Apr
25
Game 18: Rubber Game
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They say everything is bigger in Texas, and the Yankees are going to need Phil Hughes to come up big if they want to walk away with a series win. The matchup with Scott Feldman screams barn burner, but these things never seem to go according to plan. I wouldn’t be surprised if this one ended up low-scoring and close right until the final out. All I know is that I could really use a win tonight. Here’s the lineup…
SS Derek Jeter
CF Curtis Granderson
3B Alex Rodriguez
2B Robinson Cano
1B Mark Teixeira
RF Nick Swisher
LF Raul Ibanez
DH Eric Chavez
C Russell Martin
RHP Phil Hughes
Tonight’s game starts a little after 8pm ET and can be seen on YES. Enjoy.
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I have a feeling that this thread will be a massive spillover of Pineda and Cash haters.
Preparing myself for the storm…
Win it for Michael.
I thought today’s game was cancelled to mourn Pineda’s injury?
Can we diss Texas somehow for not respecting Flanagan–I mean–Pineda?
*Summons up energy*
PHIL PHUCKING HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHES!
It’s a dirty job…
Don’t worry, we all appreciate it.
They’ll be roasting me again tonight by the second inning. Watch.
Pineda is never throwing a pitch for the yanks. Cant believe Cashman gave away the best Yankee prospect I’ve ever seen.
Yeah, that Jeter guy… too bad he didn’t pan out…
Jeter was a prospect nearly 20 years ago. Is it so hard to believe that either someone was too young to remember him as a prospect or that with the lack of today’s access back then, maybe people just didn’t see him?
I’ve subscribed to Baseball America since 1989. There was no ignoring Jeeter as a prospect.
I’m 19.
I think you’re overrating Noesi.
Ha.
As a Yankee fan, I recommend to everyone like you to hope for the best on Pineda’s recovery , not worry too much about the GM, and having a nice tall glass of Jack.
Everyone get your pitchforks and torches! We’re storming Cash’s office!
Oh give it a rest. I’m so tired of the trolls.
This would be a poor night for Phil Hughes to continue the nonsense he’s put on for the last damn near two years.
If only for one night, Phil, pitch competently
I second that notion.
Hughes is pitching for the Psyche of the entire Yankee universe tonight. If he has a gem in that arm, now would be a good time to cash it in.
Two years? You mean almost his entire major league career as a starter, right?
Sorry Manny, that was supposed to reply to Matt, not you.
I feel like I dumped my super hot girlfriend for an even hotter girl only to find out that her vagina is broken and unusable for at least a year.
And for saying that you deserve it.
And she farts so bad during sex that it smells like a sewer
Well Pineda can’t use his left arm, but there are other orifices that you can use.
/too far?
Are you saying Michael Pineda can pitch with his mouth?
Actually this must be how Cashman felt when he cheated on his wife and thought he landed a hot chick only to find out she was a grifter.
A classic tale, that one.
But we still have campos who will be the guy er Right.
Pineda RIP?
Can you not see more than 47 seconds into the future?
Can we please ban all the people who don’t understand sarcasm or any type of humor?
How bad is Crawford’s injury? Could it be the season?
And to think that people actually wanted HIM on our team. Thank Mo that didn’t pan out.
Jesus 1-1 with a ribbie. At least we have Pineda who won’t throw a pitch for us this year. Could use a DH right about now to replace Raul.
SHUT UP. I do not want to hear Montero’s stats all night. Get a life dude, he’s gone. Try rooting for Pineda’s recovery instead.
you realize Raul has been better than Montero so far this year, right??
(not that I in any way expect that to continue)
Ibanez sucks, what a stupid comment.
Where did I say Ibanez doesn’t suck?
What a stupid comment.
+100000
The last thread is just proof of how hard it is for people to just ignore what they don’t like. I don’t know where the notion comes from that the comments are a place for discussion when every other poster has to be degraded for some reason.
Someone calls people moronic which just isn’t fallacious but against the rules yet this person gets applauded.
If people ignored what they don’t like, there wouldn’t have been any comments in the last thread.
…and you say that like that’s a bad thing. Honestly, it’s as if people think they just HAVE TO respond to every overreacting, emotional comment they don’t like, as if they have to defend RABs honor or something.
Hey, I’m going to take those comments as a celebration of freedom of speech and lack of censorship.
We could all use a win tonight, I’ve been depressed all day
I wonder how Red Sox fans are feeling about the Carl Crawford signing. Sounds like he’s heading for the chopping block with Dr. James Andrews.
That already should make us feel slightly better.
Every time I read “RHP Phil Hughes” I see “RIP Phil Hughes”.
I just woke up and read all the stories and comments from the past 8 hours. Even without the Pineda news, the tone around here is really dark. Yikes. Everyone is at each other’s throats.
As I suggested, tip one back and enjoy the game. They’re still playing the greatest sport in the world.
It’s 9am here, but sure, why not?
It’s 5pm somewhere.
Wait, where are you? This totally screws with my mental image.
South Korea. I’ll be in Germany in July though for the foreseeable future.
Military? I apologize if I really should have known this.
No, teacher. Well…doing a career shift now. To what? I don’t know. If anyone has a job available in Germany let me know. But teacher for the time being.
My German fiancee wants to be closer to her elderly parents.
I rarely share personal info about myself, so I wouldn’t expect you to know any of that.
You do CrossFit WODS in South Korea and Germany?? Doesn’t that violate some international treaty or something? Or or you one of our spies? You’re not gonna go “hiking” near the border are you?
I was actually hiking while you were writing that. I was a solid 40 miles from the NK border, though. I don’t do Reebok CrossFit. I exercise. I’m not going to let the corporations trademark working out now.
Nice. Forget those sneaker companies and Just Do It — um, er, you know what I mean.
What was your mental image?
That’s because they can’t reach Cashman’s. Things always settle down after a couple of days, thankfully.
Montero single to right for an RBI and also has a passed ball.
right cue… too funny
The passed ball was pretty bad, right off the glove. Has made a couple nice blocks on breakers in the dirt though.
He just heard the Pineda news — so he’s not going to bother working on improving his defense any longer.
Guess your right because just single again 2 for 2….lol.
Why do a feel like he is going to go 5 for 5 with 2 HR.
If he does I’m going to avoid tomorrow open thread.
That’s b/c it’s a rookie-ish Adam Wilk — a small control lefty who Montero has probably faced many times. His other big game was against Tommy Milone another limited experience lefty. He does well against his old AAA peers.
Your right but you know how some here will take it.
Look he going to Babe Ruth……
We should hang Cashman …….
It’s funny because it’s also a foregone conclusion that Pineda will win multiple Cy Youngs.
foregone conclusion for who??
haven’t seen anyone say anything like that about Pineda here. The highest praise I’ve seen for Pineda here is that he has (maybe had is more appropriate now) ace potential IF he continued to develop.
I have seen many assume Montero is a lock to be the next Cabrera though.
BINGO!!!!
I’m happy to see someone else seeing what I’m seeing not just making shit up to try and prove his or her point.
Well Cashman is the one that made the Miguel comp
I don’t think I ever said that if your referring me and to be honest your one the first I seen to come up with that line.
The logical people here will take a wait and see path.
Today’s news sucked. Last night’s game sucked.
So…please go out there and kill them? None of this 1-run, exciting game bullshit, just flat-out murder them by at least 10.
So…drinking game. Drink every time any broadcaster mentions Pineda.
I preemptively drank the night we got Pineda. I couldn’t care less now, a young pitcher getting hurt?! Total shocker. I got that out of my system early.
Uh, wow. Tonight’s not a good night for the Yankees, is it.
Let’s scrape out a win and get out of Texas.
It’s hard for me to believe that people are so very reactionary about this trade, considering how excellent the offense has been (league leading .366 wOBA, 129 wRC+, .838 OPS), and how lackluster the starters have been.
Even if it was uneven at the time, Cashman dealt from a position of strength to address a position of weakness. If the Yankees want to get young, elite, cost-controlled pitching, they had to give up something of value, and accept the risk inherent in that sort of player.
Chompskyans are so political. Objections to the trade are “reactionary.” Is support for them, then, “progressive”?
I would characterize any sort of knee-jerk response that doesn’t consider context as “reactionary.”
Yep, as I was saying: “political.” In any case very few of the objections to the trade have been indifferent to context. The best of them understand the relevant features of “context” differently. “Context” is not a given: it’s a construction.
(“Knee-jerk,” begs the question.)
Well that last thread was a hoot … Let’s go Jeet.
I’m surprised there isn’t an obligatory fuck the Mariner’s post that should have made the Yankees the best rotation for 3 months. Which is 3 more months than we’re going to get in the near future.
DJ4K in about a month.
I <3 Derek Jeter.
I still think the trade was a good move; it was a trade for the future, not just for 2012 obviously, and I don’t know how damaging this type of injury is, but hopefully Pineda will come back and be as capable as he was before. You obviously can’t patch a rotation together with Garcia and Colon types forever, and Pineda seems like he’ll be that backbone that’s needed… hopefully. Also I assume Andy will only be back for this year and maybe if he does super well he’ll be back for next year, but no more than that, so Pineda is still crucial and hopefully he’ll bounce back. As everybody says, you can still buy bats but it seems like it’s getting harder to buy pitchers.
Anyway, let’s do this! I say Jeter gets three hits today.
Jetey!
It’s gotten kind of ridiculous how much the Yankees’ broadcasters have praised Derek this year. I mean, I know he’s been amazing this year, but when he struggles Kay and co. turn the other way, and now they practically scream every time he gets a hit. Not saying he’s a bad player (he’s obviously been the best on the team), but the praise for him seems so forced sometimes.
LOL Is it still 420?
? Most people that are high, you’d never be able to tell. I’m guessing you’ve never indulged?
You still need to explain your three-hour been run, for which the only plausible explanation is “I actually live in Southern Utah.”
LOL it was a 15 minute beer run. I just didn’t run to RAB the second I got home. I do, in fact, have a life outside of baseball blogs.
I live in New Jersey, for the record, albeit the country part of NJ.
….representing the Pine Barrens, jjyank!
I don’t know, I tend to get lazy with my typing when I’m high. I mean not to the point where it’s unreadable, but I get really lazy with grammar rules and punctuation.
Maybe I was just too good at being high (I since had to quit for employment purposes) but in my undergrad days I could function juuuust fine.
Ok guys, it’s time to play the game on the field. Can we just forget about the sad Pineda news for the next 3-4 hours?
But you just brought it up.
Not to mention there’s an active thread for it. Let’s not LoHud this.
This. LoHud makes me head hurt.
Haha, I remember I used to post on a FB group back when they had a discussion thread. It was so uniform, game discussions were discussion only, and people could make threads for anything. then I went over to Lohud after the discussion area disappeared. It was chaos in comparison.
Jeter should bat 9th.
On the all time all star team ? Yeah, probably.
Granderson has a 2.575 OPS against Feldman. I love 10PA stat lines.
Of course.
Even though they are winning, the Yankees are really not hitting on all cylinders.
Cano is struggling, the starting pitching has been iffy,
Not to mention Banuelos and Betances are struggling in the minors. There’s that inability again to develop quality starters.
Haha, they still really hate Alex in Texas, huh?
I never got that. Texas traded him, it’s not like A-Rod took more money to go elsewhere.
Well, his contract kind of ruined their ability to be at all important.
But they gave it to him!
I’m not saying they should boo him, or that’s a legit reason. Just stating a fact.
So they should be booing the front office then, right?
I wonder how many of those people were Ranger fans when Alex was there…
Less than 25% I’m guessing.
I’m off to take my morning constitutional. Hopefully Hughes won’t have given up too many runs in his 3.2 IP and the game will still be winnable by the time I get back.
I know he’s just on the right side of variance right now, but it’s really nice to see Jeter get off to a great start.
He’s already got through about an eighth of his season, and his stats are so overwhelmingly good that they’ll skew his end of season numbers by themselves.
Loving the screen name.
It’s Noam.
I remember reading somewhere he’s have to go 0-28 to get down to .300. and that was before the game yesterday.
And here’s every Asian in attendance being shown on screen again.
out
Jete looked out
I’ve been to Arlington, Texas. Do not fly around the world to take your vacation in Arlington, Texas.
I love Tim McClelland’s heart.
Wow…after jeets gets on, two Ks and a first pitch out. that makes me sad.
A-Rod and Cano are useless thus far.
It’s important Phil does well tonight. He’s auditioning to keep his spot in the May, 2013 Yankees rotation.
And 5 years ago he was still auditioning…
I laughed. Thanks. It’s like a never-ending thing with him.
It’s not like there’s a better option around right now to take his spot especially with Freddy shitting the bed these days.
Phil needs to realize that his fastball is not his put away pitch.
His curve ball will not become one if he doesn’t use it.
How about a cutter?
Sh…don’t indulge Hughes’s belief that his cutter is anything more than an average pitch.
I like it. He tends to fall in love with it though.
It is now important that Banuelos and Betances do well and develop properly. Otherwise, Cashman is always going to have that inability to develop quality starting pitching on his back
what role does a GM have in developing minor league pitching?
Does Cash also serve as minor league pitching coordinator in his spare time?
Its been a common thread throughout his tenure here. Apart from Wang.
Ivan Nova says hi.
and IPK. He did little to no “developing” in Arizona.
People on here have argued that IPK’s success is NL West related.
the degree of success – certainly likely NL West related, that’s not to say he couldn’t pitch or be successful anywhere else, just likely not quite as good as he was last year
lol @ ppl still counting Kennedy smh.
After reading that post, I can see how Latin became 6 different languages in the course of a few hundred years. I barely understood what you wrote. I figured it out, but it’s just barely the same language I speak.
I don’t mean it as an insult, just an observation.
Still need more, but getting to that level
After being the Yankee’s second best pitcher last season, he’s been the only guy on the starting staff who has been consistently good thus far. What else do you need?
To not have to look for pitching every year would be nice.
You got it.
Riiiiight, since filling a rotation spot in the offseason is such an anomaly in baseball.
So it’s Nova, Pettitte and maybe IPK in nearly two decades.
If you want to include Wang, that’s fine with me. But the point still stands
Wang, Ted Lilly …
it certainly hasn’t been a strength, but they have developed some pitchers
And they need to develop better ones. That was Cashman’s goal right
that doesn’t answer the question
you can argue the Yankee organization hasn’t developed young pitching recently (though it’s not entirely true – Wang, Nova, and Kennedy have all had success after being “developed” by the Yankees), but I’m not sure how much of a role a GM would play in any of that
…and Phelps….and Warren…and Mitchell (both of them)…and Campos…
It ain’t all about those two. Pedigree schmedigree.
Yeah don’t get your hopes up.
‘Atta boy Hughes. Keep it going.
Sterling just said that Hamilton was a top 5 player in baseball. Who else would you put in that 5?
More than 5, I can tell you that.
Kemp, Kemp, Kemp, and Matt Kemp.
Kemp, Tulo, Longoria and Cabrera spring to mind.
Atta boy dude
Philbert.
5 more like that and Phil will be just fine. Texas is his comfort zone.
Great first inning.
that’s not Phil Hughes, that’s Michael Pineda in whiteface.
adding laughing at this to the reasons I’m going to hell.
Good first inning.
By the power of Greyskull, Phil Phucking Hughes has figured it out!
OMG OPP FIELD TEX!
Tex beats the shift. I must be dreaming.
I am in tears right now.
Holy, crap. What was that, Tex?
Oppo field hit for LHB Tex! Awesome.
Tex going the other way!!
Good inning by Phil. He needed to start off good like that. But he needs to get the ball down. All the fastballs were high in the zone. If they swung at them, they would’ve been hit.
I’m glad Tex has become less arrogant now.
Haha. But he didn’t bunt! Still a little arrogant.
Phil gets a 1-2-3 inning and now Teix hits the other way. What the hell is going on?
Mark has really made an effort to go the other way this year. Me like
Yup, the world is gonna end.
greatest single of all time
Teix y u wait til now to start doing that?
Drink. Sterling just said the P word.
Way ahead of ya.
Is it me or does YES show the opponents dugout a little too much?
Interesting tid bit Kay just gave about the scouting report on Darvish. Many of us were saying last night that the hitters seemed over patient.
strange these guys are all late on 89 mph
Yeah, didn’t they get the memo you can only succeed in the big leagues if you’re trowing 97+?
Stop the hit and run nonsense, please.
crap
FUCK JOSH HAMILTON
I hate this guy so much.
Lamest double play. Well hit, just didn’t work out.
That was a tie at 1st, Teix should have been safe. Make up call for Jete I guess.
ties don’t exist, and he was out.
Wooooooooooooo, frustration!!!!!
Hypothetical that I think about way more than I should — imagine you’re were an Ortiz or Teixiera type, that gets a ridiculous shift. You practice bunting somewhat down the third base line and taking the easy base. You basically have something close to a one-time use get on first base free card.
When do you use it? Is eighth inning of a Divisional game too early? Any close WS game? Last at-bat of your career?
Guess that’s how Tex will avoid clogging up the bases…
feldman looks like halladay. i know that wasn’t his fault but i cannot stand ibanez on this team
Hughes looked good hopefully he keeps it going.
fuuuuuck
There’s the Phil I know
That shitty swing at the ball down the middle on the first pitch approach.
i see hughes is starting to settle in
Right on cue!
does that kid get every home run ball in texas?
Ha I said the same thing. He’s always there.
As I said before. He needs to get the ball low. Not high of down the middle.
Brandon for pitching coach!!!
Way to bounce back Philbert.
I like Phil throwing these change-ups to lefties.
Pettite goes one batter into the 6th before being pulled. 81 pitches.
Good news, up to 100 his next time out, then once more, he should be back between the 10th and 15th by my math and logic.
That’s what I was thinking. He went about six innings his last time out, but that was in extended spring training against A-ballers. I figured they’d hold him to about 80 or so tonight, and then get up to 100 in his next two starts before being recalled.
There’s no room for logic in this place.
I guess Phil bouced back ok? I had to sell a girl some dutchies real quick, and she likes to talk forever.
They all do.
Come on man, Games is where it’s at. Dutches are lame.
Haha, she actually got a White Grape Game. I just said dutchie because it’s the most well known brand. However, I think Dutches are better quality, Games taste better though.
I miss L’s. Stupid government. I chose the wrong career path.
Haha, don’t worry. I feel it will be decriminalized in our lifetime. Anyway, Vaporizers and water pipes are where it’s at . Ls are nice and all but you waste sooo much.
Yes, but they’re awesome for social gatherings. I love(d) Vapes though. Really More of a bubbler guy I guess. I still have all my pieces just in case the government decides that that activity is far more healthy than cigarrettes and booze.
In all seriousness, if things like Salvia are completely legal to sell and with studies showing it is much healthier than even drinking then there is no reason it shouldn’t be legal.
I agree. You wanna fix the economy? BAM. Done. Less money incarcerating people, less money spend on federal lawsuits, less money spend on investigations, more money in agriculture, distribution, sales…it’s stupid really.
Preaching to the choir.
I know. I’m just bitter because I had to quit lol.
Haha, I hear you. I hope I never have to. I know some pretty successful people who still indulge. I hope to be like that.
My parents both make six figure salaries and still do it. I’m just interested in a career that happens to frown upon it, which is a shame.
Shitty umps for the loss… way outside
Just to kick us while we’re down… Joba’s doppleganger, Lance Lynn is 4-0 as a starter this season.
Why, cause they kinda look the same? I don’t get what he has to do with Joba.
Yeah, I don’t watch many Cardinals games throughout the year, so when I first saw him in the playoffs, I did a double-take. Hefty, right-hander, wearing #62 (last year), similar mound presence. Different delivery and repetoire. A young pitcher taking the starter to reliever shuttle. That was enough for me to consider him to be Joba’s double.
They also wear the same number.
Wow according to PitchFX that pitch was well outside.
For some reason it has become accepted practice to allow homeplate umpires to call an assymetrical strikezone to lefty hitters (they won’t give anything off the inside f the plate but will now go ~4″ off the plate.
In fact Brooks has altered their maps with “typical” umpire zones which shows the absurdity of this.
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/......php?img1=..%2FpfxVB%2Fcache%2Ffastmap.php-pitchSel%3Dall%26game%3Dgid_2012_04_25_nyamlb_texmlb_1%26sp_type%3D2%26s_type%3D7.gif&img2=..%2FpfxVB%2Fcache%2Ffastmap.php-pitchSel%3Dall%26game%3Dgid_2012_04_25_nyamlb_texmlb_1%26sp_type%3D3%26s_type%3D7.gif
Ass Martin is gonna regret not signing that extension.
Holy Derek Jeter
Jeter MVP
DJ4K? I kid (sort of) but this hot streak for Jeets is awesome.
Can Jeter bat .500??
i wish i could travel back in time one year and just mess with everyone how things will be different this time next year, i promise
and yes, that would be the first thing i would do if i could time travel
Don’t worry about us. Go win Powerball. Seriously.
When was our last extra base hit?
Cano and Jeter doubled last night.
Jeter’s double yesterday.
Well, Jeter is on fire. Anyone else?
Offensively, the Cap’n is the only one with a pulse on this team.
Watching Jeter constantly get hits is truly amazing.
how’s everyone like this jeter character? he’s good, huh?
Never seen him before, but I like it. Derek Jeter for RotY!
Could u imagine how good this team would be if our 3-4-5 guys could hit a little more? Jeters always on base for them it seems!
I take solace in this. We’re tied for first place right now with most of the team slumping and the starting pitching (outside of one CC start, two Kuroda starts, and Nova) have been underwhelming. That’s actually pretty good.
That was a solid groundout, very solid.
It always seems like Arod just rolls over the fucking ball.
Man A-Rod is horrible to watch.
still shitty with RISP…
16 innings since our last run…
Is this Feldman or Sandy Koufax? When this team struggles (excluding Jeter) the whole damn team struggles. Dear lord.
Hey, remember when they scored 15 runs after the seventh inning the other day? Hello? Is this thing on?
Ya, remember when we scored our last run?
0 for the rest of 2012. You heard it here first.
Feast or famine. This was a problem they had last year. They would go off for a ton of runs and then not score for a few games. Their RPG would be at about 6.
and how many games did they win last year? i’ll take it.
you mean like every other team in baseball
6,6,0,6,5,6,5,1,11,3,8,5,7,6,15,7,0
Only 4 games so far they’ve scored less than 5 runs.
except for all the hard contact that’s being caught.
Where did Jeter find the fountain of youth?
the GH in his blood
he covertly followed Mo one day
Can he give it to A-Rod?
Nolan Ryan never looks happy.
Because he’s a sad bitter old man.
Hughes looks very good aside from that homer
HE does look good by why so many fastballs these Texas hitters are going to smash that FB especially if its up and over the plate.
And that single, and that double….
You were saying…
a pop fly double does not mean he is pitching bad.
Hate 0-2 mistakes, especially with a freaking fastball right down the middle.
And here we go. All the trouble because he couldnt put away a crappy hitter with 2 strikes on him.
sure why not
0-2 fastballs down the middle.
Shit I hate about Phil Hughes.
yeah, that ball was clocked…
Phuck
so unlucky….
That’s the most annoying kinda of double.
Oh those lazy fly balls to RF with all kinds of hang time.
FUCK.
Phil needs to limit them to 1 at the most here. And the offense needs to help Jeter. 0 runs in 12 innings counting last night.
16 innings 0 in innings 7-9 two days ago, 0 all 9 yesterday, and 0 through 3 today.
Hughes is the new Burnett. Andy we need you ASAP.!
Everytime someone makes a comment about how Hughes is doing well he fucks up.
Good point. From now on, we all start chanting “HUGHES SUCKS”. He’ll end up throwing a complete game.
No a perfect game.
Overrated
Well I think he’s doing shitty… Reverse psych?
yes
Joba is better.
To think yrs ago they chose Hughes over Joba because he was seen as the better bet going forward smh.
Damn. If that was harder hit to A-Rod they coulda had him.
Three run game Mike.
Ut oh. Here we go with 2 strike Hughes.
Pineda done.
Uh oh. Now they’re gonna hit Jeter in the ribs. Phil shouldn’t have done that.
No they won’t. I seriously doubt that was intentional.
Another 0-2 count. STRIKE SOMEBODY OUT, PHIL!
Phil Burnett
I’m ready for another Hughes 4 run in 5.2 innings start in which people will say he pitched so well and didnt deserve that line!
Which will be sprinkled with the typical “he looked good in innings X-Y… if only he could consistently do that and it’s something he can build on.”
All the guy knows is get to 2 strikes and fire high fastballs… locate a damn fastball on the inside corner or down in the zone. When he only pitches to 2 quadrants (high, outside) a major league hitter is eventually going to get to you. How often do you see him locate a 4 seam fastball on the inside corner or just off the inside corner?
It’s 0-2 Phil.
Put the batter away damn.
lol @ the scout thing on MLB.com gameday during this at bat.
He’s gonna lose him. Throw your curve in the dirt!
Ugh. Can I has some bats now please?
Hughes just cannot put hitters away.
This is news how? A guy who can’t miss bats and can’t get a ground all to save his life is a recipe for a shit pitcher in the AL. Sigh. Why can’t we just clone CC and have CC clones filling out the rest of the rotation? Wow. When will be the year when the Yankess have at least decent pitching? Hopefully I get to see it in my lifetime.
Playing Texas every year and seeing how much they improve every year makes you realize how superior they are to the Yankees as an organization. From the front office, to scouting, to coaches + managers, to the roster, they are simply the best.
Sigh
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88 mph right down the middle ain’t gonna fool anybody. Awful pitching.
Phail.
banish him to the pen
He’s just terrible.
0-2 and didn’t even give him a breaking ball. I swear the kid is dumb.
Well, Maybe Jeter can hit 3 solo jacks, otherwise, we may not have a shot.
Brian Cashman absolved the Mariners of any blame: “In no way do I believe, or do the New York Yankees believe, that the Seattle Mariners had any knowledge of any issues here with Michael Pineda prior to the trade or anything of that nature. He was a fully healthy player we acquired. We had full access to his medicals, which were clean. We had the opportunity to do a full physical exam, which we did, which came out clean.”
MM said on the pre-game that they did a shoulder strength test prior to his rehab outing and he was fine — but after those 15 pitches he failed that same test. Pineda said he felt something on that last pitch.
UGH Just saw that we gave away Montero for nothing. Pineda out…..looks like the’s finished with the labrum issue. I also saw how people were ripping Cash. Unless he has psychic abilities that’s ridiculous.
Also just saw that Hughes is “surviving” so far. Tightrope act as usual.
Maybe if he threw something other than a fastball, he’d do ok.
Right down the middle too….bravo
I’ve just about had my fill of Hughes.
The wheels are falling off…
fuck Phil, wtf
Need Pitching
I changed
+1
Freddy has new life. Hughes is done in the rotation as far as I’m concerned. Get Phelps in there.
and its all coming undone
crappy Hughes will always be crappy
Amazing how we have a hole in the rotation now after all this depth and it isn’t even May. And that’s assuming Pettitte is Pettitte.
A. J. Hughes
Will the Yanks please close the book on Phil Hughes as a starter. Put him back in the pen.
You guys realize we’re gonna be stuck with fuckin Hughes and Garcia probably most of the season. With Pineda out, Banuelos injured and cant throw strikes, all we have is Pettitte, who i still don’t beleive is gonna be his old self.
CC, Nova, Kuroda? ………
Hamels at the deadline anyone?
Left nut given
Right kidney
Labrum.
Yankees pitching staff is in trouble. Same type of game from Hughes, can’t close an AB out. This one is about out of reach.
Every pitch is either high or right down the middle. Every pitch so far this whole game. It was only a matter of time until this happened
Phelps please?
Awephil.
Today has not been a good day so far
Hughes on the verge of a complete implosion now.
Quick, someone check his pants.
Hughes is a one or two inning pitcher at best. Hoping Freddy gets his act together and can be the No 5 behind CC Andy Kuroda and Nova. Hughes at best is a middle reliever.
Lol, the ump is trolling Phil.
When will the Yankees man up and send him to AAA?
at what point can we kill this experiment to the pen Hughes
Phil PHAILURE
wow, that spiraled quick.
*reaches for the Absinthe*
“Oy! Absinthe!”
We ain’t fucking around tonight.
With “bangers, beans and mash ” playing in the background.
Spoon, sugar, flame.
Damn, shit’s getting real in the Tilapia household.
I actually do have a bottle. I make a mean Sazerac.
don’t want to know how you’ll react when they loose a game in the ws. zen baseball needed.
The alcohol happens, win or lose.
Why is it that the Yanks have so may injuries with their young arms? Mishandling has to have something to do with it, it isn’t all coincidence.
This has nothing to do with the Yanks unless they didn’t do their due diligence with Pinedas physical during the trade.
“Why is it that the have so many injuries with their young arms?”
So Pettite will solve one of our two pitching problems. Seems like we’ll be giving the young guns an opportunity at some point, doesn’t it.
And somewhere the Yankees front office had a collective heart attack.
Girardi is done with Hughes. The Phil Hughes experiment is officially over. I said it was over his last start and it looks like people are finally jumping on board that this kid just isn’t any good. Hughes to the 5th, Joba can pitch the 6th when he comes back. Such a waste.
Maybe they can use Hughes as a labrum donor for Pineda.
Thats too funny
I don’t want any part of Phughes living inside an actual pitcher.
Think of the bright side. If Phil and Freddy continue to suck this year, there’s a chance we could see Manny Banuelos in the rotation this year
Do. Not. Want. At least not this year.
Fuck Hughes and Fuck Freddy!
I hope not. He’s clearly not ready yet and we already know what happens.
Unless there are all sorts of injuries, there is no chance Banuelos is in the majors before September.
Joba, Hughes, and Pineda for IPK.
get it done Cash.
And we dont even have Jesus Montero to try and make a trade for Cole Hamels because Cashman gave him away for damaged goods!! Cashman has no idea how to evaluate pitching..
Man, this is sad. High hopes but complete failure. Hughes as a starter should be a dead issue now. He is exactly what he has been for the past three years as a starter, selectively effective, mostly inconsistent, but a definite drain on the bullpen.
gooooooooood job. Garcia and Hughes having a who-can-suck-the-most competition I see.
Remember a couple days ago when it was okay that Phil Hughes sucked because we knew Pineda would be back soon? Those were the days.
A guy who can’t miss bats and can’t get a ground all to save his life is a recipe for a shit pitcher in the AL. Sigh. Why can’t we just clone CC and have CC clones filling out the rest of the rotation? Wow. When will be the year when the Yankess have at least decent pitching? Hopefully I get to see it in my lifetime.
Bullpen my guess is by summer we see mitchell warren and phelps in hughes spot.
Absolutely shocked that Hughes would pitch a game like this…
Phil is one good start from Sweaty of being in the pen.
Joe has yanked him earlier than he usually does with his starters, meaning more so than the results, he doesn’t like how Hughes is putting his pitches.
Seeing as he gets Baltimore and the scuffling Royals next week he probably gets two more chances
Well, Jeter is certainly a pleasure to watch.
So, is Phelps gonna get a shot soon or what?
Mike,
Your always said that there is no use in putting guys like Hughes and Chamberlain in the bullpen right away, because you want to give them a good shot at making it happen in the rotation first, which is a stance I agree with. However, when does that shot end?
It ends now. Both were mishandled and that’s unfortunate but neither one will be a starter and that’s a shame. Give Phelps a shot. Have him soak up innings tonight and he’ll be in line for Phil’s next start. Phil can be the multi inning guy in the pen until we can work out a trade.
Well that’s a tough question to answer, all I can say is that Hughes’ shot isn’t nearly close to being done.
I like to think you’re right.
Now that Phil is in shape and throwing hard, what is the new excuse why he still sucks?
bad command.
He melts in big spots. Not much “grinder” in Phil I’m afraid. Never stops the bleeding. Never pitches out of trouble.
Makes bad pitches in pitcher’s counts. I wonder how many of the hits he’s given up this year have come with 2 strikes.
Seven, including four doubles and two homers.
http://www.baseball-reference......;t=p#count
Yay Clay!
disappointing Phil, very disappointing
What a day so far. Pineda’s damaged goods, Hughes sucks and I have to change my shift for the last 7 weeks I work here.
I felt like asking for my severance now. 7 weeks? Really???
Now I guess the hitters will begin trying to whack everything into the seats–every pitchers dream.
Things not looking good for this team. They really have to get the 2-3-4 hitters going, and pretty damned soon.
2??
CC/Kuroda/Nova/Pettitte/Phelps
Hughes in pen. if Phelps sucks then try Warren.
If they can’t get 5 quality starters outs of CC, Kuroda, Nova, Pettitte, Phelps, Hughes, Warren, Freddy, Mitchell that’s ridiculous.
Don’t be surprised when the Yanks pick Freddy over Hughes when Andy’s ready. I know Sweaty Freddy was horrendous in his last start, but if we’ve learned one thing in his year+ with the team its that he can’t get the Red Sox out. That’s OK, Hughes can’t get anyone out (or finish them off) and might actually have value out of the bullpen. That may be the best configuration for this group.
And no matter how much sense it makes I still threw up.
I think Joe’s gotta let phil try to get out of that – we have no choice at this point but to let him work out his issues.
Nahh. He’s in AJ territory. He’ll never work it out until he’s had a major shock to the system, e.g., AAA
What the hell are the Yankees going to do with Hughes? Send him to AAA? Bullpen? How many more outings like this before enough is enough?
send him to AAA to start every five days until _______ gets injured
I was hoping for 3.2 IP of with less than 4 runs. Unfortunately I was unrealistically optimistic.
Hey, focus on the positive! Other than the last 25 pitches of his 50 pitches, he only had a couple bad ones…
Alright, we got lucky now let’s get something out of it. We can’t keep ruining these chances.
Tex with an opposite field single and an infield single all in the same game.
Can we get Colon back? Apparently he’s good now.
He was good with us last year, he just ran out of gas at the end which is why we would have managed his innings better. He had just came back from the dead so he wasn’t going to be able to throw a full season. Not sure why we didn’t bring him back over Freddy.
Amen
Freddy had a shinier record and ERA. But mostly because of how Colon faded down the stretch.
What a shitty day.
Anyone else suicidal over Pineda? I’m so sick of having shitty pitchers filling out the Yankees rotation these past couple of years. So sick of injuries, underperformances, flip flopping pitchers between SP and RP. I’m done with Cash and his stupid decisions. I totally saw the Pineda injury coming from a mile away. Heavy workload from last year, poor second half, decreased velo in spring, lots of red flags. Would’ve rather just signed Darvish and CJ Wilson and kept Montero instead of trading for Pineda and signing Kuroda. Argh. Sorry if I sound ridiculous. Just venting…
Just keep drinking.
My head hurts
I just hope that this doesn’t make the Yanks rush Pettitte back.
I think he’s two appearances away either way.
Considering Cashman’s comments tonight, sounds like Andy isn’t close.
i hope it is fri may 11, i will be at that game. it sort of lines up
And now for the DP. Shutout last night and 0 runs tonight.
fucking bad breaks all around.
Raul is soooooo cool.
timing
Ibanez has life in him yet!
ibanez hits a double and still manages to screw it up
The guy everyone hates is better than most on the team so far.
Kay is wrong. Hughes’ velocity this year is exactly the same as it was in 2007. The only time he was mid-90s was when he pitched out of the pen.
He’s actually throwing harder.
He had a better curve and a nice straight change up in 2007.
Also threw a slider.
Yep. And there’s more to pitching than velocity, which Kay just doesn’t get.
Was not expecting them to pull Feldman.
Mainly a pitch count thing. He’s a reliever and isn’t stretched out.
Girardi post-game comments regarding Hughes will be interesting tonight.
“He was just up a little bit. Got some outs up there but has to work down a little bit more. We’ll keep working with him and get it sorted out. He did win 18 games two years ago. You don’t just forget how to pitch and win.”
Ah yes, the 18 games. That’s the go-to answer anytime the reporters really start to get uppity.
No they won’t, Girardi won’t say anything remotely controversial.
One more bad start before we get a “Well, we’ll discuss it. I’m gonna talk it over with Cash and our pitching coach then we’ll make a decision.” when asked about Phil’s rotation spot?
No they won’t. He’ll remain supportive when talking to the media.
“Hughsey’s our guy”
Hughsey is oursy guysy.
Me likey, Planksy.
“His stuff looked good, he just struggled to find his command. He made two or three mistakes, and this is a lineup that doesn’t miss when you make a mistake.”
That’s pretty much carbon copy Girardi post-game when Hughes pitches.
Damn, just get some guys on base for Ibanez and let the games begin.
Hey Pistol Pete
How you like me now!!!!!!!
Raul Ibanez
Scott Feldman outlasted Phil Hughes in this game. That’s ’nuff said right there.
Scott Feldman didn’t win 18 games in a season like Hughes, but he did win 17 games the year prior.
Perhaps they’re twin sons of different mothers.
Hooray. we scored a run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cash should contact Oswalt and convince to come to Yanks and pitch with his good buddy Pettitte.
Not a bad thought. I think he’s going to St Louis though.
He’s not worth it.
Andy should try and convince Clemens to come back after testifying.
shouldnt nunez be hitting here?
F’n ground rules.
Gotta get a least one more run across.
Hughes rubbing off on Phelps?
reply fail
wow, that went far.
Thank you Eric Chavez.
Two runs. Be still my beating heart
Great AB by Chavez.
Everyone also seems to forget that Colon pitched in winter ball before last season
(I wanted him back too)
Reply fail, but I promise it wasn’t my fault
Way to go Russell. He’s gonna have to pay a team to play next year at this rate.
Exactly. If he doesnt show any life with the stick he doesn’t deserve a contract. No one is going to shell out a $60MM + contract for a DP machine who plays good D at catcher. I’d rather have Miguel Montero or Mike Napoli.
I’m kinda hoping someone like Garza or Gavin Floyd becomes available this trade deadline. Funny how our pitching depth is quickly fading.
I want to see a legit ace next to CC. The franchise has never had it’s Pedro-Schilling. Someone near CC’s caliber would be amazing. Expecting Pineda to be that is just wishful.
take it you’re pretty young?
Wells and Cone were a solid 1-2 but it’s not otherwordly. Clemens was on his last breaths in NY. El Duque had a lot of quality starts but wasn’t consistent enough to be that ace.
2001 Moose, Pettitte, Clemens combo was pretty damn good
moose and wells and clemens and cones, you can add 90s pettitte into that (he was pretty amazing back then). and clemens wasn’t done…he had a era+ 131 in 2000.
If we were going to trade Montero I would’ve been ok with trading him for someone like Bumgarner or Tommy Hanson. But then again I never wanted to trade him.
Far more excite to see Phelps pitch than the assclowns in the back of the rotation…
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
Phelps sucks too. keep this guy in the pen.
Hey look, David Phelps can’t put anyone away with two
outsstrikes either.strikes? I think you meant strikes.
You seem to be enjoying Phelps recent struggles a little too much lately.
just like a ton of people here are enjoying hughes’ struggles. he’s being ironic.
I was only kidding
ah…hard to remember who has a brain on here anymore.
Not a good showing from Phelps tonite at all.
phelps is our savior….oh wait…
what a shitty home run
nice start David
Well, there goes one of those runs….
Phelps to the rotation!!!!!! Nice job Mini-Hughes. Not a good day so far for Yankee baseball.
3 fastballs to Napoli.
Curve ball to the next batter after home run.
Warren was very impressive in Spring. I hope he’ll get a shot.
Warren not impressive today.
Is Brian Gordon available?
(not being serious)
The question is can Phelps be competent? That’s all we need from our 5th starter with this offense. Problem is, Hughes isn’t even competent. He never gives us innings and always puts us in a deficit.
2:1 odds Beltre hits a grand slam.
you owe me 2
Yay! Intentional walks with only one out! This can’t possibly result in a run right? Right?
Do you think that Larry tells his staff that mid thigh down the middle is not a good spot? The bomb is about the blow up on the misrated Yankee staff.
Ol’ Larry couldn’t do much with AJ, and this year he doesn’t seem able to do much with Phil and Phreddy
Swisher doesn’t get enough props for being a good defensive outfielder.
Lets bring that up when he makes a routine catch.
Only looked routine because he got a tremendous jump, he was playing deep and that was off the end of the bat.
Because he’s just average, not good. That’s OK with his bat, but he’s not exceptional out there.
Yup. Whatever range advantage he brings to a league average outfielder, his lack of an arm kills it.
I feel like a lot of people consider him a poor defender. Maybe I’m wrong and people appreciate his abilities correctly, or at least yankee fans here.
I hate Michael Young.
Michael Young is so gritty he should have been a red sox.
We were so enthusiastic about this rotation with the additions of Kuroda and Pineda and now it’s all come crashing down. We’ve got 3 good starters. All hope is on Andy for an effective 4th starter.
Phelps don’t pull a Hughes.
He did.
So, fantasy baseball – time to worry about Pujols?
This blows. Now the Yankees know just how far behind the Rangers they are in pitching and hitting.
DIdnt mean to put that there. Sorry.
Young is so classy he let Phelps gets out of it without giving up another run
its decided, phelps to the rotation!
jjyank, i was reading the Pineda thread between innings, you’re from jersey too? where about’s if you don’t mind me asking
Escapability folks.
Phil this is the bullpen. Bullpen this is Phil.
The kid did what Hughes cannot, get out of trouble. He’d be a lot better than Hughes and right now that’s all we can ask for. Girardi should announce after the game that Hughes will be sent to the pen and Phelps will make Phi’s next start.
Phelps has given up 6 runs in his last 6.7 innings.
This makes me feel better, but it’s a few days old.
Oops, this.
http://www.rlyw.net/index.php/.....team_proje
Most interesting thing I read today.
http://www.popularmechanics.co.....id-6705753
The Owen Magnetic. A car that runs on magnetic power, and it was built 95 years ago.
I tried to read it, but the sight of Jay Leno made me vomit. He’s the Phil Hughes of late night talk.
Poor excuse. Read it, you’ll thank me later.
With cars, simpler and cheaper parts are often better. When the Mustang was developed, Ford considered a more expensive independent rear suspension than the solid axle the car came with. As legend has it, Ford executive Lee Iacocca said, “Americans don’t give a crap about that. Make it inexpensive; make it look sexy. Don’t put something in it they can’t see.”
That must be why the American auto industry is so respected the world over.
As he said, quality doesn’t always win out and often doesn’t. The Beta format was far superior to VHS. Apple spent 20 years getting their brains beat in by Microsoft (before Steve Jobs took over) despite a better OS. Fast food has billions in sales while the best French restaurant in Manhattan probably does a few mil. Quality isn’t everything, unfortunately.
What happened to Jim Johnson?
Flu I think.
Phelps hanging in there, need some mo jo from the offense.
the orioles are so lucky, they don’t have to worry about hughes or pineda
they’ve destroyed their fair share of pitchers lately
Michael thinks the division winner will be based on who can beat the Orioles? Everyone was saying they were improved last year and they finished dead last. It’ll come down to starting pitching and that’s unfortunate for us right now.
The narrative starts… now.
That’s OK. We always beat the Cookies
Orlando won which means the Knicks play either Miami or Chicago in round 1.
Guess I’ll have to wait yet another year to see the Knicks win a playoff series.
This day keeps getting better and better.
I hope the pen can keep this game within 3 runs so we have a chance at Nathan(who stinks early on).
Well that is good news about Pineda
wow….look at that list of pitchers that came back from the surgery….guess pineda is screwed.
That list had a lot of guys that were injured for years. This ain’t no Tommy John.
smolts was injured for years? al leiter? can’t remember the rest.
That can be really unfair. Every injury is different in terms of severity. The Doctor who examined him is optimistic for a full recovery (no rotator cuff damage) so I am as well. Does that mean he’ll succeed here? No, plenty of healthy pitchers haven’t. But I’m not writing off Pineda.
dude…sarcasm. i’m optimistic about pineda.
Lol, c’mon you’re better than that. Cherry-picking at it’s finest.
i haven’t seen any of that on this blog lately…no way.
Robinson is god
King Felix tops out at 93. He does ok with that.
this dude is pretty awesome, think we can trade hughes for him?
Great approach baby!
Love it!
Too many homers.
awesome pitching depth…
Yankees aren’t in the same league as Texas.
actually, they are.
No they aren’t.
Pitching and hitting. They are a couple notches below.
handtius means the American League
there you go…genius.
and what i said below…they have a better offense.
the offenses are about equal, I would say
when in rome…wait, it’ll come to me.
Except for the whole having a better offense thing, sure.
they’re both in the american league…same league. the yankees have only scored less then 5 runs in 4 games. that’s a pretty good offense. they’ll have cc, kuroda, nova and pettitte as a top 4, they’ll pitch well. same league.
What’s that saying about counting chickens?
Imagine how fucked we would be if we lost a CC for two years straight like them. Gotta give them props.
They’re just a better run organization than the Yankees.
This is true. They’re beating the Yankees at their own game.
It’s beginning to seem that way. They can certainly handle pitching losses better than NYY can. If the two were to play an ALCS series right now, the Rangers would probably win in 5.
guess phelps isn’t our savior after all.
This game hurts my brain
glad we could fix Moreland for them
Wonder what we can get from seattle for Hughes?
the worst thing about it is that he will be a good starter when he goes elsewhere
True. Yankees aren’t exactly the model of developing players, especially pitching. This is what you get buying players based on past performance – undermines the need for talented scouts and player development. #frustrating.
This hurts my head.
Someone will teach him a new changeup grip or tweak his delivery to get more downward plane and, voila, he’s good to go. Yankees are not the home of pitcher development.
At least Montero is 3-5, 2 rbis. Gives me that warm feeling inside
Considering changing my handle to Larry Rothschild’s Man Boobs. Just thinking out loud.
Trying too hard.
Then again, look at my tag.
IBB? Seriously?
doesn’t the crowd know that we are already going through enough?!?! we don’t need a yankees suck chant on top of it
Does it really bother you that much? They hear it in literally every road series, even when they’re winning.
should have had the sarcasm font on…or are you also being sarcastic???
Rough night for sarcasm.
Not in Tampa or Baltimore.
I hate intentional walks.
Everyone that has a good arm is in the infield for the Yankees….
Humiliation
I really wish there was a way we could throw Beltre more middle-middle FBs.
Ugh, four game losing streaks suck. If this one holds, facing Verlander Friday and pitching Garcia Saturday really blows.
reverse locks
Won’t happen. Tigers will bring their A game because it is the Yankees. Look for them to lose 2-3.
yeah and the yanks will bring their C game? come on.
Wow, way to jump to conclusions.
I said ‘if’.
If being realistic, you have to look at the odds favoring the Tigers in both those games. Sure, Nova could hang in there Friday and maybe the offense sneaks a few runs across. Or maybe the offense really shows up on Saturday against a guy they’ve never seen before. Those are probably best case scenarios though.
But, I prefer reality, and sadly they’re not in a position to be favored to win any of the 3 games right now.
Yanks will make Verlander work, plus Nova is like our four-leaf clover. Harder to get excited about Garcia on Saturday, but at least it’s Saturday, so I don’t have to work!
remember when this staff was a strength full of depth and Hughes had a dynamite spring with “the experts” calling for a great rebound year. lol
Fuck Texas! They can all suck their own antlers!
That’s back to back shitty outings for Phelps. The shine is coming off his star rather quickly.
If only we still had George Kontos.
Things you could have seen coming from a mile away:
1) Phelps getting tattooed.
2) Fans turning on him once he got tattooed.
Give the kid a break. He wasn’t going to be perfect and, yes, those were some pretty good offenses he was facing for the first time.
We have George Kontos. His name is now Cody Eppley, or whatever else fungible fringe middle reliever we pick up on the side of the road at some point this year.
Get up on the wrong side of the bed today?
Of course Phelps was gonna give up some runs eventually. He’s still a promising young arm, just not the savior he was made out to be by everyone calling for him to be put into the starting rotation.
As for Kontos, your sarcasm detector must be out of order
Did I have a sarcasm malfunction there?
It happens to the best of us. This has been a trying day to say the least.
It’s like we’re expecting everyone else to be Rainbow Connection or something around here.
Rough night for sarcasm.
I’m with you. That was the point of my note directly below. Way too many bi-polar notes from the RAB crowd of late. It’s like they’re new to baseball.
Tension is high today with the disappointing news about Pineda.
Phelps really hasn’t pitched all that well his last two times out against better offenses.
Yanks still haven’t figured out Adrian Beltre. Seriously, does this team have any scouts or do they just rely on their talent? Same players all the time – Carlos Peña, Ortiz, any pitcher with an ERA over 5.00…
Beltre hasn’t hit the Yankees at all the last two years. Like a .500 OPS.
Could have been the injuries. I recall a few good at bats against Mo…
1-8 with a solo HR (in 2007) and 2 K’s career against Mo.
He’s a career .240/.280/.440 hitter against the Yankees. Hardly a Yankee killer.
a few good at bats does not mean he’s good against the yanks.
No scouts. Binder rules!!!! J/k
Entering tonight, Beltre had a .241 career BA against the Yanks, with a sub-.300 OBP and OPS at .720. That’s not bad at all for a guy of his ability level.
Just looked over those stats against Yankee pitchers – not sure how accurate they are. For example, they listed his stats against Mike Thurman, who last pitched in the majors for the Yanks in 2002, but he did not have faced Beltre as a Yankee that season.
career .202/.246/.303 vs. current Yankee pitchers
Then those numbers just went up tonight!
I don’t see Mike Thurman on here.
http://www.baseball-reference......ubmitter=1
Or you can look here:
http://www.baseball-reference......at%7CAB%7C
at least Ibanez still sucks
wow, that was crushed.
holy damn ibanez
I can has moar Raul plox, kthnx.
2013 ROTATION:
CC
Nova
?
?
Banuelos
… Chances aren’t in Pineda’s favor that he’ll recover his ability to execute as well as he did in 2011. Toss in the likelihood Pineda will have to square off against Minor league hitting before getting the call up in May, and the man is essentially the biggest question mark in the rotation.
Hughes is a non-factor. I frankly dont even expect Hughes to be in pinstripes next season.
Has Pineda’s labrum just forced the Yanks to enter the Hamels sweepstakes? I think so.
I think so too. If they don’t–and if there’s no dynamite acquisition before then–it will tell us something interesting about George’s heirs, namely, that they’re probably not chips off the old block when it comes to the Yankees.
He’s fit. He’s ready. Andy Hawkins for the Yankee rotation. Papa George would have done it.
Banuelos won’t be in the rotation. Too ‘unproven’ for this team.
Nova, Hughes and Wang all say Hi.
I was being sarcastic as that’s the reason everyone loves to give for why none of the other AAA guys are worthy of getting starts.
Ahh, sorry. Went right past me.
No problem. I think everyone is just a little fried after the last two games and recent news.
I think the whole site just needs a collective reboot on the off day or something.
This could make for a fun meme….
“They’re all a bunch of #4′s anyway.”
That’s another popular one. Though a bunch of #4′s is better than the couple #7′s they have right now.
If Ivan Nova supposed to be a #4, then give me some more #4′s.
potential #4′s
Yeah, really. I’ll take some 4′s. Freddy and Phil in the early going have not even 5′s.
How dare you insult them like that. However that must mean I have to stone you for insolence because that’s apparently how we roll.
if he ends up having a good year, at least one spot will be up for grabs, with him being the leading candidate
there not not trading him so to leave him in the minors to toil away.
Hence having to graduate two starters from the current crop of youngsters which, while a tall order, is the best course of action.
I was so happy… on Monday…
so happy..
Monday.
Well this one is over. Yanks are just to over matched. Thankfully there are two wild card spots. Everyone have a good evening.
thanks for leaving. you’ve improved my night greatly. come back when they’re in the post season, or don’t.
That’s right get out!!! You don’t agree with teh Handtius, then don’t come back here to his blog to post no mas!!!!
Have fun at school tomorrow.
Hopefully he’ll learn the difference between to and too in English class.
Hopefully they’ll leave him on the bus all day.
That actually wouldn’t normally be funny, as it happened to a friend of mine with her seven year-old once. In this case, though….
It’s OK as long as they leave a window rolled down for him.
I love this bullpen.
Now, if the offense can wake up and crank out a walkoff win, that would be nice.
Hard to get a walk-off win on the road.
You’d have to demoralize the home team so badly that they just walk off the field and forfeit
……and that’s not going to happen until we hit Citifield.
*snare*
True. As dark as things may look in Yankee land today, it’s nothing compared to the hopelessness of the situation over n Flushing.
You ever try poetry? That was beautiful.
Both teams 10-8.
Honestly, good for the Mets. Nothing against them in the least. It ain’t going to last, though.
Ouch. Yep.
Can Granderson hit an off speed pitch?
No Bullpen meltdown warning Mike?
One going down in Minnesota.
No, the little kid is crying when a new IQ point developed and he realized he’s from a family of Texas Rangers fans.
Shame on me for believing we’d see anything approaching the ARod of old again. He’s fouling off or rolling over pitches that the ARod of old used to be able to bash.
Yep. Hitch in his swing. High leg kick. So stubborn.
Arod’s on the quick downslide of his career. This is exactly the reason why I hated the Montero trade in January and really can’t stand it now. This team needs bats, as evidenced by last year’s debacle in the playoffs. The pitching was fine – they didn’t leave the bases loaded twice – the overrated lineup did.
The Pineda trade is baffling – the Yanks are supposedly “loaded” with young arms in their system, close to making the big leagues, and yet their best hitters are years away. Montero, btw, is 5-10 the past 2 nights against a playoff team – the same team that bounced our beloved Yankees.
Hate a loss like this before an off day.
The guy has a nice smile on his face, too, but for other reasons.
Michael Kay: “It’s strange, Kenny, but I don’t seem to have the ability to read a baseball off the bat.”
You’d think that with such a ginormous head, he’d have superior vision too.
Forgive me for checking in so late – I’m assuming by the score Hughes didn’t look too sharp? Can someone fill me on how his command/stuff was?
Assume your assumptions are correct.
First trip through lineup: Really good
Subsequent trip: Did I mention how good the first trip was?
Same starting Hughes for the last 5 years, minus April 2010.
Everything up, drifting right over the middle. Folded when guys got on. Got lucky with Rapada stranding 3 of his runners after he was yanked.
It was a glorious first inning.
…which gets back to the point that Hughes just might be a reliever.
I deleted the part where I was going to end that comment with “….which will come in handy when he’s only pitching one inning,” out of mercy for him.
Jeez, not pretty. Thanks for the info, guys. Of course I also just saw the Pineda news. Rough day to be a Yankee fan.
It hasn’t been the most fun 24 hours.
Joe Nathan. This could be the Yankees best chance.
…or not.
At least a Boston team lost tonight…
It doesn’t get any easier Friday with Detroit and Verlander.
This too shall pass.
Source?
I’ll admit it, I laughed. Thanks.
I don’t get it. Then again, you know, it’s been a rough night around here with Pineda and all….
That’s going to need some real commitment if it’s to become a actual meme, flapjack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
Hey, it made me feel a bit better.
I get fooled by arod every April 1-7. “Wowww! He looks so great.” Then…..splay.
He’s good for one monster game per week but isn’t someone that we all fool ourselves into thinking “If he gets hot, he could carry this team for a month.”
He cant even carry a team for 9 innings any more.
ARod will tease us from time to time when he guesses right but he is a shell of himself. Adjustments will need to be made!