Yankees pregame
Posted by: Brian Heyman - Posted in Misc on Aug 16, 2010 
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Greetings, Brian Heyman here at Yankee Stadium for Chad today. It started raining at 6:10, so the tarp was on the field. Now it’s off and the game is scheduled to begin on time.
The Tigers are in, so Johnny Damon is back here for the first time since Game 6 last November. Ironically, this comes on the same day that Joe Girardi announced that Nick Johnson has had a setback. He’s been taking batting practice, trying to come back from the wrist surgery. But the wrist is sore again. Girardi doesn’t know what it means for a comeback this season, but the Yankees obviously can’t count on that. They could have counted on Damon as the DH, but decided to let him walk and bring in the seemingly always injured Johnson, who has missed most of the season. Damon is batting .278 with 30 doubles, although he has just just seven homers and 39 RBI.
Damon wouldn’t say he feels vindicated: “I’m not that type of person.”
The Curtis Granderson trade with the Tigers hasn’t worked out well, either. Granderson is hitting .249 with 10 homers and 20 RBI. Austin Jackson is batting .303 with a homer and 25 RBI. But it’s still early to judge it, and it’s hard to say the moves were a total disaster since the Yankees still have the best record in baseball and the Tigers have backed out of the Central race in the second half, sitting now at three under .500 and 10 1/2 out.
There were questions to Damon about how he will be received by the fans. “I hope they cheer,” Damon said. The surprise will be if they don’t give him a warm ovation.
“Johnny was always very good to the fans here, and the fans were very good to Johnny,” Girardi said. “There’s a lot of fondness there between the two sides.” …
Granderson said that his new stance, with his hands starting back more, at least feels comfortable, but it’s a work in progress after just three games. …
Lance Berkman isn’t in the lineup after rolling his ankle in Kansas City yesterday. Girardi said he’s day to day. …
A-Rod was seen not hustling to first on a grounder yesterday. Girardi was asked about it and said, “It’s not a big deal.”
Here’s the Detroit lineup:
1. Austin Jackson CF
2. Johnny Damon DH
3. Brennan Boesch RF
4. Miguel Cabrera 1B
5. Carlos Guillen 2B
6. Ryan Raburn LF
7. Brandon Inge 3B
8. Jhonny Peralta SS
9. Alex Avila C
Max Scherzer P
Nick Johnson is not getting better? I’m shocked!!!! SHOCKED!!!!!
im almost positive granderson has 11 homeruns and more than 20 rbis.
if you want to make a point, get the facts right.
We all agree that Damon would have been better than Johnson, but that ship has sailed.
UnKnown-
Arod definitely made it worth it. That last homerun into the fountain was unbelivable. We were sitting down the left field line by the foul pole that game so seeing the trajectory of that ball was pretty cool. The other 3 games we were over on the first base side a few rows from teh field. Always a ton of Yanks fans at the K but this was an insane amount. Had to easily be 65-35 Yankee fans to Royals fans. The guys I was with were all from my baseball team and none are really Yanks fans so I was getting some trash talk thrown my way when Bullington was shutting them down. His stuff really didn’t look special at all. You just had that feeling that next inning they would turn it around especially with Burnett keeping it 1-0. that inning never came. And when Soria came in to face Gardner, Po, and Jeet I knew it was over…
I am so sick about this Damon crap. Damon turned down an offer from the Yanks that was for more than anyone else offered. Does he feel vindicated? How about asking him if he likes playing out the string on a team that has no chance. He’s the one that made the mistake.
“They could have counted on Damon as the DH, but decided to let him walk”
That is not an accurate statement. He was given a competitive offer of 2/14 which was rejected, and he and Boras had to scramble just to find another one year offer.
Makes it sound like the Yanks were flippant about the whole thing.
They weren’t IMO.
They valued Johnny mainly as a DH and not as a LF’er.
That’s what they thought was fair value.
Granderson has 11 HR and 35 RBI hitting .240
# Cashmoney August 16th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
the reality is that yanks has two of the worst offensive players in MLB on their 25 man roster. Cervelli and Pena, I understand they are part time and fill in player, but when you have 210 million dollar team , there simply isn’t any good reason to have those two on the roster if you strive for the best 25 man roster possible. Cashman fail to address catching / back up infielder during the deadline for whatever reasons.
that is pretty much that.
btw, Bonk’s adventure was possibly one of the greatest video game ever for the short lived Neo Geo gaming system.
Jeers-
That’s 2 corrections in one post. Mine and yours.
Guy must be tired or something.
MTU,
The Yanks malaise is spreading to the press.
As long as the beer vendors are performing at 100% I’m generally content.
Consider Nick Johnson as having on a Yankee uniform for the final time. It’s doubtful that anybody thought of him being on the postseason roster after his last DL stint.
Who needs Nick Johnson anyway?
If Posada is going to need as many days off as he does, you have to find a better backup catcher than Cervelli.
Hitting .100 since May with 9 errors? What positive attribute does he possibly contribute to the team?
Jeers-
Erica’s ex-PBF needs a reality check.
Simple solutions to the world’s problems. That’s what we need.
Beer is part of the answer.
K-Rod tore a thumb ligament during altercation with baby-mama in-law and will need season ending surgery.
Wow, Brian got the whole Damon thing wrong. The Yankees wanted Damon back………….I’m not going to rehash the whole thing. They decided on Johnson only after it was obvious Damon was not going to re-sign.
Yeah. So can’t wait for the “He could be doing that for us!” comments.
Jeers-
By the way. What did you think of the last Mayan inspired YMH tribute ? It was your suggestion that lead me to do it.
i love that people think Cashman didnt address this or that…. you think he didnt even bother to try? I saw he was looking at a lot of infielders, wigginton, etc… It isn’t his fault that people ask for way too much from us to get a back up infielder.
BACK UP PLAYERS DONT HIT .300, or they would be starters.
Cervelli is fine for a back up, but he plays more than the average back up. Pena is fine in his role.
What’s next…. he didn’t try to get rotation help? Like not going for Cliff Lee when he was available? OH WAIT!!!
Yeah, they could have counted on 39 RBIs. Jackson has 5 more RBI’s than Granderson and Granderson missed a month………….
Also, why would Damon feel vindicated? His team is going absolutely nowhere………..and he hasn’t had a very good year.
As to Alex not hustling, I didn’t see it – maybe his hip was hurting?
Hope Lance is back soon.
Cervelli is killing this team
No more Cervelli. Please.
Glad to see I’m not the only one who agrees that Heyman is WAY off base………..this is a completely biased post.
Wow, Brian got the whole Damon thing wrong. The Yankees wanted Damon back………….I’m not going to rehash the whole thing. They decided on Johnson only after it was obvious Damon was not going to re-sign.
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Yeah, that and granderson’s statistics. Every stat he presented for granderson was wrong.
Whoa, Krod. Just remember, whenever you get really down on the Yanks, that things could be much, much worse. You could be a Mets fan.
“As to Alex not hustling, I didn?t see it ? maybe his hip was hurting?”
or maybe it’s a slow news week?
I’m in for a Tiger-Yankee trade to bring Damon back as DH….
I’ll give them Igawa AND $4 million.
“A-Rod was seen not hustling to first on a grounder yesterday.”
Typical add-on trash from the usual suspect. Didn’t you see somebody else not hustling? Or were you just looking for one person?
Glad to see my fellow-bloggers correcting the misrepresentation of the turn of events last off-season. Means I don’t have to!
Heyman has it in for the Yankees with this blog post – is this Jon or Brian? Sheesh.
love affair with cervelli = over,
Alex not hustling? Didn’t see it.
Damon? Like him, but he chose to turn down a fair offer from this team. So if he did have any hard feelings, he can stew on it at .500 in the AL Central, and out of any playoff race.
Jackson? Would have been nice to him in our Uni, however 5 more rbis in more than 30 games played is not really all that special. Even taking into account that Jackson is a leadoff hitter and granderson is at the bottom, that doesnt mean much.
Slow news week? I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere except this jewel of a thread. This is fiction.
“I?m in for a Tiger-Yankee trade to bring Damon back as DH?.
I?ll give them Igawa AND $4 million.”
How much of the $4M are you in for?
Doreen, this really ticks me off because whoever Brian Heyman is (or whatever he does outside this blog), he should know better.
Betsy August 16th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Heyman has it in for the Yankees with this blog post – is this Jon or Brian? Sheesh
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Is there a difference?
Where is this guy? At least correct the stats, if not the entire article of how the off-season did NOT happen.
I’m just kidding about a trade for Damon of course. Kind of.
Of course Damon will be well-received. No one has yet had the opportunity to give him his post-WS cheers! And he was well-liked when he was here and many of us wished he’d come back.
But after the first inning, I sure hope it’s business as usual for the fans. (And I hope Javier has a good game.)
Pat, I have $4 million ready right now in my Monopoly kit.
I’m just kidding about a trade for Damon of course. Kind of.
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I think at this point, most yankee fans would like to see that happen, but not to kick in half of damon’s salary with 45 or so games left.
Don’t really understand the hate for Pena. He is a back-up infielder and he has played great defense. He is not there because of his bat, or, as others have pointed out, he would be an everyday player somewhere.
Well, at least he didn’t wait until the 6th inning to post the pre-game notes this time.
Betsy -
I know. I thought we’d covered this issue a long time ago, many times, and I’d hoped we’d be done with it. Wishful thinking. And I forgot until someone this morning brought it up about Damon vs. Vazquez all those years ago, and now I really won’t be able to stomach listening to the game at all.
If Jorge can catch, he’d better be catching all the playoff games; this rotation system is ridiculous and Cervelli is awful. I still don’t get why they don’t bring up Moeller, who at least is a better defensive catcher.
I was sitting down the 1st base line yesterday and I didn’t notice Arod dogging it. I mean was he busting it down the line? No, but the guy has a bad hip and it was a routine grounder. He wasn’t sprinting but 99% of major leaguers don’t sprint out routine ground balls. A lack of hustle wasn’t the problem for the Yanks yesterday. It was missing countless pitches to hit from Bullington. They seemed like they took for granted that they woudl eventually get to him and before you knew it, it was the 9th inning and Soria was coming in. Not a good performance yesterday but if it wasn’t for Arod this weekend would have been a total waste.
GB7,
Why are you picking on Brian Heyman?
GB, that’s what I’m asking. I’ve never gotten on any of the bloggers just because it’s not my style, but I had to here…….
MTU,
Very cool. . I’ve seen some ruins in Tulum on the Yucatan. Wasn’t nearly as magnificent though.
Actually that night I thought of a possible Taino ‘tribute” to ARod as I have some recent pics from a trip to the DR but I barely left the beach and my rum.
I have been in some very big caves there though.
The whole Nick Johnson thing is another nail in Cashman’s coffin. Johnson is more fragile than ancient Egyptian pottery, whats even worse is everybody knew it.
Doreen, it’s not even that – it’s that Heyman just completely botched the job; he was wrong in every way he could be wrong.
Johnny Damon’s back in town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brian’s just reporting. Damon was asked is he felt indicated and he said “no” .
He’s doing his job, no need to vilify the guy…
Does Ajax project to have any power at the big league level? I know he’s still very young and I loved the guy as a prospect but 1 homerun has to be disappointing in that regard. I know he didn’t show a ton of power in the minors but I was thinking he was going to be around a 15 homer guy in the majors. He’s playing a power position and I don’t know if less than 5 homers a year will be a good contribuation from a center fielder. Cabrera helps balance out the power but Ajax will have to develop into something more than just a good average guy and great fielder. He needs another tool imo. But he is young and has time. I like him alot.
Crawdaddy August 16th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
GB7,
Why are you picking on Brian Heyman?
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The next time he posts anything accurate or without the PA BS will be a first. Let him go back to the football articles. Nobody ever checks for accuracy there.
Most things in baseball take time to properly evaluate.
A year ago many yankee fans couldn’t get enough of Frankie Cervelli.
He had “energy.” He had “heart” and “intangibles” and “fire” and all that good stuff. All of the pitcher had great “chemistry” with him and he was clearly making them pitch much better than they otherwise would have been.
The catcher of the future.
A few times Randy and SJ tried to point out some basic things that Cervelli did poorly (like moving around way to much behind the plate, etc.) and they were pilloried because Cervelli was a defensive genius.
Baseball for young players really starts when the league sees them and makes adjustments. For most players, you only find out about what they are when they are forced to adjust back to what the league has done.
Cervelli hasn’t made that adjustment either offensively or defensively particularly well.
Tyler August 16th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
I was sitting down the 1st base line yesterday and I didn’t notice Arod dogging it. I mean was he busting it down the line? No, but the guy has a bad hip and it was a routine grounder. He wasn’t sprinting but 99% of major leaguers don’t sprint out routine ground balls. A lack of hustle wasn’t the problem for the Yanks yesterday. It was missing countless pitches to hit from Bullington. They seemed like they took for granted that they woudl eventually get to him and before you knew it, it was the 9th inning and Soria was coming in. Not a good performance yesterday but if it wasn’t for Arod this weekend would have been a total waste.
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Prior to ARod’s hip surgery, he would “bust it down the line” 100% of the time. It would be common to see ARod thrown out at 1st by a step and running through the bag at top speed.
Obviously post-surgery, ARod either does not do that as often or not at all. I can’t remember every grounder, but to me it’s perfectly ok if ARod does not give it 110% due to the surgery
Tom, I don’t think so. He made it sound like the Yankees didn’t want Damon back………….and chose Johnson over him. That’s wrong.
Jackson, Coke and Kennedy for Grandy. Cashman’s worst trade ever.
Jeers-
I have been to Tulum, Chicken pizza, and Coba.
I could live at Tulum. Stunning place.
Glad you liked the pics. When I lived in the Carribean I went thru a lot of Rum too. Very understandable.
CB, yes you guys did point that out – but Frankie did handle the staff well last year and the pitchers loved him.
It’s clear that he’s completely overmatched offensively and is lousy defensively; are you surprised that the Yankees haven’t brought up Moeller? Yes, I know he can’t hit for jack, but he has to be better than Cervelli. I shudder to think if Jorge is not healthy for the playoffs.
Niblick August 16th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Jackson, Coke and Kennedy for Grandy. Cashman’s worst trade ever.
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Please become a red sox fan. Do us all a favor already and take a walk!!
Your lack of intelligence or knowledge of the game is shining brightly following your post that suggests a trade is won/lost before 1 complete season.
Warning Track Power August 16th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Tyler August 16th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
I was sitting down the 1st base line yesterday and I didn’t notice Arod dogging it. I mean was he busting it down the line? No, but the guy has a bad hip and it was a routine grounder. He wasn’t sprinting but 99% of major leaguers don’t sprint out routine ground balls. A lack of hustle wasn’t the problem for the Yanks yesterday. It was missing countless pitches to hit from Bullington. They seemed like they took for granted that they woudl eventually get to him and before you knew it, it was the 9th inning and Soria was coming in. Not a good performance yesterday but if it wasn’t for Arod this weekend would have been a total waste.
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Prior to ARod’s hip surgery, he would “bust it down the line” 100% of the time. It would be common to see ARod thrown out at 1st by a step and running through the bag at top speed.
Obviously post-surgery, ARod either does not do that as often or not at all. I can’t remember every grounder, but to me it’s perfectly ok if ARod does not give it 110% due to the surgery
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I’m not argueing with you. As I said, he wasn’t going 100% down the line imo. That’s not a criticism and I understand why. Just saying what I saw. If we want to talk baserunning, then the only thing I saw that was unacceptable was Gardner taking a 2 step lead and getting thrown out by the Bullington/Pena battery in a 1 run game. With his speed, he should steal that base easily. That’s my baserunning criticism. Not Arod running to first.
Wait… am I reading this right?! Curtis Granderson has only 20 RBI’s… for the season?! I knew he was struggling but sheesh, I never looked at his RBI’s… with at least ten of those coming from homeruns, that is ABYSMAL! Wow!
“I was sitting down the 1st base line yesterday and I didn’t notice Arod dogging it. I mean was he busting it down the line? No, but the guy has a bad hip and it was a routine grounder.”
It’s really remarkable what people expect from this guy. How can anyone try to knit pick about him not “hustling.” Sure Alex has a bad hip and sufferred from tendinitis in it earlier that year. Sure he’s 35. Sure he’s got the reputation as being one of the single hardest working players in the game. But that’s doesn’t really matter. Because it makes sense for him to kill himself getting down the line like he did when he was 25 and in perfect health.
“The next time he posts anything accurate or without the PA BS will be a first. Let him go back to the football articles. Nobody ever checks for accuracy there.”
Wow, I guess you still have some scars from PA.
MTU, There’s a place in this great world of ours called Chicken pizza?
Tom in N.J. August 16th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Brian’s just reporting. Damon was asked is he felt indicated and he said “no” .
He’s doing his job, no need to vilify the guy…
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When Arod hit #600, Heyman could not resist also mentioning in the same post his steroid use, announcing opting out of his contract during the world series, etc. He reminds me of Pete A#@!^&*. Short of flat out calling him a “clown”. This is a Yankees blog…
Oh, indeed the post is incorrect. Curtis Granderson has 35 RBIs on the season.
Brian Heyman is the one who mentioned that, lol – and I don’t believe him regardless.
bkk August 16th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Wait… am I reading this right?! Curtis Granderson has only 20 RBI’s… for the season?! I knew he was struggling but sheesh, I never looked at his RBI’s… with at least ten of those coming from homeruns, that is ABYSMAL! Wow!
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Don’t expect a correction, but, he was wrong on all three of Granderson’s numbers.
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Tom-
Chichen Izta is jokingly called Chicken Pizza.
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Crawdaddy August 16th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
“The next time he posts anything accurate or without the PA BS will be a first. Let him go back to the football articles. Nobody ever checks for accuracy there.”
Wow, I guess you still have some scars from PA.
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No, I just have little use for the Rona Barrets of the sport writers.
I would still make that trade. There was no spot for Kennedy. From what I’ve heard Coke & Bruney were not well liked in the clubhouse and Jackson has come down to earth and has been exposed with plenty of holes at bat. Granderson has underachieved but I think he will be better going forward.
#Warning Track: some are so bad that they smell right away. And this is one of them. Grandy has been on a steep decline since 2007, with no sign of reversing, or even stopping it, his two game hitting streak after working with Long notwithstanding.
And there’s no reason to be rude. If you disagree, fine, says so. But don’t make gratuitous disparaging comments about another poster’s intelligence or knowledge of the game.
“but Frankie did handle the staff well last year and the pitchers loved him. ”
Betsy-
That whole issue got blown completely out of proportion. He was good behind the plate but it’s a small sample of games. And he was never as good as many people made him out to be. He didn’t have some magical effect on the pitching staff.
When asked to do it on a more regular schedule – one that is more physically demanding and a key part to being an mlb catcher – he’s greatly struggled.
And I think some of his “high energy” catching style has become annoying to the pitching staff over time.
He wasn’t as good as people were making him out to be then. Let’s hope he’s not as bad as he looks now.
Bringing up Moeller doesn’t do anything. It’s a very marginal difference at best. With Posada now so creaky it’s better to have both Cervelli and Moeller available.
I hope the fans at the game tonight remember that Damon is not on the Yanks anymore. Of course he will get a loud cheer during his first at bat but it’s business after that. The fans clapping for Matsui after his homerun when the Yanks were getting blown out was ridiculous.
Cervelli:
June .180 .275 .246 .521
July .214 .267 .238 .505
August .133 .133 .133 .266
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I’m not going to say he is “killing the team”, because he is just one player, but is there really *no one* they can get that would be better overall?
# ac1 August 16th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
i love that people think Cashman didnt address this or that…. you think he didnt even bother to try? I saw he was looking at a lot of infielders, wigginton, etc… It isn’t his fault that people ask for way too much from us to get a back up infielder.
BACK UP PLAYERS DONT HIT .300, or they would be starters.
Cervelli is fine for a back up, but he plays more than the average back up. Pena is fine in his role.
What’s next…. he didn’t try to get rotation help? Like not going for Cliff Lee when he was available? OH WAIT!!!
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who didn’t think Cashman did not ‘try’ to address these situations? He simply ‘failed’ to address catching and backup infielder situation during the deadline.
Ramiro pena is fine @ what he does? then Why did Cashman go after the lee? because Lee presents an upgrade the rotation which is also fine without lee.Same concept AC, just above anyone east of Willy Bloomquist represent an upgrade over Ramiro Pena ! The yankees are in the business of improving their teams continuously. you argument is contradictory and don’t hold water.
by the way, on one is claiming backup needs to hit 300, as the entire yankee regulars only has 300 hitter. it is the fact that Cervelli and Pena are such poor hitters , just about any MLB player would be an upgrade over them.
Yankees, I will say this again, with their budget and modus oprandi simply could do better than Pena and Cervelli, given the below replacement value of Pena and replacement value of Cerveilli. It’s not hard, you can do better since anyone would almost do an UPGRADE over them.
MTU, thanks. That place sounds tasty
“Jackson, Coke and Kennedy for Grandy. Cashman’s worst trade ever.”
Mile Lowell trade was far worse.
People are really over rating what the yankees gave up.
Per Brian Heyman:”They could have counted on Damon as the DH, but decided to let him walk” And this is just not correct. Sometimes when Brian writes, it seems he has to throw in a dig against the Yanks, very covert stuff. Is that just my impression. I have noticed it on more than one occasion. Today, however, it was very overt.
Greetings Everyone.
Wow. People really bent out shape. The only thing Brian really did wrong was put down the wrong stats for CG. The Yankees did let Damon walk away…from a reasonable offer. DH’s market prices have dropped off.
Brian is only reporting what others asked. As for Alex, agreed, slow news day. Maybe the next slow news day someone will ask why Cano didn’t hustle down to first.
http://twitter.com/pcaldera/statuses/21285070549
Yanks sharply limited J. Vazquez’s between-starts work due to lack of life on his fastball. ‘Less volume. Less intensity,’ Dave Eiland said.
Tom-
Definitely tasty to the eyes that’s for sure, and you’re welcome.
BronxBorn-
How are you my friend ?
CB, I’m not a Cervelli fangirl, so I don’t disagree with you. However, right now he’s not even a good defender………..so why not send him down and bring Moeller up? Is Moeller that bad? Are we going to see Frankie starting in the playoffs? Ouch – that’s terrible. I really dislike this rotation. Assuming AJ and Javy start in the playoffs, then they won’t have pitched to Jorge in awhile………….that’s not smart.
Am doing good MTU… We go up to New York on Wednesday for a week and see my folks out on the island.
Maybe this is really PA’s nom de plume.
How are you and yours today EarthWalker?
With all the nonsense going on in Queens these days I would once again like to thank my father and the lord above for making me a Yankee fan.
You could be right GB. Maybe I am being overly sensitive to his tone, but he sure don’t seem to like the Yanks. I have felt that since his first blog post.
As for Vazquez I hope he pitches a good game tonight. Otherwise the fans are going to turn on him in a hurry. If he isn’t hurt then he is going to have to learn how to pitch at 88 mph so however hard he is throwing these days. Unless there is an injury he won’t be pitching in the post season but they will need him to be effective down the stretch.
People used the logic that Lance Berkman would become a key contributor because he was moving from a bad team and lineup to a pennant race and a better lineup, so his numbers would improve, being surrounded by better hitters, winning environment, and a HR ballpark….. why can’t that same logic be applied to Damon/Matsui as well?
Tigers are tied with the Padres for the 20th ranked offense in the league. Damon plays in one of the worst hitters parks in the league, coming from a stadium that was tailor-made for his swing.
For some reason, people feel that praising Damon as a player = knocking Cashman/Granderson, when it has nothing to do with that.
“No, I just have little use for the Rona Barrets of the sport writers.”
Then why bother posting on their blogs?
Nothing to do with Cervelli, but I like Molina in his tenure here. He was a good guy.
As for Cervelli, he’s playing way more than he should. Through no fault of his own. The Yankees prolly thought they wouldn’t need a better backup until 2011. And to be fair, Cervelli was decent until recently.
“Maybe the next slow news day someone will ask why Cano didn?t hustle down to first.”
Cano doesn’t generate enough page hits or sell enough papers with a backpage headline.
The Twitter-verse got all over one of the beat writers yesterday defending Alex against something written about him. The tides have changed a bit and I’m not sure all the writers are liking it.
Brian Heyman,
Watch yourself because your marked man by some around here.
Vazquez’s fastball was a lifeless 87-88 mph when he pitched at the Rangers Wednesday. After the 4 1/3-inning stint, in which he gave up six runs and eight hits, Vazquez said he was puzzled by the lack of velocity.
“I feel good, but the velocity is not there. The bottom line is that it’s not there. I reach back and see 88 and it’s frustrating,” Vazquez said. “At 92-93, I can be a little more aggressive. At 88, I have to locate. The fastball wasn’t there. I didn’t have any zip on it.”
Vazquez’s velocity has been down the past two starts because of the dreaded dead arm a lot of pitchers experience at various times of the season. Winless in his last three starts with a hefty 7.88 ERA, Vazquez is at 9-8 with a 4.90 ERA for the season.
“He is down about two miles per hour and he is missing locations, but if he were up two to three mph and still missing out over the plate he would still be getting hit,” Eiland said.
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports.....z0woF6YOJM
If no one noticed Arod not hustling down to 1st base then why post about it? Some actual news about the team would be nice. Damon left that is over with, time to move on. Also with the season that he is having this year he wouldn’t help the team anyway. He would just add to the other guys in the lineup having down years.
BB-
It’s a mixed bag. It’s going to be a long road with peaks and valleys.
I may have to hop on a plane and go back East to help out. Time will tell.
Enjoy your trip up to LI. My favorite place was always Port Washington. Going anywhere near there ?
MTU, what’s the one place in the world you’d like too see before you….
#CB – forgot about the Lowell trade. But then again, that wasn’t really a trade – more like grand larceny.
The next stage in the mets franchise history – just watch – they are going to start talking up their “prospects” and how they are going with a “youth movement” in a big way.
And that’s just going to be an convenient way to cut costs at the major league level.
Ike Davis. That was fun while it lasted. Hard to believe such a hub up was made about an ok prospect that got off to a quick start and had a track record for struggling against LH pitching.
He should have stayed in AAA all season.
But now he’s part of the future…
Is Brian Heyman any relation to Jon? Both really accurate.
http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/.....9gT4REsbNL
Because you can see how vital this group could be not only the rest of the season, but in the playoffs if the Yankees make it. Aside from CC Sabathia, the Yanks cannot feel strongly about any starter they have come October, especially if Andy Pettitte’s injury setback keeps him from being part of a postseason rotation.
It could be that the Yanks will have to go the bullpen early and often to win. This model was somewhat in effect in 1996. The team did not have a powerhouse rotation with David Cone coming back from aneurysm surgery, Pettitte just in his second season, Jimmy Key in the aging role then that Pettitte is now and Kenny Rogers being some combination of Javier Vazquez and Burnett.
The Yanks won because their pen – particularly a set-up man named Mo Rivera – was so special that October.
It may have to be again this year if the Yanks are going to survive a postseason.
Long rain delay today?
Ike Davis has had a good year and some huge hits. Niese has been unbelievable and Pelfrey has had his moments. I hate the Mets, but let’s not pretend they don’t have good young players…………
Tom-
That is a very difficult question. Do I have to try to narrow it down to one place ? There are so many.
And let me turn the question around on you ? Yours ?
Molina was great in his role as a Yank. Handled the staff (most notably Burnett well) and had some timely hits. Yes he didn’t have a great throwing percentage last year but if you catch Burnett you aren’t going to since he can’t hold runners on. IMO, the difference between him and Cervelli was money and age. Molina made a million last year while Cisco is making what 400 K? Its a little money saved and it also allowed the Yanks to get younger. I’m sure Cash wasn’t expecting Cervelli to be the catcher of the future and the guy has been overused this year but the Yanks have no choice.
Tom in N.J. August 16th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
MTU, what’s the one place in the world you’d like too see before you….
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Flat ground, water and green gras s?
Blake, they aren’t blood-related, they’re ink-related.
CB, Isn’t that what the Met’s always do?
Spend big in the early 90s and have it crash and burn? No problem! We have Alex Ochoa and Generation K!
MTU -
My folks live in Plainview. I think about half hour from PW. Got it on current scene – my empathies -
MTU, England’s Lake District.
Betsy August 16th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Ike Davis has had a good year and some huge hits. Niese has been unbelievable and Pelfrey has had his moments. I hate the Mets, but let’s not pretend they don’t have good young players…………
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Yes all those guys are promising but none are impact players in my mind. The Mets have some guys down on the farm like Mejia and Flores. The future doesn’t look bleak for the Mets but they always find a way to mess things up. I remember when Martinez and Milledge were going to be superstar corner outfielders. how’d that turn out?
I hope the Yanks don’ t let Cabrera beat them in this series. With 1st base open there is no reason to pitch to him. When the Rays played the Tigers Maddon around him in every single at bat. The Tigers even had 1st and 2nd and he walked Cabrera to put him on 3rd base. The Tigers lineup is really bad and they can’t allow him to beat them.
Thunder, lightning and rain 10 miles north of the Stadium
Any idea if it’s raining in the Bronx and if the game will start on time?
Pete did all the time what you guys are intimating Brian’s doing.
I can’t even give Heyman’s comment about Damon could’ve been the DH the time of day. Vlad could’ve been the DH, too. Matsui, too. Montero could be DH’ing for the Mariners. His comments about Damon are just that, Damon. Not worth flaming the guy for.
“Ike Davis has had a good year and some huge hits. Niese has been unbelievable and Pelfrey has had his moments. I hate the Mets, but let’s not pretend they don’t have good young players…………”
Ike Davis? He’s been terrible this season. Just awful for a first baseman.
Here are his numbers:
.245 .320 .423
That’s a so-so for a SS. For a first baseman? That’s disastrous.
The Wilpons have sold their fan base a bill of goods. I’ve followed the draft for quite a while. The mets have been amongst the worst drafting teams in baseball for years. They invest less in the draft and scouting relative to their revenues than nearly any other team.
They’re just lying to their fanbase – and the fanbase knows it.
Pelfrey was the next great mets pitcher. How’s his second half been?
What’s pretending is buying into this faux-hoopla the mets are cynically trying to create.
How has a .744 OPS 1b been good?
The Wilpons are just running a con. Now they are trying to cloak it with this “well actually our prospects are under rated… ” campaign.
Tyler, the organization is just very weird because Jeff Wilpon is a typical spoiled owner’s son – he knows nothing about baseball. The way they fired Willie? Beyond disgraceful………….
I don’t know that those players aren’t impact players. Niese is really good and Pelfrey can be a #2 type if not better. Nothing wrong with Ike Davis. The Yankees haven’t developed any superstars either recently except for Cano.
CB, you can’t possibly use Pelfrey as an example and then praise Phil…………who has a 4.81 ERA since the break. I’m being as fair as possible – what is the difference between the two except for 2 years? Pelfrey genuinely had a tremendous first half………….
The Mets are considered to have a pretty decent farm system…………
Let me make this clear, I feel very bad for Carlos Pena (baby mama’s papi). But if Krod’s season ending in surgery isn’t a lesson in karma, then I don’t know what is. It would be funny if there hadn’t been an assault victim.
The Mets must be thinking, “What the hell else?”
GB-
Been there. It’s called Miami. Don’t care for it.
BB-
Thanks. I’m sure you can relate.
Tom-
I’m not sure where that is but I would I think I would Enjoy parts of Scotland and I have always wanted to Visit Stonehenge.
I really should try to see Macchu Picchu before I close my eyes but Anchor Wat would be right there as well.I have travelled a lot but there is so much more to see including right here at home.
to be fair to Cervelli, he does have impressive stats w/runners in scoring position, particularly w/2 outs:
.394 BA & 20 RBI
http://espn.go.com/mlb/players.....erId=29273
unfortunately, that’s entirely thanks to his torrid start. since the all-star break, his slugging % is .195…
I’m not defending the Wilpons either – they franchise in terms of how it’s run is a joke. What kind of an organization treats another human being the way they treated Willie? They let Tony Bernarzard go on stabbing him in the back while placating Carlos Delgado by finally putting the man out of his misery and firing him.
The Yankees haven’t developed any superstars either recently except for Cano.
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First of all, the Yanks haven’t needed to develop many superstars because recently they have spent their money much more wisely than the mets in free agency. also, the yanks have swapped alot of propsects in trades recently so teams obviously are valueing the yanks prospects futures. the mets have had alot of speculation but omar has made virtually no moves since santana which was a gift to the mets from the gods. Also, the next great wave of Yankees prospects is arriving soon imo. The rewards of Cash putting more time and money into building the farm system will pay off very shortly. Cano was a pleasant surprise but the true gems like Montero, Romine, Banuelos, Betances are filtering through the system shortly. Then we will compare them to Davis etc. IMO, there won’t even be a comparison.
Focusing on Cervelli misses the big picture. He’s playing more b/c Jorge is playing less. As a once-every-7-games backup, he’d be fine. As a 40%-of-the-time starter, he ain’t.
We’ve all seen the stolen-base problem, I think, from both fellows.
This is a problem that needs a solution for 2011 (too late now, I would guess) — and Joe Mauer already played himself out of this particular game.
I’m hoping Montero and Romine are seeing things this way, too, and are preparing to “grow up” fast. The rest of the solution is to make Jorge a DH (I haven’t bought into Berkman just yet, sorry).
The Mets must be thinking, ?What the hell else??
They are rumored to be trying to void K-Rod’s contract so they might not have time for much else.
MTU,
When you lived in The Caribbean?
Now that sounds very nice indeed.
If there is any team with an underrated farm system its the Cardinals. Their players are having a legitimate impact at the big league level. Guys like Jon Jay, Jamie Garcia, even Steven Hill has looked impressive and he hasn’t even played above AA before making his big league debut after Larue got kicked in the face.
The Mets system isn’t underrated at all. In fact, it’s overrated. I wonder where all of the Fernando Martinez hype has gone? Even Tabata is contributing at the big league level before he is. Mejia has true potential but I’m intersted to see how Wilmer Flores develops. Mets fans try to group him with Montero when he’s only in the Florida State League..
Tarp is on the field.
“Spend big in the early 90s and have it crash and burn? No problem! We have Alex Ochoa and Generation K!”
Exactly. The cycle is just rechurning. Critical mass of expensive nonsense at the big league level so let’s roll out the new marketing campaign… “prospects.”
The only difference now is that Fred Wilpon got to open his treasure trove of nostalgia for his lost days of youth as a dodger fan. Had to have a high payroll team for that. But attendance has plummeted so away we go.
Any franchise that actually believed in their young talent rather than paying lip service to it wouldn’t have handled Meija or Davis the way the mets did this season.
The Mets so far this year have once again spent almost nothing on their draft nor have they spent much on international signings.
I’m not even comparing the state of the two franchises, Tyler, but as much as I hate the Mets, it’s just not fair to not give them credit at all. As to the prospects you mentioned, we’ll see how they turn out…….but I’m talking about players currently in the majors. It doesn’t matter what the reason is for them not developing superstars – the fact is, they haven’t (except for Cano).
MTU-It’s an area in noth-west England. It’s where William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey lived, wrote and helped invent the Romantic Movement.
http://www.bugbog.com/images/g.....ngland.jpg
pat,
Interesting. Had a couple of presidents (kennedy & lincoln) that do a WC radio show. One was saying that they should dump the guy, he embarrassed the organization, blah, blah, blah.
The other guy countered, athletes aren’t saints, blah, blah, blah.
At the time, I thought the first guy was just being extreme. Maybe not!
I’ll read up on it later. Can’t wait to read some chestnuts from Chester Cheetoes.
Tarp coming off the field.
It’s also alot tougher to produce superstars when you consistantly are drafting toward the back of the 1st round or losing those picks as compensation to other teams. The Rays picking in the top 5 for a decade gave them much better odds. Yes, you have to evaluate and pick the right player (Look at the Pirates picking Bullington number 1 overall in 2002) but it sure helps to have the high pick to get guys like Longoria. Teams find gems like Pujols late in the draft but that is so tough to do. The Yanks have been active in the international market recently so let’s see if that helps. Montero certainly has superstar potential
Tyler, I don’t even mean to be criticizing the Yankees………..
but what’s wrong with Pelfrey again as a pitcher?
CB, you once mentioned, I think, that bad franchises fail because they make the same mistakes over and over again. The Mets are example #1…
m
If they suspended him and didn’t let him come back this weekend, the union would have fought it but they would have had a better chance of getting it done on a behavior/morals clause. Letting him come back makes it look like it’s because of the injury and not a behavior issue so it’s not likely to fly.
And I know that they’re prolly just trying to dump the remainder of the contract, but it’s refreshing to see the Mets take a stance even with their comments, especially since Manuel and some of the players like Francouer (“He’s a good family man”) still live in the Dark Age.
Betsy-
Saying that Ike Davis has had a good season this year isn’t being “fair.” He’s been bad. You cannot afford to play a .744 OPS 1b in this day and age. No way.
And I’m familiar with Davis from back when he was in college and know what he did in the minors. He’s really not that great.
The Mets put Davis in an awful spot because they tried to sell him as the future of the franchise when they were floundering. It was cynical PR. And he’s gone on to have a poor season.
Davis would have been much better off staying in AAA so he could work on his game. Instead he’s been called up and is hitting like a replacement level 1b.
Pelfrey and Hughes aren’t particularly similar. Hughes is a young pitcher who is still incomplete. In turn he’s had some struggles – like all young pitchers do.
Pelfrey (who has a 5.28 ERA in the NL East since the break) has regressed in terms of his stuff. He’s back to having the same problems he had last season. That’s very discouraging and says a lot more than what his numbers say. And he’s older and more experienced than Hughes so there’s less room for growth.
pat,
Good point. But the immediate reaction itself was refreshing.
It could be bottom line and 40 man saving right now.
CB
Davis replaced Jacobs and Tatis at 1st. He is a huge upgrade over them.
Pelfrey is what 27 years old? He should be in his prime. He still hasn’t put together a full season yet. Yes, he was good the first half. He’s been terrible the 2nd half. He’s had plenty of experience as a starter now and still hasn’t shown anything.
I know Hughes has struggled but the guy is still 14-5 with a 4 ERA in a much tougher league and division. Plus, he’s 24 and really hasn’t had much big league experience starting or even minor league experience starting. Pelfrey came out of college as a supposed polished pitcher and still can’t put it together. The guy is nothing better than a 3 (and that’s pushing it) starter. And that’s in the NL. In the AL he’s a 4 at best.
pat,
Frankie lost $110K for his two day suspension. I’m like, “dang. Dude gets paid $55K to gesticulate on the mound!”
Now the Mets get to pay him for the remainder of the year, without the benefit of his arm.
“If there is any team with an underrated farm system its the Cardinals. ”
Cardinals system isn’t very poor. They haven’t invested much in it at all since this regime took over.
They’ve got Shelby Miller now and everyone else.
BB-
All part my of my “vida loca”. It’s been a interesting and fun ride. That’s for sure. Many adventures.
Pelfrey has 104 starts in his career. Why do people still talk about him like he’s a prospect?
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html
Good read on the technical aspects of the damon negociations with damon saing & i quote
“I heard that (my offer) was pending, but I really didn’t care too much. It wasn’t going to be taken. … I definitely wasn’t in the mode to take it. Taking a 40 percent pay cut just didn’t seem to be the right thing.”
Basically cashman told boras that he would give damon 2 yrs/14 million but that they had to hurry because whoever accepted first out of damon or johnson gets signed.
Different sport, but another guy messing up his life. Not sure if the guy is from NY, but the first round pick of the Pacers threw his GF down the steps outside her NYC apartment. Followup story said he then banged her head on the bottom step.
CB
Don’t the Mets lead the majors in shut out?
Their offense stinks. Bay sucked, Beltran hurt, Francoer stinks, no rbis for wright in Aug.
MTU August 16th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Tom-
That is a very difficult question. Do I have to try to narrow it down to one place ? There are so many.
And let me turn the question around on you ? Yours ?
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Can I answer that one MTU? Either Fiji or a the fiords of Norway. Of course, I wouldn’t mind making it back to Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympics. My friends daughter out in CA just got picked for the 18 and under US national hockey team, so there’s a good chance she’ll be playing.
Tom-
Thanks.That would interest me too.
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Players who get hurt “in the line of duty” usually have at least part of their salary workmen’s comp’ed/insurance covered. Players who punch baby-daddy inlaws are in the teams pocket alone. No happy way to spin that.
“Davis replaced Jacobs and Tatis at 1st. He is a huge upgrade over them.”
But that’s irrelevant. Being better than horrendous doesn’t make you a promising future foundation for a franchise. If the baseline is Jacobs, well “better than Jacobs” is meaningless unless you put some specific details in there. A .744 OPS for a 1b is not good.
That part of what the Mets are trying to do. It’s cynical. They’re trying to play some kind of three card monte of expectations over there to paper over the rot at the foundation of the organization.
I don’t even really care about them – I only brought it up because it’s hard to believe what a zoo the K-Rod situation has become and how atrociously they’ve handled. From the Manuel saying he’d use Rodgriguez the next game were he available to the fake excuse that we can only suspend him two days due to the union.
Just Curious, how many people on this blog would have taken Matsui over Nick Johnson / Berkman?
IMO A-Jax will continue to develope into a solid, above average ML CF.
When in was in SWB, they did not want him hitting for power, but, rather to be a contact, gap hitter. This is how the Yankees developed him. He is hitting for average, and as he matures, I believe his power numbers will increase.
Lets be fair in evaluating A-Jax, This is his first year in the ML, and if he was putting up those same numbers for us, I think the majority of fans would be pleased. Remember, he didn’t leave us, we traded him away.
CB August 16th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
“If there is any team with an underrated farm system its the Cardinals. ”
Cardinals system isn’t very poor. They haven’t invested much in it at all since this regime took over.
They’ve got Shelby Miller now and everyone else.
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Shelby Miller is far and away the top prospect. But for the pub some of these guys get they produce at the big league level. Guys like Jon Jay (small sample size but he’s still hitting over .350), Jamie Garcia (slowing down a little but great rookie year), Jason Motte (finally has his control problems down) are producing at the big league level. Rasmus looks like he will be a star also. Their guys don’t get alot of baseball america love but they produce even though they aren’t “top 100 prospects” imo. The Cards haven’t invested much in their system which makes it all the more impressive imo. But this draft they did finally step up. They signed Jenkins who was signed onto play QB at Baylor and are setting their sights on Austin Wilson who was a first round talent but dropped to the 12th due to his commit to Stanford. They are starting to invest more which could be a big plus for them…
I’ll get there someday, MTU.
JCPD-
Those are interesting and beautiful places. I have been very close to Fiji but chose to visit Tonga instead. Less commercial.
I dig out of the way places. just like my hiking. Wife does too.
Bergen is beautiful I’m told.
That’s great on the young hockey player. Parents must be proud.
“If they suspended him and didn’t let him come back this weekend, the union would have fought it but they would have had a better chance of getting it done on a behavior/morals clause.”
The Cub suspended Zambrano indefinitely. The mets easily could have done the same with Rodriguez and worked out a deal with the union like the Cubs did.
The union thing was just an excuse.
“Different sport, but another guy messing up his life. Not sure if the guy is from NY, but the first round pick of the Pacers threw his GF down the steps outside her NYC apartment. Followup story said he then banged her head on the bottom step.”
He was a high school star in NY… his anger problems were well-documented in the streets before he even went to college. Nice b-ball skills, though.
Cashmoney August 16th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Just Curious, how many people on this blog would have taken Matsui over Nick Johnson / Berkman?
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(sheepishly raises hand)
Tom-
Make sure you do.
Melk Man,
Really? Pacers gambled and it’s going to burn them. Guy is obviously toxic.
“Pelfrey has 104 starts in his career. Why do people still talk about him like he’s a prospect?”
Comparing him to Hughes is just false equivalence.
JCPD-
Can I share and/or print some of your photos ? Is that OK with you ?
# BIG AL August 16th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
IMO A-Jax will continue to develope into a solid, above average ML CF.
When in was in SWB, they did not want him hitting for power, but, rather to be a contact, gap hitter. This is how the Yankees developed him. He is hitting for average, and as he matures, I believe his power numbers will increase.
Lets be fair in evaluating A-Jax, This is his first year in the ML, and if he was putting up those same numbers for us, I think the majority of fans would be pleased. Remember, he didn’t leave us, we traded him away.
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agree, i think his only power surge sample size came when he was in FL league, after that, the focus was making contact, I think he still has a high BABIP which is a indication of some luck in regard to his average. But I see good Def in CF and pretty nice swing to boot.
the only knock i can think of aside from lack of power is the fact he SO a ton , I am gonna assume those numbers will go down as he familiarize himself to ML pitching.
Most Mets fans are looking forward to football season right about now.
I mean they usually are anyway but I sense this season has really taken its toll on them.
Tyler-
It’s true that the Cards do find a way to come up with productive players. Some of that is Duncan at the major league level.
It seems to me that the bigger issue is that LaRussa just doesn’t want to wait for young players and that’s what’s been driving how they invest resources.
LaRussa has done a poor job supporting Colby Rasmus’s development this season because he’s not patient enough.
And if you’re not going to make a firm committment to a guy with Rasmus’s tools then there are problems.
Why would the Mets void his contract?
He is a knucklehead, but he is still a top-tier closer in baseball. Look at how many bad closers there are in baseball… a team wouldn’t be interested in him with 1 yr left on his deal next year (though there is a vesting options if he finishes, not appears, in 64 games).
Mets should trade him for something. It’s not like Zombrano where his contract is unmovable and uncoachable.
# m August 16th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Cashmoney August 16th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Just Curious, how many people on this blog would have taken Matsui over Nick Johnson / Berkman?
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(sheepishly raises hand)
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i would taken Matsui over those two as well without the benefit of hindsight for the simple fact that Godz is a known quantity and proven big time professional hitter and tailor for YS.
paying him market value for one year would have been prudent and fine IMO>
As I suspected, Matthews is the writer who asked the A-Rod not hustling question.
As long as we’re redoing history on players signed/not signed or traded, I’d reverse the Winfield trade for Mike Witt and the Leiter for Barfield trade.
Cashmoney August 16th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
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Agreed. If he was still with the Yankees, he might still be ib SWB learning his trade, with a Sept call up. He is now getting the advanced training at the ML level. I always liked A-Jax, and was sorry to see him traded.
Lets hope Cashman don’t trade away other top prospects this winter.
AJax is going to have a nice career ahead of him. But ultimately in order to make contact at an acceptable rate he had to adopt of very simple swing which works against hitting for power. His swing plane isn’t going to put any loft on the ball at all.
To hit for power he’ll need to signicantly rebuild his swing – and given his problem with strike outs already that would be very risky.
Enjoy the game folks.
Go get ‘em Javy.
Jackson is no more than a 15-17 homer a year player, but, never in that park. As long as he’s there, 10-12 tops.
Boy, am I glad I’m on radio silence on this Damon thing.
MTU August 16th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
JCPD-
Can I share and/or print some of your photos ? Is that OK with you ?
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Absolutely, you can share my web address with anyone you’d like to also. People can share their thoughts e-mailing me through the site……….. OK, you talked me into it……. Tonga it will be instead of Fiji.
Gonna have baseball or what?
Nice matchup down in TB. A good offense can make Price work a bit. Happy Catwalking, Texas.
CB -
I’ll reserve my final comments on A-Jax, until he’s got at least 3 yrs ML experience. After that period, I think it’ll be fair to judge what direction his career is headed.
@AL , i still have faith in Granderson, I think it would it takes at least another to formulate any definitive winner/loser in this trade. That said, AJAX is fine prospect and was the Yankee Top two or three prospects at the time.
I don’t know if Cash will go Ninja in the off season, I would like to Lee, a regular catcher maybe, other than that I think Crawford /Werth are icing on the cake, if we can get them on the cheap (which i doubt) , then fine. I can’t see Cashman making any big trade this off season.
Did I mention Johnny is back?? YAY!!!!!!!!
GB, This is interesting, and it’s in your neck of the woods:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/.....mp/?hpt=T2
JCPD-
Thanks. I appreciate that.
# Erica in NY August 16th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Did I mention Johnny is back?? YAY!!!!!!!!
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was he an EX PMF ?
“I’ll reserve my final comments on A-Jax, until he’s got at least 3 yrs ML experience. After that period, I think it’ll be fair to judge what direction his career is headed.”
I agree with that. Just my impression right now. But only time will tell.
At the same time, until he proves he can hit for power I wouldn’t make out trading him the catastrophic loss some are making it out to be.
Cashmoney -
If Cashman were to go for a corner OF, I’d prefer Werth. A steady player, good arm, runs well, and much cheaper than Crawford. I think Crawford winds up with the Andels or Red Sox. We could use a better back-up catcher, unless Romaine id ready next year, which I doubt. I don’t think Montero will be a full time ML catcher, not at this point. He’s young, and could continue to improve enough to get there.
“Did I mention Johnny is back?? YAY!!!!!!!!”
Why are you not at the game?
I hope the curse of Brian Heyman don’t show up tonight. Where does he get his facts?
Erica i think you may enjoy this pic http://www.daylife.com/photo/0.....rk+Yankees
pat August 16th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
“Did I mention Johnny is back?? YAY!!!!!!!!”
Why are you not at the game?
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My luck if I got tickets, he wouldn’t be in the line up
Besides, I can still give him a Standing Ovation at home and he’ll hear me
Awwww… what a great moment
And I kind of love the Johnny-hawk
AL , i need to check Werth’s number in that bang box , a guy like jonny Gomes (800k signing) is putting similar numbers and can prolly be had with a fraction of what Werth will demand. But if the train of thought is right handed power hitter, I agree and we will see.
The biggest need to me is a regular catcher which will relegate Posada to DH /C, which will allow you to bring up Montero and develop him without any duress.
Chance of showers tonight, hope there are no long delays.
NYY626 – Andy in 2011 August 16th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Erica i think you may enjoy this pic http://www.daylife.com/photo/0…..rk+Yankees
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And suddenly I want to be A-Rod
No offense to Erica, but I’m not wishing Johnny any luck tonight.
nice applause for Johnny.
Damon misses that short porch.
Erica, was that you with the
Welcome OME Johnny sign?
Cashmoney -
I could be wrong, it’s happened once or twice, but I think we’ll not see Montero until 2012, unless he’s brought up as a DH. I’d hate to see such a young player made DH.
the Damon Dash….
Toyota Text Poll:
I loved every moment Johnny was with the Yankees :sniffsniff:
Catch you all later – play nice.
“And suddenly I want to be A-Rod”
I usually want to be him on the 15th and 30th of the month
Tom in N.J. August 16th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Erica, was that you with the
Welcome OME Johnny sign?
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LOL… No. But it definitely reminded me of the infamous “Don Go Don” debacle
Definitely a sign I could have made
its about time! Damon is a pain in the tush!
Erica in NY August 16th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
NYY626 – Andy in 2011 August 16th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Erica i think you may enjoy this pic http://www.daylife.com/photo/0…..rk+Yankees
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And suddenly I want to be A-Rod
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Ive noticed that alex likes to hug a lot. He is especially huggy with Andy which cracks me up. Jeter petting Damon in this picture is also pretty amusing.
Tom in N.J. August 16th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
GB, This is interesting, and it’s in your neck of the woods:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/…..mp/?hpt=T2
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Thanks for the link, Tom. there are a few CW sites, mostly in the Altanta and Savannah areas. Sherman really destoyed a large area on miss march to the sea. The only thing that he spared was Savannah. He took it in tact to present to Lincoln as a Christmas gift.
Javy got a little better hop on the ball tonight maybe.
Game thread up
A lot of long at bats but nice results for Vazquez. He’s got to have some quick at bats to last long.