Comments on: Run for your very lives

By: MJR (Shut Up Steve Phillips)

MJR (Shut Up Steve Phillips) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:19:08 +0000

Pavanao will join rotation and win all 5 of his starts.

Yanks will miraculously enter playoffs and in the ALCS, Pavano somehow makes it as the game 7 pitcher.

Unfortunately, right after warm ups….he tears both achilles tendons while standing up from the toilet.

Pavano is seen non-chalantly smiling before he is loaded into the ambulance where the MTs (cheered by Yankee fans) mercifully euthanize the injured animal.

By: Marc W

Marc W — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:11:36 +0000

I can’t wait to see all the rants when he returns

By: IT'S MADONNA'S FAULT

IT'S MADONNA'S FAULT — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:27:42 +0000

weel i tell you i believe in him instead of injuries he’s a god pitcher sadly linked with stupid injuries and long rehabing programs, i think that he can give us a hand well not literally cause this guy seems that he’s falling apart.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:56:10 +0000

i honest to god believe he will find a way out of the game…like pitch 2 innings and claim back spasms. -or- he will pitch beautifully, and somehow end up back on the DL after the game. we need help but i don’t need any of pavano’s false hope during these troubled times. let him sit, he hasn’t earned the right to showcase himself to the scouts in the bigs to help land next years contract.

the most disgusting part about this is that you know he will sign elsewhere and win 20 games next year.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:09:45 +0000

You can see it now…. he implodes yet again, and I-Rod decks him on the mound and becomes an all time favorite Yankee. Then as he enters the dugout, Jorge decks him again with his good arm. Pavano then retires and lives in his own MRI tube sadly ever after.

RIP Idle.

By: TGFizeek

TGFizeek — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:45:09 +0000

Pavano for setup man!

By: Yankee2123

Yankee2123 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:40:30 +0000

@ Betsy

Cashman is not a good evaluator of talent. I would give credit on the past few drafts to Damon Oppenheimer. It does take time to develop prospects, but the road to pitching for the Yankees is harder than anywhere else, and that will never change. It’s the biggest stage in the world, and players either rise to the occasion, or wilt undr the pressure. Players like Joba are cut out for NY. Ian Kennedy isn’t. The Jury’s still out on Hughes. But Cashman should know his prospects better than he does, and that’s why he overplayed his hand on Santana, and we’re sitting 9.5 games out in third place.

By: Yankee2123

Yankee2123 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:35:58 +0000

Everyone is on board for getting rid of Pavano, but the Yanks have an interest in keeping him around, and rehabbing him. Remember, they hold an option on him for 13M next year. Although he’s not worth it, if he can come back and pitch healthy, he could have value in a trade. It’s a big IF. But in today’s pitching market, there are alot of teams that would take Pavano, especially in the NL. If an injury prone player like Mike Hampton can keep getting chances, Pavano can keep pitching somewhere. It’s just that he isn’t cut out for NY, and both sides fooled themselves into thinking that he was.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:35:19 +0000

Fans just amaze me sometimes. They are on comnpletely different pages than Cashman and the front office. Fans want and expect to win immediately, but they are just going to have to be patient. The Yankees’ plan is to build (and win, hopefully) mainly through the farm system. Anyone judging them now is silly.

Those still living in the past re: the trade that didn’t happene are also, IMO, silly. Again – the Yankees understood what they were giving up for 2008 in not acquiring the Twins’ ace. They were looking beyond 2008, however, and fans don’t seem to get this. Plus, most have already judged Phil a bust…….which the Yankees have not.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:32:04 +0000

Hughes Dynasty, you’re giving up on Phil as a potential stud because he has one bad start in AAA, probably due to a dead arm period? Now he’s gone from a possible #1 to a #3? He’s only just turned 22. I’m not directing this to you, but wow – Yankee fans are impatient. They love to label young players without even giving them a real chance. It’s amazing to me that just a few starts from earlier this season completely wipe out what we saw from a 21 year old last year.

I certainly acknowlege that Phil to this point appears to be injury prone, but he has had no arm problems………which Joba currently has. Yes, I know it’s mild, but it’s still an arm injury.