Comments on: What to do about Melky Cabrera?

By: madmad

madmad — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:59:08 +0000

He just need a dayoff today.Melky has a good defense at CF.Yankees need him to play with redsox and rays.

By: Jeter2007

Jeter2007 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:46:03 +0000

i agree and i’ve thought this for a couple weeks. we should give gardner a couple games in cf. not giving up on melky yet, just think they can be switched without losing too much.

melky needs more days off, for now.

By: Vrsce

Vrsce — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:33:58 +0000

He is not a starter for any MLB team. Period

By: I've seen enuff

I've seen enuff — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:22:16 +0000

Melky is pretty much an automatic out

By: tim boat

tim boat — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:19:17 +0000

who cares if he doesn’t put all star type numbers up? Why do the Yankees need to have an all star at every position? Plenty of other teams have a solid defensive player who doesn’t hit much in their lineup to anchor their defense. (Jason Bartlett in Tampa for ex). Melky isn’t the reason why the Yankees stink.

By: Bob S.

Bob S. — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:12:54 +0000

On the defensive side you are not taking into account how often a runner doesn’t try to advance due to Cabrera’s arm. Often once the league sees someone can get runners like he did last year the number goes down sinse they don’t run as freely.

By: Bronx Cheer

Bronx Cheer — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:59:24 +0000

I always bugs me when people trot out the “we have bigger problems” argument.

We have a reasonable alternative to consider at CF. We don’t have one for 2B or the 4th and 5th starters. Marginal improvement is improvement nonetheless.

Gardner deserves a shot at consistent ABs for the next few weeks. Let’s be honest – it is difficult to do worse than Melky has been recently.

By: 2008 Yankees

2008 Yankees — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:54:21 +0000

Pettitte also sucks because runners don’t steal on him anymore.

By: bodhisattva

bodhisattva — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:47:11 +0000

BTW:

â€œâ€¦but is Melkyâ€™s arm really that much of a weapon anymore? Everyone knows not to run on him now.â€

I am putting that in my “all-time” list at No. 1.

By: bodhisattva

bodhisattva — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:44:37 +0000

BBB,

Please re-read this comment of yours:

“â€¦but is Melkyâ€™s arm really that much of a weapon anymore? Everyone knows not to run on him now.”

Will wonders never cease!