Adjustment and routine for Jeter and Long
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Notes on Mar 01, 2011 
Print This Post
| 
Email This Post
This morning, Kevin Long stood in one of the batting cages tucked beneath the right-field stands at Steinbrenner Field. From 40 to 45 feet away, he fired fastball after fastball over the outer half of the plate so that Derek Jeter could take his hacks.
“It’s going to be an everyday thing,” Long said. “I’m going to give you probably the same answers that you’re getting today. This thing is not something that’s going to happen overnight… I was pretty firm today. It wasn’t like I was just laying it in there.”
Jeter and Long will continue to do extra work as long as it takes, while Jeter tries to adjust to his no-stride mechanics. It’s about repetition at this point.
“He’s going to pick it up at times,” Long said, talking about Jeter’s lead foot. “It’s something that he’s trying to get comfortable with. I don’t have a problem with it coming up as long as it doesn’t come in a whole lot. Pujols comes off the ground sometimes.”
A few links on this Tuesday night…
• The New York Times talked to Joe Mauer about being a big guy behind the plate. Mauer had some advice for Jesus Montero.
• Jon Heyman says the Yankees and Twins haven’t talked about a trade in month. That backs what Brian Cashman has been saying about the possibility of trading for Francisco Liriano.
• Ken Davidoff says the Yankees offered Johnny Damon the chance to play the outfield twice a week and DH once a week. Wonder if they have something similar in mind for Andruw Jones.
• Nick Johnson signed a minor league deal with the Indians.
• Speaking of former Yankees in Cleveland, turns out Austin Kearns was arrested for a DUI in Kentucky back in February.
“# Pat M. March 1st, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Did I just see CC at the Knick game ????
”
didn’t see CC but Jason Heyward is in the front row
Go Magic
We’ll know where Jeter is at by around May 15th. Before that, it’s just noise.
Where are the fouls?
A killer from Cal Bear Ryan Anderson.
Nice little garbage time cover, however.
The Knicks are really close to being a very good team. They have to rebound better though.
It was fun while it lasted, Rich, but I can’t complain about the effort; it’s a lot to ask them to beat the Heat and Magic back to back – esp. since they don’t match up well with the latter.
A gift from Orlando….Rich in NJ, depth is an issue for me, although Jefferies will go a long in making that less an issue……Backup point guard as well…..
Yup, the need a big.
“# Nick in SF March 1st, 2011 at 9:44 pm
A killer from Cal Bear Ryan Anderson.
”
some clutch 3s. Jameer Nelson went off in the 2nd half…Billups has always had problems guarding Nelson going back to his Detroit days
The D is still an issue……..they are going to be very good, but they can only go so far with inconsistent D
Is Anthony Carter with the team still? He’s a feel good story. I think someone found him in a delinquents league in Atlanta and got him into a JuCo. Then he played at UH. Carved out a nice little career and has been in the league for a while. Had a DUI in Colorado, but he’s a great guy by most accounts. One weird thing happened in CO. He had a million dollar option that was supposed to kick in. Just needed to file the paperwork. Well his agent dropped the ball and it didn’t happen. I think the agent made up the difference or something. Carter got his money in the end.
Bad loss from the Knicks.
Had the game in their grasp.
Fields and Douglas are killing them past three games. Both look absolutely lost out there.
LGY, I can’t agree, but then I tend to be relatively lenient on them. I didn’t expect them to win tonight – I wasn’t even sure if they’d play well.
Plus, it’s just a loss, but Chauncey Billups has a bad bruise and who knows how long he’ll be out?
# LGY March 1st, 2011 at 10:00 pm
Bad loss from the Knicks.
Had the game in their grasp.
Fields and Douglas are killing them past three games. Both look absolutely lost out there.
———————————-
They have to find their roles with the new guys. Fields looks like he has been affected by the trade.
I got taken away from the blog but I wanted to just say to RadioKiev that no I don’t think regarding Cano as the best all-around player in baseball right now is “too strong.”
Not sure why Fields would feel that way since he really was never part of the rumor mill, but yep – it’s going to take some time to mesh. I guess it’s easy to say, but when the games start, fans just want to win.
Fields got 11 rebs tonite, give him a break.
Ahh, Knicks thread. NM
amare 2 rebs…
Look at Orlando and Miami. Huge roster ovverhsuks and it took time for them to adjust. Pretty sure the Knicks will have similar growing pains. But yeah, Orlando’s pretty good. Tough to beat at home.
M, I feel like they’re still competing well and that’s always a positive. They’ve shown they can play with the big teams so for me that’s kind of good enough for now.
Sorry, snuck in a little Sanskrit there. That’s ‘overhauls’
mick….Fields is going to be a top shooting guard in the NBA……Yeah he air balled a baseline shot in the waning minutes but he was the one guy that I was glad that Denver backed off in their demands……Initially they wanted him, good news he’s still in NYC
Ouch!
“Amare has needed to improve his rebounding since he entered the league…”
Comment from Daily Dime Live! Chat.
They were up by 11 with a minute left in the 3rd quarter.
Need to close that out.
They wore down. They need another big body that can play. IOW, someone better than Mosgov.
LGY, they aren’t an elite team yet, so I don’t expect them to play like one.
Daily Dime is so dumb, I can’t believe I’m even checking it out. They have this one guy from some blog (Knicks Blogger?) who seems to hate Melo, lol. His elbow injury really seems to be preventing him from shooting the ball well…
“Did I just see CC at the Knick game ????”
and Robbie too.
Fields 3-14 from the field, 2-9 from downtown, and been a turnstile on D past two games. Needs to step it up as he is a key role player on the team.
TD 3-21 from the field, 1-12 from downtown past 3 games. Yikes.
On the latest edition of As The Mess(Mets) Turns
The league, having already extended the Mets a $25 million loan in November to help the team meet operating costs, will not make another major loan to the club, according to the two people. The people would not be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
Baseball’s decision to restrict the Mets’ access to further emergency funds probably leaves the team’s beleaguered owners, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, without their best remaining source of cash as they struggle to maintain control of the team in the face of a $1 billion lawsuit brought by the trustee for victims of the Bernard L. Madoff fraud.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03.....f=baseball
..
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......d=13133961
Duquette on Hughes. Also talked about Gardner as a possible leadoff hitter.
testing
so my messages are not getting though the filter, weird
Against all odds….Selig has 2 major problems on his hands in The LA Dodgers and The NY Mets….He recently axed a 200 million loan to McCourt from Fox as he has run the franchise into despair financially and then of course there’s he Wilpon and The Met debacle……With so much money being made by MLB, to have 2 of the top 5 Organizations upside down is hard to believe…….McCourt should never been allowed to buy the Dodgers and he banked on the fact that he’d be allowed to develop the Chavez Ravine land for expensive homes overlooking Downtown LA only to be told to kiss off by the City…..Then there’s Jamie McCourt his Ex who probably can get backers to get the club healthy again…….
Maybe they’ll sell the team now.
Pat M
If you had to bet, you think Montero goes north with the big club?
# Pat M. March 1st, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Against all odds….Selig has 2 major problems on his hands in The LA Dodgers and The NY Mets….He recently axed a 200 million loan to McCourt from Fox as he has run the franchise into despair financially and then of course there’s he Wilpon and The Met debacle……With so much money being made by MLB, to have 2 of the top 5 Organizations upside down is hard to believe…….McCourt should never been allowed to buy the Dodgers and he banked on the fact that he’d be allowed to develop the Chavez Ravine land for expensive homes overlooking Downtown LA only to be told to kiss off by the City…..Then there’s Jamie McCourt his Ex who probably can get backers to get the club healthy again…….
——————————-
Selig definitely isn’t happy seeing two NL teams in big markets under such financial hardships. The Met fiasco is insane. Every day something new comes out and then before the day ends another story comes out. It’s crazy to see how much trouble they are in. When ppl said the Mets would have to sell the team a couple of yrs ago many ppl thought they were jumping the gun. Now I don’t see anyway around it. They have to sell the team.
# Dionysius Thelxinoe March 1st, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Maybe they’ll sell the team now.
———————-
There is no way around it now.
LGY….Unless Martin has some type of setback I’d say no
one week into st, i think i am ready for regular season already.
Martin has even shown he can play regularly yet. A month is going to establish that? I don’t think so.
No Rich, but i am fully expecting they gave Martin at least a couple month to do so. If he absolutely bombed then time for M. my take.
*give
They were up by 11 with a minute left in the 3rd quarter.
Need to close that out.
–
It doesn’t matter how much you’re up in basketball until 4 or 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter. The score will inevitable get close in the 4th quarter.
If Garcia remains healthy, I see Nova and Garcia taking 4 and 5 spot. The only real ml job left imo is the two bench spots btw pena,nunez, chavez, belliard ,J Vaz and co. other than that, i am curious if prior pitches well where does he fit in.
From what I understand – mind you, this may be far from accurate – Fred’s commercial real estate holdings are also in debt, as he took out loans on them a while ago, some of proceeds went to madoff. So, taking money out of there may also be complicated.
Worse case scenario for MLB – Fred seeks bankruptcy protection. I know this may seem extreme, but a year ago fred’s being forced to sell the team was seen as extreme.
Rich in NJ…….Why the rush to bring him up ???? I think the Organization wants to him to be in the best environment to succeed…..If Martin for some reason isn’t ready to go North, Montero is going to backup Cervelli most likely to start off with……
“Jerkface March 1st, 2011 at 11:14 pm
They were up by 11 with a minute left in the 3rd quarter.
Need to close that out.”
Arenas was out w/ an injury and Turkolu(starter and big time contributor) was ejected in the 2nd quarter so the Magic played most of the game shorthanded w/ their normal rotation. Duhon and Q. Richarson usually never see the floor but the Magic have a solid 8-10 man rotation. Amare has never been a good defensive rebounder, that won’t work in the postseason
Pat
Because he’ll help them win more than the alternatives.
Doctor Joe…….Just wait until Wilpon starts to default on the mortgage payments on Shea / Citi Field….Maybe the naming rights was a preview of things to come and they’ll be no bailout from Washington for his plight…..
tampa,
Turk was playing really poorly before his ejection and Arenas has been awful since the trade. QRich stepped up and played really well, so it seemed to actually work in favor of Orlando.
Rich in NJ…..I want to see him in the Bronx also, but how many at bats does he actually have and how many innings has he been behind the plate in the bigs ????? We don’t know any of this winning assistance at this time……
Arenas is so garbage, I can’t believe the GM of the magic traded Rashard just because he was friends with Arenas.
Pat
Jeter contributed as a rookie. Montero has that kind of talent.
“We don’t know any of this winning assistance at this time……”
What?
Martin has a lot to prove.
Not sure why the Yankees seem to have so much deference towards him. He should have had to compete for the starting job with how bad he has been the past 2.5 years.
“Arenas is so garbage, I can’t believe the GM of the magic traded Rashard just because he was friends with Arenas.”
————-
And as an added bonus, he has one of the worst contracts in the NBA.
Gilbert Arenas
“And as an added bonus, he has one of the worst contracts in the NBA.”
____________________
Hard for me to think Rashard’s is any better.
I thought rolling the dice on Arenas was a better gamble then sticking it out with Lewis. Unfortunately for them he looks like a god-awful fit for their system.
I think the Knicks are a little further away then people may think. When you’re throwing the slop they are out at center on a nightly basis its going to be very difficult to compete with playoff teams consistently regardless of how good Billups, Anthony, and Stoudemire play.
Heck, Johan Petro would constitute some kind of upgrade for them.
But who thinks the Knicks are real contenders this year anyway? If they win or play well in a first round series, that should be sufficient for Knicks fans.
Martin has a lot to prove.
———–
he does. I am thinking G had some major inputs on this. after seeing some poor defense from Po and Cerv, they decide to go with a defensive guy til M is ready. Kind like how Girardi replace Mike Stanley?
Has Martin really a good defensive catcher in recent years?
31% and 39% CS rate for the past 2 years, so he has that going for him.
Cashman thinks so, Rich.
OK, maybe Martin could be a decent BUC.
I rather have Barajas as BUC, the current de factor starter for the LAD. but I think LAD thought Martin high enough to offer him 4 mil; Martin spurned them. anyhow, i kinda see his stay with NYY being short one.
Did anyone sign Millwood yet?
I don’t think so, Cash.
benoit over soriano. less money, not losing the first rounder. but So being on this is certainly an asset. Benoit is less of a certainty because he only did it for one year. but i thought he had better stuff than So ly.
my winter shopping list this year was Branyan, Benoit and Kuroda.
Benoit is gonna bust.
this year or for the length of the contract Jerk?
“# LGY March 1st, 2011 at 11:31 pm
“Arenas is so garbage, I can’t believe the GM of the magic traded Rashard just because he was friends with Arenas.”
————-
And as an added bonus, he has one of the worst contracts in the NBA.
”
Yeah Arenas is a bad gamble for the Magic that could be a disaster the next few years. Arenas is having knee issues that he said would get better w/ warmer weather, well it’s been 80 degrees for over a week straight and he couldn’t play tonight. So we’ll see if he actually contributes anything close to his $20 mil salary. Rashard Lewis did play good team defense but offensively was not consistent. The Knicks will be exciting to watch down the stretch, Billups is a good leader that is more valuable than people think in this trade
I kind of like Soriano. He’s kinda, sorta good.
It might seem silly and overkill. But I don’t think his signing hurts the club in that it makes us inflexible. Yankees got money to burn. They hand out big contracts like Halloween candy.
“The Twins turned down a Yankee offer of Ivan Nova and Ramiro Pena for Francisco Liriano earlier this winter, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com.
The Twins, however, are interested in left-handed pitching prospect Manuel Banuelos and want him included in any package from New York. (HA! HA! HA! HA!)
Rosenthal thinks the two teams will revisit negotiations before Opening Day, but notes the two sides haven’t talked “in at least a month.” Minnesota assistant GM Rob Antony said last week that the Liriano trade speculation was nothing but rumors.” – MLBTR
Is this thread just a subliminal plug for “The Adjustment Bureau”, starring Redsock fan Mat Damon???
I fear this may be the case.
Length of the contract.
just some random late night thoughts m… i like So. I just like Benoit better for reasons above. But So has a much longer track record, certainly no complaints with talent like that on the NYY.
For the contract, I think I’d take Soriano. Benoits contract sucks just as much because he isn’t the kind of elite reliever Soriano is when healthy. Soriano’s is just a stupid injury risk.
I wanted Benoit over Soriano but only for 1 year around 4-5 mil.
Length of contract? 3 years too long? I find it comforting that the Yankees are making contingency plans in case if injury/retirement of Mo. It’s a perfect bridge contract that eases Mo’s load.
10 years to a player that will be 40ish when all is said and done? Now that’s long.
I feel kinda same jerk. except for So contract u can almost have Benoit for 3 yrs. so i would just treat the next two yrs as gravy had we signed benoit. But this is all 20/20 hindsight. Because Benoit signed earlier with a big contract. And no one knew NY was going after So at that price tag.
Argh. Sorry, jerkface. Just realized you were talking to someone else.
.
Hopefully it’s a perfect one-year bridge contract to a title and then an opt-out.
we were talking about length of contract with Benoit, m.
I know. I feel like such a jerk.
meh, we just talking about baseball.
West Coast Yankee Fan March 2nd, 2011 at 12:36 am
“The Twins turned down a Yankee offer of Ivan Nova and Ramiro Pena for Francisco Liriano earlier this winter, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com.
The Twins, however, are interested in left-handed pitching prospect Manuel Banuelos and want him included in any package from New York. (HA! HA! HA! HA!)
Rosenthal thinks the two teams will revisit negotiations before Opening Day, but notes the two sides haven’t talked “in at least a month.” Minnesota assistant GM Rob Antony said last week that the Liriano trade speculation was nothing but rumors.” – MLBTR
—
Banuelos for Liriano? No way, not even straight up. Not Betances either. And obviously not Montero.
I don’t think a deal will happen. The Twins probably only trade him if they are blown away, and Cashman won’t do that type of deal.
A friend sent me the following-
“Sheen tweets Ruth’s ’27 WS ring. Image of #winning? http://twitpic.com/458bdr
So that made me curious to check out Sheen’s tweets and I see he has over half a million people following him but he only follows 15 people. Amused to say, 1 of the 15 is Swish.
# pat March 2nd, 2011 at 1:40 am
A friend sent me the following-
“Sheen tweets Ruth’s ’27 WS ring. Image of #winning? http://twitpic.com/458bdr
So that made me curious to check out Sheen’s tweets and I see he has over half a million people following him but he only follows 15 people. Amused to say, 1 of the 15 is Swish.
He made that account like 9 hours ago.
Crazy.
You get the level of safety that you are prepared to walk past.
Good morning, morning people.
Don’t know why I woke up so early. Ugh.
I think I’ll actually be home to watch today’s game. Yay!
****
Good morning!
Didn’t realize today’s game is on TV. Isn’t AJ starting?
Morning Ladies.
I’m surprised to find anyone else up this early.
I’ll be out hiking today so I’m gonna miss the new and improved AJ.
morning folks.
i was kind of glad to read that zach grienke spoke to the press after his start yesterday and sounded like a normal person.
he even said that he felt like he had to act like a jerk and make a big stink about wanting out of KC so the fans would be mad at him and not the gm and the team for trading him.
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....ref=sports
so i decided the mouring period is over and i bought tickets to the april 2nd game vs. the twins.
it will be my first trip to NYS.
MTU,
let’s hope its the “new” AJ you miss
MTU, you’ll have all season to see the good AJ
Ys Guy, aren’t the Yanks playing Detroit April 2?
turns out john henry was fined half a mil for his comments about revenue sharing in 2009
the one where he referred to “chronically uncompetitive teams” recieving $1B in revenue.
I’d say there’s a good chance the yankees have already gotten the bill for hank shooting his mouth off last week.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....?eref=sihp
No real surprise that the Twins are asking for Banuelos……..no thanks on that one.
yes, sorry tigers. I need coffee.
Blake-
I was just wondering about something.
Let’s say that Garcia makes the team. I assume that means that Colon probably wants to move on ?
Now let’s further assume that Freddy doesn’t hold up as well as last season.
Under the above conditions who do you think would get the call to fill his spot if he went down for a while ?
i was sorry to see that byu had to suspend brandon davies, i was hoping albany area phenom jimmer fredette might push them deep into the tournament but he just lost his big man.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....?eref=sihp
mtu, whoever is pitching the best of mitre, noesi, mitchell, warren or brackman, imo.
Blake-
Yeah Twins. Good luck with that one.
How about we give ‘em Banuelos, Montero, and Betances for Liriano ?
Is that enough to satisfy them ?
What a hoot. Shoot for the Moon only to land back on Earth.
As W.C. Fields once said “there’s a sucker born every day”.
MTU,
well assuming Freddy makes the club and is in the rotation, Im guessing they would fill the void from within or via trade if he went down. Phelps, Warren, Brackman, Noesi….would all be candidates Im assuming. I do think Garcia will make the club unless he just looks awful this spring…..while Colon looked better than I thought he would the other day, I still think he’s a long shot to make the rotation.
if i was the twins i’d ask for manny, too. liriano is very good.
i woudnt even think of sending them manny for liriano, but them asking for him is certainly not out of line.
There are very few guys Id trade Banuelos for
Ys Guy,
Twins or Tigers-sure you’ll still have fun anyway, especially since it’s your first trip to the stadium.
Y’s-
Thanks for your take.
I figure Mitre stays in the Pen.
I would also think that the Yankees would feel uncomfortable with both Nova and another youngster in the rotation at the same time.
However, we are talking about an emergency condtion so who knows.
They should be gaming that scenario now though IMO.
Fredddy or Colon are both injury risks.
Nova and Pena isn’t anywhere near enough for Liriano and Im sure Cashman knows that…..he probably was feeling them out to see how much more it would take.
i feel like i grew up in the old yankee stadium, i will have to visit the old site before i go into the new one.
i bought the tix for $21 each on stubhub. i also bought tix for the mets-phils in cbp on april 7th and trenton-hartford on april 17th (hoping to see dellin b or manny b)
MTU,
I don’t either but that’s why they brought Freddy and Colon to camp…..if one of them is.in the rotation and gets hurt then they may have no choice than to fill from within unless they can work a trade…..I think some of the guys they have in house could do the job.
Blake-
The Yanks said it isn’t under discussion right now but you know Cashman.
I would talk about anyone not named 3 B’s, Montero or Sanchez.
Everyone else is fair game.
Let me amend that.
Not sure I would include Nunez either because then we’d have no
real BU if anything happened to Jeter.
MTU,
yea I agree. I wouldn’t include Banuelos, Montero, Betances, or Sanchez…..if a deal can.be done with anyone else then you listen. The Yanks have a lot of guys that could help the Twins.
Whether this happens or not will likely depend on the Twins motives and how much they want to move him…..if they are just trying to get a big prospect haul then I don’t see it, its too much risk.
if one of the veteran pitchers goes down they will fill from within while continuing to look outside for help, pretty much the same boat they are in now.
i think its more likely to happen b/c of injury than bc of ineffectiveness by garcia. he’s not an ace, but he is a solid a.l. veteran who knows what he’s doing and will certainly be able to provide solid back of the rotation work. nothing special but adequate to the task.
Blake-
Teams always try to get the Yanks to overpay but there’s a new Sheriff in town and I don’t see it any longer.
Thankfully.
MTU,
Nunez is tricky…..they have Pena but if Jeter had to miss say 2 months, you don’t really want Pena playing that many games. Nunez is much better equipped to play every day because he can give you something offensively……so yea it would be tough to include him, to me you probably do if its a deal breaker but you try to keep him out.
Y’s-
That was my point. I see Garcia and/or Colon as injury risks.
I doubt they hold up for an entire season.
Blake-
Pena is not a FT player IMO.
MTU,
I agree.. Good backup but he just can’t hit….
As of this moment I think Banuelos is more untouchable than either
Brackman or Betances.
Lefties are a premium value.
big papi ripping off jay z:
David Ortiz remains at odds with hip-hop star Jay-Z, who contends a website for Ortiz’s Forty Forty nightclub in the Dominican Republic infringes on the rights of his 40/40 Club in Manhattan and sued. According to the New York Post, a three-hour negotiating session before federal judge Richard Berman on Monday did not produce a settlement. The parties could be headed to court later this month. The Post quoted Ortiz’s business manager, Mark Walker, as saying Jay-Z wanted “way too much.”
from extra bases
I’m hoping that Grandy, A-Rod, and Tex all give us big seasons this year.
Scary if they do. That’s a lot of power.
there’s been a scott proctor sighting!. apparently he had his arm reattached and is trying to make the red socks.
after missing all of 2009, he apparently made 6 apperances for atlanta last season.
Then throw in Swisher, Cano and Montero.
Whew !
Super scary.
Power off the bench too in Jones and Chavez/Vasquez.
I like it.
i LOVE that power off the bench. i was so happy when they brought in thames last season. he did a great job. i can see wanting someone better with the leather, but thames really came through for us last year. and he’s a nice guy
good luck marcus!
I always liked Proctor, and when he was effective, Sturtze too.
Fortunately, Girardi doesn’t “Proctorize” his relievers.
Banuelos is close to Montero’s level of being untouchable IMO…..he’s the only Lefty in the system and is very good. The Yanks at least have Sanchez, Romine, etc behind Montero.
Thames decided to go all Samurai on us.
Best of luck to him.
i should note that garret anderson retired. the guy was very very underrated his entire career, partly b/c he was so quiet and laid-back (for which he was often criticized by angels fans early in his carrer)
that guy was a yankee killer and i’m glad he wont be around to torment us anymore.
good luck to you mr anderson!
Blake-
Banuelos is going to be very, very good.
His CU is deadly.
He opens eyes.
Mr. Anderson has gone back to the Matrix.
“MTU March 2nd, 2011 at 7:54 am
Mr. Anderson has gone back to the Matrix”
as long as he wont be getting in that batters box at NYS with the tying run on 2nd, ill be happy!
Me too.
Another Yankee tormentor out of the way.
the only pitcher I’d include Montero in a deal for would be King Felix
good morning all…I have the DVR set so I can watch the game later
I’m excited to see what Jesus can do at the MLB level, and we don’t have long to wait.
Kate-
Good morning.
Have the Glaciers begun to retreat yet ?
Ys Guy-
Proctor is still with the Atlanta Braves and gave up a 3 run homer 2 days ago for a comeback ST win by the Mets over the Braves.
yankee trader thanks for the correction. i read the list of pitchers in the RS v. Braves wrong. sorry.
…all the more reason to wish scott the best of luck~
Is Cashman kidding? He actually made that “offer” to the Twins? LOL……………
Im really starting to believe Montero will be starting the year in NY….didn’t think think so a month ago but the Yanks seem really impressed with his progress defensively and seem open to the idea of him backing up and catching a couple times a week. Maybe they think that in addition to being around Pena, Girardi, and Jorge would be more beneficial than anything at SWB.
Blake-
I think that’s the Yankees perspective too.
Martin-Montero, or Cervelli-Montero would work.
That said, I still think the probability is that he begins the season in SWB.
blake-
You think Cervelli will be sent down or traded or that Martin won’t be ready to open the season behind the plate?
MTU
snow flurries currently…but the snow banks are receding and here and there is a bit of green grass
From Kepner- A “snapshot” of the 1993 Mariners and what coulda/shoulda/mighta been.
“… for a brief time they had Griffey, Johnson, Vizquel, Rodriguez, Edgar Martinez, Jay Buhner, David Ortiz, Mike Hampton and Derek Lowe in the organization”
“The Mariners traded Vizquel to Cleveland for Felix Fermin and Reggie Jefferson. They shipped Ortiz to Minnesota for Dave Hollins, dealt Hampton to Houston for Eric Anthony, and gave Lowe (and Jason Varitek) to Boston for Heathcliff Slocumb.
There were good deals, too, like Darren Bragg for Jamie Moyer. No team hits on everything. Still, a snapshot of the Mariners in late 1993 sure is something to behold.”
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/.....have-been/
.
If Montero makes the team,Cervelli will be…traded?or sent down?
Maybe they think that in addition to being around Pena, Girardi, and Jorge would be more beneficial than anything at SWB.
———————
Said this over the winter. NY is the best place for Montero’s further development. They eased a young Posada into the starting role the same way, with some guy named Girardi sharing the catching duties in Jorge’s first year.
Roger-
Cervelli has options and can be sent down to AAA.
If I were the Yanks I wouldn’t be too quick to trade him.
There’s no rush.
upstate kate-
Blame global warming according to this article posted yesterday in USA Today which has been disputed:
http://www.usatoday.com/weathe.....ming_N.htm
i lived in la in the 90′s and moved back to ny 9/10/01. i was out there when anderson, salmon, jimmy edmonds and darrin erstadt and mo vaughn were all there together and when they made the decision to get rid of edmonds.
edmonds was not well liked in the angel’s clubhouse. he was injured most of 1999, they had brough in mo vaughn and had an extra guy and angels decided they didnt need edmonds and traded him off to st. louis for adam kennedy (a much-criticized trade)
the angels went on to win the WS in 2002 led by erstadt, kennedy and anderson.
edmonds got the last laugh, though, teaming up with albert to win the 2004 series and going on to have a better career than all of them .
mo vaughn fell down the dugout stairs before he had an at-bat in 2001 and missed the entire year. so the met’s signed him to a huge contract the next year.
for a couple of years there, darrin erstad was the most exciting player in baseball, imo, but his star (and his knees) burned out quickly.
Yea I think if they choose to take Montero north then Cervelli will either be sent to SWB or packaged in a trade (he has more trade value than it would seem). With Martin’s injury history it wouldn’t be the worst thing to have him stashed at AAA…..
Hmmm.
Teixeira drops Boras as agent per B. Hoch.
“With Martin’s injury history it wouldn’t be the worst thing to have him stashed at AAA…..”
That’s how I feel.
what about Pena?Trade him or sent him down if he doesn’t make the team?
They likely aren’t going to want to throw Montero into catching every day even if he spent the entire season in AAA this year. Girardi mentioning Posey and just the way he has talked is very telling to me…..don’t see why they’d be saying these things if the weren’t seriously considering it.
“(he has more trade value than it would seem).”
I don’t think he has much value. Probably more valuable to the Yankees in AAA. Rookie catcher and a guy off a hip injury? Plenty can go wrong there.
Pena is almost all glove.
He can be sent to AAA as well but if someone wanted him as part of a trade package I wouldn’t feel bad about losing him.
Posey when he was brought up was used at 1st base before taking over catching full time when Molina was traded to the Rangers.
Not sure how much trade value Pena has. SS is an extremely thin position throughout baseball but its not necessarily thin with guys that can field but can’t hit…..a lot of teams have those type guys.
Mell,
He has “functional” trade value
he could start for some teams.
I think the Yankees are in an enviable position when it comes to catching.
No worries there whatsoever. Options out the ying yang.
Whatever they do will be golden.
Mornin…
Maybe they can package Pena and Mitre together for a mega player. who wouldn’t want a special pitcher who is capable of starting, relieving and being suave at the same time.Pena, a slick fielder who has a knack of driving in runs! If you add to fact both r affable and adorable, that’s a irresistible combo that makes every GM salivate…
“I felt like I’ve always had a chip on my shoulder,” Mitre said. “I don’t think I’ve shown my full potential. There’s been glimpses of it.”-the immortal Sergio
Liriano for Mitre and Pena, sounds reasonable to me.
“He has “functional” trade value he could start for some teams”
There aren’t 5 teams he could start for. He’s a back up catcher. A pretty good backup catcher, but a backup nonetheless. Functional. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Exactly, Posey didn’t catch every day when he came up and by the end of the year he was. Montero could catch some, DH some and acclimate to the big leagues……it might pay off in October just as it did for the Giants.
no way martin goes to aaa. he’s making $4M. its martin and _______ in ny to start the season and the other guy in scranton. things may change later but barring injury, martin is a the starter out of camp.
“Liriano for Mitre and Pena, sounds reasonable to me.”
Perhaps to the people of the Lost City of Z.
aight, I will kick in the zestful Cerv who can melt you with his intense stares…. come on down liriano. Bill Smith will be ecstatic with that haul!
He’s a back up for the Yankees…..if there are 5 teams he could start for then he has value. That’s all Im saying. Agree that he probably has more value in AAA for NY than he would via trade, unless he’s a piece a team wants in a bigger deal.
cervelli is the kind of ‘starting’ catcher you turn to when you come to realize the guy you have looks like he might bat .150.
MTU, those three r my last offer. not only that they r talented with winning pedigrees, they are also great clubhouse guys. Twinkie can ship the malcontent L in exchange for a galvanized clubhouse and fresh young talents.
New thread ==>
Cashmoney-
I like your style.
But reality is not your strong suit at the moment.