Aug
11
Saturday Night Open Thread
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Four, four wins in a row. Ah ah ah. The Yankees are starting to climb their way out of that funk from the last few week, but the happiness over this afternoon’s win was quickly snuffed out by the news of CC Sabathia‘s elbow-induced DL stint. Thank goodness for big leads in the division, eh?
Anyway, here is your open thread for the evening. The Mets are playing the Braves (Santana vs. Medlen) and MLB Network will air a game as well. Who you see depends on where you live.
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We got Derek Lowe!!!!
Yeah!~
Ah, I remember the old debate of Burnett vs Lowe back in 2008.
Both are trash. Funny how that works out.
Burnett is not trash right now. He wouldn’t be doing this in the AL, but calling him trash seems harsh.
Me too. I am embarrassed to admit I was on the Lowe-side. Although in my defense I was still high-school age.
I want to see a Lowe v. Cook matchup in the Boston series.
That would not end well…for either team.
Signing Lowe was a good move. Phelps will get the start, Lowe will be the long man. Can’t hurt, he’s practically free. Depth never hurts.
I wonder how many pitches Phelps is good for though.
Phelps will throw a 27 pitch perfect game. That’s right. 27 one pitch outs. Book it.
No, 81 pitches, 27 strikeouts. That’s a better FIP.
I like this plan.
The old Steve Nebraska routine.
So basically Phelps takes over for CC, Joba takes over Phelps’ pitch 1 or 2 innings when the Yankees are close (hopefully he keeps improving the further he gets from TJ surgery), and Lowe takes over for Joba’s we need innings let’s just finish this game/mop up duty.
Not a disastrous setup for 2 or 3 weeks, I think they’ll live (assuming CC encounters no further problems. If he does, all bets are off and it’s time to panic thinking ahead to the playoffs.)
I hate that everybody, including the fans on here, think this is the death knell of this team.
ITS 2 FUCKING WEEKS!
Not even because of the retroactive DL.
I don’t think that anyone thinks that. Well maybe a few people. Most of us are just concerned, especially how seemingly minor injuries have turned major this year. If CC is only out for the minimum 15 days, the Yankees can weather the storm. If it’s more than that, I am very much concerned. I will reserve my optimism on CC until he is reactivated from the DL. The team has no reason not to downplay the injury, so I can’t put much stock into it all.
For now, the Yanks will be fine. But let’s wait and see how CC progresses before we make judgements either way.
The facts that:
A: He was able to pitch 6 1/3 innings against Detroit with this ailment tells me that he felt it was no problem.
B: That there was no pain involved, just a minor stiffness further lessens the harshness of injury.
Don’t get me wrong, Greg, I do think you’re probably right. But considering how seemingly innocent injuries have gone thus far (Pineda, Gardner), I don’t want to be too optimistic. I am neutral about it all.
He’s not the brightest guy in the world. He was injured earlier this year and did the same thing – didn’t say anything until after the game. It’s stupidity. They weren’t playoff games.
Wonder if the Sox regret trading Brent Lillibridge?
Not as much as we regret trading Zac McCallister. He’s a fucking beast, Kearns was shit. Cashman failed.
What a ray of sunshine you are.
But I’m right.
Eh. 5-4 with a 3.something ERA. Not exactly ace material
W-L record? Really? He has a mid 3 ERA/FIP. That’s what Kuroda is doing this year except he’s making 500k, is 24, and under team control through 2016 (or 2017?)
I think Quintana was more of a mistake than McCallister
No seriously, why did we give away a 6’6 guy with four pitches. One bad year in AAA? Fuck me.
Wow. I could only force myself to read through half of the Derek Lowe thread. The fits people can have over such low cost, low risk moves is amazing.
I’m being turned off by the boards in general as of late. Love the writers stuff and am still reading daily, but yikes, i’m much happier when I don’t get frustrated by idiocy.
/elitist’d, but for real.
It’s all about establishing allies. The last few game threads have been very enjoyable. Even when they’re not though, if you have a few posters that you’re RAB friends with, it’s easier.
For what it’s worth, Jim, I enjoy your posts.
I just thought we would have Ichiro pitch.
Salvador Perez doing Yeoman’s work.