Game 26: Yankees at Indians
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- April
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YANKEES
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Posada C
Duncan 1B
Ensberg DH
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Chien-Ming Wang vs. the Cleveland hitters.
C.C. Sabathia vs. the New York hitters.
Notes: Another day, another lineup. Hideki Matsui is out for the second straight day. He said he is healthy. He also is riding a seven-game hit streak. … The Yankees have lost three straight and are 3-5 on the road trip. … Johnny Damon’s last six games: 12 of 28, 8 runs, 7 RBI, 7 extra-base hits. … The Yankees are 1-12 when trailing after six innings and 3-11 when the opponent scores first. … Robbie Cano is 2 for 22 and 4 for 38 since that home run against Tampa Bay. … Ross Ohlendorf has appeared in nine games. The Yankees have lost eight of them.
UPDATE, 12:18 p.m.: The Indians sent LHP Jeremy Sowers back to AAA Buffalo and called up OF Brad Snyder.
UPDATE, 1:02 p.m.: Posada was just scratched. No reason was given. I’m sure we’ll get the full information after the game.
New lineup:
Damon 7
Jeter 6
Abreu 9
Rodriguez 5
Duncan 3
Ensberg DH
Cano 4
Cabrera 8
Molina 2
Just me, or does it seem weird to use Duncan at 1B and Ensberg as the DH? Isn’t Ensberg a better glove?
UPDATE, 1:26 p.m.: Media relations director Jason Zillo just said the Yankees won’t be giving any information about why Jorge Posada is scratched until after the game. This is the first time I can ever remember any team scratching a player two minutes before first pitch then refusing to say why.
UPDATE, 2:23 p.m.: CMW whiffs the side and now has five on the game. He’s pitching another gem, as is Sabathia.
UPDATE, 2:28 p.m.: The New York Times is reporting that Jorge Posada has a muscle tear in his shoulder and will be headed to the disabled list. You can’t hide the truth for long.
That does explain why Posada arrived early for treatment today.
UPDATE, 2:32 p.m.: Bad baseball there by Cano, who finally gets a hit then gets picked off before Melky homers.
UPDATE, 3:01 p.m.: What a great game. Wang and Sabathia going pitch for pitch with the difference being a home run by Melky.
The Yankees are 0 for 5 with RISP today and 2 for 20 in the series.
UPDATE, 3:30 p.m.: The “Wang isn’t an ace” crowd will hide out today. 7 4 0 0 2 9. He’s thrown 39 innings this season and allowed 35 hits with 11 walks and 26 Ks. If the Yankees finish this off, he’ll be 5-0, 3.23 despite having faced Boston twice, Toronto, Chicago and Cleveland. There are a few starters better than he is but it’s a short list.
UPDATE, 3:46 p.m.: Joba hit 98 in that inning. It would appear that he is OK.
If the Yankees win, Wang will be 43-13 since the start of the 2006 season. That’s three more victories than any other pitcher in baseball. Brandon Webb has 39.
UPDATE, 4:00 p.m.: Mariano Rivera might do his job better than any other athlete in history of team sports.
Tremendously pitched game on both sides.
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Ohlennnnnndooooooooooooooorf!!!!
In the last thread Kill-Schill highly recommended Joel Sherman’s column today about Joba.
I have to completely agree with and reiterate Kill-Schill’s recommendation.
Joel Sherman’s column on Joba today is an absolute must read. Sherman talked to several scouts and what they had to say about Joba being a starter vs. reliever was eye-opening.
A couple of quotes:
“The times I saw him, he was an easy-identification No. 1 starter. He was powerful and resilient. He went deep into games and used all four of his pitches. That is what impressed me most about him. He would strike out 2-3 guys in a row with a fastball, then go 2-2 and throw a plus-potential change. Not only did he have a good arm, but he also showed real pitchability.”
“I will tell you what I think on this kid. You put him in a playoff game, and when he leaves it is going to be 1-0 or 2-1. The score is going to be low for the other side. He was a dominant No. 1 guy in the minors. I left the stadium and said, “What else do you want in a starting pitcher?””
The scouts are filled with raves about Joba being a future #1 starter.
And in particular, one of the most common themes across the scouts is how Joba is able to hold his velocity - how he was able to throw 97-98 DEEP into games.
“I was very impressed. The first couple of innings he was 94-96 (mph). By the fifth inning, he was 97-99.”
One scout who saw him said that Joba was much better than Papelbon was as a starter because Papelbon was throwing 92-94 as a starter and Joba has very good secondary pitches while Papelbon’s secondary offerings were average.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04272008/sports/yankees/the_eyes_have_it_108369.htm?page=3
“You don’t pay guys $20 million a year to bunt.” from last thread.
Pete, I hate to say this, but this comment tells how ignorant you are of baseball. Sorry, I had to write this, after reading how you are belittling some bloggers with such comments for expressing their views.
You play the game to win and if the player is capable of bunting (not all are) and the situation dictates, you bunt. It does not matter how much he makes.
As much as you want to say no, your writings here reflect that Jeter and Torre can do nothing wrong and A-Rod and Girardi get criticised constantly. You take the same approach with Hank and Cash and the other day you changed course in a New York minute to retract and write exactly the opposite, after Cash probably gave you an earful (you stated you talked to cash).
I love Jeter, but he gets more credit than he deserves. During the dynasty years, I believe that Bernie and Paul contributed more than Jeter, but Jeter gets all the credit. Since 2001 we did not win WS, Jeter is the captain and why he is not responsible at least partly for the lack of success? It is because of the kind of applogies you and your peers make for him. Last year playoffs, Jeter was the most responsible for our failures with so many DPs and killing the rallies. I understand it is your right to have your opinion, but respect the opinion of the others who disagree with you. Also, I udnerstand you are a New Englander, but do not write the rubbish that Yankees fans do not know any thing. Every team will have knuckle head fans, that does not mean majority of the fans are like that.
Morning all. I think my friend and I are going to try to catch the make up of the Scranton-Syracuse game this afternoon. So much baseball this weekend, so little time…
Let’s be fair to Ollie, Pete…they’ve been bringing him in when the starter got knocked out in the 3rd inning. And the offense has been anemic.
I think the kid has potential, but I think they’re doing a lot to abuse both his arm and confidence.
How bout giving the kid a rest for a while and sending him down for Jose Veras? He can throw fire and has been pitching very well according to Chad Jennings.
CB - thanks for recommending that link.
Pete - have you heard anything about his hammy?
Anyone else think it is clear that Pete is not too enamored with Joe Girardi. He second guesses him before the game with the snarky line-up comments and he hasn’t ceased to complain about Girardi not being straightforward about things like injuries. The media on the whole have killed him for being “testy”. It is such a joke.
Hey Pete do you have the same complaints about your man Belichek when he doesn’t give the truth about injuries…or is that just part of his genius.
The Yankees currently have 39 players on their 40-man roster, since Moeller was DFAed. Will they save that spot for Rasner if (when)they bring him up , either as a long man or to replace Kennedy, if he goes down to learn how to throw strikes again?
SoCalYankeeFan
Good article. CB, thanks.
Is that a picture of Joba? He looks a lot smaller to me in that photo.
-dennis
Everyone needs to relax with the knee jerking reaction and Girardi bashing. Yes he has made some questionable calls and moves, but its early in the season and he is still figuring out the lineup. The yankees have a brutal opening schedule and before the season Pete, and every other intelligent blogger said if they can get through this stretch around 500 we should be fine. Lets look to some positives, Kennedy finally pitched decent, albeit for 5 innings. Pettite does not look like any of the offseason stuff distracted him. Wang looks like last year postseason didnt happen. And if hughes can put a nice start together this team will be fine. We knew what we were getting in Mussina when we resigned him you got to take your lumps with him. Yes the bullpen is shaky, especially with Bruney out, but again this was a concern before the season. The all star break will be a time to evaluate this team properly, Not before the quarter mark of the season.
Brian: Rasner was supposed to pitch yesterday for Scranton; the game got rained out so I imagine he’s pitching today.
Dennis,
Joba’s lost quite a bit of weight (even from last season) but not that much. For some reason they have the wrong picture there - that’s John Maine.
Great point DC76. If belicheck hides something it’s just part of his genious, but if Girardi hides something he’s being unduly secretive.
Pete, why do you have a problem with Girardi changing the lineup? Don’t most teams usually use about 120 different lineups a year?
Matsui is out? Seriously - I want to know what Joe is smoking. Unless Matsui is hurt, there is NO reason for him not to be playing.
I read Jim Palmer’s comments about the kids - good reading. I’m extremely anxious to see how Phil does against the Tigers on Tuesday, though with more bad weather coming up, who knows if they’ll get the game in. I really think that Phil has turned a corner and we’re going to see good things from him from now on. Of course, he’ll still have his ups and downs, but I think by the end of the year, he’s going to be very good. He’s throwing very well, his curve appears to be getting better and basically his natural talent is coming out. I just can’t say enough about his makeup - he’s quieter than Joba (which I prefer) but equally as tough. Both know, innately, that they belong in the bigs.
Kennedy is made, I think of different stuff; of course, he’s not going to be as confident when he’s struggling because he doesn’t have the stuff that Joba and Phil do. I’m disturbed by his comments to Ken Rosenthal yesterday, but I give him a ton of credit for bouncing back and making a terrible start into a decent one. I’m not sure if he should be given another start or not before being sent down; I’m very concerned about his wildness. If he does’t have command, he’s not going to get anyone out, not with his stuff.
Wang “pumping”…Go Wanger!
http://udn.com/NEWS/SPORTS/SPO5/4317194.shtml
Matsui is 0-9 lifetime against CC. Probably why he is sitting today.
OK. That makes more sense. Looked nothing like Joba.
Thanks for responding.
No joy in mudville for either of us right now.
Have good day today. -dennis
I’m pretty sure Torre has used over 20 different lineups with LA. Shut up Pete.
Another day, another loss. Watch out, Tigers are catching up!
While I don’t think that Pete has an agenda I agree with the comments about bunting. It should not even be a thought in anyone’s head that because someone gets paid big money he should never be given the bunt sign. In fact, I can make the opposite argument, that because he gets paid so much money he should be the best at both the small ball and home-run ball aspects of the game. He should also not b**ch and moan about being given the bunt in a situation where you play for a run so you can get your freaking closer in the game and win for once. It drives me crazy to see guys waving and missing, taking humongous hacks to try and drive in 8 runs on one swing because they “get paid to hit home-runs.” Any fan who watches most of the game will agree with me that because baseball is a game of failure, they will not hit that home run more often than they will. Moneyball does not say, never bunt or steal no matter the situation. Moneyball says don’t give away outs needlessly because they are precious. You probably don’t want to play for one run early in the game and give away the outs. To be fair to Jeter, him putting down the squeeze bunt would not have been the best move in that situation. If Damon is out at home, it looks like a dumb decision. If Damon scores, it looks like genius and probably would have been one of the most exciting things the Yankees have done in recent memory. Unfortunately those kind of gambles don’t happen in the American League, one of the many reasons why I watch National League games as well. Sometimes you need your small-ball fix.
Pete, I kind of see no opportunity to ding Girardi by you left unturned. Matsui in 10 at bats against Sabathia has no hits, and one walk.
Your constant sniping at Girardi will not bring back Joe Torre.
A suggestion which may help the daily lineup bashing we have in here.
Pete added a very useful tool with his lineup threads this year. The splits of each pitcher against the team they are facing.
If you want to figure out the logic behind the lineups, just look at the splits.
For example, Matsui is 0-9 lifetime against Sabathia. Logic would tell you that ain’t good.
Perhaps, they want to keep him in a good groove and you don’t do that if he is facing a guy who has bageled him.
Managers don’t pull lineups out of a hat. There is some method to the madness.
One can criticize Joe G for certain moves, but got to look at his options at the time and the factors at play.
Yesterday, the only one I had a bit of an issue with the decision to PH Cano, who is an awful slump, instead of going with Matsui, who is hitting well.
Other than that I believe Joe G’s hands to possible moves have been tied. I think his decisions have been sound.
Bottom line to alot of these losses is the offense, they just continue to flounder as a whole, especially with runners on, and the SP, who continue to burden the BP by not lasting.
I don’t think any manager has a magic bullet to cure these kinds of ills.
I don’t get why Esnberg is in here every day.
Joe Girardi is the manager now, not Torre. Girardi is a different personality. He hates to loose and wears his heart on his sleeve. People complained that Torre was too laid back and now are complaining that Girardi is too animated. We need to give Girardi a chance. This first month has been bad to the Yankees schedule-wise, weather- wise and injury-wise.
I am sure that the line-up will settle in and the Yankees will start hitting. Then Girardi will look like a genius for his line-up.
And as for Girardi being secretive, I am with all of you who say why give the competition any edge. They don’t need to know who is available and for how long.
SJ44, thanks for the info and for pointing out that feature. Apologies to Joe for my premature rant.
Girardi PH Cano instead of Matsui for Ensberg yesterday because Matsui can’t play 2b or 3b. It’s not just about the bat, but also the fielding the PH needs to fill in for after.
Ensberg is a RH hitter and CC is a lefthanded pitcher.
Its not hard to figure out. They want more righties in the lineup against CC and Matsui is 0-9 lifetime against CC.
As far as Girardi, he ain’t gettin’ fired after 25 games, as some foolishly called for in here yesterday.
He’s the manager and he isn’t going anywhere. Second guessing moves? That’s part of baseball and that’s fun to discuss.
Second guessing EVERY move? That’s just whining and you would like to think we can rise above that in here.
SJ, Pete should start using his own link feature LOL. He’s usually the one who starts questioning the lineup as he did today about sitting Matsui:-)
Ollie has appeared in nine games and the Yankees have lost 8 of them.
The long man on any team is brought in when the starter falters…and they are usually behind when this happens.
Why isn’t Girardi sitting Cano? The guy is stinking up the place big time. Maybe he needs to ride the pine for a few days to get his mind straight.
That stat you gave about Ohlendorf is more a product of when/how the Yankees used him than how he has pitched. Sure, he has stunk the last two games, but he has pretty much been the mop up guy this season. I don’t think he deserves that, he has pitched well enough to earn a promotion to the set up role rather than taking the bullet day after day, pitching for 3-4 innings. That should be Rasner or Karstens. IMO, Ohlendorf would be better than Farnsworth and Hawkins in the set up role.
Although I’m a frequent reader, I rarely post anymore as there is entirely too much negativism and calling for heads recently, it is tough to get a word of sanity in.
I look at it a couple of ways, one, the Yankees are just a team built for the long term and it takes them a while to warm up, they are a 2H team. Second, they are going in the right direction with the ground-swell of talent they are developing in the MiL, and third, even though I follow the game closely, I venture to say Joe G and Cash know a h*ll of a lot more than I do about what’s going on, so I don’t get hung up over something like a lineup decision.
Pete didn’t question the line-up…he just pointed out Matsui wasn’t hurt but was sitting on a hit streak. Nowhere up there did Pete say Matsui should be playing in place of someone else. No need to read into things or make things out of nothing.
SJ - this board would complain out the width of the pinstripes on the uniforms, if the Yanks released that information.
4 game win streak starts right now ! 16-13 entering May is not Super…but we’ll take it….right ?
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the ACE, Wanger, MOWS ‘em DOWN today !
The Yanks haven’t released this yet…but the reason Matsui is sitting, in addition to being 0 for today’s starter, is that he needs rest because his new bride kept him up late last night….
….nagging him about getting rid of his porn collection she found in a storage box in the closet behind some old game bats.
I would like to have Ganzalez in 2B rather than Robbie Cano. That means one more right hand hitter.
Hawkins should be the mop up guy. He’s a veteran, doesn’t over power anyone, and when he throws strikes can get some ground-balls. Ohlendorf’s pitches have flattened out, usually that happens when you’re arm drops down and you don’t get on top of the ball. This is ALWAYS a product of being over-tired. I don’t think they stretched Ohlendorf enough in the spring to be the long-man, and stretching him out on the job is a terrible idea, we’re all seeing the results.
MANNINGHAM DROPS TO MY GIANTS !!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS !
LOL, Pete, you lose. Your Ohlendorf comment fails. Nice attempt to stir up discussion on your blog though.
I assume the desired response would have been “OMG OHLENDORF IS TEH WORST GET HIM OUT OF THERE!!!!!!!11″
Nope. Not so much.
“Pete should start using his own link feature LOL. He’s usually the one who starts questioning the lineup as he did today about sitting Matsui:-)”
Absolutely, Pete just can not hide his hatred for Girardi and love for Torre. Unlike the bloggers, a journalist has to rise above such non-sense.
On the other hand I also understand this blog is run for profit (see all those advertisements) and controversial posts/topics result in many more hits and posts, bringing more money to Journal News and possibly more bonus to Pete.
For those interested, Dodgers are doing just as good as (or slightly worse) than yanks though they did not face the same issues (weather,…) as Yanks. That does not mean that Torre is a bad manager. It is too early in the season.
Hey all. Well we take our happiness where we can get it. I only wish I hadn’t left my house when the Sux were in the top of the 8th and could have seen their dugout when Bucholz gave up the dinger that won the game for the Rays. Or watched Troy Percival get the last three outs and “Tek” strike out swinging. Oh well.
In my ideal world, when you have runners on the corners and one out, and you’re playing for a potential winning run, you fly that sucker to the outfield and score the winning run. Let the ball be caught, just score the run.
Okay, where is the fallacy in my scenario if there is one. And is it apparently easier said than done? That always seems like a no brainer to me. What is wrong with my logic.
That’s ridiculous…Pete doesn’t hate Girardi.
“this board would complain out the width of the pinstripes on the uniforms, if the Yanks released that information.”
Honestly I usually see one post complaining about the lineup, and then multiple posters jumping in to complain about how negative the board has become.
In this case Betsey asked about Matsui but then she quickly thanked SJ for pointing out the link feature and very nicely apologized for her complaint. I don’t really see negativity.
Westerner99,
Good points!! Well played!! lol
They sat Cano yesterday. You can’t sit him everyday.
As bad as he is going, you also can’t show you don’t have any confidence in him. You do that, and a bad stretch becomes a much longer funk for a player.
Of all the guys struggling, he’s the one guy you have above and beyond to keep in there and show you believe in him.
Why? Two reasons. First, he’s young and young guys can really go deep into a funk if they sense the manager has lost faith in him.
Two, when right, he is the best pure hitter on the team.
Sometimes, a guy like Cano gets right against a good, lefty pitcher like CC. He will tend to stay back more and shoot the ball the other way. His best stroke when he is on.
A lot of lefty hitters believe they have a better chance of breaking out of slumps for that reason.
We also have our own Big Hurt. Losing Bruney. Not every arm is automatically replaceable on its own level.
Losing Bruney REALLY sucked, and at least in the short run I think we’re going to see just how much. We already are.
What is the rule with Rasner….he isn’t on the 40 man roster so we can’t call him up?
Although I give Cano every chance to right himself and build up his confidence,, in a key situation, with the bases loaded and needing a hit to bust the game open, I have to go with Matsui.
Dee - check any game thread…if you only see one post complaining about the line-up…I’ll buy you a car of your choosing.
However, if you find more than one post complaining about the line-up, you owe me a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com.
Deal?
If you call up Rasner, you have to put him on the 40-man roster.
You talk about a guy who needs a day off- talk Melky. He looked completely lost yesterday especially at the plate. I wonder if he’s fighting the flu..
(sniff-sniff-sniff) I smell a breakout game by Alex.
interesting lineup. Weird seeing Ensberg at DH though. I understand you want to sit some lefties because a left is pitching, and even though Hideki is hot, Damon is hotter…but why not DH Shelley and play Ensberg at first? Ensberg seems better defensively while Shelley seems to be a better DH type. Oh well, guess they just want shelley to get work in at 1st base.
i haven’t been reading the comments so i don’t know how much this was talked about, but i was watching the video of umpire Kerwin Danley getting knocked out by a Brad Penny fastball. Crazy stuff, hopefully he’ll be all right. what blows my mind though is the Dodger’s broadcaster during that game goes “that ball was in the dirt and bounced up and hit him”….the ball was way high and pretty much went straight for Danley. it didn’ come withing 4 feet of the dirt…lol. good eye dude.
There’s negativity everywhere. I post on NYYFans.com and there is a thread asking if the Yankees have forgotten how to compete? Well, I understand the venting part - it’s incredibly frustrating to see a team this talented offensively go into a collective slump yet again. However, to question a team’s (or an individual athlete’s) competitiveness is the worst kind of an insult to that team or athlete because it casts doubts as to whether that team/player is putting up the effort. I will never accuse the Yankees of not trying - maybe in my immediate frustration I will because that’s just how passionate I get about baseball, but never in my calm, rational moments. The team may be playing lousy and really dumb, but they care a lot… I’m sure they are a thousand times more frustrated than we are even if they don’t go ballistic in the clubhouse (which is ok by me - I don’t need to see temper tantrums to believe they care).
“What is the rule with Rasner….he isn’t on the 40 man roster so we can’t call him up?”
Yes.
However, when they decide to bring him up, they can move Bruney to 60 day list.
You know what the great thing is in my opinion. After today we have basically survived with minimal damage the hardest part of our schedule. Being on the road for 18 of the last 20, the worst weather period of the year.
Starting tomorrow we are back home, the team is in their own beds no need to go from plane to plane, hotel to hotel etc.
IN addition I think this month has shown the organization a lot about the players on the roster, what we have, what we need.
I have said this before I think one of the more interesting things going forward is what happens to Betemit. I know he is a Cashman fav but if Alberto GOnzalez can play all the infield positions which he has shown thus far (not first of course but we have plenty of those) not quite sure what having Wilson here does other than being a lefty with some pop off the bench (we all know he cant hit from the right side).
If there are no other options regarding 40-man roster moves, and the need for Rasner to get on one, then the guy that may get pushed is Scott Patterson, too many other short relievers ahead of him right now in the pecking order.
I’d bring him up and send O down and also tell O that this is not a reflection of how well he has pitched but what they need right now.
21,
I think the play with using Cano in that situation was positional. If you use Matsui to PH for Gonzalez, you have to put Cano into the game anyway for Gonzalez the next inning.
That would have caused them to use 2 players to make one move.
By using Cano, you only use 1 player to make the move, while still having Matsui available on the bench.
JMO but, I don’t think you want to play shorthanded the rest of the way, in case the game went into extra innings.
That’s the thing about in game moves. That manager has to anticipate certain scenarios even if they don’t come into play.
Westerner99
April 27th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
If you call up Rasner, you have to put him on the 40-man roster.
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DFA Sean Henn or put Brian Bruney on the 60-day DL.
BBFan - they don’t have to make any moves to add someone to the 40, they are at 39 and have an open slot.
Westerner99,
No one’s ever offered to buy me a car before!
Thanks but no deal. I’m not here to pick fights and I often enjoy your posts. I just wanted to put a positive spin on things because sometimes all the talk about the negativity on the board could become self-fulfilling prophecy.
All I know is we’re gonna win a game today. Go Yanks!
Pete you don’t want to blame Jetes but you falsely blame Ohlendorf ?
April 2nd vs Tor, Mussina loss that game and Ohlendorf didn’t allow a run
April 4th Kennedy 2 1/3-inning and Ohlendorf pitched 1 inning of that game scoreless
April 5th Andy sucked 2IP 1 ER from Ross
April 8th Hughes sucked went 3 IP and everyone was squeezed
April 13th Hughes in Boston this time and Ohlendorf kept us in that game
April 16th we won 15-9 and Wang imploded in that game
April 19th Kennedy gets bat shy again and Ross’s poor arm is getting abused
April 24th rain delay, rain delay and Ross is spent from the innings he has thrown prior
April 26th SPENT, DRAINED ! and if Jetes gets a single or a FO to RF we win this game w/ Mo closing it out.
yeh it was Ross’s fault
“BBFan - they don’t have to make any moves to add someone to the 40, they are at 39 and have an open slot.”
You are right. I forgot Moeller’s DFA.
Dee - I know you weren’t picking a fight. I was trying to make a light-hearted attempt to point out that I agree with you that the board is negative and it would be more pleasant without the daily “Girardi doesn’t know what he is doing with the line-up” posts that we see.
SJ, I thought this point before I posted (2 players, 1 move), I still would have inserted Matsui, got to get a hit in that situation, no time to wait on Cano, game changing moment,, if it goes to extra innings, I still have Abreu as a reserve OF
I believe there is a spot open cause Chad Moller was dfa.
Anyone notice late in the game yesterday the FOX replay of Posada’s reaction after trying to throw out a runner? Posada clearly grimaced and muttered “OUCH”.
Keep an eye on this today - Indians should be running on Wang any chance they get.
Also i don’t really see the relevance of your last comment about Ohlendorf Pete, about the Yankees lost 8 of the 9 games he pitched in. yeah, no kidding. that’s what happens when you’re used as a mop up guy when your starter absolutley bombs. now out of those 9 games in which he appeared, find out how many of them he came into while the Yankees were in the lead. that was a silly, misleading comment.
I’m not a fan of Girardi’s line ups thus far. Hideki needs to be the DH today and Bobby should have been in it yesterday.
Brandon - Pete never said it was Ollie’s fault. All he said was that Ollie was in a lot of games where the Yankees lost. How do you know he wasn’t trying to point out that Ollie is used in the wrong type of situations? By saying he appears in a lot of losses, Pete could be implying that Ollie could be better utilized.
Folks are projecting feelings into Pete’s posts both with Matsui and Ollie. Maybe Pete meant it what you are inferring or maybe not.
“Ross Ohlendorf has appeared in nine games. The Yankees have lost eight of them.”
In how many of those games Yankees were leading or tied when he came in. This is another example of misrepresenting stats - whether intentionally or not.
edit…meant what you…
Regarding the Sherman article:
That was a very good article…….but like what happened when Phil struggled, you just know that the mediots are going to blast the Yankees when Joba struggles. Oh well - that’s their problem. I’m fairly certain scouts know more about baseball than they do.
Fortunately for the Yankees, they have Joba AND Phil in their rotation. If they both develop like we hope, it will be very interesting to watch them pitch back to back for years; they have such different styles and I imagine it will be tough for teams to have to face them. At least, that’s how it plays out in my dreams.
the eason is over the yanks are 2.5 out and have played more road games then anyone else.
fire girardi and trade everyone.. That is the logic on this site..I am not a big fan of Ensberg, slow, big K guy, etc. but Girardi is smarter then me so I will take his decision.
Yeah the Orioles are going to win the division, sure…..
Jeter did not bunt(suicide) because they need an out to score… A suicide queeze would have been a stupid decision..People on this site really are clueless….
Ohlmendorf’s ineffectiveness is traced to two things; work and overwork. His overwork is traced to two things; inability of SP to go beyond 5+ and a tactical decision by Cash and Joe to hold off on long-relief guy (like a Rasner or Igawa) for the time being- hence it fell into O’s lap, and he bit the bullet for the team.
Only a moron would consider Ohlmendorf as largely ineffective. If he is used for 1 inning or so, he is lights out, anything more, he struggles. Girardi has been stuck between a rock/hard place, so has had to use him.
O will be ok and the Yankees will right this ship, it just may take longer that we want.
Hey brandon manningham is kind of short isn’t he? I know Steve Smith was real good for a while there but get me some 6′5″ guys with that 4.6 speed and im happier than a guy who is 5′11″ and can run 4.5.
The Rasner situation brings up interesting issues if you are the Yankees.
Kennedy did right himself a bit yesterday. But, he is still very tentative out there and that’s a problem. Mainly because they aren’t hitting and unfortunately that means the younger guys have to be able to go deeper into games and keep them close early. A lot of pressure to put on young pitchers.
I don’t know, I go back and forth on the issue. For right now, do you call up Rasner and put him in the rotation for Kennedy or keep running Kennedy out there?
A veteran pitcher finds ways of going deeper into games. A younger guy? He’s still feeling his way around.
Its a tough question made tougher by the fact the team isn’t hitting. I don’t know what the correct move should be in this case.
Betsy, I have to be honest. When I read people write posts that start with, “Have the Yankees forgotten how to compete”, I just laugh.
That’s the stuff 12 year olds or drunks write. Not people with any idea of how professional athletes are wired.
Having been around professional athletes for most of my career, I can tell you VERY, VERY few mail it in. These guys ALL compete. They may not get the results fans or themselves desire at a given time, but “forgetting how to compete” is not the issue.
Take Jason Giambi for instance. He’s not had a good start to the season. That said, do you think its because he’s “forgotten how to compete”, or is not competing at all? Of course not. He’s busting his butt. He’s just not getting results.
If one looks this season objectively so far, I don’t think the Yankees are “forgetting” how to compete.
They aren’t hitting. That’s not a “forgetting how to compete”. That’s not executing. A big difference.
When folks write that stuff, which they are certainly entitled to write, it tells me they have neither ever played the game or have ever been around players, except for autograph seeking purposes.
If anything, these guys are competing too hard and trying to do too much to right the ship. That sometimes leads to deeper slumps.
There are no instant answers to a lot of things that happen with a team. If there were, they would be fixed at the snap of a finger. You just have to hope they have a few breakout games offensively soon.
That tends to relax everybody and their natural talents tend to take over after that.
Some of you guys are really amazing for bashing Berek Jeter becuase he banged into a DP. Gee, if he only hit a “topper” down third base or popped up or struck out it would have been much, much better, huh? Derek Jeter is one of the better clutch hitters with runners in scoring position. That said, a great clutch hitter gets a hit every 3 or 4 times out of ten. A batter goes up to the plate with the mindset of (a) getting a good pitch to hit and (b) hitting the ball squarely and hard. Sometimes its not wise to try and elevate a pitch, depending on its location in the strike zone. Jeter did what he was supposed to do - hit the ball squarely and hard. The difference between a hard ground ball or line drive base hit and an out is a matter of inches sometimes. That’s baseball. All you can do as a batter is make good contact, which Jeter does better than most others.
Another hitter who annually leads or is close to the top in most DPs hit into is…. Manny Ramirez. I guess he’s “overrated” too!
Jeter overrated? Some of you should be ashamed to call yourselves Yankee Fans.
Check out our pitching at AAA.
http://scrantonwilkesbarre.yankees.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&cid=531&stn=true&sid=t531
Now discuss who should come up and who shouldn’t.
Wow. Got so excited I typed Derek’s Surname wrong.
My apologies!
I would love to have Bonds on the team if we didn’t have giambi… and matsui…. and damon… There’s just no room for him here.
Trisha - the only problem with the minor league stats are that the relievers haven’t thrown that many innings and the sample size is very small.
I’d go more on who is used in what situations and how they are throwing versus the stats, at this point.
Interesting move by Cleveland, to send down Sowers - after the game that he pitched yesterday, and he did a good job - to bring up an outfielder. Makes me wonder if Sizemore hurt his ankle on that play at second late yesterday. Does anyone know if Sizemore is in the lineup today?
There is one thing you can definitively say about Giambi…he works hard at his craft. That guy spends as much time in the cage and in the gym as A-Rod. Regardless of his past steroids use, he is a work horse.
Rob NY, Manningham is the 2nd best athlete at WR in this draft, he fell to the Giants because he lied about drug use in his past. I compare his athletic ability and early route running to Santana Moss he has the knack for the big play. I wanted either him or Jerome Simpson , I’m love that we got him would have gone ecstatic if Jerome Simpson would have fallen to us. Oh well that and I’m sorry about my rant Pete I’m more pissed that your Pats took the LB I wanted in Shawn Crable
I enjoy it greatly when I post statistics, just black and white statistics, and people decide I have an agenda.
The simple fact is that (counting today), the Yankees have used 23 lineups in 26 games. Half the time has beeen because of injuries or whatever, the other of the time is because Girardi is tinkering. Whether that is good or bad, we’ll find out. It’s fair to say it’s a topic of conversation, no? It certainly is in the clubhouse among the players.
Ross Ohlendorf is not to blame for anything. I’m just pointing out the role he is in.
People need to calm down. I’m just posting a few statistics.
I think Kennedy bought himself another start. He showed me something regaining composure, something he had no semblance of in the 2nd inning.
Sooner or later, the guys with talent, look at themselves in the mirror and remind themselves of how they got there and stop looking at every ML hitter as Arod or Manny. Hopefully, Kennedy has done this, hopefully he has kicked himself in the butt and told himself he can do it… If he has, I do not send him down, I give him another game or so to show me thats the case.
“Check out our pitching at AAA.
http://scrantonwilkesbarre.yankees.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&cid=531&stn=true&sid=t531
Now discuss who should come up and who shouldn’t.”
Scott Patterson does not look like the to be called up!!!!!!
Western99,
Thanks:-)
But seriously, I’m still really excited about Girardi and I hope most fans are too. I’d like to see him more relaxed and patient when he answers tough questions after losses, but in terms of the lineup changes, I think April is the time to get creative with the lineup to see what works. Who knows, maybe pushing Matsui down to bat 8th early in the season was what lit a fire under Godzilla. Maybe batting Cano today against CC after benching him yesterday is what it’s gonna take to dig him out of his slump.
I trust Girardi with his judgment especially after seeing the way he handled Miguel Cabrera and Hanley Ramirez in Florida and watching him in the booth last year. He is very strategic about working with each player’s unique style and temperament. I think there are behind-the-scene insight he has about the players that we don’t know.
Wang really really has to step up today. i mean, he has to be ace-like in every sense of the word. the way he was in that first start against Boston. Andy really let us down the other day and the offense yesterday, with leaving so many guys on base yet again.
I just hope today isn’t like friday, where the New York state of mind is get an early 3-0 lead and then lose. (friggin Rangers went up 3-0 on the Pens and eventually lost 5-4.) Yanks and Rangers both play again today, and there’s nothing worse than when not only do the Yankees lose but another one of your favorite teams loses too…those are crappy days.)
Let’s go Tampa Bay Rays!
SJ44, you are so right. This is what I wrote in my response:
What you’re describing is a lack of execution; that is a completely different thing than not competing. I don’t think the Yankees are guilty at all of not caring; maybe they aren’t smart on the basepaths all the time or possibly aggressive enough and maybe they have bad at bats, but this team is trying. It’s always going to look bad when your offense is slumbering, but as frustrated as I am, I will never, ever accuse my team of not caring.
The original poster than claimed the Yankees are the team that most often does not execute - my response also follows:
Still, IMO, when someone uses the term “not competing” in relation to an athlete, it means that they aren’t caring enough or putting in the effort. If you (meaning anyone in general) wants to say they aren’t executing, then say they aren’t executing. Maybe it’s semantics, but “not competing” just means something different to me. As to your comment about the Yankees not executing more than most other teams, I can’t agree with that. There were 8 teams that made the playoffs last year, including the Yankees. Therefore, every other team executed poorly more often than the Yankees did. There are teams with worse records than the Yanks have now, so they are not executing as well as the Yankees. The Sox are only two games ahead in the loss column and they apparently blew a late inning lead tonight. That’s not executing and they have lost 4 in a row. In the end, I completely understand your frustration. I am dealing with it by trying not to take every loss so personally - and trying to put some emotional distance between the myself and the game. It’s better than giving myself ulcers (end)
**I’m torn on Kennedy, too. I do give him credit for righting the ship yesterday, but if he’s really still pitching scared, then he doesn’t belong up here yet. Ian’s claim to fame, his ticket to the majors, is supposed to be his uncanny control. He’s not showing that thus far - in fact, his control has been just terrible. 105 pitches in 5 innings isn’t going to get it done. Even though he settled down, I still think it might be the right move to option him to Scranton. Ian is a ML pitche - he can get guys out - but he needs to get back to what makes him special. His stuff otherwise isn’t enough to make him successful.
On the pre-game:
Joba is available. Yesterday was a second planned day off.
He did feel his hamstring grab but he is ok to pitch today..
Can’t say I know anything about the guy other than the free write up from ESPN so i’ll take your word for it. Just know that I for one am a fan of the taller WR who can get some separation get up and just reach over guys. But then again Sinorice Moss is shorter than manningham and he is dam good so maybe im just biased because I played with taller WRs. lol
Joe - Sizemore is out. He hurt his ankle yesterday.
Westerner, I understand what you’re saying about AAA. Maybe sometimes you just go with the hot hand? That said, I am probably the only one who still supports Kei Igawa. I looked at the stats for his last several games, and is was pretty disheartening.
RobNY - when people refer to cancers in a clubhouse I can’t think of a bigger one than Bonds. There is nothing that recommends him to me as any part of a team.
I’m not sure that I’m a fan of Joe constantly tinkering with the lineup - he may be too smart for his own good. I can see how it would appear that he’s panicking off of each and every game, which is maybe why it’s a topic of conversation in the clubhouse?
That’s one thing that is worrying me about Joe - if he’s getting testy with the media and can’t handle losing a few games (which even the best teams in history will), that doesn’t look good to the players. Maybe they’re thinking that their manager is panicking……..and then a sense of panic sets in amongst themselves. Every manager hates to lose, but Joe needs to deal with it better
Just a feeling but I think we will get to Sabbathia today.
GO YANKEES!
“we will get to Sabbathia today”
It’s past mid-day, but keep dreaming.
Trisha - I think the Yanks will win today as well. By the way you must be upset that Ortiz is out of the line-up for Boston again today!!!
Well, one way or another, I will probably see Rasner pitch today, so I’ll figure out a way (probably through a text message chain) to let you all know how Rasner does.
Trish - I’d love to know the thought process behind the call-ups the Yanks make. Maybe SJ or Chad Jennings knows. My guess is Cashman gets advice from Miley and Chaves, talks about needs with Girardi, then Cashman makes the call.
This team needs to start to step it up. We can’t have so much pressure on the starting pitching. On the road we need our pitchers to come to the mound with a lead.
Betsy - listen to the audio…I heard Girardi question the question….but he didn’t raise his voice nor did his voice go up an octave (which it does when he is angry). I don’t know where they are suggesting he got testy…must have happened when the recorder was off.
Bonds is an OBP machine, he and A-Rod are friends, our offense is in the toilet at the moment, and it could use some help. Everyone doesn’t like his personality which is fine but he is a baseball legend, and could help the offense better than any other player available. I know he isnt the answer because of how this roster is constructed but if I could somehow exchange Bonds for Giambi by asking the baseball gods to have mercy I would do it in a heartbeat.
Despite him being a ‘cancer’. I’ve been in a lot of locker rooms as an athlete and I understand that one guy can kill an entire team’s attitude but I also believe if the team as a whole has its own personality it can bring a bad attitude guy around. I guess the question is do you think that the veterans on this team would let Barry come in and set the tone, or would they make him a part of whatever theyre doing.
Quite a bit of line up tinkering was caused by the injuries to Jeter, Arod, Posada, Molina,…. and giving days off to the guys given there were no off days in the early going. I do not find it abnormal given the circumstances. Now that every one seems healthy and tough part of the schedule coming to an end, I expect fewer line up changes going forward.
I think Joe is giving Morgan a shot to do something positive ASAP b/c he’s close to getting cut. Alberto passed him on the depth chart at 3rd and Shelly passed him at 1st. Once Wilson B comes off the DL they will have to choose between the two. I say cut Enseberg who’s still living off his Juiced stats.
Rob Ny
WR Mario Manningham - Mich
Rob - read the recent Bonds’ books that have come out. This guy has been a clubhouse cancer from day 1. Read about how his college team voted to get rid of him. Read about his legion teams couldn’t stand him. There is a long, long history with this guy.
Bonds is not going to change.
Bonds is obviously being black balled or he’d be signed already.
Rob: Thing is, Bonds would be such a media distraction it wouldn’t be worth it. If you think the attention on A-Rod is bad, multiply by about 100 and it won’t come close to what Bonds ill get.
It’s money we really don’t need to throw down the toilet. Especially not in April. Let’s at least get to Memorial Day before we consider such a panic move.
Thanks for the video brandon, he looks good. It’s weird when you start to see guys who are younger than you getting drafted into the pros. I’m 22 and it blows my mind lol Yeah if manningham is a deep ball guy he should have a field day playing with Eli since throwing the ball deep is one of the better things he does.
“Alberto passed him on the depth chart at 3rd and Shelly passed him at 1st.”
Not sure this statement is true.
Gonzalez is a glove guy. Ensberg is a RH bat off of the bench. Different types. A-Rod is not going to sit that often. The question is really who do you want at 1B or as a RH pinch hitter off of the bench: Ensberg or Duncan? Both are similar except that Ensberg can back up third while Duncan can play the OF corners. Spelling Abreu or Matsui or Damon would appear to be more valuable, all things being equal.
Ok here is my problem re Matsui sitting, does Girardi look ahead for upcoming pitchers stats vs. the Yankees? If he did he would have known that he would be sitting Matsui today, therefore he should have played him yesterday and sat Giambi. And yes I realize Giambi was coming off a two HR game. So now the hottest hitter on the team gets two days off in a row.
I like the lineup today, and not to single out one player but Cano needs to pick it up big time, just get two meaningful hits today.
“Go to a Giants blog to discuss your football krap”
mind your own business
Bonds has not played in a competitive game since last September.
If any team signed him now, its 4-6 weeks before he is ready and that’s an aggressive schedule.
He can’t just show up tomorrow and hit.
Where does he play with the Yankees? At this point in his career, with his bad knees, he’s strictly a DH. The Yankees already have enough DH’s on the team.
There also is this little matter of a contract. Bonds isn’t looking to take a pay cut to play MLB. He has said as much himself in his MLB.com interviews.
He’s not a fit here. In essence, you are paying a guy, and a controversial one at that, 15-18 million dollars to be ready to play on June 10. And that is if he is indeed ready at that time.
You then have to sit the guy who right now (Matsui) is the best hitter on the team.
It makes no sense for the Yankees to sign Bonds which is why they won’t.
And before somebody comes back with the Clemens argument from last year, how well did that work out?
You don’t make the same mistakes twice just to show you can.
“Trisha - I think the Yanks will win today as well. By the way you must be upset that Ortiz is out of the line-up for Boston again today!!!”
RobNY, another reason I don’t want Bonds anywhere near us is because he is a fraud and a liar. I believe in baseball karma and think we’ve been getting a little of it due to the steroid people who were with us in out better times. Don’t need any more bad luck.
I really want an even playing field for all of baseball and am dead set against users of banned substances. At least our current “past users” admitted to their use and have hopefully sincerely repented their past use. In Bonds you have a liar who continues to lie.
Not Yankee material in my eyes.
With the double play in yesterday’s game, Alberto proved to be FAR more valuable at 3rd the Morgan. Morgan has been awful fielding and throwing. Since he’s not training with Rog and Mac any more his bat has slowed down drastically.
Manningham got a 6 on the Wonderlic test right? And the pot issues? Well, we will see. Maybe Amani can provide some guidance to this kid.
Go Wang! Let’s get a win today. Enough with all of this losing business
Webmaster must be a Patriots Fan!
CGAR - comparing Ensberg to Gonzalez is comparing apples and oranges. As I said above, a more apt comparison is Ensberg to Duncan.
Ensberg and Gonzalez are not in competition for a roster spot…they are two different types of player. One a defensive IF and the other a corner bat.
Wilson isn’t coming off the dl any time soon.
ugh. TBS. they were HORRIBLE in the playoffs last year, and i think they have something like a 7 year deal to show postseason games too…they better show big improvement, they were awful last year..
Has anyone entertained the idea that it may be Cashman behind the injury secrecy? If I recall correctly, he seemed extremely irritated that Torre shared the “Joba Rules” last year.
Shifting gears, it has been painful to watch this team lately. There are, however, many positives. I have complete faith in Girardi & Cash, who seem to work as a team much more than when Torre was manager. We have a much better bench than this time last year. Ensberg, Shelly, Gonzales, and Molina are all guys you can root for. While our bullpen is overworked, it looks better than April 2007 and Mo is pitching like he did 5 years ago. Wang and Pettite are as dependable as ever. And lastly, I am still confidant that Hughes will be great and IPK will be very good.
Let’s go Yanks!
I hope we see a playoff style game today and a low scoring affair. The exact opposite of what these two aces gave us in Game 1.
Bryan Kehl yes that ’s my sleeper pick !!!
Posada just scratched….WTF
So this is how the Indians are screwing us up!!
Yankees’ Bruney May Miss the Season
By TYLER KEPNER
April 26, 2008
Good morning, everyone.
Looking forward to a good outing by Wang and a great game by the Yankees.
Game on TBS, right?
You guys are talking about Bonds? He’s not being blackballed. He’s not signed because he’s got legal problems.
Nice of Chip Caray to acknowledge the road schedule.
He’ll never be a Yankee. Every homerun that he hits puts the record further away for Alex. All parties involved have a lot running on the HR record chase.
Still, dude can hit. Gotta respect that.
oh hooray more injuries. right after we DFA moeller too.
Gonzalez and Ensberg are both options at 3rd so therefore can be compared. Duncan and Ensberg are both options at 1st and can be compared. I’m just saying with the addition of Gonzalez and Shelley there will be no need for Ensberg once Wilson comes off the DL.
Posada was scratched. No word yet as to why. Shoulder?
Why was Posada scratched? Anyone know?
Pete, I thought the same thing about the placement of Shelley and Ensberg. I guess Girardi wants to see what Shelley can do at 1B, incase Giambi continues to perform so poorly they might want to think about making Shelley a regular 1Bmen.
Pete -any update on why Posada was scratched?
I wonder what is wrong with Posada.
Hope nobody claims Moeller. Can the Yanks bring him back if no one claims him?
Brian,
You may be right. While Ensberg will remain a backup, Shelly may start to regularly platoon with Giambi at 1st.
because he is old and hurt his shoulder throwing out sizemore yesterday. There was a twinge after the throw… watched his face on the replay.
atta boy Johnny. he’s scorching hot lately….now we just need the rest of the lineup to drive him in already.
I knew you’d like that Sherman article, CB. What bothers me about it is that Sherman didn’t reveal that he has advocated retaining Joba in the bullpen. It’s was intellectually disingenuous of Sherman not to let the reader know.
Doing so would have dispelled the reader’s potential suspicion that Sherman, like everyone else who has opined on the issue, was either trying to subtantiate a preexisting opinion or to advance his agenda.
No Matsui 2 days in a row is unacceptable. Stats or no stats. lefty. righty. whatever.
The guy hits in the middle of our lineup. He drives in runs. He’s one of our top hitters. You just don’t sit a guy like this 2 days in a row.
Its absurd.
Matt Morris was released….Yankees take a chance with him?
They are making such a big deal about CC’s last start, but it was against KC. They are low grade.
Too bad about DFAing Moeller.
Jeter sees Sabathia’s ball really well. I’m impressed.
Is there something wrong with my TV or does the TBS audio sound weird to anyone else? It sounds…echoey. like they’re broadcasting in a big metal box.
Anyone else hearing strange audio from TBS? It’s very echoey.
Great, now with posada out we have another day of 3 regular productive players riding the pine.
Since our offense is such a machine these days that seems like a great idea.
Joe Girardi for president !!!
God, I hate Buck Martinez.
i guess we answered eachother, Laura.
They’re playing Duncan at first so he’ll congratulate any Indian hitter that gets on base (and probably end up sending them to the DL)
Good thing we DFA’d Moeller!
See my earlier post about FOX’s close-up of Posada’s throw to second late in the game yesterday - it definitely hurt Jorge - he clearly said “OUCH” and grimaced after the throw.
Posada was scratched? Wonderful. Most grist for the conspiracy mill.
Yesterday Mike and the Moron reported that “people” believe that Posada suffered a major injury to his shoulder, requiring surgery, but wants to play through the season with it, so that Yankees are concealing the severity of the injury.
Jennifer, I’m not a big bible freak but when I read your post about nothing going right, some bible passage immediately came to mind and so I googled it to get it right.
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”
With all of the talent on our Yankees, I really do believe our weeping will be very temporary.
GO YANKEES!
Yes, Brian. I see that. Hopefully, TBS will fix the problem.
Who are these people?
A-Rod is so due.
“He’ll never be a Yankee. Every homerun that he hits puts the record further away for Alex. All parties involved have a lot running on the HR record chase.”
Bonds could play for another 5 years and A Rod will still catch him.
Like I said yesterday, if Damon or Matsui goes down for the year, Bonds should be the first guy they call. Forget character issues. Forget the “clubhouse probelsm”. Veteran team. Motivated player chasing records humbled by not having a single team want him. He’ll take less that 15MM. Thinking he will demand that kind of money is absurd. Even Bonds understands he’s not worth that anymore. I’d offer him a 5MM deal…. bet he’d take it.
trisha -
I hope so.
This is why it’s so hard to get excited about the season - the injuries are just putting a real damper on it for me. Jorge’s problem sounds like it’s a real issue and probably will linger all season. Sigh.
Kill Schill,
I’ve heard that rumor about Posada. I think Olney was speculating that Posada might not catch for the rest of the year a few weeks ago.
I hated designating Moeller, though the Yanks really were in a bind. The only alternative to get the pitchers up here would have been sending AG down, but then they’d be left without an adequate 2B back-up.
Trisha stop quoting from the bible. this isn’t church.
Leave that crap for some other forum.
Shelley looks like he is swinging for the fences.
miggs grow up.
Well, at least we got him to throw a lot of pitches.
I was wondering how much IPK and Phil Hughes were impacted by run support last year.
Last year, Ian got little run support in 2 of his 3 excellent starts.
But in Hughes’ 5 wins, the Yanks run totals were: 10, 6, 9, 8 and 3. He was 1-3 when the Yanks scored less than 5 runs.
Bottom line: it’ll be nice when we can get them some runs and a little slack
so bad at bat by shelley… should have taken the first pitch and would have had runners at 2nd and 3rd.. Sabbathia was too slow to the plate…
then watching 3rd strike….
Everyday with this offense… when does it all change?
Hey Pete
Ensberg has played 1 game at 1B (prior to this seaon) in the last 4 years so maybe that’s why Duncan is at first.
I guess the facts don’t when you’re looking to dump on the manager.
ugh, offense is sickening right now. shell had a year to hit that ball
brian cashman is an organizational genius the way he puts a team together , especially the ways he designs it to hit the ground running each opening day.
sorry folks… i couldn’t resist.
Just a thought, didn’t someone mention that the flu bug has bitten the Yankees. Fingers crossed that the bug bit Jorge and he felt too ill to play.
That’s why you don’t hit Duncan after Arod. Why should they pitch to Arod when there is a AAA hitter on deck ?
And the Yankees futility on offense continues. Too bad Shelley the savior couldn’t drive a run.
So much for Shelley being a savior………
Jennifer don’t tell me how to act.
This isn’t a “Followers of Christ” blog.
Its a Yankees blog.
You want to quote the scriptures, go to church.
Does anybody know - if Posada is hurt again and can’t catch, who do the Yankees have to bring in to back-up Molina?
Wang can’t pitch up in the zone like that
And here we go with Wang and his sinker up.
miggs, man. you post a lot of great things and have a lot to offer to the blog. just ignore trish if you can’t stand what she posts so much. i bet you wouldn’t have said that thing about not posting the bible stuff if anyone but trish said it. let it go.
Brian understood…..
But wouldn’t you agree…. wrong place wrong time?
I think Girardi and the Yankees are just seeing what they have in the RH bats and by the beginning of May will be able to determine what needs to be done.
miggs, i’m indifferent about it. i don’t really like relating things like religion and politics to things like sports but i’m not gonna get indignant if someone else does. i just won’t comment on it.
Wang wang wang…. this is not what we want to see.
How much do you have to pay someone to throw strikes? The Yankees seem to have some kind of strike-throwing psychosis, they just don’t want to do it. I don’t understand, don’t you want the inning over as quickly as possible? Stop trying to get guys to chase and challenge them in the freking strike zone, this Al Leiter crap is making my blood boil!
I know it’s been said before, but I’ll say it again:
You do not sit Matsui 2 days in a row…2 days in a row?
If you don’t like him against CC fine, play him yesterday at least…Are you saying that yesterday’s lefty is as good as CC?
does Cone understand Ohlendorf isn’t and hasn’t been preped as a long reliever, I mean jeez he’s giving some pot shots.
Apparently (per Ed Price’s blog), the Yankees are not going to say anything about the reason for Jorge’s scratch until after the game; sounds ominous to me.
Nice slider that AB. First pitch and 3rd strike both looked very nice.
Come on Wang, let’s get out of this jam.
Responding to an earlier post, I agree it would be great news if Posada simply had the flu.
If there is any truth to the severity of Posada’s shoulder injury needing surgery, well that’s not good. I’m thinking if the Yankees were concerned with that they would have kept Moeller. Hopefully.
But with this team you never know. Its all smoke and mirrors. Hopefully more info comes as the game progresses, but I won’t hold my breath.