Comments on: Pinch hitting: River & Sunset

By: JXL33

JXL33 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:04:10 +0000

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By: Dudelove

Dudelove — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:53:00 +0000

I think this post brought a lot of what Yankee fans are thinking to the forefront. Jeter is still our leader on and off the field, but the skills are slowly diminishing. Id rather have him that Jose Reyes anyday though

By: rb15

rb15 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:24:44 +0000

saucy, harold reynolds also said that smoltz has an advantage, since he’s moving from the nl to the al and none of the al hitters have seen him. when in fact, nl pitchers moving to the al (esp. the al east) tend to go up in era. ditto for penny, by the way.

but i do love the new mlb network. i could watch the epic moments show over and over agin. in fact, i do!

By: saucY

saucY — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:19:50 +0000

“Say no to drugs? You’re the one lobbying for Manny Ramirez.”

post of the day

great comments though. glad i got the time to read some of them today…

i was surprised Harold Reynolds thinks the Red Sox have a better ‘pen on whichever mlb network show that was. He compared ours and their rotation, saying they’re both great. But it didn’t seem like he was too impressed with our pen, saying it is subpar unless we put Joba back there :\

By: YankeeRay

YankeeRay — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:10:20 +0000

randy l
January 13th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
oh, by the way, pedroia really annoys me. lol.

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By the way, me too, he looks like a little rat lol.

By: randy l

randy l — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:05:33 +0000

oh, by the way, pedroia really annoys me. lol.

By: randy l

randy l — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:04:20 +0000

“Pedroia will only get worse? He’s in his second year.”

take a look at cano’s second year, he hit .342. is he going to see that again?

it’s not unusual for a player to have his best year ever before age 26. it happens.

i really think that pedroia benefitted from being the”little brother” thing and that other teams would almost feel like they were picking on the little kid if they went after him. he was never thrown at the way youkillis was. let’s see what happens when he is. it’ll happen just like it happened to jeter.

do you think jeter was thrown at during his second year the way he is now and at his peak? i don’t think so. pedroia will be pitched differently in year three just like cano was.
maybe i’m wrong that he won’t be able to adjust to the low swing without loosing his pop, but that’s what i think is going to happen.

he may hit for a high average if he adjusts to the low pitch, but i don’t think you’ll see the surprising power numbers he had for his size. he gets that from swinging all out all the time across his shoulders which is unique for a major league swing. i don’t think anyone else swings like that.

By: Brad Pitt's better-looking brother

Brad Pitt's better-looking brother — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:00:28 +0000

Randy l
good analysis of Pedroia and his swing.
Pitchers and pitching coaches will adapt. But it’s also possible Pedroia will too. Will be interesting to see.

By: randy l

randy l — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:49:26 +0000

kill shilling-

teams are inexplicably slow to react to young hitters sometimes. watching cano a lot, we all knew when he was hitting .342 that there was little reason to throw him a strike. but opposing teams did.

watching pedroia a lot being in nesn territory, i can tell you he doesn’t drive the low pitch. he has a very unusual swing in that he swings across his shoulders at anything above his waist . he lowers his whole body down to get to the waist high pitch. the fact that that’s unusual may mean it takes longer for teams to figure out how to pitch to him, but i think you will see him having to deal with a steady diet of low, lower and lowest pitches in 2009 .

if anyone has access to his happy zones stats, i think you’ll see he annihilates ball above his waist and is not so good below. my prediction is that pedroia does not have as good a year as 2008 ever again.

By: YankeeRay

YankeeRay — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:49:14 +0000

CB, good post on Burnett as usual. I am a big fan of his despite his injury past. I believe and hope that his injuries have been fixed to the point that he can be the dominant pitcher that we witnessed last season against us.
I watched him a lot with the Marlins when he fist came up and I watched his no hitter game against the Giants.
He is nasty and hopefully as he stated he has learned to be a better pitcher over the last 2 seasons.

A good signing compared to Lowe who I was totally against signing.