Yankees pregame/Pettitte update
Posted by: Brian Heyman - Posted in Misc on Aug 17, 2010 
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Brian Heyman here for Chad again today. Andy Pettitte is headed for the hospital shortly to undergo an MRI. He threw about 40 pitches in the bullpen and still felt a grab in that groin muscle when he went all out with a pitch. He’s hopeful that the MRI will put his mind at ease, according to a team spokesman.
Alex Rodriguez’s left calf is still a little sore, according to Joe Girardi. So he isn’t in the lineup, and Girardi wasn’t sure whether A-Rod would be available as a pinch hitter.
Nick Swisher’s right elbow feels a little better today, but it sounds like it could act up on any big swing. Swisher said he sometimes gets a sharp pain. But he worked in the cage and told Girardi he wanted to play.
“He’s had this tennis elbow off and on for a while now,” Girardi said. “Really, the big thing is don’t swing and miss.”
Lance Berkman’s sprained ankle is improved today, but he isn’t in the lineup, either.
Alfredo Aceves will have a rehab appearance tonight with Double-A Trenton. Girardi wouldn’t say whether he will have another one.
Yogi Berra is here for the first time since falling at his home last month. He’s getting around with a cane.
And as for the Tigers’ injury situation, Carlos Guillen is out of the lineup in the wake of Brett Gardner’s hard slide into second on the game-ending double play last night. Guillen has swelling in his knee but apparently no structural damage. …
Derek Jeter hit into two double plays last night, including the one to end the game. He’s batting just .278 with nine homers and 52 RBI, although he has had a decent August.
“He has not had the same season as last year,” Girardi said. “I haven’t seen anything dramatic to say the reason why.”
A little TOO much time spent with Minka?
Nick Swisher’s right elbow feels a little better today, but it sounds like it could act up on any big swing. Swisher said he sometimes gets a sharp pain. But he worked in the cage and told Girardi he wanted to play.
“He’s had this tennis elbow off and on for a while now,” Girardi said. “Really, the big thing is don’t swing and miss.”
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Yeah that’s great against Verlander…
Righties hit Verlander a little better than lefties. Could have just let Kearns play and let Swisher rest his arm.
I hope the offense show up tonight. God help us if it’s MIA again.
No A-Rod, no win I fear. I know it’s a funny old game but I’m surprised so many people think that after being shut out by Bullington and Scherzer, this out-of-form lineup will be able to hit Verlander, who is one of the top five pitchers in the AL.
# Purenyyankee August 17th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
A little TOO much time spent with Minka?
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Does it get any dumber than comments like this?
She was his girlfriend last season too, ya know.
Speaking of Minka, haven’t seen much of her this season. He didn’t break up with her too?
There is no mystery with Jeter. He’s 36. He’s lost some bat speed. It happens.
Its a joke, genius.
Giuseppe Franco says: August 17, 2010 at 5:25 pm #
Purenyyankee August 17th, 2010 at 5:18 pm A little TOO much time spent with Minka? ————
Does it get any dumber than comments like this? She was his girlfriend last season too, ya know.
U-huh, whatever you say.
So, are you saying that Berra is out of the line-up too?
For those that didn’t hear it here is the bullet points from the Kay interview with Damon.
- loved the ovation he got in his first AB. Wanted it to last longer but Cervelli kept trying to get Vasquez to throw a pitch.
-NY was his favorite place he’s ever played. “way more than Boston”
-regarding last winter…all he wanted was two years and the negociation time with the Yankees was about 10 minutes (there were a lot of pauses and uhms during this part of the interview).
-he thought the Yankees would be better with him on the team.
blake -
I imagine there would be a lot of uhms and pauses, because wouldn’t the non-pc follow-up question be, well, they offered you 2 years, Johnny, so what’s the dealio??
“Really, the big thing is don’t swing and miss.”
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Really? I mean, I Swish has been my favorite for a while now but even a big fan like me knows as productive as he is, he strikes out. A lot. This does not bode well for his arm or his cold streak which is in “unknown territory” right now, as I can’t tell how this will factor.
Doreen,
You could tell Kay really wanted to put Johny’s feet to the fire there but opted not to for whatever reason.
Repost from prior thread:
A-Rod, CC, Tex, Burnett, Posada, Cano, Swisher, Granderson, Marte- 9 players owed a total of 135.1M next season.
Let’s say Mo resigns for 15M, same as 2010, Jeter takes a pay cut to 18M, Pettitte decides to return for the same 11.75M. Now you’re at 179.85M, or almost 2 million over the new luxury tax threshold of 178M for 2011.
Now you have 12 players signed. OK now you add Lee to replace Vazquez who’s not offered arbitration, and you have to outbid Texas, even though you know it’s a 40% tax hike. No other pitcher since 1900, per Buster Olney, has had the strikeout to walks ratio that he’s had. Let’s say 22M, maybe more if he leads them to the promised land.
Now your at 201.85M for 13 players.
Need contracts for the others.
How aggressive do you think the Yankees will be in the offseason to also go for the likes of a Werth, or Crawford, or another pitcher to start if Pettitte doesn’t come back??
Maybe Boras will advise A-Rod to defer some of his money to add another righthanded power hitter to the lineup!!
We’ve actually had some success against some good pitchers. We did great against Halladay earlier this year and even our last outing with Lee, we managed to hit him enough to get him out of the game. It’s the folks that have never pitched before that scare us.
YT-
“How aggressive do you think the Yankees will be in the offseason to also go for the likes of a Werth, or Crawford, or another pitcher to start if Pettitte doesn’t come back??”
Not very.
MTU-
Not very sounds about right.
I thought Guillen was done when I saw that play at live speed., I thought he was really hurt bad. It was a clean play by Gardner but plays like that are why I get so irritated when umpires are sticklers on the “neighborhood play at 2B”…you don’t allow middle infielders to protect themselves and more injuries like that will happen.
YT-
Which means they won’t get him. he will be in high demand.
If Andy wants to return I could see them investing in the pitching.
CC CL AP PH AJ. Killer rotation. Best in baseball.
Maybe Swisher should bat from the right side tonight against flamethrower Verlander, so as to not aggravate the right elbow.
MTU-
Three lefties in their rotation. What an advantage!!
Damon shouldn’t do interviews. Everytime he talks he changes his story and reasons why he couldn’t come back. He said today that he thinks it was “lack of communication” with the Yanks. Yeah it’s probably because Boras was trying to get the Yanks to sign Holliday so he didn’t tell Damon of the Yanks interest. It doesn’t matter anymore this year’s Damon wouldn’t help the Yanks anyway.
“How aggressive do you think the Yankees will be in the offseason to also go for the likes of a Werth, or Crawford, or another pitcher to start if Pettitte doesn’t come back??”
I think it largely depends on what they decide on Granderson. If he continues to hit and convinces them that he will be better next season then I don’t think they will pursue Crawford/Werth very hard.
If however, they decide to move on from Curtis and can find a trade partner for him then I think those guys very much come into play.
Personally I kinda hope its the former..
YT-
Neutralizes a lot of lefties at NYS. That’s for sure.
Damon either has absolutely no communication whatsoever with his agent, or he misremembers a lot…..
Don’t need a blowout game to make up for all the recent one-run losses. Just a quality start from C.C., some timely hitting, and Mariano closing it down because he needs the work.
Blake-
Grandy is 9 for his last 17 since the Long “transformation”. I know it is only a small sample but he has been looking much better at the plate. He is making better contact and hitting the ball with more authority.
These are only the tweaks. Just the beginning. Wait till he has a full off season to refine things. I won’t give up on granderson until I see more of the results of those changes and IMO I don’t think the Yanks will either.
Just my take.
Blake-
I may be off on those numbers. sorry. I think it is 9 for 21. anyway, he has been hitting really well. You get my point.
MTU,
I agree. He looks much better. He’s much shorter to the ball, he’s letting the ball travel deeper, his head is more still. Before, instead of going A to B in his swing to the ball he was taking pit stops at C and sometimes D…..and it caused him to have to start earlier and cheat more, which is one reason he looked so bad when he missed at times. He looks like a different hitter in this small sample. If it continues then I think they will pass on Crawford. I’m pulling for him.
Blake-
You and me both brother. I want to see him extracted from being under the bus.
Bold prediction:
I feel a victory tonight. 5-3 Yanks.
CC: 7 innings, 2 ER, 7 K’s.
blake -
It must have taken everything in Kay to not ask him, but really, what’s the point?
Blake-
I’m out of the prediction buisness. I just hope we score some runs.
It’s easy to have faith in CC.
Ledger_Yankees Pettitte going for MRI on groin area. Still feels a “grab” when he reaches back at game intensity.
“It must have taken everything in Kay to not ask him, but really, what’s the point?
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Yea, I think the point of the interview was to get him on and celebrate his time as a Yankee. Probably wasn’t the place to ask those questions….though I would have loved to hear the answer….So Johnny, why’d you turn down that 2/14 offer the Yanks gave you?……uhm, pause, uhm…well…uhm. I like Johnny though so I’m not going to flame him too much, though I think he knows deep down he screwed up.
pettitte mri? oh boy.
Blake –
Same here. Like Johnny. Wish he came back. Didn’t. Oh, well.
pat -
That is not good.
Blake-
Damon spelled backwards is Nomad. Describes Johnny D perfectly.
That, and the word mercenary.
I like JD too but he reached for too much and fell flat.
That’s the way the ball bounces. Or in his case, the way the Mohawk runs.
I was thinking while I was cooking dinner, how much security did they need on the subway today to avoid causing a mob scene on the platform and on the train?
I really love Cervelli… but as we all know, his performance at the plate has really taken a slide after his good start in April and most of May. Just look at his OPS figures… “ouch”.
April .848
May .768
June .521
July .505
August .269
His fielding performance has declined as well- CS% only 16% this year (43% last year).
Guess we have to continue to hope that Posada can handle as many games as possible. (“Good luck with that, right?)
MTU August 17th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Blake-
Damon spelled backwards is Nomad. Describes Johnny D perfectly.
That, and the word mercenary.
I like JD too but he reached for too much and fell flat.
That’s the way the ball bounces. Or in his case, the way the Mohawk runs.
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If you change just a couple of letters, it spells ERICA
#Yankees sign Dominican shortstop Christopher Tamarez for $650,000 http://bit.ly/bC1fcC
GB-
How the heck are you today ? Haven’t seen Maine around. What did you do to him. Lock him up with wratchet for a night ?
P.S. Erica is now wrapped up in another PF with Berkman. She gets around in the pretend world.
That doesn’t sound good for Pettitte. It’s getting late early. He doesn’t seem like one to imagine the pulling sensation so he will need more time.
Austin-
It may just be precautionary. At least I hope that’s all it is.
I wish Berkman would requite Erica’s affection by playing and hitting.
Sometimes an MRI can just set your mind at ease so you aren’t afraid to push yourself.
No need to worry until there is something to worry about.
Austin-
By the way, I’m glad you had a great trip and I can’t wait to see the pics.
Get any with Stallone ?
# pat August 17th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Sometimes an MRI can just set your mind at ease so you aren’t afraid to push yourself.
No need to worry until there is something to worry about.
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That’s exactly what Heyman said in the updated report: He threw about 40 pitches in the bullpen and still felt a grab in that groin muscle when he went all out with a pitch. He’s hopeful that the MRI will put his mind at ease, according to a team spokesman.
Someone suggested Jeter might take a pay cut to $18 Million.
Are you kidding me?
A 37 yr. old SS with limited range, limited power, hitting in the .270′s is maybe worth $6-7 Mil. yr.
Because of his history with the team, maybe you can justify paying him $10 mil. yr.
Anything more would be just plain stupid.
Yogi is one of the all time greats and it’s so hard to pick my favorite Yankee of all time, but he certainly is one of them ! GET WELL SOON YOGI !
Let’s all hope Andy’s groin grab is just a minor setback….
I’m so fearful of ACEVES’s back. I’m so afraid he won’t make without surgery this year.
Hope for the best !!! We need him !!!
MTU,
Does reading a cliffhanger novel count?
Austin-
It will have to do.
Did you see the photos JCPD put up the other day of Lecthworth State Park ? Effing awesome.
Lou Gehrig Might Not Have Actually Had Lou Gehrig’s Disease
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/.....s-disease/
MTU
Did you go for a walk with the great protectors?
Jeter is a great yankee but i don’t see how you justify him getting more than he is making now per year or the same.
I would give him the same yearly,maybe a slight raise for next year only because of his 3000 hits he will get,then he has to drop to a reasonable amount.
Let’s say 3 yrs/41 million
21 million-2011
10 million-2012
10 million-2012
41 million total,maybe 45 million
Maine-
I only carried them in my youth but yeah I walked the Dogs.
ron
Is this Hal?
GreenBeret7 August 17th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
MTU August 17th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Blake-
Damon spelled backwards is Nomad. Describes Johnny D perfectly.
That, and the word mercenary.
I like JD too but he reached for too much and fell flat.
That’s the way the ball bounces. Or in his case, the way the Mohawk runs.
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If you change just a couple of letters, it spells ERICA
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This is your best one yet! Good job.
GB7
You know that Erica has a real knack for seeing post like that.
She said something about having eyes in the back of her head or so I thought.
give him the same deal mo got last time
3/45 or maybe a posada style 4/52.
i hope he doesnt manage a 4/80 or more.
i like jeter but if these guys are truly team players, they will sacrifice a few mil for the good of the team.
MTU
Have you trained them to fetch rattlers yet?
Saw a little of the bring Crawford in to help fix the offense talk in the other thread.
Offense has been sparse, hasn’t it?
Anyway, Granderson doing himself a world of good right now. Who knows how close the Yankees were to thinking it just might more trouble than it’s worth.
But now, thanks to the magic words of Kevin Long, there’s hope in that swing.
If the Yankees think that Granderson can become a much better hitter, they’ll hold on to him. Because that’s what they envisioned. That he could be fixed.
But, I still think that Cashman keeps an open-mind. If someone really, really wanted the new and improved Granderson it could be tough to say no. Because he gets more expensive each of the next few years.
I don’t think I ever read why, but why doesn’t Crawford play center field?
Maine-
Only dead ones. I taught them to spit out the the lead and just eat the meat.
I’m surprised you’re here. I thought GB had forced you to spend the
night on Shutter Island with Wratchet.
Time to go. the Zombies will be out soon.
Enjoy the game Folks.
MTU
Been working quite abit last couple of days.
Staying out of the sewer at night . I’d rather have bamboo shoots wedged under my fingernails than come here during a bad game.
WHAT!!!!!!!!
1 pitch? He doubled his homerun total?
GAME OVER
Grandy X 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Competition between grandy and jackson
Im tired of reading all this Jeter contract crap.
Here’s the bottom line:
The Yankees will pay Jeter based on everything he has done for this franchise, and the way he’s carried himself both on and off the field and brought the Yankees nothing but good publicity.
Unfortunately for the few that want Jeter to take a significant pay cut, the Yankees don’t treat their stars like pieces of garbage – a la the Red Sox. The Yankees treat their players with respect and dignity.
first pitch. already a different strike zone. cc had those called balls to cabrera.
ac1
You can’t blame the umpires. Justin Verlander is just a more established veteran pitcher than CC. Of course he’s going to get the calls over CC. CC has to earn the respect of the umpires!
“Class and dignity” – just ask Joe Torre, Dave Winfield, Danny Tartabull, etc.
The Yankees treat their players with respect and dignity.
Don’t think Bernie or Torre agree.
Listening to complaints about the umpiring is laughable
Jeffrey Maier, Chuck Knoblauch’s phantom tag, the fair/foul call against the Twins, etc.??
need to make something happen here.