Comments on: Yankees sign Chris Farley. Seriously

By: Cody

Cody — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:23:15 +0000

I know Chris Farley personally, he used to play for the North Shore team in the Can-Am league, his stuff is unbeliveable, 100 mph, and he was released and now plays for the Oakland A’s.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:16:09 +0000

he’ 26 when you want to develope him at 30. His change up is nasty an Torre has been an idiot handling him.

By: SJ44

SJ44 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:46:01 +0000

You can’t compare minor league stats when evaluating players. That’s fools gold. The hitters at the minor league level aren’t nearly as good as ML hitters. Especially when it comes to hitting off speed stuff.

For years, Colter Bean put up similar numbers in the minors. Everytime he came up to the Yankees, he failed.

Watch the Angels approaches to the plate with Ramirez. More disciplined, they sat on his changeup and were able to handle it.

Don’t get me wrong, I think Edwar could turn out to be a good pitcher. But, you can’t use stats to evaluate it. You have to ease him into the battle. Its the right way to develop him, if the goal is to develop him.

Really, since the last time he pitched, the only game one could make a reasonable argument that he should have been in was Saturday night in Tampa. Aside from that, there hasn’t been a situation that merited putting him in and I am an Edwar fan.

By: sunny615

sunny615 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:40:24 +0000

I see it as when to give Edwar a chance versus if. There hasn’t been a non-pressure situation recently (most of our past few games have been decided by 3 or fewer runs) to warrant throwing him out there. As a rookie, you don’t want to put him out there in a position to fail.

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:30:48 +0000

Hughes done after 4.

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:30:13 +0000

The obvious Loogy situation being Matt Stairs the last 2 nights.

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:27:29 +0000

While the stats are AAA, Edwar has replicated the same 2 ks per inning record at every level. Because his out pitch is an unbelievable change, the chances are good that he would also have success here. Torre is just so pig-headed– I mean loyal– that he won’t give him a chance. As far as my hypothetical question, I would take Edwar, not Farnsworthless. Anyway, the whole question is moot probably, because he’ll likely be sent down when DeSalvo comes up, which is disgraceful as far as I am concerned. Myers should be discarded/traded as Torre will not even bring him in i obvious Loogy situations anymore.

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:21:01 +0000

Through 4, Hughes has given up 2 hits (lead-off double in 1st and a bloop single in 4th), 1 run (scored on error by catcher), 4 ks and 1 walk.

By: sunny615

sunny615 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:21:00 +0000

I came across an interesting statistic regarding bullpens in the first half.

Yankees 15 blown saves.
Boston 3.

Had we cut that number in *half* we’d be in it to win it.

By: SJ44

SJ44 — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:19:37 +0000

Re: Brower, I am talking about who is pitching better, he or Britton. Brower has pitched well as the Scranton closer all season.

At the start of the season, that was supposed to be Britton’s role but, Brower beat him out and hasn’t lost the job.

I don’t care how old he is because he isn’t a long term solution.

For the next two months, if given the option, Brower or Britton, I choose Britton because he has pitched better.

Obviously, I wouldn’t plan my future around him but, for two months, he may merit a shot if they can’t find somebody better on the open market.