Comments on: Eight men out

By: BigBen

BigBen — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:33:00 +0000

“will shelly duncan EVER stay in bigs with anyone?”

He can, but only when he develops good plate discipline. The difference between “AAAA” players and major leaguers is that major leaguers make the adjustment to being in the big leagues. AAAA players always make the same mistakes. And Shelley did that this spring training. Shelley’s big hangup is that he doesn’t make the pitcher throw strikes. He has a tendency to swing at every pitch. He’s ALWAYS behind in the count. You can’t be in the big leagues if you’re an easy out.

By: AD

AD — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:25:14 +0000

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO – Get Edwar out of there

By: Chip

Chip — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:59:34 +0000

In case you guys still wanted some defensive stats. Damon>Melky in left field while Gardner>>>>>>>>Melky>>Swisher>Damon in center. And Swisher is pretty much equivalent to Melky in right. I’m using UZR/150 in case anybody is wondering

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:57:23 +0000

Hey, if Albaladejo making the team along with a long man means Edwar Ramirez doesn’t make the team that would be great. Remember, if not for Albaladejo getting hurt last year we would never have seen Ramirez. With the way Albaladejo was pitching before his injury and the way he has so far this spring he deserves that spot not Edwar.

By: Doreen

Doreen — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:21:25 +0000

Boston Dave -

It IS fun to watch – - as long as it’s not against the Yankees!

I think I read in the last couple of weeks that Girardi would like for Matsui to be able to play the outfield during interleague play.

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:16:54 +0000

Unless the economy takes a nice upturn before summer, there will be teams with declining attendance looking to shed payroll before the July 31st trading deadline and Cashman is well aware of it.

By: PAT M.

PAT M. — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:00:17 +0000

Nick in SF…..Nova plus 2…My get well game….Gardner has much more upside potential…I do think they both should stay …..

By: Boston Dave

Boston Dave — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:51:39 +0000

very true Nick. Outside of Yankee-land, I doubt many people expect either of them to do much of anything.

That doesn’t mean they won’t play well, but we can’t safely assume they will (yet).

By: Boston Dave

Boston Dave — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:50:35 +0000

“Like I said Melky can come into a close game late defensively for Damon. ”

Damon might actually be the better fielder of the two (anybody have stats to compare them?), aside from the obvious disparity in their arms.

By: Nick in SF

Nick in SF — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:49:27 +0000

The greatest fear is not that one of Gardner and Melky will be so much better than the other, it’s that they’ll both stink.