Yankee Stadium looks cool as a game
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jan 13, 2009 
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Via MTV,here’s a look at the new Stadium via Sony’s MLB 09: The Show.
Sony seems to think that Mark Teixeira will bat third and A-Rod fourth.
Very cool.
Wow, Tex hit two out – one from each side.
wow – very cool…esp with the music and everything!
okay, ready to to there! Pete, thanks for sharing!
I’m not sure if I’m more impressed with the Stadium or with the caliber of graphics.
Someone just told me ESPN desportes reported Jorge is planning on playing for Puerto Rico in the WBC. Good news if his rehab is going well enough for that to happen.
how would jorge do that if he has two new pitchers (maybe more) to learn?
Awesome!!! TAKE A SEAT BJ UPTON!!!!!
ah, 2009. the year Damaso Marte learns to throw right handed…
should be a good year, indeed.
The 08 version of the game is awesome. Can’t wait for 09. Release is March 3
Late to the party as usual. Thank you, Mr. Carroll, for that perspective on Joba & Hughes. If the two can achieve even a small share of what’s dancing in our heads, the universe will be a better place.
Can someone offer a conversion or comparison of the workload of a starter vs. that of a reliever? Am I wrong to assume that the higher number of appearances by a (setup) pitcher adds more to the workload of a reliever vs. that of a starter? And that the irregular work of a reliever also adds to the workload (getting up, warming up, back-to-back appearances, etc.).
I haven’t posted lately, but read the blog regularly to keep up with the Yankees. First of all, thank you for all your concern!
I hope you guys don’t mind me sharing some random thoughts that have been dancing around in my head.
1. Nick, Ed, Rebecca~Thanks for fighting the good fight the other night. It was brutal.
2. I can’t believe people are wringing their hands over this team.
3. I STILL can’t believe people are wringing their hands over this team.
4. Stop worrying about this team!
5. I feel comfortable with what we’ve got. Can it be improved? Sure. Are there holes? Duh! But even if you add Manny (that would be awesome), a legit CF, and another front-end starter for the 4th slot, it guarantees nothing. It’s up to the 25 men that show up on any given day.
6. You all know how I feel about Andy. I want him to come back because he’ll help us, and I’d like to see him bridge the two stadiums. Whatever he chooses will be the right choice because he made it. I cannot believe how people were judging and trashing him. It’s like what I saw in the hours before the CC news broke. It’s like people want to reject the players before the players reject them.
7. Andy is not blocking any free agent pitcher out there. He’s not blocking Manny. If there is a player out there that the Yankees want, they’ll get him.
8. If I had to choose between trading Swisher or Nady, sorry, but Nady has to go. Even though he’s so…
9. If I were BC, I keep both as insurance for Matsui and Posada. Then I would trade Nady before the deadline. We will definitely need corner OF next season, but I don’t want to pay Boras prices for an incomplete player like Nady.
10. It seems as if BC has done a nice job of creating a market for extra corner outfielders. I hear that Atlanta’s interested in Swisher or Nady. Meanwhile Bobby Abreu’s still out there…
11. I’m very pleased with the Teixeira signing. Who isn’t?! Only one person
! I swear, I walked around with a goofy grin for two weeks. Which quickly turned into a scowl last week when I heard Gammons’ “joke” about Leigh Teixeira. Boo! I bet he sent her yellowed flowers.
11. Kudos to the class of the east, Atlanta (the Yankees) for rounding out their rotation very nicely with Derek Lowe (AJ). They’re trying to wrest the division back from the upstart Phillies (Rays) and the johnny-come-lately Mets (Red Sox).
12. I can’t believe that I read that the Yankees wanted Derek Lowe and had to “settle” for AJ Burnett. Was that a Boston writer? Sherman? Was it here? That’s illogical on so many levels. Mostly because Lowe was available when we signed AJ. AJ and Lowe were going to end up with the Yankees and the Braves, or vice versa. I would’ve been fine with Lowe, but I love our signings. (Yes, Nick. Even the CC signing).
13. Can we just assume AJ’s an injury risk? When you argue for another pitcher (like Sheets) can we just assume the risk? Or does it have to be written every time?
14. I love the Yankees. Just saying.
-mel
kidding aside, this was cool. much more than the artist renderings and even the 3D seat selector thing on yankees.com. nice to see fans and live action.
thanks for sharing it, Pete.
Rishi
I don’t know. My spanish is only good enough to get the gist not the particulars.
Here’s the source if someone cares to translate:
http://espndeportes.espn.go.co.....type=story
and i’ve been meaning to ask: what did i miss about Gammons Re: Leigh Teixeira ?
sorry if this has been rehashed a million times…
thanks pat – not really questioning you – moreso the report…
“Nick, Ed, Rebecca~Thanks for fighting the good fight the other night. It was brutal.”
MEL!!!!! welcome back, or you still MIA?
hmm, which fight you talking about? LOL
Very cool!
It does look cool!
pat -
Sounds like the article is saying Jorge got permission from the Yankees to play, that he’s recuperating well, and that he will probably DH.
In the Posada article, Posada’s father states that Hip Hip wants to play in the WBC this year. His father says he would atleast DH for Puerto Rico. Then it goes on to say that a Yankee official said Posada is injured and will not participate.
mlb 09 looks sick
Saucy-
“and i’ve been meaning to ask: what did i miss about Gammons Re: Leigh Teixeira ?
sorry if this has been rehashed a million times…”
Reason Tex didn’t sign with Boston was because his wife did’t like the shops on Newberry Street-Gammons underhanded attempt at pathetic humor. Gammons did apologize and said he had taken 3 extra antidepressants after hearing that Tex went to the Yankees.
Disregard the last sentence-not true!!!!!!
Pat, I ran the article through Babbelfish, and it sees that Jorge’s dad said he will play in the Classic, at least as a DH.
Mel -
Nice to “hear” from you again! Glad you’re okay.
Pete -
Wow! Like Rebecca said, I’m really quite impressed with the graphics – so realistic. And the stadium looks great, of course. Now, let’s see how close to reality the homeruns by Teixeira were!
BTW, across the triborough:
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com.....s-stadium/
I’m not gonna hate, I’m digging the digs.
“Según informó el martes un oficial de los Yankees, Posada, quien no jugó durante el torneo del 2006 con la escuadra boricua, tampoco jugaría con Puerto Rico en la edición del Clásico 2009″.
On Tuesday a Yankee official stated that “Posada, who didn’t play in the WBC in 2006 with Puerto Rico, will also not play this year
Obviously, I missed the word “tampoco” – sorry. Rusty spanish.
thanks Yankee Trader!
and hello mel!
saucy,
Scroll down to 1/7 Gammons. Very weak attempt at humor. He also says that Penny is on par with AJ (?). It was a total whitewash, revisionist history.
http://audio.weei.com/baseball.....verage.htm
There’s a transcript on one of the espn writers’ blogs, but it was sanitized. You really got to listen to it.
Although, I will give Gammons credit for not tooting the Red Sox horn on his preview of the Red Sox on the Hot Stove report. Just said they’ll need big contributions from Papi, Lowell, Drew, and Beckett to make it back to the Fall Classic. As if!
I’m pumped for this game
“m”, good to see you posting again. I’m not sure which ‘good fight’ you refer to, but you know I always try to fight the good fight, with the occasional break when the fish start to hop out of the barrel.
I agree with you to some extent on most of your points, though my feelings about Nady differ from yours in some ways.
That was a cool trailer. It made me contemplate shelling out $300 for a PS3, because I’d see more of the new Yankee Stadium on the game then I will ever be able to afford to in person!
mel: No problem, though I don’t know what fight you’re referring to…
Pat:
BRISTOL — A diferencia del torneo anterior, el receptor puertorriqueño Jorge Posada afirmó el martes que sí jugará con Puerto Rico durante el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol 2009.
*Different than the tournament before, the Puerto Rican catcher Jorge Posada affirmed Tuesday that he would play for Puerto Rico during the WBC in 2009*
Jorge Posada
Posada
“Sí, él va a jugar. De hecho, ya firmó para jugar, y está practicando en Tampa”, dijo Jorge Posada padre a ESPNdeportes.com.
*Yes, he is going to play. He has said he is going to play and he is praciticing in Tampa”, said Jorge’s father to ESPN Deportes*
“Él sí estuvo operado del hombro, pero está recuperado”, agregó Posada. “Va a jugar como bateador designado, por lo menos. Él me lo ha dicho enfáticamente en dos o tres ocasiones”.
*He had surgery (I think), but he has recooperated, said Posada. He is going to play as a designated hitter, for now. He has told me he has done so on two or three occasions* (not sure if this is accurate)
Según informó el martes un oficial de los Yankees, Posada, quien no jugó durante el torneo del 2006 con la escuadra boricua, tampoco jugaría con Puerto Rico en la edición del Clásico 2009.
*After informing a Yankees official on Tudesday, who did not play in 2006 with ____, niether would he play with Puerto Rico in 2009* (I don’t know what “escuardra boricua” means, but I think “Escuadra” may have to do with team?
El receptor de los Mulos solamente jugó 51 partidos con 168 turnos al bate en el 2008 con los Yankees.
*The catcher of ___ (mules?) only played 51 games with 168 ABs in 2008 with the Yankees*
“Él está lesionado y no va a jugar”, dijo una fuente del equipo a ESPNdeportes.com.
*”He is ____(hurt?) and is not going to play”, said a source with the team to ESPN Deportes.*
Posada sufrió una lesión en el hombro que lo llevó dos veces a la lista de incapacitados, hasta que finalmente fue operado en julio y perdió el resto de la temporada.
*Posada suffered (an injury) that had him on the DL twice, and was finally operated on in July and lost the rest of the season.*
Según la fuente, los Yankees no le han prohibido jugar a Posada y éste podría tener la opción de jugar en el Clásico 2009 si se siente recuperado.
*As the source said, the Yankees have not prohibited Posada from playing and Posada has the option to play in the WBC in 2009 if he is feeling better*
That last paragraph doesn’t make as much sense when taken in conjunction with the others but the basic gist I got was that Posada said he’s going to play for Puerto Rico in the WBC and there’s a conversation like this:
Posada: I’m going to play
Posada’s father: He’s going to play
Yankees: No you’re not!
Posada: But I feel better!
Yankees: You’re not going to play!
Posada: But I’ve been DHing!
Yankees: Oh, all right, if you’re feeling better…
Hope that helps, otherwise, ask Brandon.
I am *so* gonna ace my Spanish exam.
nick,
Explain? You would trade Swisher over Nady? You don’t think he’s sexy?
i think so too
Oh man, no fair others got to it before me! I was practicing for my exam!
*After informing a Yankees official on Tudesday, who did not play in 2006 with __, niether would he play with Puerto Rico in 2009
Should read:
After being informed a Yankee official said that Posada did not play in 2006 and niether would he play in 2009.
I need to proofread better.
Question: Now I know he had some issues in NYC during his last go around, but he is still VERY young. Anyone have thoughts on a deal (Nady/Swisher and/or pitching) for Lastings Milledge. I believe he is still only 23 and plays center. If he matures, combining him with Austin Jackson would provide some serious outfield coverage moving forward with the young athleticism needed to compliment the big bats.
m: I like Nady but not because of whether he is or isn’t ‘sexy’. I like Swisher too. Keeping both would be a luxury, but at the expense of what?
Thanks Rebecca. When I get to words I don’t know I just skip until I get to one I do know and sometimes things get lost in translation.
YankeeRay
January 13th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
jimmy27
January 13th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Manny will sign with Yanks on Friday 2 years 52 mil.
Source: Friend of a friend of a friend….
(I hope not)
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Jimmy, please don’t do this to me without a better source as this is the kind of notice I have been waiting for.
Now, along those lines, I don’t think we would pull that off without a nady/matsui deal already in place as it would kill our leverage.
What I mean by that is that we could have a side deal in place with Boras first and then trade those guys but if we signed Manny first I believe we lose some leverage in trading them.
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Not my rumor just me dream
Randy Levine on with Mike F shortly. This should be fun the blind leading the blind.
Nick,
Good point, but which do you keep? Swisher will be cheaper in the long run, and is the more complete player.
I don’t see trading either (at this point) for another OF like Cameron or a pitcher who will in all likelihood be crappy.
With all those big (but aging) bats, we should be able to support Gardner’s defense in at least half the games. I would go with Aceves/Hughes for the last spot if Andy doesn’t return. They’ve proven they can pitch for the Yankees (when healthy). They’re young and cost controlled.
pat: No problem. I just bought a Spanish dictionary the other day, but it’s in the other room and I don’t feel like getting up.
However, I have to say that this bodes well for the language exam I have to take, if I can manage to translate an actual news article
“mel: No problem, though I don’t know what fight you’re referring to…”
see, I’m not the only one clueless about it.
How can Jorge even consider participating. #1 he is coming off a very serious surgery. #2 he has 2 new pitchers to learn. Which is important?
wow.. that was awesome.
Maybe, Jorge wants to test the shoulder in live games?
Also, doesn’t Jorge have to get the Yankees permission to play in the WBC because he ended last season on the DL?
“it’s in the other room and I don’t feel like getting up”
That is the most honest thing I have heard or read today! Period. Bar none.
classic.
-dennis
m: I still want to know which good fight you’re talking about. If Rebecca and Ed were involved then I know it wasn’t one of my bad fights.
If you stuck a gun to my head I think I would want to keep Swisher over Nady because he can provide solid 1B play every now and again to give Tex a rest and of course play both corner outfield spots and some emergency center. But I like Nady a lot.
Ok I got goosebumps watching that video.
Am I the only one who thinks that big dark protrusion in CF (I think it is a restaurant) in the new Stadium is really ugly?
To me, it ruins the sweep of the outfield fence and I can’t help but feel when I’m in the Stadium it will feel like a thumb trying to poke me in the eye.
Plus, the notion that some of the bleacher seats will have obstructed views (at least, I guess they will) offends my political consciousness, such as it is.
I’d be interested to hear what other fans think.
I was trying to think what the Nationals have that the Yankees could want. Milledge seems to be the only remote possibility, although it is time for the Yankees to start to find a new SS to work in the minors to come up after Jeter moves.
Dennis: Well, why lie about it?
Man, How many days til Opening Day?? Ive watched this video 5 times already.
Sony seems to think that Mark Teixeira will bat third and A-Rod fourth.
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maybe he is batting 4th behind Manny
Nah Manny will bat 5th
Rebecca. I know. It just struck me very funny.
-dennis
Sweeeeeeeeet!
Cant wait til The Show comes out. Too bad that little bald rat from Boston is on the cover.
If the Yankees were to move anybody, I’m sure they would prefer to move Nady for several reasons.
He’s a Boras client and his a FA at the end of the year. Meaning, he’s hitting the market regardless of how much he likes NYC.
In this era of controlled costs, teams would actually prefer a one and done (preferably for a draft pick) player like Nady than taking on the remaining years of Swisher’s deal.
The Yankees really like Swisher. They believe his off year last year was an aberration and they think he can be a very productive player for them the next few years.
That said, I don’t think they will be giving anybody away. If a deal doesn’t materialize, they have no problems going to ST with both players and seeing how it all shakes out.
Brandon or whoever is a MiLB expert…
Does Kevin Russo play 2B/3B/SS/LF, or just 2B/3B/LF?
That music made me feel like the Yankees will not be playing in a regular ball park this season, and instead have transcended time and will be playing in a Jurassic Park.
dennis
Rebecca may be lazy, but she’s always honest. I kid because I love!
Dennis: Haha, glad to oblige!
“You’d better hope that doesn’t happen. I’ll track you down and slice the tendons in all of your fingers for bombarding Cashman with those twenty e-mails a day suggesting it.”-gb7
on the other hand ,maybe livan would be better off somewhere else where his unique talents would be more appreciated.
dennis-costanza(Sox fan)-
i still think the red sox will make some sort of splash that will even things up. by the way, don’t tell gb 7 where my business is. i’m a slow typer as it is. typing with my nose would really slow things down.
Agree on the CF restaurant. I just looks wrong.
“Does Kevin Russo play 2B/3B/SS/LF, or just 2B/3B/LF?”
the first one.
The stadium looks great in MLB ’09.
How long has it been since the Tiexeira signing … 3 weeks? I’m no software geek but they sure got him in there quickly didn’t they?
ANSKY: Well, it’s a video game. They could have simply just created a setting where Teixiera was on the Yankees and then gone from there.
Brandon, thanks dude.
Randy-
Don’t tell GB for half the year that he and I live in the same city. I love my tendons too much to risk a surprise attack while out walking my golden retirever all due to a sweaty old B cap…
-dennis
“Agree on the CF restaurant. I just looks wrong.”
well, if you go eat at that restaurant/bar, you won’t have to look at it in center field…
ah, I want this game so bad but the fact that there’s nothing else good on PS3 is the only thing that stops me
guess I’m still stuck with the mediocre MLB 2K9 this year for 360
MLB The Show has regular roster updates – almost weekly – once the game is released. They tend to also be on top of free agent signings right up to release. Last year, within a week of releasing the game they had an roster update ready for free download.
BTW, has anyone seen a Fredo post recently? I really enjoy his posts and insight.
-dennis
Nothing else good on PS3? Surely you jest.
Ed – American League, prepare to be scared! CC, Aj, and MT!!
January 13th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Brandon or whoever is a MiLB expert…
Does Kevin Russo play 2B/3B/SS/LF, or just 2B/3B/LF?
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Mainly, he’s a second baseman, but has about 40 games at third, but, isn’t very good. He has a few games in left field, too.
dennis-costanza(Sox fan)-
there are times when fraternization with the enemy is necessary . preventing tendon slicing is one of those times. you have a deal.
“The Yankees really like Swisher. They believe his off year last year was an aberration and they think he can be a very productive player for them the next few years.”
The White Sox overpaid and gave up a slew of good prospects for Nick and then sold low on him. Time will tell, but I think Kenny Williams played this as poorly as can be.
It’s not like Oakland is a hitter’s park. If Swisher rebounds at all, he’ll be a useful player.
I wonder how good their insight is into how Monument Park will be set up… and whose plaque is set up in the middle between Gehrig and Ruth? I couldn’t make that one out.
My brother’s the one that plays all the video games. I might actually be barred from touching his 360, and I don’t own any systems myself.
Though this is a good thing, I’m awful at every game I try.
i’m terrible too. half the games i have more fun watching people who know what they’re doing… too many buttons to keep track of.
Tex took Lester DEEP!
wave, agree on the restaurant. it looks like a disaster for the bleacher seasts. from the animation it looks like about half of the bleacher seats are worthless.
FWIW – and as I am sure you well know mel – I for one am hardly worried about this team.
Really can’t wait for the season to start.
That area underneath the restaurant must be glass. there is no way they would cut sight from half of the outfield seats.
Swisher 2009 prediction:
375AB – .252/.368/.485 65runs, 60RBI, 23HR, 60BB
Boston Dave: If we can get that type of production from a bench player, I’d have to say we’re in fairly good shape.
wow this games is hot dammn i ished they had have this game for xbox 360 i wonder how the new yankee stadium is gonna look on mlb 2k9 i wil b buyin that game
Son of a bee sting. Can’t view that outside of the US. Any chance of anyone kindly upping it to Youtube?
Cheers!
Rebecca,
definitely. He’ll be one of the better utility/bench players they’ve had in a while. He could hit for even more power than he did over previous years. His lefty/righty splits are fairly even – more power hitting lefty (which is great for yankee stadium) and better avg/OBP hitting as a righty.
He is one guy I am anxious to see in pinstripes.
Bill James projections for Swisher…….
.240/.359/.451 23 HR 78 R 71 RBI 80 BB in 463 ABs
dennis-costanza(Sox fan) -
Fredo went fishing the other day, and he hasn’t come back.
Swisher– 23HR in 375AB? Wow!
Marcel projections for Swisher
.245/.344/.434 21 HR 77 R 68 RBI 78 BB in 470 ABs
bah. bill james is smarter…
What day do pitchers and catchers report for the Yankees?
I still can’t believe the Braves gave up $60 mill for Lowe, when the next highest offer was $36 mill by the mets.
So where is the outcry? The big bad market team taking Lowe away from the small market team?
Lots of big doins in DC these days.
“A grand jury has summoned admitted steroid supplier Kirk Radomski to Washington as it begins examining “overwhelming” evidence that former Yankee Roger Clemens used steroids extensively.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....s_per.html
I always thought Radomski looked like an odd version of Jeter. Maybe it’s the eyes.
very cool. gave me chills. can’t wait for opening day.
“Bill James projections for Swisher…….
.240/.359/.451 23 HR 78 R 71 RBI 80 BB in 463 ABs”
I’m guessing these were prior to the Tex signing. I don’t see Swisher getting 543+ plate appearances as a utility guy.
Phil: I guess the Braves just really, really wanted him. Or something.
Just for fun…..
Bill James projections for Xavier Nady
.284/.337/.473 23 HR 71 R 86 RBI 36 BB in 546 ABs
speaking of opening day, the home opener is only 92 away.
Bill James is a meatball. 36BB? only 23HR?
Swisher is not a bench guy – he will start over Nady if Nady is still around.
sorry, i misread that. i was thinking swisher not nady.
“Bill James is a meatball. 36BB? only 23HR?”
last year he had 25HR and 39BB
X-man doesn’t walk. Set his career high with 39 last year between the Yanks and Pirates combined.
“Swisher is not a bench guy – he will start over Nady if Nady is still around.”
He still isnt likely to see 550+ plate appearances, is he? If he gets 450 or so that’s almost 3 out of every 4 games.
The Yanks seem like they’ll use some sort of rotation with Damon, Swisher, Matsui, Gardner, Melky even if they trade Nady. But I guess Swisher is clearly your most often used RF in that scenario.
ham fighters,
my bad. i misread it thinking he meant swisher. sorry.
“Roch Kubatko says the Orioles would only consider Adam Dunn as a DH, and he wants to play the outfield.”
good luck with that Adam.
Rebecca – I guess they could already have computer ‘models’ of various types of players’ bodies on file (broken down by size, shape, lefty/righty/switch among other characteristics) and all they had to do was map a new uniform (or just the team logos and colors) onto the model. Maybe they map specific players’ faces onto the models later too? Not sure.
Again, I’m no software geek so I have incredibly little insight into exactly how they do it. I was obviously unaware of how fast they could do it.
15 million for Lowe….12-13 mil for Pettite seems right…
Oh, and to give credit where credit is due, I got those projections from fangraphs.com – a great stats site. Has the UZR defensive stats that people reference on here every now and again (I believe CB likes that stat if I’m not mistaken) as well as Bill James/CHONE/Marcel projections.
Rickey and Rice are on Letterman this eve. Rickey should be entertaining to say the least.
Re: Swisher. I am not sure he will be very pleased as a bench or platoon player. He was very disapointed and according to the Sun Times became “distant” when his playing time diminshed in Chicago during their stretch run. NY could be a different story however I think he envisions himself as an everyday player. JMO.
-dennis
Spring training starts in 30 days, and Manny is still in limbo.
“5 million for Lowe….12-13 mil for Pettite seems right…”
back to what has already been said….
nobody has offered Andy more than 10M and it’s doubtful anyone will. 10M was his top offer and now it’s gone.
so… 8-10M or retirement for Pettitte seems right.
A little “heads” up:
http://mlb.com/news/article.js.....id=3705105
That game looks awesome. Makes me want to go out and buy a PlayStation.
They were pretty generous when it came to CC’s girth although I don’t like the apparent “coolness” Arod offers Tex as he crosses the plate. Should be a double high five in that situation againt Boston!
A lot has been discussed about the restaurant in CF and the possible limited view from the adjacent seats. If it’s true that those seats have blocked views then that’s pretty messed up on the part of the Yankees.
I think Swisher will be the RF and Nady will be a National Leaguer.
qutoing ANSKY:
The stadium looks great in MLB ‘09.
How long has it been since the Tiexeira signing … 3 weeks? I’m no software geek but they sure got him in there quickly didn’t they?
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I do this for a living. All they had to do was change a few players’ team index in a spreadsheet and give him a spot in the lineup. 5-10 minute change. Or just play the game and trade him to the Yankees for some video capture.
rodg12, i was just checking out fangraphs. i downloaded a marcel spreadsheet a while ago and it seemed to be missing some columns.
what’s the difference between wOBA and OBP?
The spreadsheet i downloaded a month or so back only had wOBA and i assumed they were the same thing…
Phil Parcells.
Great Post. The corner outfield market has become the Detroit economy….
-dennis
Unbeliavable, cant wait to see the new stadium and to start this new season.
But thanx god we have baseball winter here in venezuela and the playoffs r better than ever now.
GO AGUILAS!! A LA CARGA!!!
Pel,
thanks for that heads up. i need to email that to my dad. Francessa is still brainwashing him with this bullpen nonsense…
Boston Dave…..It’s called working out an agreement….Actually with the signing of Lowe it only enachances Pettite signing somewhere between the 16 and the 10 million offered…..I still say 12-13 gets it done…..
Jennifer:
Pitchers & Catchers are scheduled to report on February 13th – as Phil noted, just 30 days away!!
Jennifer:
Pitchers & Catchers are scheduled to report on February 13th – as Phil noted, just 30 days away!!
looking at potentially obstructed view seats here:
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....lector.jsp
it’s worse than i thought. bleacher sections 201 and 239 are horrible if you sit in the middle or back of them.
But since we are talking projections, here are the batting averages they listed on the scorboard (they need to update the players!):
NYY:
Damon .285
Jeter .343
Abreu .330
Smith .346
Giambi .253
Rodriguez .290
Matsui .302
Posada .277
Cano .342
BOS:
Crisp .300
Pedroia .280
Ortiz .300
Ramirez .292
Varitek .281
Lowell .236
Drew .275
Youkilis .278
Lugo .232
ANSKY: Nah, it’s simpler than that. On the sports games today you can trade with other teams, and you can set it up so you’re either trading with a computer or with another human player.
Or you can have your own draft, too.
It’s pretty cool, but incredibly intense.
Once again STUPID
the stadium seat selector doesnt work for the bleachers.
Man tickets are out of sight……Priced like the Super Bowl Tickets X 81 games….Wow….
Smoltz will win 15 games – easy.
so no one posted this?
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=3829924
Randy Levine subpoenaed
looking at this seating chart it seems like there arent as many obstructed seats because of the angles.
http://www.empiretickets.com/s.....ng-ALL.gif
JoeT: Michelle linked to it earlier.
Ham,
That’s the old stadium.
bronx, it shows that chart for 2009 tickets.
this pick kinda shows you alot of the obstructed seats on the LF side of the restaurant.
sorry here it is:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....otogallery
pix 2 and 4
Oh. My. God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bAFniMmrzw
Everyday I read or hear something from Gammons it makes me respect him a little less. Imagine the crap he’d be saying in a room full of Red Sox fans. Is there any baseball “analyst” that has been wrong as many times this year as him?
if the restaurant is as big in real life as it is in the video game, im gonna have to get a ticket on the RF side for her and the LF side for me and we can describe the action on the other side over the cel.
Tom: I may never get those five minutes of my life back…
Sorry.
which means i have to find a gf with decent play-by-play abilities.
Tom: isn’t that supposed to come with a Surgeon General’s warning?
Two things I like, Tex is hitting HR’s from both sides of the plate, and Posada is catching. Can’t get much better than that.
Does anyone have an idea of what the difference in the gate reciepts are going to be from the two Stadiums….It has to be substantial, what 30 % at least,,,,,
I don’t know. The sight lines look messed up. Like you can’t see the opposite outfield. I guess you can’t really tell until you sit there.
I’m not too crazy about bleacher seats anyway. Still, in this day and age with modern stadiums there shouldn’t be obstructed view.
Nick, no. But, this should:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzAR2Z52rNM
“the stadium seat selector doesnt work for the bleachers.”
?
sure it does. click on a bleacher section after it highlights, then click view. then you can change from front middle or rear of that section…
Tom
Gammons looks like a 100 year old turtle.
holy…..Andruw Jones actually lost weight. He was on MLBtv.
I thought this MLB hot stove was supposed to be better than espn?? They asked which signing they thought was the best of the offseason… Harold Reynolds just said he liked the Raul Ibanez signing (hahaha), and Boston also got mentioned… but NO ONE mentioned the Yankees. One guy said he liked how both New York teams built new stadiums. What?! How can NO ONE make any mention of Sabathia OR Texeira, inarguably the best pitcher and position player on the market? Ridiculous!
MLB tv just went crazy. went from a segment to commerical and back again to commerical.
Eric: Because that would make sense.
http://news.google.com/news/ur.....kPc673Wfiw
Padres re-sign Prior
Smith is going to be insane batting cleanup in 2009
Smith’s awesome ! He’s also got 8 gold gloves. 4 in center and 4 at short.
I also love the fact that he’s our 5th starter!
Any thoughts on where Michael Young (shortstop for the Rangers might end up?
He doesn’t want to move to third and is asking for a trade.
He hit over 300 in the Ranger’s park but hit 264 in away games.
“Smith is going to be insane batting cleanup in 2009″
I think we should trade him for Peavy. Sell High.
Ray, I don’t know. That 16 million per year is going to be tough to move.
I think you are right Tom.
ray, it’s an awful contract for a team to take on, especially when many teams are pressed as it is.
ray (sox fan)
January 13th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
“Any thoughts on where Michael Young (shortstop for the Rangers might end up?
He doesn’t want to move to third and is asking for a trade.
He hit over 300 in the Ranger’s park but hit 264 in away games.”
Probably Texas would have to take on a bad contract in return, like Soriano, Carlos Lee?
I think you asked on an earlier post if Boras has ever advised an elite player to accept arbitration. He did this with Maddux for his last year as a Brave, accepting, if I remember, 16M which hampered Schuerholtz in doing other deals. Varitek was ill advised not to accept arbitration.
Didn’t Paul Byrd accept?
Bronx Jeers
January 13th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
“Smith’s awesome ! He’s also got 8 gold gloves. 4 in center and 4 at short.
I also love the fact that he’s our 5th starter!”
What Smith are you referring to?
Rebecca, I knew that Young had a considerable contract but I did not realize it was for 16 million a year.
Looks like either Texas would have to eat some of that contract or be willing to have an unhappy player on their hands.
They paid quite a bit of Arod’s contract for the first few years he played for you guys didn’t they?
Yankee Trader
Thanks for the info on Boras and whether his players ever accept arbitration.
Actually Paul Byrd did not accept arbitration in answer to your question.
Texas would have paid more if he didn’t opt out.
Ray-
Looked it up to reconfirm. This was for 2003.
ATLANTA — Greg Maddux is used to setting records. Yesterday, he claimed another.
The four-time Cy Young Award winner avoided an arbitration hearing by agreeing to the largest one-year contract in baseball history, a $14.75million deal with the Atlanta Braves.
The previous record for a one-year contract was pitcher David Cone’s $12million deal with the New York Yankees in 2000.
Maddux became a free agent after winning 16 games last season but failed to draw much interest in the open market. He accepted the Braves’ offer of arbitration in December, binding him to the team for the 2003 season.
Maddux had asked for $16million and …
“ray, it’s an awful contract for a team to take on, especially when many teams are pressed as it is.”
I read somewhere on ESPN (Olney?) that some execs in the game are dismayed with his me-first attitude of not wanting to switch positions. Just tossing that out there.
from:
http://insider.espn.go.com/esp.....ney_buster
“Dish: Michael Young wants to be traded after being told the Rangers want to move him from shortstop to third base to facilitate the ascension of Elvis Andrus, Richard Durrett writes. Digestion: Many rival executives and even some agents have little sympathy for Young, and some are flat-out appalled by his response. “The guy is well-compensated by the Rangers, and the Rangers are asking him to make a change that they think is good for the team,” one executive said. “They should tell him, ‘You’re unhappy? OK, would you like to void your contract?’ And of course the answer would be no.”
Said another official: “What a joke. It’s all about him, and not about the Rangers.”
There is unanimity among executives I spoke with Monday on this point: It will be very, very difficult for Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels to arrange a suitable trade of Young because of his enormous contract. But Young’s deal is loaded with deferred money, which diminishes the real value of the contract. Here is his pay schedule:
• 2009 salary: $11 million, with $870,000 deferred
• 2010: $11 million, with $870,000 deferred
• 2011: $12 million, with $2,500,000 deferred
• 2012: $12 million, $2,500,000 deferred
• 2013: $13 million, $2,500,000 deferred
Young’s average annual salary is $11.8 million, and the total amount of deferred money in his deal will turn out to be $13.648 million, with payments beginning in 2016.
To put this contract in perspective in the current market: Orlando Hudson is a free agent. He is not in Young’s class as a hitter but is an excellent defensive player and at 31 is a year younger than Young. So if Young is a Grade A player, Hudson is a B-plus/A-minus type of guy — and there is a perception among some executives that Hudson would be fortunate to get two years and $20 million this winter. But the real value of Young’s deal is $62 million.
To trade Young, the Rangers likely would have to eat a huge chunk of his contract and accept a deal that probably would not yield topflight prospects.
Put it this way,” one GM said. “If the Rangers offered up Michael Young for free — with that contract, I don’t think there would be any takers.”
Said another GM: “Good luck moving that contract.”
There is some question among rival executives about how much production Young would generate outside the bandbox in Arlington, where his OPS in the past three seasons has been 100 points higher than it has been on the road.
And, fair or not, the idea that Young — who has had a pristine reputation in the game — is balking at a position change raises doubts about what kind of employee he will be in the last years of his career. “I’m curious to see whether Nolan Ryan (the Rangers’ president) comes out and says something about this,” an AL GM said. “He’s all old-school, and this can’t be sitting well with him.”
Young spoke with Ryan on Monday and was in a much better frame of mind afterward, Tim Cowlishaw writes. Ryan thinks Young’s feelings were hurt, Jim Reeves writes. Jeff Wilson considers a possible market for Young. “
Good to see your o.k. mel. Im missed my bff. So is m for short?
Guys im a little late to the dance. Who is Smith?
ray (sox fan)
January 13th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Rebecca, I knew that Young had a considerable contract but I did not realize it was for 16 million a year.
Looks like either Texas would have to eat some of that contract or be willing to have an unhappy player on their hands.
They paid quite a bit of Arod’s contract for the first few years he played for you guys didn’t they?
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Yeah, they did, Ray. 46 million dollars of it over 5 years.
Any interest in this deal?
Nady and his one year contract for Randy Winn and his one year deal. Winn another switch hitter with good situational stats and speed would fit nicely in the bottom third of the order, and could possibly play CF, with swisher in RF and Damon in LF.
Would like to expand this deal to obtain Sanchez another lefty pitcher with upside-Kennedy and Veras/Ramirez. Others?
Also Braves interested in Nady. Nady for Kelly Johnson. Power for a versatile OF’er/2nd baseman.
Good evening GB. I was just wondering out of curiousity if Arod had not opted out how long would Texas be required to keep paying for part of Arod’s salary?
Still think Chone Figgins is a good option in center. If they are looking at Dye, i would think we have a better shot of landing him.
Actually GB7- This was the deal.
Texas will pay $67 million of the $179 million left on Rodriguez’s record $252 million, 10-year contract, and will get All-Star second baseman Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named.
The Rangers will wind up paying $140 million for three seasons with Rodriguez, an average of $46.7 million annually for three last-place finishes in the AL West. The Yankees will owe him $112 million over seven years.
Chone Figgins is a bad OF and really wouldn’t help much.
ray-
Texas would have been paying for 2 more years or approx $16M for both years.
Responding to Jennifer (and I think Rebecca?) from the prior post, yes – 9 to Ground Zero (or whatever it’s called) is the name. I don’t recall it on HBO. I’ll tape it, but just skip over the twin towers scenes; I refuse to watch that every again. I know the 2001 WS ended badly, but boy – you don’t get any better than games 4 and 5.
Trisha, I’m not sure what show you were referring to about the top 9 position playes of all time. Perhaps you’re thinking of Prime 9? They’ve aired 4 shows thus far – one on top 9 HRs, one on top 9 CFers, one on top 9 characters and one on top 9 pitching performances. It’s a really good show – for a baseball fan, it’s nirvana (at least for this baseball fan).
“The Rangers will wind up paying $140 million for three seasons with Rodriguez, an average of $46.7 million annually for three last-place finishes in the AL West. The Yankees will owe him $112 million over seven years.”
That is unbelievable. I wonder how much $$$ the Rangers slipped Boras under the table as an extra incentive to opt-out.
“That is unbelievable. I wonder how much $$$ the Rangers slipped Boras under the table as an extra incentive to opt-out.”
If I was the Yankee front office I would have been tempted to insist that Boras pay the money they would have received from Texas.
I know that would never have happened….just saying.
New Post
SOS, smith is batting clean up for us in the new stadium. Check my post with the link to the seat selector…
That virtual tour got my baseball juices flowing. Bring the new season on already.
wow i hope mlb 2k9 looks as good as this considering i only have a 360 :/
dont count on it…the show is leaps and bounds ahead of 2k9. always has been (for baseball, 2K is great at basketball and used to be great for football)
There’s nothing else good on PS3?????????
is it last year again?