Joba throws again; Matsui plays again
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 16, 2008 
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Joba Chamberlain played catch again today. This time it was 28 throws from 65 feet.
“It was better than yesterday,” he said. “It went good. A few more throws, but it definitely got loose a lot quicker, and it felt a lot easier out of hand. … I’m throwing a lot better than I expected as far as getting loose and staying loose throughout the whole time playing catch.”
He will not throw today or Monday and is expecting to join the team on the road next week. There is no timetable for a return.
Meanwhile in Tampa, Hideki Matsui is playing for the Single-A Yankees against Clearwater tonight. He grounded out in his first at-bat. You can follow the game here.
Finally, good for Brett Gardner and Dave Robertson. One thing that can be accomplished the rest of this season is figuring out who can play for 2009. The more tough spots they can put the rookies in, the bettter. Both of them stood up today.
But 3-16 RISP, 13 Ks and three more GIDPs does not speak well for the Yankees having much interest in finishing strong. At the rate they’re going, they could be fortunate to finish above .500.
Today was a good game. I am so happy
No, it was a good game for Brett, but nothing to call home about for the rest of the team.
Sidney Ponson for president!!!! forget obama and mccain!!!
It was a terrible game, but we pulled it out in the end. Ugly.
Pete, did you ever schedule a readers’ questions interview? I thought you said you were going to have one with Moose – if not him, maybe you could get someone else?
Just got back home in Conn. from the game a short time ago.
The fact that it took us 13 innings to beat the big, bad KC Royals kind of says it all.
Ponson really gutted out this game for us. We should all be impressed by what he has given us this year. In fact, if I were him I would be aggravated with the lack of run support. Like Moose, he could have 3-4 more wins.
First off let me just say to the people who watched this game on TV trust me it was worse in person, a glaring sun around HP, bad service in finding a parking lot spot, nearly got into a fight w/ some idiot Met fan who wussed out..but that’s besides the point.
Sitting in the stands watching 1-9 swinging for the fences actually 1-8 minus Brett, he was the only one trying to just get a hit ! OK where do I begin !
First Sidney Ponson thank you for giving us innings, the jokes on him have to end, the guy pitches w/ guts out there ! actually competes and competes, after the Gordon HR a few morons boo’d but then for the next 6 innings he shut down a KC team that came in relaxed.
Second Robi Cano IDK but you’ve been swinging better eversince we sent down your partner in jokes Melky any correlation in this ?
Third Johnny Damon must have had a long night last night, because he situational swung like a bum, Jetes got a single here a single there (keyword: single)
Fourth Bobby Abreu/Arod/Giambi/Nady they all had the same type of AB one difference was Alex when I went behind the 14 row you could see squeeze the crap out of his bat choking it till it had no air, now if I see this what is the hitting coach preeching ? WHAT EXACTLY ! I used binoculars mini ones and could see Cashman at the top next to Sterling’s booth almost next to the press box area he had a face like WTF when Giambi was at the plate and did nothing. Nady I give him a pass because he basically has worn an S on his chest since he’s arrived you can tell he just had a bad day.
Nearly SIX HOURS TO SCORE 3 RUNS …SIX HOURS !!!!! WTF AM I DOING AT A STADIUM FOR SIX HOURS..COUPLES NEXT TO ME SLEEPING, MY GIRL TOLD ME CAN WE LEAVE IN THE 10TH…AROD COMES UP AGAIN AND SQUEEZES THE CRAP OUT OF THE BAT, I SWEAR YOU CAN SEE HIS FOREARM NERVES WHEN HE DOES IT. I GOT HOME PROBABLY 20-30 MINS. AGO. LONNNNNNNG DAY !!! LONG !
I tivo’d the game put it up watch a certain thing that my friend told me to watch because he knows how much I don’t like Kevin Long anymore…There are what 14 TEAMS…14 ..FOURTEEN IN THE AL…. THE YANKEES RANK NUMBER 11TH IN SCORING w/ RISP
11/14 ! HOW IS KEVIN LONG STILL EMPLOYED ! THE ONE GUY THAT HAD SOLID AB WAS BRETT GARDNER ! AND COINCIDENTALLY HE GOT TIPS FROM HIS AAA HITTING COACH ON WHAT TO FIX AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS, YOU CAN SEE HE TRIED TO DRIVE THE OUTSIDE PITCH TO LEFT AND THE INSIDE TO RF…I STAND HERE TONIGHT STILL PLEADING, CALLING FOR LONG’S FIRING. FIRE HIM ALREADY !!!
Let me just say this team has a way to go before the start dipping into FA bats and that right now I have a headache YOU KNOW YOU GET THAT FROM BEING UNDER A SUN FOR NEARLY SIX HOURS….before I forget much credit to Pudge calling a good game and a throwing out 2 runners(that one is for you JT) and to the BP especially D-Rob and Veras. Now I’m going to take some Tylenol.
And no right now I don’t feel like correcting spelling errors interpret as much as you can and sorry Pete for the caps.
At least we won. But leaving the bases loaded twice and coming up with nothing against KC is lame, Greinke is a good pitcher, but it’s still lame.
And not bunting Damon? That’s awful. Just awful.
Girardi said after the game that the guys aren’t comfortable bunting. Either that’s yet another Truthless Joe lie or it’s simply the case that’s he has so little respect in the clubhouse that the guys just aren’t playing for him.
Or a bit of both… which I suspect this real answer.
“Today was a good game.”
Are you kidding me. Today was a very bad game… It took all those innings to beat a team that is 12 (now 13) games under .500? 3-16 RISP is horrendous… At least the rookies have some fire in their belly’s…
After Giambi’s GIDP with the bases loaded early I decided to go outside and enjoy the beautiful weather.
Seems like I missed a pretty frustrating day, but a win nonetheless. Thanks for the recap Brandon – good insights.
At least Cano showed some life and Gardner came through – this offense is a disgrace though. Plain and simple.
Girardi said afer the game that DAMON wasn’t comfortable bunting the night before and it is what it is.
The Readers Digest version of the game.
Ugly offense
Decent pitching
Pretty W
Paul Byrd has given up 10 hits and 4 runs to this point. He is out of the game and the runner on first is his.
brandon good for you for staying as long as you did. I did something I have never done before unless there was weathser. I left after the fourth inning . When you have bases loaded and cannot score a single run that is too frustrating for me to watch in person. I don’t care that I paid for parking,etc it was just painful
I’m pissed we won. I want them to finish poorly so I don’t have to hear “Well sometimes you play your hardest and still lose, you gotta tip your cap”. I can just imagine all the excuses they will be making when they are mathematically eliminated and it makes me sick.
Wow,
Brandon, where to begin. Well first of all thank you for filling all of us in on how your experience at the park was. Sorry you almost got into a fight with a met fan. Not sure why you would be getting into a fight while you were out with your girl, but it was nice to hear that he wussed out and you kept your toughness. You do have some interesting points on this site from time to time, but you need to get away from Yankee baseball for awhile. For the good of all Yankee fans, you need to get away for a bit, take a vacay. Take that choker A-Rod with you if you can. Take A-Rod and leave the Captain, “El Capitone” the only clutch hitter in this lineup aside from the new kid Gardner sprinkled in with a bit of Cano.
Brandon,
Sorry you had such a miserable day. Hopefully the Jays will make it better.
Thanks for the observation about Alex. IIRC, someone (G?) made a comment in the SI article about Alex squeezing the bat too hard. Something about sawdust. That means Alex is pressing. We figured that one, but you have now provided us with eyewitness confirmation.
BTW, that’s an Alex problem, not a Long problem.
The whole lineup is pressing and it’s because they’re under so much freaking pressure to win.
If we don’t make the postseason, that’ll be the blessing in disguise. That the world won’t end if they don’t.
Playing for the Yankees must be like playing with a gun to your head.
Brandon,
Do you really believe Long has not told these bozos a thousand times go with the pitch.
If yoyo’s like you and I know this you think guys who have played the game for 20 + years would know this also?
If Arod can’t handle the pressure why doesn’t he just retire???I am just lucky the game was blacked out in California..
write them off, they are done. A Nail biter to avoid losing 2 straight AT HOME, to the frickin’ ROYALS ?….Anyone that thinks that this team has a chance this year is delusional.
You have my sympathy Brandon for going to the game today. I thought I was being tortured watching it on TV.
Can’t imagine what it was like to actually be there at the game. Oy
Brandon,
Just busting your chops to lighten the mood a bit. I know your a big A-Rod Buff or supporter. The sad thing was I was at one time a big A-Rod supporter myself. I have to admit after the Yankees and Hank Steinbrenner signed this guy for 10 seasons I got a sick feeling in my stomach. Now I was going to be forced to watch this head case,non clutch,non situational hitter for the next 10 years put up big numbers and break every record but the fear that in may not amount to any championships while he is on this team. He is so frustrating to watch, it’s like you know he is gonna choke at bat it in tough big spots or tough big series like Boston. Last year was the single best offensive season I have witnessed as a Yankee fan. The Mattingly season where Mattingly batted .357 was the second best offensive season. But for some reason I never get the feel that this guy is gonna deliver when it matters and time after time we hard core Yankee fans that watch each game and have watched A-Rod in pinstripes for the past 5 seasons have not seen what amounts to be a clutch player. All the stats in the world cannot change the facts that we see when he gets up in big games and big situations for must wins. I am not expressing to everyone that I have given up on him, but the idea of watching him for 9 more seasons seems like a sentence. If the opportunity came up to deal him before he reaches 36 or 37 I would jump at that in a second. But at that point we are looking at a player whose career is behind him. That my friends is only 3-4 years away. Hopefully we win before that time and his contract is worth it in the end.
Kevin Long isn’t getting fired.
Cashman said he was worried about the offense back in April. That tells me that he was expecting a regression – just not a huge regression as we’ve seen.
Long is going to be exonerated from the ills of the offense and the lineup will be overhauled for 2009.
Long isn’t the problem. It’s age and not having enough baseball players instead of All-Stars who don’t listen to their hitting instructor.
Mattingly has said the same thing in the past. Many of the established guys didn’t listen to him when he was with the team.
What can you do? If they are not going to listen to Long or Mattingly – what makes you think they’ll listen to the next guy?
“You have my sympathy Brandon for going to the game today. I thought I was being tortured watching it on TV.
Can’t imagine what it was like to actually be there at the game. Oy”
I only watched it intermittently and it was still like drip torture.
“But 3-16 RISP, 13 Ks and three more GIDPs does not speak well for the Yankees having much interest in finishing strong. At the rate they’re going, they could be fortunate to finish above .500.”
Hey Peter, is the sky falling?
stuart it’s not just him I saw Giambi, Damon, Abreu you name it. I know Alex’s problems are his but it still doesn’t explain the rest of the others on this roster. I’m sorry but I’m a believer in the Fire Kevin Long camp it’s not for Alex I’m talking about sending a swift kick in the heart of this team’s approach at the plate.
As for you BillyBall the guy next to me his name was Fredrick nice old man, when the fans were standing a Jetes was up he told me Jeter is one of the most solid players he’s watched in person but right now he’s getting old infront of his eyes like Donnie did.. I told him but Donnie retired because of his back so besides the point what do you think he told me ?
He said get ready for more extras this has GIDP written all over it. I like Jetes but he’s starting to age big time.
Brandon,
Just busting your chops to lighten the mood a bit. I know your a big A-Rod Buff or supporter. The sad thing was I was at one time a big A-Rod supporter myself. I have to admit after the Yankees and Hank Steinbrenner signed this guy for 10 seasons I got a sick feeling in my stomach. Now I was going to be forced to watch this head case,non clutch,non situational hitter for the next 10 years put up big numbers and break every record but the fear that in may not amount to any championships while he is on this team. He is so frustrating to watch, it’s like you know he is gonna choke at bat it in tough big spots or tough big series like Boston. Last year was the single best offensive season I have witnessed as a Yankee fan. The Mattingly season where Mattingly batted .357 was the second best offensive season. But for some reason I never get the feel that this guy is gonna deliver when it matters and time after time we hard core Yankee fans that watch each game and have watched A-Rod in pinstripes for the past 5 seasons have not seen what amounts to be a clutch player. All the stats in the world cannot change the facts that we see when he gets up in big games and big situations for must wins. I am not expressing to everyone that I have given up on him, but the idea of watching him for 9 more seasons seems like a sentence. If the opportunity came up to deal him before he reaches 36 or 37 I would jump at that in a second. But at that point we are looking at a player whose career is behind him. That my friends is only 3-4 years away. Hopefully we win before that time and his contract is worth it in the end.
I know.
Well the Sux lost.. 6 back now in the WC.. I still believe, anyone with me?
Yeah we gained a game On the soxs. Halladay pitched a complete game.
10 Things that would just top off a lousy season:
1. Yankees showcase their minor league talent the last month, and nobody stands out, making offseason trades for needed position players harder.
2. Yankees find it more economical to resign Giambi to a one year contract, hoping that Posada can catch on day 1 of season.
3. Matsui comes back in two weeks, re-injures his knee, operated on and misses the preseason, making him virtually untradeable, adding another slow DH to our roster.
4. The Yankees sign Marte to a 3 year deal worth 15M, instead of letting him become a free agent.
5. The Yankees offer arbitration to Abreu and to their surprise, he accepts, settling for another 16M, then comes to spring training out of shape.
6. After making a big push for Sabathia, he signs with the Dodgers in January, and our backup plans of Sheets, or Dempster, or Perez, have already signed with other teams
7. AJ Burnett opts out of his contract, becomes a FA, signs with the Yankees for 14M/year for 5 years, and injures himself surfboarding in California one week after the deal is finalized.
8. Girardi is fired, Yankees bring in Buck Showalter, A-Rod demands a trade, but the Mets, our only trade possibility, want us to eat half his contract in exchange for 2 AA minor leaguers. A-Rod goes into a deep funk.
9. The Yankees are discussing a trade with the Dodgers involving Cano and Mark Melancon, plus Wilson Betemit, and another AA minor league pitcher, for Matt Kemp and Chad Billingsley. Pettitte decides to take the standing offer for another year and 16M, and the Yankees decide they don’t need Billingsley, calling off the trade.
10. Manny, being Manny, is resigned by Boston to an incentive laden 3 year contract, and becomes MVP three years in a row.
You have my sympathy Brandon for going to the game today. I thought I was being tortured watching it on TV.
Can’t imagine what it was like to actually be there at the game. Oy
Get up and scream, clap your hands and hit yourself in the left side of your temple real hard, that’s how I felt in the 10th inning..and then some Ramirez on both teams started freaking throwing the ball to 1B over and over again. It wasn’t a hot day just a dry feeling day and it literally was frustrating to watch that pathetic offense.
Yeah, we gained a game on the Sox, and Halladay pitches a complete game and we suddenly remember we have to face Toronto 9 more times this season!!
Well the Sux lost.. 6 back now in the WC.. I still believe, anyone with me?
Maybe I’m nuts, but I still have hope. Not that much, but I still believe in this team…a little.
The yanks still drives me batty and I can only imagine what tomorrow’s game will be like. Maybe I should start drinking now…
Get up and scream, clap your hands and hit yourself in the left side of your temple real hard, that’s how I felt in the 10th inning..and then some Ramirez on both teams started freaking throwing the ball to 1B over and over again. It wasn’t a hot day just a dry feeling day and it literally was frustrating to watch that pathetic offense.
Oy. I hear ya.
We won this game, yet I am extremely disgusted with this team. What was it 31 men LOB?
“Well the Sux lost.. 6 back now in the WC.. I still believe, anyone with me?”
Oh boy. This team isn’t last years Rockies or Phillies this team doesn’t have the heart or clutch hitting that those teams had.
Brandon
Try a Valium instead of a Tylenol.
Betances – 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 12 K
Romine – 3-3, 2B, BB
Melancon – 1 IP, 1 K
“Finally, good for Brett Gardner and Dave Robertson. One thing that can be accomplished the rest of this season is figuring out who can play for 2009.”
another thing that can be accomplished the rest of this season is making the playoffs and then winning the World Series.
Google the following phrase for a good article describing great stretch runs, similar to what the Yanks need to pull off:
“Six Greatest Stretch Runs For The Pennant”
Imagine a rotation facing the sux consisting of Razzy, Ponson and Moose and this offense against the likes of Beckett, Lester and Dice-K yeah I’m real confident for the stretch run.
Thanks Dr. J I was about to post Dellin’s boxscore ..he’s starting to pick it up for real now.
Try a Valium instead of a Tylenol
never tried it
Yankees at 65-58. 39 games left.To win 92 games they realize they can only lose 12 games the rest of the season to finish at 92-70, which is still no guarantee of a playoff spot.
KC 1 game
Detroit 1 game
Seattle 3 games
Anaheim 3 games
Chicago 4 games
Baltimore 6 games
Boston 6 games
Tampa 6 games
Toronto 9 games
““Finally, good for Brett Gardner and Dave Robertson. One thing that can be accomplished the rest of this season is figuring out who can play for 2009.â€
another thing that can be accomplished the rest of this season is making the playoffs and then winning the World Series.
Google the following phrase for a good article describing great stretch runs, similar to what the Yanks need to pull off:
“Six Greatest Stretch Runs For The Pennant—
Yeah its going to be real fun losing in 3 and having the Angels celebrate on the field after beating us in the ALDS.
The last pitch thrown at the stadium will be tossed by K-Rod and then we get to see him do his fist pump/twirl/screaming and pointing at the sky routine, yeah thats what the final moments of Yankee stadium should be.
Halladay got his 8th complete game.. can you imagine that? the Yanks have 1 as a team I think.
halladay is a mega mega stud…
Brandon as far as Long is concerned again abreu is 34, if he needs help besides fine tuning his swing and plate approach it is a joke.
Same for almost the whole team.. baseball 101, trying to hard is counterproductive every one knows that. again it is on the vets not the batting coach or the 9th hitter, it is on 1 thru 6 or 7 in the order.. They scored 3 runs or less again today.
they should score a bunch Sunday, Bannister is there type of pitcher he throws 85 or so, they cannot catch up to the fastball but the slow stuff should be right up there alley…
I remember SNY telling us Kunz was going to be the next Joba and stabilize the Mets bullpen.
Al from BK
Beckett, Lester, and Dice-K, PLUS, Danks,Buerhle, Floyd, Halladay, Burnett, Santana, Saunders, Lackey, Kazmir, Garza, Jackson,Shields, Sonnanstine , and our nemesis Daniel Cabrera, just to name a few.
“Al from BK
Beckett, Lester, and Dice-K, PLUS, Danks,Buerhle, Floyd, Halladay, Burnett, Santana, Saunders, Lackey, Kazmir, Garza, Jackson,Shields, Sonnanstine , and our nemesis Daniel Cabrera, just to name a few.”
Oh I am aware of this and this is why any intelligent Yankee fan knows that this season is over. Let me put this in perspective the Yankees struggled and barely beat the Royals at home and it took 12 innings to score a 3rd run! How in the world can anybody still think this team is making the playoffs.
yankee trader or; byrd, bucholtz, litcsch, purcey, adenhart, sarfate, burres, olsen, willis, washburn, silva, and others.
just let it play out if we lose we lose..the offense has been bad regardless of if we face hallady or some loser..
maybe hideki can hep the lineup……
Al from BK
“One thing that can be accomplished the rest of the season, is figuring out who can play for 2009″
Also we can showcase our pitching talents, like Melancon et al., and if they fail, we lose whatever trading chips we had to get a CF’er next season.
check out Tampa’s lineup tonight..man there pitching has been real good.
Imagine if the Yanks ran out a lineup like that!!! Girardi would get killed…
I think Madden is punishing Upton…
Moose, Pettitte, Joba, Ponson, Hughes, Rasner – that can definitely give Boston a run.
if the last weekend of the season is Moose, Pettitte, Joba vs. Beckett, Dice-K, Lester…
“Yeah its going to be real fun losing in 3 and having the Angels celebrate on the field after beating us in the ALDS.″
The Yankees can certainly beat the Angels in the playoffs. They have never seen Joba, they can’t touch Mussina, and Andy is a playoff pitcher. I can see the Angels being over matched in each game. Throw in the addition of Matsui and if you think the Angels are unbeatable then you’re dumb.
“I remember SNY telling us Kunz was going to be the next Joba and stabilize the Mets bullpen.”
The Mets tend to over hype their prospects, but not nearly as bad as the Yanks do. In the Yankees eyes Betances is already a young Randy Johnson, Hughes is Roger Clemens, IPK is Greg Maddux and Mark Melancon is Mariano Rivera II.
Matsui wa 1-3 tonight. A single. We need you Hideki, hurry up.
And for those of you ridiculing Melky for not showing up in AAA yet, he probably just needs a couple of days to get his thoughts together. He was just demoted after claiming the CF job for the Yankees a year ago. He has 3 days to report and will probably use a couple to get his mind clear.
“Well the Sux lost.. 6 back now in the WC.. I still believe, anyone with me?â€
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3-eavMSBnk
(sorry, I had to…)
“The Yankees can certainly beat the Angels in the playoffs. They have never seen Joba, they can’t touch Mussina, and Andy is a playoff pitcher. I can see the Angels being over matched in each game. Throw in the addition of Matsui and if you think the Angels are unbeatable then you’re dumb.”
Joba is not returning this season. If you need an example of how we handle the Angels see last week, for a larger sample see 2002-2007.
Playoffs?? Who said anything about p-p-playoffs???
Al from BK
I agree with you. What are the most exciting things about the baseball season.
1. Walk off homeruns .
2. Coming from 3-4 runs down in bottom 9th to win.
3. The July 31st trading deadline, seeing who your team might acquire for the stretch run.
4. Getting into the playoffs.
5. Going to the World Series and sweeping 4-0
6. The offseason acquisitions made by trades and FA signings.
7. Oh of course, witnessing a Yankee pitcher pitching a no-hitter!!
WOW 12 K for Dellin… no question about it he has Big Unit type potential.. It might actually be a blessing in disguise for him to spend a few years in the minors to refine his skills and build up arm strength.
Stuart
The Rays have the best young starting staff in the East, and another stud in AAA ready to come up.
Players like Aybar and Hinske have stepped up their play in place of Crawford and Longoria.
This team is not going away!!
Adam slow down..right now he is more in Daniel Cabrera’s upside not RJ
“WOW 12 K for Dellin… no question about it he has Big Unit type potential.. It might actually be a blessing in disguise for him to spend a few years in the minors to refine his skills and build up arm strength.”
I agree let that kid hone his stuff. I can see him as a 2010 guy but he needs to cut down his BB’s.
“Stuart
The Rays have the best young starting staff in the East, and another stud in AAA ready to come up.
Players like Aybar and Hinske have stepped up their play in place of Crawford and Longoria.
This team is not going away!!”
Sadly you are right this is why this coming offseason is pivotal.
Our old friend Matt Desalvo is pitching in relief for Atlanta as we speak.
Lovin’ the US Basketball Team showing up to cheer on the US Swimmers!
Back to Arod. Look we are stuck with him. I think its clear he has trouble in clutch spots, BUT is still a great hitter, hard worker, great on the bases. Just keep him out of the kitchen. Bat him 2nd or 5th. He doesnt have to bat 4th. He still get chances and maybe he wont feel like the “cleanup hitter”
“Back to Arod. Look we are stuck with him. I think its clear he has trouble in clutch spots, BUT is still a great hitter, hard worker, great on the bases. Just keep him out of the kitchen. Bat him 2nd or 5th. He doesnt have to bat 4th. He still get chances and maybe he wont feel like the “cleanup hitter—
Who else on the Yanks is capable of hitting clean-up.
Trader – You are right, thats why it is imperative Cashman fixes this team in the off-season. The division is going to be a 3-team race from the start.
However, signing Sabathia is not the only move to make— re-shapping the offense is just as big a priority. We cannot continue to watch these hapless past their prime superstars flail away at 84 MPH fastballs and hanging sliders while choking with RISP and failing to execute fundamentals.
I’m not saying this just because he just beat the Sox, but Roy Hallady is really impressive.
In a day when we hope that starters will give us 6 good innings and if we are lucky 7 he consistently pitches high quality complete games.
His numbers would be scary if he was with the Yankees or the Sox.
i really hope we are not setting ourselves up for disappointment this offseason.
who knows, maybe CC may take a sizeable discount to go to the dodgers, TEX may re-sign with the angels and not even want to explore FA, we may not be interested at all in Manny, and hal may be dead-set against giving tex or cc a 7 yr deal. there are lot of variables.
ray imo he’s the best SP in all of baseball. You shouldn’t be ashamed of scoring 1 run vs him. Rough night for Byrd.
Texas up 3-0 on Rays going into the top of the 8th.
Brandon,
I am assuming that Toronto has him under a long term contract. Do you know if that is the case?
ray he is there until 2010
08:$10M, 09:$14.25M, 10:$15.75M
“ray he is there until 2010
08:$10M, 09:$14.25M, 10:$15.75M”
We should have traded low on Halladay in 04 he had a terrible season and the Jays were very low on him.
That kid Matt Harrison for Texas, you know the one that gave us a fit last week, is dealing tonight.
Against TB tonight – 8 3 0 0 0 8
JR Yankees he was a top prospect for Atlanta the Tex deal so far has brought the Rangers upside and Atlata Casey Cotchman
We should have traded low on Halladay in 04 he had a terrible season and the Jays were very low on him.
I didn’t realize Harrison was also in the trade for Teixeira last year.
Do you think we will face Doc in the Jays series?
Brett is a beast.
JR and this guy too he only throws 100 mph and has a very good 2nd and third pitch
I hope we don’t face Halladay ever again. In my opinion he’s the 3rd best starter in baseball.
I hope we don’t face Halladay ever again. In my opinion he’s the 3rd best starter in baseball.
I hope not either. And nope he is the best in the AL and in MLB.
They are off Monday too, so it depends on whether or not they want him facing the soxs again or us.
2 outs in the rays game.
Steady Eddie just finished off the Rays in the 9th. Shut out by Texas…I think we had one of those in Arlington too.
Ball game over Texas wins…. Texas wins!!
The Yankees picked up a game on both teams today! Don’t take us off life support yet, we aren’t dead!!
Sorry, I meant second best. I would put Sabathia at first, but it’s really close.
We are hanging by a thread, but if this team can turn it on, we may see Yankee baseball in October.
That thread got a little stronger today!
Brandon, thanks for the info. You’re always good for some useful stuff.
Jennifer, mlb.com has Rasner/Burnett, Pettitte/Purcey, and then TBA/Litsch. Let’s all cross our fingers Halladay it stays that way too. I would rather he pitch against the Sox on Friday. I’m gonna guess they move him up and have him pitch against us though.
Is that a thread or a noose?
Ok, so one of my sentences made no sense but you get the point…no Halladay please.
Sox just had their turn with Halladay and we would never be greedy so we will be glad to have Halladay face you guys this next week instead of us!!!
jr- I got it.
but we still face AJ. AJ has our number!! 
So who pitches Thursday for us? Hughes pitches tomorrow, so it couldn’t be him.
ray,
I was hoping that since it was a complete game that you guys worked him and atleast made him throw a good amount of pitches, therefore increasing the chance that he would get the extra day of rest with their scheduled day off.
However, he worked you guys with 109 pitches.
ray-
No I INSIST you can face Doc again. No really, accept this gift from a Yankee fan.
Phelps time.
History, in minutes. Tune in!!
Halladay is awesome, not sure I would say he is the best pitcher though, top 3 for sure, probably top 2.
Yanks have 2 scouts in China watching foreign players in the Olympics.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/.....8471.story
I think we’re facing a Doc for sure, but it might be Doc Kevorkian.
Ok, I’m going to attempt to sequester myself from all media for a few hours so I can watch the swimming ‘live’ tonight.
Hey did I miss it or did Edwar already serve his suspension or when did he have an appeal. If it has not happened yet MLB really does have a messed up appeal system.
jennifer,
Your kindness and thoughtfulness are remarkable, but really….we already had our “quality time” with Halladay!
Nick – you may want to leave this blog then, cause I can pretty much promise you someone will scream the results.
Jen…it’s gotta be Ponson, right?
And then that would set up Moose for Friday and then Hughes Saturday, Rasner Sunday and then Pettitte.
gayle- As far as I know nothing has happened. In face I forgot all about that.
no worries, I’m gone now.
Wait, not quite.
Ok…. NOW.
nick you can watch it live on the internet.
So who pitches Thursday for us?
Ponson?
ray- I insist!!
jr- it all depends if Joe wants to keep them on normal rest.
Anyone interested in watching the men’s relay – too late! (Unless you’re on the west coast that is…)
Its Saturday that we need a starter to keep our guys on regular rest.
If Hughes does good in his start tomorrow I would guess he will get the extra day of rest and then pitch on Saturday.
I’ve never been so interested in swimming in my life.
Wow Phelps gave them the lead going into the final lap.
“One thing that can be accomplished the rest of this season is figuring out who can play for 2009.”
6 games back in the wild card with plenty of games left against the rival teams. I fail to see how this season is over yet…
To quote Rocky 4 USA!USA!USA!
8 gold metals. Sorry west coasters!!
Yea, the US was a close 2/3 place and then during Phelps portion he gave them the lead hands down. Great race.
This guy is set money wise for life now!
Anybody here think the Yanks will make a push for Darvish?
I know he’s under team control, but if he’s as good as advertised it would be worth it.
Well I will tell you that I was in tears when it was all over.
I won’t mention if they were happy or sad tears so I don’t give away anything for the west coast peeps.
Meanwhile, at least we ended up with the win. I read all of the posts from the end of the game on and all I have to say is that brettisgod does show glimmers of getting it from time to time and I hope that it continues. I know he is excited about Gardner being up but when you root for a team it is never a “me up you down” situation. We want all of our guys to succeed. If I had to go with my heart, I would want Melky to get his act together and for Gardner to fail. But that doesn’t make any sense at all for the good of the team. I want them both to excel and the one who can give the most to the Yankees chances of winning to be out there.
Brettisgod really has to stop trashing Melky. It is very unattractive and not at all called for.
No stay away from Japanese pitchers. They don’t pitch well in Pinstripes.
Has it really come to this?
“To steal something from Sports Illustrated, here’s This Week’s Sign of the Yankees Apocalypse: The team recalled Cody Ransom. Quipped press box colleague Michael Duca: “Is his job to personally hold the white flag?—
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/a.....for_AL_MVP
trisha i already ruined it. hangs head in shame.
Kay, Phelps has a good claim to the title of greatest athlete ever. Damn good job, Mr. Phelps, damn good job.
Congratulations Michael Phelps!!!
Well jenn as long as you did -
OH MY GOD MICHAEL PHELPS!!!!!
I love that he is so kind of humble and seems really nice. And I am so happy for his mother. And the US men’s swim team.
Boy did they do us proud.
Cody Ransom should find that dude and kick his rear end.
Well we know Dice-K is pretty good at least he gives innings. They say Darvish is at a whole other level with good control adn Darvish is really young. I think he is 21, he already has lots of innings under him but because he is young, he should be solid.
Chase Wright vs Lehigh (Phillies)
6.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K’s
GO/AO 12-3, PT/S 79-46
And again I ask why do they keep him in AAA, did he piss on someone’s score card or something, is that night in Fenway unredeemable..WTF really, I mean give him a shot
Jennifer, are you just talking about Igawa?
Capitalism at it’s best order the dvd on Michael Phelps.
Igawa among others.
Just got back from Lakewood, and all I have to say is Betances was a man among boys tonight. The first batter he faced hit a line drive off his leg, but stayed in the game. He struck out 12 guys, and would get to two strikes and throw a nasty breaking ball. His fastball was constantly hitting 90-91, and got it up to 94 tonight. The kid was dealing. He only should of given up 1 er, but the rf made a bad play, and the ball got past him allowing 2 runs to score. The kid has lots of swagger. I can’t say enough about his performance.
Anybody here think the Yanks will make a push for Darvish?
I know he’s under team control, but if he’s as good as advertised it would be worth it.
He’s topping out at 95 mph in the olmypics..our scouts are watching him closely.
Mark (Brett back to SWB) more details what did he top out on and what were his secondary pitches like ..who did he remend you of out there ..
Brandon – Are you 13?
Okay Look at Igawa. Led the Japanese league in strike outs. What did he do here? It means nothing if he dominates them nothing. It won’t translate to mlb.
Really unavoidable to hear about it, but I’m glad it was a good ending.
They did a big feature this morning about Phelps being ADHD. He always looks so medicated.
Yeah all you experts before the season were saying watch out for edwin jackson, andy sonnastine and matt garza.. then you were also saying jason hummel, cj howell, and others were great.
BULL –it..
You were saying there whole starting staff is too young and sonnastine,
Howwell, throw like 86 MPH..
That is what you said and now you are telling me this is the rotation for the next 5 years…
Now you guys know it all.. Full of you know what.. they have caught lightning in the bottle.. Yeah I have heard of Price also..Sonnastine is a journeyman long term, garza and jackson need secondary pitches long term, and kazmir is still small.. they might be Atlanta(glavine,maddux, smoltz) or they might turn out to be pulsipher, isringhausen, and wilson, no one knows…WE WILL SEE…
I watched Matsui’s rehab start Friday and tonight. He had a solo HR on Friday and went 1 for 3 w/ a single and a walk. He ran the bases a little harder tonight compared with Friday so it looks like he is gaining confidence. I think he can help the lineup, let’s get him back soon!
Thats cool, they showed the swim at Ravens Stadium. Everyone stuck around to watch.
Brandon – Are you 13?
This coming from someone who uses Lol as a handle ?
Darvish has it pretty good in Japan; no idea if/when he would want to be posted. If/when he does, I’m interested in him. If a guy’s got a good arm, then his ethnicity doesn’t matter.
tampayank. Hopefully he feels good tomorrow. If he does maybe we’ll see him Tuesday, Wednesday. Than bye bye Wilson? fingers crossed.
27…
Igawa was supposed to be a ‘not as good but respectable’ left-handed version of Matsuzaka. We all know how that turned out. I think if we do go after him we will need to do a little more research and scouting on Darvish.
Chris Carpenter, when healthy, is better than Roy Halladay.
Imagine how scary the Jays would be with Halladay and Carpenter as their #1 and #2?
Betances was topping out at 94, nothing higher then that. Breaking stuff was just nasty putting it in the dirt. The Lakewood kids never had a shot. They didn’t have 1 hard hit ball tonight. He also had several k’s on pitches he would just blow right by them. Now I know the Sally hitters are still young, but very impressive for a 19 year old to k 12 batters over 6 innings of work. I am assuming he is coming to his innings limit soon as he is now at 103 or 104. The kid is built for a 19 year old and lives up to that 6’7 build, and will only get stronger. I’m not sure who I would compare him to he has the Johnson height, but won’t throw 97-98 like Randy or Joba, but I think could become an excellent number 2 behind Joba in a few years.
Went to tonight’s Riverdogs-Blueclaws game. Betances was in control for most of the game except for the 5th where he got a little wild and as Mark said before, Williams misplayed a ball in right field. Kind of an in between flyball that he got a bad read on.
For those that said he was like Daniel Cabrera, I’m not so sure. They are both tall but that is about it. He was throwing three pitches fairly consistently, fastball, hard, biting slider and a curve. The slider was around 84, curve about 77-79. Fastball was anywhere from 91-93, but it looked pretty free and easy. Not a lot of effort expended from him to get it up there. I had heard that he threw harder, but the past two nights the gun at the Lakewood place has been pretty erratic.
Good control expect for that 5th inning. He was cruising so he might have lost a little bit of focus and lost a little control. Overall pretty good night. Romine went 4-4 with some hard hit balls, especially a blast to right center in his last at bat. The night before Montero hit one over one of the big billboards in left field. The guy that takes pictures for the Blueclaws said it was the furthest ball he’s ever seen hit there.
I’ll be back there tomorrow night and then again on Monday.
Darvish is only half Japanese. That means he’ll be fine in half his starts.
Well, his other half’s Iranian; what’s the track record of Iranian pitchers in the US?
Chris Carpenter, when healthy, is better than Roy Halladay.
And ? point is Carpenter can’t stay healthy, Aj Burnett when healthy can give him a run for his money, Rich Harden when healthy is better, but the fact is they are not.
I doubt they post Darvish… What would be Japan’s incentive to do it so soon?
Blargh,
Persian sounds so much better, no?
Betances = Aaron Harrang?
Mark – How did Montero/Romine look?
Mark that’s great to hear, you know he hit 100 mph in GCL rehab this year. My guess is Nardi told him to hold back the power fastball and focus on locating more instead because he was a walk machine until he returned from rehab. RJ is not what comes to mind right now but I would say Daniel Cabrera is a good comparison.
“I doubt they post Darvish… What would be Japan’s incentive to do it so soon?”
Lots and lots of Steinbrenners money.
“Betances = Aaron Harrang?”
Fair comparison.
Read this on Marc Mussina’s blog
With 220 more at bats, Derek Jeter will have more at bats than any Yankee in history. More than Mantle, Gehrig, Berra, Ruth, DiMaggio, all of them. It doesn’t seem possible.
Brandon – Are you 13?
This coming from someone who uses Lol as a handle ?
ouch–i love it
brandon–kudos to you for being able to sit thru the whole game today–a loss would have been -unbearable i guess… glad u got the W
Yes Daniel Cabrera is a good comparison. I think he will have more control, and not walk as many as him, but has that swagger.
Montero was the Dh. Had 1 hit that should have been called an error, then hit a hard ball to 3rd they called an error, and should have been a hit I thought. All of his balls he hit were hard hit, even though they were outs. He actually hit a foul line drive in my section and hit a kid. Hope that kid was ok, didn’t look serious.
Romine had a great night with the bat having 4 hits. The kid has ability to stay a catcher. Betances and Romine seemed to be insinc, and he never had to go out and talk to Dellin. He also made a great diving attempt at a foul ball. He couldn’t make the play, but athletic. He also did drop a lazt fly foul ball that went up real high in the air, and he just couldn’t find it.
okay so I tried for the first time to post something and it might not have worked…
I was at the game tonight as well. Betances was dominating through 4. He got in trouble a little bit in the 5th, maybe because he was cruising so much and lost a bit of focus. Additionally, the misplayed ball in right field hurt him. It looked like it was an in between play that he could have made but got a bad read on it.
Betances threw three pitches for strikes. Fastball that sat 91-94, hard, biting slider at 84, and then a curve that was 77-79. Like Mark said, the Lakewood hitters didn’t have a chance. Came back out in the 6th after the rough fifth and if I remember right, struck out the side.
Romine had a great night, 4-4. Absolutely smoked a ball in his last at bat to right center for a double. Montero had a better night last night. He hit one over the billboards in right field. The Blueclaws photographer said it was the furthest hit ball he had ever seen at the stadium.
I’ll be back there tomorrow and Monday too. Krum, Suttle, Synder and Laird are all pretty good hitters too. Synder made a really nice play at second tonight and just missed getting the runner at first.
“Well the Sux lost.. 6 back now in the WC.. I still believe, anyone with me?”
I’m thinking that no matter what posters say, if they are here it means they still have some glimmer of hope, even if it is a very faint glimmer at this point.
brandon–kudos to you for being able to sit thru the whole game today–a loss would have been -unbearable i guess… glad u got the W
Oh no they better have won that game other wise Brandon was going to slash a certain manager’s tires.
“Don’t Stop Believing”
Just a small town girl, livin in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit
He took the midnight train goin anywhere
A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night
Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin anything to roll the dice,
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
(chorus)
Dont stop believin
Hold on to the feelin
Streetlight people
Thank God I didn’t watch one second of that game today.
Figured it would be over when I checked on the computer around 5:15 and followed along for a few minutes and that was it.
another stellat effort by the bats it seems. They may have gotten a W, but really it was another losing effort.
“I’m thinking that no matter what posters say, if they are here it means they still have some glimmer of hope, even if it is a very faint glimmer at this point.”
Yeah I think all of us have that sliver of hope, how else could we watch the games? And I for one don’t plan on missing many if any at all the next 40 days. As long as the deficit in the loss column is equal to or less than games we have against the Red Sox I still believe there is a chance. These Yankees have the talent, can they turn it on? Tune in and find out!
““Well the Sux lost.. 6 back now in the WC.. I still believe, anyone with me?â€
I’m thinking that no matter what posters say, if they are here it means they still have some glimmer of hope, even if it is a very faint glimmer at this point.”
Trisha- To be honest I have lost respect for this team I mostly still visit to keep up communications with my fellow posters.
Montero had a better night last night. He hit one over the billboards in right field. The Blueclaws photographer said it was the furthest hit ball he had ever seen at the stadium.
They say that alot w/ Jesus every night I hear “That’s the farthest hit ball I ever saw in this stadium”, I’m starting to rethink a few things, maybe 1B should be his future position. Although IDK if he’s athletic enough there but it certainly would keep him strong and healthy for 4-5 AB possibly for 100 + games.
1) Congratulations to Michael Phelps.
2) Usein Bolt has the most awesome name, ever.
Sure you can always hold out some sliver of hoing for a miracle until it’s mathematically impossible.
But that’s not the reason I’ll keep following what’s going on and watching most of the time when I can do so without banging my head on the wall.
Going down the toilet is all part of the process of getting back to winning baseball and as a fan you need to see how it all goes down.
Phil pitches tomorrow, so I hope that’s on tv – it’s always fun following the play by play here! I’m not sure where the game is at or who he’s facing, but I’m crossing my fingers that he does well. I miss seeing him pitch…..and I’m sure he misses being up here.
Congrats to Phelps, but he had some help tonight from his teammates
HEY BOB! BOB FROM THE BRONX
Yeah Bob(theoriginal) how could we call ourselves fans if we just abandoned the Yankees when the team wasn’t at its best?
To be honest I started following the Yankees’ minor league system when we drafted Phil Hughes and it has been a whole lot of fun as far as hobbies go. I’m not sure how many of you guys do but http://mvn.com/milb-yankees/ is absolutely worth checking every day. At the least you get to check who is doing what down on the farm.
Knowing that Jesus is hitting over .300 and Austin Jackson is stepping up at Trenton keeps me hopeful during a pretty dismal season.
does anyone miss tanyon sturtz?
Mary: I want you to know that Nick deeply misses Tanyon, although he’s a better friend than he is player.
I haven’t seen Montero catch yet. Romine behind the plate the past two nights so I don’t know what type of receiver Montero is. He’s the guy that definitely stands out on the team like a sore thumb in a good way though. He looks like he could be in pinstripes today, physically at least.
Hopefully I’ll see Montero catch either tomorrow night or Monday. Romine has a cannon for an arm though and is a pretty good receiver. Tonight he had a pop up hit a mile high that he lost and it wound up dropping. Same thing happened to the left fielder in the 9th tonight.
Montero has some sick power though, ball comes off his bat like a cannon. He hit a bullet tonight that went through the third basemen’s legs. The guy never had a chance to get his glove down.
I love reading opposing teams site quotes like this
Betances was dominant for most of his six inning starts, as he allowed only the two earned runs on three hits and two walks. He also struck out 12 batters, including the side in the sixth, the most strikeouts by a single pitcher against the BlueClaws
I know I miss tanyon to and the boat times..
Sir Sidney is a beast… all in all, he’s done a pretty good job for us. It wouldn’t be that crazy to actually bring him back next year as a #5 starter. As we’ve seen, you need all the starting pitching depth you can get.
Looks like Robertson has bounced back nicely these last couple of games.
Marte continues to look tired, he can’t locate anything right now. Once we are out of it, just shut him down and bring him back next year and use him only as a lefty specialist.
has ponson worked his way into type b compensation?
Wangawa he’s definitely earned a consideration for 2009 in my eyes. I thought he was gonna be a bum, damn near a guy that would return to his pathetic pitching ways ala first time he was a Yankee, I am completely surprised how good and efficient he has been. Think this 5 innings is all we would realistically ask for from him and he has gone over that I think his last 4 starts have ben 7+ innings of baseball. He definitely has earned consideration.
Bring Ponson to ST.
Let him and Hughes battle for the 5th spot. I actually think Ponson would win a job in an open competition.
No harm in letting Hughes get some more time in AAA. All depends how he finishes this year, I guess.
Could Juan Miranda outperform Girardi right now?
Well a win finally. Ugly but a small step back. I was amused to see all some of the comments yesterday about the general demise of the Yanks this season and beyond. And some of these comments were from the more reasoned and informed contributors. But IMO they are just knee jerking like some of the less informed bloggers.
Lets see – the Yanks lost their #1 starter Wang, their best clutch hitter Matsui, their most important player – Posada. They lost their phenom Chamberlain when it appeared he may settle into the starting role. They lost time from Arod, Bruney,Damon,Hughes, and more. Jeter has been playing with injuries that have left him about 60% of himself. And the list goes on and on of injuries, lost time and reduced production.
Meanwhile, the Lohud experts have attacked the Yankees as being old, poor work in the draft, and in serious shape for the future. The same experts who thought it was too much to give up for the declining Santana, that Joba had to move to starter, that the farm system was fortified for years to come. Lets be clear – the old saw is “dont use injuries – that’s just an excuse.” Guess what – the injuries this year are insurmountable and beyond anything we have seen with the Yanks in decades. It is not an excuse, its reality. But even with the injuries, Santana in the rotation and Joba in the bp – this team makes it to the playoffs. And really, isnt that what should happen in the last year of Yankee Stadium. The good news to me is that next year will be more of the “failed” strategy of buying the best players that produced 4 world titles and 14 years of playoffs. The Yanks will be fine if they use their resources and get the best players out there. Sabathia and Texiera should be wearing pinstripes in 09.
Jody Gerut – 2-4, 2B
Jody Gerut – 2-4, 2B
I so would have found a way to get him for Melky Cabrera
BTW Kapler did a Superman catch in LF in @ Dodgers Stadium. Manny coming up in the 9th and it’s 3-2 MIL
1st and 3rd no outs
Torres vs Manny
Aren’t we over the Joba argument?
Joba should be and will be a starter for this organization. It’s not even a debatable topic any longer.
sac fly Manny 3-3 w/ a runner on 1st
I wonder if anyone remembers what my prediction was for the post-All-Star-Game record for the Yanks?
Ouch. ESPNews highlight. “Gardner had 3 hits today. The man he replaced, Melky Cabrera, had 3 hits in the month of August.”
I know he sat out a “few” games, but I don’t recall it being that bad.
Yank fan in SF,
The injuries have indeed played a big part in the Yankees failure this year, but that does not excuse them for their failure. Ranking 11th out of 14 AL teams in batting with runners in scoring position has nothing to do with the injuries.Yes, they lost Posada and Matsui. But Jeter, ARod, Giambi and Cano have been terrible with men on base. The lack of scoring is what makes this team a failure, not the injuries to Wang and even Joba.
How do the Brewers expect to contend with Soloman Torres as their closer and Gagne/Shouse as their SU men?
mel-go, go, Waipio!,
Unfotunately, Gardner’s 3 hits are probably all we can expect from him the rest of this year. He’s terrible.
just wanted to chime in with my charleston thoughts from tonights game. Betances looked very good. I also thought he threw a bit harder but he ranged from 91-94 and it was an easy motion. he breaking balls had very good bite. Im not sure how many total pitches he threw but after running into some trouble in the 5th he came out in the 6th (his final inning) and struck out the side – very impressive. Romine looked good with the bat and his final AB he really crushed a double. Montero hit the ball hard in his at bats and I was also at the futures games where he hit a rope for a single. so while he didnt do anything insane in the 2 times ive seen him, he has been impressive and his size is tremendous for his age.
One other thing on Montero – he is incredibly slow. If hes not going to be a catcher – which i dont think he will be – then its really DH or maybe first base. he could never play the OF and at first he would probably be a frank thomas type.
helno51,
You make him sound like a slug. How slow? Fasano? Molina? Cano?
Check this out. Very funny video of a guy impersonating Yankee hitters.
http://claybuchholzloveslaptop.....world.html
1st & 2nd, 1 out. Manny on deck. Dodgers down by 1.
he might be faster than a slug but not by much – haha. hes faster than fasano and molina but hes also a lot younger. he did a fair amount of base running tonight and we were all surprised with how slow he was. i always thought that maybe OF could be a possibility for him but based on tonight i would be stunned if he could play the OF. and my guess is he would have very limited range at first. he probably has the reflexes to get things hit near him but hes not going to be ranging for balls.
Drive 4-5 – yes the RISP is awful. Altho Jeter’s numbers are actually pretty good. But that is not the point – the injuries put pressure on the remaining players to produce beyond their norms. Sure they did a bad job but if they had Wang and Posada, for example, they would be in the playoffs, IMO.
Guiseppe Franco – the discussion is over only in the mind of those who think this guy has an arm that can throw 200 innings a year. I promise u the Yanks are considering his future and viability of his arm. No one can be sure, but it is at least feasible that he would still be pitching had he stayed in the pen. And yes Santana should have been here also. Despite the collective wisdom of Lohud to the contrary.
“This team just doesn’t have any fight in it.
It will be hard pressed to finish with 83 wins.
Next year will be the year.”
I think they’ll get to 90 wins.
If they can get within 3 games of the wild card by Sept 1, they have a chance. They may have to sweep that series with Boston comimg up to make that happen though, and you can bet they’ll see Lester, Beckett and Dice K in those 3 games.
Drive,
Jeter is one of three Yankees hitters whose average with RISP has been better this season than their overall average.
Lots of digs at Jeter these days but lets keep it to the ones he actually deserves, can we?