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ESPN is planning to televise Roger Clemens’ appearance with Class A Tampa on Friday.
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that’s kindof awesome.
You’re kidding right? Little League World Series I can understand, but a Class A game? Even when Boston’s burning up the league, the Yankees still have a way of grabbing the attention.
Like I said in a previous post, you gotta watch today’s press conference with Clemens. You’ll see a totally different Rocket from the one the king of Grand Cayman that’s portrayed by the media. He really wanted to come back and play in the AL East, and he credited the media for giving him his nickname.
The baseball world as we know it is coming to an end. Manny just threw out a runner at home!
wow im glad hes back but that is pathetic
I meant that Manny threw out a runner at home base. It kind of reads like he threw a runner out of his home. Which is not such a crazy thought, Manny being Manny.
7pm game right?
Mel, if I remember correctly they did it when he came back for the Astros too.
mel, ESPN televised Clemens first game coming back last year as well. It was another Class A team.
That’s great. We get to see Jose Tabata and Francisco Cervelli, perhaps the CF and C of the future for the Yankees, as well as Clemens Friday night.
For those who care, Ian Kennedy, the Yankees #1 draft choice is pitching for Tampa tonight. Tampa leads 2-0 in the 4th and Kennedy has pitched 3 shutout innings with 4 K’s so far.
He was 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA entering the game.
Update on Kennedy: 4 innings, 0 hits, 2 walks, 6 K’s and Tampa is winning in Dunedin 2-0 in the 5th.
Kennedy’s ERA for the season now down to 1.52. Joba Chamberlain (his teammate in Tampa) and the Yankees Second Round Pick last year, was named FSL Pitcher of the week for his work in two starts.
He has pitched 9 scoreless innings with 11 K’s in his two wins this season after starting the season late due to a hamstring injury.
He was one of the guys Clemens worked with today.
I don’t want to hear “ESPN hates the Yankees”/”ESPN is Pro Boston”
ever again from any Yankee fan…..EVER.
sj44 keep us updated on kennedy … i wouldn’t be surprised if those two get promoted to AA soon … not sure how much room is actually there for them but they deserve it, they are college arms high A seems to be to easy for them (even tho it is a sample size) i can see one of them become what lackey was for the angles in 2002 but for the yankees
Global Warming –
I don’t think one can conclude that because ESPN is broadcasting Roger’s game on Friday that ESPN thus does not “hate” the Yankees and is not “Pro Boston”. This is a newsworthy game, and ESPN is merely doing its job in covering the sport of baseball. Let’s see just how anti-Yankee they are during the broadcast before you silence Yankee fans from voicing their frustration about a sports channel in Connecticut expressing thinly veiled fanboyness about the Sox. I mean Peter Gammons, yeaha, he’s not pro Boston.
^^^^why so??
Yeah Tino Martinez, he’s not pro Yankee.
Kennedy is definitely getting promoted to Trenton, as Horne or Marquez, two pitchers in AA tearing it up, are likely being promoted to AAA after it was ‘revealed’ that Ohelendorf has a back strain.
Or maybe they’ll just leave everyone where they are and let Colter Bean pitch in AAA for no reason.
Kennedy gave up a hit in the 5th….but struck out the side.
His numbers tonight: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB 9 K’s. His ERA is now 1.42 for the season and Tampa is winning 6-0 in the 6h.
That Trenton staff is pretty loaded. They are 23-10 heading into tonight’s game against Erie. They are winning 4-2 in the 7th, with Jeff Marquez on the mound.
Marquez has only allowed 2 runs and 4 hits tonight. If he wins, he will go to 5-2 and his ERA is 2.06 for the season.
The other guys in the Trenton rotation all have great numbers.
Alan Horne is 3-1 with a 2.66 ERA.
Brett Smith is 3-1 with a 1.24 ERA.
Jason Smith is 3-1 with a 2.66 ERA.
They just called up Chase Wright to AAA about 10 days ago.
Ohlendorf is on the DL (bad back) for Scranton and they had to start Colter Bean in the first game of a doubleheader tonight, which they won 2-1.
Perhaps Marquez or Horne gets the call to Scranton and Kennedy moves up? Only way I see somebody getting promoted due to the depth and strength of the Trenton rotation.
Hey Mel,
Do you think anyone here gives a rat’s ass about what Manny is up to tonight?
Spot on, SJ. Chamberlain is much less polished than Kennedy, and he just got back from a hamstring injury. Kennedy’s been tearing it up all season and as a college pedigree he deserves the promotion more…especially after tonight.
Also, how about Francisco Cervelli! Batting .350, OBP .450, just hit a homerun tonight and has 5 RBIs. Catchers have seasons like this and burn out, but this guy is 21 in a pitcher’s league. It’s also reported that he is great defensively. He’s definitely moving himself up the minor league depth charts.
“Let’s see just how anti-Yankee they are during the broadcast before you silence Yankee fans from voicing their frustration about a sports channel in Connecticut expressing thinly veiled fanboyness about the Sox. I mean Peter Gammons, yeaha, he’s not pro Boston.”
we can play a drinking game. everyone takes a drink each time the words “28 million” are spoken.
Did the game time change again? the scroll says 10pm?
Six innings in the books for Tampa-Dunedin. Kennedy has a two hit shutout with 10 K’s after 6.
He has been lights out this year.
Scranton started Colter Bean and Justin Pope, two journeymen relief pitchers, in their DH tonight. I could see Marquez or Horne getting called up to join Wright, Jackson, Clippard and Ohlendorf (when he gets back) in the Scranton rotation.
That would open up a spot in Trenton and Kennedy probably is the #1 guy to be considered for that spot.
Some scouts felt he could be a “fast track” guy. Meaning, he could be a September callup or a guy to be considered for the rotation next year. He is that good.
They are LOADED with quality arms in the organization right now.
Obviously, not everybody makes it. Injuries, tapping out your potential, etc. goes on with prospects. However, the more quality arms you have in an organization, the better chance of guys breaking through.
Its the story nobody wants to write about the Yankees. How Cashman has rebuilt the farm system. He has done a helluva job on that end of the organization.
Andrew:I think your kind of exaggerating when you say Joba is much less polished.Lets not forget the godly K/BB of 46/3 in Hawaii and the fact that all the walks he has now can be attributed to rust.He doesn’t have Kennedy’s command but the difference in polish is not huge between the two,and he is a better prospect.By the way, some people are saying Joba touched 100 in his second start.
Cervelli,Clemens,and Tabata that sounds amazing.
i thought the yanks AAA staff was loaded at the beginning of the year but i think i’ll take the low A staff … kennedy chamberlain marquez and dellin betances when he gets called up from extended spring training. throw in a wang hughes clippard and desalvo, wowsers the next 10 years should be fun for the yanks pitching staff.
i know that not everyone will pan out, but at the very least wang and hughes along with at one or two of those guys. that’d be amazing, a full home grown staff, with the exception of maybe santana … ahhhh i’m getting my hopes up. (its nice to have a minor league squad to be proud of of once)
Why does it have to be ____ ? that is how to refer to the Red Sox network in the future and also Mike L____a?
Joba is sooooo sick, he just needs to work on his third pitch, but his fastball-slider combo is electric.
Kennedy’s night is complete. He walked a guy in the 7th and he was lifted for Anthony Claggett (one of the pitcher acquired in the Sheffield deal) who got the final out of the inning.
6 2/3 innings of 2 hit, shutout ball. Three walks and 10 K’s.
If they hold a 6-0 lead, he will go to 4-1 on the season.
His season numbers are sick:
43 IP
25 Hits
18 Walks
46 K’s
1.43 ERA
The Florida State League is known as a pitchers league because of the big ballparks and the humidity, which keeps balls from flying out of the park. Even so, that’s real impressive for a kid who hasn’t been out of college for a full year as of yet.
Definitely a kid who can be a #2 or #3 in a major league rotation. He can really pitch. Not just a thrower.
On the White Sox Radio network- they just said rain is in the forecast until at least 1015 (east coast time)- but they are still planning on playing tonight. Tarp is still on the field. It is going to be a late night.
i heard kennedy referred as “mini moose” from the small amt of info i have heard on him he sure sounds like he pitches like mussina.
That’s a good description of him Nick. He pitches a lot like Moose did when he came out of Stanford.
He throws about 91-92, not as hard as Moose did when he came out of college. However, like Moose, he has 4 pitches he can throw for strikes and has excellent command.
I saw him pitch twice this year and in one of the starts, he really got squeezed by the home plate ump, which upped his walk total.
He has excellent movement on his pitches and doesn’t get rattled out there. You can tell the guy was very well coached in his career. Very cool customer.
not sure if it was him but does he do the bowing thing like moose does when runners are on base? i heard someone in the organization does it as well
Good thread, always good to hear about fast track number one draft picks. Imagine he gets the call next year? Seems crazy, but it happens all the time, Jered Weaver and Brandon Morrow to name two off the top of my head.
no he won’t get the call next year