Lineup vs. Toronto
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Apr 01, 2010 
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Curtis Granderson CF
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Marcus Thames LF
Ramiro Pena SS
Brandon Laird 3B
RHP A.J. Burnett
Guess who’s back in the bullpen… Pat Venditte!
UPDATE, 9:05 a.m.: Curtis Granderson just got Venditte’s autograph. Very cool moment, the big league all-star asking the minor leaguer to sign.
Finally getting to go to an ST game, been a hectic year but my wife was kind enough to get tickets and Dunedin is just up the street so we are going. A good birthday present indeed.
Bronx Born-happy birthday! Have a great time at the game.
Bronx-
Enjoy and Happy B’day. Careful it’s april Fool’s.
have a great birthday Bronx, and we will expect a full report on the game!
BloggingBombers Curtis Granderson just got Pat Venditte to sign a ball for him. Shouldn’t that be the other way around? 2 minutes ago
LOL
Did Venditte sign it LH, RH or both?:)
UPDATE, 9:05 a.m.: Curtis Granderson just got Venditte’s autograph. Very cool moment, the big league all-star asking the minor leaguer to sign.
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That’s awesome. I’d like to get his autograph too!
Kate-
Please check your gmail when you get a chance.
Bronx Born – Enjoy!
BryanHoch C Francisco Cervelli has a Grade 1 (mild) left hamstring strain. Girardi says won’t play rest of ST; not DL yet. 3 minutes ago
Thanks guys. BD was actually yesterday but we are celebrating a bit today as well with the game. The BlueJays field is not as nice as the Phillies or GS but close by and homey. Sorry to not be seeing ARod or Jete, but lookin forward to AJ pitching and seeing the rest of the team. Yippie going to a game. It still gets me going.
Girardi: Granderson in CF, Gardner LF. Final answer.
Wow, unbelievable….poor Frankie. I’ll bet he eventually goes on the DL. Sheesh – right before the season starts, too.
Good – I always wanted Granderson in CF.
Thanks, Pat – thanks Erin!
Speaks reams as to what type of person Grandy is.
He’ll be a great and popular Bomber for years to come.
Thats the way it should have been. you don’t trade for an All Star CF to stick him in LF.
“Wow, unbelievable….poor Frankie. I’ll bet he eventually goes on the DL. Sheesh – right before the season starts, too.”
What makes you think he’ll go on the DL?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRONX BORN!
Thanks so much Erica
Pat M or CB,
Not to stir up anymore Joba debate, but I have a question for those that have a good bit of knowledge on the pitching side of things:
Everyone talks about how Joba has lost his fastball after that Texas start, which seems to be true, but how is it that he seemingly hasn’t lost a tick off his slider? When he was mowing people down in 07 and throughout the minors the fastball was sitting 94+ and the slider was around the 87-88 mph mark.
Why is that the slider hasn’t lost velocity? Is it purely conditioning? He got himself into such good shape in 06-07 that he could repeat his mechanics on the fastball that allowed for the increased velocity?
Just asking… any input would be greatly appreciated.
“Thats the way it should have been. you don’t trade for an All Star CF to stick him in LF”
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100% agreed
now the geniuses at nom@@s will have to find a different idea to endorse
Craw, first – I’m a generally pessimisitic person. Second, hamstring strains (yes, I know this is mild) can linger. After I posted it, I realized it’s probably not that serious – still, I hate to see any player injured.
“Speaks reams as to what type of person Granderson is.
He’ll be a great and popular Bomber for years to come”
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my favorite non-yankee player, in past 5 years. Never expected he would be on the yankees
With Ace and Cervelli hurting I think both will begin the season on the DL. Logan and Rivera will make the team on opening day but hopefully their tenure will be short lived.
As long as the Yankees are unsure if Gardner can hit enough to be a regular they had to keep him in left so not to have the potential of switching Granderson back to center.
“With Ace and Cervelli hurting I think both will begin the season on the DL. Logan and Rivera will make the team on opening day but hopefully their tenure will be short lived.”
Isn’t Rivera banged up as well? Or is he past that now?
Mechanics. Pitching is like a golf swing. Any change in mechanics can result in the loss of velocity, movement and command.
Joba’s shoulder injury was not serious. What’s happened to him though is that his mechanics aren’t as tight as they once were.
That’s affected his stuff more than anything.
We are seeing signs though that he is beginning to get his mechanics back to a more consistent level.
The fastball is showing late movement again. The tilt on the slider has been much better recently.
It’s now about building arm strength and concentrating on repeating his mechanics.
If he does that, he will get back to being the pitcher he is capable if being.
New Post: Granderson in center, Cervelli with a Grade 1
betsy-
slight hamstring pulls can easily turn into really serious hamstring injuries.
if you remember ,cervelli got his shot last year when posada missed 24 days after a slight hamstring problem turned into a big one.
it’s better for the yankees to err on the cautious side with cervelli especially in the cold weather of the early season when players are often playing tight and field conditions can be bad.
“Speaks reams as to what type of person Grandy is.
He’ll be a great and popular Bomber for years to come.”
Curtis seems like a nice man and a good player and I’m all for supporting people who are both those things but he hasn’t played an official game yet as a NY Yankee so I’d like to see more before I consider him a great and popular bomber.
new thread
vinny-b – I’ll bet he’s a great teammate too.
Acevedo’s back issue is probably why Hughes will remain on the 25 even though he’ll be starting two weeks in.
I believe Girardi confirmed that Hughes is staying on in case they need a long man; although in a pinch, I’m sure Mitre would be ready to give 3-4 innings.
Isn’t Rivera banged up as well? Or is he past that now?
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How bout giving PJ Pellitiere a chance if Cervelli is on the DL?
I think PJ would struggle behind the plate, especially with the running game. PJ struggled throwing runners out last year. He just doesn’t have a good arm.
Can’t wait for the season to start!