Support Swisher swings into action
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on May 06, 2009 
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The LHYB tried to help the Support the ‘Stache campaign last year to get Jason Giambi voted into the All-Star game. It failed, but we all had a lot of fun with it.
Now comes Nick Swisher.
Because was not a starter when the ballots were put together, Swisher is not on the ballot. But you can write him in.
Three Yankees fans — Frank, Tim and Matt — started a blog to support the idea of Swisher being an All-Star. Swish linked to their blog at his own site.
You can go to the official on-line ballot and vote 25 times.
Sure, it’s a little tedious. But what else are you going to do, work?
Nick is good to the fans and doesn’t take himself too seriously. Plus he pitched a scoreless inning, which makes him the best reliever the Yankees have had this season. That makes him an All-Star in our book.
He better keep his arm loose.
Anybody who can throw a scoreless inning is eligible for bullpen work.
That’s how desperate it is for the Yankees these days.
Nick seems like a really good dude. That said, he can also play, which helps a LOT.
It seriously was a lot of fun supporting the ‘stache last year, whether Giambi really “deserved” a spot or not. This is a cause we can all rally ’round. Swish has been a good addition to this team. And we need some fun around here, don’t we???
I’m all for stuffing the ballot box!
(Plus, I use both my daugthers’ e-mails to run my vote total up to 75!)
Any way to contact MLB and complain about him not being on the ballot? Seems a little silly for him to be left off despite his not being a starter when the ballot was created. You would think that sort of thing can be changed.
WE should vote all nice guys to the All Star game, after all you don’t have to be good to be there. Please stop dreaming this loser is not even going to finish 15th in the outfield voting.
Sj sounds more and more like Pete everyday.
I don’t care about All-Stars, I only care about wins.
Hokie:
This has happened to guys better than Swisher in the past. It is an unfortunate thing, but everyone has the write in option. Blame Girardi, who named Nady the starter, rather than MLB.
I agree that this SJ sounds somewhat different which makes it hard to distinguish if it actually is a different one.
Then again, I really don’t care. The Yanks are losing games they could easily be winning. This seasons reminds me of the song “Misery” by Soul Asylum. Anyone who grew up in the 90′s should know it.
Basically the Yankees are “Frustrated Incorporated.”
I dont get why D-bags like Nick Green, Van Every and Bailey are getting things done but Brett Gardner, Molina and Pena are not.
God this team depresses me…
Hey SJ44, (Or CB or any of you amateur minor-league scouts)
Have the Yankees exhausted their supply of minor-league relievers as yet?
Is there anyone left in Scranton or Trenton, the Yankees could call on at this juncture to bolster their bullpen?
What’s the received opinion about the following pitchers:
1) Zach Kroenke
2) Michael Dunn
3) Zach McCallister
4) Christian Garcia (Where is he? On the AA Disabled List)
5) Andrew Brackman (though a starter, could he help the pen)
Did you guys know Shelly Duncan has 10Hrs already in AAA?
Can’t the Yankees trade him so he can receive the chance he deserves in the SHOW?
I wonder if Cashman keeps a photo of Swish on his desk.
Is GGBG on the ballot?
Brackman won’t be in AA for another 2 years. He has yet to figure out where the plate is.
Dr. Cox -
I think some of that is perception. Bailey is hitting .118. Van Every has only 8 at-bats, so neither is really getting “things done”. Gardner could probably do well if given 8 at-bats and strictly defensive assignments.
Nick Green has been a surprise with his .774 OPS, I agree. But Pena has held his own for a player who is likely not yet developed.
As for Molina, he is what he is – a bad offensive player. It’s very easy to understand why he doesn’t come through when you look at his career.
i still think shelley should be up sharing right field while nady is gone. no need for 8 relievers.
Awesome stuff, thanks for the plug Pete! People should check out our mobilize page to find fliers they can print out to distribute at games. We aren’t stopping and only need to get to about 2,000,000 votes. We have a model and we are following it
Thanks again, Pete Abe, you rock!
KS,
Brett Tomko should be on the roster right now.
He’s pitching well in AAA, is a veteran arm, and frankly, you can abuse him a bit in an attempt to squeeze innings out of him.
One of the problems with the ‘pen is there are too many young guys in there still in the developmental stages of their careers.
Consequently, you can’t abuse them. Every team has one guy they can use up. Tomko should be that guy for the Yankees.
Of the guys you listed:
Kroenke isn’t really a prospect. Dunn isn’t ready.
McAllister is a starting pitcher with significant upside. I wouldn’t use him in the bullpen.
Garcia is still hurt, as he always is.
Brackman is in low A Ball and still trying to find his way off TJ Surgery.
Unfortunately, none of those guys are real options at this time.
Tomko should be the next guy they get up here. If, for no other reason, they can use him a lot to fill innings.
They don’t have anybody on the roster right now who can do that job.
If they didn’t carry the extra pitcher, maybe they do call up Duncan and maybe he does his lightening in the bottle routine again..At this point it’s worth a try….
Shelley Duncan = Pedro Cerano
Striaght ball, he hit it very much but curveball, bats are afraid….
Damon, GGBG and Nady are on the ballot as NYY outfields.
ill take duncan’s possible power over another useless pen arm.
Why weren’t we in on this catcher?
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
GGBG, we should all vote 500 times under our fake e-mail accounts so GGBG can be in the all-star game.
We all love how gutty he is.
why weren’t we in on that? because we have the great cervelli.
If you write in Swisher, you can only choose 2 other outfielders.
Folks, we have Jesus Montero, and Austin Romaine, how many good catching prospects do you want?
Montero and Romine are the future, but what about the present
How can we know who is an All Star 26 games into the season? why is the voting even open yet?
I guess in the seventh inning last night, down a run, runners on second and third with one out and Pena and Molina coming up…
Everyone was real thankful we had eight relievers in the bullpen and Cervelli, Berroa and Gardner on the bench.
Sheer genius, don’t you agree?
You have Posada and Molina. You have Kevin Cash and PJ Pellitere, and Cervelli. If you can point out another team that has 15 Uber prospects that are Major League ready, please let me know. You can only plan for so many injuries.
Shelley should have enough years in that he should have been a minor league free agent. It’s possible SWB is the best or only offer he had.
PAT M, I’d take Linden over Duncan. If nothing else, he plays a very good outfield in all three spots, he has some decent power and speed and takes walks. Duncan could have really helped himself a few years ago if he had learned to catch well enough to at least be an emergency catcher.
As far as the carcher spot goes, I would have dropped Cervelli and brought Pilittere up. Better defensive catcher, much better hitter. I just don’t see a team snapping up Cervelli and putting him on their 25 man roster.
I’d love to see Nick make the all-star team – though it’s way too early for that and the Yankees have other things to worry about. I’m going to go to that site tonight and do my part- Swish has been a truly wonderful addition. Not only has he been fantastic on the field, but his reputation as being a great clubhouse guy has proven to be well-earned. He’s the same cheerful, happy, passionate-about-life guy whether he’s slumping or on a hot streak – it’s hard not to love the guy.
Clueless Joe
I would like to start a club of fans that are puzzled by Girardi’s tactics. I know we have a lot of injuries but he has to take some of the blame. For Example
Last night, 2nd and 3rd, 1 out. Its pouring out, the field is wet, the ball is wet and you have Pena up who is a “A” caliber hitter with little to no experience vs Becket(one of the premier pitchers in baseball). Molina is on deck who is probably the worst hitter in the American League. How do you not bunt with Pena, he’s fast, the field is a mess, Molina is up next… make them field the ball and make a play, shake things up a little, get the team fired up with a good exciting play. Instead girardi lets him swing away in a matchup that he is completely overmatched in with a terrible hitter up next. Where is Giardi’s “national league style”? Where are all of these smart moves he makes? Where are all of the intelligent decisions in personel? Again, I know we have injuries but he has shown me nothing. We need a manager that can handle personel and ego’s. It should have been Torre’s job to keep, if not Mattingly.
kill.schill –
McAllister needs to develop as a starter before one considers him for the major league bullpen. He is more of a “precision” pitcher than a power pitcher, so I don’t think he’d translate well in the bullpen anyway.
Brackman isn’t even close to being ready – his ground ball rate is very solid, as is his strikeout rate. But his control still isn’t where it needs to be…and lefties are hitting him well. So he too needs more time before he is considered. It won’t be this year.
Michael Dunn has been mostly dominant, but had a terrible outing last week. Everything he throws is hard, which as a reliever is fine of course. Mid-90s fastball with a very good slider. There is a chance we’ll see him this year.
Kroenke is a slider specialist without a dazzling fastball. He has performed well this year, but his walks are too high. Lefties, in a limited sample, are indeed hitting only .083 off of him with a 9.00 GB/FB ratio. They’ve been stretching him out with 2-inning appearances in Scranton.
Best thing I can say about Garcia is just forget about him – at this point, just be pleasantly surprised if he ever makes a contribution. Otherwise, one just can’t really get too excited about a guy who can’t stay on the field. At this point, I see him as nothing more than a big tease. He’ll forever dazzle with his brief stints of health.
SJ, the Yankees made a choice to make him a closer in AAA which never made sense to me. You (or was it CB)explained that it was because the real prospects needed more innings in AAA that Tomko was going to take up – that’s fine, except now he’s useless to us. He’s not about to be called up here to be a closer – the only use Tomko has for the Yankees is to be an innings eater (bad or good) to save the pen. He’s going to have to be stretched out for that to happen.
Brackman is not looking like a brilliant draft pick right now. Not only does he look quite a ways away from the majors, he is taking up a 40 man roster spot we could really use for other purposes.
Dick Kaegel cleared waivers, why wouldn’t Cervelli? More upside?
Yank23, I was saying the exact same thing when Pena came up and that’s Exhibit A as to why Joe Girardi has a long way to go as a manager. Personally, I’d like to see him replaced but I’m enough of a pragmatist to realize that’s never going to happen.
There was also a situation earlier this season, down two runs and where a squeeze bunt was certainly in order; Jeter was up, but he too was permitted to swing away, and struck out.
TOMKO is AWFUL…
Please look up his baseball reference page instead of looking at his AAA numbers.
Brett Tomko? No way dude, he’s a terrible pitcher.
Aceves is a fine middle/long reliever, there is no need for Tomko
Man these threads hurt my head.
This campaign sounds awesome! I can’t believe he’s not on the ballot at all!
This morning I’m worried about our catcher for the next 2 seasons.
Counting on Posada is rolling the dice.
“Brackman is not looking like a brilliant draft pick right now.”
That’s a little hard to assess without looking at guys who were chosen after Brackman. It was a gamble on upside, and Brackman’s was widely viewed as being among the Top 3-5 in the 2007 draft.
It’s kinda hard to have a good bench when the players who started the season as bench players-Swisher, Melky, Pena, and Molina-where starting last night because of injury or ineffectiveness.
kill.schill(ing)
May 6th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Hey SJ44, (Or CB or any of you amateur minor-league scouts)
Have the Yankees exhausted their supply of minor-league relievers as yet?
Is there anyone left in Scranton or Trenton, the Yankees could call on at this juncture to bolster their bullpen?
What’s the received opinion about the following pitchers:
1) Zach Kroenke
2) Michael Dunn
3) Zach McCallister
4) Christian Garcia (Where is he? On the AA Disabled List)
5) Andrew Brackman (though a starter, could he help the pen)
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Michael Dunn is the closest to the Bronx; a lefty who can pump it in there at 97 mph and he has a great slider. He’s another converted pitcher who has made great strides.
Garcia is in Extended Spring Training, building his arm up. He’s pitching 3 innings on Saturday.
Noticed Montero DH’d last night. Can only assume his leg injury was exceedingly minor. Good news.
Tom in N.J.
May 6th, 2009 at 11:07 am
It’s kinda hard to have a good bench when the players who started the season as bench players-Swisher, Melky, Pena, and Molina-where starting last night because of injury or ineffectiveness.
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This is true. Cashman thought he had it covered because Nady was the designated RF.
If only Miranda were an OF – he’d be here already.
Damon’s Deck:
http://bigapplesports.net/2009/05/05/damons-deck/
Wave – Way too early on the Brackman analysis. He is what, 4 starts into his professional career. I agree about the 40 man spot. But please be real, he has the chance to be another special pitcher. Good K rate, good groundball rate, but he has no control at this point – which is normal considering his lack of baseball experience and the TJ surgery.
He has a mid to high 90s fastball and one of the best curves in the organization.
Get back to me mid-year next year and we will then have a bit more of an assessment.
If I remember correctly Brackman was the best available talent (pitcher wise) where the Yankees were picking. They just missed Porcello when the Tigers took him 1 spot ahead. I have to go look back at that draft and see who has progressed and who the Yankees should have picked.
But at the time Brackman was the best talented pitcher available.
Tom K
May 6th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Dr. Cox –
I think some of that is perception. Bailey is hitting .118. Van Every has only 8 at-bats, so neither is really getting “things done”. Gardner could probably do well if given 8 at-bats and strictly defensive assignments.
Nick Green has been a surprise with his .774 OPS, I agree. But Pena has held his own for a player who is likely not yet developed
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As for Molina, he is what he is – a bad offensive player. It’s very easy to understand why he doesn’t come through when you look at his career.
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Don’t inconvenience the poor fellow with the truth of numbers.
He wants to flagellate himself with the idea that everything Boston touches turns to gold, and everything the Yankees do – such as Cano, & Joba – cannot but sour.
“But at the time Brackman was the best talented pitcher available.”
How would anyone have known that? He had hardly pitched. Wasn’t it speculation that he was the best pitcher available? And a number of teams had passed on him, hadn’t they?
Miranda should have been up last night. He could have been available to pinch hit at no cost whatsoever to the 40 man roster.
If he can’t hit better than Molina or Pena, why is he on the 40 man roster at all?
Don’t even get me started on why John Rodriguez or Todd Lindley wasn’t on the bench.
We are giving away chances to win games every day we don’t make a bench move.
GB7, Then make the call…I only mentioned him due to his limited success at the MLB level……Brackman will come along…..Keep in mind folks, a deep and productive Minor League system does take at least 5-6 years before the stream is constant….We rush guys up too quickly here and we’re stuck with in the job training more often than not….Robertson and Melachon are here, get them a discribed detailed role and then evaluate them….They should have been put into situations were their chances to excell have the highest %…Instead it’s in Boston, bases loaded situations, or ebter the game with runners on in tight spots….They really need to have a few gimmie innings under their belt…..Joba throws 6 innings ( 5.2 ) and what does Giradi do, goes thru another 5 guys to finsh the game out….Crazy…..I wonder how many here ( who applauded Torre’s exit ) wish Levine would have given him that 2nd year…..Giradi is a smart baseball mind, but running the Marlins for 1 year and sitting in the Yankee dugout is not exactly the resume you want to run the NY Yankees….The most prestigous & demanding job in all of baseball
“If I remember correctly Brackman was the best available talent (pitcher wise) where the Yankees were picking. They just missed Porcello when the Tigers took him 1 spot ahead. I have to go look back at that draft and see who has progressed and who the Yankees should have picked.
But at the time Brackman was the best talented pitcher available.”
Brett Cecil (#38) made his ML debut yesterday. Other than that, Tommy Hunter? (#54). Not much high ceiling talent was missed by the Yankees, there.
“And a number of teams had passed on him, hadn’t they”
They passed on him because he wanted a ML contract/big signing bonus. And teams didn’t want to wait a 1 1/2 until he recovered from TJS.
The Yankees take chances on these TJS candidates because they have no other choice considering they are picking at the bottom of the first rounds every year.
“How would anyone have known that? He had hardly pitched. Wasn’t it speculation that he was the best pitcher available? And a number of teams had passed on him, hadn’t they?”
Everyone knew he needed Tommy John surgery. The Yankees were still willing to pay him.
“How would anyone have known that? He had hardly pitched. Wasn’t it speculation that he was the best pitcher available? And a number of teams had passed on him, hadn’t they?”
As I said earlier Wave, this was a gamble on upside, and Brackman’s was viewed as among the highest in the draft. Signability was the primary reason why many teams passed. Too many teams can’t afford that gamble.
WYH,
The issue for the Yankees is there’s no position for Miranda. He’s a 1B. With Matsui going well, they feel another lefty bat with nowhere to go but the bench or DH is gratuitous.
Personally, I’d bring him up, despite the lack of an ideal scenario, because he’s one of the few guys who I don’t think would suffer much from coming off the bench.
He’s a born hitter – and I don’t worry about him not being an effective stick off the bench. I’d also teach him to play a COF position (RF) like they’re doing w/Eric Duncan.
“They passed on him because he wanted a ML contract/big signing bonus. And teams didn’t want to wait a 1 1/2 until he recovered from TJS.
The Yankees take chances on these TJS candidates because they have no other choice considering they are picking at the bottom of the first rounds every year.”
There are plenty of choices. They may not pan out, but neither has Brackman so far.
Brackman takes up a 40 man roster spot, and that imposes a significant real world cost that cannot be dismissed. We might have lost a game last night because we didn’t have a hitter on the bench because the 40 man roster squeeze prevented John Rodriguez from being called up.
CC and AJ totals
3-3 5.30 era (11 starts)
70 innings, 67 hits , 40 ER, 28BB, 50 SO.
Pat M
May 6th, 2009 at 11:23 am
GB7, Then make the call…I only mentioned him due to his limited success at the MLB level……Brackman will come along…..Keep in mind folks, a deep and productive Minor League system does take at least 5-6 years before the stream is constant…
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I’ve got three calls into Brian, right now. I’ve gotten two calls back. One from my old buddy, Brian on a recorded message that says, “Quit calling me with ideas. I have a headache, and I know what I’m doing.”. The other call is from the police….something about obscene phone calls to NY coming from my phone. I’m gonna go kick my dog and break him of that.
bodhisattva,
I know there’s no position for Miranda, but we needed a pinch hitter last night way more than we need the extra reliever, which we don’t need at all.
If the only thing Miranda could do was pinch hit for Molina/Cervelli, or Pena/Berroa, that would justify Miranda’s call up.
Picking Brackman was fine.
What was completely mystifying – and has now come back to hurt them – was giving him a major league contract.
I didn’t understand it then and I still don’t and now it’s a completely unnecessary complication to their 40 man roster management.
And on top of that the way they negotiated his options could very well force them into a situation where they have to rush brackman to the majors or be forced to DFA him.
He had a bad elbow, no real professional basketball prospects, and multiples injuries in college that limited his ability to step on the mound.
The money isn’t that big a concern to the yankees. But why would you clot up the 40 man roster?
It seems like the underlying assumption would be that Brackman would develop quickly once he got back from surgery.
That’s was an uneccessary gamble to take.
Was he seriously going to turn down $4m with a bad elbow to got back to college because he didn’t get a major league deal?
The whole thing made no sense then and has only become a bigger mistake.
Tons of lower level seats going for under $40 for tonights game….god i wish i lived closer.
“Signability was the primary reason why many teams passed.”
It was his bum elbow that was the concern not his signability.
Rick Porcello fell from signability. Brackman fell from injury first and some issues of signability second.
But if he were healthy someone would have taken him early.
Team don’t take players in the first round often who are injured the way brackman was.
That’s why Joba fell the year before – and that was for a mild case of triceps tendinitis and conditioning issues.
Brackman’s injury was much more concerning.
“I know there’s no position for Miranda, but we needed a pinch hitter last night way more than we need the extra reliever, which we don’t need at all.”
Brett Gardner has literally been one of the worst hitters in professional baseball this year and the idea that he is pinch hitting for anyone is hard to fathom. He’s been awful at the plate.
Gardner is a guy you pinch hit for. Not use to pinch hit.
The Yankees have shown an inordinate amount of “trust” in Gardner with little reason.
Hard to believe he’s been used to pinch hit. The only hitter worse than him on the team right now is Molina – and even that’s close.
There’s no doubt they could use Miranda. It’s mystifying what’s going on with the roster.
CB-
“What was completely mystifying – and has now come back to hurt them – was giving him a major league contract.”
My recollection is the 40 man roster spot was an integral part of signing Brackman. The Yanks were willing to do it.
“He had a bad elbow, no real professional basketball prospects, and multiples injuries in college that limited his ability to step on the mound.”
That’s why IMO picking him where he was picked was too big a gamble. IMO, it’s one of those things where the upside blinds you to the downside and you can misjudge the overall risk and cost.
Wave Your Hat
May 6th, 2009 at 11:31 am
bodhisattva,
I know there’s no position for Miranda, but we needed a pinch hitter last night way more than we need the extra reliever, which we don’t need at all.
If the only thing Miranda could do was pinch hit for Molina/Cervelli, or Pena/Berroa, that would justify Miranda’s call up.
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I agree , and it’s a kind of torture that we have this talented bat within reach, especially considering our dire situation with the bench and Miranda’s roster status. At home, he would be particularly deadly.
The Yankees don’t agree, apparently.
Scranton game starts at 1:00 today if anybody’s interested. game is being streamed on radio and it has a free gameday.
Trenton has a double header starting at 5:05 PM
Tampa’s playing now. after 2 innings, Betances has allowed 0 hits or runs 1 walk and three strikeouts. Montero’s not playing.
Charleston plays tonight at 8:00.
soxnation
May 6th, 2009 at 11:36 am
A-Roid can not fix this mess… Such a bad team
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Give everyone here a break and send your stupidity on a vacation somewhere else.
“My recollection is the 40 man roster spot was an integral part of signing Brackman.”
Integral in what regards? Scott Boras demanding that his completely raw, injured, TJ surgery impending, minimal experience, high upside guy has to get a major league deal?
Brackman had no leverage. At all.
Despite that not only did the yankees cave on the money. They just caved on the major league deal.
The money is secondary.
But seriously – what was brackman going to do? He had a serious elbow injury that I’m sure he and Borass knew would require TJ surgery.
Was he going to go back to college? How would that work?
He’d have to have surgery, red shirt a year and then pitch in his senior year to prove he was healthy?
He was going to turn down $4M to take that enormous risk just because he wasn’t getting a major league deal – a deal whose major benefit is that it could in theory accelerate his path to free agency by forcing the yankees to rush him?
For that matter would he really have turned down $2M? $1M?
I just find it hard to believe. He had no leverage at all. There was no way he was going back to school.
The money alone should have been way more than enough to sign him.
“Tampa’s playing now. after 2 innings, Betances has allowed 0 hits or runs 1 walk and three strikeouts. Montero’s not playing.”
Montero did DH last night. Maybe giving him a break, day game after a night game. Those guys are in a funk down in Tampa. Haven’t won in a week. Maybe Betances brings them out.
Have a friend who’s a Sox fanatic. He’s talking loud about this Kelly kid on Greenville. You see him when they were in Charleston last weekend?
CB, I think Brackman’s leverage was that the Yanks picked him where they did. If they didn’t sign him, they would have lost a high pick and looked bad.
You make good points but the fact that Brackman got the deal he got indicates that Brackman in fact had more leverage.
As far as Tomko is concerned, I’m not saying he’s a savior.
I’m saying he should get a shot because everyone else they have tried so far has stunk.
I don’t care what his Baseball Reference page says.
If he was able to help this team for 2-4 weeks, his Baseball Reference page wouldn’t change much.
But, it would bridge the gap until Bruney and/or Marte return.
Or, they can just stay with Veras, Ramirez and Albie.
That’s worked well so far, hasn’t it?
“If they didn’t sign him, they would have lost a high pick and looked bad.”
That prospect didn’t seem to bother them last year.
reenBeret7
May 6th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Scranton game starts at 1:00 today if anybody’s interested. game is being streamed on radio and it has a free gameday.
Trenton has a double header starting at 5:05 PM
Tampa’s playing now. after 2 innings, Betances has allowed 0 hits or runs 1 walk and three strikeouts. Montero’s not playing.
Charleston plays tonight at 8:00.
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Thanks for the info. Scranton on radio @ 1 p.m. is a great work-at-home project for today.
“You make good points but the fact that Brackman got the deal he got indicates that Brackman in fact had more leverage.”
That or the yankees made a bad deal by not calling Borass’ bluff.
They probably got enamored with his “upside” and just made a deal.
They essentially gave brackman the kind of deal that brackman may have been expected to get were he not injured at all. It’s as if the injury wasn’t relevant.
For comparison – Matt Wieters that year did not get a major league contract. Matt Wieters. Now Wieters did get a 6M bonus.
But I’m can’t see how giving him a major league contract – something the yankees were known for not doing – was an absolute must to sign him.
There was simply no chance he could go back to college with a bad elbow. None. Not once he got picked by the yankees in round one and they were willing to guarantee him more than $2M – money he might never see again in his life if his recovery from TJ went badly.
He got a deal from the yankees better than most top 10 picks do.
It made no sense.
Former Yanks’ prospect Tabata out 4-6 weeks with strained hamstring http://bit.ly/uhdML
Brackman had no leverage.
Give him another 500k, tip money for the Yankees, and keep the 40 man roster spot open, and he would have jumped at it.
This also hurts the kid’s development.
FYI, this was one reason I didn’t choose Scott to rep my nephew, even though he is a friend.
I have a fundamental disagreement with him on this type of across the board strategy because it’s not a one size fits all type of deal.
For Strasburg? Yes. For Brackman and my nephew? Not best for their overall development.
The 11:54 post is not mine.
Looks like the fakes are back.
Don’t think the 11:50 is the real GB either. Must have been half day at a middle school somewhere.
This is a bad joke right? The guy had two good weeks and is now heading back to the .200 avg he deserves. He also keeps a real power hitter, Selley Duncan off the team. 2nd worst signing behind Angel Berroa. Bye Bye “Clueless” Joe Giradi.
On other notes I really dislike Melky!
the fakes are really starting to make this blog confusing.
it’s time for yankee clubhouse leadership (jeter, mo, cc, tex) to go have lunch and decide what they’re going to tell the other guys. the ‘personality’ of an organization comes from the top down. now, i have no insight into what’s going on in the clubhouse (that would be awesome) but it’s time for leaders to lead and soldiers to get the job done. want to play for another manager? aaa’s calling. want to hide behind players that aren’t there. have fun playing golf in october.
Go out and trade for Arthur Rhodes or something. We need pen help NOW.
Steve B
May 6th, 2009 at 11:45 am
“Tampa’s playing now. after 2 innings, Betances has allowed 0 hits or runs 1 walk and three strikeouts. Montero’s not playing.”
Montero did DH last night. Maybe giving him a break, day game after a night game. Those guys are in a funk down in Tampa. Haven’t won in a week. Maybe Betances brings them out.
Have a friend who’s a Sox fanatic. He’s talking loud about this Kelly kid on Greenville. You see him when they were in Charleston last weekend?
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Yeah, he pitched on Sunday. Pretty impressive. Pitched 5.2 innings. Pitch count got to him, though. Tall slender right hander. Comes from a big time baseball family. His father and uncle both played in the majors and his brother is in the Tampa system. He started as a shortstop, but, was turned into a pitcher this year.
GreenBeret7
May 6th, 2009 at 11:50 am
I know the sox are the best team in baseball & are team is such a mess but I think A-roid can help
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Jesus….No wonder you’re a Sox fan. You can’t even troll. Very amateurish attempt.
For future reference, when I post something really ridiculous, consider it an impersonator.
We do have some skilled authenticators though.
dislike melky?
HOW!?!
He is the most clutch hitter on the team right now.
The bottom of the lineup is absolutely brutal and it was so frustrating that Molina & Pena were the people that kept coming up with men on base last night. A-Rod coming back removes one of those two, but Molina will still end up hitting with men on base and he is virtually an automatic out, to the point where I’m cheering when he’s actually working the count to 2-2 in the off chance that he might somehow work a walk or at least make the pitcher throw more than 3 pitches to get him out, any silver lining. No Posada for a month+ is going to be very ugly once again this year.
As for the bullpen, they need to institute a fine for relievers walking people. I also think the luster should be compltely off of Jon Albaladejo at this point and he should be back to 5th or 6th inning low-leverage duty. Him coming out to pitch the 8th inning last night was high comedy.
Give Robertson a shot to pitch in meaningful innings over Alby, Robertson came into Melancon’s mess last night and did a decent job getting out of it with only 1 run allowed (on an infuriating walk to freaking Jeff Bailey, but he could have gotten pounded there), and he has posted excellent K numbers through AAA and MLB this year and last year. Just tell him he can’t walk anybody or he’s going to Scranton, and see what he can do.
I worry that Melancon is ticketed for a return to Scranton after his last two outings but hope that the team is patient with him and he can get his head on straight and understand that he’s got the stuff to get big leaguers out.
Betances….4 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts. The entire Tampa team seems to be in a hitting slump right now. Romine’s is 1-2 with a double, so his bat is starting to heat up.
Registration sounds good right now eh Pete?
We need a cf who’s legit and not likes these two we have now.
Clark
May 6th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Go out and trade for Arthur Rhodes or something. We need pen help NOW.
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How about we instead arrange to hit against Rhodes?
GB:
The guy who is disappointing me at Tampa is Damon Sublett. He was absolutely raking at ST and starting the year Back at Tampa I thought he would get off to a great start and earn a promotion to AA. Maybe he is still suffering the lingering effects from last year’s injury. I hope gets hot soon.
Betances final line:
6IP, 1R, 6H, 2BBs, 4Ks. 3-1 Tampa in the 7th.
Wow, another fan who dislikes Melky for no apparent reason. Too bad Gardner is on the ballot instead of Cabrera!
Like him or not, Melky’s been a solid starter as of late SteveB.