Game 42: You Again?
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The Yankees just lost two of three to Mariners, only their fifth series loss in 14 tries this year. Two of their series wins have come against the Blue Jays, who are in town for another three games starting tonight. Come Monday, one out of every four games the Yankees have played this year will have been against the new-look Jays.
Toronto is still stuck in last place in the AL East, but they’re playing way better than they were a few weeks ago. They’ve won four straight and seven of their last ten, and the offense has scored at least ten runs in each of their last three games. The Yankees are going to have to be at their best to win a third straight series against their division rivals to the north. Southpaw Mark Buehrle is on the bump, and here’s the lineup he’ll face…
- CF Brett Gardner
- SS Jayson Nix
- 2B Robinson Cano
- LF Vernon Wells
- DH Ben Francisco
- 1B Lyle Overbay
- 3B David Adams
- RF Ichiro Suzuki
- C Austin Romine
Right-hander Hiroki Kuroda will be on the mound for the Bombers. The game is scheduled to start a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on My9. Enjoy.
Travis Hafner Update: Hafner (shoulder) took batting practice and said he’s available to pinch-hit. If a right-hander was on the mound, he would have started.
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Nix second and Bendover Francisco fifth.
Geez.
I’m okay with Nix batting second against lefties. Not excited, but not offended either.
Ben Fran in the five spot though…
Andy on the DL, Stewart out- what (who’s) next. I think we need to win this game tonight if we’re gonna win this series
What if Ben Francisco got hurt and they had to replace him with someone even worse?
Like who, my Aunt May?
The original 90 year old lady or Sally Fields? Because that makes a difference.
…Oh, YOUR Aunt May.. My bad. Still, it would help if we knew how she compared to Sally Fields.
Spider-Man?
Bingo
Does this person exist?
Elector George Wilhelm was a pretty sorry figure. He’d probably be worse.
And maybe Bubba Crosby.
Nix batting 2nd, what could go wrong?
Let us end their streak in the name of our wounded and Prussia.
Anybody think we wrote off the Jays to early? I was never completely sure if we were right in burying them just yet.
I didn’t think anyone had buried them. I thought we were all just cackling with glee at their poor start.
Anyone who did bury them though definitely did so too soon, yes.
I mean, ten game is definitely a lot, so I can’t completely blame the people who did bury them. They looked REALLY fucking bad.
their rotation is still rough, but you knew the bats would show up.
i hope vernon ate his wheaties.
Nix batting second again…
Where is Granderson? Much rather him than Ichiro..
Freshly back from an injury and getting a day off. *shrug*
And he had three hits yesterday too.
TEH LEFTY!!!
Lol… but…but Ichiro…:(
Ichiro is a magician with the bat. he can do anything he wants. He can be a power hitter and hit 50 a year if he wanted to. What brainwashing? Jayson Nix is a ball player.
And not just any player, but a professional player.
Yes Havok. A professional baseball player. He always to do something to help the team. Even when he goes 0-4 w/ 3Ks and an Error. He always helps.
Still though.
I fail to see why Francisco remains on the team
Incriminating pictures no doubt.
from the immortal “rio bravo”:
random guy: a game legged old man and a drunk. that’s all you got?
john wayne: that’s WHAT i got.
no excuses!
Wow. A Rio Bravo blast. I approve in the strongest possible terms.
Nix, Ichiro and oh fuck Fransisco in the same lineup. Not to overstate the obvious but Hiroki needs to be very …good….
Nice night for a ballgame .
It’s lineups like these that really remind you what a great hitting catcher Posada was. Imagine if he were in his prime, he would probably be hitting 5th and this lineup would look even more dangerous.
+1
Really though Granderson against Kershaw>>>>>>>>>>>>>Francisco OR Ichiro vs Buehrle.
Ichiro at least has had some past success against Buehrle.
As for Ben Francisco, I’m convinced Joey G and Cash are just trolling the fan base at this point.
Pre-2011 Ichiro has good numbers against Buehrle. Post 2011 Ichiro…I’m sure not so much.
2011-2013
333/300/333
The ultimate empty average, but not all bad.
Paul O’Neill in the booth tonight is gonna bring us good luck.
The Yankees are 0-3 when I’m not listening/watching and taking part in the Game Thread…so I return for Prussia and The Yankees!!
Ben Francisco did hit his one and only HR off Mark Buehrle. That might have been the last time he played, actually. If you can’t hit Buehrle, you can’t hit anyone.
He’s 0-7 vs. Buehrle this year.
If you can’t hit Buehrle, you can’t hit anyone.
Talk about hubris, I hope the baseball gods weren’t around for this…
That quote brought to you by the same guy who’s convinced Josh Johnson is a terrible, terrible pitcher. Because reasons.
Its a sad state of affairs when we are foced to bat Ben Francisco 5th in a lineup. Although I might have switched Adams and Francisco
Hiroki is the Yankees most consistent pitcher and the ace of the staff. If they were voting for Cy Young, Hiroki would be at the top of the list.
So Pettitte did go on the DL? Oh crap….
Wow. I’m actually getting a My9 game. Sweetness.
“[Bautista] has unusual numbers against Kuroda, he’s 2-10. Both Homeruns. He’s a homer hitter.”
Sterling is off to a wonderful start…
Did he call Melky Cabrera the Melk Man?
No, but I’m sure that Melky was at second before Sterling called it a base hit, the call went something like “The ball……………………..is down the right field line…………for a……base hit.”
Hanging slider. No no no don’t do that
HA! What a reaction by Hiroki. That’s why he’s the ace.
ok…………………………
That works. Do that 8 more times Hirok.
Don’t think that would get through anyways. Robbie looked like he’d be able to get to it.
We need more Asian players
I’m rooting hard for Refsnyder.
Wait, you’re a Refsnyder fan?
Who knew?
:p
Haha he’s one of my new crushes this season. Then again I’ll fall for anybody with a wRC+ above 150…
Yeah, I know, but take a little more credit. You were blowing him up in the offseason as I recall. He’s done you proud so far.
Nice work Hirok. Lets get to Buehrle fast.
Kuroda by pitch count
First 15 pitches: .362 .396 .489 .886
16-30: .150 .271 .275 .546
31-45: .143 .217 .190 .408
46-60: .220 .220 .341 .561
61-75 .143 .143 .143 .286
Da speed!!!!!
Gardner at third…now it’s time for Nix to strike out on three pitches…
Didn’t even get the chance
That’s what I need to se more of from Gardner. Extra base hits, especially triples with his speed.
You do realize, even if he sets the triples record you’d only see it 36 times over ~600 ABs.
And I assume that’s gotta be one of the KC guys from when they had that so-called “turf.” No Yankee is ever matching that.
Chief Wilson, of the 1912 Pittsburgh Pirates.
Hmmm. Interesting.
along those lines, i suspect many or most of the homeruns recorded in that era were of the inside-the-park variety. they played in caverns, some without delineated outfields.
Yeah, that’s kinda what I was thinking.
SAFE! What an awful job in the OF by Melky.
Now that is speed.
That’ll do Brett. That’ll do.
That was one looonnnng slide.
Go Gardy
Try to forget you’re Jayson Nix right now, Jayson.
Nix lefty splits
.270 .378 .270 .648
powerful
Still, I’ll take an empty .270 and a ~.380 OBP with the current roster construction.
Yeah, there aren’t many better options vs. LHP.
Yeah. Again I say, I’ve had no problem with him batting 2 against lefties. Doing it against righties is what’s caused me to be annoyed.
Right
I love you after that thing with Matt last night, by the way.
This Nix batting second thing is flabbergasting. Girardi was batting Cano 2nd for a while showing some apparent sabermetric understanding, and now he’s putting Nix there, because you want extra at-bats for one of your worst hitters.
Yesterday it was more of a concern because it was against a righty. He actually has decent numbers against lefties.
It’s like I said, if you can’t hit Mark Buehrle you can’t hit anyone. Knock him out in the 1st.
Double steal!
According to Sterling, Nix’s 5-13 line against Buehrle is one AB shy of .500.
Huh???
Is this a first inning lead? I’m not sure I understand.
A rare and wonderful thing.
I shall savor it.
not just kuroda. say what you will about our situational hitting but we give as good as we get. the yankees’ staff has the lowest whip (and woba against) with risp in the league. second lowest xfip.
Damn Wells what choo swinging at.
Dannnng. I mean, that sounds right now that you mention it. But I wouldn’t have guessed that that was the case.
even Randy Winn had a great Yankee moment. Lets go Ben
A rather clueless AB.
If you can’t hit Buerhle around, you’re not an MLB quality hitter.
If you can’t get an easy out with Ben Francisco batting, you’re not an MLB quality pitcher.
Something’s gonna give.
Match: Buehrle.
..It’s the first inning and Sterling is already making jokes about traffic on the Major Deegan. How can I kill myself, using only office supplies, with minimal mess?
Swallow some open stables and tape your mouth/nose shut to avoid spitting out blood.
Or, you know, just tape your nose and mouth shut.
But then he could just breathe through his ears.
Reflex would almost certainly prevent that from actually killing you.
Clearly you just lack the willpower.
He lacks the will of the warrior.
I’ve the blood of Prussia. Shut your whore mouth.
Bitch you’re Polish!
Yup. But that whole “Poland is famous for getting partitioned” thing isn’t simply a byproduct of WWII.
Or: your geography kung-fu is no match for my monkey-style.
Maybe not me, but Dalek? Make no bets on his willpower.
I feel like bees are stinging my insides. and that last one went down sideways…
Panzy. You’ll be fine.
I feel like I’d need to swallow a lot of staples…
You would. Till something tore. I wasn’t going for quick and painless.
Swallow some toner?
By far the best bet. But I was going for sadism.
Svetlana?
She’d work too.
Svetlana and I get along well…wait I mean..not that?
Strangulation/hanging with a paper clip chain?
Held by Svetlana. We’ve got this all worked out now.
How many mistakes does Buerle have to make before they square one up? Answer: a lot
You realize they did score, right?
Off a fielder’s choice groundout. Color me unimpressed. Happy, but unimpressed given what MB was throwing out there.
You take ‘em ANY WAY you get them.
No doubt.
Uh, Cano and Bend-over got two meatballs each. AND they scored a run. Look up non-sequitur dude. You really say some silly shit.
Again, with this roster, you take runs any way you can get them. Never get greedy with this roster.
I took the highroad with Greg after last night. Not sure how long that’ll last.
Predictable. Damn injuries.
Wow. Ben Francisco…please get off my team. I will make a deal with the Baseball Gods right now: Take Francisco from this team and Jayson Nix can bat 8th and play SS for the rest of the season…I won’t complain once.
Francisco doesn’t play enough for that to be a good bet. We will eventually get Jeter back.
Lies.
I swear. I wouldn’t make a peep about him for the rest of the season. I’d even begin to praise him, nonsarcastically occasionally.
Off my team off my team off my team off my team
Yay Francisco! Lefty mashing DH!!!
That scared for a bit given the way this year has gone
Same.
Dumbest poll question I’ve ever seen
Other than Mo >>>> Rick Vaughn, you gotta go with the Cleveland Indians
The feeling I get watching HIROK pitch is a lot more pleasant than the feeling I get watching Hughes pitch.
Hiroki vs Buerle is the mismatch of all mismatches. The only question is how soon does the offense knock Buerle out of the game. The sooner the better as it will give them a short pen for the rest of the series.
Robbed. Oy.
Traffic issues probably due to train derailment on metro north. Can we talk about the game now?????
First pitch is a ball, so swing at the second and third pitches in the same exact location.
Were you talking about Overbay or Adams?
Because Overbay hit that ball solidly.
Gameday said Kawasaki struck out now he’s at first?
So I guess Overbay, Adams, and Ichiro can’t hit anybody
Although Overbay got robbed.
The left handed 1st baseman strikes again
you got faced, junior.
Sit down mf*!
Haha, nice job.
What happened to BJ Upton?
He’s hitting worse than Jayson Nix, that’s what.
His brother stole all his talent.
Plan: Knock out Buehrle, get into the rested Jays pen, let Kuroda hit for Benny badass.
That would sure be nice.
Maybe rethink the Kuroda AB. With this club’s luck he’ll pull a hamstring walking to 1st after getting hit on the elbow with a Buerle 85 mph heater
lol @ buehrle.
lol walking Nix twice. Let’s go Bobinson!
They need a better hitter behind Nix or he’s never going to get anything to hit.
Nix’s OBP: .317
Gardner’s OBP: .326
Let’s think about this.
And now he’s stealing bases.
Nix wRC+ 66
Gardner 95
Nothing to think about.
C’mon. We gotta let Greg get on a roll here at some point.
Saved me the post. I was just thinking the same thing.
I would expect for a starter to have a better wRC than a bench player. So that doesn’t surprise me.
I would expect for you not to have a point. So that doesn’t surprise me.
Especially a player that has hit leadoff basically all season over a guy who mostly has been in the lower part of the lineup
Who said it should be a surprise?
Nobody. I just find it interesting that our leadoff hitter has a .009 better OBP than a guy who gets crucified. Just an observation.
Well there is more to offense than OBP.
Again, he’s much, much better than Nix overall, and he’s only required to hit leadoff because of all of the injuries. He’s a slightly below average career hitter overall. He shouldn’t be hitting leadoff. In a lineup with Nix, Francisco, Romine, Ichiro, etc, there really isn’t much choice.
A) Nix has not been a “bench player” this season.
B) What? wRC+ doesn’t work that way.
But on mostly any other team he would be a bench player.
Which means precisely what when comparing statistics from the two of them this season?
Gardner’s stats should be much better than Nix’s.
The fact that their OBP’s are very close together is somewhat shocking.
Okay.
Not really. They’re only about 1/4 of the way through the season and Nix’s OBP is 30 pts over his career avg while Gardy’s is 26 pts below his career average.
Lesson: much ado about nothing
A “bench player” doesn’t play in 88% of the team’s games.
They do if the team he’s playing on has become St. Elsewhere
So you admit that he’s an everyday player then?
Not inherently.
He has always been a bench player that has been forced into starting.
He’s only had over 300 ABs once in a season.
In terms of quality, he’s a bench player.
Why don’t you look up the definition of bench and everyday player, then compare and contrast same. Quiz on Monday,
I would intentionally walk Cano and Wells to get to Francisco.
/not really but kind of
Ugh. Swinging on ball 4.
Trade Cano 4 prspcts
trade your brain for a functional one
Trade your sarcasm detector for another one
Trade your… uh… face for another one.
Yeah. I’m clever. Deal with it.
Rocked him back on his heels there.
This offense is terrible. And we won’t be getting reinforcements until June right?
sorry thought that was serious
Whatever team gets Cano, they are going to be very testy at these types of slumps.
Cano with another hack at a pitch not even close.. he needs a day off
Robbie: FYI. He is pitching around you.
I’m guessing the trivia answer is Tim Salmon.
Garrett Anderson
My answer is “Some random good player from the Angels in the late 90s-early 2000′s and something about your mother being a whore?” Trebeck.
It’s either one or the other (not sure if you’re guessing or know the answer).
I remember playing with the 1996 Angels a lot on Triple Play ’97. Salmon and Anderson were the only two All-Stars in that lineup.
Is the question something a long the lines of ‘What allstar on made the last out in Mariano’s first save in 1996?’ If it is, Ma and Pa just said it was Anderson.
Yes.
And YES also revealed the answer as Anderson. Paulie and I were on the same wavelength, and that wavelength plunged us to a drowning death.
Let’s try this… wife’s away and has left her new MacBook Pro home so I can have a full-sized keyboard instead of my ‘phone.
Man… can the Yanks catch a break with injuries? And also, would Robbie please start hitting again? And Francisco as DH?!
At least #HIROK! looks as good as ever.
don’t forget to clear your browsing history!
Nah I’ll just use my own computer. In the meantime I’m sure much fun might be had with my wife’s account.
#offmyteam
#offmyplanet
#off my dimension
God. We’ve gotta fling another guy into the sun?
You people are really stretching my ability to get us access to the DoD’s railguns.
Seriously with that strike call on the 2-0 pitch to Overbay
Why is Francisco still with the club?
That O’Neil video was hilarious.
Nice play by Vern. The Jays are already fed up with him, I’m thinking they’ll be groaning at the sight of him come September.
I will never understand how Paulie did that.
Such an amazing highlight.
’cause he’s paul o’neill. sheer will.
Maybe Vernon got a new belt and that’s why he’s playing well.
Havok…my intestines feel like they’re being poked with needles. Are you sure this was a good idea?
You’ll be fine. Live with the pain.
Your sacrifice shall be seen by the baseball gods and no doubt earn us a win.
have we started the fire
If I’m getting a bitchin funeral pyre I’m completely okay with all of this.
Can I float the pyre into the Baltic?
Just lie back and think of Prussia.
they’re alright, yeah, the kids are alright.
The rooks got this.
Let’s make something happen Brett.
These kids at their bats!
John Sterling wants Matt to know David Adams has hit safely in every game he’s played in
I wonder, how do you hit anything but “safely”? By definition if you get a hit, you make it “safely” to at least first.
You get a hit but during the backswing you club yourself in the nuts
You ever try even moving after doing that? I’m thinking you could hit the ball right to the furthest corner and the outfielder could run the ball to 1st and you’d be out if you did that.
Home grown Rally?!
Any RAB redditors out there should know that the cotton candy gif from a couple nights ago has become a kickass upvote gif.
Is it the backwards one? Because that one is hysterical. It’s been making the rounds on tumblr since that night.
It’s made from the backwards one, yep.
Saw that today on the imgurs… Pretty awesome
Oh god, that’s even better!!
Nix in yet another big situation… really great decision to have him bat 2nd
YOu were saying?
We are overdue for an offensive explosion.
Check my shorts
Ha, I asked for that
you get the assist.
Allllllllllright Nix. Nice and easy now. Don’t do anything foolish.
God I keep thinking okay awesome Cano is up next and then I realize no its Nix. Granted, Robbie is in quite a funk right now.
Not completely fail Nix…good job.
And Ma goes off about what a great job he does every game, completely forgetting his chokes with a runner on 3B and one out yesterday.
I wanted to vomit and take back this comment the second I hit submit because of that.
In Nix’s defense righties are batting zero against Wilhelmsen this year
But he didn’t need a hit. Something other than a strikeout probably would have done it.
What Robbie did the next AB would have been enough from Nix last night, I’m not asking him to get a hit or even hit the ball hard. Contact. That’s all we needed.
Ma & Pa just gushing over Nix who “does SOMETHING” every game…
Dear Joe,
Please put Robbie back to 2nd in the lineup.
Ta.
Sac fly. We’ll take it. Now Robbie remember some of those pitches will be out of the strike zone
… but will still be called strikes.
notastrike
Gameday had it just touching the edge of the strikezone. So just bad luck for Robbie
Looked clearly outside. On tv and on gameday.
“Every game. EVERY single game Nix does something to help the team.”
– Waldman
Guess she wasn’t watching last night…
Did she specify which team?
Yup, this. Also Stewart apparently “gets his hits”…. You’d think this was Yogi Berra and Mike Schmidt they were talking about nightly.
Cano is pathetic right now
Damn Robbie, snap out of it
Wretched slump is wretched.
i’m mad too, paulie.
Robbie…come on. That’s the pitch that ended the game last night too…When you’re on, you know better.
Really Cano?
David Rackley is a “rookie” umpire. Horrid strike zone to go with it. Looks somewhat like what got AJ Pierzynski ejected with Robin Ventura in Chicago against Seattle last year. (Different umpire, point stands.)
then:
Blake Beavan hits that spot, its a strike
Jose Quintana hits that spot, its a ball.
now:
Buerhle hits that spot, its a Strike
Kuroda hits that spot, its a ball
It’s a new brand of baseball, the zone changes with the count. haven’t you heard?
Hey anyone got a Powerball ticket? If so which sports franchise are you buying with the money?
The one in Willets Point.
The one closest to beaches and nekkid bitches
74-75 pitches through 6 innings.
Does he go all the way?
I’m saying yes and there will be a big fat 0 in the Jays’ run column.
Since when did Hiroki turn into Sir Phillip of Hughes? He’s a veritable fly ball machine out there tonight.
Good jump nice hustle by Gardner. And Robbie’s smooth play on the short hop gets an honorable mention.
NO. Suzyn Waldman, you are LYING. Jayson Nix doesn’t do something every game to help the team win. Not unless you’re giving him credit for bringing his gloves and spikes to the game. Because last night, that simple sac fly that you seem to think he can just always hit, well he didn’t do it. He struck out. He did nothing.
This is why we hate you.
At least our Defense and Kuroda is on God Mode.
“Who’s on the mound?”
“well it’s a guy with these stats:
Buehrle vs lefties 4.21 FIP, .318 wOBA
Buehrle vs righties 4.16 FIP, .323 wOBA”
“…but what HAND does he throw with?”
“Does it matter? He’s the same against lefties and righties”
“Yeah but if he’s a righty I have to start Hafner and if it’s a lefty I have to go with Francisco… that’s how platooning works”
(Hoping for the reverse jinx)
well done.
Well except for the reverse jinx part.
Binder Blindness. Joe got it several years ago and it’s irreversible
Not to mention:
Hafner vs. Buehrle: .246/.366/.435
Francisco vs. Buehrle: .188/.222/.188
And Hafner has hit lefties better than Francisco this year too.
Two more meatballs Wells does nothing with. WTF.
Please Cash, just put him, and us, out of his misery already.
No joke. Needs to happen.
I know he’s not hitting great, but Ronnier?
I’m not against it.
And there’s a hell of a lot of misery for him and us to be put out of.
Is this Buehrle or Randy Johnson?
Just be happy they’re winning.
Guys, we’re winning this game. Do we have to keep complaining about everything?
not everything. just the 5hole.
It’s hard to wrap your head around Francisco not only being on the team but also batting 5th………just save us all from him Cashman.
Just saw Cliff Lee clubbing a double against Cincinnati.
You know it’s sad when the aging Phillies pitcher can get a better hit than Ben Francisco has all season.
No, John. Kuroda has been “dominant” as he is facing a legit line up. Buehrle is facing a lineup of 2 rookies, 2 bench players, a platoon Lefty facing a lefty, a guy who has no business on an independent league team’s roster, and Cano, Gardner, and Wells.
Kuroda is throwing a one hitter against the Jays through 6.
No let’s complain about how crappy the offense is.
Well….
Alright, this strike zone sucks.
1-2-3 were within 5 mm of each other. BALL – BALL – STRIKE.
Come on Rackley, really?
Trenton thunder facing Kevin Gausman, the O’s #2 prospect and #26 overall
Jose Ramirez is the SP tonight, he went 5 innings throwing 79 pitches (52 pitches for strikes) he gave up 1 run/ER, on 3 hits (one of which a homer), 1 walk, and struck out 7.
Down HRok down. Let’s go.
DP the easy way. I’m calling it,
TWSS??
must– make– joke–
Hiroki!! Looking great
That inning may have denied him the CGSO. Up now to 92 pitches
8IP with MO up in the 9th works for everyone involved
Agreed. My fantasy team included.
Why can’t I find the game on tv?
My9
If he keeps up this pace Kuroda has to at least be in the Cy Young conversation come season’s end.
Not sexy enough. Yu gets the nod, albeit with an inferior performance.
He’s plenty sexy. At this point, Hiroki Kuroda is the Yankees ace and he is the leader for Cy Young.
I wish I could go there with you, but the voting will not.
Lol Melky
Way to go Addy!!!
And Adams wastes no time hitting a ground rule.
this guy is a hits machine.. and Melky wtf! lol
David Adams gives zero shits about Matt’s bearish outlook of him.
I was just about to do this. Well done Dalek.
Beautiful bunt.
Oh awesome
Move Adams up in the lineup next time.
Seems like a good, quick game so far. Haven’t watched but keeping track of box score. Anything encouraging?
Also, for people to enjoy: http://i.imgur.com/crDS2HF.gif
Reverse GIF of the cotton candy.
David Adams is putting on a clinic
Adams and Hirok have looked pretty good.
Bat Adams second…
And fifth…
Romine 5th.
And if you really need a righty DH…. Chris Stewart?
You got me curious.
2011-13 vs. LHP
Stewart: 235/301/328 70 wRC+
Francisco: 213/294/323 72 wRC+
At least Stewart can catch. How the hell is Ben Francisco on a MLB team as a RH DH?
the yankee fan’s koan.
AUSTIN FUCKING ROMINE AND DAVID FUCKING ADAMS!!!
The Impact Players
RBI DOUBLE
Well that’ll do Romine.
Beautiful Romine!! One too many sliders!
Da Kids!!!!
Look Joe, Romine can be useful.
Yay
I swear, I love how any time there’s an injury this season, someone steps up and performs.
Well done, Romine.
who’s the big who fan here, pat? i’ve had them in my head all night.
yeah the kids are alright!
Finally nailed a hanger. Well done Austin
I have a rookie boner right now.
Soon to be quelled by the top of our line-up.
It just goes to show you if you give these kids a chance they can come through. You can’t tell me there’s no one down in AAA better than Francisco. If the kids don’t come through you can always send them back down for more seasoning.
I fucking despise agreeing with you… But you are 100% correct. This team owes Ben Francisco NOTHING, but he stays with the big club.
I have nightmares of Bo Jackson drinking 5 hour energy.
I was gonna say this before Austin Romine did his thing; but Ma and Pa have to get off of Ichiro’s dick. I understand Nix, at least a little bit, he’s a not-every-day-guy, sort of holding his own playing everyday. Ichiro on the other hand is hitting .235(!!!) yet they cannot call him a professional hitter any less than 7 times per AB.
Nix is .231 and it hasn’t moved since the night began.
Technically Nix hasn’t had an at-bat tonight. 2 walks and 2 sac flys
Hence “it hasn’t moved”.
Trust me, I despise Jayson Nix, but Ichiro has been worse
wOBA and wRC+ for Ichiro: .259 56
wOBA and wRC+ for Nix: .267 61
At least today they haven’t gone off (yet) about how Ichiro is such a magician with a hundred different swings.
Look at this. Nice crooked number.
Sounds stupid but David Adams has this look like he is going to hammer the ball every time he is up.
Not stupid he swings the bat with authority. Of course he’s not going to get a hit every time up but after his first AB I couldn’t help but notice is swing.
Sorry if this was addressed already but any update on how Pineda threw today?
I heard nothing about it on here or LoHud.
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who’s excited for this kid, anxious to see what he can do. I’m hoping to see himself the rotation at some point this summer.
Oh, I’m pretty pumped. But getting ExST news usually happens later. Especially when most of the pregame stuff was centered around Andy going to the DL.
Yeah makes sense, hopefully we’ll here something about how it went sooner rather than later !
No updates yet as far as I know
I was hoping we’d hang a crooked enough number to get a little hot Betances action tonight, but alas…
Likewise. I bet one more would’ve been enough
Gonna get DRob some work I see.
I’m thinking he’s warming if Kuroda gets in trouble
Hmm. Could be.
Yep. You got it.
Ooof. Bonifacio got a bit too much extension on his knee there.
So I picked up Wil Venable today off waivers, but John Jay was available too. Already have some buyers remorse. Thoughts?
I like Venable for the SBs, basically the same guy w/ the bat.
Lost in the insanity of Francisco hitting 5th and Robbie going through one of those funks…
Kuroda with just 2 hits allowed through 8 IP
How the hell does this guy continue to be so under-rated? His ERA is now a buck ninety-nine.
Who’s underrating him?
Folks beyond this site (or beyond the Yankee fanbase)
Fuck Francisco. Useless.
i agree with you we need mustilier
Hey Taylor, how’s your wife and my kids.
Alright Pantston. Let’s wrap this up.
This will be a good test for Claiborne – after Kawasaki these are some good hitters he’ll be facing.
3-6 in the lineup: 1-16 with 1 RBI and 5 Strikeouts. Solid.
Blame Francisco.
joey didn’t step to preston?
Not oin love with Nix either but what are the alternatives at this point? If the Yankee’s knew Jeter was missing half a season they probably would have pursued someone more aggressively but that’s water under the bridge at this point.
Whoa, Austin. That was more exciting than necessary.
Good game peoples.
Jesus, at this pace, Hiroki is gonna be starting the AS GAME. What a amazing season for him!
I guess, guys can come over from AL WEST or NL in general and pitch well in AL EAST, ey? Maybe there is something to a good pitcher will pitch good no matter where he comes from?
Just a sensational performance!
the younglings stepped up today good stuff Adams and Romine
That’s why Hiroki is the ace of the staff. 8 IP, 0 ER, just 2 hits allowed. It doesn’t get much better than that. Right now, if you were voting for AL Cy Young it’d be-
1. Kuroda
2. Felix
3. Buchholz
Hiroki is one of Cashman’s best FA signings of all time.
Iwakuma should be up there. As should Sanchez. And, as much as I hate to say it, Bucholz and Felix (at least) belong above Kuroda.
Yu Darvish is having a big yr as well..
Along with Mike Mussina.
Moose is my favorite pitcher of all time but I might give Cashman more credit for the Kuroda signing. Moose was a no-brainer to continue his success in the same division and he was signed away in his prime. Kuroda was seen as much more of a risk coming from the NL West with his advanced age.
Preston Claiborne not only has not given up a run in 8ml innings, he hasen’t walked a single batter. That right there is a great recipe for young pitchers to go by. Throw strikes!
Hiroki, the mythical awesome #2 pitcher, who now might have taken over as the ace of the staff.