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Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Mar 21, 2010 
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The Yankees have a pitching plan for tomorrow.
There will be an intrasquad game here at George M. Steinbrenner Field tomorrow morning. The Yankees haven’t announced who the hitters will be — probably a mix of minor leaguers — but these will be the pitching assignments:
Team 1: Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera and Damaso Marte
vs.
Team 2: Joba Chamberlain, Chan Ho Park and Dave Robertson
The rest of the Yankees will travel to Clearwater to play the Phillies. A.J. Burnett will start that game with Phil Hughes pitching in relief.
well, it is better than nothing.
Girardi can throw a few curves of his own!: Didn’t see that one coming!
It would have been the biggest upset of the year had Rivera been asked to pitch in Clearwater. The joke around here is that he isn’t even given a pair of grey pants in spring training.
Curtis, Montero and Webber should face Chamberlain.
I’m glad that Girardi almost followed my advice.
is it a full 7 innings? 5 innings from each starter and 1 inning from each reliever?
If this isin’t the biggest give-away that Hughes is the favorite for the 5th spot, I don’t know what is.
They selected him to start against the regulars, while Joba gets to face minor league hitters in an informal setting.
good article about the Yanks pitching inside, and protecting their own (something they didn’t seem to do under Joe T.):
http://www.northjersey.com/spo.....038;page=1
(not meant as a Torre bash on my part)
Tom in NJ
March 21st, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Erica,
Here’s Curry and Johnny:
http://web.yesnetwork.com/medi…..id=7208865
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Thank you for posting!!!!!
I miss Johnny
Hughes gets to face Utley, Howard, Werth
Joba gets to face Dave Winfree, Greg Golson, and Reed Gorecki
I’m not surprised because AJ needed to face real live hitters……I am surprised that they didn’t just keep Andy/AJ and Phil Joba.
I don’t think the game is going to have an innings limit. I imagine each pitcher will pitch to his limit, however many innings that takes. It will probably be like a minor league spring training game. If a pitcher reaches his limit in the middle of an inning, they’ll simply stop the inning, take the players off the field and move to the next inning.
So Joba faces players from the World Champions and Phil faces Last Year’s Losers?
Joba pitches with bullpen pieces and Phil is with the Starters Squad?
So transparent. It’s in the bag for Young Master Philip!
I think all of us are trying to read signs from the Yankees, but none of use really knows anything. It’s not a sign that Phil is the leader for the4 #5 spot because initially Joba was pitching in Clearwater.
The same thing goes for Phil as would have gone for Joba. I doubt the Yankees are expecting him to dominate the Phils. I’d like to see him continue to throw his change, get his curve over and have good FB command. If they hit him, so be it.
Any idea of the start time of the game?
Nick, lol..
“none of use really knows anything”
Words to live by.
They are not looking at ERA when evaluating these guys, they are looking at stuff, command, pitch selection, etc.
So really it doesn’t matter who the hitters are. Of course, Joba can get away with more mistakes against minor leaguers than the Phillies hitters.
JT
True, but it’s easier to trust your marginal stuff and throw strikes v. inferior hitters.
They told us it would probably start at 10 or 10:30, but no one seems to know for sure.
My heart and my heritage say Mizzou but my bracket says West Virginia.
“True, but it’s easier to trust your marginal stuff and throw strikes v. inferior hitters.”
Agree. Joba shouldn’t have any trouble if he is throwing like he did last week.
Nick in SF…..Cornell has become a meal ticket for me so far……
Cornell is going to vault me out of last place in my pool… whoo hoo…
About to head into the city to watch Cal game with amigos, GO BEARS!
Are the starters going to be out there for the full 9 tomorrow or subbed early?
Pat M . – I would have never dreamt that Cornell would be in the tournament to start with.
That looked like Knicks defense there Maryland
BTW Randy Winn must have nude pics ala Ransom last yr.
“Prediction: No matter how the pitching realignment shakes out, Chamberlain will make this scheduled start in the major league game tomorrow.”
Ha! What a moron…
Pat, I was going to ask if you have some inside information, or are just lucky.
My laptop has developed a mind of it’s own. It’s over 5 years old, and I think I’m going to have to put it out of it’s misery.
stuckey – who said that?
dan,
Stuckey did.
This decision by the Yankees could not be more clear.
They are setting Hughes up to fail. They are throwing him to the wolves to face to big time lefties in Howard and Utley. They also know Hughes is not mentally tough enough to handle the spotlight in Clearwater during a nationally televised game.
Joba gets to stay home and blow away the scrubs. Girardi is probably calling all the minor leaguers into his office now and telling them to take it easy on Joba just in case.
The competition was over before it started. I don’t know what else you guys and gals need to see.
Joe in Long Island…..No insider info, I just been wagering since my days in HS….It’s a controlled hobby…I startoff every season ( Football / Basketball . Baseball ) with a defined amount of money to play out the season with ( 1500.00 ) and if I run out then my season is over…I’ve been known to borrow from a sport when need be……I’m haveing a good tourney goinf back to last week….
Stuckey,
Does the decisions regarding the pitching assignments tommorow change your opinion on whose job it is to lose?
Pat M. – I’m envious. With me, it’s not gambling, it’s a sure thing.
Joe in Long Island, I discovered long ago that I know much more about sports than I do the market, and it’s been for the most part very rewarding……Let’s put it this way, I took a beating in the markets during the past 18 months, I could never lose that much handicapping sports….I like my edge better this way….
“Does the decisions regarding the pitching assignments tommorow change your opinion on whose job it is to lose?”
Little bit.
I’d still put my money on Chamberlain and stick with my ultimate prediction on the 5th starter, but yes, it has created a higher level of doubt.
stuckey,
Fair enough.
Joe can always rationalize it by saying that Hughes/AJ was the original plan for today and they just pushed it back.
Who knows? Maybe AJ told Joe that he wants to face ML hitters to get into a groove and that’s why the alignment is like this.
first of all, GO BEARS! My glorious California Golden Bears will punish the silly Blue Devils.
Ok, a guy can dream.
Any guesses on the Mauer contract? Mine is 10/220.
If he was a free agent, 10/290
“Does the decisions regarding the pitching assignments tommorow change your opinion on whose job it is to lose?”
Can be looked at 2 ways.
1. Hughes is in the lead for the 5th spot and he needs the experience vs. big leaguers (and is being prepared to face ML lineups) and Joba doesn’t because its likely he goes to the pen.
2. Joba is in the lead, so they don’t need to see him face big leaguers, but rather, just get his innings in. Thus, they wanted to see how Hughes fared against the better hitters.
Or its much ado about nothing.
Either way, it is curious that they didn’t just go Hughes/Joba in the Phillies game.
Did AJ ask to face the better lineup because he has only faced a ML lineup once this spring and wants to work on things (like his change) against big leaguers? Did they intentionally try to split both kids up?
Does anybody else think the yankees will open up against the redsox with CC, AJ, JAVY VS LESTER, BECKEET, LACKEY?
Mauer will give the Twins a hometown discount.
My money is on a 5 yr/$92 million dollar deal. A franchise like that can’t absorb a $100 million+ contract, and he knows it. So he will take just below that.
“BTW Randy Winn must have nude pics ala Ransom last yr.”
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Except that Randy Winn has an established track record of success as a major leaguer and Ransom had/has zero.
Winn’s numbers last year are completely skewed by an absolute horrid performance against LHP. So bad and so out of line with his career norms that it could very likely have been a complete aberration.
Last year Winn was .292/.354/.397 in 472 PA against RHP. That was 80% of his PA’s. If he was completely done as a baseball player he would not have been able to do that in the VAST majority of his PA’s.
Winn vs. LHP in his career is a .280/.332/.426 hitter. Last year he was .158/.184/.200 in 125 PA. In his career his BABIP against LHP is .301. Last year against LHP his BABIP was .178. That is an unsustainably low number.
In 80% of his at bats last year Winn was still a good baseball player. In the 20% of his at bats where he was horrible his numbers were completely out of line with his career norms and he could very likely have suffered from incredibly bad luck.
Winn is due for a bounce back year (probably why Cash signed him) and even if he is not he is a very useful player against RHP who the Yankees will face the majority of the time. Not to mention his defense is very valuable.
Winn’s spot on this team is not in jeopardy. You either need to accept that or get over it.
Winn is a better player than Hairston– better hitter, better fielder, faster, slightly more power, yet everyone loved Hairston last year.
Some good games going on:
Xavier vs. Pitt
Texas vs. Purdue
Democrats vs. Republicans
Cal vs. Duke
LGY, Randy Winn will be a very valuable contributor in 2010…..I’m still convinced that we’ll be seeing him patrolling left field come May
Additionally,
Last year Winn was .225/.289/.296 at home and .295/.345/.404 on the road.
In his career he is a .285/.344/.412 and .287/.344/.425. Nearly identical.
In his career at San Fran’s ballpark he is .292/.345/.423. A far cry from the .225/.289/.296 he was last year.
Pat M
Then where’s Granderson going to play?
As I have said, I am OK with Winn, but I’m not OK with Thames.
As I said yesterday… Dukies will not be denied.
SI_JonHeyman
wild swing of emotions for #twins.they lose joe nathan for 1 year, then keep joe mauer for next 8. $184 mil for 8 is fair deal
Go Cal! Beat Dook!
“They also know Hughes is not mentally tough enough to handle the spotlight in Clearwater during a nationally televised game.”
This is a joke, right?
Yes, LGY was joking.
Rich in NJ, If not Thames then who is the righty stick ??? Russo, Hoffman ???
Hey that Mauer deal is great news for everybody except maybe Boston.
Congrats to Minny and Mauer!
And to Montero who can stay a Yankee.
my dream of joe mauer, the best catcher and hottest man in baseball.. in pinstripes is over, I AM SO UPSET!!!!!!!!!
Bronx Jeers March 21st, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Hey that Mauer deal is great news for everybody except maybe Boston.
Congrats to Minny and Mauer!
And to Montero who can stay a Yankee.
Was just about to say that.
Mauer locked up.
Nervous Yankee fans now turn their fears and obsessions towards Adrian Gonzalez,
Film at 11.
Red Sox fans are crying everywhere. Great news for baseball if the Mauer report is true.
Red Sox fans are crying everywhere. Great news for baseball if the Mauer report is true.
stuckey March 21st, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Mauer locked up.
Nervous Red Sox fans now turn their fears and obsessions towards Adrian Gonzalez,
Film at 11.
fixed
Mauer & the Twins came to terms? The needle didn’t even move on my interest meter. Yawn.
I don’t think we can read too much into the pitching assignments tomorrow.
Doesn’t change my mind either way on who was at the top of the list when the spring started.
I’m not seeing a lot of crying in the midst of RSN. Most folks including Sox fans figured Mauer would resign with Minnesota.
Joe Mauer stays with Twins = Erica was right!!!
I never thought Mauer would leave Minnesota, so I’m not feeling much of anything – neither happy of sad.
If anyone is interested in fantasy baseball…having a draft at 8 pm tonight. Need a few more people. Yahoo, ID #174438, pw yankees
Mauer should have been a Yankee, this is devasting news and we will feel the effects for years to come. When Mauer is leading his Twins over the Yankees in the ALDS this year, everyone who is currently happy about this signing will turn into anger. The Yankees should have prevented this, there should have been a deal under the table by the Yankees promising Mauer 300 million if he went to free agency.. I AM disgusted.
The Mauer deal makes the Red Sox and their fans extremely nervous. They need to now be major players for Adrian Gonzales or Prince Fielder or some other power bat. The reason why is linked to the dirty little secret in the prospect world – the Red Sox do not have any hitting prospects who can bat in no. 3 or no. 4 in the lineup and be generational. We have seen how Dustin and Youk are great at Fenway but not generationally great outside of the green monster. The Sox will continue to look for that big bat that Manny Ramirez represented.
“I’m not seeing a lot of crying in the midst of RSN. Most folks including Sox fans figured Mauer would resign with Minnesota.”
I think most of us thought he would re-sign as well but we sure as hell did not want to see a Theo vs Cashman bidding war.
Because I think the Yanks would have won that war but at great cost.
Now we can keep our awesome, young and cheap catcher and still have the cash for a different prize.
Not surprised about Mauer staying in Minnesota. The Twins really needed to keep him especially with the new stadium.
whatever-
I am so sorry you are disgusted. I feel that you should start some sort of protest as a symbol of your unhappiness and show the Yankee brass how you feel-
Maybe you should start with a silent protest and stop posting here for a little while
Erica,
The guy is so transparent, please.
More to be pitied than censored.
Very happy for the Twins faithful.
And it really is great deal for both sides.
Mauer gets the 4th biggest deal ever and the Twins aren’t going to be crippled paying an old catcher 23 mil per year.
I think it was Mauer’s agent (Ron Shapiro) that said the best deal is the one where all parties win and in this respect I think he succeeded.
Fans, City, Player, Team and Ownership all win on this deal.
Great news about Mauer.
Now let Adrian Gonzales get dealt to Seattle, the Mets or anywhere other than Boston and I will be a very happy man.
If Gonzales gets to dealt to another team, we’ll get treated to wild Hanley Ramirez back to Boston fantasy offers again by the likes of Gammons and the rest of NESPN.
They’re running out of franchise players to trade all their “top chips” for.
On a side note, I really felt bad for Pete when I checked out that blog while drinking my coffee this morning. If they get 5 comments on a post it seems like it’s a lot. Sad. The give and take he experienced with all of us here is non-existent there.
wha? Joe Mauer staying with Twins for 184M on 8 year contract extension. Cashman sucks.
Ray,
I was half joking when I said Red sox fans are crying everywhere but I do believe the Sox strongly hoping they would have a shot at Mauer, 1) because they need a catcher 2) because they need an impact bat.
“We have seen how Dustin and Youk are great at Fenway but not generationally great outside of the green monster.”
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Donniebaseball, I think Pedroia’s split stats are indeed significant but if you look at last year’s stats anyways Youkilis does nearly as well away as he does at home.
Last year he actually had more double away (19) than home (17). He had exactly 1 less home run away (13) than home (14). He has four less RBI’s away than home. Home OBP was .422 with an away OBP .405
He had 76 hits home and 74 hits away. I will grant you his overall average was 30 points better at home, but in most categories his home and away stats were very close.
“Mauer should have been a Yankee, this is devasting news and we will feel the effects for years to come. When Mauer is leading his Twins over the Yankees in the ALDS this year…”
LOL what the heck? He had about as amazing a season as you possibly can and oh yeah, his team, led by him, got SWEPT out of the playoffs by the Yankees.
Now let Adrian Gonzales get dealt to Seattle, the Mets or anywhere other than Boston and I will be a very happy man.
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Gonzo has to stay on West. Agreed.
Blake,
I agree with you wholeheartedly that the Sox need another bat and need to figure out what they are doing long term for the catching position.
Tell you what. We just signed Allen Embree again. We will trade him to you guys for Montero!
Montero should be traded now. He can’t catch
ray,
How about looking into Manny’s availability?
If anyone is interested in fantasy baseball…having a draft at 8 pm tonight. Need a few more people. Yahoo, ID #174438, pw yankees
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what is the point to set up a league if you dont get enough people? tsk tsk tsk.
Bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
March 21st, 2010 at 6:38 pm
ray,
“How about looking into Manny’s availability?”
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Has to be a comedian in every crowd! Good one Bodhisattva!
new thread
Notes from Sunday
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne.....ls-greinke
So Chamberlain pitching against minor league team means nothing officially.
Ray,
Let us make sure Montero is gonna be able to stay behind the plate and then maybe we’ll trade you Romine for Lester:)
HolyYankee! March 21st, 2010 at 6:33 pm
wha? Joe Mauer staying with Twins for 184M on 8 year contract extension. Cashman sucks.
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You have to be kidding me?
ray (sox fan)
March 21st, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Bodhisattva – Destiny Wears Pinstripes
March 21st, 2010 at 6:38 pm
ray,
“How about looking into Manny’s availability?”
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Has to be a comedian in every crowd! Good one Bodhisattva!
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Who’s kidding?
Manny’s bat is no joke – or have you forgotten 2004 & 2007?