Comments on: Today in The Journal News

By: bru

bru — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:11:26 +0000

igawa stinks.the yankees would be better off forfitting the game and resting the players.i’ll tell you who should pitch over igawa,olendorf or mcutchen.mcutchen is doing great in AA.a guy with a 4 era in AAA will have a 5.5-6 in the majors.it doesn’t matter how much igawa is costing the yankees,the important thing is winning.they should release giambi,put betemit at first base,gonzalez backup infielder,dh matsui,damon in left and call up gardner to be the 4th outfielder.if kennedy doesn’t pitch well we won’t see him this year.he might put pressure on himself just to get back to the majors.i like what cashman said,baseball will tell you when it’s time to make a change and it is time to make a change regarding kennedy.great move for now.you have to ride who is hot like rasner because the situation needs to be fixed,not only were the kids getting crushed it was wearing the bullpen out.ras pitched a great game.you have to throw strikes and get ahead in the count.

By: jerryd

jerryd — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:49:26 +0000

I think you all need to give Igawa another chance. Look at Rasner, he was released by the Yanks last year, pitched well in AAA and came back and deserved another shot. While Igawa has not pitched as well at Scranton as Rasner did, he does deserve at least one more chance while Kennedy works out his problems at Scranton.

By: Micky#7--Old Ranger

Micky#7--Old Ranger — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:20:38 +0000

Glenn (3:14)
Very good of Raz to look at things the way he did. He never quit on himself…that says it all. Let’s hope IPK/Phil can learn from the older and more experienced Raz. With his being released and then coming back like he did, was nothing but CLASS.
Now, if Phil/IPK can take the same attitude, get some more innings, work on the composure and confidence needed in the Majors, they too can be back. Heck, they have the talent, now it is up to them. 27/08.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:14:51 +0000

“It was disappointing, but what am I going to do? I’m not going to whine,” Rasner said. “I had to be a professional and I had to pitch every five days. I just needed some innings under my belt and give myself an opportunity.”

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Very professional on the part of Darrell Rasner. First of all, he never quit on himself.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:45:40 +0000

gotcha.

i don’t want to come across as a Farnsworth fan…

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:28:31 +0000

Well I never watned Farnsworth released. Traded? Sure if we could get back decent value. Farnsworth is a borderline head case to me. Thats the difference. Proctor also took the ball whenever asked and never complained. Which might have been his downfall. He could take the ball in the middle of an inning, for more than one inning, and even on consectutive days. All things Farnsworth has either shown he can’t do, or has expressed his unwillingness to do so.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:23:44 +0000

“And as for this year, donâ€™t be suprised if none of our young relievers can give us what Proctor did the last two years. ”

he was good in 2006. last year? not so much.

his ERA was deceptive, he stunk.

in fact, his numbers looked exactly like this guy:
Proctor: 54.3 IP, 53 H, 29 BB, 37 K, 8 HR, 1.509 WHIP
Player F: 60 IP, 60 H, 27 BB, 48 K, 9 HR, 1.45 WHIP

in other words, he was basically the exact same pitcher as Kyle Farnsworth in 2007, the guy everyone wanted released at the trade deadline.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:15:38 +0000

I’m not really pining for Proctor. I just thought of him when thinking about what we are going to do with Betemit. And your are right Proctor would offer more value to our team right now than Betemit, and that’s really the bottom line. Looking back on it, it wasn’t the greatest trade unless Betemit really turns it around. But I do think it was made because A-Rod’s uncertainty at the time.

And as for this year, don’t be suprised if none of our young relievers can give us what Proctor did the last two years. Yankee fans have are very good at diminishing what ex-players have done for us after we let them go or trade them away. Proctor was a good player for us, which led to his overuse under Torre.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:07:25 +0000

but i donâ€™t really get the pining for Scott Proctor.

I’m not really pining for Proctor because I think the guys we have can do the same job he did. It’s more that Betemit offers very little value to the team right now and Proctor would be of more value. At the time the Betemit trade looked good, in hindsight not so good.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:01:10 +0000

“their system is flush with many more potential pitchers who can do what Proctor can do.”

None have done it yet. Except for Joba who will be heading back to the rotation eventually. We will see when they get more of an opportunity. I think Ohlendorf can for now. The others I’m not so sure about.