Friday notes: All flat ground for Soriano and Rivera
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Notes on Feb 18, 2011 
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There’s only so much to talk about with only pitchers and catchers in camp. Even these bullpen sessions don’t mean a whole lot.
“You don’t put a lot of stock into bullpens, especially this early in camp,” Joe Girardi said. “I just think it’s unfair to do that. The last thing I want is someone thinking is that I want to see more in a bullpen, because then they’re going to try to do too much and end up getting hurt.”
Camp will finally get a little more lively tomorrow when position players report for their physicals, and we’ll be in the full swing of things with the first full-squad workout on Sunday.
“It’s hard to believe we start games in a week,” Girardi said.
• Rafael Soriano has not yet thrown a bullpen. Girardi said Soriano will probably get on a mound for the first time next week. The Yankees don’t need Soriano to get stretched out beyond one inning, and they aren’t expecting a heavy workload when the spring schedule starts. “We’re not going to ask him to make 13 or 14 appearances,” Girardi said.
• Soriano will wait until next week to get off a mound, Mariano Rivera will wait “maybe a little longer” according to Girardi. Whenever Rivera needs to pitch off a mound, he’ll pitch off a mound. This is a pretty polished process.
• A lot of the pitchers who are already pitching off a mound are slightly ahead of last year’s schedule. “We’ve had a lot of kids who have been down here for a while throwing in Tampa,” Girardi said. “Maybe they are a little bit ahead.”
• Hector Noesi is still dealing with visa issues, but Girardi said there’s a chance he’ll be in camp — in uniform and ready to pitch — on Sunday. “I’m hoping it doesn’t have much of an impact,” Girardi said. “I hope he’s been doing his throwing, and I’m sure he has been doing his throwing.”
• Speaking of guys showing up, Girardi said he expects every position player to be in camp on time this weekend. As far as he knows, no one is going to be late.
• I went to the minor league complex very briefly this morning to see which position players were going through one last day of hitting. There were only minor league guys at the complex when I was there. One of the guards said Ramiro Pena was the only big leaguer he saw taking BP today.
• Gustavo Molina didn’t catch today. He felt some pain in his leg, but Girardi said it’s very minor. “Nothing alarming,” he said.
• Greg Golson got an early start moving into his locker. He showed up this afternoon wearing street clothes and carrying a big box full of stuff.
• Some people had asked about Alan Horne, who’s been battling injuries since being name Eastern League Pitcher of the Year in 2007. Now coming back from a shoulder injury, Horne is throwing in Tampa and scheduled to pitch off a half mound some time around March 1.
• If you’re ever in a spring training press box with a good set of headphones, and you need to write a newspaper story about Freddy Garcia, Alexi Murdoch makes rock solid writing music.
Associated Press photos of Francisco Cervelli and Soriano
“. “I’m hoping it doesn’t have much of an impact,” Girardi said. “I hope he’s been doing his throwing, and I’m sure he has been doing his throwing.”
Which is it, Girardi? Do you hope or are you sure???
Why do you lie?????
Picky, picky, picky, nick…..
I wonder what Girardi has planned for their “day off” of spring training?
Chad,
I don’t expect anything from him, but I’ll ask anyway. Any news on Prior? It would be a nice story if he gave the Yanks some quality innings out of the pen this yr.
Good job this week; thanks for the info.
Nick- LOL
Cervelli looks serious
Cervelli knows what he is up against with Montero and maybe Romine (probably not Romine).
hopefully he doesn’t get burnt out, it’s a long spring/ summer
Doreen (the birthday girl) just e-mailed me-
She said she is not ignoring everyone, but as luck would have it she stepped away at the same time I realized it was her birthday. Oops
Terrible to lie.
Chad–
Your post on Garcia was picked up by a few sites, and I expect Horne will be too. Good work!
Nice to see Horne trying to come back. He was a heck of a prospect before he went down.
Chad–
Re: Horne–
Did you get any info on the expected lenght of time it will take until he can be activated again? A rotator cuff surgery is pretty serious–will it be another year? 6 months? Any idea?
No clue how long it will be before Horne’s in a game. He seems to be in pretty good spirits though. It’s been a long road for him these past three years or so.
I’ve only said hello to Prior. I’ve tried to focus on the big league guys these first few days, and I’ve just kind of introduced myself to the minor league guys and the guys on minor league contracts (talked to big-man Andy Sisco today, heckuva nice guy). It’s too early to know much one way or the other about Prior. I’ll get more on him in the coming days, but right now I just haven’t asked much about him.
Good to find out that information about Soriano.
Happy birthday Doreen!
Happy Birthday Doreen!!!
Kevin Goldstein released his Top 11 prospects for the Yankees today. Don’t know if anyone has talked about that earlier. Excited to have 4 5-star guys in Montero, Banuelos, Sanchez and Betances!!
Chad… ..Alexi Murdoch is playing in a small club in Costa Mesa Ca. in a few weeks and I’m going as my wife is a big fan…..
Credit Joe Girardi for keeping spring training interesting and varied each year since 2008.
With all due respect to Joe Torre, his camps became vanilla from about 2002-2007.
Rob Thomson keeps it coordinated but Girardi has it all planned out.
Larry Rothschild is like a Jack-in-the-box. He can be seen anywhere, at any time. As always, Tony Pena drills the catchers hard but Rothschild is strong on communication with the catchers for obvious reasons.
The individual attention with pitchers should should be a plus as time moves along.
Thank you all for the birthday wishes!
And it has turned out to be an “interesting day” – a mixed bag.
Thanks to some advice from Randy, I am now comfortable with my new Mac. There’s only one issue left that I’ll call them about and it is a small one. I successfully loaded my office software, so I’m ready for GTLU, and I’m copying the website to a new address – also in the middle of that.
I got a beautiful bouquet of flowers from my husband.
And – a phone call from the VW dealership manager who found a car for me in Maryland and he should have it in 2-3 days. I have his personal cell phone number to hound him if it isn’t here.
All in all, a really good birthday so far!
Thanks, everyone.
What a great picture of Cervelli up there. Very intense. He’s a man on a mission, even if it is only a mission to be the BUC.
The Colon post cracked me up for some reason.
Doreen,
Happy birthday! Great news about your car. Is it a birthday present?
Doreen,
I’m not a Mac person, but my one piece of advice would have been to get Office for Mac. Looks like you read my mind.
Love the photos. I will be in Tampa on March 10 for five days. Can’t wait.
Colon looks ready for the WWF. A rotation of CC, Hughes, AJ, Garcia and Colon would not be bad at all. It would probably last for just a few months, but it would give some of the younger guys a little more time to get ready.
I like the way that Cashman has stockpiled arms this year. With several low risk, high potential reward guys, if he gets lucky on one or two, the Yankees will be in good shape. If, for example, they get 200 innings out of Garcia and and ERA of 4.5, that will translate into many wins with the Yankee offense. If Prior turns out to be decent in the pen, you have Mo, Soriano, Joba, Prior, Robertson and the lefties. Again, not too shabby at all.
The flip side is that you have several guys with many serious injury issues in the past, all of which could come back to haunt them and the team. If that occurs they will have to make a deal or give some of the young guys a chance.
I have a bad feeling that
Rafael Soriano will be injured
before spring training is over .
Of course, I also said the R*d S*x will storm out with a 35-6 start .
Major cold storm from the north is about to drop 2-3 inches of rain and 3 feet of snow here in So. Cal…….Floods and mudslides wil be a major news story…….12-14 foot waves are expected, and it’s 66 degrees in NYC….
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Thanks.
The car is just a replacement for the older car which is now too big since we don’t have to move the daughter into the dorm every 6 months.
I told my husband to consider the Mac my birthday gift.
Happy Birthday Doreen !
Now is the time to stop counting and convincing yourself they’re only numbers with more to come.
Pat M -
Just take care.
What a wacky winter of weather it’s been.
But I know So Cal can be very dangerous when the weather is wet.
I just transferred over 7,000 songs from my external hard drive into my iTunes on the Mac.
YAY!
Now, if I can figure out how to get my iPhoto library from the laptop, I’ll be in business and I won’t ahve to carry this monster back to the store! (Randy, I’m googling like crazy!!)
Can’t believe the Yankees have 4 5-star prospects and such a boatload of 3-stars. Its a good year for Yankee minor leagues.
Doreen February 18th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
I just transferred over 7,000 songs from my external hard drive into my iTunes on the Mac.
YAY!
Now, if I can figure out how to get my iPhoto library from the laptop, I’ll be in business and I won’t ahve to carry this monster back to the store! (Randy, I’m googling like crazy!!)
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IPhone didn’t come with a small transfer USB cable like a digital camera, Doreen?
Not sure who wrote that scouting report on Brett Marshal, but, he had to be smoking some really bad stuff to think NY will include him in a deal right now. At least wait until they see the near finished products in Scranton/Trenton. Marshal should be no worse than a numer 2 type pitcher.
Remember those greats from yesteryear ?
***number*** 2 type pitcher
Pat M, stay safe.
I just can’t see Melo not signing an extension with NJ…..
Happy birthday, Doreen!
Late to the party but Happy Birthday Ms. Doreen.
I hope someone else will be doing the cooking tonight (or at least the cleaning up) to commemorate the day the world was graced with your presence!
Well, it’s now or never for the Knicks because the Knicks are having a conference call today with the Nuggets. Melo will meet with the Nets if a deal can’t be worked out…….and word is that Gallinari is the hold up (which is extremely silly)
Happy Birthday Doreen! Sorry, I started a new job this week and I haven’t been commenting as much as I should be. Just like my old job, my new job has zero Yankee fans in-house… so I will once again be fighting off Phillies and BoSox fans. (sigh)
Doreen – again, best wishes on your special day, and I hope you finally get your new car. You have to give us a review, after all.
GB – I didn’t know you were acquainted with modern day technology. I thought you knowledge of technology stopped at the victrola…..
Pat M. – how could I forget you! Sorry to hear about your weather forecast. Please, let us know how you make out, and hope you and yours stay safe and sound.
Betsy,
As long as its not Fields and Gallo along with Felton I’m fine with it
Joe from Long Island February 18th, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Doreen – again, best wishes on your special day, and I hope you finally get your new car. You have to give us a review, after all.
GB – I didn’t know you were acquainted with modern day technology. I thought you knowledge of technology stopped at the victrola…..
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Joe, that’s just a nasty rumor that Randy started. _’ll have you know that I have a new wire recorder and a Brownie Instimatic. I’m just learning how to put the spools of wire in the camera now.a
Is it bragging to mentiom 79 degree weather in Savannah at 6:02 PM.
Pat M, I hope they send some flood service eye candy out your way.
Doreen, happy birthday and congrats on the new Apple Tiguan model.
Triple, I just don’t see how anything is going to be worked out…….I’m assuming the worst because assuming the best has never worked for me, lol. Well, I got over the Lee thing and I’ll get over this…..
GB7 -
Sorry it’s so cold by you, it hit 80 degrees here in NC today, and the forecast is for 80 – 82 tomorrow.
Happy Birthday Doreen.
Hope you get your car soon!
Go ahead, GB and BIG AL, brag about the weather.
Here in NY, I still get to go to Yankee Stadium. Makes it all worthwhile.
That’s what I remind myself every winter……
Betsy,
I hear ya. I’m just happy I have basketball that is worth watching again. St Johns as well
Triple, I only really pay attention when the NCAA tournament pool in our office is started, lol. I’ve never liked St. John’s – I don’t know why. I was a huge Ewing fan, so I think that’s why I’ve always favored Georgetown.
BIG AL February 18th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
GB7 -
Sorry it’s so cold by you, it hit 80 degrees here in NC today, and the forecast is for 80 – 82 tomorrow.
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All in all, it’s been a really nice winter down here this year, AL. I sure do miss the snow and ice on the roads.
Joe from Long Island February 18th, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Go ahead, GB and BIG AL, brag about the weather.
Here in NY, I still get to go to Yankee Stadium. Makes it all worthwhile.
That’s what I remind myself every winter……
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I get to support “Killer” and his wives and kids. He thinks he’s a Mormon dog.
CB if you’re still about, apologies for this.
As some of you may know, I am an English Yankees fan living in the UK.
I am a very passionate Yankees fan, but my first team is and always will be The Arsenal (soccer).
Irrelevant, I know.
But on Wednesday night I was at the Emirates stadium, and I literally bounced and leaped in the air, screaming with joy and along with 60,000 others as we scored two improbable and beautiful goals to beat the worlds greatest sports team, Barcelona FC. Two nghts later and the throat still hurts and the euphoria is lingering…
So….what’s the last time any of you guys were present at a Yanks game and “lost it” in sheer unadulterated joy??!
Joe, I’d put up with ice and snow to make daily visits to YS, too. Of course, it would be even better to have free steak dinner, cooked by a Yankee fan, too.
Dano, never, lol – the only moments I’ve had like that were at home, in front of the tv, lol.
Happy Birthday Doreen!
Sorry I didn’t get in earlier but, I was tied up on conference calls most of the day.
Hope you have a great day and a great evening.
Goldstein raved about Montero’s bat but had the usual doubts about his ability to stay behind the plate
Dano! I was not able to watch the match, but I was following along on my blackberry and was in shock as I saw the score update twice in quick succession late in the match.
I thought about you and wondered if you were there.
The return engagement in Camp Nou should be epic. No four goals for Messi this time, I hope.
Sorry Dano. Manchester United rules!
# Pat M. February 18th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Major cold storm from the north is about to drop 2-3 inches of rain and 3 feet of snow here in So. Cal…….Floods and mudslides wil be a major news story…….12-14 foot waves are expected, and it’s 66 degrees in NYC….
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was nice and warm in western CT today, but there’s still over 18 inches of snow on the ground
Hey Nick, thought of you too!
One of those epic great-to-be-there games.
I almost don’t care about the second leg, the league title is our focus.
Our team is WAY better than a year ago.
Nick are you still on same email?
Yes, Dano, same email.
Wcyf
spoken like a true fairweather fan!
Madrigal doesn’t look like crazy hair/muppet/teddy bear guy anymore?
http://www.daylife.com/photo/0.....?q=yankees
Suzanne Singleton gives a brief rundown on the “Wedding Of The Century” in yankeeLand” anyway.
http://mrssingy.mlblogs.com/ar.....ovies.html
Not at all Dano, I have always liked them. They are like the Yankees. That’s why they signed a mutual marketing deal. Did you see Wayne Rooney’s scissor kick goal? You have to admit that was awesome!
GB7 -
I know what you mean about missing the snow and ice. It sure saves gas money when you can slide from place to place at a slower pace. Sure beats driving with all that sun in your eyes with the A/C on.