Thursday Night Open Thread
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Shouldn’t he be ringing the closing bell? (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The good news is that the Yankees are going to get their second and final West Coast trip of the season out of the way in mid-to-late-July. In fact, after this trip the farthest they’ll have to travel the rest of the year is to Tampa. That’s pretty cool. Unfortunately that means we have to wait a few more hours for tonight’s game and stay up late to catch all nine innings. It could be worse, they could be going to Anaheim.
Here’s an open thread to hold you over until the regular game thread comes along. The only baseball game being played right now is the Red Sox and White Sox (Buchholz vs. Quintana), and you can watch that one on MLB Network. You folks all know how this works by now, so have at it.
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Mike, you said that the AAA(A) veterans will be moving on in the upcoming week(s) as promotions from AA begin to happen.
Who exactly do you expect to be promoted within that time frame? Is Adams one of them?
Probably not with Joseph and Antonelli in AAA. He missed a ton of time with the ankle, let him spend the rest of the year there so he can catch his breath a bit.
Nuno might move up, maybe a bullpen arm. I suppose Mesa is a possibility as well.
David P. thinks Mesa could play right now in the bigs defensively. Not so much offensively. Clock is running on his prospect status though so he should at least move up to AAA.
Probably 80% of AAA outfielders could play in the bugs defensively. That’s not saying much.
Bigs *
Those recent talks between Yanks and Braves about Ramiro Pena weren’t entirely fruitless. Dan Brewer just got traded to Atlanta…more as a favor than anything else. Fringy aging prospect who wasn’t going to get any ABs in OF either for Trenton or Empire State.
I love and hate the 10 pm weekday games. I don’t have to fight my girlfriend for the tv or feel guilty for taking over the tv or yelling at it. plus there are only about 5-10 of them the whole year, so they are somewhat unique. i hate waking up at 6:30 the next morning however
Agreed. The struggle between sleep and the 7th inning of a close game sucks.
I always choose the game. Coffee is my savior the next morning, I’ll have an extra cup if need be.
With all the 5 Hour Energy commercials that air during Yankee games, you still go with coffee?
So I should avoid you at the bank the next few days is what you’re saying?
Apparently Philly is offering Hamels a 6/$144 million deal. Would that be good or bad news for them? That’s roughly $124 million tied into 6 players (Hamels, Lee, Howard, Halladay, Utley, Pence)
They’ll trade Victorino, Rollins and maybe one of Halladay/Lee.
Hamels might actually be worth that money. The Phillies operate on a 180 million dollar payroll so I think they will be fine.
Heard 6/130, either way, no way.
He is no CC, he is no Roy Halladay.
He is an ace, and would be the best pitcher on about 20 teams, however he is not a 7-WAR type guy.
The top tier teams should not be spending 25M$ per year on their second starter and tie the franchise down with a 150M$ obligation.
he may not be roy halladay but isn’t he like ten years younger? i’d move doc or lee at a discount before i’d let hamels go.
You should pay the big dollars for in this order;
1) The highest level of talent at the youngest age (’05 Arod)
2) The highest level of talent at a decent age. (’09 Halladay)
3) Slightly less talent and a young-mid age. (’12 Hamels)
….
19) Less talent, high maintenance, mid age (’10 Lackey)
…..
99) Trade young talent for washed up, over paid, 5th OF’er (’10 Wells)
Any hockey fans here? Thoughts on the best blueliner in the league possibly moving to the Atlantic division?
The Flyers most likely winding up with him leads me to believe Pronger’s career is over. Who needs Matt Carle?
That deal is unbelievable. As always, the division should be a lot of fun next year…
Even without Parise, watch out for NJ.
We’ll see. As a Devils fan (please, hold the rotten fruit) I’m not in love with our offseason business so far. Parise leaving was an inevitability, but otherwise we bid against ourselves for Marty and Salvador and brought in a couple fringe players on deals that are too long. I hope there’s more in the works, but with the current ownership crisis, I’m not so sure that’s a realistic hope.
The way it’s frontloaded, the Preds would have to pay him a quarter of the franchise’s net worth in the first four years if they match. That’s insane.
As a fan of an Eastern team, I can only hope Nashville matches the offer sheet. Philly is tough enough to deal with as it is. Throw in Weber and they’re scary good.
Also, anyone else going to their respective midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises?
Is that the story about Hoosier basketball in the ’70′s?
I wish. I haven’t set foot in a movie theater over a year. When I have free time away from my kid, the last place I want to spend it at is in a movie theater. Hope people enjoy it, though!
Still haven’t finished watching the last one (the Heath Ledger one). It was entertaining, but it just doesn’t hold my interest.
I avoid midnight screenings like the plague.
My dad and I are going to a noon IMAX showing tomorrow.
So how many more ABs does Pedro Ciriaco need before he can qualify as an official .400 hitter this season? I hear the last guy to do it also played in Boston.
He gets a double.
He has, what, 38 PAs?
So one more at-bat is what you’re saying.
Somewhat humorous.
http://itsaboutthemoney.net/ar.....ystanders/
That was actually pretty funny. Wells is one of those guys who is just naturally entertaining (whether you like him or not is a different story). He’s more David Cone, Al Leiter, Paul O’Neill than John Flaherty, Tino Martinez, Lou Pineilla. To put it in terms of YES broadcasters.
the thing about Ciriaco is that in 74 career plate appearances, he’s hitting
.365/.382/.500
In limited action with the Pirates (33 PA’s), he hit .333/.350/.513.
So he has not just hit up in Boston in the major leagues
Dickerson was the same way, though he’s actually better. It’s a tiny sample.
Ciriaco has like one or two career MiLB seasons over a .700.
As a night shift worker I love the west coast trips.
Do you ever sing “Night Shift” to yourself while working on the night shift?
But of course.
Five shutout innings for Quintana. CC would have given up four runs by now.
Cris Carter? Chris Collinsworth? Community College?
Sabathia. He sucks against Boston.
Why did we give up this guy again?
Why did we give up this guy again?
Left handed pitchers that post good numbers never pan out. Nomaas is going to ask Mike Newman when they interview him later this year.
We already know the answer. They didn’t want to put him on the 40-man because they thought he was a fringy back-end arm, which he still might turn out to be. It’s been nine starts.
For sure. But I was upset about this at the time.
I’d have no idea he was in the system unless someone told me. No recollection of him, and I read DOTF nightly. The names just blend in sometimes.
The Yanks were 21-21 on May 21st. They’ve gone 36-13 since then. Pretty good couple of months.
I was looking up Quintana’s stats on fangraphs and I noticed that all the White Sox pitchers have relatively low BABIPs against. They don’t strike me as a top notch defensive team though.
And right as I say that…
Surgery for Gardner
https://twitter.com/MarcCarig/status/226120408942907392
Well, lets go out and get another outfielder because I dont trust Ibanez and Jones to hold up all year.
Not a star outfielder but a servicable one
Arthroscopic? So out for the rest of the season?
Isn’t that the least evasive?
Most likely ends his season, apparently.
https://twitter.com/BloggingBombers/status/226120528577060864
Today, I met Diego Moreno (RP from the AJ Burnett trade) in an elevator, and saw Pineda, both were rehabbing here in Tampa. Pineda looked like he was in great shape, so hopefully he’s right on track.
Yea..now Boston leads…Boston has been on a mini tear of their own since the all star break and have won 5 out of their last 7 games.
No they don’t. Middlebrooks bangs into 2 to end the inning.
No they don’t. Future HOF Middlebrooks bangs into 2 to end the inning.
Fixed
I love this meme. Meanwhile the Miguel Cabrera/Babe Ruth hybrid that the Yankees groomed has an OBP under .300
Today’s 3-5 brought him up to .300 OBP. He’s finally started to rake over the last few games.
To be fair, every Mariner has been raking in that series.
four lefties in four games.
I’m sure that’s helped.
he cracked .700ops today!
No they don’t. Middlebrooks just grounded into a double play.
A little too soon? Middlebrooks hit into a DP.
Pitcher’s best friend keeps the White Sox in a lead
In other words, no one of are watching Project Runway. I get it.
Mr. October in the house in Oakland.
I would think that they would have kept him away until next spring (at least). I don’t understand what value he brings to the team with the best record in baseball?
Meh. I’m sure they have their reasons. I wouldn’t second guess having a legend around who made a dumb comment.
The same value as A-Rod but he can hit in the clutch
It seems to me the Sox are the same team right now that they became down the stretch last year. Their pitching is bad and while they score runs in bunches, they also go a ton of games without scoring runs.
I got a rules question, it’s something that probably only happen in a bush league place like Fenway. If someone hits the ball down towards Pesky Pole, and it hits the ground, then goes off the right fielder into the stands, does it have to be a ground rule double?
What if a fielder misplays a ball and it looks like it would be an inside the parker but the fielder recovers and throws it into the stands? is it a ground rule double?
That’s sort of what prompted the question. In a place like Fenway you could almost make it look like an accident.
Cody Ross is certainly learning how to hit pop ups in Fenway.
Red Sox have won five out of seven since the all star break…yuck.
And, if the Yanks win tonight, will have lost a game in the standings.