Game 13: Win, Then Rest
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The Yankees have assured themselves of at least a split of this four-game series with the Red Sox. Tonight they have a chance to win three of four and feel really, really good about themselves during tomorrow’s off-day. Picking up seven wins while starting the year with 13 games in 13 days would be pretty good, especially since Mark Teixeira, David Robertson, and now Derek Jeter are all hurt. Doesn’t sound like Jeter’s injury is serious, however.
Though the first two turns of the rotation, Ivan Nova has been the team’s worst starter. He was able to battle through his first start despite big time control problems, but he had no such luck last time out, surrendering seven runs on ten hits in 3.2 innings. This game is as good as any to turn things around. The only reason the Yankees don’t have one of the best rotations in baseball right now is Nova’s rough start and CC Sabathia‘s one bad inning syndrome.
Adam Warren has pitched each of the last two days, three times in the last four days, and five times in the last seven days, so I’m pretty sure he won’t be available tonight. David Phelps and Vidal Nuno, who had extended outings in recent days, should be good to go by now. So yeah, would be nice if Nova pitches deep into the game and the offense puts up a crooked number or two. Here is the Red Sox lineup and here is the Yankees lineup:
- LF Brett Gardner
- RF Carlos Beltran
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- DH Alfonso Soriano
- C Brian McCann
- 2B Yangervis Solarte
- 3B Kelly Johnson
- 1B Frankie Cervelli
- SS Dean Anna
RHP Ivan Nova
It is cloudy and cool in New York tonight, so a lovely night for baseball. No potential rain or anything like that. First pitch is scheduled for 8pm ET and you’ll be able to watch this one on ESPN. Enjoy.
Teixeira Update: Teixeira (hamstring) hit on the field for the first time today. Joe Girardi said he is unsure when his first baseman will begin a minor league rehab assignment, however. [Meredith Marakovits]
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Would be nice if nova can go deep..if not, get nuno out there and follow up with phelps…they need to send nuno down to aaa and keep him starting…but at least for tonight, three guys can go long…
We’re not playing to win, this one is for pride!
Obligatory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMk5sMHj58I
As a young Jets’ fan, that is one of the more memorable moments in my time rooting for the Jets.
I don’t like Beltran batting second. I’d much rather see him swapped with Ellsbury. God forbid that Girardi lets two lefties hit back to back…
It’s hardly a huge deal, though.
Time for another installment of Mustang’s GOOD IDEA BAD IDEA brought to you by NYPD “New York’s Finest” we hit over the shift.
GOOD IDEA: Watching the Red Sox and Yankees on ESPN tonight.
BAD IDEA: Not using your TV’s mute button when you do.
GOOD IDEA: Watching the Red Sox and Yankees on ESPN
BETTER IDEA: Having the game on mute and John and Suzyn on the radio accompanying. Even if the audio doesn’t perfectly sync, I’ll take it.
Forward think here people.
Might wanna zoom in to get rid of that permanent ticker on the bottom of screen.
BEST IDEA: watch and mute the ESPN game and invite Statler & Waldorf over to do the commentary
Listening to Coachella and watching shit go wrong is my preferred option.
As Coach Edwards so simply put it: We play to win the game. What he forgot to add was that we win the game for Prussia. So once again, Für das Vaterland zu Ehren von Friedrich dem Großen.
Surprised to see Cervelli that low in the lineup. I’d rather have him batting ahead of Solarte/Johnson, even at the risk of having a few lefties back to back in Johnson/Anna/Gardner.
Solarte and JOhnson have been hot. Cervelli only hitting .214.
All these little injuries are what you get when you ban greenies. Amphetamines are great for day-o-day performance, and being able to ignore minor injuries.
Here’s hoping we see more Bad Doubront than Bad Nova tonight.
YES! Good Nova! This one’s in the bag!
Like that curveball, throw more of those for strikes and I foresee success.
Fastball up. Bad Ivan.
I’m just hoping Doubront doesn’t break Gardner’s or Ellsbury’s wrists by getting sloppy with high inside fastballs like he occasionally does (a la Happ).
I’d like to see Good Nova, please.
Waldman has to jump in a do John’s 10 second spots now on the radio. I think he forgets to do them.
Time to retire John.
The Beltran HR call screams “trying waaaaaay too hard”. I like Sterling at times, but he’s turned into Sterling the character rather than being Sterling the play by play guy.
He turned into that guy like 15 years ago.
Like I said, curveball for strikes.
The Rays and Sox have been using the shift for years. The Yanks finally use the shift and the media screams bloody murder.
How are they screaming bloody murder? They’re just pointing out how much higher the Yankees (and the Astros especially) are than everyone else.
Good inning Nova. Maybe just get the pitches down a little bit more.
Perfect pitch to K Napoli: blazing fastball outside and down. He’s gotten away w a coupla high ones though. Too early to tell which Ivan we have tonight.
Pineda and Kuroda showed CC that this lineup can be tamed and beaten. CC hasn’t beaten the Sox in forever. And I think Nova is going to show CC a thing or two tonight as well. He’s got the sinking fastball working and he’ll get that curve located once he gets a feel for it.
It’s going to be a good night for Nova. I love this lineup with Frankie at 1st, Kelly at 3rd and Soley at 2nd. No Roberts making out after out after out.
Too many pitches to the outside part of the plate to Napoli. He was begging him to hit away from the shift.
Yes, true. I dunno if I like the shift on Napoli, you?
I think it’s ok if they pitch him properly. It was a pretty extreme shift too, so the numbers must back it up.
The whole point, though, is that he’s a guy who tries to pull the vast majority of pitches he sees, even the outside ones, which he then rolls over for easy outs to the left side.
I understand the point. But the yanks get burned a lot in the shift, I think they were the worst in MLB last yr, and part of the reason is they don’t pitch these guys properly when they do it.
All shifts are going to be to the pull side. You can’t constantly pitch every single batter inside, because then you’re too predictable. Their spray charts got to that point facing guys pitching them normally. When you shift, you don’t suddenly change how you’re going to pitch the guy because then the spray charts aren’t accurate.
I hate Nava.
I’m not too sure I agree w that shift on Napoli, anybody else?
Look at his spray charts. He pulls a ton of groundballs that way. I’m fine with it.
Right, of course, I know that but in this situation, a runner on base, you basically give him a single to right (and Nova pitched him outside), and you have trouble. Play him normally and he has to hit an honest single.
Don’t get Baltran in the 2 hole, anybody?
I think it’s to split the lefties..
Seems like a lame reason to me. I’d put him fourth.
Good start guys. Get them in now, please!
Everything is being crushed so far.. I like it!
I can’t remember the last big name free agent that sign with the Yankees and was this effective from go.
I was gonna say Giambi, but he didn’t really take off in ’02 until May.
baseball 101: never make the 3rd out at 3rd base.
Stupid ass play by Elsbury. Also, Beltran strolling down the line was really bad as well. What a dumbass play
Why should always be running full speed unless it’s a home run.
I’m sorry but that’s a time you shouldn’t be running hard, there is literally no point in it and he wouldn’t have made it even running at full speed
Ellsbury rocks.
That. Was. Awful.
Fucking Beltran! And Fucking Ellsbury!
Get your ass in gear!
That’s just inexcusable.
Yup, bad by both of them.
Awful all the way around
WTF
It’s like batting practice so far.
Jacoby is an IDIOT! It’s more important that the run scores there than you getting to 3rd. IDIOT!
4 rockets, including 2 hits, and no runs.
Freaking Nava temporarily preventing a big inning.
Did that just happen?
Embedded Red Sock.
They just flushed a run down the toilet.
…
Godamn it.
Just when you think this team can’t possibly find another way to screw it up. I’m lucky my TV screen isn’t cracked.
Ugh
That was less than ideal.
WTF Ellsbury !
Why even tag from 2nd, he can score from there with speed anyway.
If he can make it standing up, totally the right play. That wasn’t even close to being ok
Well that was stupid. Why try and take 3rd there? Ellsbury can probably score on any base hit from 2nd base anyways. No sense in trying to get to 3rd w/2 outs..
Quite possibly the worst baserunning play we’ll see all year
Even though Beltran didn’t sprint home, that was Jacoby’s fault.
He’s 37 years old. I don’t want him busting himself to home on a routine sac fly.
Yeah, you assume the other guy isn’t a complete idiot
Even had he did, Ellsbury would’ve been thrown out at 3rd before he scored.
Rob Thomson have a hand in that debacle?
Mr Stupid just walk in wearing pinstripes
If Doubront settles down I will breathe fire.
In no way, shape, or form was that Beltran’s fault. Even if he did bust it the run wouldn’t have scored since Ellsbury is faster than him and didn’t make the 90 feet in time.
Exactly. I couldn’t agree with you more.
Was that Robbie of runs thompson’s fault
Dude, put down the fucking drugs already. Your incoherence hurts my brain.
If you knew anything about baseball dickhead you would know that is the 3rd base coaches responsibility to make sure ellsbury doesnot get to 3rd before Carlos. Thompson has been a horrible 3rd base coach if you evev watch the games jerkoff
Should have at least got caught in a run down.
Kruk’s inability to explain what happened is staggering.
It sounded like he had a stroke.
So he sounded like Kruk, you’re saying?
Miss the Yes crew.
I actually felt bad for him.
78.64% Ellsbury
baseball 101: never make the 3rd out at 3rd base.
You can get on Beltran for not running, but it made no difference to the outcome
Both Ellsbury and Beltran are running 90feet… which one gets to the base faster?
The only way Beltran makes it home prior to Ellsbury getting to 3rd is if he leaves early, or Ellsbury falls down between 2nd and 3rd.
Well that was completely fucking stupid. How does Rob “Blunder” Thompson still have a job?
Ellsbury had a fine view of that play, that’s totally on him
Beltran has to run faster than that.
baseball 101: never make the 3rd out at 3rd base
Oh well that’s just bullshit then.
Good baserunning helping the Sox, bad baserunning costs us a run. Great!
Now the Sox are going to score on these cheap hits.
God if the Sox pick up a lead here, after that bottom of the first…
I prefer Joe Morgan to John Kruk.
There. I said it.
I am starting to prefer Hawk Harrelson to most of the ESPN crew.
OK, you need to see a psychiatrist now.
when the White Sox are losing, Hawk will shut up.
when the Red Sox are losing, ESPN gets more irritating.
I love Hawk when he the ChiSox aren’t playing the Yankees
Yea, but that’s like preferring horseshit to cow shit.
Oh my God. Really ESPN? You miss Pedroia that much? I know it kills them to not watch his set-up at 2B while the pitch is being thrown.
I think I hear gagging and throating noises in the background of booth.
Sumbitch
Very nice throw by BG! Saved Nova’s ass.
So, according to Kruk, PFP’s now include the team ripping line drives at the head of their pitchers???
Dumbass…
When’s the last time Kruk said something that wasn’t complete idiocy?
I was wondering wtf he was talking about
Yeah, Brandon McCarthy didn’t practice either.
Kruk is bad.
Thanks a lot Ells.
Thanks a freaking lot Nova.
Jesus thank you Brett that was turning into a disaster inning.
Nova doesnt look sharp with the fastball so far. It’s probably why he’s thrown so many curveballs..
They’re trying to single Nova to death. Good throw by Gardy, bad send. This makes that missed opportunity in the 1st that much worse. It should be tied right now if it weren’t for that idiot Jacoby.
Nice job Gardy and McCann!
What a frustrating two half innings though.
Greg Maddux would’ve had that.
Oh come fucking on.
Man, I wish I could get paid to be stupid on TV.
Nova didn’t catch that screaming liner heading for his face because he didn’t “do enough PFPs in spring training.” This announcing crew is awful.
Yea maybe the Yankees should have hit more line drives at their pitchers in spring training
Each team’s CFer’s running into third outs.
Phew, nice throw by Gardy. Was afraid that inning was gonna get outta hand.
So its going to be one of those games, dinky little hits everywhere
I missed the top of the first. How did Nova look? I saw him in the second, so was wondering if he got worse or was lucky in the first.
He looked fine? Left one over the middle that Xander smacked into left but hit the corners a few times and broke off a couple of good curveballs.
Ok, thanks. Seemed solid to start the second, but less so as the inning progressed.
Talking about McCann as the post-Jeter leader of the team – I’m not sure I see it. If there’s another guy right now it’s probably C.C.
I don’t think that is something we can see. It’s a clubhouse thing.
How is ESPN THIS bad at producing games? Shouldn’t this be their thing?
they spend all their money on broadcast rights and skimp on off production
I don’t think McCann is very likely to get that C on his chest after Jeter goes. The C is earned and McCann isn’t a True Yankee until he earns it.
Well nobody is going Varitek on the bit and putting a stupid ass C on their chest.
I kinda object to them saying McCann is the heir apparent for leadership. As diminished as he is, that should be Sabathia’s role.
Yea, I am sure if the Yankees were in the race, they wouldn’t do anything for Rivera
Yeah, what the hell was he saying?
No idea but maybe someone should start a twitter feed called Stupid shit Kruk says
I assume we’re just going to make Doubront look like Cy Young for the rest of the game now.
Yep. Two easy outs so far.
Iirc Doubront was frustratingly good against them last year, but then again we had no good RHB until Soriano got there so that’s not surprising.
Two great games, two terrible games. If he’s on, he’ll dominate them. If he’s off, they’ll kill him. It looked good initially, but that terrible baserunning play really took some of the pressure off him.
It’s quite possible that being dominated by Felix Doubront overcomes any memories of hitting him.
Kruk – “I got a tree on my house!”
Kruk can’t get two sentences out properly.
B-Rob and D-Rob are both now injured. Yanks being robbed by the Curse of Robbie.
The team is running out of time to persuade me to put off watching Game of Thrones. Especially because I read the books and am REALLY excited about this week.
SPOILER ALERT:
Boobs and weiners.
Replays at 11:00, so I’ll catch it then, unless it’s close game.
Also a fan of Cosmos, but I can catch that on NGC tomorrow or on demand.
Alas I do not have sole domain over the TV.
DVR FTW!
Welp, Cervelli has cooled off.
That’s because he’s Cervelli.
With Ortiz in town, you would think he could restock.
No, it’s because he hasn’t gotten any consistent playing time since the end of spring training.
And he’s Cervelli.
At least when ESPN employed Joe Morgan we got FJM as a consolation prize.
What do we get for having to deal with Kruk???
Higher probability of suicide?
Can Nova right the ship? Can the Yanks get the bats going? Was that our one chance?
Did everyone notice the maturity of that ground out by Bogaerts?
It’s like he’s been grounding out for years in the majors.
You can just tell he belongs.
Apparently not many of you read my last GOOD IDEA BAD IDEA.
Smh..
I have manage to somehow watch the game without listening to the announcers and not using the mute button. Its a gift.
I saw it. I just didn’t have a comment about it.
Doesn’t matter if people comment on it just trying to save my fellow commenters from the stress and lowering their baseball IQ by listening to these guys.
I’m not really listening to them.
good man
i have the volume so low that i can listen to game atmosphere but not them.
Shhhhhh,… don’t tell anyone my secret
O:S
on a bigger scale
Wait, was that O:S directed at me?
No at the announcer my friend
OK, just making sure. Didn’t think it was directed at me.
Only thing directed at you is your clown suit
No, I think he meant it directed at the ESPN announcers.
I still think all these shifts are going to cause a change in the approach of hitters, but it is not going to be from the guys currently in the majors.
I’m honestly eagerly awaiting what the league comes up with to combat the shift once everyone realizes that offense has declined too much.
It was ridiculous in that opening series with the Astros though. I wasn’t sure the third baseman ever actually played in position.
Nova got BABIP’d to death in the second. He’s doing fine.
0% chance of Gardner stealing. He just doesn’t feel like it.
I’m thinking he may return to the batter’s box.
CARLOS!!!!!!!!!
YESSSSS!!!!!
THAT’LL DO.
More homers please.
Please request again.
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
You should ask more often.
Evidently.
There you go Beltran! NOW you can jog.
Doubront’s got nothing and isn’t fooling anyone, about time they start to tee up on him.
That ‘poor mans pedroia’ comment…
There a deer in the outfield sorry its just Ellsbury
Nice catch Ellsbury.
I think there is a strong possibility that guy is dead.
Man, Ells made that look routine.
So Brian Roberts is injured? I guess that will solve the Sizemore issue.
I love our OF defense. They make it look easy.
Wake that fat fuck up.
Somebody should check if he’s still breathing…
I’m going to enjoy this Ellsbury and Gardner defensive unit.
What is the appeal of John Kruk? Is he supposed to be the every man? He doesn’t know much about baseball and he’s not very humorous either. He can barely speak that well in the booth. Kenny is a smooth talker, Cone and Leiter are knowledgeable, O’Neill is entertaining, Kruk is none of those.
Kruk knows plenty about baseball. He played the game after all. He can’t put together a sentence though. It’s painful to listen to him.
Playing the game doesn’t mean shit.
Bunt em over, Kelly. Get Frankie a shot with RISP. Get a couple more runs and that should be enough for Nova.
Please don’t bunt here (after 2 walks)
Thought it was Cervelli or Anna up for some reason.
Thankfully he won’t have Johnson bunt.
I don’t see Johnson as much of a bunter. That’s not what he’s there for.
Solar did his part and Mr. Johnson………forensic..
Ok, come on bottom of the order. Get something done here please!
Oh, son of a bitch.
LOL at the idea that Cervelli can hit.
OMG NO FRANKIE IS DOWN! BUT HE IS SAFE!!!
Not ideal, but it’s only one out and the runner got to third, at least.
Safe.
(But I don’t think they will overturn it)
If what Kruk says is right (big if) and the 1B has to close the glove, Cervelli should be called safe.
Geez, adding injury to insult.
Fuck.
Great, another injury.
Oh no
And we just lost our first baseman.
Umm, if Johnson goes to first, who is the back-up infielder?????
Me.
I say safe.
SAFE! RUN SCORES! OMG NO. FRANKIE IS DOWN.
safe.
You see kids? That’s why you don’t run hard to first on every play!
Some yankees bloggers showed some serious sabermetrics this off-season to defend robbie’s jogging as a great strategy.
Now for ten points, figure out how much of my post was sarcasm?
Tie goes to the runner! Not that that’s true.
Why is Farrell arguing? Dumbass. (glad they tossed him instantly)
The umps on the field don’t even make the call!
Part of manager’s job is to inspire their team.
Get out of here, Farrell you POS. Replay showed he was safe.
That’s pretty stupid on Farrell’s part. Yesterday’s play meant zero fucks in the outcome of the game, as much as they missed the call.
So who plays 1st?
Is this an emergency enough for Jeter to play? (Johnson to first)
Yea, great, Cervelli is fucking done.
Watch Soriano move to 1st with Ichiro in the game.
Wait, cancel that.
Beltran maybe?
Soriano’s the DH today…
Yea, I realized that after my original post.
They’d lose the DH. More likely it’ll be Beltran at 1B.
Well, Austin Romine’s phone just rang…
hmm, Ichiro pinch running…
Beltran moving to 1B maybe?
haha
Replay is supposed to eliminate pointless arguing. Hit the road, Farrell.
Jeter, Roberts, and Cervelli my next sponsor is going to New York Presbyterian Hospital
This infield is a mess right now.
Unless I’m missing someone here, someone is going to play first base he may have never played first base before.
Johnson could play 1B and someone could play 3B who’s never played there before.
Yes, let’s give away Mark Reynolds.
Smart, Cashman
Yeah, because there are unlimited roster spots.
Can’t give away something you didn’t own.
Hamstring for Frankie. That won’t keep him out all season. People kept saying he was done.
Yea, I did. Done for the game.
With Roberts and Jeter both hurt, is there anyone left on the bench? Or will they have to lose a DH if someone else gets hurt?
How on earth did Sterling avoid making a “Who’s on first” reference?
Senility.
Good thing we have so many extra infielders.
Effin injury bug..so freakin tired of it…
Seriously – just turned on the game – didn’t hear about Roberts until now. Sigh.
Ummm…. Why does Gameday say Ichiro is in RF and Beltran is at 1B? What’s going on?
Cervelli messed up his hammy. Looked pretty bad, and even added a bad step at the end while limping.
Cervelli was playing 1B and got hurt. He had to leave the game, and Jeter and Ryan are both hurt. Ichiro was the only guy left, so he came in and Beltran moved to 1B.
Cervelli pulled his hamstring, Roberts hurt his back and Jeter has the quad. So Carlos Beltran it is.
Thank God we have the depth to deal with this… oh wait.
Cervelli pulled his hamstring. We have no other first baseman.
Shit. Tex really needs to come back. I guess Johnson goes back to 1st in the mean time. With Roberts out, who plays 2nd and 3rd? And if Jeter’s quad doesn’t feel better after the off day… This infield is a nightmare right now.
It sure sounds like Jeter should be fine for Tuesday. And they’ll just have to make a determination on how bad Roberts might be tomorrow.
Jeter sounds fine, but after last year and seeing his age it definitely could be worse than it looks and linger. We all expected Roberts to go down at some point. We’ll see how he feels. Well timed off day tomorrow.
Remember when people were clamoring for Soriano to return to 2B in the offseason after Cano left? If things get any worse and someone else goes down, that might actually happen.
Also what happened on the challenge and why was Farrell ejected?
Really close play, Farrell argued after the call was overturned (which is an automatic ejection).
He argued the outcome of the challenge, which you can’t do and is an automatic ejection (probably had some to do with yesterday’s replay mess up too, but it’s still stupid by him).
Really close. Ball and Cervelli arrived same time, but they argued that ball has to be secure, not just arrived.
Thanks for catching me up to speed guys.
Cervelli is going to be out for a month. Welcome back Austin Romine.
If jeter can’t play Tuesday, they need Sizemore up here just to have an infielder. Send down a reliever
DFA Claiborne or 60-Day Turley to free up the 40 man spot.
Yup, of all the guys to get hurt, backup catcher is at least the one spot where they have some depth although if cervelli can actually play 1B, then he is not quite as replaceable as before. Maybe Murphy can still at the infield a bit, wasn’t he a 3B two or three years ago
60 Day DL Turley. I’ve been saying that they should’ve that done at the end of Spring Training, and they could have kept Nunez and just optioned him down, instead of having to DFA him.
Papi admired that one. Too bad it didn’t go out.
Well, if nothing else, they have a 2-run lead with a better defensive outfield now, so that’s something I guess.
Well, at least Nova is doing fly balls.
For not having his best stuff, Nova’s pitching well
Beltran does not look comfortable there.
Hopefully he doesn’t get injured diving for a ball.
Note to MLB: Please make greenies legal again so that the entire league isn’t on the D.L. at some point during the season. Thank you.
The ball is not carrying to right center tonight.
Nice Gardy. A couple extra runs this inning would be REALLY nice.
And now Brett will just lollygag at first base
Good hustle Gardy.
Now that’s a smart tag, Jacoby. Gardy just got himself into scoring position.
Gardner shows Ellsbury how it’s done.
So are they riding the 3 man bench out until Tex gets back?
I know it would take a 40 man move, but I don’t get the need for an 8 man bullpen at this point of the season; especially if you have a couple of guys on the bench day to day.
I think the 8 man bullpen was mainly to cover for this series. I assume Greene will be sent back down tomorrow (and certainly Cervelli will be DLed). So, Romine would likely come up. As for the 2nd one, not sure. Maybe depends how bad they think Roberts is. Maybe Murphy for a 3rd catcher who could maybe fake 1B/3B if absolutely necessary (since they’ve already shown a willingness to go with 3 catchers).
By the looks of his injury Cervelli will go on the DL, and they will probably call up Romine. Depending if Roberts injury necessitates him going on the DL, then the Yankees might really have a problem because they don’t have any other available infielders on the 40 man roster, other than Brendan Ryan, who happens to be on the DL himself. I think either way someone is going to be DFA’d (Claiborne or Turley) or going on the 60 Day DL (Turley, or maybe Ryan or Cervelli depending on the extent of his injury).
This would be a good spot to steal (3rd).
This would be a good time to steal third.
Evidently the situation would have to involve something like gunfire for Girardi to consider it a state of emergency and put Jeter in there.
I’d rather Beltran/Ichiro out there than to push Jeter. I don’t want him miss significant time.
You’re right. Gunfire wouldn’t be enough. Have to be actual casualties.
lol
I see Kyle Kendrick and the Phillies clearly did more PFP’s during spring training than the Yankees.
In other news, The Bastard is dead.
Oh, sorry. SPOILER ALERT!
Nova just needs to avoid the CC collapse. And Napoli just hit one out. Get the pen up.
BGDP?
Big Game David Phelps.
It’s Eddard, it’s best to skip his comments and just move on.
Lets look at the bright side Jeter’s injury doesn’t sound that bad. Cervelli is the back-up catcher they have 2 more of those and Roberts will its Roberts.
Nova has 3 spots he’s been hitting.
Up, up and up.
It was just a matter of time.
He’s been very lucky tonight, which I hope is now over.
6 and 2 despite not having good stuff?
Very nice
Nova’s gotten through 6 with the lead. He’s done his job. Short leash on him next inning. Have the pen ready. BGDP can be the bridge to Warren-Kelley.
Ugh, SOOOOOO close!
How the hell did that not go out. They better get this run in. Get him in Soley.
Damn that was crushed.
Doubront ain’t exactly foolin’ people – it’s amazing he’s only given up 3 runs.
McCann can!… almost
Officer McCann was robbed.
Fuck solarte now
its not funny now
OMG NO! STOP RUNNING HARD!
Oh god not Solarte.
This is getting ridiculous.
Thought they should’ve bunted there, and now ANOTHER guy is injured….
That ball is literally 1/2″ from being a HR.
I have a bad feeling we’re about to see Sori back at 2nd.
Soriano’s gotta come out of the DH, right? Can’t risk Jeter getting hurt long-term also.
NOOOOO
Solarte is injured? Now what?
Now Solarte is fucking limping!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
Freakin Eh…. why do they keep lunging to 1st base like that?
They want to be safe?
Then learn to run to 1st base… adjust the stride prior to the last step. They teach that in HS baseball, if not earlier.
Although on the replay it looked like Solarte injured his other leg. Cervelli’s injury looked like it was him lunging (which is how you get hurt)
Looked maybe like a groin injury to me
Jeter off the bench.
Solarte did the job
INJURIES BY THE BOATLOAD!!!
ANARCHY IN THE BRONX!!!
EXCESSIVE USE OF ALL CAPS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!
When it rains it pours.
this is like 2013 again in terms of injuries.
So far it’s just 15 day DL type stuff though. Nobody got any broken bones or torn tissues just strains and sprains. That a huge difference.
Well, that depends on Cervelli. His did look pretty bad.
Yeah, we’ll see.
Except it’s a slightly less caliber of player going down. Makes a big difference. Other than Jeter, these are pretty interchangeable parts.
Well, if we’re not talking about Teix and D-Rob. Those hurt.
Of course. I was just talking tonight.
If they hold on to this lead with this infield defense it will be a freaking miracle.
Well, that all really sucked.
If I’m Sori I don’t want to play the infield. These guys are dropping like flies.
That’s 4 infielders down today
I’m coming in to the game to play second.
Please don’t.
Piss
Somewhere Robbie Cano’s thinking to himself that it’s not a bad idea to just jog to first at times.
Maybe the yanks can have four outfielders and switch to soft toss softball so the ball is hit to the outfield
Is Solarte still out there? They haven’t said anything…
They’ve been back all this time without a single mention of whether Solarte is still in there (which I assume means he is, but geez, at least mention it to confirm for people watching).
I was wondering about that myself.
I get they had to get the future HOF talk in about Jakcie Bradley Jr, but you’d think they’d at least mention what was going on.
You know what to do steinbrenners
Can someone explain the solarte situation?
Hurt his lower body trying to beat out the grounder. Tough to tell if it was groin, quad, or knee. Still out there though.
Many can, but none happen to be in the ESPN booth.
So suppose Roberts, Cervelli, AND Solarte are out. I can figure out of the moves easily. Who comes up for Solarte, though? You’d need another infielder, somehow, since you’d be left with no UTL until Tex got back.
Ready for the least popular thing I’ll ever say on here? This is where DFAing Nunez hurts.
Solarte may not miss time. But if he does, you call up Sizemore (who’s been killing it at AAA).
In my doomsday scenario, I’m bringing up Sizemore for Roberts already.
Yeah, Nunez would help if they really are all DL level hurt.
But don’t sell yourself short. You have said many more less popular things than that.
Only to your mom, though.
Actually it doesn’t hurt.
The issue is the 40man not Nunez. They have options in the minors if they want to make a 40 man move. Nunez wouldn’t have changed that situation at all as this is a product of the 40 man roster crunch.
There’d be a crunch no matter, I agree, but I did always feel he should not have been first to go.
But it is irrelevant to your point… if Solarte was sent down, he wouldn’t be on the 40man and they’d be in the same situation – having to make a 40 man move to clear space for an infielder.
So this is NOT where DFA’ing Nunez hurts unless you think he is somehow a drastically better option at 2nd or 3rd than Sizemore or a better 1st baseman than Canzler (or whowever else they might call up)
Your comment was “this is where DFA’ing Nunez hurts”… it’s not.
I’d have considered Claiborne to be more expendable on Opening Day than Nunez. I’d have gone with the infield depth.
I agree that it’s still a crunch and that, sooner rather than later, the axe may have fallen on Nunez, but he wouldn’t have been my….
Never mind. HOLY SHIT, ICHIRO!!!
All I’m saying is that Nunez was worth keeping more as insurance for this team for as long as we could hold on to him before he became the de facto cut than, say, Claiborne was.
They can DFA Claiborne today and still be better off (adding either Sizemore or Canzler)
Your point was a bad one… no matter what you try to evolve it into.
My point was my opinion. I’m not trying to one-up you here. I just don’t agree with you.
So solarte still in???after all that time spent talking about it…espn doesnt address if hes still in or not
looks like solarte just got hit by napoli’s arm…
So I’m guessing Solarte is still out there. Thanks for letting us know ESPN…not.
They must have heard you.
Can I edit that line about Nunez now? Axisa? Hello?
yea wtf… although they could have sent CC out there and ESPN just hasn’t noticed. They were just talking about Nova striking out Brian Roberts..
they just said he’s still in there..
I’m not wishing for a speedy recovery.
Can some please tell who on field for the Yankees right now?
Im not kidding or being funny
1B: Dean Anna
2B: CC Sabathia
SS: Derek Jeter on a motor scooter
3B: Rob Thomson
CF: Ellsbury
LF: Gardner
RF: Ichiro
C: McCann
Did Beltran get hurt too?
WOW!!!!
Your kidding I didn’t even see CC.
Didn’t fit my joke.
Beltran’s actually playing first right now. For real.
It’s still Beltran/Solarte/Anna/Kelly around the horn. Ichiro’s in right.
Take it easy on me dude half my team is head to hospital right now
Somewhere Scott Boras is calling Brian Cashmoneyman. “You likin’ Stephen Drew yet, Bri-Bri?”
I’m guessing it will take Drew at least three weeks before he would be game ready.
I’m beginning to think now that he is not going to sign until after the June draft. It’s only six or seven weeks off now, unless it’s late June. I’m thinking it’s early June.
Then why didn’t they sign him three weeks ago in preparation?
Not that I actually believe that. I’m just spotting the person who’ll probably say that later.
I wasn’t suggesting the Yankees sign him. I was just wondering when Drew eventually signs with some team, how long it would take him to get ready. And then it occurred to me that he may not sign until June.
Oh, I agree with you 100% here.
Nothing would surprise me here, to be honest.
Great job Nova!
YES! Great outing by Ivan. 7 strong. Go to Warren-Kelley to close it out.
0-9 with RISP. They could have put this one away already
Red Sox are 2-2 and they’ve have outhit the Yankees. And they’re losing
Now they casually say hes still in. Fuck you espn…maybe is he had some pine tar on his glove we could of had the “espn cam” following his every move
Nah, pine tar wouldn’t do it at 2B. Now, if he would hop before every pitch, THEN he’d get his own camera concentrated on him.
That looked like a nutshot from Napoli?
Carlos is getting hot. Love it.
Going to need this insurance run. At least.
Line drives ripped to all fields. It’s a beautiful thing.
Carlos Beltran is a fucking machine.
Now if they could just get one of these guys in from 2nd. The insurance run would be huge. Warren-Kelley have been good but one mistake and it’s tied.
Not sure what I did but I can’t here the ESPN announcers the past two innings but I can hear ESPN intro music and crowd and game noise perfectly.
This is great.
I’m actually rooting for the Yankees not to run hard in this game. Jog to second, Carlos. I thought for a second that McCann injured himself when he slid into second the prior inning.
I thought for a sec that McCann was hurt too.
Scrolled up. Actually glad folks agreed Ellsbury was more to blame for the first inning debacle. I had my knee-jerk moment with Beltran as well, but it was clear the inning would have continued, with the run scoring, had Ellsbury just drawn the throw and not gone for third.
Both were to blame, but it was overwhelmingly Ellsbury’s error. Absolutely had to be sure he could make the bag safely, especially with minimal to gained by stealing third with is speed(he’d score from second on a single), and with the play in front of him, he could have retreated to give Beltran the extra second to get to home plate.
10:22pm: An MRI can back negative, the Yankees announced. Roberts will be re-evaluated in a few days.
Good news… Maybe… i think… I’m not sure
Did they check if he was alive when he was in the tube?
MRI is good.
Re-evaluate in a few days is bad. It means they’re going to play with a short roster again/still.
Exactly.
subfucking optimal Jacoby
I got a bad feeling about this Ortiz AB
Solar wait 8 years for this chance. My guess is that they would have to cut his legs off for him to leave the field.
Great job Nova!
Please don’t screw this up Thornton (and the rest of the bullpen).
We got 3 brilliant starts vs the Sox in this series. I am so confident in 4 of our starters. 3 of them proved that this Sox lineup can be tamed. Supernova returned tonight and now this pen needs to finish the job.
Heck of a game from Nova. Good to see him right the ship
What a job by Ivan.
More of this please.
Thank you, Ivan. Don’t trip over anything on the way to the clubhouse. I don’t want to consider adding Bruce Billings to the 40-man.
“Like a lot of things in life, we laugh because it’s funny, and we laugh because it’s true.”
Ichi-Catch!
ICHIROOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ICHIRO! BELTRAN WOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN THAT!!!!!
Nova’s last pitch was a high meatball. He had some luck tonight.
Holy Moly
I-CHI-RO!!!!!!!!!!!
Great catch. And a lot of people want Ichiro gone. This guy can still play defense.
YEESSSSS!!!!
Here comes BGDP. If he can get Napoli I might just leave him in for his 2nd save of the season. Napoli is the big danger bat here.
ICHIRO-SAN HOLY SHITBALLS
Best defensive OF now playing for the home team at Yankee Stadium.
bravo.
Someone just earned that second year. WOW.
Apparently Ichiro didn’t get the “DON’T FUCKING GET HURT” memo.
Are you seriously complaining about that play?
That’s not what he’s saying at all. He’s joking.
Stop presuming to know me. YOU DON’T KNOW ME!
But in all seriousness, yea, obviously I’m complaining about them getting GBFF out.
Its the 8th inning and they can take 3 out 4.
NO ONE IS ALLOW TO JOKE ANYMORE IN THIS THREAD!!!
Bat may no longer be good… but no denying the glove.
what a fucking defensive outfield
And I wonder if Ichiro is in for Beltran now if Cervelli doesn’t get hurt
Im scared
Im actually ok with that.
You should always be with these two teams.
I really do hate games against the Sox. They’re just not fun unless we’re up 84-2.
And even when they’re up 84-2, if it’s in Fenway, I still don’t feel good.
Of course.
Yup, this is when getting any one of those missed runs home would’ve really helped.
Why was Gardner shade toward LCF? Shouldn’t the outfield be shifted for a pull hitter
Why was Brett playing so far over?
Agree for a righty
Lots of hitters actually tend to go the other way on fly balls even though they pull most grounders.
Damn he almost had that.
I’m surprised he was pulled that far over.
Yup. Don’t get that.
every out is a commercial break…. cant stand it..
You cant walk someone as bad as Daniel Nava. That shit is embarrassing.
NO
PLEASE
NO
Unreal.
Oh Jesus, BGDP hurt McCann. Get him out of there, Joe. HE doesn’t haven’t it tonight.
Unbelievable.
Ugh, so close, yuck.
OH!!!!
Son of bitch
This game strains logical explanation.
That was pretty fucking close.
Here comes the gramd slam to one of the more detestable players in baseball.
Umm…..
Joe rolling the dice
I’d actually rather stick with Phelps then take a chance on Cabral. Phelps’ ball is moving, he jammed Napoli on that double.
Thanks for the reminder as to AJ’s line versus Phelps, guys.
Geez…
And got McCann too.
Oh crap crap crap crap
……
Mo for the 4 out save?
Is Warren or Kelley not available tonight??
Warren I don’t believe is availible
the ass stuck his elbow right into the pitch.
yup
I really hope that hand wakes up fine in the morning.
I hope that hand just sleeps all day tomorrow to rest up and wakes up fine on Tuesday.
Good lord
AJ is a cunt
Hit his fingers with the hand open. Might be numb, but unlikely to break anything.
At this point the Yankees should forfeit the game for the sake of the rest of the season.
Kruk i like you less with every word that comes outta your face
This is on the verge of ruining my night.
Thanks for the stroke, Phelps.
FOUR WORDS – BGDP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No problem. I knew Phelpsie had it.
Please get this human pube out.
EXHALE.
No team whines about the strike zone more than the Red Sox. It’s not even close.
I’m going to find my blood pressure pills.
This is like that scene in “Boogie Nights.”
You’re just taunting Dirk Diggler, inviting him to show up.
I was really hoping Squints would come back.
YEEEEESSSS!!
YES!!!
and, exhale…
I need to go change my diaper now.
Never a doubt in my mind he was getting out of the jam….
That was too intense for this early on in the season.
My kingdom for an insurance run or two.
More homers please. (worth a try)
Almost Sori. Almost.
Almost
Close
That Ichiro catch is looming large.
(To hell with outcomes not being predetermined and all that!)
Why can’t they put Betances in the 8th? Guy’s been much filthier than Phelps. For shame, although I’m sure he’ll pitch his way into at least that role by year’s end
Too much of a wild card. Don’t know what you get.
And McCann is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
Or he’ll come in and not throw the ball within 15 feet of the strike zone.
Good thing you stood there admiring the easy fly out, dumbass.
SOLAR POWER!!!!
Ball not traveling that direction tonight. There have been several balls hit by both teams I thought were going out.
Web gem? Great play?
They don’t show Ortiz admiring every out he makes.
Kruk is so bad it’s good at this point. I want him to keep talking, just to hear what new garbled noises come out.
mlb announcing’s madden
Of course it’s a one run game in the 9th for our backup closer. Of course.
We actually have been lucky. 0-10 WRISP, Nova was up all night and got hit pretty hard. And we’re winning.
They’ve also had a lot of hard hit balls caught. 0-10 WRISP can be a sign of bad luck. Nova pitched well, not lights out, but well.
And that backup closer is very homer prone. Very scary inning here.
What else do you think was going to happen
Is it me or have we had a ton of hard hit outs tonight?
Soriano needs to stop with the showboating. He’s almost as bad as Big Papi. What’s wrong with just putting your head down and running to 1st? The Captain doesn’t toe tap and watch his HR.
Soriano does certain things, like go through stretches where he swings at balls in the other batter’s box, and take inexplicably bad routes on fly balls. He also smacks home runs and isn’t a statue out there.
I’ll take it on balance.
One up one K. Get through this, Kelley. Take the series from the Sox.
Kelley’s velocity is down a bit. Probably early season rustiness, but he’s usually comfortably in the 92-94 zone.
DAMN!!!
By the way… the ESPN K-zone is SHIT!
This is the pitch f/x plot to the lefties:
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....8;s_type=7
You can see 2 of the 3 pitches ESPN showed “inside” were actually IN the strikezone, and when you account for the size of the ball that other pitch that looks slightly inside, actually hits the corner.
1 more out… Still not feeling good about this.
Sizemore or Sizeless?
Good, one quick out. Maybe a changeup there? Pretty unusual pitch for Kelley.
That was a gift strike.
Great AB Kelley! One more please!!!
how many lefties are they gonna trot out there?
HELL YES
Wow that’s a satisfying win.
Even the catch to end it gave me a heart attack. But, YANKEES WIN!
3 outta 4….nice. Early but still feels good
Seriously the first series of the year against Boston should not be so stressful.
Whenever I see an outfielder’s wrist bend like that I have Matsui flashbacks.
They didn’t have one position player left and they still rode Nova, Carlos and the pen to the series W. They’re already light years ahead of last season. 3 out of 4 from the Sox in the first series between them. Great weekend to be a Yankee.
YES! Ellsbury!!!
GREAT WIN!!! (despite the injuries)
(despite the injuries)
LOL
Don’t ever change dude
Don’t ever change
LOL
huh, I don’t even know what this is supposed to mean.
The little gray that makes you you.
The little gray? Am I supposed to be happy about the injuries?
Ellsbury with the style points for his ex-teammates!
whew
Took 3 of 4 from the Red Sox, great series.
Nice catch. Great game!
YEESSSS!!!
NO ONE GET HURT CELEBRATING
PLEASE!!!
There’s a Kendrys Morales joke in here somewhere…..and we can tell jokes again, right?
Yes, Yes you can.
ESPN: “Farrell tossed after a controversial call at first”
“controversy in the Bronx”
Holy crap, just re-label the channel NESPN and be done with it.
The pen steps up again. Yes!!
Whew.
Thanks Shawn, I did not want a stressful ninth with Ortiz in the hole.
Well that was something.
Hopefully the day off does wonders for some of these potential injuries. Other than that, a hell of a series. Great job by Nova and Kelley here. Thank you, Ichiro, a thousand times over.
Haha cry more Grady.
3 out of 4, bueno.
This win is for forensic who optimistic view yesterday lead the Yankees to victory today.
THREE CHEERS FOR FORENSIC!!!!
http://riveraveblues.com/2014/.....nt-8066635
PROOF!!
Hooray for forensic!!
Well that one was more painful than it had to be. Yankees in first and the Red Sox are in last. Couldn’t end the week better than that.
So:
1 hamstring(?) injury for Cervelli
1 groin(???) injury for Solarte — played through
1 hand injury for McCann — played through
1 victory over the Red Sox to take 3/4…
…I’ll take it.
They were one bad CC inning from taking all four…but, yes, I’ll take it!