Open Thread: 3/2 Camp Notes

March 2, 2012 by Mike Axisa 38 Comments

The Yankees completely manhandled the University of South Florida earlier today, but that’s not all that happened in Tampa. Here’s the latest…

Robinson Cano will not play in tomorrow’s game against the Phillies as planned. He missed a few days this week due to his grandmother’s death and Joe Girardi wants to give him some more time to get back into the swing of things. [Marc Carig]
Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera both threw bullpen sessions today. Joba threw 25 fastballs, and afterward he and pitching coach Larry Rothschild spoke to Dr. James Andrews to discuss the right-hander’s progress coming back from Tommy John surgery. [George King]
Both Rafael Soriano and David Robertson threw live batting practice this morning while George Kontos played catch for the first time since tweaking his oblique. Michael Pineda and CC Sabathia are throwing bullpens tomorrow as tuneups for their starts on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. Phil Hughes will throw a sim game tomorrow and follow Sabathia on Tuesday. [Chad Jennings]
Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson, Raul Ibanez, Nick Swisher, Brett Gardner, and Eduardo Nunez are all on the travel list for tomorrow’s Grapefruit League opener. Ivan Nova gets the start. [Carig]
Non-Yankee Injury News: A.J. Burnett has successful surgery on his orbital bone this morning and should be back by mid-June. There was no muscle or nerve damage and he did not have double vision. That both sucks and is good news. [Tom Singer & Rob Biertempfel]
Non-Yankee Non-Injury News: Jesus Montero had an eventful day for the Mariners. He reached base on an error, dropped a routine pop-up behind the plate, homered to dead center, then left the game after taking a foul ball to the throat. [all Geoff Baker links]

Here’s tonight’s open thread. The Rangers, Devils, and Nets are all playing tonight, so talk about those games or anything else. Go nuts.

[Photo via Bryan Hoch]

forensic

According to Chad Jennings, Jeter is not traveling tomorrow, which makes more sense than Carig being that tomorrow is the outfielders and Sunday is the infielders.
Preston

I’m really excited to see Nova pitch tomorrow.
Este15

Wow, bad break A.J.
Robinson Tilapia

Yankee baseball feels good, even if it’s against West Tampa Middle School…..JV team.

Here’s also to a healthy recovery for AJ Burnett and a return to form in Pittsburgh.
http://twitter.com/#!/czm26 Craig

Anyone know if WCBS is broadcasting the game tomorrow?
- https://twitter.com/richardiurilli Richard Iurilli
  
  They’re not. The first game on WCBS is the one on Sunday.
  
  The full broadcast schedule is here: http://blogs.hudsonvalley.com/hudson-valley-sports-tv/2012/02/15/yankees-post-spring-training-broadcast-schedule/
- Tom
  
  MLB Network is showing the game if you have cable.
http://twitter.com/#!/KChinmaster KenC

lol Montero. I still love him
sevrox

Tex went 0 for 2 – drop him to 8th in the lineup.
- http://twitter.com/#!/czm26 Craig
  
  Nunez, 1-1 with a triple. New clean-up hitter and protection for Cano.
- Mattchu12
  
  In all seriousness, if he doesn’t do something to lift that average, I wouldn’t mind seeing him bat sixth in a lineup where Granderson bats fifth and Swisher bats second.
  
  His power is great, but I have always liked Teix for his OBP, and it’s suffering right now.
Cross

MLB Network is broadcasting tomorrow’s game
Cross

MLB Network is broadcasting tomorrow’s game.
Joey H.

Warning to Pinstripers… if you get traded, anticipate foul balls…. The new curse.
- ThatstheMelkyMesaWaysa
  
  What about Noesi? Is tomorrow his day?
- Woodrow Sweats
  
  if i didn’t know better, it would seem like a conspiracy…
Plank

What’s going on with Roy Oswalt?
- Jesse
  
  Last I heard he was going to wait and join a team by mid-season. Most likely a contender.
GardnergoesYardner

Going to see the Van Halen concert tomorrow night. Should be a great show, as they’ve gotten great reviews so far. They’re my all time favorite band, and I’m really excited to finally see them with Roth in concert. They seem like they’re having a lot of fun on stage so far.

If anyone saw the MSG show the other night, I would love to hear how it went.
Gonzo

Over/under on how many games Montero catches this year?

I’ll say 40.
- Jesse
  
  Under.
- I Collect Brett Gardner Cards
  
  Over/under on how many catches Montero has in games this year.
  :)
Craig

Adam Warren will make _____ major league starts this year for the________?
- GardnergoesYardner
  
  11 for the Dodgers because he gets traded in an Ethier deal.
  - MannyGeee
    
    this sounds pretty right. i would say 7 starts n chavez ravine, but now i’m just splitting hairs
    - GardnergoesYardner
      
      Well I was assuming he just slotted right into the back end, but nevertheless he should start a fair amount of games if he gets traded in such a deal.
  - Jesse
    
    That’s a good prediction. Wouldn’t be too surprised if that happened.
  - Gonzo
    
    Would you rather have Either for a Warren type piece or Thome for presumably something lesser?
    - FIn
      
      I’d rather have Warren than either for half a year. Seems all the Yankee trade deadlines never pan out. It seems Warren might be a solid mid rotation guy if things go right. Hope we could use him as a trade piece in aquiring a Swish replacement if he doesnt get resigned.
      - Gonzo
        
        I presumed that Thome would cost less than Warren in trade.
      - Plank
        
        Jerry Hairston for Chase Weems worked out pretty well. So did Eric Hinske for Eric Fryer and Casey Erickson.
      - Plank
        
        When is the last time the Yankees gave up a legit big name (top 5) prospect mid-season?
- Plank
  
  I would vote no on any player being involved in a mid-season trade.
  
  I’ll say 3, Yankees.
  - Plank
    
    By that, I mean no on any specific player involved in a mid-season trade. I would vote yes on a mid-season trade happening.
  - fin
    
    Point taken. Also, why I said seems rather than all. My point still stands, I think Warren is more valuable than a half year of Eiether and especially Thome. Unless the Yankees are desperate, do to a struggling offense, I dont see them giving up Warren or Phelps for a half year rental. At least I hope not. I’m not a prospect hugger by any stretch, I just think they have more value, especially as part of a package for some type of a longer term player.
Plank

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/02/former-yankees-prospect-brien-taylor-arrested-for-cocaine-trafficking/

He can bunk with Mel Hall (not that the crimes are at all on the same level.)
DM

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-henson_jesus_montero_mariners_manny_ramirez_030212

In this photo, Jesus Montero exhibits a grasp of one of baseball’s axioms — “Always keep your eye on the ball.”
- DM
  
  “Mariners manager Eric Wedge wasn’t in a mood to coddle Montero afterward, saying rather curtly, “He’s OK, he’s fine.” Wedge made it clear Montero hadn’t suffered a concussion, and his reaction to the catcher leaving the game bordered on annoyance.”
  
  “He got hit in the same place twice, so after the second one, we got him out of there,” Wedge said. “I’ve been back there. You get hit like that. It’s just unusual to have it happen two times in a row.”
  
  More confirmation that the Mariners love their new “catcher”.