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Derek Jeter’s home run was his 192nd, matching Tino Martinez (who was in the house) for 13th place in team history. It snapped an 0-for-14 skid.
The Yankees are 13-2 when Johnny Damon starts in left field. He is 27 of 62 with 20 runs scored, three homers and 17 RBI in those games.
Weird stat of the day courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau: The Yankees are 7-1 in games following a shutout loss of 10 or more runs under Joe Torre.
Joba Chamberlain is interesting to listen to. He fully understands he is going to get hit eventually and that how he handles that will define him more than how he has handled his success.
“This game sets you up to fail,” he said. “I know it’s going to happen. I’ll be OK.”
The kid is a unique dude. As I was talking to him before the game, the music on the radio in the nearby trainer’s room was James Taylor. As Joba walked away, he was singing “Handyman” and knew all the words.
Meanwhile, I’m shocked that in a pennant race in September this team will have a pitching staff that includes Chamberlain, Phil Hughes, Ian Kennedy, Edwar Ramirez and Chris Britton.
That tells you all you need to know about how much power Brian Cashman has. Regardless of what happens the rest of the way this season, he’s building a player development powerhouse that must scare the socks off the rest of baseball.
If the Yankees can field a roster loaded with homegrown kids, they can spend whatever they wannt to retain A-Rod, chase Johan Santana or do whatever else they want.
OK, I’m wiped. Catch you tomorrow. Angels just went up a run.
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Angels jsut went up four runs actually
I was just going to say that.
3 more outs left and we’ll be 1 game back.
Totally rooting for an Angels sweep. To Shields: DO NOT IMPLODE
There we go, 1 out of WC. Thanks Angels
pitching to Vlad is not a good idea…..
Peter is up late tonight….
Ichiro(strike out)three out
LA WINS.
well, I meant to say 1.5 out
Seattle lost! 1 game back, 2 in the loss column.
No, it is 1GB. Silly me.
shields and Kazmir are not pitching this weekend agaisnt the yanks…
we get jackson(improving), sonenstine(spelling), and Hammell..
need to beat the sux at least one more game and then sweep the devil rays
“If the Yankees can field a roster loaded with homegrown kids, they can spend whatever they want…”
Now if Cashman can just perfect that cloning technique, we’d be all set. A few more Jobas, ARods, Jeters, and a young Moose.
Designated Blogger,
Didn’t you hear? The new Mussina prototype will be arriving soon!
Jackson’s been surprisingly impressive of late. Hammel and Sorrenstine, not so much.
Edwin Jackson reminds me of Daniel Cabrera. Throws hard and can strike a lot of people out and so definitely has the talent somewhere, but also enjoys walking people(not as much as Cabrera)which is where he starts to run into trouble. Even in his good starts, he tends to walk at least a few. He’s actually pitched pretty well against the Yankees this year. I think the key with him is to be patient until he learns to better command the zone.
For quite several of us were promoting the future is now mentality…And during this season of high spikes and deep drops, that now appeasr that indeed the future is here and now….Right smack in the final stretch drive for a postseason invitation……Hughes, the Joba and now Ian Kennedy…..The Yankees Holy Trinity as arrived…..talk about on the job training this quite amazing considering the time of the season and that this is of course the NY Yankees…..Transition year my ass, they;re going for the downs, the WS THROPHY…….Absolutely exciting…..For me I’m blown away as I watching two players ( Hughes & Kennedy ) that I coached against since their days as 10 year old Little leaguers right on thru HS & Connie Mack….Now they’re pitching for a team that I was raised with since 1961……Lets just get invited to the October party and go from there…..But the years to come are simply mind blowing……There’s a lot of pieces that have been put into place in the past 3 season, and the future looks very GOOD……..
Cashman’s philosophy + Yankees payroll and resources = Yankee success for a long, long time.
2009 Yankees rotation:
1. Johann Santana (8 years, $200M, $25M/yr. should do it)
2. Wang (in his fifth season, free agent after 2010)
3. Chamberlain
4. Hughes
5. Kennedy
How would you take care of Wang? I wouldn’t give him big money just yet after this season cuz Mussina and most likely Pettitte will be on the books for $11.5M and $16M respectively in ‘08. Also he isn’t arbitration eligible until 2009 (his fifth season). I’d want to lock him up for at least 5 years, $75M, $15M/yr. 2009-2014.
Wow the Yanks catch a huge break not having to face Tampa Bay’s 1-2 punch of Shields and Kazmir.
If someone in their current rotation outside of them emerged as a good #5, say Jackson, T.B. signed Livan Hernandez and traded for John Garland, would a Shields/ Kazmir/ Garland/ Hernandez/ Jackson rotation make T.B. at least above .500 good if not wildcard competitive next year? They’d have two veterans who have World Series rings and two near-perennial 30+ GS, 200+ IP workhorses in Hernandez and Garland.
Hernandez cost D.C. only $7M this year while Garland would be a one-year $12M commitment. The key would be to convince them to help a young team with alot of talent become an above .500 team next year then one who could compete for the postseason. Again, these two have W.S. rings, maybe they’d relish the challenge.
Wang is making only $489,500 this year according to mlbcontracts.blogspot.com (link to it on this blog).
‘Say Mussina and Igawa were traded for $27M off the books including $15M o.t.b. for ‘08 (Mussina’s $11M + Igawa’s $4M for 2008).
Pettitte $16M player’s option
Wang $700K (give him a $200+K raise)
Hughes, Chamberlain & Kennedy $400K each next year
(figure $20K > the $380K rookie minimum)
Total cost of the 2008 Yanks rotation: $17.9M!!!
$2.9M if you considered the $15M cleared for ‘08 like a huge coupon towards it.
The Yanks will have $9M cleared from no longer having to pay the salaries of Jaret Wright, Javier Vasquez, and Randy Johnson (who they are paying $4M, $3M, and $2M for 2007 respectively). That cleared money should be able to buy the Yanks two new lefthanded relievers and a righthanded reliever (average salary $3M each) to complement a re-signed Mo and Vizcaino, Farnsworth, and my guess Bruney or Britton in the final bullpen slot (with Ramirez, Karstens, Rasner vying for it as well).
2008 Yanks rotation:
Wang/ Pettitte/ Chamberlain/ Hughes/ Kennedy
Bullpen: Mo, Vizcaino, Farnsworth, Bruney/ Britton,
2 new lefties, new righty
I believe that when Cashman received full control of baseball operations after the 2005 season, during his press conference, he said something like this, with the resources that the Yankees have, better player development and fiscal responsibility, God help the rest of baseball. Now that is not a direct quote, bur Pete if you were around back then, do you remember?
You can see that his plan is coming to fruition and with his aggressiveness in the draft and in international free agents he is laying the foundation for years to come.
Now imagine if he had full control of this team since he was GM, I am not positive and Pete you might know this, but they passed on K-Rod, King Felix, and Mark Prior, all financial reasons, since 2000. Correct me if I’m wrong, but money spent on player development does not go against the luxury tax. As such, if the money they are spending on luxury tax, is reduced, then the money he spends on prospects will be a wash.
The Yankees didn’t pass on Mark Prior, they actually drafted him out of high school and he chose USC, like most every athelete who goes to that school.
let’s not forget another huge mistake by Cashman, Mussina
$23 mil 2 years. Passed on Ted Lilly at $10 mil a year.
im sure the rest if baseball is shaking in their boots… outside joba, the yanks have promoted a mediocre starter with the mantel of franchise and a changeup addicted hit machine that cries on the mound. petrifying!
“im sure the rest if baseball is shaking in their boots… outside joba, the yanks have promoted a mediocre starter with the mantel of franchise and a changeup addicted hit machine that cries on the mound. petrifying”!
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I sense the fear in Rich’s (above) post.
let’s not forget another huge mistake by Cashman, Mussina
$23 mil 2 years. Passed on Ted Lilly at $10 mil a year.
I really can’t fault him for that. Muss was a huge bargin and the numbers all made sense. Besides a 2 year deal was worth it.
As for Ted Lilly, I’ve never been a big fan, and one year of success in the NL doesn’t change my opinion on that. I rather gamble with an older player on a short term contract then gamble on a mediocore pitcher for a long term contract.
“let’s not forget another huge mistake by Cashman, Mussina
$23 mil 2 years. Passed on Ted Lilly at $10 mil a year.”
20-20 hindsight is awesome.
Lilly had NEVER thrown 200 innings. he was a league average starter in the AL.
also, you have to make the decision on Mussina weeks before you get to talk to Lilly.
you can’t just let Moose walk away without knowing you can definitely sign Lilly. How do you know some other team wouldn’t offer Lilly 5 years, $55M (i.e. Meche)? you really have no idea at the time you have to make a decision on Moose.
to me, the only mistake Cashman made with Moose was that he should have just picked up his $17M option instead of trying to get 2 years at $11M. but if Cashman can trade Moose to the NL this off-season by including $6M of salary, it works out to the same.
but saying the Yankees shouldn’t have brought Moose back at all this year is nothing more than 20-20 hindsight.
Everything can be looked at and dissected after the discussion is made. The jist of what I was saying is that I would rather spend a little money up front and take my chances of being able to control a guy for six years than have to be forced into signing Carl Pavano, b/c there are no options in the system.
Andrew, I believe that Prior went to USC b/c the Yankees would not give him the bonus he wanted. Which, if Cashman had full control like now, maybe that wouldn’t be the case, proven by the deals they have made with draftees in the last two drafts. Guys like Bentences wouldn’t be in the system if that was the case.
This is the thing that other Gm’s feared and dreaded. When the Yankees would realize they need a farm system and young arms.
That day is upon everyone.
It’s amazing they survived as long as they did without homegrown, cheap talent.
The Mussina contract wasn’t the mistake.
The mistake was the Igawa deal in regards to Lilly.
Mussina was always coming back. Lilly would have been over Igawa.
Which was a terrible decision.
Why would anyone pitch to Vlad especially with a base open?
Makes absolutely no sense.
so psyched the yanks are going with the youth movement….
Mussina, Pavano, Giambi these guys have done nothing for the yanks
Joba Rules
Well I’d say Giambi still has a little to say on what happens with the yankees. For now his role is limited, but he’s always lurking.
It’s almost like having Straw lurking, only at 10x the $.
The Mussina signing was a great move at the time. As I recall, people around baseball were pissed that the Yankees were able to re-sign him below market value. EVERYONE was pleased with the signing (find me one thing written that wasn’t), so yeah, 20-20 hindsight is great.
Fault Cashman for Igawa, but not for Mussina.
Anyway, Kennedy is a great move. And obviously Mussina still can pitch better than he has in his last 3 starts. He’ll make a great long man, a 6th/7th inning option, and can fill in if someone gets hurt.
It’s almost like having Straw lurking, only at 10x the $.
Haha thats funny man, but true.
Pavano may want back in at no additional cost.
Glass Joe, may want to get back into baseball at no additional cost.