Game 104: Bartday

July 30, 2011 by Mike Axisa 237 Comments

ColonCatch — Original via AP, Photoshop via Mister Delaware.

Hopefully Bartolo Colon‘s got a perfect game in that arm today, because this lineup … sheesh.

Brett Gardner, CF
Eduardo Nunez, SS
Mark Teixeira, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Nick Swisher, RF
Eric Chavez, 3B
Jorge Posada, 1B
Chris Dickerson, LF – why sit Granderson vs. Tillman (RHP) in the day game but start him vs. Britton (LHP) in the night game?
Frankie Cervelli, C

Bartolo Colon, SP

The first game of today’s doubleheader starts at 1:05pm ET and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.

The Experience Update: Via Marc Carig, Sergio Mitre has a nerve issue in his pitching shoulder. There’s no structural damage, but he’ll need to undergo more tests. I’m no doctor, but “nerve issue” just sounds scary. Hopefully everything goes well.

Pat D

That must be why Mitre was so terrible.

Also, what burger is that? Is that a BK Double Stacker? Couldn’t find a picture of the Quad Stacker? Seems funnier.
Jack Merridew

Let’s play two and win two. Subpar lineup so that means at least 8 RS.
- Hardy
  
  Good call.
- Oscar Gamble’s Fro
  
  Yup, good call.
Cy Pettitte

my reaction to that line up

http://i.imgur.com/6dH4c.gif (sfw)
Jose the Satirist

Has anyone else been a bit bored by this trade deadline? It doesn’t feel like it has the excitement it normally does. I mean that for all teams, not just the Yankees.
- http://twitter.com/SteveH_MandAura Steve H
  
  Personally I haven’t been bored (not that much has happened), but I think the trade deadline has been muted out by my interest in NFL free agency. There’s always a lot of talk, but many of the deals that are made/will be made often go right down to the wire on the 31st.
landale

Dickerson is playing because he is the mostly likely candidate to be sent down to make room for Nova after this game is over.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Does anyone else think Chavez should bat 2nd?
http://twitter.com/SteveH_MandAura Steve H

That picture is cold blooded (but well done).
A-ROD fan

Ahhhh giraldi rulesss…
wow

How has Britton done lately? Is he still dominating?
- Mike Myers
  
  was in the minors after getting torn up twice. He was mostlty sent down to delay free agency.
  - Mike Myers
    
    *mostly
Mike Myers

ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian was told by a source that “someone who should know told me that the Yankees are all over Ubaldo Jimenez.”
It’s the opposite of what we’ve heard from others recently, as both SI.com’s Jon Heyman and FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal reported in so many words that the Yankees weren’t among the favorites. We certainly shouldn’t be surprised, though, if it’s the Bronx Bombers that make what could be the biggest trade of the weekend.
Cy Pettitte

gonna be a big day for Bart if the zone is that big
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Oh boy, this strike zone is going to make for an interesting day.
Mike HC

Best centerfielder in baseball!
Charles

Wow really the B team out there, Dickerson/Cervelli/Nuny in the lineup, runs are gonna be hard to get today…
- Ted Nelson
  
  Tillman is not hard to score on…
  - Ted Nelson
    
    And Nunez isn’t any worse offensively than Jeter at this point in their careers, nor is Cervelli that Martin recently.
Mike HC

I have to say, I’m usually not one for gimmicks or catch phrases, but whenever I hear Colon is pitching, I can’t help but excitedly think, “Bartday!”
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Never let Nunie try to catch a ball.
Cy Pettitte

bullshit
Charles

Wow Jones totally swung on the HBP…
Cy Pettitte

fucking Nunez.
Erica

Goddamnit Nunez.
Charles

Yay Nunez….
Jack Merridew

Include Nunez in that Ubaldo deal.
- The Big City of Dreams
  
  They wouldn’t move him for Lee you think they move him for UJ.
  
  #heisuntouchable
The Big City of Dreams

Nunez c’mon man
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Fucking Nunez
MikeD

E-Nunez.
- Cy Pettitte
  
  NuniEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
  - MikeD
    
    Even better!
FIPster Doofus

Fist pump.
teddy

lets be honest, yanks don’t care about winning with nunez in the lineup. get rid of him, he sucks
- Esteban
  
  gerardi wants ta loose.
Charles

Atleast Bart picked him up
Esteban

I’m shocked Reynolds struck out. SHOCKED.
Just Nod If You Can Hear Me

That’s the Mark Reynolds we know and love.
The Big City of Dreams

Glad we kept him instead of trading for Lee. :/

#stillupsetaboutit
Pat D

I created a new quiz on Sporcle, all MLB players with 2000+ hits.

Someone made a comment that Pujols would have to be added soon, and of course Pujols got hit number 2000 last night.

Some idiot Cubs fan decided to turn the comments section into a forum to accuse Pujols of steroids rather than making actual comments about the quiz. I asked him to refrain and he basically told me to piss off. Needless to say I’m voting down his comments so that they’ll get hidden.

This is why I hate the internet.
- a.hinds
  
  well, has pujols ever used peds? we need to know!
  - Pat D
    
    That’s not the point. He should make comments on the quiz, nothing else. He claimed accusing Pujols of using PED’s is relevant to my quiz, which is most certainly not the case.
- MikeD
  
  I wonder if he’d make the same accusations if Pujols signs with the Cubs next year?
  - http://twitter.com/SteveH_MandAura Steve H
    
    I wonder how big of Sammy Sosa fan he was?
Cy Pettitte

these O’s pitchers are just too good.
karel capek

I heard the Yankees are going to make a trade for the ghost of Buster Keaton. I hope Cashman takes a chance on this gritty veteran because I still believe he’s got gas in the tank. His fastball may not be what it once was but he’s still got good control on the curve ball. And another big plus is that he looks like David Cone and he’s a ghost.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Wheeee.

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/cache/zoneplot.php-pitchSel=all&game=gid_2011_07_30_balmlb_nyamlb_1&sp_type=1&s_type=7.gif
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  If it helps Bart I’m cool with it.
Just Nod If You Can Hear Me

Over the middle of the plate?

That’s a ball.
Brian S.

Who did the Tigers trade for Fister?
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  Furbush. Really.
  - Pat D
    
    Who would you say won that trade? I didn’t see why Seattle needed to trade Fister.
    - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
      
      I’m not sure why Seattle made it. They needed bats in the worst way, but Martinez is two years away.
      - http://twitter.com/urbainshockcor Urban
        
        I think I’d rather have Furbush than Fister. Geez, these names sound like something from a porn movie.
- Jose the Satirist
  
  Francisco Martinez, Casper Wells, Charlie Furbush and a PTBNL.
Cy Pettitte

hard to hit a ball up the middle and get it past Bart
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

That was the fastest Jorge has run in a long time…
- Brian S.
  
  This will be one of those games he tries to stretch a single into a double. He’s feeling it.
Just Nod If You Can Hear Me

Different day, same shit show at the plate.
Oscar Gamble’s Fro

Robbie is just oh so fucking smooth.
- Brian S.
  
  He no try meng.
  - Oscar Gamble’s Fro
    
    It’s casual.
Jack Merridew

That was strike 3. Ump is awful.
Just Nod If You Can Hear Me

Strike six, you’re out!
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Paul O’Neill could still hit a 434 foot homer off Arthur Rhodes
http://twitter.com/urbainshockcor Urban

Vlad makes Cano look like Swisher.
Oscar Gamble’s Fro

Am I just reading the balls of the bats really poorly or is the ball not carrying? Seemed like both Chavez and Guerrero put a lot more juice on their respective flyouts than where they ended up being caught.
- IRF
  
  I was thinking the same thing
- FIPster Doofus
  
  Same here. I thought Chavez’s would at least go for an XBH off his bat.
Cy Pettitte

FIST PUMP!
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

That … was nasty.
Brian S.

Colon needs to keep that pitch count down.
- http://twitter.com/urbainshockcor Urban
  
  I can’t tell if Colon is just slightly off, or if the ump has been creating the higher pitch count. Can’t get a grip on his strikezone.
Jack Merridew

Bartolo struck out Markakis but that homeplate ump is terrible. Almost cost him a run or two.
- Just Nod If You Can Hear Me
  
  You can say that again:
  
  http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/cache/numlocation.php-pitchSel=112526&game=gid_2011_07_30_balmlb_nyamlb_1&batterX=17&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=3.gif
- Brian S.
  
  Or seven!
FIPster Doofus

Bunt fail.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Huh, the sac bunt didn’t work. Weird.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

never never never never never bunt with Jorge on the bases
tut

Free outs! Get your free outs here!
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Dickerson has to steal now. I’m 99% sure he did that on his own.
Kostas

Wow… just saw the line up. Is Joe’s objective to actually win this game or give his elders time to let their vitamins absorb in their system?
Cy Pettitte

Cervelli?

what.the.fuck

lol.
- Kostas
  
  Should have “Sterling’d” that comment….#predictingbaseball
http://twitter.com/urbainshockcor Urban

It’s a Girardi move. He’d rather sacrifice one third of the offense to put the faster runner on base.
Jack Merridew

LOL, Cervelli hits a double and we don’t score because of that idiotic bunt.
- Jetrer
  
  ??? You assuming Dickerson would have got a hit???
- Oscar Gamble’s Fro
  
  Huh? How you figure?
John

Bunting in the 3rd inning against the Orioles??

doesn’t that compare to waving a white flag?

Niceee Cervi!!
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

that better not cost us runs
http://twitter.com/urbainshockcor Urban

Girardi’s genius continuing to pay off. If that was Posada, he would have tried to score and would have been out.

And yes I’m kidding.
- Jetrer
  
  in fairness to Girardi, that definitely did not look like a sac bunt.
  It looked like Dickerson was trying to bunt for a hit on his own.
  - http://twitter.com/urbainshockcor Urban
    
    I know. That was most likely Dickerson’s call, hoping he’d catch the defense napping.
John

the closer backstop just cost us a run.

in the old stadium that ball would’ve rolled away and scored a run…why did they have to make things closer and different in this place…
King George

Question: Going back to what Kay was talking about with a possible Nova/Hughes battle…IF the Yanks get Ubaldo, who would he replace in the rota?
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  Has to be Hughes. Not even a question in my mind.
  - King George
    
    Relegation to the pen or sent down to SWB?
    - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
      
      I’d send him down. He’s not going to fix what he needs to fix by throwing one inning at a time.
      - JobaWockeeZ
        
        Cashman is against that based on his comments on Hughes in 2009 and Joba in 2010 so I doubt they go that route.
- Jetrer
  
  should be Hughes, but with Girardi’s logic, it might be Colon to the BP
- http://twitter.com/urbainshockcor Urban
  
  …of course the decision could be made easy if Hughes is included in the trade.
  
  Agree with MikeA, it’s not even a question. Hughes has been the weakest. Perhaps a trip back to the pen where he only has to pitch an inning at a time will help him regain some velocity and confidence. It worked once before. I want to still see him as a starter, but no problem moving him to the pen for the last two months of this year.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Woot. Gardner.
Cy Pettitte

heyoooo gardy
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  He can be the leadoff hitter today.
Daveyboy

When did the Yankees decide to start swinging at the first pitcher EVERY TIME? Work the pitch count! And Brett, when you have a 2-0 count, don’t swing at one over your head!
- Daveyboy
  
  But nice RBIs
- Ted Nelson
  
  Brett Gardner is probably the last player in all of MLB I would lecture on discipline.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Mark Reynolds must have blue eves.
John

Gardy comes through.

and now he must steal
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Haha that graphic is awesome
Oscar Gamble’s Fro

Fatty is throwing a fuckton of pitches here. Not good for twinbill bullpen issues.

Would Tex have had that ball or was it well out of reach?
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  Nah they were holding the runner at first. Tex wouldn’t have gotten there.
teddy

i didn’t know yanks were in the give business, get 2 runs, give 1 run.

no shutdown inning
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

K, ground out, pls.
IRF

Another popup would be nice right here
tom

Hope the Yankees have some more runs in them. I don’t see Colon shutting them down from here.
Kostas

Bartolo panic sets in and the Yankees cave to Rockies demand for Ubaldo – who performs as expected getting lit up by AL East competitors. Mission accomplished.
- Jetrer
  
  and why would he be expected to get lit up by AL East?
  - Pat D
    
    Because he’s a pitcher who has never pitched in the AL, has questions about diminished velocity and doesn’t have all that much of a track record of success.
    - Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
      
      Josh Beckett never pitched in the AL before he came to Boston.
      - Pat D
        
        And since he’s been in Boston he’s been bad, great, OK, good, terrible and now great again.
        
        That’s not completely good.
      - Kostas
        
        Josh Beckett and Ubaldo Jimenez comparison is the same as saying AJ Burnett is the same pitcher as CC Sabathia.
        
        http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
        
        It’s actually a pretty apt comparison. Look at Beckett’s numbers at the time of the trade.
    - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
      
      …doesn’t have all that much of a track record of success.
      
      Except for being one of the 15 best pitchers in baseball since the start of 2009.
      - http://deleted Total Dominication
        
        and he pitches in Coors.
      - JobaWockeeZ
        
        With a 3.50ish FIP in the NL. He doesn’t pitch deep in ballgames either. I’m not saying it sucks but he’s not a clear cut ace.
        
        Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
        
        He doesn’t have to be a “clear cut ace”
        He just has to be a good #2 which is what we need.
        
        JobaWockeeZ
        
        What do you pay for a good number two then? It’s serious, not snark btw.
        
        Jetrer
        
        well, it was 5 years/ $85Million for a bad #2
        I can only imagine what a good #2 would cost
        
        http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
        
        He’s averaged 6.53 IP/GS since 2009. Sabathia’s at 6.99. Remember that Ubaldo gets pinch-hit for in the later innings.
        
        Jetrer
        
        big difference between not a clear cut ace and “expected to get lit up by AL East competitors”
      - Pat D
        
        Sorry, I was largely being sarcastic/saying what the naysayers would say.
        
        Also, I saw an Andrew Marchand tweet today where he said “Big U is hot and cold…has had one ace half in his career.” So that’s where the track record statement came from.
      - Kostas
        
        But he pitches in the NL West. Not exactly even 1 grade below the AL East with three out of his four opponents containing players that would be periodic starters or bench players for teams like Boston, Yankees, Phillies.
        
        Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
        
        He also pitches half his games in COORS FIELD. Even with the humidifier, it’s still a huge hitters park.
        
        JobaWockeeZ
        
        Even if we put him in a neutral park his numbers don’t increase dramatically.
        
        Jetrer
        
        but do you think AJ, Garcia, Hughes, or Nova are better
        Ubaldo would be easily at least the #3, and more likely the #2 on this team
        
        Ted Nelson
        
        Easily #2.
        
        Ted Nelson
        
        Guy has a top 10 FIP and xFIP for 3.5 years now… how much better are you looking for his numbers to get?
        
        http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
        
        People spend way too much time focusing on the negatives and not looking at the bigger picture. You can find something wrong about anyone, there’s not such thing as a perfect pitcher.
        
        Ubaldo’s young, throws hard, misses bats, signed for dirt cheap. Try to find something better and you’ll be looking forever.
        
        Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
        
        Clayton Kershaw is better.
        
        But seriously, I wasn’t criticizing Ubaldo. I was just saying that he pitches in Coors Field which is comprable to the AL east.
        
        http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
        
        I know you’re not. I was just saying in general.
        
        Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
        
        Interpretation fail.
    - Ted Nelson
      
      ” doesn’t have all that much of a track record of success.”
      
      3.5 seasons at 27 years old isn’t much of a track record? What do you want, every 20 year old to be Doc Gooden?
      
      ” has questions about diminished velocity”
      
      He’s averaging 93.4 with his FB this season… let’s not act like he’s a soft tosser.
      - Pat D
        
        You missed the comment where I said I was being sarcastic.
        
        Calm down.
IRF

How many innings can Noesi throw today?
Jack Merridew

Start warming up Noesi. Bartolo hasn’t looked good today.
ItsATarp

come on Colon
- pat
  
  TWSS. It prevents pregnancy.
  - Tom Zig
    
    Comment of the day.
  - http://twitter.com/Carlosologist_7 Carlosologist
    
    Pat always delivers, haha.
Oscar Gamble’s Fro

Is being fat a prerequisite to being a major league umpire?
- Mike Myers
  
  Yes. Ugly Stash is a bonus.
- JobaWockeeZ
  
  It’s a coincidence. The real basis of being an umpire is you are blind.
  - Mike Myers
    
    not fully blind. Like legally blind.
Cy Pettitte

toooooooo many pitches
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Exhale.
Mike Myers

Big K….he has one more inning in him at most…battle of the PEN!
Frank

Colon’s weak performance this game may force the Yanks’ hand to get Jimenez.
Cy Pettitte

Swisherian
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Decline that option and get a gamer like DeJesus in there.
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  WE NEED TEH MELKMAN!!!
- Pat D
  
  No, not DeJesus.
  
  Melky, duh.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Swish!
Jack Merridew

Needed that. Great walk by Robbie, too.
Pat D

Yay for Swish. Please don’t give this one back.
Oscar Gamble’s Fro

Swishalicious!!!

Chavez is a legit pro too. I really wish he could stay healthy.
Brian S.

Swisher sucks because batting average.
Cy Pettitte

#nicepieceofhitting
IRF

Cervelli’s numbers are starting to look acceptable
Jack Merridew

Banner day for Frankie.
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

Cervelli and Posada are hitting just enough now to keep Montero down even longer.
- Jetrer
  
  yeah, I think were going to have to wait til Sept. for Jesus
Rich in NJ

Cervelli needs to get more of Martin’s AB if Montero isn’t coming up soon.
Yardisiak

Montero will get called up soon enough…. By the Rockies but he will get the call.
tut

Cervelli batting over .310 with R.I.S.P.
Cy Pettitte

why don’t they shift for Teix?
teddy

cano looks awful, one good at bat, then he has an awful one
Cy Pettitte

Melky would have muscled that out.
- Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat
  
  I was just going to say that
Kostas

Mrs. Swish must have given Mr. Swish some comfort food last night. Tearing it up.
Ted Nelson

“why sit Granderson vs. Tillman (RHP) in the day game but start him vs. Britton (LHP) in the night game?”

Among other reasons–resting Granderson in the sun, maybe optioning Dickerson for Nova–Tillman’s xFIP is a run higher than Brittons’s and Nova’s is a run higher than Colon’s… so offense should theoretically be more important for the Yankees in the second game.
- Ted Nelson
  
  Not to mention that Granderson actually has a slight reverse split so far this season.
Cy Pettitte

that guy got fucking owned
Jack Merridew

Why didn’t that guy put his glove up? Instead, let it hit him right in the face.
http://www.facebook.com/cecala Joseph Cecala

Those damn corporates not paying attention to the game

/Msm’d
http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa

IN THE FACE, IN THE FACE!!!
- Oscar Gamble’s Fro
  
  Check out the Prince of Rabmunda.
Karl Krawfid

Right in the face lmao
Cy Pettitte

Chavez #awesome
http://www.facebook.com/cecala Joseph Cecala

He is soooo slow
http://www.facebook.com/cecala Joseph Cecala

The Lolineup is doing better than the serious one
Rich in NJ

Two hits for Dickerson, one against a LHP.

/you can’t predict baseball
- Ted Nelson
  
  Chris Dickerson’s got a career .341 wOBA in 554 PAs. He’s had two seasons above 1.5 fWAR. I wouldn’t have predicted 2 hits necessarily, but I’m not surprised either.
  - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
    
    He’s solid, does enough of everything to be useful. The Yankees never had depth like this stashed in Triple-A. From about 1999-2008, they always had to scramble for a fifth outfielder or extra infielder after an injury.
  - Rich in NJ
    
    It’s merely a goof on a Sterlingism.
Jack Merridew

LOL, 2nd comment of the game I said at least 8 RS with this subpar lineup. It always seems to happen this way. Tonight we’ll probably struggle to get 3.
Charles

Good to see some RISP hits, w/ 2 outs makes it even more sweet.
Kostas

Unless you can state the obvious like Joel Sherman, you should refrain from watching baseball:

I have asked no fewer than 10 exec/scouts not working for #Yankees #Rockies is Jimenez an AL East ace and yet to hear 1 yes. Hence the dilemma #Rockies selling like ace, #Yankees not believing that is who he is, especially if has to move to AL East
- Ted Nelson
  
  I don’t follow the MSM much, but this is honestly the first time I have heard someone refer to Joel Sherman in a positive light.
  
  I don’t think citing him helps your case.
  
  If you had an actual statistical argument for pitching in the AL East hurting performance… ok. And remember, as a Yankee he would not have to face the Yankees.
  
  What you’re using a voodoo argument that he will fall apart in the AL East because you say so and Joel Sherman says so. Stop. It’s illogical. It insults your intelligence and everyone else here’s. Stop.
  
  It also comes down to someone’s interpretation of an ace. If you want to say he’s not Roy Halladay or Cy Young… ok. If you want to say that he’s not a damn good pitcher, you are out on a ledge.
  - http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
    
    Sherman’s a fantastic reporter, is one of the very best at reporting the facts. Anytime he starts analyzing stuff … yikes. If he doesn’t like you for any reason, he’ll trash you for all eternity.
    - Ted Nelson
      
      Thanks for the info.
      
      I should have just said that MLB execs are wrong an awful lot of the time as is asking them a somewhat loaded question, and avoided Sherman altogether.
  - Rich in NJ
    
    Of course, the only issues are what he’s worth and why does Colorado want to trade him given his very reasonable contract.
    - Ted Nelson
      
      My take, for what that’s work, is that Colorado wants to trade him mostly to get a great return. They see a situation where the Yankees are loaded with 3 top 25-40 talents in the upper minors, have questionable SP, and there’s not much on the market. Plus maybe there’s something to them not liking his attitude, so maybe they’re not going to lock him up long-term and dealing him while he’s still dirt cheap could help bring back more value.
      
      They were hoping that the Yankees or someone else–and there aren’t many someone else’s with this kind of upper minors talent–gives them the kind of package the Indians got for Colon. The kind of package that makes their team better.
      
      No player is untradeable. It took a few years, but the Rangers are a lot better now than they were with A-Rod, when they were among the worst in the league. Seattle stinks even with Felix. This isn’t the NBA where one LeBron can make you a contender. There are some players whose value is so high that it’s hard to see them getting traded as long as they’re affordable, but Ubaldo isn’t necessarily one of them. I would call him an ace and since he’s 27 the best might be yet to come, but he’s not the best pitcher in baseball or anything like that.
      - Rich in NJ
        
        It should be noted, however, that this supposed quest for a great return happens to coincide with a season in which Jimenez has underperformed while his FB velo has declined.
        
        For example, on 9/17/11 his average FB velo was 96.47; in his last start it was 93.31.
        
        That’s enough of a red flag to be very wary of giving up a “great return,” and to be very skeptical of Colorado’s motivation for trading him.
        
        Rich in NJ
        
        that should be 9/17/10
        
        http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
        
        It’s worth noting that most Colorado pitchers have seen their FB velo drop this year, could be a ballpark gun thing. If they trade for him, maybe I’ll look into it further.
        
        Ted Nelson
        
        If it’s a physical thing in his medicals or delivery I don’t see how the Rockies would know it and the Yankees wouldn’t see it on tape or when he takes his physical. I doubt the Rockies can do much more than speculate on his velo drop, unless it’s a radar gun thing or a conscious effort to take a little off to try to throw more strikes. Look at how clueless the Yankees were with Hughes’ injury. Could be, but I see no reason to believe that the Rockies scouts and Drs are significantly better than the Yankees’.
        
        There are examples of guys like Verlander who have velo dips for a year. Guys like Burnett in Toronto who take a couple MPH off the average FB and have better results.
        
        And he’s still throwing hard even with the dip in velo.
Cy Pettitte

how is there no gif of the guy getting hit in the face yet? come on internets.
Freddy Garcia’s 86 mph Heat

Kenny/O’neil tonight? That should be fun.
nycsportzfan

WOw, Dante Bichette Jr goes 3-4 with a HR today.. Jesus!!!

Bichette now hitting 619BA 3hr 21RBI 6double 1triple over last 10games, and is hitting 350BA on the season.. GCL scores 10runs again… What a fun teams boxscores to check out..
- Cy Pettitte
  
  september call up! lol
  - nycsportzfan
    
    LOL
nycsportzfan

WOw, Dante Bichette Jr goes 3-4 with a HR today.. Jesus!!!

hitting 619BA over his last 10games.. batting 350BA on the season now… Dudes en-fuego.. 10runs for GCL yanks today.. Fun team to follow…
- Urban
  
  Totally. Keith Law is still dismissive, saying the real prospects won’t sign until 8/15, so he probably feels like he’s playing against High School competition. He might be right, but can’t ignore how dominant he’s been since his slow start.
Michael Mirabella

John Danks not available according to MLBTR.
Jack Merridew

Paul O’Neill still hasn’t looked at Swisher’s splits. Probably thinks Jorge is hitting better right handed.
Jetrer

wow is Paul O’Neil the most oblivious announcer ever
Second time that he has said Swish needs to turn it around hitting right handed
Pat D

Hmm. Does this mean Cory Wade is getting sent down? Can he be sent down?
- Jetrer
  
  I doubt they send down Wade (not sure if they can or not). They probably just want as many fresh arms as possible available for the second game.
  Most likely Dickerson will be sent down
Jetrer

Nice job by Wade
Karl Krawfid

Great job Cory.
Wooderson

i really like dickerson, seems like a good dude. am i wrong to think he could be a nice starter in the NL? looks like he had some good numbers when he had a cup of coffee with the reds.
- http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike Axisa
  
  He was a platoon guy with the Brewers last year, played CF pretty regularly.
- Urban
  
  It wouldn’t be surprising if he put up a decent year as a regular if he was given the chance. He’s had a couple of untimely injuries, or other events that have not quite helped him.
  
  Overall he was a excellent pickup for depth, especially since we got him for nothing, also known as Mitre.
Wooderson

can somebody please post a side by side pic of andino’s pictures
A-ROD fan

Why used the only lefty in the first game of doubleheader when the game is 8-3 in the 9th. GIRALDI RULESSS…….
- Jetrer
  
  would you rather Logan pitch in a more important situation??
- Urban
  
  Strategic move by Girardi. He removes Logan as an option in game two, increasing the team’s chance of winning game 2.
  
  It’s also possible he’ll use him again to face a batter.
IRF

No need to warm Rivera, its 2 runners on with a 5 run lead
Charles

Why would Joe burn our only lefty against no lefthanded hitters in game 1 of a double header? Why not throw Noesi, he hasn’t thrown in 3 days and he’s better suited for longer appearances
- Jetrer
  
  need to save Noesi in case Nova gets knocked out early tonight
  Also, most of the Yankee RH relievers are better against LH than Logan is anyways
  - Jetrer
    
    and it wasn’t no lefthanded hitters. Markakis is lefty
Wooderson

anybody watching mlb network? theres some sort of baseball game and theres literally like 10 people in the stands.
- Urban
  
  There’s at least 15 people there.
  
  I have no idea what it is beyond it’s name: Breakthrough Series Championship. Seems like only relatives of the players attend.