Cano’s back, Swisher’s out
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on May 03, 2011 
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My guess is it’s just a day for Nick Swisher to rest. Just saw him and he certainly didn’t seem hurt in any way.
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada DH
Andruw Jones RF
Russell Martin C
Brett Gardner LF
Welcome back Mr. Cano.
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Love the Cano/Nova stuff.
Every day I wonder if Girardi is going to have the guts to bat Jeter 9th. Unfortunately I don’t think its gonna happen anytime soon.
I love Jeter and am grateful for everything he’s done over the years but its painfully obvious that he’s a shell of his former self. If not for the amazing number of fluke infield singles he’s gotten his average would be around .200. When was the last time Jeter drove the ball in the gap? Forget about hitting any home runs.
He always says its all about winning. If that’s the case he should go to Girardi and tell him to bat him 9th. Because frankly, if he’s not leading off, that’s the only other spot in the lineup that makes any sense.
Erin-
Love the Cano stuff.
See. I fixed that for ya’.
Ledger_Yankees Swisher has played every game for Yanks. Every inning too, I believe. So a breather makes sense.
miggs
I agree… I can understand letting him get to 150 – 200 bats in the top 2 to get a better sample size but i don’t think Girardi will do that at all this year. The Media is completely on Jeter’s side on everything and would crucify girardi for making such a bold move… We’ll see
Swisher has played every inning of every game this season, not surprising he’s getting a day off.
Well the Tigers have a lead off man hitting around .150 so not every team has a Ricky Henderson. And the Yanks are developing one in Slade Heathcott, but he strikes out too much right now in his young career. Is he the next Yankee leadoff man? Where are the good leadoff men? Brian Roberts of the Orioles is my current favorite. Knoblauch in his prime was probably the best in the last 20 years for the Yanks. And going way back Mickey “the Quick” Rivers was a dandy!
Both Banuelos & Betances have quality changeups.
Tom in NJ, I think you’re correct that Betances’ CB overshadows his change. The latter he has come by during rehab so it’s a relatively new offering for him. What’s got people like Nardi excited is how deadly it is & how quickly it’s become a real weapon, not just a show-me pitch to offset his fb & curve.
Manny has thrown his a lot longer & throws it a lot more,i t looks just like his fb to the hitter so he always seems to be a step ahead. What’s exciting is both kids have a nasty one.
During Betances last outing in Trenton, Contreras was beaming & kept talking about his change with the two kid pitchers charting pitches. Since I’ve seen it a good deal I can understand Contreras’ excitement. Contreras is a very excitable, charismatic guy, btw. I was tempted to ask him about the Joba mess but I decided I’m getting a little long in the tooth for that kind of fan-aprooaches-player/coach/scout/manager stuff
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Why does A Jones frighten me? it seems hes been squeaking by on hints of his past….prove me wrong Druw!
And of course how could I forget Rickey Henderson when he was with the Yanks? He would have to be the best Lead off man in Yankees history over Knoblauch and Rivers. Players like Henderson though only come around once a lifetime imo.
Flash17YES 47 degrees in Detroit. Interesting to see how canos hand responds
I got no problem with Slade’s Ks. He’s got enough developing power & contact ability to make me shrug at the strikeouts for now. I only saw him for 3 games, but he looks like a hitter with a clue.
Will Heathcott be a bonafide ML leadoff man? He’s got the hittability and the speed to put up 40-50 SB’s a season. He’s on pace at Charleston score over 200 runs this season. But he has over 20 K’s in less than 100 AB’s.
9. In closing out the win, Mariano Rivera got Ryan Raburn to ground out to second. As Raburn’s bat splintered into about six pieces, some shot into the air like fireworks.
frim kim jones blog.
I love mo.
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Heathcott’s stats so far this season, 25 K’s in 94 ab’s
2011 Season
Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS
CSC SAL .351 23 94 26 33 11 2 2 11 54 13 25 3 4 .436 .574 1.011
Is he the next Yankee leadoff man? Where are the good leadoff men?
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One of them is hitting 9th for the Yankees
One of them is hitting 9th for the Yankees,
Going by last year’s stats Gardy’s a bonafide lead off man but when put up there this year he’s choked. He definitely could be though I agree.
timmyb72 May 3rd, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Will Heathcott be a bonafide ML leadoff man? He’s got the hittability and the speed to put up 40-50 SB’s a season. He’s on pace at Charleston score over 200 runs this season. But he has over 20 K’s in less than 100 AB’s.
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but it’s not like he’s got a problematic swing or upper cut or poor plate coverage. He’s an aggressive hitter. He’s too young to get hung up on isolated K rates. The guys I worry about in that regard are Mesa & DeLeon. Got to see Slade unload that gun he has for an arm in Lakewood. He made one bad decision & got caught in a rundown between 3B & home. I have no idea why he thought he could score on the play so that was funky. But sweet player. wish I had the chance to see him more.
Going by last year’s stats Gardy’s a bonafide lead off man but when put up there this year he’s choked.
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I don’t think he choked. He hit 1st fine last year (one of his strongest splits). I think it was a few things, changing his positioning in the box, new swing, wrist surgery, etc.
“One of them is hitting 9th for the Yankees”
I’d like to be sure he’s serious about at least a .375 OBP.
Per Cotts : 3 years/$51M (2011-13), plus 2014 player option
No problem with the money of Jeter’s contract but the length could be. At some point he’ll have to accept a reduced role both in the batting order and playing time itself unless he suddenly becomes a Paul Molitor.
The best hope is that he makes the decision on his own.
Andruws numers against penny are great, reason why joe gave swish the day. Good decision
Erin
did you see this face?
http://www.nydailynews.com/blo.....nt=Twitter
The best hope is that he makes the decision on his own.
Joe D walked away after hitting .263 (also had a foot injury) but was embarassed that he wasn’t hitting .300 anymore.
I’m gonna be rooting for his every AB
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ty-I didn’t. With all of the pictures to choose from they chose that one??
Thanks for the link!
I’d like to be sure he’s serious about at least a .375 OBP.
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Well he’s actually kind of nonchalant about it.
Umm why is Swisher getting the day off so early in the season? He is in his prime, why does he need a day off? And why against a righty, who Jones can’t hit?
Joe gets too cute resting guys, hope it doesn’t cost us like it did last September.
hope it doesn’t cost us like it did last September.
rofl…
Something I’ve seen recently has me wondering–who or what is this “Hollywood Swisher?” Is that our Nick or a local west coast profession? If Nick, why the seemingly derogatory nickname?
“I’d like to be sure he’s serious about at least a .375 OBP.”
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“Well he’s actually kind of nonchalant about it.”
Well, so far he has certainly been non-something about it.
# 28 RINGS May 3rd, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Umm why is Swisher getting the day off so early in the season? He is in his prime, why does he need a day off? And why against a righty, who Jones can’t hit?
Joe gets too cute resting guys, hope it doesn’t cost us like it did last September.
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Good grief. I sure hope you’re kidding.
28 RINGS May 3rd, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Umm why is Swisher getting the day off so early in the season? He is in his prime, why does he need a day off? And why against a righty, who Jones can?t hit?
Joe gets too cute resting guys, hope it doesn?t cost us like it did last September.
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miggs May 3rd, 2011 at 3:50 pm
If not for the amazing number of fluke infield singles he’s gotten his average would be around .200
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No one considers that maybe his strategy was to evolve the Jeterian hit into a swinging bunt.
Well, so far he has certainly been non-something about it.
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If you’re saying he has to prove he can do it well didn’t he do exactly that last season? Why is 86 plate appearances this year more significant than the 569 he had last year?
Erin
I thought it was a pretty funny face.
No one thinks to call Jeter Hollywood Jeter despite him being in several movies.
tyanksfan36 May 3rd, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Erin
I thought it was a pretty funny face.
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ty-I did have to laugh when I saw it.
timmyb72 May 3rd, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Will Heathcott be a bonafide ML leadoff man? He’s got the hittability and the speed to put up 40-50 SB’s a season. He’s on pace at Charleston score over 200 runs this season. But he has over 20 K’s in less than 100 AB’s.
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Let’s see him get to AAA first before we decide. Have seen too many great prospects peter out before AAA
Yanks are in the middle of 16 in a row….and Swisher has played every game I believe.
Im waiting for the first PAST HIS PRIME baseball player to hand em up before his contract is up for pride reasons.
Jeter has a 4 year contract. What if he huvers around .250 this year with no obvious power and has no improvements next year? Can you see him hanging em up being the competitor that he is?
How about Alex? Tex? Again assuming they are not pulling their weight at the end of their contract.
Pissing and moaning about Jeter’s infield hits again, Gracie? Amazing that the same ones think that’s a great asset for Suzuki, but Jeter is a bum because of it.
“Why is 86 plate appearances this year more significant than the 569 he had last year?”
Well there’s the 425 he had in 2008 and 2009, and those 89 he had this year. You must admit he didn’t look to good in those first 89.
However, he’s done better recently. I’d like to see him keep that up before moving him back to the top, and I wouldn’t get too excited about it anyway because if they did they’ll just drop Jeter to #2 and you’ll still be frustrated.
stuckey99 May 3rd, 2011 at 12:04 pm
The ‘because his name is Derek Jeter’ is for simpletons.
It implies some other factor other than the Yankees believe in his body of work.
Magglio Ordonez still bats 3rd for the Tigers.
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Ironic you should mention Ordonez. He will be losing his spot in the order no later than tomorrow.
And he hasn’t sucked for NEARLY as long as Jeter has.
SoS May 3rd, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Im waiting for the first PAST HIS PRIME baseball player to hand em up before his contract is up for pride reasons.
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If you blinked, you already missed it. KC pitcher last winter.
“Amazing that the same ones think that’s a great asset for Suzuki, but Jeter is a bum because of it.”
Are you positive it’s the same ones?
YankeesNmore May 3rd, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Ironic you should mention Ordonez. He will be losing his spot in the order no later than tomorrow.
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Since you have tomorrow’s paper, could you tell me what the winning MegaMillioins numbers are?
No one considers that maybe his strategy was to evolve the Jeterian hit into a swinging bunt.
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I think Jeter and Gardner should switch jersey numbers. Gardner of the past had the ultimate infield track power. Now Jeter holds that belt.
Maybe Long mixed the files up of things to work on Jeter and Gardner on in 11.
As a practical matter, Girardi will not want to go with lefty-lefty Gardner/Granderson at the top of the lineup, inviting a lefty reliever. Since Granderson is doing well in the two spot, the lineup issue is more complicated than focusing on Jeter vis-a-vis Gardner. Going back to Gardner-Jeter one-two would not be a plus, for sure.
If both Gardner and Swisher were to play very well, and Swisher were to even out his splits, and Jeter were to play very poorly, perhaps an argument could be made for slotting them one-two and Granderson sixth, but I have a hard time seeing all that happening.
Jeter has actually done well leading off games and innings with no one on base. The grounders with men on base scenario will happen whether he bats one or nine.
BoJo May 3rd, 2011 at 4:45 pm
SoS May 3rd, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Im waiting for the first PAST HIS PRIME baseball player to hand em up before his contract is up for pride reasons.
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If you blinked, you already missed it. KC pitcher last winter.
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That’s one.
I’m guessing he negotiated some sort of buyout with KC, but maybe not.
The money is a non-issue for the Yankees. They can write Jeter a “Thank You for everything” check for the remainder of his contract anytime they choose. Hopefully it’s no later than the end of the this year.
More importantly, Jeter needs to lose his spot in the order, if not his job all together, about five seconds after he FINALLY limps past 3,000 hits with what will no doubt be another of those patented infield rollers of his.
Gil Meche did not have a buy-out. He retired for pride and he felt like he was stealing money…in other words, he was a fool (as his agent probably refers to him now)
Larry, get back to your deep fryer, you idiot. You burned the French fries again.
YankeesNmore showing his usual flashes of ignorance.
Next someones going to say that other teams are going to have their outfielders sit criss cross apple sauce when Jeters at the plate.
Jeter has actually done well leading off games and innings with no one on base.
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no he hasn’t.
Just because most of his handful of infield “hits” have come in those situations does not mean he has “done well.”
The guy can’t even hit the ball hard anymore.
That would be pretty sad if #3,000 was a swinging roller to 3RD base.
Is there a Lohud prize or something for saying the same thing over and over enough times?
oS May 3rd, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Next someones going to say that other teams are going to have their outfielders sit criss cross apple sauce when Jeters at the plate.
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DARN!! You beat me to it (and I don’t even have a clue as to what it means!).
blake May 3rd, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Is there a Lohud prize or something for saying the same thing over and over enough times?
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Yes. Your own blog.
When there is no fault to be found with the message, the messenger gets it.
If you look at his spray chart you’d almost be better off pulling the left fielder into the infielder. He hasn’t pulled the ball with authority all year.
BoJo May 3rd, 2011 at 4:52 pm
That would be pretty sad if #3,000 was a swinging roller to 3RD base.
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What else does he hit???
http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/.....lent-29267
Larry, get back to your deep fryer, you idiot. You burned the French fries again.
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GB!! I love you man!! I just choked on my peanut m n m’s. Yes peanut m n m’s. Opened up a business in a rough neighborhood and told the wife that I needed to gain weight to protect myself. I cant believe it took me this long to come up with this plan. All the sugar is sure hitting the spot and probably scaring everyone else away. Looking like im on something. Hmmm i wonder if that why im not busy. Naaaahhh.
YankeesNmore May 3rd, 2011 at 4:55 pm
BoJo May 3rd, 2011 at 4:52 pm
That would be pretty sad if #3,000 was a swinging roller to 3RD base.
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What else does he hit???
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Minka?
Jerkface May 3rd, 2011 at 4:55 pm
If you look at his spray chart you’d almost be better off pulling the left fielder into the infielder. He hasn’t pulled the ball with authority all year.
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He hasn’t hit the ball ANYWHERE with any authority all year.
The guy has two extra-base hits… TWO! And one of those was a roller right over the first base bag in Baltimore… I don’t even remember the second.
Well there’s the 425 he had in 2008 and 2009, and those 89 he had this year. You must admit he didn’t look to good in those first 89.
However, he’s done better recently. I’d like to see him keep that up before moving him back to the top, and I wouldn’t get too excited about it anyway because if they did they’ll just drop Jeter to #2 and you’ll still be frustrated.
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I think 2010 is the most significant year of his career to date because he was in the majors for the entire time and had a starting job from the get go.
It’s just frustrating because early in his career people wrote Gardner off as a AAAA player then last year he broke out. And of course there were people saying that it was a fluke and we should wait for a full season before deciding he’s any good. Well we have that now, he’s a good player.
How much does Gardner have to prove before people accept that YES he’s a good player and maybe he’s just going through a bad streak? 1 good season clearly wasn’t enough, so what do we need, 2 full seasons of good production? 3?
New Post- Cano: “I just barely feel it”
Bojo,
lol. Criss Cross Apple Sauce is the new and politacally correct way of saying sitting indian style. Must have learned that from my kids during some commercial.
What else does he hit???
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Minka?
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You win
Jeter pulled a double against the twins, line drive down the line past the third baseman. His other was a ground ball over the bag to RF.
SoS May 3rd, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Bojo,
lol. Criss Cross Apple Sauce is the new and politacally correct way of saying sitting indian style. Must have learned that from my kids during some commercial.
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Glad you are referring to that definition…I checked Urban Dictionary and was hoping you weren’t referring to option #3.
Wasn’t Jeter’s second single last night a line drive? I missed it but on the radio it sounded better than a grounder thorugh the hole
Hey, SoS. Great to see you back. Congrats on your new enterprise. Hope all is going well with you and family. I learned long ago to never eat or drink around the computer when I read this blog. Too many accidents waiting to happen. I’ve choked on many a piza and spit a lot of beer out reading this stuff.
Jerkface May 3rd, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Jeter pulled a double against the twins, line drive down the line past the third baseman. His other was a ground ball over the bag to RF.
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There ya go. Honestly, it’s is just ridiculous that we’re talking about a guy who almost NEVER hits the ball hard.
It really is incredible just how bad Jeter has been. And he’s been this bad a LONG time. This is not just a month. It’s damned near a year.
It was a flair in front of the outfielders to right-center.
It was anything BUT a hard-hit ball.
Larry, you need to watch more games, it’s painful to hear your opinions.
and not “just watch” i want you to write down where every ball that jeter hits is caught when it doesn’t translate into a hit.
Come back in like… a month… and report.
Now, go…
Man, just heard who Detroit is starting tonight.
Brad Penny??? Is the Yankees don’t kill that dude, something’s wrong. CC vs. Penny is about as big a mismatch in the Yankees’ favor as any game I can remember off the top of my head.
It was a flair in front of the outfielders to right-center.
It was anything BUT a hard-hit ball.
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Pardon me if I don’t take your word for it.
Irreverent Discourse May 3rd, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Larry, you need to watch more games
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I watch EVERY game. The only Yankees games I don’t see are any Saturday games that are blacked out because of the Fox thing and are not the Fox game of the week.
Other than that, I see every pitch of every Yankees game, and it’s been that way, almost without exception, since the invention of the MLB Extra Innings package.
What specifically is it that you believe I’m somehow missing?
Francesa talking to Sweeny Murti right now about Jeter…
Says he cannot imagine there is another everyday player in the game today with 100 AB’s who only has 2 extra-base hits.
Jeter has 25 hits this year. 11 of them are infield hits.
As Murti just said, Jeter, as bad as he’s been, is 5 good throws from an infielder away from being a .200 hitter.