Game 29: Yankees at Tigers (Chavez update)
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Gameday Thread on May 05, 2011 
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YANKEES (17-11)
Brett Gardner LF
Nick Swisher RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Curtis Granderson CF
Jorge Posada DH
Eric Chavez 3B
Russell Martin C
Eduardo Nunez SS
RHP A.J. Burnett (4-1, 3.93)
Burnett vs. Tigers
TIGERS (14-17)
Don Kelly CF
Scott Sizemore 2B
Brennan Boesch RF
Miguel Cabrera 1B
Victor Martinez C
Magglio Ordonez DH
Ryan Raburn LF
Brandon Inge 3B
Ramon Santiago SS
RHP Rick Porcello (1-2, 4.25)
Porcello vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:05 p.m., YES Network
WEATHER: Detroit saved the best for last. This is easily the nicest day of the series, a good time for a day game. Temperatures are supposed to get into the 60s during the game.
UMPIRES: HP Tim Tschida, 1B Jeff Nelson, 2B Marty Foster, 3B Bill Welke
YANKEES TRIPLE CROWN: Robinson Cano has at least a share of the Yankees team lead in batting average (.296), home runs (eight) and RBI (21). He’s tied for second in the American League and fifth in the majors in homers.
THREE TO WEE: Derek Jeter needs three hits to match Willie Keeler for 30th on baseball’s all-time hits list. Probably won’t get those three today, though.
IF YOU BUILD IT: On this day in 1922, the construction contract for the original Yankee Stadium was award to the White Construction Company in New York. It was stipulated that the stadium should be completed “at a definite price” of $2.5 million by Opening Day 1923. It was finished in just 284 working days.
UPDATE, 1:35 p.m.: Burnett might have needed a quick second inning like that. He threw 20 pitches in that first inning. It’s still 1-0 Tigers on a hit batter, Burnett’s pickoff error and a sac fly in the first.
UPDATE, 1:54 p.m.: Another quick and easy inning for Burnett. He didn’t seem especially sharp in that first inning, but he’s looked good since then.
UPDATE, 2:06 p.m.: Chavez seemed to be having trouble after he rounded second base. He’s pulled with some sort of injury — I’d guess back, but they seemed to be checking his lower leg/foot/ankle — and Rodriguez is off the bench as a pinch runner. That doesn’t happen too often.
UPDATE, 2:30 p.m.: Cano opens the fifth inning with his second hit of the game. Still waiting on an update on Chavez.
UPDATE, 2:50 p.m.: Obviously I wasn’t watching the dugout, but word is that a fan jumped or fell into the Yankees dugout just before the bottom of the sixth inning. Not sure what exactly happened. There was some sort of commotion, but Girardi seemed completely uninterested.
UPDATE, 2:53 p.m.: Burnett had a no-hitter when this inning started. Now he’s allowed two hits and the game is tied at 2.
UPDATE, 3:01 p.m.: The Yankees have legitimately hit some balls hard this afternoon, but they don’t have much to show for it and it’s shaping up to be another game in which the lineup really struggles behind a starter who’s pitching pretty well.
UPDATE, 3:22 p.m.: Burnett got himself into trouble, and he earned the sacrifice fly that put the Tigers in the lead, but a two-run throwing error by Eduardo Nunez could be really costly. It’s now 5-2 Tigers.
*** UPDATE, 3:25 p.m.: Eric Chavez update ***
Chavez has a small fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his left foot.
Enjoy the game to everyone who gets to watch #jealous
Go AJ
Go AJ. Go Yanks.
OK, which Yankee player gets it in the neck from the “Yankee Faithless” today?
hopefully the Yanks bats wake up today and AJ has a solid game
Brett Gardner leads off by…grounding out…that didn’t take long.
A single by Cano the other way. Love to see that.
why is Tex hitting clean up instead of Cano, that’s a little odd
you didn’t have to wait very long GB…Brett Gardner come on down
Tex has hit 2 balls the other way from the left side the last 2 games….nice.
why is Tex hitting clean up instead of Cano
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The Girardi binder says you can’t have 2 lefties hitting back to back
Hopefully AJ hasn’t realized that it’s not April anymore.
AJ is going to have to be great today. Try to weather the storm of this lack of production at the plate with excellent pitching performances.
looks to me like the ball hit the ground
upstate kate May 5th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
you didn’t have to wait very long GB…Brett Gardner come on down
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Nah….Gardner only counts a little. Because of his size, he doesn’t count as a whole person. I’m putting my money on Teixeira.
That was an ugly game put up by Pedroia last night. 0-6 and 4 strikeouts. Average in the .230s. OUCH.
That hook is really biting today. Wowza. Russell is in another battle trying to block all this stuff.
Burnett seems to have improved his pick-off move this year.
AJ is getting a work out so far
its been that kinda series for us in Detroit…*shakes head*
ahhh the fundamentals.
Well that was great. Now they should walk Cabrera and play for a DP.
unreal
Might as well spot them one. Ridiculous.
Spoke too soon. Pick-off really didn’t look that bad. Burnett had him, too.
It’s nice to give the opposing team a free run. Hit by pitch, error and sac.
The Yanks look like the Mets in this series
Blake and Kate, you guys have a great day. The standard BS is already starting and it just ain’t worth it.
wallacematthews What idiot told AJ Burnett April ended?
Hang in there AJ . . you can do this !
agreed GB
Way to work the AB’s, boys..
Yankees hitters makes getting outs look easy
Aj is still throwing a no-hitter…good stuff
Good news, Matt Harrison… I know you’ve really sucked for your last few starts… Fear not. The New York Yankees are coming to town to make you feel very good about yourself.
Swinging for the fences – three fly balls – three outs.
West Coast Yankee Fan —
Swinging for the fences ? three fly balls ? three outs.
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Get Jeter in there . .he’ll keep it on the ground ….
West Coast Yankee Fan May 5th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Swinging for the fences – three fly balls – three outs.
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At least they’re making Porcello work…
He’s all the way up to 26 pitches… At this rate, he’ll proabably only be able to work 8 shutout innings.
I hope AJ can keep his composure now that he knows his opportunity for a no-decision is out the window.
jeter is out, ok, they might win.
Too bad we can’ combine Nunez bat with Pena’s glove. I miss watching Pena play D, but dude can’t hit.
1-2-3 Go AJ.
Hey, YNMore, why don’t you just go back to your mother’s basement? You contribute nothing whatsoever to this blog.
can’t
Nice frame for AJ. Offense, please.
That’s the biggest difference between Burnett this year and Burnett last year and even the year before.
He either doesn’t bounce that curve with conviction, or there’s a good chance it’s a “wild pitch” and a baserunner.
Niblick May 5th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Hey, YNMore, why don’t you just go back to your mother’s basement? You contribute nothing whatsoever to this blog.
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Not true… I increase the comments count by a great deal.
Now run on V-Mart. I know the running game has backfired all year, but if there was ever a day to try to steal today would be it.
Of course, if Jeter did that everyone here would complain….
Hey! A baserunner!
How many points do we get for one of those???
TheStraw May 5th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Of course, if Jeter did that everyone here would complain….
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Jeter and Nunez have the exact same number of extra-base hits… Anybody know what the difference in at-bats between the two is???
Gotta send Nuney here
Nice send. Now see if Swish can knock him home.
swish keeps swinging right threw fastballs.
right through….
sorry im working and watching at the same time.
That’s what you want to do if you’re a lefty facing a righty sinkerballer… Try to PULL EVERYTHING!
Come on Cano . . i can use some fantasy points here !
Take the get-it-over fastball and then swing at that crap in the dirt.
Brilliant!
Apparently Robinson Cano believes his hot zone is in the dirt or at the shoulders.
Just keep pulling everything… I’m sure it will work eventually.
Dude, shut up.
Right now Cano will swing at any pitch that his bat can reach
This team is incapable of getting big hits. It’s a HR or bust offense
YNM may be annoying but this time he isnt wrong.
Captain Clutch May 5th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Right now Cano will swing at any pitch that his bat can reach
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Except that meatball right down the middle, of course.
people asked what would happen when the homeruns stopped coming at frequently….
ac1 May 5th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
YNM may be annoying but this time he isnt wrong.
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When have I ever been wrong???
detroit and the white sox are just not as good as we have made them look….
good inning for aj…..
hopefully we are getting signs of our #2 starter back.
ac1 – I’m pretty sure he’s totally wrong. Cano’s not swinging at any more pitches outside the strikezone than he ever has. He’s not missing pitches he swings at in the zone, which is why we are seeing more weak contact.
Cano is fine, Larry is just greedy and needs to see hits every at bat to be happy.
Man, AJ is REALLY dealing today… Good command of NASTY stuff…
And if he had only made one mistake in the first instead of two, he’d have a great shot at a no-decision.
ac1 – I’m pretty sure he’s totally wrong. Cano’s not swinging at any more pitches outside the strikezone than he ever has. He’s not missing pitches he swings at in the zone, which is why we are seeing more weak contact.
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ID: he’s right in the sense that the hitters seem to have completely lost disipline at the plate.
Cano is fine, Larry is just greedy and needs to see hits every at bat to be happy.
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apparently it’s unreasonable to expect more than a run every 13 innings or so from this offense. :-/
apparently it’s unreasonable to expect more than a run every 13 innings or so from this offense. :-/
Apparently it’s unreasonable for you to stop making up stats.
It’s hard to score runs when there are only 2 people in the lineup that are hitting. Cano and Martin and sometimes Tex.
ID: he’s right in the sense that the hitters seem to have completely lost disipline at the plate.
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And that every lefty in the lineup is trying to pull the ball.
Could not have a worse approach against a guy like Porcello.
And that every lefty in the lineup is trying to pull the ball.
Could not have a worse approach against a guy like Porcello.
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except cano went to left with that hit in the first.
run granderson. Try to manufacture
253 innings, 146 runs… so they actually average a run every other inning.
Consecutive hits would be nice…
RUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’d love to see Larry hit an inside sinker the other way… lol…
Irreverent Discourse May 5th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
I’d love to see Larry hit an inside sinker the other way
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Most of the sinkers are running away from lefty hitters, and virtually every Yankees lefty is pulling off of them.
Are you not watching the game?
Run eric will knock you in curtis
HR or bust
Hey, it’s a run w/o a HR! Nice!
Nice caught a break. That rocket has been getting caught for a week now. Big play. Yes Eric!!
Chavez is the man. Too bad they can’t get him in the lineup more.
nice !
what a signing he is….
oh god, please tell me he didnt pull an eric chavez and hurt himself….
Don’t tell me he is hurt…
F me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the breakdown of Mr. Chavez is unfolding. Darnit.
They seem to be hitting the ball hard, just at people (or in the wrong spots in this park). I am confident the hits will come soon enough.
# Captain Clutch May 5th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Don’t tell me he is hurt…
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ok he’s not
Damn…
what the hell !!!!
YankeesNMore is a troll. Did u pop the champagne last night when Jeter got hurt???
oh great…..
Well that’s not good.
hope it’s not a Wang injury.
Don’t feed the trolls.
Eric Chavez getting hurt might give us an opportunity to see Jorge Vazquez in Pinstripes.
So much for a day off…
Nice to have a guy like Alex to plug in there. haha.
Eric Chaves ballon just popped.
Oh well, at least he lasted a month of part-time play before falling apart again.
Nope not watching it at all, I have a job. Looking at the pitchfx results, he seems to be throwing changeups outside, not sinkers.
I hope Arod wasn’t sitting with an injury
Chavez’s past problems have been his back no?
Hopefully this is just a bruise and he will be fine.
If not, does the Jorge Vazquez era begin?
# UnKnown May 5th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Nice to have a guy like Alex to plug in there. haha.
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yea how many teams can bring in a HOF with 600 bombs to fill in for the great Eric Chavez.
Captain Clutch May 5th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
I hope Arod wasn’t sitting with an injury
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Joe G. said he was due for a day off, especially after a night game. Probably still dealing with effects from the back/oblique, but hopefully it’s nothing more than that.
Anyone care to fill us in? What did Chavez do to hurt himself?
Where’d the Yanks get this new backup third baseman? If he plays his cards right, #13 might actually win the starting job.
This is where you let your gut take over not your head. Who would you rather have up right now, Jeter or Nunez??
YNM your answer doesn’t count, I know it already.
Irreverent Discourse May 5th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Anyone care to fill us in? What did Chavez do to hurt himself?
Running the bases. Came up lame. Left foot.
ID: not known as yet. Radio says he was limping and needed to be helped down the stairs, so knee/ankle/hammy?
ID – he pulled up a bit lame between second and third – hard to see anything definitive on the replay.
Anyone care to fill us in? What did Chavez do to hurt himself?
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rounded second.
TV guys seem to be focusing on his foot.
Pulled up lame out of the box on the triple. Had enough to guide into 3rd though. Looks like a foot issue.
2 things.
Havnt been in a game thread all year. It seems to be worse than prior years as far as negativity. I had to check the scoreboard to make sure we werent losing by double digits.
Who the hell is LARRY?
Irreverent Discourse May 5th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Nope not watching it at all, I have a job. Looking at the pitchfx results, he seems to be throwing changeups outside, not sinkers.
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You would be mistaken. A LOT of sinkers running away from lefties
Niblick May 5th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Where’d the Yanks get this new backup third baseman? If he plays his cards right, #13 might actually win the starting job.
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I’m not sold on him yet. He guesses too much at the plate.
ummm… nunez with a hit with RISP.
just saying!
Nunez having a good day today
Jorge Vazquez stats at Scranton:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....pid=477601
.302-BA, 9-HR, 27-RBI…worth a look if Chavez goes on the DL.
Nunez!
Oh boy YNM just exploded
Just saw the play online: When Girardi and the trainer are speaking with him, you can clearly see Chavez say the “f word”. Not a good sign at all.
I think its a foot injury. Not a hammy???
Nunez can really hit. Jeter better be careful getting days off, he might find himself….
hopefully that 3 inning break will get Alex going again…
It looked like his foot.
Again, don’t feed the trolls.
Really too bad Chavez had to get hurt he had been tremendous…hopefully this isn’t a DL thing, but knowing him it probably is. Hope he gets back soon.
Anyway, if EC does have to go to the DL, who gets called up? Pena? Vazquez? Laird? Russo?
My money would be on Vazquez, who is hitting .302 with 9 homers. Laird, Pena, and Russo are all hitting under .250.
Jorge Vazquez stats at Scranton:
http://web.minorleaguebaseball…..pid=477601
.302-BA, 9-HR, 27-RBI…worth a look if Chavez goes on the DL.
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Isn’t he really the only option other than Pena?
Vote this man to the ASG!
Go Nuney!
Foot is an “f” word. Just sayin.
Foot is an “f” word. Just sayin.
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i thought he said foot too.
Good thing is Alex is comfortable hitting this far down in the Lineup when he plays in Detroit.
ALDS 2006 anyone…
c’mon swish!!!!!!!
It’s nice to see Garnder hit the ball to the left side of the infield. He hasn’t done that all year so far.
Lets Go Swish ! . . time to do something !
Gardner gets bailed out by Nunez hustling to second. Maybe Gardner should buy him a dinner. Its the only way Gardner can get a hit.
Carl May 5th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
hope it’s not a Wang injury.
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I think it was his foot, not his W– oh, never mind.
To me it looked like Chavez’s left instep. Hard to imagine it was any kind of cramp. He also did the throat cut sign to the bench as if saying ‘not good’.
i wish he would just put the bat on the ball.
it looks like he is trying to pull those outside pitches over the right field wall.
Let’s go Swish. 3ducks on the pond.
Whats up with all the conversations coming through the feed on YES
oJo May 5th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
Carl May 5th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
hope it’s not a Wang injury.
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I think it was his foot, not his W– oh, never mind.
LOL didn’t even think of that. My bad.
Afraid Chavez has the Wang injury. Chavez’s old buddy Zito is out with that as well.
well at least he tried to take it the other way, thats a start.
How can you hurt your Wang running the bases? Unless you’re a turtle or a snake.
That was one of Nick’s better swings lately.
i love this avis commercial..
Swish has to concentrate on up the middle and singles. He is taking giant swings in every at bat.
Oh well… At least Swisher TRIED to hit the ball the other way… Might have worked if he hadn’t opened up first.
Hard not to fear the worst possible injury for Chavez.
Would bet $$$ Chavez broke his foot when he stepped on the second base bag.
whoa…
a matt nokes name drop….
ol #38….
Hopefully AJ can get right after it here, long break between pitches. He needs to protect this lead the best he can.
A-rod really wanted to play today
they are talking about alex not being comfortable coming in in the 4th.
he hasnt looked comfortable in 2 weeks, so maybe this will turn him around.
Olney just said to look for Feliz to be activated on Friday. Nice timing for us.
“A-rod really wanted to play today”
Sort of like Jeter. But unlike Jeter, he was smart enough to pick a more fragile replacement.
Maybe Chavez just twisted his ankle
wallacematthews Hard to believe, but Nick Johnson lasted eight more games, 41 more ABs and two more days than Eric Chavez before getting hurt last year
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Maybe, but NJ was hitting .143 when he went down.
pcaldera Near as we can tell, the last time A-Rod scored as a pinch-runner was as the tying run in Game 5, ’95 ALDS (when Cone walked Doug Strange).
ac1 May 5th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
they are talking about alex not being comfortable coming in in the 4th.
he hasnt looked comfortable in 2 weeks, so maybe this will turn him around.
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Of course he’s uncomfortable. He was probably relaxing on the bench one minute, and then suddenly he has to mentally get ready to enter the game. May take him an inning or two to get into “game-mode”.
Man, I hope Chavez is ok. Can’t really imagine him bein that ok based on his history. The only person more frail than him is Nick the Stick. I was really hoping Chavez could last the whole year. Hopefully its just a strain/sprain.
I’m voting broken foot also…
Who they bring up? Vasquez?
Nunez Defense will prevent him from ever becoming the starting SS.
our shortstops seem to have real problems keeping the ball in the air to first no?
He gets Jeter’s balls in the dirt!
Oh Nunez
There are pills you can take these days for Wang injuries. Not sure if their banned in baseball though.
The approach to Boesch might make sense if he wasn’t hitting in front of Cabrera.
Both AB’s they’ve fallen behind when they started him with back-to-back offspeed pitches.
Nunez could drive you crazy…He will never stay in the majors if he doesn’t improve his defense
That’s a horrible play and Cabrera is up. Based on the fact that Vazquez isn’t on the 40 man roster, 100 bucks says Ramiro Pena comes up for Chavez. Nunez can’t play defense.
Rich in NJ May 5th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
He gets Jeter’s balls in the dirt!
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And there are plenty of them.
That’s a horrible play and Cabrera is up. Based on the fact that Vazquez isn’t on the 40 man roster, 100 bucks says Ramiro Pena comes up for Chavez. Nunez can’t play defense.
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or they move hughes to the 60 day…
“wallacematthews Hard to believe, but Nick Johnson lasted eight more games, 41 more ABs and two more days than Eric Chavez before getting hurt last year”
So Matthews already examined Chavez?
Where the Jeter haters??
YankeesNmore May 5th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Rich in NJ May 5th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
He gets Jeter’s balls in the dirt!
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And there are plenty of them
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I need to be more careful with my sarcasm.
Come on AJ….
Tex’s defense has not been good this season.
Matthews is a complete idiot. Beyond me how he has a job.
Thanks ac1. I didn’t know they could do that. I retract my $100 bet.
What kind of defense does Vazquez play. As Nunez’s defense seems a bit shaky at times, you wonder if they don’t consider Pena because of the glove. Doesn’t allow Teixeira much time off, but he doesn’t need it as much as the left side of the infield does. Then again, maybe Chavez’s thing isn’t that bad.
Tex’s defense has not been good this season.
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in his defense, his short stops arent making it easy for him.
I learned the hard way that you just need to know someone to become a broadcaster or a sports writer. A pretty prominent one told me last year that 1/2 of the people in the industry don’t have talent or knowledge of the game. Matthews is a nightmare.
Wasn’t that always the thing? Nunez could hit, but Ramiro Pena played much better defense? So what do you want, the bat or the glove?
Way to battle back.Go AJ.
AJ no-no still intact
Awesome AJ, way to work out a bad play behind you.
AJey picks up Nuney.
/Girardi-ism
2-0 changeup doesn’t make much sense when you follow with three consecutive fastballs right past Martinez.
Maybe, but NJ was hitting .143 when he went down.
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.388 on base though. Johnson had horrible luck at the beginning of the year on balls in play but dude could work a walk.
Didn’t Pena recently have an injury of some sort?
Hey, it’s only Nunez’s 4th error in 18 innings at SS. Give the kid a chance.
The Other Phil May 5th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Wasn’t that always the thing? Nunez could hit, but Ramiro Pena played much better defense? So what do you want, the bat or the glove?
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Coming out of Spring Training, Nunez clearly eared the job over Pena.
I’m not sure if I want Pena over Nunez, despite the fact Pena has the more consistent glove.
Nunez can make a lot of things happen at the plate. Pena can do very little.
yeah nick was leading in walks.
angels have finally woken up against the sox.
Rich in NJ May 5th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
AJey picks up Nuney.
/Girardi-ism
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Well played
in his defense, his short stops arent making it easy for him.
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True
Nice job by AJ there. Time for the offense to get back at it.
Two singles for Cano – really like to see that.
i say no way we see pena over vazquez if chavez goes on the DL.
JV brings the same 1b and 3b replacement that chavez does.
What kind of defense does Vazquez play. As Nunez’s defense seems a bit shaky at times, you wonder if they don’t consider Pena because of the glove. Doesn’t allow Teixeira much time off, but he doesn’t need it as much as the left side of the infield does. Then again, maybe Chavez’s thing isn’t that bad.
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Vazquez has 2 things holding him back from ever getting a shot at the majors: Poor defense and zero plate discipline. If Chavez is hurt they should bring up Montero.
Oh Tex. Hit it hard though.
see Cano should be batting clean up
Vazquez has 2 things holding him back from ever getting a shot at the majors: Poor defense and zero plate discipline. If Chavez is hurt they should bring up Montero.
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Montero cant play 3rd.
I guess Cervelli can though.
And Posada and Swish can back up first.
I would be all for Montero.
The Yankees have hit an obscene amount of double plays this season.
They are 2nd in the AL despite playing less games than everyone.
Jerkface,
If they bring up Montero. Who do you have play at first and third(nunez?)?
Another sinker running away pulled by a lefty.
You honestly cannot have a worse approach. Not possible.
WTP: Right now, I definitely agree that the bat is needed, but this is what he is. Still learning with the glove, so those things are going to happen. Seems to be the same issue with Montero. Everyone knows what his bat is, but can he be a good enough catcher to work with pitchers, call a good game, frame pitches, etc.
Jerkface,
If they bring up Montero. Who do you have play at first and third(nunez?)?
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Montero cant play 3rd.
I guess Cervelli can though.
And Posada and Swish can back up first.
I would be all for Montero.
Nunez would be the backup IF.
It’s normal to have one guy backup 2B, SS, and 3B.
Last year Nunez had a .976 fld% in the minors, which is not bad. Before last year he had troubles. Perhaps if Nunez was playing regularly he would be fine. I wouldn’t get on him when he only plays once a week or so.
SoS, that should answer your question.
I would rather have Pena on this team instead of Nunez. They need good defense from the back up and Nunez’s defense/mental errors isn’t helping them.
Well, that was quick. Gotta hold.
I would rather have Pena if there is no PT for the BUI, but if PT increases, especially if Chavez is DL’d, Nunez brings waaay more than Pena, and his errors are easily correctable.
Captain Clutch May 5th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
I would rather have Pena on this team instead of Nunez. They need good defense from the back up and Nunez’s defense/mental errors isn’t helping them.
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So now the guy Cashman refused to trade for Cliff Lee doesn’t even belong on the BENCH in the major leagues.
Wise decision. (by Cashman, not you)
Nunez can play third, since then he would get more regular play time and perhaps have more concentration in the field.
If Chavez goes on the DL, our bench has become weaker.
Pena, Vazquez, etc….Those two players can not equal the type of production Chavez was giving so far this season.
YankeesNmore..Since you can’t get anyone to come on your lame blog, you have decided to ruin this one?
I already gave the solution that gets Montero up as the replacement to Chavez…
Nice freakin’ catch, Swish!
Swishalicious!!!
Nice play Swish
Where the heck did that come from? Wow Swish!!
It was nova he refused to trade for lee, if i recall.
munson15 May 5th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
YankeesNmore..Since you can’t get anyone to come on your lame blog, you have decided to ruin this one?
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I get plenty of people to come to my blog.
Sorry you’re not a fan.
Swish is happy, cause he know he hardly ever makes plays like that
That play from Swish is one of those plays that make you feel like this could be a big day for AJ.
ac1,
Thanks. Not too confortable with those options.
I get plenty of people to come to my blog.
Sorry you’re not a fan.
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Didn’t you say you shut your blog down because no one visited it??
how do we have 7 hits but only two runs, ridiculous. We need to score more runs to get this game
Jason Voorhees May 5th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
It was nova he refused to trade for lee, if i recall.
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First of all, LOVE the ID! HUGE fan!
Second, the Mariners asked for ONE OF Nova or Nunez in place of the injured David Adams and Cashman said no.
“Swish is happy, cause he know he hardly ever makes plays like that ”
TBH, how many OF do?
ac1,
Thanks. Not too confortable with those options.
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May be true, but it gets Montero to the majors, and Cervelli has backed up 3rd base before.
And Swish and Posada have backed up Tex in the past.
Plus, when is the last time a team has carried 4 catchers on the 25 man?
Aj got away with some bad location. Quick inning though! RUNS! NOW!
LGY May 5th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
I get plenty of people to come to my blog.
Sorry you’re not a fan.
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Didn’t you say you shut your blog down because no one visited it??
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No. I said I shut it down because it had turned into a job… But I found a way around that… Now it stays updated automatically and I can use it for a forum whenever I choose to.
Nice inning by AJ. Now let’s get some runs!!!
Second, the Mariners asked for ONE OF Nova or Nunez in place of the injured David Adams and Cashman said no.
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I feel like there was more to it than what we read….
Nunez can play 3rd and Swisher can back up 1B (as well as Posada). I really hope Chavez isn’t seriously hurt and can continue to play because he was seeming like such a weapon. I do agree with Jerkface that I’d love to see Montero get the call if in fact he hits the DL though….we’ll just have to see.
AJ doing a very nice job today…..and it’s May!
If the Yankees ever want to get something for Jorge Vazquez in a trade they will have to give him some major league exposure ASAP. He’s 29 years old and not getting any younger.
I think its time to call him up if Chavez goes to the DL. They could use a part-time third baseman/first baseman and he might be able to help them as a righthand hitting DH (especially with Andruw Jones underperforming).
” Now it stays updated automatically”
My guess is the content improved…
You’d do much better with a RedSox blog, you wouldn’t even have to change your content, just a few image placeholders.
Andruw Jones isnt underperforming…..
Posada is crushing the ball man.
Like how he’s keeping both hands on the bat.
Here comes the #7 hitter….
No. I said I shut it down because it had turned into a job… But I found a way around that… Now it stays updated automatically and I can use it for a forum whenever I choose to.
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BS.
You said you shut it down because it was too much work and no one visited it anyway.
That works.
there you go…
turning it around 1 AB at a time
Speaking of Posada. Just noticed his batting avg.. If he wasnt Jorgie, would he still have a job on the Yankees batting a buck 67 in the first week of May? Is he at least making good contact? I thought Tex was the only player who gets a free pass through April.
There u go Alex
Enough with these stupid DP’s already
You said you shut it down because it was too much work and no one visited it anyway.
QFT.
wow with these double plays….
DPs are becoming contagious.
Ok, I’m officially tired of these dps. What the heck?!?
“Speaking of Posada. Just noticed his batting avg.. If he wasnt Jorgie, would he still have a job on the Yankees batting a buck 67 in the first week of May?”
if this person with another name had Jorge’s track record and was making 13 million bucks…..yes.
nice job Alex….hopefully he’s finding his stroke heading to Texas.
Seriously, does anyone know what the record is for a team GIDP in a single season? We could have history in front of our eyes.
posada is at least putting a charge into the ball now.
There goes the no-no.
was just about to say YES needs to stop focusing on the no-no, but that hit beat me to it.
Come on AJ stay focused…
Posada is definitly swinging the bat much better…..isn’t getting a lot to show for it but that’ll come if he continues to hit the ball well.
I am blaming Flash.
There are 4 teams ahead of the Yankees in GIDP, and they were like 14th in the legue last year.
John Sterling kept saying no-hitter every 5 seconds
The Angels are up 4-0 so far…..what’s going on? oh yea…..Lackey is pitching.
There are 4 teams ahead of the Yankees in GIDP
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More games played.
Last time I checked the Yankees lead the AL in GIDP per game.
Nunez is heady!
no hitters where you give up runs shouldn’t even count. (Don’t think AJ was thinking about having a no hitter)
There are 4 teams ahead of the Yankees in GIDP, and they were like 14th in the legue last year.
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Not counting today
STL 42
LAA 36
NYY 34
TEX 34
Games Played
STL 31
LAA 31
NYY 28
TEX 31
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Hate two out hits….
LGY – STL has a lot… i think they have to be the worst at this point.
Jerkface – and in 2 hours that list will be different again, who cares?
No HR means can’t score. Can’t expect AJ to throw up zero’s
Let ‘s get that run back.
AJ is pitching too well to have nothing to show for it.
like his last start.
i think the homers will be back in arlington….
Now the offense has to wake up again
Let me guess, Ramon Santiago will go on a 0-30 run once the Yankees leave town and be in the minors. Another scrub lighting up the Yanks – there is one every series.
Jim is really stretching Porcello here.
LGY – STL has a lot… i think they have to be the worst at this point.
Jerkface – and in 2 hours that list will be different again, who cares?
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That is what you say when you’re obviously wrong on the facts. You cared enough to post that they were 4th (untrue). They have hit a lot of double plays, it stinks. More than other teams who have played more games even.
we have kept cabrera in the park….
thats something.
Kid hits a lot of LD.
They have to take advantage of a tired Porcello
why should Leland take this kid out, he’s been mowing the Yanks down. I like this philosophy better then the oh no!! he’s at 100 pitches must take him out, even if he’s doing fine.
Two hard hit balls…
Porcello is lucking out with BABIP.
Two hard hit balls…
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RAB had article about the yankees expected BABIP, they’ve lost 41+ hits due to defense/bad luck this year. I’d believe to looking at this inning as an example.
How many line drives have been caught?
a bunch of the hits today would be gone in other parks. 2 of posada’s outs, gardners last ab…
Bats r slumping hard. Wasting great SP. Gonna bite in the arse
ha, at least lackey is getting nailed by the angels
Not a lot to be done about that. They’re making good contact, just happen to be at fielders or fielders’ reach. Different park and the score is much different.
Oh well.
syd_cash,
Dusty Baker agrees. Prior and Wood not so much
Lackey back to being Lackey.
we’ve been wasting good starting pitching for two weeks now. (This week and last week had basically good starting pitching each turn).
I just hope that when the bats come around, the starting pitching is still as strong as it is now
Really hurts to give teams runs like AJ did in the first when your not hitting and scoring any of your own. At another point in the season that may be fine but not right now.
jerkface – sorry, i look at stats at the end of the day, not in the middle of it. congrats, your semantics have struck again!
Jerkface May 5th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
There are 4 teams ahead of the Yankees in GIDP, and they were like 14th in the legue last year.
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Not counting today
STL 42
LAA 36
NYY 34
TEX 34
Games Played
STL 31
LAA 31
NYY 28
TEX 31
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Team OBP
STL .363 (1st in MLB)
LAA .323 (13th in MLB)
NYY .336 (4th in MLB)
TEX .332 (6th in MLB)
I see a pattern.
jerkface – sorry, i look at stats at the end of the day, not in the middle of it. congrats, your semantics have struck again!
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At the end of yesterday they were tied for 3rd in the MLB with 3 less games played. By the end of today they will be no worse than third in the MLB with 3 less games played. No semantics about it.
What in the world is going on with our bats? We’re making every pitcher look like Cy Young.
Detroit was reeling when we got to town – lost seven in a row – and we’re allowing them to get well.
And it does seem like this offensive funk started went A-Rod got hurt and started his own slide.
Seems very uncharacteristic of the Angels to hit into that many double plays
I see a pattern.
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Due to their high on base, the yankees will always have a lot of runners stranded, though not necessarily a lot of GIDP as that is dependent on situation / batted ball type. But yes, the amount of runners the yankees puts on definitely contributed.
420 to deep center. Don’t see that often.
Offense stinks and the one guy producing is hurt. Another good pitching performance will prob be wasted.
The run production has been abandoned. Can’t capitalize on a pitcher with a high pitch count ?
.336 is only 4th in mlb?
jerkface – 3rd, 4th… seriously…
Quantifying the GIDP stat would be a more productive use of your time.
Do the yankees have more runners on 1B with less than 2 outs than any other team as well?
.336 is only 4th in mlb?
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Technically tied for 3rd
“What in the world is going on with our bats? We’re making every pitcher look like Cy Young.”
The Yankees have been overly reliant on a few hitters, who produced at a high level, while others have been slumping. Plus they have been unlucky with BABIP.
now can WE get a DP?
jerkface – 3rd, 4th… seriously…
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You said they were 5th. They are tied for 3rd with 3 less games played than everyone else.
That’s the type of ab that wins games.
Is there a stat for the percentage of baserunners stranded?
Yankees are tied for 2nd in the league with GIDP% by opportunity. They ground into a DP 16% of the time they have a chance to.
The top teams (STL AND LAA) are at 17%
Thank you Jerkface…that’s what I was looking for earlier. That’s a sad statistic. It’s not like we have some Hall of Famer like Lance Berkman carrying the team.
Maggs is swinging at ball 4′s right now.
who’s up in the pen….AJ looks to be about gassed
I think he may be tiring.
Is there a stat for the percentage of baserunners stranded?
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Would be LOB and LOB% but I dunno where to find that. Its probably high.
Wheels r off. D Rob time
assume joba is getting up, maybe robertson since it is mid inning?
AJ should be out of the game. Girardi is going WAY too long with him. I hate when Girardi sends out the pitching coach when the pitcher is done instead of taking him out. But I don’t think it matters since it seems like the Yanks are done scoring runs for the day.
Game over.
Team is old and we’ve had problems hitting good pitchers for years now. This is ridiculous. So glad we got rid of hideki matsui because he just wouldn’t fit in our lineup the past 2 years as DH …..single handedly carried the offense in 09 playoffs
In Girardi’s world a pitcher is done=send out the pitching coach instead of taking out the pitcher. He is clueless in the pitching department.
AJ should be out of the game. Girardi is going WAY too long with him. I hate when Girardi sends out the pitching coach when the pitcher is done instead of taking him out. But I don’t think it matters since it seems like the Yanks are done scoring runs for the day.
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you know you have to warn pitchers up right? it isnt mlb the show, you cant just bring in a reliever
He’s not taking him out? Really?
yup this is the AJ i know and hate
Nobody needs to blame anyone but the offense on this team. We are scoring 2 runs a game. Last year we had a 4 game series just like this in Comerica. Pathetic. We can’t hit homers here, so we can’t win.
Too late with the bullpen, I fear. It seems as if games are always lost when a team doesn’t hit with baserunners.
warm up not warn up.
2 walks and a hit batter later and the pitcher is still out there. You can’t make these things up.
this has a high percentage change of ending badly
The walk and the hit were such long ABs that I can’t believe no one was warming.
He’s not taking him out? Really?
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what is it with some of you. joba is warming up
you cant just bring someone in….
Man, this park is huge.
The game’s over. Detroit will score at least one more run with a clutch at bat. No way the Yankees put together a couple of runs.
He has no idea where his fastball is going
infield in
what is it with some of you. joba is warming up
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Why wasn’t he warming after the 10 pitch walk?
cmon AJ do what you do best
Blow the game
I guess Girardi is punting this game?
Can’t win if u don’t score. Team can’t hit right now.
You could see this coming a week ago. Didn’t hit against Chicago. When we beat Toronto, we stopped hitting after the third inning. No we’re in a stadium where you can’t hit homers. Impossible for a one-dimensional offense to win any games.
Why wasn’t he warming after the 10 pitch walk?
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because aj has given up 2 hits before this inning?
AJ is a 5-6 inn pitcher. To not have someone up is another example of clueless joe
Well, game over. Aj was good for awhile. Offense sucks. I actually hope they get swept in Texas so some changes can be made bc this team is just boring to watch.
but now im surprised he is still in there.
“because aj has given up 2 hits before this inning?”
So managers never plan ahead for a not unforeseeable contingency?
wallacematthews
Bases loaded, nobody out for Tigers — AJ’s May Meltdown appears imminent
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What’s with this tool. Just loves watching the Yankees fail.
cant warm someone up everytime aj gives up a hit or walk.
Nice block.
“cant warm someone up everytime aj gives up a hit or walk.”
Not even in the 7th nearing 100 pitches?
because aj has given up 2 hits before this inning?
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Thats not really how managing should be done. Especially because this isn’t the 5th inning, its the 7th and the yankees have only 2 more innings to bat. Starter puts 2 guys on with 0 outs early? ok let him work through it. 7th inning? Girardi has had D-Rob warming up at the start of the 6th all year, and yet he is unprepared for this?
Nunez SMH
footwork
That’s why Nunez is ready to play every day.
And there’s Nunez for you. Good potential bat, bad glove.
uh boy.
now lets hear the nunez error argument.
This whole team is playing god awful baseball right now
who said Nunez was better then Jeter?? Right.
This is the heir to SS. I don’t want to kill the kid but c’mon.
Sub-Optimal.
I repeat.
Brian Cashman considered this guy was a deal-breaker for Cliff Lee.
That’ll do it. Glad you Jeter haters are here. Is this really what you would rather have?
GoldGLove – No way the Yankees put together a couple of runs.
Turn in your fan card, go away.
JF: I don’t disagree, but without that error, AJ gets out of it with minimal damage.
Oy.
looks like all teams need to break out of slums is to play the Yanks
Nunez threw high, but did anyone notice that Tex’s jump height was all of maybe 10 inches?
Pena should be brought up tomorrow. Nunez should be in AAA. They can’t keep his defense on this team.
Jeter haters real quiet.
# UnKnown May 5th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
wallacematthews
Bases loaded, nobody out for Tigers — AJ’s May Meltdown appears imminent
4 minutes ago
What’s with this tool. Just loves watching the Yankees fail.
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I’ll never forget when the Yankees lost the first game in the 2010 season he basically said they wouldn’t make the PS.
Angels up 9-0. Lackey gave up 8 earned in 4 innings.
I guess it won’t be long until we see Ramiro Pena back up with the Yankees. They’ll probabaly send Nunez out so that he can play every day.
Don’t try to change your tune YNM, you can’t have it both ways.
YankeesNmore May 5th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
I repeat.
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Yes, that’s what you do best.
To be fair, how many runs do they score today without Nunez?
TheStraw May 5th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
That’ll do it. Glad you Jeter haters are here. Is this really what you would rather have?
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Nope. For $200 million, I’d like to think our GM could find a competent major league SS.
Unfortunately, our GM is Brian Cashman.
Sorry Irreverent…what is it that you’ve seen in the last two weeks that makes you believe they will put together some sort of rally? I forgot that you’re some type of police officer on the blog.
Why is Joe so reluctant to use the pen? They are not overworked at all.
Is this really what you would rather have?
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Can I have neither?
I guess it won’t be long until we see Ramiro Pena back up with the Yankees. They’ll probabaly send Nunez out so that he can play every day.
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yep, and the bench becomes even weaker, if Chavez is out.
Rich – 700. True story.
jpb: he needs the field work, obviously.
I will give you the argument. Nunez isn’t a confident SS. I could feel it with every throw. A SS must make routine plays. He has not.
Nope. For $200 million, I’d like to think our GM could find a competent major league SS.
Unfortunately, our GM is Brian Cashman.
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yeah it’s real easy to find good shortstops to sit the bench.
Glad all the Jeter haters left.
Hey look, the salary “argument” again. Wow, never heard that before.
Jerkface-
Sure, but Derek at least makes that play in his sleep.
TheStraw May 5th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Don’t try to change your tune YNM, you can’t have it both ways.
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What both ways???
I’ve been roasting Cashman for turning down that deal since the day it happened.
That either Nova OR Nunez would be a deal-breaker for Cliff Lee is an absolute joke!
Nunez only made 1 error last year
of course, he’d been playing every day and came up and pretty much played every day 
Hey is this the right website for the Eduardo Nunez fan club?
Ace: if only… There’s still 1 bridge without a troll.
Chavez has a small fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his left foot (pinky toe) no word yet on how long out
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Well thats a DL stint.
Who is coming up?
Please no Pena (unless it is for Nunez)
goldglove – what is it that you’ve seen in the last two weeks that makes you believe they will put together some sort of rally?
uh… baseball. baseball is what i have seen that makes me believe that the best offense in the league will have a chance to score runs during any inning.
Just think. He was the reason y Lee isn’t a Yankee. Nunez cannot field
It seems bad now, but given how Nunez played defense last year, I don’t think he’s bad in the long run.
Chavez has as small fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. No word yet on how long he’s out.
ac1 May 5th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Nope. For $200 million, I’d like to think our GM could find a competent major league SS.
Unfortunately, our GM is Brian Cashman.
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yeah it’s real easy to find good shortstops to sit the bench.
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Who said he has to sit on the bench. Not like the Yankees have a quality guy starting at that position.
GM’s are supposed to be able to make tough decisions and not let emotions get in the way.
Apparently that’s too much to ask for from Cashman.
Fractured foot.
Not hard to see why people have abandoned this blog. Some of you clowns are just unbelievable. And the ” I hope they get swept in Texas” comment is the winner for today.
jpb: he needs the field work, obviously.
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And I think he needs to find one position (probably shortstop) and play that one and only one position. He doesn’t seem to do well moving from position to position.
Larry – are GM’s also supposed to make magical shortstops that don’t exist in the league sign with the team and be good?
If Cano ran hard he might of beat that out. But he never runs hard….
Stop it with the Lee crap. He turned down more money to play for the Phillies. That’s why he’s not here now.
Ace May 5th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Just think. He was the reason y Lee isn’t a Yankee. Nunez cannot field
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To be more accurate, Brian Cashman is the reason Lee is not a Yankee. It was he who said no when Seattle asked to Nunez in place of the injured adams.
Probably better than a soft tissue injury.
Chavez with a fractured bone in his foot. I would guess 6 weeks to heal and then rehab. Great.
2 outs, 3 pitches….. nice.
YankeesNmore,
and if they made the deal Montero wouldn’t be here.
A broken metatarsal bone…is that a season ender?
If so, I’m all for bringing up both Jorge Vazquez and Ramiro Pena and sending down Nunez.
munson15 – I agree. Too many born losers around here lately. Anything goes wrong and its the end of the world, every player sucks, every player should be traded for the best pitcher in the league… always working in hindsight.
Born. Losers.
This place is a sad shadow of itself.
You don’t even need a pinky toe, just cut it off.
# Ace May 5th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
Just think. He was the reason y Lee isn’t a Yankee. Nunez cannot field
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That’s not true. It had more to do with the M’s Gm than Cashman
Let’s get out of this canyon of a ballpark and start fresh in the bandbox in Arlington. Hopefully the heat and the park will help wake the bats up.
Since the bashing in Baltimore, they’ve had ONE game that makes you think they could come back in a game like this. ONE.
Really tough to fracture your foot just running. Is that what Wang did??
“You don’t even need a pinky toe, just cut it off”
Sort of Ronnie Lott-like.
Yes, because it was a Nunez for Lee straight up deal…
::rolleyes::
If so, I’m all for bringing up both Jorge Vazquez and Ramiro Pena and sending down Nunez.
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still rather see Montero. They can make it work, if Cervelli can back up alex and be the 3rd catcher.
Imagine what last year would have looked like if you take Cliff Lee OFF the Rangers and put him ON the Yankees.
But hey, at least we have Eduardo Nunez!
goldglove – if you are basing the yankees ability to score off of one week of baseball, i refer back to my original statement. go find a clue.
I would guess that Laird will be the one called up..possibly Vasquez also if Phil goes to 60 day DL.
When we get Chavez back in mid-July, it’ll be like a sweet trade pickup!
going to be a LONG series in arlington. Their bats are just waking up. I would be shocked if we manage to win a single game. Alex rodriguez better get his crap together soon. Think he forgot that he is the star of this team and we need him to produce in order to win.
Larry – So if the yankees traded nunez and montero away for lee… and then Lee left and signed with philly anyway, what would you have left to complain about?
Trading for Lee was no guarantee that he would sign. Get over it.
Imagine what last year would have looked like if you take Cliff Lee OFF the Rangers and put him ON the Yankees.
But hey, at least we have Eduardo Nunez!
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it’s done man, time to move on.
JackCurryYES Jack Curry
Nunez has played 21 innings at SS this season. He has 5 errors. That’s unacceptable at the high school level.
Amen!!
UnKnown: CMW tore ligaments in his foot from running the bases. Not something he was used to doing and just planted in the perfectly wrong way.
Still makes me sad. Great pitcher and a seemingly great guy.
The Other Phil May 5th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
Yes, because it was a Nunez for Lee straight up deal…
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Nunez was the deal-breaker. Period.
Cashman was willing to trade Montero… That was not an issue. The Mariners asked for Nunez and Cashman said no.
“Imagine what last year would have looked like if you take Cliff Lee OFF the Rangers and put him ON the Yankees.”
And imagine what this board would have looked like when Cliff Lee signed with the Phillies anyway and Montero was lighting it up for the Mariners
add tabbert to the list of troll idiots. i think i’m gonna post the list like once a week, just so everyone knows who to ignore.
“When we get Chavez back in mid-July, it’ll be like a sweet trade pickup!”
And then they can make another sweet trade to fill his roster spot when he gets hurt at the end of July.
I forgot you’re the expert. They do not hit for average at all. Tough when no one in the lineup possesses the ability to hit .300.
Also, I remember last year when you took the time out to visit my blog and insult it. I’ll find a clue when you go find a life. The highlight of yours is the SWB Yankees Golf Outing.
38HotDogs May 5th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
JackCurryYES Jack Curry
Nunez has played 21 innings at SS this season. He has 5 errors. That’s unacceptable at the high school level.
Amen!!
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Were he getting the Jeter treatment from the official scorer, he’d have 3.
The Mariners asked for Nunez and Cashman said no.
Making things up to suit your argument again, i see?
The deal was for Montero/Adams. Adams was hurt and the yankees didn’t want to increase the offer for a RENTAL.
Let’s repeat that: A Rental
http://scientopia.org/blogs/gu.....troll1.jpg
Bring Montero up.
ID: could you please? It’s getting hard to keep track. Thanks!
Goldglove – Hitting for average? Oh. My. God.
Your blog deserved it. A CHARITY event does not deserve your disdain.
Nunez only had 11 errors total at SS across all levels last year. He is fixable.
“Bring Montero up.”
Sort of like Cano in 2005, as long as they are similarly patient.
Like in 2005 when Wang and Cano brought some life to the team, this is that time.
We have a star who can hit and i think it is time to bring him up and get some life into this team.
And imagine what this board would have looked like when Cliff Lee signed with the Phillies anyway and Montero was lighting it up for the Mariners
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#1) We’d probably have another championship
#2) There is NO WAY you know with any certainty Lee signs with the Phillies after playing (and winning) here.
#2) There is NO WAY you know with any certainty Lee signs with the Phillies after playing (and winning) here.
Just like you have no way of proving otherwise.
still rather see Montero. They can make it work, if Cervelli can back up alex and be the 3rd catcher.
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Whoever is the backup 3B NEEDS to be able to play 9 innings on the days that ARod sits. I don’t believe Cervelli can play 3B for more than an inning or two…he would be exposed if he played more than that. Additionally, he can’t hit well enough to be a bad fielding 3B.
Neither Pena nor Cervelli hits well enough. They should bring up Jorge Vazquez before Montero…he gives them better options defensively than Montero.
Pena definately should come up to replace Nunez and the Yankees need to decide if a position change (to the outfield) is in order for Nunez.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAA *tears* WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*tears*
#1) We’d probably have another championship
#2) There is NO WAY you know with any certainty Lee signs with the Phillies after playing (and winning) here.
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The Giants torched the Rangers with Cliff Lee. Its a tossup. There is no way you know with any certainty that he would re-sign with the Yankees.
Calling up montero does not help tyhe yankees one bit. great, they may have a bit of extra offense. who cares? they won’t have a catcher next season. MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM.
Irreverent Discourse May 5th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
The Mariners asked for Nunez and Cashman said no.
Making things up to suit your argument again, i see?
The deal was for Montero/Adams. Adams was hurt and the yankees didn’t want to increase the offer for a RENTAL.
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EXACTLY right… Except you don’t know that he’d have been a rental.
To suggest playing here for half a season would not have made a difference for either side is ridiculous.
But you’re right… Brian Cashman WAS willing to trade Montero and Adams for Lee… He was NOT willing to trade Montero and Nunez.
What about that is supposed to make me feel good about the guy making player evaluations for the New York Yankees?
You don’t even need a pinky toe, just cut it off.
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If it was only the toe that would do, but it’s the longer bone-metatarsal-behind the little piggy!
Martin is under control for 2 years and Montero could catch once or twice a week in NY.
Just to clarify, the metatarsal is a bone in the FOOT, not the toe.
VERY different injuries!
It’s El Chato time!
The Giants torched the Rangers with Cliff Lee. Its a tossup. There is no way you know with any certainty that he would re-sign with the Yankees.
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His playing here could have only helped.
and if the Yankees make the trade, the Rangers are non-factors in the pursuit of Lee, which makes it all the more likely that things don’t drag out long enough for the Phillies to become involved.
thought our biggest problem this season was suppose to be starting pitching? how does this team expect to win when our starting pitchers go through a stretch of getting lit up? our biggest strength is suppose to be offense. 4 runs in 3 games is absolutely pathetic. But, hey… we will lead the league in homers.
Yanks biggest weakness = Hitting with RISP
Logan sucks.
Can Pena play 3rd? If so, I guess he would get the nod.
Nice pitch, Boone.
detroit lost 7 in a row before this series right?
yankeesnmore – nunez was a lot more valuable than adams. so they didn’t want to INCREASE the offer. Adams and Nunez are not interchangeable.
5 errors does not change this at all.
Stop making the assumption that Lee would sign here. The Yankees were clearly 3rd on his list, stringing along Texas and jumping at the first Philly offer. He didn’t want to play here. End of Story.
Who the hell are you people? You can’t be Yankee fans. YNM, just shut the F up and stop beating the same drum.
Too bad. Maybe they’ll wake up in Texas?
shocking eric chavez got hurt.
shocking aj had a throwing error and gave up a run in the first after giving up no hits.. shocking just shocking.
nunez can hit but the errors are killing them . the hillbilly should have been out of the inning giving up only 1 run and boom nunez on a routine play. 3 or 4 throwing errors on the season already.
yanks not hitting worth jack. across the board no clutch hits, tons of DP’s, another wasted effort. loses games now you should not they come back to haunt you in August……..
Nunez has 40% of the rbi’s jeter has in 85 less AB’s….to bad nunez cannot throw the ball.
right now no one is hitting over the back of their baseball card…..no one…..
Why are you feeding the trolls?
ac1 right
This is embarrassing.
Rich – I’m not finding that anywhere. Martin is only signed for this season.
Guys, whether you think Lee re-signs or not really makes no difference.
The bottom line is, we have a GM who considers Eduardo Nunez a deal-breaker for Cliff Lee.
That’s an undeniable fact that Cashman himself has admitted to mutliple times in published reports in every major newspaper in New York.
Whoever is the backup 3B NEEDS to be able to play 9 innings on the days that ARod sits. I don’t believe Cervelli can play 3B for more than an inning or two…he would be exposed if he played more than that. Additionally, he can’t hit well enough to be a bad fielding 3B.
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this is why you send nunez back down and bring pena up. I think it is clear nunez needs some work in the field.
They win the title with Lee in a walk last yr. To lose that over a scrub SS who can’t field a lick is sinful
but but but Cashman/Jeter/payroll!
Calling up montero does not help tyhe yankees one bit. great, they may have a bit of extra offense. who cares? they won’t have a catcher next season. MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM
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Ummm. What?
How won’t they have a catcher next season??
ID
Arg eligible.
I will maintain what I said last night. These are just the ups and downs of a season. This Yankee team is a really good, potentially very good team with some real flaws. Just like every other team in MLB. It will be a grind as it is every year. The bats will wake up. But some changes will need to be made before the end of the season to have any shot at postseason success.
I wonder if Berkman would be raking the way he is now if he still played for the Yanks?
ARB
After getting a glimpse of what the Old Chavez was capable of, what a shame. The guy’s just had a dark cloud over so much of his career.
What a terrible ripple effect this will have on the team – was such a luxury to be able to rest our regulars and plug him into the lineup.
Now, with no one to fill that role with that kind of bat, Girardi may have no choice but to play the regulars more, which will expose them to more risk and wear and tear, which will come back to haunt us in the post-season, etc.
Meanwhile, let’s hope that we’re just in a slump, and that this is not the age of some of our regulars catching up with us.
Derp!
Nunez is what the next 3 yrs? A utl player at best here? To not include him for the games best SP is z fireable offense
“I will maintain what I said last night. These are just the ups and downs of a season.”
Largely true.
Larry – You are really getting on peoples nerves now, good job. This is why no one reads your blog.
The bottom line is, we have a GM who considers Eduardo Nunez a deal-breaker for Cliff Lee.
No. False. 1000 times false. We have a GM that would not add Nunez to a deal for 3 months of Lee. 3 Months. Thats it, and totally not worth it.
Straw: stop making sense. It has no place on this website!
oh the under 30 crowd chiming in on a trade not done.
those comments always come when they are losing. another spoiled and stupid yankee fan.
just trade all the prospects and pay every guy whatever they want so the yanks go 162 and zero for the spoiled fools. those are the fans that whine to sign derek over the hill and a shell of himself Jeter to a 4 year deal for $17 mill per………..
enough about cliff lee seriously…
Sucks about Chavez but I 2nd the “Bring Montero up”
wake up in texas? maybe. Rangers are going to put up a lot of runs so the yanks bats will have to explode and our bullpen is going to have to step up. Rangers did some big time damage against pineda last night ( whom is better than any yankee pitcher) in a pitchers park last night. Their bats are finally coming alive.
All unglued from every angle. Few bright spots to mention. Looks like Nunez has Knoblauch Syndrome with his throwing arm.
If Chavez goes to the DL and Nunez goes to the minor leagues (replaced by Pena) then the Yankees positional needs are backup 3B, backup 1B and 5th OF (4th OF on the days Swisher plays 1B). Jesus Montero fills none of those defensive rolls. And with Posada at DH there is no place to put Montero. I don’t see him coming up at this time.
munson15 May 5th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
Who the hell are you people? You can’t be Yankee fans. YNM, just shut the F up and stop beating the same drum.
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We’re fan enough to get upset when the team plays this poorly.
We’re fan enough to get upset when the Yankees fall apart against a team that was playing like crap coming into the series for the THIRD TIME IN A MONTH!
If our reactions means we’re “not real fans,” then I guess George Steinbrenner was a “real” yankees fan, either.
The people who don’t care… Those are the people who aren’t real fans. But hey, not everybody can be as passionate about this team as we are.
Sorry I didn’t realize Martin was still arb elibigle. That’s a bit crazy, actually…
What a throw by Eduardo “The Wizard” Nunez. He should do backflips when he takes the field.
“All unglued from every angle. Few bright spots to mention. Looks like Nunez has Knoblauch Syndrome with his throwing arm.”
Nah, it’s his footwork. It ca be fixed.
thank g-d logan gave up a gopher ball maybe we can be spared from seeing valverde do his antics………….
Calling up montero does not help tyhe yankees one bit. great, they may have a bit of extra offense. who cares? they won’t have a catcher next season. MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM
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this makes absolutely no sense.
1. Montero could catch
2. Martin would be under control
3. Romine may even be ready (though not likely)
ID/munson/Stu: Some trolls play too much fantasy baseball and/or PS3.
Montero is here June 1 if posada doesn’t start raking. Lineup needs the life.
Larry – The people who don’t care… Those are the people who aren’t real fans
No, a real fan’s tune doesn’t change with the wind.
It was and it wasn’t about Nunez…..Cashman felt he was already giving up a lot in Montero for a potential rental player and when he sensed that Seattle would try to play Texas and the Yankees against each other to keep raising the bid he bowed out.
Texas lost Smoak for a rental…..same could have happened with Montero.
Sucks about Chavez but I 2nd the “Bring Montero up”
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Where would you play him? The Yankees have needs at 3B, 1B and OF…they don’t have a need for a C and Jorge Posada isn’t moving from DH.
Nunez fielded .976 over a full year last year at SS. Stop saying he can’t field.
SMALL SAMPLE SIZE
If you don’t know what that means, how about this:
SHORTSIGHTED MORON
We have a GM that would not add Nunez to a deal for 3 months of Lee
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Exactly right… Cashman considered Nunez a deal-breaker for Cliff Lee. That’s what I said.
Irreverent Discourse,
Martin is under team control 1 more year, so the Yankees can offer him arbitration and he’s not a free agent.
And he has to find a lefty reliever. This is ridiculous.
I hope the roster move with Chavez is Montero. But we all know the Yanks won’t do that they will just continue to hope that 37 years olds turn back time.
ac1 – montero got sent down because he needed that much work as a catcher, you are going to derail that for a possibility of Montero hitting in the majors?
The idea is for Montero to be ready to go next year, not have to stopgap with martin and others. Calling him up derails that plan completely, and you may as well kiss Montero goodbye.
clif lee is not the best starting pitche rin baseball not close. roy halladay is way better and others are better such as lincecum, price, lester ,etc..
also the mariners had a deal and there rat GM backed out after they had an agreement…that is a no no btw.
Mariners might be more willing to trade king felix now that they have seen what pineda can do in the bigs. The kid will be one of the mlb elite pitchers for a long time to come. He throws 94-99 all game and has a absolutely wicked slider. The thought of having him and king felix together sounds really nice but the mariners might be much more willing to listen to offers from the yankees on packages that would get them a big time catcher like montero and pitchers with huge upside like the killer b’s.
The idea is for Montero to be ready to go next year, not have to stopgap with martin and others. Calling him up derails that plan completely, and you may as well kiss Montero goodbye.
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Posada came up and backed up Girardi, and that worked out just fine.
Rental? For a title I’d rent. N u take 2 draft picks.
The Yanks will never bring up Vazuqez. They don’t need another DH on this team who can’t field.
ac1 – montero got sent down because he needed that much work as a catcher, you are going to derail that for a possibility of Montero hitting in the majors?
The idea is for Montero to be ready to go next year, not have to stopgap with martin and others. Calling him up derails that plan completely, and you may as well kiss Montero goodbye.
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We don’t know the full extent of the reasons Montero got sent down, but I think Montero would be just fine at catcher with Girardi, Martin, Posada, and Pena here.
Wow, The Yankees look absolutely horrible, looking at a 1-6 roadtrip. Yankees control Martin’s services next season btw. I’m thinking Vazquez and Pena are coming up.
“Where would you play him? The Yankees have needs at 3B, 1B and OF”
The OF situation doesn’t change with the Chavez injury…they are covered there. Nunez can play 3B, SS, and 2B and Swisher, Posada, and Teixera can all play 1B. He would DH some and catch some.
@Stuart. How is lee in October? Yea. Thought so
Small signs.
Larry – It’s 3 months of lee. It’s not Cliff lee for 5 years.
3 months of Lee wasn’t worth it to trade Montero away for, let alone Montero plus another player.
You’d be right here crying about how awful Cashman was for selling the farm to get Lee if he didn’t start this season lights out, or if he pitched like he did for Texas in the regular season after the trade.
Arod appears to be breaking out of his slump.
1-6 roadtrip?
you assuming they get swept in texas?
Apparently May 5 is Derp Day on the blog.
ac1 – Posada was also already a catcher. Montero is not.
That Logan HR is killing us here. Not to mention error. Grind ab’s
Cliff Lee has a 4.55 career ERA in the world series, he is a choker.
Ace May 5th, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Rental? For a title I’d rent. N u take 2 draft picks.
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Who wants a title and either Cliff Lee or two draft picks when we can have Eduardo Nunez???
rude comments aside, is it absolutely KNOWN that Lee wouldn’t have immediately signed an extension last July? Maybe he throws a couple of shutouts, wins a ring, and has fun with his pal CC. We will never know if he would have sign. I understand how big of a risk it could have been, but who’s to say he wouldn’t have signed?
The Yanks will never bring up Vazuqez. They don’t need another DH on this team who can’t field.
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But they don’t have any other 3B’s in the system. They will probabaly bring him up and use him as a backup 3B until they can make a deal for a backup 3B or until they find out if Chavez will be back. The only other choice is Ramiro Pena and he may be needed if they decide to send out Nunez.
ac1 – Posada was also already a catcher. Montero is not.
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wasnt posada a 2nd baseman?
ac1 – Posada was also already a catcher. Montero is not.
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In 09 Cashman and Newman said Montero was already better than some big league catchers.
Ace – Lee didn’t win a title for Texas, how does he guarantee one for the Yankees?
Jerkface May 5th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Cliff Lee has a 4.55 career ERA in the world series, he is a choker.
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That’s rational
Horsecrap luck.
Derp derp derp
The bad luck continues.
that would have been an rbi single.
Talk about bad luck…
jerkface – they said lots of things over the last 2 years than haven’t panned out as truth, shall we make a list?
Irreverent Discourse May 5th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Ace – Lee didn’t win a title for Texas, how does he guarantee one for the Yankees?
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When the only difference between having him and not is Eduardo Nunez, I’ll take my chances with both the title AND re-signing Lee.
jerkface – they said lots of things over the last 2 years than haven’t panned out as truth, shall we make a list?
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Piliere also says Montero could catch *right now* and not be a detriment. Your opinion that he simply can’t catch in the majors right now is baseless.
The not putting Nunez in a trade for Lee will still be talked about 30 yrs from now
Cinco de Derpo!
jerkface – baseless except for the fact that he’s not catching in the majors? i’ll accept that.
“The not putting Nunez in a trade for Lee will still be talked about 30 yrs from now”
Sort of like an urban legend.
Tom: exactly.
I dont believe that Seattle ever was going to trade Lee to the Yankees.
They used them to get what they wanted from Texas, and stick it to Anaheim in the process.
The OF situation doesn’t change with the Chavez injury…they are covered there. Nunez can play 3B, SS, and 2B and Swisher, Posada, and Teixera can all play 1B. He would DH some and catch some.
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I am assuming that Eduardo Nunez is not going to be with the Yankees for long. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him sent down with Ramiro Pena called up as a backup infielder. Its too bad that Pena can’t hit more than .200, he would be a possible replacement for Chavez.
Rich: It will morph into Nunez for Lee straight-up.
Ace May 5th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
The not putting Nunez in a trade for Lee will still be talked about 30 yrs from now
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It should be talked about as long as Cashman is GM of this franchise. He’s done about as little as could be done with the resources given him.
here comes the 4 run rally
Lee on yanks in ’10 meant title. Chessman gambled n lost.
jerkface – baseless except for the fact that he’s not catching in the majors? i’ll accept that.
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Montero not being present on the Yankee 25 man roster is most likely due to a number of things.
The Other Phil May 5th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Rich: It will morph into Nunez for Lee straight-up.
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It will never morph into that… But Cashman was willing to trade Montero, so that’s not the issue.
The issue is, what was the difference in the deal being made or not, and that was Eduardo Nunez.
Chavez = broken pinkie toe
Ace May 5th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Lee on yanks in ’10 meant title. Chessman gambled n lost.
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Agreed.
Lost TWICE, in fact. Thought he could win without Lee. He was wrong. Thought he’d sign Lee in the offseason. Wrong again.
Lee on yanks in ’10 meant title. Chessman gambled n lost.
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would have rather has Haren.
He was guaranteed to be under contract this year.
Tampa only 1 game out of first.
Crazy.
The AL Beast kinda sucks early on.
Chavez is a potentially devastating injury. To have a 6-time Gold Glove caliber player on your bench who can hit is such a weapon.
Now all that’s left on the bench is one of the worst defensive infielders in baseball.
Ace – Cliff Lee won’t be talked about 30 years from now, he has zero accomplishments in the world of baseball. He didn’t win the Rangers a title and things aren’t looking so hot for Philly so far.
GoldGlove – Maybe he throws a couple of shutouts, wins a ring, and has fun with his pal CC
Maybe. Maybe he shows up and pitches like he actually did show up and pitch for Texas (way more likely since this is what actually happened). Maybe he also still loses 2 games to the Giants in the world series. How does that guarantee anything?
“The issue is, what was the difference in the deal being made or not, and that was Eduardo Nunez.”
The issue is unknown. It’s not reporters are privy to the actual negotiations.
We don’t know what was asked for and offered.
Either way, not trading Montero was a great thing.
why is it outrageous to want to move jeter down to the 8th or 9th spot in the order?
will it hurt his persona? Feelings? Because I thought he was a team guy…
Broken pinkie toe = 15 day at worst.
unreal…..
guy cant throw strikes consistently so swing at two balls.
Gardner is back.
Swisher is one guy on this team who swings for HR too often.
Broken pinkie toe = 15 day at worst.
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As I was corrected, it is actually the big long bone behind the pinkie toe
Probably a month.
I really hate Valverde
Irreverent Discourse May 5th, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Ace – Cliff Lee won’t be talked about 30 years from now, he has zero accomplishments in the world of baseball. He didn’t win the Rangers a title
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Led a team that had NEVER won a playoff series to the WORLD Series, including a win in the ALCS over the New York Yankees… But ya… other than that… He’s accomplished “nothing.”
embarrassing….hope our bats wake up on the way to Texas
Valverde is a tool.
I would like to see Valverde get smoked by a line drive.
LOL
The Tigers have won the World Series!!!! At least that’s how they’re acting, against a tired, listless Yankees team they take 3 out of 4 after they had lost 10 or 11 or something like that!
chavez is a devastating injury. no hyperbole involved.
yep your corner backup gets hurt devastating…
how are they going to survive without eric chavez, we should ponder that scary fact…..
swisher is doing jack, then again no yankee batter is excelling including Cano. His obp is 330 that stinks unless you are Jeter. Does Jeter have the lowest slugging % in baseball????
Led a team that had NEVER won a playoff series to the WORLD Series, including a win in the ALCS over the New York Yankees… But ya… other than that… He’s accomplished “nothing.
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Losing in back to back world series is an accomplishment.
I really can’t stand Valverde….what a clown.
The issue is unknown. It’s not reporters are privy to the actual negotiations.
We don’t know what was asked for and offered.
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Unless you assume Cashman himself (not to mention everybody else involved) is lying when he has absolutely no reason to do so, we know EXACTLY what happened.
yankeesNmore – 30 years from now, making it to the world series and losing means absolutely nothing.
seriously, you are nuts. without looking it up, who lost the world series 29 years ago? right, you have no idea because no one keeps track of the losers.
This whole team looks listless. The city of Detroit will do that to you believe me.
Didn’t the Yanks lose 3 out of 4 to Detroit sometime around May of last year? Or am I remembering incorrectly?
“Led”? I think Josh Hamilton, Michael Young, Ian Kinsler, Vlad Guerrero, CJ Wilson, Tommy Hunter and others might disagree with that. You can’t exactly “lead” with a 4-6 record.
cliff lee is a very good pitcher. he would have helped the yanks a ton. he is not a all time great or even a great.. he is a good pitcher who goes deep in games and throws strikes. that is about it….the guy is also 33 years old 3 years older then CC….
detroit tigers lost in the WS about 6 years ago…losing the world series does not exactly make you famous…
Irreverent Discourse – Without looking it up, I don’t think I could tell you who WON the World Series exactly 29 year ago…
But I don’t need to look it up to tell you how many times the Rangers have been there… And I don’t need to “look it up” to tell you how many American League Championships the Yankees have.
Would have been nice to have one more, and perhaps #28, as well.
Seriously, we’re giving the troll exactly what it wants. How about we talk about actual baseball?
we know EXACTLY what happened.
Yes, we do. The yankees had an accepted deal in place… the seattle GM took it to texas and said “beat this” and then went back to the yankees trying to get them to up the ante.
You don’t deal with people who do stuff like that, it’s bad business. Seattle’s GM is why Lee didn’t come here, not Nunez, and not Cashman.
Bring up El Chato and Pena, send down Nunez.
stuart a May 5th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
cliff lee is a very good pitcher. he would have helped the yanks a ton. he is not a all time great or even a great.. he is a good pitcher who goes deep in games and throws strikes. that is about it….the guy is also 33 years old
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Funny, I don’t recall seeing that thought expressed from many Yankees fans until AFTER we didn’t get Cliff Lee.
In fact, I recall something quite different being said by almost all of us on the day we all thought we were trading for him…
Perhaps you were the one talking about how “not great” he is/was.
6 runs with 4 hits ouch…
look at the yanks BA’s. swisher is hitting 214, gardner 225…etc.
Nunez has 5 errors ouch.
all will be good with el capitan in the lineup hitting the ball all over the yard…
aj knows it is May so the bloom will be off that hillbilly real soon.
Irreverent Discourse May 5th, 2011 at 4:10 pm
we know EXACTLY what happened.
Yes, we do. The yankees had an accepted deal in place… the seattle GM took it to texas and said “beat this”
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That is COMPLETELY false.
For some, Yankees payroll = Playstation baseball.
For others, we actually understand how baseball works.
That is COMPLETELY false.
Prove it.
The Other Phil May 5th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
“Led”? I think Josh Hamilton, Michael Young, Ian Kinsler, Vlad Guerrero, CJ Wilson, Tommy Hunter and others might disagree with that.
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The Rangers don’t make it past Tampa and the ALDS without Cliff Lee. So ya… LED
Larry, you are the king of unrelated assumptions.
Irreverent Discourse May 5th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
That is COMPLETELY false.
Prove it.
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I’ve posted all the links to the stories multiples times on this board… They’re easy enough to find. Go to work.
Irreverent Discourse May 5th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
Larry, you are the king of unrelated assumptions.
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Says the guy who just made up the “Seattle shopped the agreed upon deal to Texas” nonsense.
If they are easy enough to find, go find them. I don’t believe anything you say.
As a matter a fact, I don’t think anyone here does.