Swept: Yankees lose fifth straight
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on May 15, 2011 
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The Yankees took an early lead, then they fell into the same old pattern. Brett Gardner was caught stealing, Alex Rodriguez let a routine ground ball slip through his legs and the Yankees left six runners on base in the final five innings. The Red Sox had the big hits — Kevin Youkilis hit a homer to tie it, David Ortiz hit one to put them in the lead — and the Yankees lost 7-5. It was the Yankees fifth loss in a row, and their ninth loss in the past 12 games. They had not been swept by the Red Sox in a three-game series at home since April of 2004.
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Time for a shakeup, this is sad.
If this isn’t rock bottom, it’s close.
No way you slice it, this team is in serious trouble!
I picked a bad night to give up smoking crack.
Brutal series…………..the Sox are good, but they aren’t great. Yankees continue to play mind-bogglingly bad baseball in every aspect.
This ‘super pen’ that we projected preseason has become a disaster.
# Against All Odds May 15th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
# yankeefeminista May 15th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
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# Against All Odds May 15th, 2011 at 11:44 pm
# GoldGlove9486 May 15th, 2011 at 11:38 pm
It still makes me smile when Rivera pitches. He is the closest thing to a robot baseball has ever seen. When he decides to leave, the Yankees are in bigger trouble.
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Have no fear Joba will replace him
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After all, he has that closer mentality.;)
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Oh yes we all know “he’s built for the pen.” Just look at what he has done over the past two seasons a reliever. The kid is so dominant
Great job guys…The manager and gm should be proud. Now it’s time to tip our hats…I am glad the winning runs were an easy play that Arod didn’t make and the usual Joba meatball.
Burnett and Nova in Tampa this week…..get fired up.
# GoldGlove9486 May 15th, 2011 at 11:51 pm
Let’s face it, the Yankees do not have enough talent to win it all. It would be fun if they brought up all of the kids this season.
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It’s looking a like 2008 to me but it’s still only May. Yankees are in between kids not ready and old players on the back end of their careers.
It’s just shocking how bad this team looks.
Girardi must be so tired of saying the same thing in the press conference. Maybe he should type up his responses before the game and just hand them out afterwards.
2 unearned runs and shockingly the Yankees lose by 2 runs.
Hitters slump, it seems that every year a team as a whole just goes cold offensively, but this horrible defense is simply inexcusable.
Pretty remarkable that the Sox went from 9 games under .500 to .500 in less than a month. Their slow start has been completely wiped away with relative ease and are no longer have to exert energy playing ‘catch up.’ They have caught up.
They were 6-10 on the road too, FYI
brutal series. bullpen wit hwalks and jacks.
bad fielding, bad baserunning and basically no cluthc hitting. swisher still sucks, srod still sucks, tex still sucks. I especially love the jeter ab’s 1 pitch to aceves and the usual ground ball to 2nf od bard.
\seriously can jeter be any more anemic??? he literally hits like a pitcher…….
absolutely no one is doing nothing.
i especailly like the home joba moron gave up to salty. way to try to fool a guy hitting 207 with no homeruns……..joba is literally as dumb as burnett and that is hard to be………………..
The worst thing about the Posada silliness was that it diverts attention from how bad this offense really is as long as Swisher stinks, Jeter grounds out with regularity, Cano does whatever he’s doing, A-Rod doesn’t dominate, etc.
I’m not sure “what it’s going to take.” Maybe they just are not that good.
Girardi presser on YES
It’s looking a like 2008 to me but it’s still only May. Yankees are in between kids not ready and old players on the back end of their careers.
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The 2008 offense was atrocious.
This offense even with their horrible job lately is much better than that.
LGY said it best. The offense slumps. Every year I watch this team look like they couldn’t score runs if they started every inning with the bases loaded and every year they come out of it. The bullpen and the defense however, is unforgiveable.
If losing 5 in a row to drop to 20-18 and second place is rock bottom, then I am glad I am a Yankee fan and not a fan of some other team. It’s still early. But the winning streak needs to start at one, tomorrow.
The defensive miscues are just lazy and inexcusable. These are not the Giambi/Matsui/Damon/Sheffield teams that we’ve employed that you can just brush off because they are not physically gifted defenders.
Their heads are simply not in the game.
Get rid of Cervelli and bring up Montero.
It seems like every Yankees loss has atleast 2 errors or 2 mental mistakes. We aren’t seeing anymore base running mistakes because they aren’t on base enough to be running.
“LGY said it best. The offense slumps.”
Some of these players are in very long slumps. So I’m not sure they are slumps.
This team is no fun to watch. They should be forced to watch all their games, with Buck, Kay and Flash doing the announcing, over and over and over, till they get their heads out of their butts.
Lackluster is an understatement about this team.
Get rid of Cervelli and bring up Montero.
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Cervelli barely plays. What is that going to do?
Why is it when we lose people go into 3rd grade teacher mode. Really f***ing weird folks.
stop asking Girardi about Posada…that’s not the story. His team is awful, that’s the story.
# LGY May 15th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
It’s looking a like 2008 to me but it’s still only May. Yankees are in between kids not ready and old players on the back end of their careers.
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The 2008 offense was atrocious.
This offense even with their horrible job lately is much better than that.
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Maybe you’re right. But it does seem like it’s as bad as 08. I guess watching your team lose can do that to you.
Things could be worse. We could be Twins fans. 12-26 record. yeesh
Wow, what was that, 3 questions? There really isn’t anything to say. They suck. They have to find a way to stop sucking and they have to do it soon.
gardner is one hell of a baserunner.
man does he have a brain?????????
now jorge crap for days and weeks,.. Newsflash jorge is old and hitting 165…………his performance is awful, then again so is jeters…
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swisher oh my g-d.
now the excuse patrol starts… 2 more bad start from garci and he needs to be removed from the rotation end the story…………………
# LGY May 15th, 2011 at 11:59 pm
Get rid of Cervelli and bring up Montero.
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Cervelli barely plays. What is that going to do?
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It would help the broadcaster build tension within the game.
“Montero looming on the bench”
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Ghostwriter May 15th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
NYY fan in NH May 15th, 2011 at 11:50 pm
No way has this team bottomed out yet. This could really get out of control. Couldn’t say I saw this coming, but now looking at this team. I realize that they are old and unathletic and lack fundamentals to be a playoff contender at this point. The AL East has bunched up and even the O’s and Jays are younger and have promising players as the Yankees get older. Montero could cure alot of that!
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It isn’t a lack of athleticism or youth that is hurting this club right now. It’s sloppy play and inability to manufacture runs without the home run. And Montero is only one player—apparently, only an offense-only player. I think that this team likely will come of the slump and start playing better.
However, I think that a return to winning only will paper the problem, not solve it. I think that the problem is the manager. The more that I think about it, the more that I think that Girardi needs some help on the bench–a good, old-fashioned baseball man like Zimmer to help him manage games, and to teach fundamentals to his players. Gardner can’t steal or bunt, the team can’t play defense, the catcher is one-handing balls in the dirt. This lackadaisical play is the manager’s fault, and it’s costing the Yankees games. It needs to stop.
“Things could be worse. We could be Twins fans. 12-26 record. yeesh”
You really get solace from that?
yankeefeminista
did Chad ever send you my email? I sent him one to send to you.
It is like 2008 in the regard that most of the team is probably going to have career-low seasons and aging players probably won’t contribute as they should.
The offense, on paper, is better. But perhaps we’re giving them too much credit.
How about the horrid pen allowing tack on runs every game and blowing games they have in the bag (like the KC one)? Or the defense?
He’s not Cervelli. He’ll play more. Martin is a guy with an injury history. You have a more democratic starter/BU situation & he can DH at times.
Typical Girardi post-game. Oh well, that’s how it goes.
I don’t think that our offense is fatal. It is just that too many players are scuffling at the same time and Boston coming in magnifies that with hitters trying to do too much. Lester was hittable tonight.
Twins fans? They don’t have an enormous payroll and high expectations. That’s not a fair comparison.
Are 3 weeks a slump or the sign that this is bad team this year because they haven’t hit with a modicum of consistency for 3 weeks now.
I need a mental health day from this team.
The paychecks may be there, but the results are not. Something stinks in Denmark and I highly doubt it’s the front office. George acted like a loon even during the dynasty run at times and the team still won.
This is on the paycheck players. You know who they are. The first pitch swinging out generating paycheck players who know the season goes in waves and it’s dandy if they don’t deliver as long as there’s the promise that they’ll catch a good wave later on. You know, when we’re in 4th place looking up at the rest of the division.
The annual West Cost trip of doom is coming.
This team could very well be in last place after that trip.
The mix of players stink right now. Too comfy. Too satisfied. Too patient.
It’s a long season and the Yankees have turned the first part of it into a failure and joke.
Considering the starting pitching that was supposed to be their demise has been good, this is a disgrace.
Hope they become road warriors since they’ve blown an awful lot of home games already.
The team is free falling and if you can’t see that, you need to open your eyes.
Rich – yes, I agree, a lot of guys who are being recognized as slumping are simply not good. I think swisher, jeter, and posada fall into that category. That said, the total inability to hit with risp and the complete meltdown of tex/arod/cano is likely to improve.
All that said, I haven’t and don’t consider this to be even close to the best offense in baseball and I don’t think this team leads the league in runs, which folks thought was a foregone conclusion a few weeks ago.
WTF do you want the guy to say? Some of you guys don’t get it. It doesn’t matter what these guys or the manager says at a presser about a game or performance.
the thing I cannot accept is the jeter 1 pitch ab to aceves………..
why the hell is he swinging at the first pitch???/ again jeter has not had a walkoff at the new stadium.. zero pies last year from captn. clutch. he is aqs clutch as swisher.
this is as dreadful as they have played since tino had to carry them about 6 years ago when they were just awful……….
If we thought tonight was bad then them attempting to hit Price tomorrow is going to be even worse. Too bad they can’t just take off tomorrow’s game and come back Tuesday.
BoJo May 15th, 2011 at 11:53 pm
I picked a bad night to give up smoking crack.
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Lol
He’s not Cervelli. He’ll play more. Martin is a guy with an injury history. You have a more democratic starter/BU situation & he can DH at times.
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Bring Montero up to be the RH DH and BUC and soon to replace Jorge.
Geez, do we have to talk about Posada-Gate again?
yankeefeminista May 16th, 2011 at 12:02 am
I don’t think that our offense is fatal. It is just that too many players are scuffling at the same time and Boston coming in magnifies that with hitters trying to do too much. Lester was hittable tonight.
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We have too many guys swing form their heels: Tex, Cano, Swisher. It’s like they all forgot that they can advance and score runners with base hits, instead of home runs.
Carlo
The need another bat to take the pressure off the other players. Right now, Montero is the only potentially big one they have at the ready.
yea bad day by jorge. you and I get fired from our jobs. jorge gets a pass. the guy makes $13 mill. he is allowed no bad days. he is a selfish old man…………………
The Yankees would probably be better off with Cervelli in RF than Swisher.
At least Jeter and Posada have the excuse of being old, but Swisher is just ridiculous this season.
Montero is going to have to, along with Cano and Tex, anchor the middle of the lineup for the next several years.
Rather than give ABs to a .150 hitting DH who is gone after the year anyway, they should use this opportunity to acclimate Montero to the bigs, knowing how vital he is to their future.
As we’ve seen, power from the RH is becoming increasingly difficult to come by. Jeter/Posada/ARod were big parts of that the last half decade. Now they their skills have diminished considerably and Tex’s LH swing isn’t consistent at all, Montero’s RH bat is going to be important for us to make up some of that.
They are simply hurting themselves by delaying the inevitable.
Swisher needs to be benched, although I’d put Nunez in RF, not Cervelli.
soriano is a mental case….. he is poison. thank god the yankee management went around cashmans back to overpay for that total jacka–.
What does everyone think? Can Jones put up numbers playing every day?
I do get solace in knowing that we arent as bad off as the Twins. Fans are allowed to view the game however they want.
“What does everyone think? Can Jones put up numbers playing every day?”
No
Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 12:07 am
“What does everyone think? Can Jones put up numbers playing every day?”
No
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Ditto.
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# Ghostwriter May 16th, 2011 at 12:05 am
yankeefeminista May 16th, 2011 at 12:02 am
I don’t think that our offense is fatal. It is just that too many players are scuffling at the same time and Boston coming in magnifies that with hitters trying to do too much. Lester was hittable tonight.
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We have too many guys swing form their heels: Tex, Cano, Swisher. It’s like they all forgot that they can advance and score runners with base hits, instead of home runs.
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That I do agree with, especially in the playoffs. However, that has been the case for a couple of years now. Adding Montero, a situational bat that hits for both average and power would vary our offense.
# ZMAN May 16th, 2011 at 12:07 am
Montero is going to have to, along with Cano and Tex, anchor the middle of the lineup for the next several years.
Rather than give ABs to a .150 hitting DH who is gone after the year anyway, they should use this opportunity to acclimate Montero to the bigs, knowing how vital he is to their future.
As we’ve seen, power from the RH is becoming increasingly difficult to come by. Jeter/Posada/ARod were big parts of that the last half decade. Now they their skills have diminished considerably and Tex’s LH swing isn’t consistent at all, Montero’s RH bat is going to be important for us to make up some of that.
They are simply hurting themselves by delaying the inevitable.
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Montero is important to the present and future. I know ppl think you can just go out and get hitters and in some cases that’s true but look at teams like the Rockies locking up Cargo and Tulo.
# Ghostwriter May 16th, 2011 at 12:08 am
Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 12:07 am
“What does everyone think? Can Jones put up numbers playing every day?”
No
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Ditto.
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He can’t hit righties.
Rich – no doubt they need another bat. The issue here is that they guys who stink are awful in enormous ways. I’m all for bringing up Montero and I would love to bench swisher because I’m tired of his antics.
LGY – “swisher is just ridiculous” has me laughin out loud and still does.
Gardner is really a waste. A singles hitter with no power and 0 instincts on the bases.
Wouldn’t mind giving Maxwell some ABs up here. We could use his pop. Gardner/Swisher/Jorge are the easiest guys to replace. We all know the Captain has immunity here. Tex’s swing comes and goes everytime the wind blows. Cano is the real disappointment though. Elite players don’t have one great year followed by a complete regression in every aspect of the game. A-Rod is just old, this is what he is from now on.
This is a bad team on many levels…I could see that going into the season. This is a $200m plus team but they are starting guys like Garcia and Colon. Does anyone think they will last the season?
Frankly, I think Hughes is a head case. Even at 89 to 91 mph, if he could locate pitches he would be fine. Sabathia is good but his weight is an issue especially as he ages. The knee injury was just a glimpse of things to come. How many overweight pitchers can you think of who pitched well into their thirties? At least Nova is new and if they had a rotation they would have the luxury of cultivating him.
The bullpen is a mess, period. One lefty who cannot get the ball over. Joba who sucks and I still feel that he is a raging alcoholic (just look at him). Robertson is inconsistent and Soriano is a malcontent. That is just the pitching. I will leave the hitters and the manager for another post.
Carlo
But they aren’t going do anything about A-Rod, Cano, Teix, and Jeter. They may do something about Swisher, and they have already begun to deal with Posada’s decline.
yankeefeminista May 16th, 2011 at 12:08 am
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# Ghostwriter May 16th, 2011 at 12:05 am
yankeefeminista May 16th, 2011 at 12:02 am
I don’t think that our offense is fatal. It is just that too many players are scuffling at the same time and Boston coming in magnifies that with hitters trying to do too much. Lester was hittable tonight.
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We have too many guys swing form their heels: Tex, Cano, Swisher. It’s like they all forgot that they can advance and score runners with base hits, instead of home runs.
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That I do agree with, especially in the playoffs. However, that has been the case for a couple of years now. Adding Montero, a situational bat that hits for both average and power would vary our offense.
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Perhaps. I think that they have what they need to compete on the big club. I think that it’s the management that is killing them right now. The offense will heat up again soon enough, and everything will look great for a while, until we run into a team that can pitch in the post-season (assuming that we can get there).
Don’t shoot the messenger but the Yankees STILL have scored the most runs per game in the American League.
The New York Yankees actually LEAD the American League in runs scored despite playing the fewest games in baseball.
Here is a peek at part of the problem:
- Batters average age: 31.5 – 2nd oldest in the major leagues.
- Pitchers average age: 31.4 – Oldest in the major leagues.
Swisher needs to be benched, although I’d put Nunez in RF, not Cervelli.
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They are never going to do that because they are the most rote organization going. But I’d sign up for that in a minute. Nunez can really hit & has a good arm for right.
Is there another struggling OF on another team who may benefit from a change of scenery that can be traded for Swisher?
I really don’t understand why the Yanks haven’t brought up Montero yet. It doesn’t make any sense. Instead of just wasting at bats get Montero up here and get him used to major league pitching. It’s going to take alittle while for him to get used to the pitching and they should start that process now. Montero at DH and Nunez in RF for a couple of games can’t hurt.
Rich – I’m not asking them to do anything about those guys. Those guys have to be better, that’s that. If they’re not, we’re dead, nothing else will matter.
Bench swisher, call up laird or maxwell. Bring up Montero to DH and ur bench becomes nunez, jones, swisher, posada…..dfa one of the elders when chavez gets healthy.
LGY May 16th, 2011 at 12:11 am
Don’t shoot the messenger but the Yankees STILL have scored the most runs per game in the American League.
The New York Yankees actually LEAD the American League in runs scored despite playing the fewest games in baseball.
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Oy! Wiuth all due respect, this is starting to shape up just like last year, when the offense looked great for the first 40 games or so, and had a significant falloff in production for the rest of the season.
Is there another struggling OF on another team who may benefit from a change of scenery that can be traded for Swisher?
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We could get Milton Bradley for free.
The Yankees have scored 5 runs per game.
The 2nd place team is the Royals with 4.8 per game.
Damn, the offenses in the American League are pathetic right now.
Here we go…Soriano. More of a nightmare.
“They are never going to do that because they are the most rote organization going. But I’d sign up for that in a minute. Nunez can really hit & has a good arm for right.”
If nothing has changed with this team by next Sunday/Monday, I feel pretty confident that there will be some changes that may have seemed unimaginable two weeks ago.
Soriano won’t pitch against Tampa.
LGY – won’t last
Sorryarmo, out for tampa series. What a joker. Can’t wait till he gets tommy john and uses that $10 mm 2012 option to rehab.
West Coast Yankee Fan May 16th, 2011 at 12:12 am
Here is a peek at part of the problem:
- Batters average age: 31.5 – 2nd oldest in the major leagues.
- Pitchers average age: 31.4 – Oldest in the major leagues.
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Yes that is very telling. I watched the Braves today. Lots of young talent. Very exciting. If you have a chance to watch, check out their young closer Kimbrel, a stud. Freddy Freeman at first looks good. And then there is Jason Heyward in right, a future all star for years to come.
Well at least the yanks aren’t locked into too many long term contracts with veterans with declining skills … oh wait…
Stick Soriano in RF.
This guy can’t be any more of a disaster as a RP.
Maybe see what he can do with the stick.
“The bullpen is a mess, period. One lefty who cannot get the ball over. Joba who sucks and I still feel that he is a raging alcoholic (just look at him). Robertson is inconsistent and Soriano is a malcontent. That is just the pitching.”
Biggest disappointment of the season, by far.
We all knew the starting pitching would be an adventure, even though they have surpassed expectations thus far.
We also knew there was a chance for the offense to have some issues because of all the age and guys like Swish/Tex who are inconsistent. Plus Martin’s injury issues, etc.
But all of us thought this pen would be lockdown and the strength of the team. Relative to their position and expectations, they have been the biggest culprit of our downfall. It’s not just the games they have blown leads, it is games like tonight that are in the balance that they throw gasoline on. Has been going on all year.
And what is going to happen when the inevitable Garcia/Colon declines happen (does anyone believe they will pitch to 3 ERAs all year?), Nova shows he is mediocre, and Burnett goes on his inevitable streaks?
Not a good situation right now.
I’m not sure if you’re serious, but I don’t think that they would want to subject Bradley to the scrutiny that comes with playing in NY, jerkface.
Boston Red Sox 4.3 runs per game.
I can’t believe how down offense is.
AndrewMarchand Soriano said he is out of the Rays series.
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DL the guy already
I’m not sure if you’re serious, but I don’t think that they would want to subject Bradley to the scrutiny that comes with playing in NY, jerkface.
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This team needs to get blacker.
Joba who sucks and I still feel that he is a raging alcoholic (just look at him)
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What am I looking for? Are there visible booze fumes coming off of him like in those old comic strips?
Let me throw some positives out there…
1. We gave away two games to the Red Sox…which sucks for us but it means the Sox are really not that good and don’t exactly look poised to go off on a tear.
2. The Yankees have officially had a terrible stretch (3-9) but that’s going to happen to every team. Likewise, every team will get hot at some point. The Rays have done it, even the Sox went 8-1 earlier. The Yankees have yet to go on a long winning streak and they’re still in second place, only a game out in the loss column.
3. Montero has to be called up eventually, right?
Those RS stats are pretty baffling. Did they really have that prolific an offense pre-White Sox series that this slump still has them leading the league?
# NW Yankees Fan May 16th, 2011 at 12:16 am
West Coast Yankee Fan May 16th, 2011 at 12:12 am
Here is a peek at part of the problem:
- Batters average age: 31.5 – 2nd oldest in the major leagues.
- Pitchers average age: 31.4 – Oldest in the major leagues.
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Yes that is very telling. I watched the Braves today. Lots of young talent. Very exciting. If you have a chance to watch, check out their young closer Kimbrel, a stud. Freddy Freeman at first looks good. And then there is Jason Heyward in right, a future all star for years to come.
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Kimbrel is scary.
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I agree with most of what u said, but this concept of colon/garcia regressing to their norms is kinda moot. Yes, their ERAs will go higher, but the bottom line is, we haven’t been winning the games they start anyway so its not like we’ll be missing out on stuff we benefited from earlier in the year.
# Bronx Jeers May 16th, 2011 at 12:19 am
Joba who sucks and I still feel that he is a raging alcoholic (just look at him)
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What am I looking for? Are there visible booze fumes coming off of him like in those old comic strips?
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I loled. Thanks, I needed that.
I wish the Yanks could find out what Bautista is taking and give some to the Yankees hitters.
“This team needs to get blacker.”
Sort of like profit and loss? More wins means more in the black. More losses means more in the red?
If nothing has changed with this team by next Sunday/Monday, I feel pretty confident that there will be some changes that may have seemed unimaginable two weeks ago.
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See I don’t like the idea that Cashman goes and does something drastic. They should start by bringing up Montero. & if only Melky Mesa could hit a breaking ball. If only.
Sort of like profit and loss? More wins means more in the black. More losses means more in the red?
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No more like this team needs to get blacker. Wu-Tang for walk up music.
I wish they could get Cashman to do more interviews after games when they stink up the joint. He is usually very open and honest and I would love to see what he has to say after this series. To see if they are even thinking about making any moves.
Jerkface – pretty sure ur bradley logic is exactly the logic the FO used when deciding to sign sorryarmo.
# tyanksfan36 May 16th, 2011 at 12:01 am
yankeefeminista
did Chad ever send you my email? I sent him one to send to you.
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No, he did not.
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This team needs to get blacker.
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Boston did.
Bring in Ozzie Guillen…..he’ll at least tell reporters to bring up the entire Minor League Team, and then tweet about it.
“Is there another struggling OF on another team who may benefit from a change of scenery that can be traded for Swisher?”
Ryan Ludwick?
Magglio?
Ibanez?
Cuddayer?
Delmon Young?
Carlos Lee?
Corey Hart?
Torri Hunter?
Carlos Quiten?
Alex Rios?
Justin Upton? (will cost a ton)
Nady?
“No more like this team needs to get blacker. Wu-Tang for walk up music.”
I’d rather they start with ownership.
Bronx Jeers May 16th, 2011 at 12:19 am
Joba who sucks and I still feel that he is a raging alcoholic (just look at him)
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What am I looking for? Are there visible booze fumes coming off of him like in those old comic strips?
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Good question and thank you for asking it. The bloat is one thing. He looks bloated and has pale clammy looking skin. He sweats profusely but that could just be the way he is. Don’t forget the DUI a couple of years back plus he has the family background and culture. I could be wrong but I work with clients who are chemically dependent and just have a feeling. Please do not misconstrue, I pray that I am wrong on this.
“See I don’t like the idea that Cashman goes and does something drastic. They should start by bringing up Montero. & if only Melky Mesa could hit a breaking ball. If on”
I think Levine and the Steins are the true GM.
I’d rather they start with ownership.
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Wu-Tang for ownership of the Yankees and Staten Island – Ghostface Killah for GM
Derek Jeter has a higher SLG than Swisher this season.
That’s pathetic.
If joba is a “raging alcoholic” then I think swisher is a raging bath salt abuser
This is not 2008. It’s 1965. A bunch of old players whose productivity has declined significantly. Some inexplicable declines on the part of younger players. The only difference is that the ’65 Yanks had Mel Stottlemyre. We’ve got ….. ?
Anyone else see a short-sighted trade for a guy like Justin Upton, feeling they need to do something about the offense and trade guys in the farm to do so?
Against All Odds May 16th, 2011 at 12:20 am
Kimbrel is scary.
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I know and he is just a baby. It looks like he doesn’t even shave yet.
“The only difference is that the ’65 Yanks had Mel Stottlemyre. We’ve got ….. ?”
Brian Cashman?
The Yanks have 25 errors, allowing 21 unearned runs this year. This essently amounts to the difference between having 20 wins and barely hanging onto second-place in the division, and having 24 wins and being in the lead in the division. The fundamentals suck right now.
I’m tired of this conception that the Yankees are an “old” team.
Average age is a bs way of determining how ‘old’ a team is.
The Yankees left side of the infield is old. They are relatively young at every position except DH. Age should not be an excuse for this group, period.
Now the offense really does suck right now, but truth be told, this team gave up seven runs today. That just isn’t good enough to win, period.
There are so many problems on this team right now that its almost as if they need an off day to breathe and collect themselves. Unfortunately, that isn’t an option at this point. And I caution anyone who thinks this is is “rock bottom.” Rock bottom probably will come when they get swept in Tampa and drop to exactly .500.
I really do believe this team will come out of this rut. I’m an optimist, so my saving grace is that this team is getting this horrendous stretch out of the way and won’t be having one like it for the rest of the season. But unless Rodriguez and Swisher start playing like actual major league baseball players, all my optimism will be moot. Swisher isn’t some run of the mill spare part on this team. We need him to hit, and hit like he has over the past two years. Its unfortunately NOT a luxury for him to be producing offensively, rather, its a necessity. And he may be the biggest problem on this team right now.
As for Jeter, what can you really say. You’d rather have Mike Hampton up at the dish than him right now. I swear I haven’t seen him hit a ball in the air all season, especially because I was driving home from school on the day he cracked the two homers. I really don’t think I’ve seen him hit as much as a popup on live television yet. Every single at bat its the same exact freaking thing.
G-C May 16th, 2011 at 12:32 am
I’m tired of this conception that the Yankees are an “old” team.
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You can be tired of it – but it’s a fact.
A-Rod is hitting .188 over the past 22 games. Cano’s average is about the same over the same timespan.
but none of the batters have the futility of Swisher.
I can’t even imagine he looked worse in 2008. Guy is in a contract year, he should be ascending like most contract year players do, not regressing significantly. A quarter of the way through the season and the guy has 1 HR.
Nice suit A-Rod….it’s ok to stop saying “we” and call yourself out.
Arod looks gross with that facial hair
Carlo May 16th, 2011 at 12:31 am
If joba is a “raging alcoholic” then I think swisher is a raging bath salt abuser
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We are getting off topic but I just had to tell you, I have worked with a couple of clients that are bath salts abusers. They are totally nuts and meaner than snakes. To illustrate and tie this into another comment on this blog; kind of like Milton Bradley. I am out here near Seattle. The guy is a card carrying whacko!
Oh, by the way your posts are very good and thought provoking; thanks for sharing.
They will continue to lose tomorrow night
This year with risp and 2 outs Swisher is 0-17. How pathetic….
Why does Jack Curry keep calling Martin “Russ?” Are they dating or something?
Where are all the Cashman bashers tonight for the Posada episode yesterday ? Jorge sought out both Cashman and Girardi to apologize for his behavior yesterday, the right thing to do imo.
13 errors in our last 10 games. Are you kidding me? No wonder we are not in first place anymore.
“The only difference is that the ’65 Yanks had Mel Stottlemyre. We’ve got ….. ?”
One of the best farm systems in MLB.
“. I’m an optimist, so my saving grace is that this team is getting this horrendous stretch out of the way and won’t be having one like it for the rest of the season.”
Unfortunately, it usually doesn’t work like that. This extended slump doesn’t mean they are using up all of their ‘slump quota’ for the year.
With the age on the team (and with age comes extended streakiness and slumps) and the guys who are just plain streaky to begin with and have all these moving parts to their swing (Swisher/Tex), it is not realistic to think this is the last one we’ve seen. The fundamental root of these issues is going to stay the same. A guy like Cano, OTOH, you figure is just in a rut and will come out of it.
The problem is that the offense alone is not the culprit. Will the defense improve significantly as well? Will the bullpen stop springing leaks? Will the non-CC starters keep it up? The offense, with this group, probably won’t demonstrate much consistency.
“Derek Jeter has a higher SLG than Swisher this season.
That’s pathetic.”
I really want him benched.
# Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 12:29 am
“See I don’t like the idea that Cashman goes and does something drastic. They should start by bringing up Montero. & if only Melky Mesa could hit a breaking ball. If on”
I think Levine and the Steins are the true GM.
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You basing that on just the Soriano signing?
Bobby V certainly sounded like he was calling out Girardi in many of his pointed criticism’s of the team.
Agree that age shouldn’t be an excuse. We have Cano, Teixeira, Gardner, Swisher, Granderson, and Martin in their primes. That’s 5 all-stars plus a guy who put up a very good season last year. Of our three old position players, two are first ballot HOFers and one is borderline.
As for the pitching staff, the oldest guys are some of the best we have (Rivera, Garcia, Colon).
“You basing that on just the Soriano signing?”
A-Rod’s contract.
Posada’s 4th year.
Jeter’s contract.
Offering to trade Montero for 3 months of Lee.
West Coast Yankee Fan May 16th, 2011 at 12:34 am
G-C May 16th, 2011 at 12:32 am
I’m tired of this conception that the Yankees are an “old” team.
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You can be tired of it – but it’s a fact.
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I will ask this question of you because you have a level headed realism regarding what is wrong with this team. Could ARod’s problem be the hip and not the oblique?
My conspiracy theory is this: more steroid use than admitted, body breaking down, hip is no good, they did not do surgery last year. Miraculously fixed by exercise. No power last year except for a surge at the end. I bet the only way to fix the hip is a full replacement at end of career. Any validity?
The Yankees don’t have many young players (26 and under) but they do still have plenty of guys in their primes (27-32). So they’re not young, but they’re not necessarily old.
RS May 16th, 2011 at 12:40 am
Agree that age shouldn’t be an excuse. We have Cano, Teixeira, Gardner, Swisher, Granderson, and Martin in their primes. That’s 5 all-stars plus a guy who put up a very good season last year. Of our three old position players, two are first ballot HOFers and one is borderline.
As for the pitching staff, the oldest guys are some of the best we have (Rivera, Garcia, Colon).
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Tsk. Tsk. You’re allowing the facts to interrupt on a lovely narrative.
AROD $150 mil thru 2017
CC $100 mil thru 2015 if he doesn’t opt out- that opt out looking less likely by the day
TEX $120 mil thru 2016
AJ $33 mil thru 2013
Jeter $36 mil thru 2013
Soriano $25 mil thru 2013.
The only real money coming off the books next year is Jorge, Swisher and Kei Igawa!!! ($26 mil)
This team is “locked in” contractually for quite some time.
The team is waiting for A-Rod to get hot and carry them.
No idea what has happened to Cano. An MVP candidate to this?
“The team is waiting for A-Rod to get hot and carry them.”
Yup, as I have said they should be called the NY A-Rods, because as he goes, they go.
Eroc May 16th, 2011 at 12:45 am
The team is waiting for A-Rod to get hot and carry them.
No idea what has happened to Cano. An MVP candidate to this?
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Somebody told him that he could hit 40 home runs in a season, and he listened. He’ll get straightened out soon enough.
The real mystery is how all these players who should be playing for a new contract/option are sucking.
Swisher
Posada
Soriano
to a lesser extent, Sabathia
This group, more or less, won the WS in 2009. You sort of felt like that was probably going to be it for them & you felt emotion about it and gratitude that they pulled out one more.
The team should have let Joba start in 2010 without the restrictions & should have just let Montero catch this year. Martin’s goo but the way the roster is constructed they’re going to have to be creative to give Montero enough ABs to make a difference. It can be done but they just seem married to convention.
# Eroc May 16th, 2011 at 12:45 am
The team is waiting for A-Rod to get hot and carry them.
No idea what has happened to Cano. An MVP candidate to this?
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Cano had the hand injury at the beginning of May. He hasn’t really been the same since.
“Martin’s goo but the way the roster is constructed they’re going to have to be creative to give Montero enough ABs to make a difference. It can be done but they just seem married to convention.”
If Montero hits a ton and catches reasonably well (granted a big if), Martin has no claim on the position.
This group, more or less, won the WS in 2009. You sort of felt like that was probably going to be it for them & you felt emotion about it and gratitude that they pulled out one more.
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I thought 09 was the beginning of a huge title run. Theres no reason a team which has: CC, D-rob, Joba, Hughes, Cano, Swisher, Gardner, Granderson, Tex, Martin, etc can’t be good for years.
I would say Matsui and Damon had a lot more to do with winning in the post season in 2009.
Damon won a WS game with his legs and brains and Matsui won a WS game and put the team on his back.
We have not replaced the kind of at bats those 2 players were capable of in big spots.
‘I think Levine and the Steins are the true GM’.
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That’s a good one. Levine and especially Hank have no clue which end of the bat has the knob on it, much less knowing how to evaluate talent, draft players and relate to the the other GM’s in MLB.
Of course both are probably pretty good at putting contacts together by throwing excess dollars at players just to close the deal. ARod anyone ? ?
They could DH Montero and let him catch a couple of games a week. That was the way they broke Jorge in, as a couple of days per week back-up to Girardi.
NW Yankees Fan May 16th, 2011 at 12:42 am
I will ask this question of you because you have a level headed realism regarding what is wrong with this team. Could ARod’s problem be the hip and not the oblique?
My conspiracy theory is this: more steroid use than admitted, body breaking down, hip is no good, they did not do surgery last year. Miraculously fixed by exercise. No power last year except for a surge at the end. I bet the only way to fix the hip is a full replacement at end of career. Any validity?
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I really don’t know. A-Rod was just asked in the locker room if he had anything physically wrong and he said no. But I have long ago given up believing what these guys sayhalf the time. What you say is certainly conceivable. It’s really inexplicable that someone with A-Rods skill set could go into a month long slump just like that – after being all world from spring training until mid-April. But I have no idea.
I think a lot of the fans need to realize that this is a old team and that the Yankees need to make changes. This team was not going to win the World Series this year based on the fact that the team is old and the lack of starting pitching you need to go deep in the playoffs.
Do not trade the killer B’s or Montero. It’s time to rebuild and transition to the young guns. It’s time for some fans to stop denying it. Posada, and Jeter are done. And A-rod is close to being done and Mo will be gone soon.
“I would say Matsui and Damon had a lot more to do with winning in the post season in 2009.”
That’s one WS in their entire Yankee tenure. Matsui played here 7 years, Damon 4.
# Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 12:41 am
“You basing that on just the Soriano signing?”
A-Rod’s contract.
Posada’s 4th year.
Jeter’s contract.
Offering to trade Montero for 3 months of Lee.
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Contracts of long standing guys is one thing. But I don’t believe Randy Levine is making trades. From what I’ve read, Eppeler was behind the Joba is a Reliever movement & looks after MLB scouting for them. If that’s the case, it’s his brain they pick to find out who to go after. It is conceivable that they demanded we get Lee & part with Montero to accomplish it. Very George-esque. But Levine & the Bros I doub know enough about the league to swing under the radar type swaps & such.
West Coast Yankee Fan May 16th, 2011 at 12:52 amI really don’t know. A-Rod was just asked in the locker room if he had anything physically wrong and he said no. But I have long ago given up believing what these guys sayhalf the time. What you say is certainly conceivable. It’s really inexplicable that someone with A-Rods skill set could go into a month long slump just like that – after being all world from spring training until mid-April. But I have no idea.
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Thanks for the answer, I just figured I would throw it out there. Time will tell, I guess.
“Contracts of long standing guys is one thing. But I don’t believe Randy Levine is making trades. From what I’ve read, Eppeler was behind the Joba is a Reliever movement & looks after MLB scouting for them. If that’s the case, it’s his brain they pick to find out who to go after. It is conceivable that they demanded we get Lee & part with Montero to accomplish it. Very George-esque. But Levine & the Bros I doub know enough about the league to swing under the radar type swaps & such.”
It’s been widely reported that he was in charge of the Randy Johnson trade, and offered them Wang and Cano in the deal.
Vineyard Yankee May 16th, 2011 at 12:52 am
That’s a good one. Levine and especially Hank have no clue which end of the bat has the knob on it, much less knowing how to evaluate talent, draft players and relate to the the other GM’s in MLB.
Of course both are probably pretty good at putting contacts together by throwing excess dollars at players just to close the deal. ARod anyone ? ?
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Hey Vin. Good point!
Also Joba is a joke ! I haven’t been on the blog in about a month and I have been real busy over the year but like I always said Joba is lazy and all hype. Not to mention he has a 10 cent brain.
When will the Yankee brass finally get rid of him ? Becuase he should have been traded for a bag of balls a year ago.
“That’s a good one. Levine and especially Hank have no clue which end of the bat has the knob on it, much less knowing how to evaluate talent, draft players and relate to the the other GM’s in MLB.”
Why do they have to have a clue to usurp the GM’s power whenever they feel like it, which is what they do?
NW Yankees Fan May 16th, 2011 at 12:52 am
They could DH Montero and let him catch a couple of games a week. That was the way they broke Jorge in, as a couple of days per week back-up to Girardi.
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Howdy NW, I love it. I will put in $ 50 towards the plane ticket. Sooner than later please. Bye, bye Cervelli and then replace Jones with Maxwell.
Jeremy May 16th, 2011 at 12:58 am
Also Joba is a joke ! I haven’t been on the blog in about a month and I have been real busy over the year but like I always said Joba is lazy and all hype. Not to mention he has a 10 cent brain.
When will the Yankee brass finally get rid of him ? Becuase he should have been traded for a bag of balls a year ago.
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They could have got something for him a couple of years ago. Last year, a bag of balls. Now, two balls and a can of chew.
Do not trade the killer B’s or Montero. It’s time to rebuild and transition to the young guns. It’s time for some fans to stop denying it. Posada, and Jeter are done. And A-rod is close to being done and Mo will be gone soon.
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Done is over statement. They’re players who aren’t going to carry the club any more. They need to be supplement guys. The lineup needs a legit bat & the good news is the team has the guy. Montero is the guy, he hits for average & has immense power. Not a guy who’s going to hit .250 & swing out of his shoes. They have the guy who can actually make the older players’ contributions fall into place. You suddenly have Cano & Montero, two great young hitters. Would make a huge difference.
Too much money tied up in aging veterans like A-rod and Jeter. One of the main reasons why the Yankees have a payroll over 200 million dollars.
And I like Jeter and everything he has done over the years but it comes a time when you have to perform and the Yankees are not seeing a return on their investment. The only great thing to look forward to are the hits.
Everybody, hold onto your hats. This team is not finished losing yet. Another 2 or 3 in a row coming up in TB.
Vineyard Yankee May 16th, 2011 at 12:59 am
Howdy NW, I love it. I will put in $ 50 towards the plane ticket. Sooner than later please. Bye, bye Cervelli and then replace Jones with Maxwell.
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Yes, I agree. I like Cervelli but he is no major leaguer. I like Jones too, but he is way past his shelf life. Maxwell is athletic…we should give him a try. He was a high draft pick some years ago but has had some injuries, I would love to see what he can do.
“I will put in $ 50 towards the plane ticket. Sooner than later please. Bye, bye Cervelli and then replace Jones with Maxwell.”
Maxwell is hitting .237. That doesn’t suggest he can succeed here.
It’s been widely reported that he was in charge of the Randy Johnson trade, and offered them Wang and Cano in the deal.
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Right but again that was for the mythic pitcher that George had to have. They’re not going to oversee a Betemit for Swisher type thing, for instance.
Hey .237 would be good in the Yankees lineup.
“Right but again that was for the mythic pitcher that George had to have. They’re not going to oversee a Betemit for Swisher type thing, for instance.”
The point is that who has final say on personnel matters, the GM, who knows baseball, or the owners/team president who don’t?
Yes, Joba is not the brightest is he.
NW Yankee fan
“Last year, a bag of balls. Now, two balls and a can of chew.”
LOL !
‘Why do they have to have a clue to usurp the GM’s power whenever they feel like it, which is what they do?’
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Because that would make them more dysfunctional than they already appear. I think Hal makes the calls and to a certain extent honors George commitment to Cashman that he has autonomy over the Baseball operations. Soriano was the exception along with Hank screwing up the ARod $ 275 million ‘opt back in’ disaster.
“Hey .237 would be good in the Yankees lineup.”
Except if you’re hitting .237 at AAA, it’s very likely you would do worse in the ML.
J. Alfred Prufrock
I agree.
“Because that would make them more dysfunctional than they already appear. I think Hal makes the calls and to a certain extent honors George commitment to Cashman that he has autonomy over the Baseball operations. Soriano was the exception along with Hank screwing up the ARod $ 275 million ‘opt back in’ disaster.”
The Soriano signing was hardly the exception. As I mentioned above, Cash was against Posada’s 4th year, it’s likely he was against Jeter’s contract, and it’s hard to be believe that he wanted to trade Montero for 3 months of Lee.
So autonomy doesn’t mean what the dictionary says it does.
# Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 12:50 am
“Martin’s goo but the way the roster is constructed they’re going to have to be creative to give Montero enough ABs to make a difference. It can be done but they just seem married to convention.”
If Montero hits a ton and catches reasonably well (granted a big if), Martin has no claim on the position.
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There are certain players management gets fixated on. Martin’s done a helluva job but I’ve noticed they do go over the top on this guy. It’s almost like they’re over selling him so they can justify getting rid of Montero. I hope I’m wrong about this, of course.
NW Yankees Fan May 16th, 2011 at 1:04 am
Maxwell could give the team, defense and speed. I agree Jones’ best years are long gone. Maxwell could also take some starts in RF to give Swisher a day here and there to reflect and hopefully get his act together.
“There are certain players management gets fixated on. Martin’s done a helluva job but I’ve noticed they do go over the top on this guy. It’s almost like they’re over selling him so they can justify getting rid of Montero. I hope I’m wrong about this, of course”
Then they aren’t very bright.
“Yes, Joba is not the brightest is he.”
Got that right. Joba is so dumb that he makes Burnett look like a college professor.
Giving up a homerun to that joke of a catcher and hitter Salty is the biggest joke. The guy is just one big joke.
“Maxwell could give the team, defense and speed”
They need offense.
Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 1:04 am
Maxwell would be a better option than Jones. New blood is a good thing and it will be helpful to see if he can do the job. Especially with Swisher in his contract year.
Amazing what two wins the next two days in tampa could do. Get us tied for first and all the negativity would decrease dramatically. Of course its going to be tough tomorrow with price as the opponent but ya gotta start somewhere…
Is it possible for Tex to carry a team or does everything have to be aligned properly? Like it can’t be April, May, June or October and Arod has to be hitting also. I know that he has had some good stretches but he is extremely streaky and it’s frustrating watching him do nothing for such long stretches of time.
West Coast Yankee Fan May 16th, 2011 at 1:06 am
He knows how to get to White Castle, Dunkin Donuts and is pretty good at making home brew I hear.
Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 1:14 am
“Maxwell could give the team, defense and speed”
They need offense.
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Is there anyone that can give them some offense in the minors except for Montero?
Maxwell is batting .212 BA /.288 OBP. vs. righties at SWB. He hits homeruns or strikes out. He is not the kind of hitter that we need in our lineup.
Martin has been good. But it seems like his defense was very good early on and it’s starting to slip a little bit. Maybe Girardi needs to give him more days off incase some fatigue is starting to kick in. I don’t know but the passed balls are starting to add up and he needs to get back to blocking those balls.
Vineyard Yankee May 16th, 2011 at 1:16 am
West Coast Yankee Fan May 16th, 2011 at 1:06 am
He knows how to get to White Castle, Dunkin Donuts and is pretty good at making home brew I hear.
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That’s good! LMAO!
Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 1:09 am
Posada’s a 4th year, Jeter’s $ 52 million and the Soriano decisions aren’t looking too good right, now are they ? ? ?
Maybe they should consider trusting the man and his staff that they pay to run the Baseball Operations for them.
“Maybe they should consider trusting the man and his staff that they pay to run the Baseball Operations for them.”
Should. Won’t.
Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 1:14 am
They are getting neither from Jones or Swisher now. He will be someone who could push Swisher and play better OF defense.
# Rich in NJ May 16th, 2011 at 1:06 am
“Right but again that was for the mythic pitcher that George had to have. They’re not going to oversee a Betemit for Swisher type thing, for instance.”
The point is that who has final say on personnel matters, the GM, who knows baseball, or the owners/team president who don’t?
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My original point was I don’t want Cashman to do anything drastic. I don’t see those three clowns getting involved in say a trade for Liriano. They’re not going to say give up the Bs for him. They don’t covet Liriano. They barely know who he is, I’d bet. They’d be starry eyed about Felix & maybe JJ just like they were about Lee & like pops was for Kevin Brown & RJ.
One thing though, Cash didn’t want Alex back under any circumstances. Good luck winning in 2009 without Alex.
Prufrock, did you see the Betances outing today? I got back exceedingly late from the Yanks-Red Sox game, so I didn’t. However, I saw he threw 92 pitches, good to see. A lot of walks but no ER and 6K’s. Sounds like he might have tired. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much coverage of worth from any of the “beat” writers.
# yankeefeminista May 16th, 2011 at 1:19 am
Maxwell is batting .212 BA /.288 OBP. vs. righties at SWB. He hits homeruns or strikes out. He is not the kind of hitter that we need in our lineup.
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YF, totally agree on that. Melky Mesa can hit homers & K for us, if it comes to that
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I dunno V. He seems more like a funnel cake kinda guy to me.
# yankeefeminista May 16th, 2011 at 1:26 am
Prufrock, did you see the Betances outing today? I got back exceedingly late from the Yanks-Red Sox game, so I didn’t. However, I saw he threw 92 pitches, good to see. A lot of walks but no ER and 6K’s. Sounds like he might have tired. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much coverage of worth from any of the “beat” writers.
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I didn’t go out there this weekend. That’s a big jump for him & yes I guess he walked a few guys. I’ll be there next time.
West Coast Yankee Fan May 16th, 2011 at 1:28 am
I dunno V. He seems more like a funnel cake kinda guy to me.
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If you guys are talking about Joba; it is the beer. That being said, I thought of some other foods that he may gorge on in the bullpen: a dozen Nathan’s hotdogs with those delicious fries, a couple of Calzone’s, six or eight cannoli’s, two or three egg creams, and fourteen knishes. After two or three trips to the crapper, he is ready to pitch.
West Coast Yankee Fan May 16th, 2011 at 1:28 am
I dunno V. He seems more like a funnel cake kinda guy to me.
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Could be but as an example I don’t think they have funnel cakes in Tampa. After home games there is Coney Island. When on the road though he could have MF be his errand boy to bring them to the stadium. What do you think ?
I think it’s safe to say that Liriano isn’t really on the team’s radar right now. Unless they can get him extremely cheap, he provides nothing that we’re missing (except a lefty reliever, but no way the Twins sell him as that).
The trade market isn’t shaping up too well for the Yanks. The only team that is far out of a division race and has anything good to offer may be the NY Mets
NW Yankees Fan May 16th, 2011 at 1:32 am
LMAO ! !…………..LMAO ! !
Just a thought; maybe the Yankees should be sellers instead of buyers at this year’s trade deadline.
Vineyard Yankee May 16th, 2011 at 1:35 am
NW Yankees Fan May 16th, 2011 at 1:32 am
LMAO ! !…………..LMAO ! !
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That’s funny…we both thought of Coney Island. What do they say about great minds?
NW Yankees Fan May 16th, 2011 at 1:36 am
Just a thought; maybe the Yankees should be sellers instead of buyers at this year’s trade deadline.
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Good thought, being sellers will clear out some of the deadwood and open up roster spots. If they can get others to take some of these contracts. Maybe a tough sell.
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‘Great minds’……………well you know……..LOL !
Vineyard Yankee May 16th, 2011 at 1:41 am
Good thought, being sellers will clear out some of the deadwood and open up roster spots. If they can get others to take some of these contracts. Maybe a tough sell.
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That’s the rub, who could they sucker into taking some of these contracts/players? You could move Gardner, Joba, Cervelli, Logan, Robertson. Anyone else like Swisher, probably not. Jeter, ARod, Tex, Burnett…no team would touch.
Unless the Yankees pay a huge chunk of the money owed, who knows stranger things have happened. It doesn’t hurt to try anyway with the ‘anchors’ we presently have.
Catch you tomorrow, 10 – 4.
Good Night!
All this talk of being sellers at the trade deadline indicates to me that I’m not the only one who thinks the chances of a playoff run this year are slim-to-none.