF and SS instead of him. With Gardner/Jones and Nunez/Pena being the options… I’d keep him at SS until his defensive gets even way worse than it is or the situation changes.
That. I personally think Jeter’s total offense + defense would be just fine in LF, but I’d only switch him if we had a better option at SS, since his WAR capability total is more almost always more scarce at SS.
Yeah. If we assume it’s unlikely the Yankees bench Jeter (assuming both that they don’t want to and that he’s not going to be a total unmitigated disaster hitting) then they have to maximize their SS + LF production. Right now I’ll take Jeter + Gardner > Nunez + Jeter…
Andruw pulls a Swisher… except he makes the catch.
Robertson warming up again.
Does that mean it won’t be Joba/Soriano/Mo?
nah, it will be. DRob just needs his daily dry-hump. He didn’t throw at all yesterday!
It’ll be RoSoMo today.
Sigh. Nope.
What was the point of warming Robertson?
To pitch the 9th if we’re lucky.
Damn it 8th*
Wow, I can’t believe the Rays haven’t even led a game yet.
7 runs in 5 games, yo.
Bananas.
AJ didn’t even hit 100 pitches? Solid start…lets hope the bullpen holds it this time.
99
I’ll gladly take 6IP 2ER from him
Oh yeah…good start from him. I’m glad he was able to make it through six only throwing 99 against a team with three killer lefties. This will definitely fall under the “positive” category on my recap in the recap thread.
Let’s get Soriano there NOW.
You know, because he’s our 8th inning guy.
And it’s “close” to the 8th inning.
//self-destructive tendencied
I just gots to get in on this party.
Gameday at work: Sox lose, Yankees looking good. AJ K’in bitches and hittin 94.
Live Masters Feed: Tiga Tiga Woods yall.
JoSoMo… lets go!
Jeff Manship
what a name.
Jefferson Starship
Jeff Manship… what a name.
If only he’d have been a sailor.
Just a quick stat
(AVG/OBP/SLG)
Boston .190/.275/.301
Tampa Bay .136/.218/.260
The Rays are nearing the Mendoza line in OBP!! OUCH
they’re gonna need to add some more mounds out in the bullpen so Joe can have everyone warming up
Martin got hosed on that second strike.
I hope this isn’t another game where our offense flames out after we get a lead.
AJ on a pitch count?
Cold in April, not really worth sending him out there for one more batter in the 7th.
Rays down 3-0 in the 4th.
so Robertson was only warming up in case AJ went into self destruct mode in the 6th? ok
When can we start the rumor that Girardi hates David Robertson?
Girardi hates DRob! Rumored to be in a King Felx trade.
“When can we start the rumor that Girardi‘s binder hates David Robertson?”
Fixed.
D-Rob slept with his wife.
rumor: Dave Island ruined D-Rob, that’s why he was fired
Joba really needs to cut his hair.
Damn it Joe, did D-Rob insult your mother?
I don’t really mind him not using Robertson, but getting him up every single day is risky for his health :-/ At a certain point, it’s like…look, he’s up and ready, just use him! Joba’s not so much better than him that it makes sense to dry hump him 4 days in a row.
Yea. Joba and Robertson should be interchangeable.
I had to go into a meeting. how did AJ look after the 3rd?
Right-handed.
Can Robertson get an appearance before the game hasn’t been all but blown?
He’s not good enough to start the 7th, but he is good enough to try to hold the lead when the game is on the line. After warming up twice already.
It’s not as if he was good the other night. I don’t blame him for that bloop hit, but he was all over the place. Command is off.
Robertson has not been as good as Joba, Soriano, or Mo on their respective careers, so I don’t really see calling for him to pitch over them. His innings will come.
Then why are they getting him up every day? I’m not saying “zomg, he’s so good! pitch him!” I’m saying “take logically consistent actions”
It was one time when Soriano imploded and Robertson had to come in. I really don’t think Girardi intended to use Robertson after sitting him down in that game, the situation just arose. Once.
As far as getting guys up and not putting them in games… That happens to every single team in a whole lot of games. Just because someone warms up, it doesn’t mean they have to or are entitled to get into a game.
As far as I’m concerned, Girardi’s approach is fairly logical. He’s using the 3 guys he feels are his best relievers as often as he can. If those guys are available, why turn to someone else? If for whatever reason(s) Girardi begins to think Robertson is his 3rd best reliever, he might take the same approach.
Robertson also got rocked by lefties last season, and is not necessarily the guy to bring in against the Twins.
Seriously.
Plus for all we know his arm strength isn’t 100% or his feel isn’t quite there yet and having him prepare each night as if he was about to come into the game could be their way of helping him work through it. Who knows. Its certainly not as bad for him as anyone is making out, nor is he by any means ‘interchangable with Joba’.
Has Incarcerated Bob been right on a breaking rumor ever?
Please no bullpen implosion today.
Is that another late inning collapse I hear?
you know Jon and Suzy, I’m sorry that teams started reporting player injuries more accurately and that the words “oblique” and “intercostal” weren’t used back in the 60′s when you started your careers, but please stfu about it. The rest of us are fine with understanding.
Maybe they think those muscles didn’t exist back then.
To be completely fair:
a.) Its not just a matter more accurate injury reporting as its also more accurate diagnosis and understanding by doctors as well.
b.) I actually think its quite likely that rapid advances in conditioning, training etc have lead to certain injuries being a lot more common than in the past. Particularly strains on muscles which in the past may have been overlooked during normal baseball training.
Joba-lushi.
It gets more brilliant every time you see it.
I was picturing the Little Chocolate Donuts commercial watching Joba run to first.
Joba: deceptively fast.
Shoulda been Robertson.
Joba seems to be gaining weight by the week.
Mike Harkey can probably hear him getting fatter when he’s sitting in the bullpen.
*Facebook Like*
By the second, even. He’s determined to actually become Jabba the Hut.
2 more Yankee runs would be nice. Thank you.
So Soriano in the 8th? That’ll be fun.
he’ll bounce back
Oh, I’m sure he will. It just sets up for an interesting 8th either way. If he pitches well, all well and fine, but if he has a second straight bad game, well, this is NY, and you know what will happen…
thank God we went to our seventh inning man
How the hell is this Joba’s fault?
Well, all the balls he threw in the dirt didn’t help.
Yeah, but every time a pitcher gives up a run that doesn’t mean it was the wrong decision… If Robertson had come in and given up a run people would be on Girardi for not going with Joba.
Calm down buddy, just a bad joke. More of a jab at Joe than Joba.
don’t worry, i got it.
Jeter is right at the Mendoza line
Jeter swung at ball 4 but legged out a hit.
It seems like the hardest balls Jeter’s hit this year have been outs, and the weakest ones have gone for hits.
YCPB!
Just a subjective observation, but Jeter seems to be having better at bats this season… seeing more pitches than last season. Somewhat encouraging if that’s even true.
He may be looking at more pitches. I think you’re right about that.
Of course, that gets away from his natural aggressiveness. Hopefully he’ll adapt well.
At least there won’t be as many of those one-pitch outs that killed us last year.
I wasn’t all that correct… it’s a fairly marginal difference so far this season. Back to in-line with his 2009 number in this tiny sample, though, so maybe there’s something there… probably not though.
Jeter scorched that one.
Holy crap, Edwin Jackson has struck out 11 Rays, and it’s only the 6th inning?
#manthatTampaoffensesucks
Wait.. so you are telling me that Damon and Manny don’t make up for the loss of Pena and Crawford? GET OUTTA HERE! That’s what the talking heads told me all offseason!
they make up for him in terms of # of strikeouts
Also, when Sam Fuld is your leadoff hitter that’s sad…
Well, Sam Fuld is 1-2 with a walk. The rest if the team is 0-17 with 11 k’s
Both the Rays and Yankees patched holes this winter by signing over-the-hill guys who were in their peak from 2002-2006.
Looks like only we picked the right ones.
Let’s wait to gloat until Garcia/Colon have a couple appearances under their belt.
Johnny Damon is hitting a solid .059.
What kind of name is Manship anyway. And nice, the Yankees are playing DeadMau5 at the stadium
I hope his 3,000th isn’t a weak-ass leg hit. He deserves better.
I know, I know It would be “apropos” because he’s a hustler.
I’d just like a nice double or triple for the Cap.
Or at least a sharp line drive to RF, a la his modus operandi.
I hope his 3,000th hit is a weak infield single to break up a perfect game in the bottom of the 9th, and there’s controversy over whether or not he beat the ball to the bag.
Can he dive headfirst too?
What is he, Melky Cabrera?
Did the Red Sox lose again?
Did the sun come up this morning?
This is so awesome while it lasts. C’mon 0-162!
#thedreamneverdies.
Is having a snowball fight with pitching great Randy Johnson a bad idea?
+1
I actually wanted to get their first goddamn win out of the way because if they win tomorrow, it’s going to be all about how they rallied together to defeat the Evil Yankees.
Good thing they won’t win tomorrow.
0-9, baby.
Chamberlain v. Mijares
Jelly-Belly Grudge Match
lol Swisher just destroyed Nishi
Will you be lol’ing when the Twins go after Jeter or Cano hard next time for revenge?
I love it when Sterling and Waldman run out of stuff to talk about.
Not that John Wayne isn’t interesting.
The Yankees offense has been some powerhouse these last few games. Yep, gotta complain about something.
Now that’s a hard slide.
Wow. His left spike nearly stuck.
I think it did slightly. His knee took a lot of that slide. Didn’t look good. Hopefully it’s a sprain and nothing torn.
nice take down by Swisher
Welcome to America, bitch.
He’s a SS by trade.
Payback for Pearl Harbor
WAS IT OVER WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR?!?!
relaxxxxx
i’m acting out. i’ll stop
No, I liked that one. I knew you were goofing.
Animal House reference fail.
Pretty sure the nuclear bombs were payback for Pearl Harbor.
Fine. Payback for the killing the hot Vietnamese chick in Rambo II
You should have stayed done.
which was just on last night… very excited to have a fallback plan from the game.
who’s injured?
chookiyama
Meh, the first one was funnier… that one might have crossed the line.
ok, i’m done
Nishioka, twins 2B
Swisher on running to 2B, slid to break up the throw to 1B and basically tripped Nishioka. Nishioka taken out the game limping
Classless Yanks will be the the headline.
Oh cool, its xenophobia time here.
Last night was homophobia so I guess we’re doing a phobia a day…
I hope lupaslipaphobia is next.
Xena’s on?
Is John Flarety always this….snarky/douchey/jealous? I don’t usually get YES.
Flaherty*
That’s Flash for you.
You can tell he’s jealous of everyone still playing and pretty much everyone that was/is better than him…aka 99% of baseball. He’s extremely petty and I’m trying to figure out what he brings to the broadcast. Is it always these two or do you guys have a rotation?
There’s something of a rotation. Ken Singleton is usually there instead of Flaherty. He’s a lot more even-tempered.
ah i think i saw him do a game on the MLB network last year. He was pretty good if I recall.
Also, this is nitpicking but the way he says Mariano is nails on a chalkboard to me. MARE ee ahno.
Why did A-Rod swing at that?
If Soriano can go 1-2-3 here I’ll forgive him for 2 days ago.
If not, let’s go stab him. You with me?
Better sharpen the knives…
At least he is throwing strikes this time!
i am
i have a shiv fashioned from paperclips and post-it notes in my desk
Okay, I’m with you, but you take the lead. He looks kinda big and mean, but don’t worry, I’ll be right behind you.
If by stab him you mean trip him on his way to the dugout, yes.
Okay, never mind. He only gave up one hit. Just give him a paper cut (on his left hand) and call it a day.
Not forgiven.
NEVAR FORGET
Thats the sound of me clapping excitedly for Soriano.
Mauer-Morneau-Thome
I guess MFIKY will have to earn his money today
This is where Feliciano would be really nice.
Twins line-up is definitely tough on RHPs. Span and then 3-5 can all put it out with one swing.
I mean, I guess that’s how all line-ups are meant to be at the 1 and 3-5 spots… just all the lefties in the Twins case.
That was a poor jump by Cano. Looks like he thought MFIKY was gonna grab it
Really, Soriano wanted to throw that pitch right down the middle to Thome?
Is it really a closer mentality or getting away with a mistake?
Getting away with three mistakes
Cuddyer’s going yard
Redemption
Good Rafi today.
Whew Soriano holds the lead
Nice, Raf. Heart of the order.
Job well done.
A step on the road to redemption.
These fly balls are going to be great for the next 3 years.
Just wait until the weather warms up.
insurance runs por favor
He makes me so uneasy when he pitches. Everything is hit high and deep.
Soriano begged and pleaded for Thome and Morneau to hit those meatballs into the upper deck. Thank god they turned him down.
Rays are continuing their staggering offensive output.
12 K, 3 baserunners.
Tampa is the Butler of the MLB. Poor, “scrappy,” “play the game the right way,” absolutely no offense.
back to the Devil Ray days
But the question that really matters is, will he address the media afterwards?
I think he should do his post game interviews dressed as The Gimp. That should get rid of the reporters quickly.
This is possibly the best idea ever.
If a gimp suit isn’t available, maybe he can assume costumed alternate personalities at his pressers, like Clinton Portis.
http://images.google.com/image.....on+portis+
Wow I had no idea Clinton Portis did that. He was waaaay ahead of me on this one.
He has names for them and everything.
Southeast Jerome
Dr. I Don’t Know
Sheriff Gonna Getcha
Dollah Bill
Reverend Gonna Change
Kid Bro Sweets
Inspector 2-2 (possibly Inspector Tu-tu)
Mr. Angel Southeast Romie Rome
On the other hand, who knows what sort of kinky stuff Joel Sherman is into.
What kind of name is Dusty? How do you get the name Dusty?
Dustin –> Dusty?
I was hoping his name was “Dustus” or “Dustagnion” or something like that.
attendance is 41,512, but looks like 31,000 physically in the seats
…
I vote for him to get his mother on speaker phone and for her to answer any and all questions. Including the 3-day forecast.
God damnit why is Kubel ALWAYS up in the 9th?
Mo should bean Kubel the next three times he faces him. That’ll teach him.
awful day for Posada
It’s funny. At this time of year, players can go from having a great start to a lousy start, or a lousy start to a great start, based on one or two games.
2011: The year of the insurance run.
Wait, what?
Dust-K
So, apparently, getting into the Twins’ bullpen isn’t the way to beat them.
Dusty-K is like Angel Dust and Special K mixed together, right?
That sounds absolutely delicious.
Jake Hoyt: What’s “wet”?
Alonzo Harris: Butt-naked. Ill. Sherms. Dust. PCP. Primos. P-Dog. That’s what you had. That’s what you were smoking, you couldn’t taste it?
Jake Hoyt: No, I’ve never done it.
Alonzo Harris: You have now. I haven’t, but you have.
THIS SHIT’S CHESS, IT AIN’T CHECKERS!
So Mo, Jobber, and MFIKY Are gonna be available for 2 out of 3 in Boston?
who neds those scrubs? we got this guy to mop it up…
http://cm.evri-img.com/getty/X.....A/xxls.jpg
Colon does belong at the end, you know.
Actually sometimes he comes between, you know?
I missed the meme on MFIKY.
Supposedly Soriano’s nickname is Mother Fucker I Kill You.
Kubel? We ain’t got to worry about no stinkin Kubel!
fuck too close for comfort
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Psych!
lol
Shanked em!
What crap is Kay talking about?
Ball game over Yankees win
Whew, I can breath again.
breathe
nice Teix
Start spreading the news!
ball game bitches, Yankees win!!
seriously?
0-6?????
Peter Gammons must be ready to shoot himself!
and the Rays are heading there too.
Great question, Kim.
Kim: Andruw, How did you get to that ball?
Andruw: I ran there.
Old Lady: Nervous?
Ted Striker: Yeah.
Old Lady: First time?
Ted Striker: No, I’ve been nervous lots of times.
AJ Burnett is tied for the lead in Wins.
Jeter led the team today with 2 hits (actually 1.2).
AJ Burnett: League leader in wins
Mo down to 39 (s/b 38) i believe…just could happen this year.
The kid knows how to close.
Edwin Jackson has 13 Ks and 1 BB thru 8 innings against the Rays at home. He’ll be a free agent, entering his age 28 season, for 2012. He’s represented by Boras, meaning there’s no way he forgoes FA this winter.
Anyone else see this happening? For better or worse?
Let’s see how this season goes first.
I doubt it, but it’s possible. I have to think we either add another starter via trade this year, or one of the kids steps forward and grabs a rotation slot. I bet Jackson ends up not being in our plans because we have other internal options.
Yeah you’re probably right. If he’s truly “for real” and puts up a big year, I’m sure someone else will throw a ton of money at him (i.e. the Cubs, Angels, etc.) and I don’t think the Yanks would want to take a chance like that on a guy who’s been inconsistent throughout his career.
Pretty much. Basically, all of the worst case scenarios for us would have to happen, and Jackson would have to be dominant all year long.
Jackson could potentially be the starter the Yankees trade for too, though, if the Sox don’t plan to re-sign him.
That’s true, but the Sox probably wouldn’t fall out of contention in the AL Central enough for Kenny Williams to sell off pieces.
It’s possible, though; he’s been a seller and a buyer simultaneously on a few occasions before.
With Danks, Floyd, Buerhle, Jackson, and Peavy returning they might look to sell high on Jackson if they don’t think he’ll sustain it or at least aren’t confident enough to re-sign him to a big deal. Could get a veteran stop-gap or MLB ready prospect in return too… As good as Jackson’s been for Chicago, I doubt Arizona regrets moving him for Daniel Hudson.
I have him on my fantasy baseball team, along with King Felix and Lester. He’s mecurial, though, as a pitcher. Can be great for a number of starts, and then really bad. Hmmm, kind of AJ like at times.
*mercurial*
I snagged him as a FA, he really did take off upon his arrival in Chicago last year though. He’s using a cut fastball much more and generally seems to have better control, but switching teams again would make me worry a bit.
Could see it. Jackson would have to really dominate and be an upgrade the Yankees are willing to pay for and/or the in-house options will have to stink…
White Sox could also be looking to trade a starter when Peavy’s back, and if they don’t want to pay Jackson he could be the one to go… so might not have to wait till FA.
Who is pitching for the Yankees during the Sox series?
thinking Hughes, Nova & CC
Hughes, Nova, CC
vs Lackey, Buchholz, Beckett
Hughes, Nova, and CC (sorry had to do it)
Oh and a reply fail to boot! Serves me right…
It’s annoying that despite Boston being 0-6 we are only 2 games up on them.
Should be 5-1.
But for THE EIGTH!
um… it’s 4 games
They’re four games up.
I was assuming Selig had just changed two of the Sox losses to wins, by commissioner’s fiat.
Thank God for public education. Now I don’t feel so bad.
I hope Baltimore loses today. That way you can say If you ain’t first, you last; and be accurate.
Yankees better catch up to those Orioles in the standings.
Fire Girardi!
Check the back pages of the Boston Herald
http://www.bostonherald.com/ga.....0&p=0
Yay Yanks, lolsox.
For people who were at the game today, does anyone know the name of the song Russell Martin walked up to during his 1st plate appearance?
It sounded like a mix of reggaeton and house.