Spring Training Game 22: Yankees at Blue Jays
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on Mar 18, 2011 
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YANKEES (9-11-2)
Brett Gardner LF
Russell Martin C
Curtis Granderson CF
Nick Swisher RF
Jorge Posada DH
Eric Chavez 1B
Eduardo Nunez 2B
Ronnie Belliard 3B
Ramiro Pena SS
RHP A.J. Burnett (1-0, 2.00)
Burnett vs. Blue Jays
BLUE JAYS (10-9)
Corey Patterson CF
John McDonald SS
Jose Bautista 3B
Adam Lind 1B
Juan Rivera RF
Travis Snider LF
Jose Molina C
Eric Thames DH
Mike McCoy 2B
RHP Brandon Morrow (1-0, 1.29)
Morrow vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:05 p.m., not on television
WEATHER: It’s unbelievably sunny in Dunedin today. One of those days that leaves you squinting constantly. Not much wind today, just a lot of sunshine.
UMPIRES: HP David Rackley, 1B Marty Foster, 2B Dan Iassogna, 3B Vic Carapazza
ON THE LINE: Sergio Mitre is making his return after dealing with a mild oblique issue. He’s under the radar in this rotation competition, but he’s actually pitched pretty well. Otherwise, the only players really competing for a job today are Eduardo Nunez and Ramiro Pena.
OUT OF THE BULLPEN FOR THE YANKEES: Burnett and Mitre might have enough pitches to get through all nine innings. If not, the Yankees have Andrew Brackman behind them.
BULLPEN FOR THE BLUE JAYS: RHP Jon Rauch, LHP David Purcey and LHP Mike Hinckley
REGULAR SECOND SCENARIO: Just an observation, but a game against Morrow might be exactly the kind of day that Eric Chavez will be in the Yankees lineup this season. Girardi likes to give Alex Rodriguez some days off on that Toronto turf, and Rodriguez has never hit Morrow especially well.
DO IT AGAIN: The Yankees and Blue Jays are playing back-to-back games against one another. The Jays are coming to Tampa tomorrow, Brett Cecil vs. Freddy Garcia.
UPDATE, 1:28 p.m.: Burnett was just hit by a comebacker, but the consensus seems to be that it got him in the glove. There’s no replay here in Dunedin, so I can’t be certain. Either way, he’s staying in the game after being checked on the mound.
Not that Burnett is really rolling along here. He’s allowed three hits this inning — including the one off himself. The Blue Jays have also stolen two bases and scored two runs. It’s a 2-0 game with two outs in the bottom of the first.
UPDATE, 1:41 p.m.: Don’t get to write this very often: Jose Molina just hit a no-doubt home run. It was a solo shot off A.J. Burnett, pushing the Blue Jays lead to 3-0 in the second inning.
UPDATE, 1:57 p.m.: Back-to-back two-out walks and a single by Curtis Granderson nearly put the Yankees on the board, but Gardner was thrown out at the plate.
UPDATE, 2:07 p.m.: A strikeout of Travis Snider should have stranded a runner in the third inning, but strike three was a wild pitch that got past Russell Martin, who had to rush to try to get the out at first base and ultimately threw the ball away, letting the run score. Now Martin’s allowed a passed ball and another stolen base. Not his best day.
UPDATE, 2:43 p.m.: Burnett’s rocky start lasted four innings. Mitre came in to start and fifth and has already rolled through the 2 through 5 hitters, striking out Bautista and Rivera on either side of plunking Adam Lind.
go YANKEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At this point playing Belliard seems like a waste for the Yankees. I wonder if they feel obligated to giving him some playing time as a showcase?
Gardner leads off with a double to left field
nice brett
when are they supposed to extend the regular season to 187 games and 15 pre season? Real games cant start soon enough.
Martin foul pop out to 1st
no radio feeds or tv and gameday is stalled. updates may be slow in coming
at this point, i think the regulars are getting burned out on exhibition games. this part of ST is just to build up the pitchers. in another 3-4 days the hitters will start to focus on heating up for the RS but right now, it’s getting tedious for hitters.
Granderson walks
Swisher gidp
No score, bottom of the first inning
Any updates on Yogi’s footwear?? Has he taken off those sneakers yet?…….Can’t wait for some real baseball,it can’t arrive too soon…..
curtis walks, dp by swisher from hero to goat jk. twitter is easy to follow, if your following beat nyy writers
Is Belliard mini-Manny, or is Banuelos mini-Manny??
francessa still defending castillo. i had no problem with him till this ST, but he chose not to compete for his spot and he shouldnt be rewarded by taking amtrak down to philly and competing for another WS ring.
Patterson single to right field
wild pich by aj, corey to 2nd
# J. Alfred Prufrock March 18th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
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Oh yea definitely because his stuff plays better in the pen lol
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Odds, lofl. had to slip off for lunch & just saw
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It’s funny but it’s true. Then the pen would be even better than it is now.
patterson steals 3rd
GB and Teddy,
Thanks for the play by play and updates
rbi single by batista to left field
adan lind k swinging
no problem
“At this point playing Belliard seems like a waste for the Yankees. I wonder if they feel obligated to giving him some playing time as a showcase?”
Not a guy who brings you anything in trade. Everyone could have had him for nuttin’ 3 months ago. 36 year old, below average hitter, who can’t play defense. Not a lot of call for that….though he’d be the starting 2B for the Mets right now.
sloppy inning, both sides of the ball
batista steals 2nd, goes to 3rd throwing error by martin
AJ hit hard by liner
rivera hit a line drive off aj, he staying in, 2 to 0 jays
The beats are tweeting that Burnett just had a liner smoked backed at him, but seems OK.
snider grounds out
wp, patterson to 2nd base
McDonald fly out to right
Patteson steals 3rd base against Martin/burnett
Bautista ground single to left, run scores
Lind strikeout
Bautista steals 2nd, goes to 3rd base on throwing error by Martin
Juan Rivera ground single to pitcher, run scores
Snider ground out to 2nd
end of 1st inning, 2-0 Toronto
MLB.TV is not even carrying audio today. Is there an online station somewhere I can listen to Yankees games?
Apparently others have radio feed or are at game. I’ll let them give more current updates
posada k swinging
chavez k swinging. i am following on gameday and twitter
nunez pops up to first
Posada, Chavez strike out
Nunez pops out to 1st
Molina homers to left
jose molina hr off burnett 3 to 0 jays
hbp to e thames, bad aj has showed up
mcyoy sac bunt, 1 down
most of you won’t listen but it’s very common for starting pitchers to go through a ‘dead arm’ phase a couple of weeks before the season starts, that’s why so many get lit up in one or two starts in the spring. Burnett can have a bad game today and it means absolutely nothing.
patterson flies out to lf
Gb,
how’s it going my old friend.hope your health is good and nurse k and the twins are keeping you sharp.
I consider yoi a friend and thought I would share with you what happened to me last night. As long as you promise not to tell the rest of the bloggers. I woke up last night to take a tinkle an pulled one of my jingles going to the bathroom. Still sore. I think I might have to start the season pn the dl.
A setback so far for AJ.
“Burnett can have a bad game today and it means absolutely nothing.”
I’m going to see your dead arm and raise you Burnett can have an absolutely live arm and it would still mean nothing.
aj k mcdonald to end the inning
“Burnett can have a bad game today and it means absolutely nothing.”
Means exactly the same as his good games have.
Thames HBP
McCoy sac bunt
Patterson foul out to left
McDonald strikeout
End of 2nd, 3-0 Toronto, 2 runs earned
Who said Burnett has a dead arm? Link please.
belliard flies to cf, pena to lf, 2 outs
Stuckey, I agree but the Professor Irwin Corey of baseball blogs has already declared today a ‘setback’ for Burnett and you know he is the ‘world’s foremost authority’.
“Means exactly the same as his good games have.”
Exactly. Good or bad weeks (plural)/month is the currency of any value in baseball.
SoS March 18th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Gb,
how’s it going my old friend.hope your health is good and nurse k and the twins are keeping you sharp.
I consider yoi a friend and thought I would share with you what happened to me last night. As long as you promise not to tell the rest of the bloggers. I woke up last night to take a tinkle an pulled one of my jingles going to the bathroom. Still sore. I think I might have to start the season pn the dl.
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LMAO. better you than me, pal.
Doing great here, thanks for asking. No need to ask you how it’s going with you. Not something that I wpuld share on here, but….LMAO
SoS, is the wife gonna DFA you?
Typical inane nonsense from the arrogant blog know it all.
“most of you won’t listen”
“Who said Burnett has a dead arm? Link please”
He was just speculating, WCYF. Nobody definitively said he’s got a dead arm..
gardner walks
A setback? Because he struggled in a ST game?
martin walks,
Starting off a game giving up three runs and four hits in two innings when you are AJ Burnett on March 18th is a setback IMO. That doesn’t mean lethal or that its a huge deal but you would like to see a better performance. Hopefully he’ll pitch better the rest of the game.
curtis single to rf, gardner gunned at home
Morrow has a little AJ-ness in him.
Gardner thrown out at home – that must have ben some throw. How rare.
As much as leading off jeter is not the answer. Captain DP i am not all that interested in seeing make a comeback
yea suprise me too, wondering if it was right at rivera
Betsy, now that he’s been called out for that stupid remark he’ll spend the next hour defending it, it’s pretty funny to watch…
“I’m going to see your dead arm and raise you Burnett can have an absolutely live arm and it would still mean nothing.”
lol, so true. Yet people will genuflect about him if he had a good game (he should be the #2!). The double standard is alive and well (except by you, of course
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Setback for Gardner.
The more important part of that play IMO is another base knock by Granderson. He continues to have a great spring.
Three runs in two innings might seem like chicken feed in two weeks’ time!
batisat pop up, but adam lind doubles
stuckey99 March 18th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Setback for Gardner.
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he must lose speed when he bats lead off, what other explanation can there be?
epic fail by the mets on baserunning
“yea suprise me too, wondering if it was right at rivera”
Rivera’s never been a great fielder but does have a history of double digit assists (2004, 2006, 2009 and 2010).
MG – Sorry that you got called out for your idiocy. Deal with it.
AJ, even at his best, has always been a Jekyll and Hyde pitcher, not knowing what you will get from start to start.
So analyzing his game-to-game results is fruitless. It is for any pitcher in ST, but especially true of him.
yea he always had a very good ar,
arm
“Starting off a game giving up three runs and four hits in two innings when you are AJ Burnett on March 18th is a setback IMO. That doesn’t mean lethal or that its a huge deal but you would like to see a better performance. Hopefully he’ll pitch better the rest of the game.”
I’ll invite you again to look at Burnett’s early April and May 2010 and explain to me how a few innings (or games) are indicative of ANYTHING?
juan rivera k swinging
West Coast Putz, what specific idiocy was that? If posting that a bad game by Burnett today means nothing and could easily be attributed to a ‘dead arm’ phase is ‘idiocy’ you must live in the baseball bizarro world.
Yanks78, more about how he’s throwing the ball I would say. Too bad we can’t see it.
Martin must have a dead arm, too. His 2nd throwing error on wp strikeout, run scores
burnett k snider, but martin over threw first base
BryanHoch Bryan Hoch
This A.J. Burnett-Russell Martin battery isn’t working. 2 wild pitches, 2 throwing errors, 3 stolen bases and now a passed ball.
Wow, AJ Burnett, dealing with his first bit of adversity in 2011, has shown remarkable grit, poise and fortitude by buckling down to get two huge strikeouts to strand a runner at 2nd base, keeping the Yankees in this tone-setting game against who’s sure to be a big AL east rival down to the wire.
Or it was just a meaningless inning in March.
Your mileage may vary.
4 to 0 jays, i blame posada
“This A.J. Burnett-Russell Martin battery isn’t working. 2 wild pitches, 2 throwing errors, 3 stolen bases and now a passed ball.”
Make Jesus his personal catcher then
GreenBeret7 March 18th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
BryanHoch Bryan Hoch
This A.J. Burnett-Russell Martin battery isn’t working. 2 wild pitches, 2 throwing errors, 3 stolen bases and now a passed ball.
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this media fixation on Burnett and his problems with catchers is getting old and tedious. If he can’t hit the glove it’s got nothing to do with the catcher.
stuckey99 – that’s the wittiest comment of the afternoon. Thanks.
Gb,
i refuse to tell the boss. Nothing a pill wont fix. 50% is better than o. At least imo. Will have to put some dirt on it and suck it up. Besides she says im always crying about an injury. Crying wolf.
LMAO “your mileage may vary”
SoS, don’t know what to tell you. I suppose you could do what “Killer” always does.
I’d imagine most of these steals are on the perpetually slow to the plate Burnett.
swisher k, posada ground out, chavez pops up
Scot Shields of the Angels has retired. Scoiscia burnt him up.
burnett getting no help defenively nunez booted a ball, guy tried for 2nd out,mcoy flieds to rf, andrew jones in lf
What I expect this year : J M O !
Gardner to lead off and improve over last year.
Jeter to bounce back, maybe not all the way tho…. ( at bat )
Tex to improve a little at bat
ARod : The same, maybe a little better, if healthy all year.
Cano: Much the same
Posada : NOT to be the DH we hope for ( love him, tho..)
Martin : ???? Big question mark for me
Granderson : Better than last years numbers.
Swish : Not quite the same good numbers
A J : If control remains as good as ST, 16-18 wins
CC : Close to last year
Hughes : Same ( better if HR’s drop )
Nova : More wins than losses
Who will be the 5th S P ?
Mo : MO !!! Until he proves otherwise
Soriano : Not as good as in Tampa
Robertson : Some improvement
Joba : ???
Bench : How long will Chavez stay off D L ? Nunez should be okay, if not better. Jones should help.
Any thoughts ? Anyone !
Comeback for Burnett…
burnett k’s patterson to end the 5th
not all of this is on burnett, 4 runs but 2 are unearned. one WP
nunez single, steals 2nd
AJ 5 ks no walks 2 er.
HORRIBLE
belliard k’s
GreenBeret7 March 18th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
not all of this is on burnett, 4 runs but 2 are unearned. one WP
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GB, if LoHud history repeats, pretty soon we’ll have the battle of the ‘Martin-truthers’ vs. the world as it relates to Burnett…
Gardner: To mostly bat 9th and have something of a static year.
Jeter: improved, more 2008ish than 09ish
Tex: more of his regular type year
ARod : Better year than last.
Cano: slight regression.
Posada : servicable ML DH
Martin : Yeah, no idea either.
Granderson : strong year
Swish : Slight regressions
A J : Not going to bother predicting.
CC : standard CC year.
Hughes: solid year
Nova : 10 and 7 ish, 4 and 1/2 ish
Who will be the 5th S P ? about 3 or 4 guys.
Mo : same
Soriano : good enough
Robertson : same
Joba : strong year.
pena k swinging
Top of the 5th inning, 4-0 Toronto
Nunez single to center, stolen base
Belliard strikes out
Pena strikes out
Jones strikeout
andrew jones k swinging
Mitre now pitching
mitre in aj
BryanHoch
A.J. Burnett today: 4 ip, 5 h, 4 r, 2 er, 0 bb, 5 k, 1 hbp, 2 wp (74-48)
Burnett: 4 innings, 5 hits, 4 runs, 2 earned runs, 0 walks, 5 strikeouts, 1 WP, 1 Home run allowed
1st out on a groundout. Huge step forward for Mitre.
5th starter maybe?
wallacematthews
1-2-3 fourth for AJ, but two of the outs were loud
mcdonald grounds out, batista k’s
Seems to me that AJ did pretty well. No walks which is a big positive.
And I did expect that he might give up runs sometime.
lind hbp
I was just going to say, like the 0 BB’s. :/
thanks for the updates GB and Teddy
I know it is just ST blah blah blah, but I would like to have seen Phil pitch against the Jays
mcdonald ground out to shortstop
Bautista strikeout
Lind HBP
Rivera strikeout
mitre k’s rivera
Kate, the gameday updates are really slow, so bare with me
Just saw on Bleacher Report where yanks are still interested in Millwood ?
Hope NOT ! Innings, schminnings, the guy is over the hill.
Rather go with what we have.
# Fran the original March 18th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Seems to me that AJ did pretty well. No walks which is a big positive.
And I did expect that he might give up runs sometime.
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Agreed, if he cuts walks a lot, he’ll do much better than last year. Can he keep his confidence is the question.
GB7, thanks for doing the “grunt work!” Much appreciated.
SI_JonHeyman
russell martin looks so bad behind the plate today burnett will soon be begging for posada
Fran the original March 18th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Seems to me that AJ did pretty well. No walks which is a big positive.
And I did expect that he might give up runs sometime.
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14 innings, 11 strikeouts and 0 walks this spring…very encouraging
Geez, Bryan Hoch -it’s one game.
Another gem from Heyman……….
You know, it just hit me – it was the Jays that Phil had some difficulty with last year, no?
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I have been creating injury lists.
Do you know how many players have injuries? Some are something, but some are little things. I stil don’t know how I’m going to draft players on Sunday. I feel like I’m on a treadmill – no progress, let’s of work.
Where has Heyman been when Martin has looked good? What a tool.
4 NYY,
Agree with you that with AJ, the key to his success is as much mental as physical. He needs to limit the damage which he did not do last season.
Happy to do it, YankeeFem
Wally, give me a break. Are they now going to come up with a stat for loud outs? I wouldn’t be surprised- an out is an out. He did the same thing in yesterday’s game as well.
What’s Heyman talking about….does he mean the one play he saw between stuffing his face with Goobers and tweeting.
I know it’s spring training, but this team gives me a lot of reasons to be concerned for 2011.
Last year we did score a lot of runs.. but, I think it’s misleading.. because the bats just didn’t seem all that impressive.. at least not clutch. they were very hot and cold.
now with this years pitching issues.. if I was optimistic, I’d say CC & Phil will be a stong 1,2.. and AJ will have a bounce back year and Nova will have a good first full season.. this would make our #5 irrelevant if he can eat innings..
on the other hand..
CC is stud.. he’ll be on point this year.. Hughes had a terrific year last year but really would be a better 3 or 4 spot.. and AJ will be lucky to win 14 games.. Nova the same, which is unfair because he deserves some slack being a rookie.. our #5 options are not looking all that good at this point.. and if our 1 -4 were solid I wouldn’t care so much, but in our current situation, I just can’t ignore it.
who cares where we are in the current standings.. but we haven’t even won 10 games this spring.. sheesh.. hope this is not going to reflect the type of season we are going to have.. !!
BTW, anyone else notice that Melky Cabrera is leading the grapefruit league with avg? Hitting over .500 this spring.. Go Melky !!
Wow, put Melky in the ST HOF along with all the other players who did it when the games didn’t count.
Betsy,
Things are good in Yankees camp. Seems to me Heyman and Matthews are trying to create some storylines.
The Jon Heyman is such a scoundrel.
I bet he wears funny clothes, has questions hygiene and drives an early model car!!
“BTW, anyone else notice that Melky Cabrera is leading the grapefruit league with avg? Hitting over .500 this spring.. Go Melky !!”
Could have used him over Jones, who looks washed up
Blake, the guy takes potshots at AJ and his mental condition and now he’s taking shots at Martin because he had one rough game. The guy is NOT funny – he’s obnoxious.
Martin and granderson open the 6th with singles, Swisher walks. Bases loaded no outs
martin, single, curtis single” off a lefty”, swisher walked, base loaded no outs
Fran, Wally is just dumb with some of the things he says/tweets. Heyman is really obnoxious.
Posada grounds out, runner out at 2nd, Martin scores
posada rbi ground out, chavez double play, only get 1 lousy run
“Last year we did score a lot of runs.. but, I think it’s misleading.. because the bats just didn’t seem all that impressive.. at least not clutch. they were very hot and cold. ”
I think a lot of Yankee fans should consider watching other teams play more often…..when they aren’t playing the Yankees. It would help with perspective.
double bt snyider off mitre to start bottom of 6th
Chavez grounds into DP
4-1 Toronto, bottom of the 6th inning
Also, on another note:
Derek Jeter is the man.. I love the way he plays this game and admire him how he carries himself. He’ll be a true Yankee great in my hear until I die.
With that said, he does not belong in the top 3 in the lineup until he can figure out his mechanics.. even then, I lean towards his batting 1,2 days are up.
Gardner has everything needed to be the perfect lead-off hitter.. he see’s a lot of pitches and is a base stealing threat.. if Joe G. does not make him lead-off it’s because of politics and ego’s. No excuse !
Betsy,
He’s a clown.
Two games in a row where the Yanks stunk it up in a key spot, lol
Blake, Heyman? He is. He seems like a nice guy when he comes on WFAN, but his persona on twitter is infantile
“Last year we did score a lot of runs.. but, I think it’s misleading..”
No, they REALLY did score a lotta runs.
Seriously. I just checked.
“our #5 options are not looking all that good at this point.. ”
NOBODY’s does.
“who cares where we are in the current standings..”
Indeed.
” but we haven’t even won 10 games this spring.. sheesh.. hope this is not going to reflect the type of season we are going to have.. !!”
D’oh!
So close…
Betsy,
Yes. I know nothing about him personally but professionally…..he’s not very professional. He’s baseball’s version of papparazzi.
Burnett’s FIP for this outing was 3.95 , which isn’t bad. His FIP last season was 4.83 !
Doreen
I finally looked for a fantasy guide at the book store, but they didn’t have anything.
Betsy March 18th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Blake, Heyman? He is. He seems like a nice guy when he comes on WFAN, but his persona on twitter is infantile
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it’s really tough, Betsy. First the Yankees lose the crucial off season part of the schedule, and now they can’t get key hits during this most important part of the spring training schedule either. You just have to wonder whether all these ‘old players’ can suck it up for another full season.
And now that Martin has been shown to be capable of having a bad game behind the plate, where is our resident Cashman-hater to show up with ‘past time for a change’?
Thames 2 run homer, 7-1 Toronto
What a lot of Yankee fans don’t understand….is that if the Yankees occasionally struggled to score runs in 2010 then most if not all teams had stretches that were even worse.
We won 95 games last year.
GreenBeret7 March 18th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Thames 2 run homer, 7-1 Toronto
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How did Cashman let him get away? Way past time for a change
mccoy 2 run hr off mitre, 6 to 1 jays, molina, thames, paterson made outs
Oh, different Thames….
Never mind.
That was McCoy with 2 run homer , score correction, 6-1
What a lot of Yankee fans don’t understand….is that if the Yankees occasionally struggled to score runs in 2010 then most if not all teams had stretches that were even worse.
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It seems like some fans wish the Yankees would just score 5 runs a game. Sure they’d lose all the games they give up 6 or more, but that kind of consistency is like a safety net for them. Can’t really argue with all the runs the Yankees scored last year. I think they are going to score a bunch more this year.
GB, you and Teddy better get together on the play by play or it’s to the woodshed and Nurse Karloff for you…
top 7 nunez flies out to rf
# stuckey99 March 18th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
“Last year we did score a lot of runs.. but, I think it’s misleading..”
No, they REALLY did score a lotta runs.
Seriously. I just checked.
- misleading in the fact that our offense can carry this team when the pitching isn’t.. to be specific.
“our #5 options are not looking all that good at this point.. ”
NOBODY’s does.
- nobody has our payroll expectations with a very unstable 3,4,5.
“who cares where we are in the current standings..”
Indeed.
- I don’t remember a spring this bad tho.
” but we haven’t even won 10 games this spring.. sheesh.. hope this is not going to reflect the type of season we are going to have.. !!”
D’oh!
So close…
- Yet so far
Ledger_Yankees Star Ledger
AJ with a bruise on his backside from the liner. Says he’s fine. Says SBs were on him, too long to the plate.
Blake, lol – I like that analogy.
MG, only the Yankees lose ST games and only the Yankees are old. That’s what it seems like with Heyman and his cohorts. Is a player having a bad game a big deal? Is it supposed to be news? As to AJ, the guy has done nothing wrong this ST, but let’s face it – it’s become a joke, the way Alex became a joke, to the media and the fans.
Poor AJ – he’ll never be able to sit again. Maybe he should get a tatoo to cover that bruise, lol. Glad he’s ok…………
belliard k swinging, cut him please
russo grounds out
Blake, of course that’s true, but IMO the Yankees are an all or nothing offense and so that does not make them great. No wonder except for 2009 the team has gone ice cold in the playoffs- when you face better pitching, you are going to have to take advantage of any chances you get. The Yankees are not good at advancing the runner, getting the runner in from 3rd with less than 2 outs, that kind of thing. We saw that how many times last year? They’d get bases loaded and end up with one or even no runs.
BryanHoch
Brett Gardner was taken out of the game with a bruised right shin. Says he’s fine
now we know why gardner got gunned
# LoHudYankees
Gardner dealing with a sore calf. “Couldn’t get out of third gear” when he was thrown out at the plate. Says it’s no big deal. about 1 hour ago via Echofon
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# Star Ledger Ledger_Yankees
Let’s rephrase: Gardner fouled ball off right shin last night; right calf felt tight today. Doesn’t think it’s a big deal. #nyy
Ledger_Yankees Star Ledger
Let’s rephrase: Gardner fouled ball off right shin last night; right calf felt tight today. Doesn’t think it’s a big deal. #nyy
“# Jerkface March 18th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
What a lot of Yankee fans don’t understand….is that if the Yankees occasionally struggled to score runs in 2010 then most if not all teams had stretches that were even worse.
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It seems like some fans wish the Yankees would just score 5 runs a game. Sure they’d lose all the games they give up 6 or more, but that kind of consistency is like a safety net for them. Can’t really argue with all the runs the Yankees scored last year. I think they are going to score a bunch more this year.
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I dunno, there were a lot of really bad years for our best hitters last year.. maybe not so bad in general, but from their career numbers there was a steep decline.. (Jeter, Arod, Tex, Posada, Granderson)
I’m not saying that they’ll all continue to decline, but I can expect that they all have a bounce back year either. They are getting older and that does not play to their favor.
“We won 95 games”
Aye, that we did ! The first half of the season our pitching was beyond spectacular.. but when it came time for our bats to step it up and lead the way.. it never happened.. what was the number of games we won between CC, Hughes, Pet in the first half? What was their ERA? They carried this team.. no question about that !
Betsy, the media obviously blows everything out of proportion to sell newspapers and get better ratings. In the old days, beat writers covered teams for years and years, it was a prestigious job because it was the only real way for news to get out there. Today, with all the media focused on everything, a reporter tries to make a name for him/herself to get a better job which could be worth millions of dollars more in their career.
My uncle was a good friend of Lenny Lewin, who was the Knicks beat writer for many, many years. He never made much money, lived in an apartment in Forest Hills, and got some extra benefits and freebies but enjoyed his career and life enormously. I wonder how much all these new guys enjoy what they are doing-Mathews had his shot a long time ago on a talk show and was dumped very quickly so he’s found his niche, the others still have hopes and dreams of making the big time (or at least a sports talk radio gig if they can build a good enough shtick).
betsy stop yankees aren’t ice cold offense, they conistanly put 4 or 5 runs a game.
as for ps is a short sample means absoutely nothing.
they conistanly draw bb and get men on, so of course they gotta leave runners on
Leon’ys Martin Hits Free Agency, Talks To MLB Teams
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [March 18 at 12:34pm CST]
Cuban outfielder Leon’ys Martin is now a free agent and has started negotiating with MLB teams, according to Jorge Ebro of El Nuevo Herald (Twitter links). The Cuban defector is now in Mexico.
Earlier in the month, Baseball America’s John Manuel reported that Martin’s best tools are his speed and defense. The 22-year-old prospect was a bench player for Cuba in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and is “considered an elite prospect,” according to ESPN.com’s Jorge Arangure
diaz single off mitre
larie grounds out, cooper dp
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# Betsy March 18th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Blake, of course that’s true, but IMO the Yankees are an all or nothing offense and so that does not make them great. No wonder except for 2009 the team has gone ice cold in the playoffs- when you face better pitching, you are going to have to take advantage of any chances you get. The Yankees are not good at advancing the runner, getting the runner in from 3rd with less than 2 outs, that kind of thing. We saw that how many times last year? They’d get bases loaded and end up with one or even no runs.
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well said, very true.. hence my concerns that I was attempting to articulate with a few of my recent posts.. we may score a lot of runs, but advancing the runner is just as important as big HR’s.
sorry, jones single off a lefty
molina single 2 on and no out
gameday all messed up
MG March 18th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
How did Cashman let him get away? Way past time for a change
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LMAO!!!!
MG, I think twitter feeds this mentality – people want to get out there and make a name for themselves. So, one way they can do that is to say “funny” and controversial things to get people talking………… I don’t follow anyone on twitter, well maybe Alan Hahn of Newsday; he does a great job covering the Knicks. In any case, I find most of these guys’ attempts at humor (even Carig, who is generally ok) to be pathetic.
Betsy, I agree that the evolution of Twitter has ended civilization as we know it, not just New York sports teams
LOL MG – the only reason I like it is it’s a good way to maybe ask a beat writer or whomever a question and get a response.
Man Vazquez is tearing it up.
14 – 29 .483/.485/.895
you know it’s a big, important game when Gustavo Molina bats in the 8th inning with the bases loaded and 1 out. Who would you rather have in that situation?
Twitter has actually revolutionized communication in the world. Ask the people of Egypt.
No idea what’s happening right now. The Canadians must be running gameday and the Twerps with the tweets ain’t singin’.
ok, bottom of the 8th, 6-5 Toronto. Brackman pitching
Molina K, Laird single, Russo walk, the next guy walked, then an out. I think the score is 6-5 and Brackman is pitching.
SWB scored 4 runs in the top of the eighth.
# West Coast Yankee Fan March 18th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Man Vazquez is tearing it up.
14 – 29 .483/.485/.895
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Actually, I would rather see him get a shot than Chavez. I just know he’ll be hurt before long.
Nunez can play several spots it appears and Swish can play first also.
Sometimes a guy like this ( Vaz) just needs a chance and could prove to be a better hitter at this stage than Jones.
it’s a good thing there was no Twitter in Biblical times, the Egyptians might have been saved from all of those plagues and pestilence and there would be no Seders in the spring.
brackman
short fly out to center
ground out to 3rd base
ground out to 2nd base
# 4 NYY March 18th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
# West Coast Yankee Fan March 18th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Man Vazquez is tearing it up.
14 – 29 .483/.485/.895
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Actually, I would rather see him get a shot than Chavez. I just know he’ll be hurt before long.
Nunez can play several spots it appears and Swish can play first also.
Sometimes a guy like this ( Vaz) just needs a chance and could prove to be a better hitter at this stage than Jones.
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Proven to be a good asset. Might get a call up or be a trade chip.
The Jays have to have to worst stadium name ever in Dunedin-’Florida Auto Exchange Stadium’. Of course, if you’ve ever been to Dunedin, it fits right in…
I wish Andrew Brackman didn’t have the setback and loss of time with the groin pull but his time to shine will arrive sooner than later.
He’ll keep himself ready at AAA.
Actually, I would rather see him get a shot than Chavez. I just know he’ll be hurt before long.
Nunez can play several spots it appears and Swish can play first also.
Sometimes a guy like this ( Vaz) just needs a chance and could prove to be a better hitter at this stage than Jones.
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His line is deceptive, he doesn’t walk at all. He would get killed in the majors because he has such poor discipline.
Babe Vazquez with a walk, Melky Mesa pinch running for him.
top of the 9th
Vazquez walk
pinch running, Mesa steals 2nd
and then gets picked off of 2nd base
Mesa stole second, Girardi is pulling out all the stops to tie this game…
GB, is your tin cup and string working better than mine?
Maxwell pops up, 2 outs
how can he leave Maxwell in there to face Ledesma?
Funny that Vazquez walks right when I say he doesn’t! But seriously he doesn’t. 4% walk rate in the minors. 25% K rate. Ugly. He sure has some power though.
game over, another horrible loss for the Yankees.
Parraz flies out, game over 6-5 Toronto. Sloppy game by Yanks
P,
Yankees led the majors in runs scored by some 40-50 runs last year.
That should speak entirely for itself.
I guess the Yankees aren’t going to win ST
oh wait, anyone remember who won last year?
MG March 18th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
GB, is your tin cup and string working better than mine?
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I’m using carrier pigeons today. damned Jays are chasing them.
how did we score 5 runs
Yes if the Yankees outscored the rest of baseball by a sizeable margin then it just stands to reason that all those runs weren’t scored during meaningless times…..again, every team struggles to get big hits at times and most did so more than the Yanks did.
If all that you’re seeing every day is the Yankee game then its easy to overstate their flaws in relation to the rest of the teams.
Spring Training is interminable. T-minus 13 days and counting.
# Jerkface March 18th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Actually, I would rather see him get a shot than Chavez. I just know he’ll be hurt before long.
Nunez can play several spots it appears and Swish can play first also.
Sometimes a guy like this ( Vaz) just needs a chance and could prove to be a better hitter at this stage than Jones.
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His line is deceptive, he doesn’t walk at all. He would get killed in the majors because he has such poor discipline.
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Sure don’t want him to die ! I know what you’re saying, but he still might surprise. Has yet to be proven. Kevin Long ?
Sure don’t want him to die ! I know what you’re saying, but he still might surprise. Has yet to be proven. Kevin Long ?
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K Long is going to have to do a lot of work to get him to near the same place that Cano is. Cano didn’t really strike out a lot. Vazquez strikes out a ton. Its a swing and a miss thing for Vazquez, he goes out of the zone, swings at everything and misses. When he connects its awesome obviously, but unlike Cano he lacks that preternatural ability to make contact.
Vazquez is a DH who happens to own a couple of gloves. he’s a right handed Juan Miranda
Vazquez is an older guy who could either be Juan Miranda, Shelly Duncan, or Carlos Pena, we really don’t know which one.
The best thing for his career would be to get moved to a lesser team where he can play regularly, he isn’t going to get enough ABs as a Yankee (even if he were to make the team, which is highly unlikely) to potentially do well at the major league level.
Miranda has place discipline.
With AJ you take the good and you take the bad. The yanks don’t need a pitching coach… they need Mrs Garrett… here is your 2011 rotation: http://yankeesgameday.blogspot.....-life.html
I am so tired.
And I just found cheat sheets at the back of my fantasy baseball magazine.
I need to go through these before Sunday.
This is too much work…….
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So AJ had his bad outing. As I’ve said before, they each will have one awful terrible outing before the end of ST. Can’t get too upset about it. (Yet.
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I’m more interested in following up on Logan and Feliciano.
Carlos Pena has really good plate discipline. Vazquez would be like a worse Vernon Wells. Guy with power that doesn’t walk much at all. Jermaine Dye like.
This loss was entirely on Girardi and Cashman.
“Its time for a past change.”
?”It’s change for a past time?”
Something like that….
# BoJo March 18th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
This loss was entirely on Girardi and Cashman.
“Its time for a past change.”
?”It’s change for a past time?”
Something like that….
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Whatever happened to him?
BoJo March 18th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
This loss was entirely on Girardi and Cashman.
“Its time for a past change.”
?”It’s change for a past time?”
Something like that….
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it’s PAST TIME FOR A CHANGE, DAMMIT!!!!!