Game 103: Yankees vs. Orioles
Posted by: Brian Heyman - Posted in Misc on Jul 29, 2011 
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Yankees lineup
1. Brett Gardner LF
2. Derek Jeter SS
3. Curtis Granderson CF
4. Mark Teixeira 1B
5. Robinson Cano 2B
6. Nick Swisher RF
7. Eric Chavez 3B
8. Jorge Posada DH
9. Russell Martin C
A.J. Burnett RHP
Orioles lineup
1. J.J. Hardy SS
2. Nick Markakis RF
3. Adam Jones CF
4. Vladimir Guerrero DH
5. Derrek Lee 1B
6. Mark Reynolds 3B
7. Matt Wieters C
8. Nolan Reimold LF
9. Robert Andino 2B
Jeremy Guthrie RHP
TV/Time: YES/8:54
Umpires: Mike DiMuro HP, Tim Welke 1B, Andy Fletcher 2B, Jim Reynolds 3B
Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy. There’s a 65 percent chance of thunderstorms around 11 p.m., according to weather.com.
40-man roster move: Rafael Soriano came off the 60-day DL and Steve Garrison was optioned to Double-A Trenton. In order to make room on the 40-man roster for Soriano, Sergio Mitre was transferred to the 60-day DL. Mitre went on the 15-day DL with right shoulder tendinitis on July 20.
Dominating the Birds: The Yankees are 6-0 vs. the Orioles, the best streak against them to start a season since they won the first seven in 2004.
Time crunch: The Yankees will play four games against Baltimore in less than 48 hours.
Jeter at the plate: Derek Jeter is three hits behind Rafael Palmeiro for a tie for 24th on the all-time list at 3,020. The Captain is batting .295 with six doubles, a triple and two homers since coming off the DL on July 4.
Update, 8:57: 1-2-3 first for Burnett, finishing it by blowing a 95 mph fastball past Adam Jones.
Update, 9:05: 1-2-3 first for Guthrie, who’s in danger of losing 20 games this season, now at 4-14.
Update, 9:11: Mark Reynolds sends a 93 mph fastball to the Yankees’ bullpen after a walk, 2-0 in the second.
Update, 9:21: 1-2-3 second for Guthrie, capped by Nick Swisher watching a 95 mph fastball sail by.
Update, 9:26: Strong third for Burnett, three up, three down. Markakis ends it by fanning on a curve.
Update, 9:31: First hit for the Yankees, Posada lines a single to center with one out in the third.
Update, 9:35: Two singles in the inning, but Gardner and Jeter strand both runners.
Update, 9:43: Burnett is down 3-0 in the fourth, gave up a ground-rule double to right-center to Vlad Guerrero, then hung a breaking ball to Derek Lee, who powered it past Granderson in center for another double.
Update, 10:02: Two walks with two outs in the Yankees’ fourth, but Chavez grounds to first.
Update, 10:11: The Orioles strand a runner at second with two outs in the fifth.
Update, 10:19: It’s 3-0 after five. The Yankees still have just two third-inning singles.
Update, 10:25: No longer a possible quality start for Burnett. Lee lines a 92 mph fastball to the right-field seats, 4-0.
Update, 10:35: Finally a run for the Yankees. Teixeira parks a full-count fastball in the right-center seats, and it’s 4-1 with two outs in the sixth. He now owns the team lead with 29.
Update, 10:55: The Yankees have four hits through seven against Guthrie.
Update, 11:09: 10 Ks for Burnett in eight innings. The Ks are a season high and the eighth innings tie his season high. But unless the Yankees rally, this will be his fifth straight winless start. Guthrie is out. Koji Uehara will come on for the eighth.
Update, 11:21: 4-1, going to the top of the ninth. Luis Ayala will replace Burnett.
Update, 11:36: Bottom of the ninth, 4-1. Kevin Gregg will try to close it out.
Update, 11:45: Back-to-back doubles for Cano and Swisher to open the inning. Now Posada walks. Chris Dickerson is pinch running. So first and second, one out. Russell Martin is up.
Update, 11:48: Martin bounces into a 6-4 force. Eduardo Nunez is pinch running for Martin, first and third, two outs, Gardner up.
Update, 11:52: Gardner goes down swinging and breaks his bat against the dirt with two violent smashes. Orioles win, 4-2.
295 is a really good thing for jeter. if he hits 300 from here on in, arod comes back strong, and swish hit 270, the division is ours. with or without ubaldo
Brackman is out of the game. 3.1 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, so far. 9 walks, 2 strikeouts, 2 wp
9 walks? man, that guy needs to go to control camp
Brackman – what a prospect. Keeper. Heck, keepem all.
“anything the ever happened bad with a pitcher is cashman’s fault according to randy. anything that ever happened good with a pitcher was the pitchers doing. ”
Randy can take care of himself—- but he has been talking about CMW and this particular injury since it happened. It’s as good of a theory as any that I’ve heard. Maybe you would like to tell us what caused CMW’s injury..bad luck?
And as far as anything good happenning with a pitcher…. you have to admit that Cashman’s record on devlopment and FA signings has not been stellar.
I do give him 4 stars for CC. And more recently Colon and Freddy.
I am not sure anyone ever said brackman was untouchable.
It can take the really tall guys a while to get it together.
jonmorosi #Phillies close to acquiring Pence from #Astros for package including Jonathan Singleton and Jarrod Cosart, sources tell FOXSports.com.
Singleton has been removed from the game in Clearwater
show of hands of who bought that crap about how the o’s were gonna contend because of thier great young pitching? (worst pitching in the bigs)
btw, i took the under at 74 wins…
Wang was a pitcher with a history of shoulder issues. It was a weak point for him to begin with. Its not cashmans fault if the doctors and trainers the yankees have hired gave him bad advice. Cashman is not a doctor, he has to trust their advice or why have them on the team. Not sure the gm even hires the doctor. And is it worth firing them for 1 miss diagnosis?? They aren’t the cardinals or the mets whose staff routinely misdiagnosis their players.
amazing how the phils keep getting players w/o including brown. ed wade should not have a job with houston.
They phillies got hunter pence. Let’s take it easy on the fleecing of ed wade. Its hunter pence.
Dom brown continually dodging trades gives me hope for montero.
rr212
+ 1
4 big deals and counting
Bad job by the Braves. They needed Pence way more then the Phillies. They should have given up Minor
braves dont have the revenue to give up thier prospects as easily at the phils.
we all knew that houston was gonna trade him to philly. wade looks out for the phils.
is it just me or does aj throw more breaking balls than most pitchers? he’s got a 95 mph fastball. use it
right down the pipe on that pitch. hope the offense is ready to produce tonite.
DAMN!!!!!!!! Cashman, pick up the damn phone!!!!
and dont worry.. As soon as we get the lead AJ will give it right back.
Yo Face….It was Cashman’s decision to rush Wang back to the rotation, and this was after his horrid camp, in fact he was so bad in March they had him pitching on the B field with the Minor League guys……..Wang very well might have had a date with the scalpel, but certainly not then……Not certain if you were around back in April / May of 09 and you may have been….Then again the blog was heavy loaded with solid posters and you may have been lost in the shuffle as a new guy…..But Randy, CB and a few more were going over his delivery closely as we tried to find a reason as to what happened to The Wang-Man….It was a real good night here and it was clear that he was a different looking pitcher mechanic wise
Bad AJ
Pence is really overrated IMO, but good deal for the Phillies.
The Phils are a win now team so trading 2 kids in A+ ball who are years away for Pence is smart.
Oh and AJ sucks btw. Need to get Kuroda if they don’t get Ubaldo.
“Wang was a pitcher with a history of shoulder issues.”
which was common knowledge and precisely why only a dumb ass would have him pitch on an atrophied hip in spring training which put huge stress on his shoulder.
the yankees were running the same old “we don’t worry about velocity” with wang that they did with hughes this year.
the yankees do some strange things with pitchers.
they don’t pay attention to warning signs enough.
Ys Guy,
They were asked to give up 1 good prospect. They gave up like 3 in the Tex deal. Its not like the Braves are the Rays
kd…I think Martin and the bench are trying to establish his offspeed stuff to set up his fastball….Guys could be just sitting on # 1
AJ leads all of baseball in BB’s (tied) and WP’s.
LGY,
Their farm was still ranked pretty high coming into the year
I’ve been here since 07, thanks for noticing.
Pence just removed from OF in 5th inning. Hugging teammates in dugout.
Going to another nite where we score nothing while AJ gives up a few
Any deal which Boston does not make is a good deal for the Yanks. No Beltran or Pence in Boston is a good thing. Let’s hope that they don’t add a better SP than us.
Triple
Both Cosart and Singleton are top 50 guys. They are highly thought of prospects, but still way too far from the majors to help the Phils anytime soon.
Bad AJ again?
If the yankees are so weird with pitchers maybe they should take a more sabermetric approach instead of using the old school shamanistic approach where they have these non sabre guys telling cashman not to worry about the numbers.
Anyone that think Cashman is taking this rotation into 2 half is brain dead. AJ is a 5 inn SP. Hughes belongs in pen. Garcia can’t beat Bos
thanks pat m,
has his fastball lost some movement then? if they hit a 2 seamer, won’t it just be a ground ball?
Face…..You must have been low-key back then before becoming a celebrity of sorts like you are now…..Then again, there were many very good posters back then and maybe you were still in A Ball
The yankees handle pitchers weird because they are too old school and not saber enough. Cashman has these old guys telling him not to worry about velocity and numbers, need to get a more saber approach. Can’t have billy connors old butt telling cashman wang is fine in tampa. Gotta check the data. Cashman is an admitted sourcer, he relies on his guys to inform him to the best of their ability.
Pence hitting 6 in Philly is great.
Rasmus now 0-3. will go for golden sombrero next ab. Father already ejected from ballpark!!!
Jerk is chumming the waters. Must resist urge to bite.
I’m the albert pujols of this blog, money since I got here.
Braves might be willing to let the Phils have the east this year knowing that their window is closing and that they should only get better in the coming years……Phils are all in as usual.
Yanks will get a pitcher, but I think they will wait until the very end of the deadline to minimize the cost as much as they can…
How can anyone tryst how Yankees handle pitchers? Haven’t developed one since Andy P. Hughes has broken down. Joba too. Wang. U really trust them on the b’s?
Oops I double posted the same opinion in a different manner, posting from my phone so I thought I lost the first one!
Both Cosart and Singleton are top 50 guys. They are highly thought of prospects, but still way too far from the majors to help the Phils anytime soon.
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-the astros did get the infamous 2 PTBNL
Was just reading something on RAB and saw Rich in NJ posting over there.
Has he left us for the RAB crew???
I don’t like the way the yankees have brought up pitchers. Might be time to get rid of nardi and his mad ravings.
Mike Axisa @mikeaxisa RT @TylerWilkinson As a Yanks fan, I’m pretty happy that Hunter Pence is taking up salary that otherwise could be used to retain Cole Hamels
Yes.
cano especially had another good ab. 1 pitch and boom. OUT
cano is not that great. burnett is what he is the HILLBILLY.. the ultimate tease.. look at his BA against .. think he was 12 and 4..
the yankees were running the same old “we don’t worry about velocity” with wang that they did with hughes this year.
the yankees do some strange things with pitchers.
they don’t pay attention to warning signs enough.
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yet with joba they mourned his loss of velocity & bade farewell to it forever & when it returned Cash changed tactics and called him fat. Girardi though, said he wasn’t. Nice to know there’s the occasional dissent.
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wouldn’t it have made more sense to pitch Garcia tomorrow and Colon on Sunday so Colon could pitch against the Sox instead of Garcia?
SJ thinks that after this season or next that the club move Rothchild to oversee and set policy on pitching operations throughout the system…..
I agree with jerface, he is the albert poo holes of the blog.
not too much is making sense to me at the moment.
Pence has a 370 BABIP this season, heavy career H/R splits, no plate discipline, good arm but bad range.
Glad the Yanks weren’t involved.
it’s just a matter of time before the Yankees break through on Guthrie, they always do…
cole hamels would be a great addition to the yankees rotation
rothchild as the new nardi contreras? who would the pitching coach be then?
Triple
I’m interested in seeing how Garcia fares vs Boston.
Maybe Rich in NJ is tired of the glee with which some here want to dispatch Montero. I’m probably just projecting my own disgust, though
Line drive out
Gardner hit it too dang hard…..
Rich is cheating on us?
Bad luck twice in a row…….
Prufrock
Some advice. Don’t read RAB comments if you want to keep your sanity. They are not Betances fans over there.
Yankees shouldn’t get hamels, it would be too confusing with so many players carrying the Hollywood moniker
Good swing Jeter.
BABIP not our friend that inning. Wow, I quoted a sabremetric stat!
no shot yanks are getting hamels anyway. he isn’t going to leave philly and they won’t let him leave.
Pat M. – that’s an interesting tidbit about Rothschild (courtesy of SJ). As I recall, one of the things about Rothschild that Cash was impressed with was his extensive use of video to analyze pitching. This might be the direction the organization goes, more and more video, and less and less seat of the pants. (If, indeed, that’s an accurate description of Contreras/Connors. Another legacy of George’s??)
So AJ seems to have settled down, but the offense is pitiful. Need a pitcher and a bat!
LGY,
I’m not too confident but it always seems like the sox rearrange their rotation any chance they get to throw Beckett and Lester against us. Now we are supposed to miss Lester unless they pitch him on 5 days rest.
no shot yanks are getting hamels anyway. he isn’t going to leave philly and they won’t let him leave.
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How are they paying him?
rothchild as the new nardi contreras? who would the pitching coach be then?
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as long as there’s no Dave Eiland revisited…
There is probably a cliburn or two floating out there that could take over.
One more thing about a prospective Rothschild-as-pitching director of the system – more of an emphasis on strike outs. Rothschild has that rep, I think, and the Yanks seem to be going that way with their ML staff – guys who can step in and get the K.
LGY I can’t begin to understand what the hell you are talking about, but that’s ok
wow how did Grandy misjudge that….it was hit hard, but looked catchable
Triple
I know I’m in the minority but I don’t really care about winning the division.
I’d like the Yankees to evaluate how all their pitchers fare vs Boston in their remaining games.
LGY,
pretty sure they have a bit of $ coming off the books after this year (Raul, Oswalt). I’m sure there are others coming off as well. Also, it’s not like they are a small market team. They are approaching 180million. They sell out every game.
The city has gone from Eagles to Phillies over the last few years.
Grandy has had his problems out there the last few days..
LGY,
Oswalt, Ibanez and Blanton will be gone. Thats 35 million
Nice route that Grandy took on that one.
Thanks Triple. I was too lazy to confirm that Blanton was coming off also. I know they have to re-sign J-Roll and I think Lee’s contract gets bigger, but obviously, they aren’t too worried about paying for pitching.
LGY,
Which is why I want to see Colon pitch against them again since most likely he is your number 2 against them in the playoffs assuming they don’t get Ubaldo which I’m sure they won’t
This is getting ugly. Low life O’s gonna take it to NY tonight. Spoke to soon about AJ.
LGY,
Betances is a good prospect but his control has sucked every year except last year and he has a little bit of an injury history. Hes exactly the type of guy I would want the Yankees to sell high on.
really trying not to be negative on here, but i really can’t wait for AJ to be done. I’m gonna throw a huge party when he is no longer on this team. I appreciate game 2 in 2009, but other than that…eh.
Grandy sometimes has his issues seeing balls, it was very prominent down the stretch for the tigers. Had their fans wondering about his vision.
Prufrock,
The posters at RAB are not high on Betances. If the posts here about him drive you crazy you shouldn’t read the comments there. Mike Axisa who runs the prospect stuff over there thinks he is a reliever.
rr/Triple
I don’t think the Phils can commit $90+ million to Halladay/Lee/Howard/Hamels. That’s a lot of cash for just 4 players.
It always kills me when guys get on the case of pitchers who “don’t miss enough bats”. AJ misses a lot of bats. He also hits a lot of them and gives up a lot of runs.
How can anyone blame that on Granderson?
It was a frozen rope to centerfield.
The blame belong to the pitcher.
AJ. A great 5th SP. If cashman doesn’t add a top SP to pair w CC it’s sinful
AJ is a mediocre pitcher. He will never be any different than what he is.
So far another “quality start” by the 16.5 million $ man. 4 innings, 3 runs against a team that sucks.
“money since I got here.”
Since you mentioned it. Was it you, LGY, or both —who had some sort of bet with Trisha about Ellsbury batting lead-off?
How’s that working out for you guys.
Don’t make it seem like Philly is a small market. They sell out every game in country’s 4 largest market. They’ll pay hamels
Phillies getting $$$$ in deal also-can now afford Hamels.
# Ace July 29th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
How can anyone tryst how Yankees handle pitchers? Haven’t developed one since Andy P. Hughes has broken down. Joba too. Wang. U really trust them on the b’s?
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The B’s don’t stand a chance
White beating Red 3-1 in the bottom of the 7th. It’s not all bad news tonight.
# West Coast Yankee Fan July 29th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
AJ is a mediocre pitcher. He will never be any different than what he is.
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Him getting older is not helping either
Don’t make it seem like Philly is a small market. They sell out every game in country’s 4 largest market. They’ll pay hamels
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No team in MLB has four $20+ million players.
you may be right LGY (about Hamels), but I find it hard to believe they will let him go. He’s the ace of their future and arguably having just as good of a year, if not better, than Lee and/or Halladay. He’s the only one out of them w/ a ring and WS MVP. who knows, maybe he gives them a discount.
Tar,
I think Crawford sucking big time and getting hurt had a little to do with it as well
No other team has 4 aces either. Oswalt will be gone though, so it will just be 3 20million plus pitchers.
The yankees are much better about sticking with positionalbprospects, trade betances for ubaldo and call up monty.
Tar, that was lgy. My money status continues
but I was wrong about ellsbury this year. His power surge is unbelievable. Can’t see it lasting.
LGY July 29th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Prufrock,
The posters at RAB are not high on Betances. If the posts here about him drive you crazy you shouldn’t read the comments there. Mike Axisa who runs the prospect stuff over there thinks he is a reliever.
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Well this IS a crusher, especially since I set my watch to what Mike Axisa thinks…thanks for the heads up.
LGY,
We had 4 last year. I would be shocked if they let him go
Tar
That was me.
I certainly did not expect Ellsbury to turn into an MVP while Crawford simultaneously turned into an LVP
The Phillies get Pence without giving up their top prospects, yet the Yankee tax to get Jimenez is absurd – can’t wait to see the the “package” Boston lands him for
I think if they could trade Betances for Ubaldo they would …..its probably Montero+ Betances they are balking at.
38…
Yep. Keeping Brown through all of these trades has been amazing. Amaro has been doing a really good job.
Chavez popping one now would be good.
DET won, I guess that’s good news too, right? Too early to think WC?
2013
Howard: $25 million
Lee: $25 million
Halladay: $20 million
Utley: $15 million
Hamels: $20-25 million
Pence: ~$15 million??
Victorino: Free Agent
Rollins and Madson FA end of this season
Cool.
Damn this game is a sleeper. The Yankees and I need to wake up.
How about that Guthrie?
My HR instinct is way off this year.
Triple,
The Yankees have a $200 million payroll this season.
The Phillies have a $165 million payroll.
Danny Knobler tweets that the Tigers are out on Jimenez for now, and while the Indians have tried it looks like the Yankees or Red Sox if there’s a trade at all.
A Rockies source pegs the chances of a Pence deal at less than 50%, with the Yankees and Red Sox most likely, tweets Yahoo’s Jeff Passan.
http://Www.mlbtraderumors.com
The Astros kicked in 1 million WTF!!!!
lgy,
the phillies are a big market team. they could have the yankee payroll if they wanted. hey just might pretty soon. if they pay pence, rollins, and hamels, no way they stay under 200 million
I don’t think Pence is making that much is he? He makes 6.9 mil this yr and is arb eligible next year.
I don’t think Pence is making that much is he? He makes 6.9 mil this yr and is arb eligible next year.
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That’s my guess for 2013 which is when Hamels is a FA.
Pence is going to get hefty raises the next two seasons in arbitration.
The Philkies have been saying all year that they basically went into the red to.sign Lee.
blake…..If it were just Montero & Dellin, Ubaldo would be here by now….It’s either the clubs trying to expand the deal for another guy coming east or they’re trying to hash out the lesser components
LGY,
You’re probably right. I could see the Phils letting Victorino go still signing Hamels, Rollins and Madson.
I believe they have a team option on Lidge as well after this year and I don’t think they will sign him. Madson will be the closer. Lidge’s deal is 3 yrs/37.5m, so there is a bit more coming off.
A Rockies source pegs the chances of a Pence deal at less than 50%, with the Yankees and Red Sox most likely, tweets Yahoo’s Jeff Passan.
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Blake-
Jeff Passan meant to tweet chances of a Jimenez deal at less than 50%.
Red Sox, unless they offer Bard can’t touch a Yankees offer. Iglesias is the only Red Sox prospect in the top50@#46.
Time for some runs.
rr,
I do fear Hamels taking a discount to stay there. I think he loves it in Philly.
blake…I think they’ll get this deal done…..Who the other pitcher going to Denver is a key
I do fear Hamels taking a discount to stay there. I think he loves it in Philly.
Doesn’t everybody nowadays lol
Gotta tip ur cap to oriole pitching so far, they are shutting us out through 4 and they held boston to 32 runs in a 4 game set up there last week.
LGY,
I think he does too.
Also, I don’t think he has the personality for NY.
There are some fans in Philly who still give him a hard time for the way he has handled himself in Phila in the past.
blake…..If it were just Montero & Dellin, Ubaldo would be here by now….It’s either the clubs trying to expand the deal for another guy coming east or they’re trying to hash out the lesser components
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Ty Wiggington or Jason Giambi-no thanks
Pat M,
I wouldn’t pay Montero + Betances…..I wish they coukd keep.Montero out of the deal. If they do do it though I hope they keep Noesi out.
This Yankee team really isn’t all that much fun to watch. They are flat as a pancake.
Double play machine Russell Martin.
Russell “Twin Killing” Martin.
Triple,
Not me. I moved to Phila in 2006 to be closer to my girlfriend, now wife.
I bought a condo in center city and I am trying like hell to get out of here.
I never thought I would say this, but I really miss NJ.
This is looking like its one of those games….Yankees asleep at the plate. Too many of these games lately, to justify a free pass. A 4-14 pitcher owning the Yankees is inexcusable.
Red Sox are losing too, cant jump on the opportunity.
# LGY July 29th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Double play machine Russell Martin.
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Free Montero
This team needs a RH bat in the worst way. I know we have Arod coming back. I’m really hoping that Montero comes up if he isn’t traded away. I feel like that is really redundant right now, but it is true. Offense is missing some spark.
Talk about a boring game
They figure Pence will cost at least 10 Million next year and 13-14 Million the next.
Remember those stupid yankee/red sox who is better position by position discussions? Why exactly was russel martin the easy winner at the catchers spot? There are levels of suck and saltalamachia seems to be on the lower level with martin rising to high levels.
Well, at least we’re not being no-hit, lol
rr212,
I’ve only been to Philly for a few times. Mostly for concerts. Seemed ok to me. What don’t you like about it?
Does anyone wonder why montero was never called up at any point and is now likely to be traded? Did yankee management just have no interest at all in seeing how he handled the big leagues?
This team needs a bat too. A nice DH.
The DH and catcher on this team are both hitting .220…and Montero is still in the minors. That wouldn’t happen on any other team in baseball.
Talk about a boring game
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I was annoyed at first at the rain delay b/c I won’t be able to watch the whole game, but I’m pretty happy about it now.
Looks like a possible trade for Jimenez might go down to 3:59 PM EST.
WS 3-1 over RS
The FO doesn’t want to expose him n ruin his trade value. Montero should be DH n backup catcher. Posada is done.
HR wow
AJ. You piss me off.
The Yanks need to trade for Luke Hochevar and Gavin Floyd.
Great another HR. Burnett is so terrible.
you have got to be kidding me…
is there anyone here who thinks maybe the yankees value montero less than most on this blog? They don’t bring him up when he can clearly help (if he is even decent)……leads me to believe they know he real upside is what he returns in a trade.
I really don’t want them to trade Montero……maybe the Yanks should hire Anthopolis to jedi mind trick the Rockies into trading Ubaldo for AJ Burnett.
Triple,
It’s actually not that bad of a town. Lots of things to do, but it gets a bit old after 5 years, especially being a Yankee fan here. I’ve been threatened too many times that I can’t keep count.
I go to Citizens Bank Park a few times a year, but I always go neutral. Made the mistake in 2007 of wearing a Yanks cap and had beer dumped on me. I always get crap walking down the street. They take things to extremes here.
Other than that, good restaurants and a great beer town as well.
My other pet peeve, is that for such a passionate sports city, they have barely any sports bars in the area (unless you go to south philly or north east philly–no thank you).
AJ with yet another gopher ball.
He’s mediocre, but the offense has been no great shakes………
Aj chokes well tonight, no.2 starter way to go!
They might allow birds blank them in YS, losers
This AJ crap is so old already. If Cashman and Girardi had any balls they would tell him he has to pitch better to stay in the rotation. Enough is enough already. There is no chance he finishes his contract in the rotation.
Forget pitching, this team needs a couple of hitters
Alex & Montero
I have an intense dislike for AJ right now.
He walked off the mound after the first inning like he was a badass for striking out Adam Jones and since then I can’t stand looking at his face.
Yea AJ hadn’t been terrific but the offense has scored 0 runs off Jeremy Guthrie…..so far the fail goes to them.
omg can AJ be a worse signing? I hate Cashman right now.
another “ground hog” day performance by AJ. Nice combination of bad pitching and horrible offense to get beat down by a 14 game loser on the mound.
The Yanks need to trade for Luke Hochevar and Gavin Floyd.
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LGY-
Why? because they both beat the RS last time out? lol
texas needs starting pitching right?
take aj please!!!
They do need a bat……getting Alex back will obviously help but they need another bat that can hit righties besides him.
AJ’s fastball location has been bad and his ball doesn’t have the life it used to have. He gave up 2 homeruns and 3 batters just missed homeruns.
Ur right betsy, he’s mediocre, what one should expect from a 4/5 starter.
Get bat, get front end starter. Energize team, energize fanbase. Don’t be afraid to spend some of that cliff lee savings…..the part u didn’t blow on soriano.
4 runs on 4 hits, all xbh’s I believe!
Yes Cashman and Girardi there’s your #2 starter in AJ. Really fooling themselves if they think he can right the ship.
Boston troll has arrived
Good night
Go Yanks
Rescue Bad AJ
LGY-
Why? because they both beat the RS last time out? lol
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haha yeah.
Both dominated the Sox in back-to-back days.
blake…..The Rockies have a power hitting good glove 3rd baseman ( Ian Stewart ) who is having a dreadful season, he could be a toss-in……He hit 47-48 hr’s in 2009-2010….Was teammate of Ian Kennedy’s…I saw him hit the longest ball I’ve ever seen by a Prep school player, at least 435 into the evening fog……
The Yankees look old and tired this year.
Oh but Burnett is so much better remember? Because Rothschild is such a genius.
# Yankee Trader July 29th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
The Yanks need to trade for Luke Hochevar and Gavin Floyd.
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LGY-
Why? because they both beat the RS last time out? lol
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Now we’re talking
there is nobody, including Cashman, that believes with THIS group of question marks after CC, that this Yankees team is a championship team. He can’t limit the O’s to under 4 runs? Hopefully this is perfect timing, IF Cashman is even thinking of NOT trying to find a #2 starter, because right now we have NOBODY to match up anywhere NEAR evenly to a playoff team’s #2
NYY fan in NH,
Would you have rather have signed Lowe?
And here I was hoping some of the scouts at NYS tonight to look at Guthrie might recommend to their management that they make an offer for AJ….
As the albert poo holes of this blog once said “the yankees will lead the league in runs scored this year”. Not lookin good.
Offense looks like it is still in rain delay.
Bartolo Colon can match up with the #2, but a second ace would counter Beckett/Lester….
Granderson might need to get his eyes checked again…
Pat M,
Speculation or rumor?
Have the Yankees forgotten that Guthrie isn’t that good?
Carlo, I don’t care about energizing the fan base – the team needs to make good baseball decisions. Mortgaging the future for Jimenez, who the Yankees are right about not being an ace like halladay, is not the direction I want to go. I think the Yankees have more issues facing them over the next few years than can be cured by one pitcher anyway
Problem is even with a #2 starter, they are not bumping Burnett from the rotation.
Why won’t Clueless realize AJ is good for 15 outs tops?
about time
It’s nice to finally see a pulse tonight
I would have rather they looked at the peripherals on AJ and realized he is exactly as advertised. a .500 pitcher with a 4.50 era. worth 16 mil a year. Lowe was AL tested for years, but I wouldn’t of signed him either.
Can we do that again with someone on base
Give the Rocks what they want for Jimenez…and throw AJ in for good measure. Mind you, I have to say this offense hardly ever gives him any runs. They’re quite pathetic tonight.
ac1,
In the playoffs they would
Wow, Teix!!!
Blake, this is no surprise though; their offense has always been all or nothing…….
About time..now get more.
Yay Tex!
Finally we score off of Cy Young.
NYY fan in NH,
so who would you have signed? They needed 2 pitchers that year
Yep, homerun or nothing.
We need a good deal more than a legit No. 2 starter, which is why you don’t mortgage the future to get that guy.
If Alex isn’t Alex, it’s not going to matter that Ubaldo is throwing Game 2.
G’nite
hopefully we can get at their bullpen Guthrie is done after this inning
“Blake, this is no surprise though; their offense has always been all or nothing…….”
Not always….at times this year though yes….and really last year too..
Nice swing, Robbie.
Betsy – their issues are they have a narrow window to win with the position players they have. They also happen to fail at developing their own starters. When an ace potential starter is available via trade, you go for it. This rotation next year will be sabathia, hughes, ajb, nova, + ……that’s an 85 win rotation.
NYY fan in NH,
4 out of the last 5 years before coming to the Yankees he had an ERA under 4
They do need a bat……getting Alex back will obviously help but they need another bat that can hit righties besides him.
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Like Melky Cabrera this year?
I’d be happy if they could find a bat that sustains rallies and can hit with RISP in all situations!!
Pretty soon, if the Tigers find another pitcher-Kuroda or Marquis, if the Reds fall out of it this weekend, the Red Sox get Harden, the Indians drop out, the Rockies by law of supply and demand will take a lesser package from the Yankees or pull him off the table
you do have to wonder why colorado wants to trade their cost controlled ace so badly..
i would require medical tests on his arm before making any deal, though i assume cash would have already thought of that…
Carlo,
So no Ubaldo means they don’t get anyone this off season? I bet you thought they were an 85 win team coming into this year as well
as i have said before cano has regressed
Cashman has a ton of work to do. SP. Lefty in pen. Bat to DH
Trader,
I think the Royals want to keep Melky….which means you’d have to probably overpay for him
robbie misses melky and is sulking
I would have signed CC and Esteban Loaiza..just kidding lol
I hope the Yanks have a plan mapped out for Colon to miss some starts down the stretch to save his arm for Sep and Oct. The last time he threw more than 100 innings was ’05. His arm will never make it to October if they don’t manage him correctly.
Blake, not just this year – for the last several…….and they depend way too much on Alex.
Carlo, I still don’t think they should mortgage the future – I’d love to win another title or two while Jeter and Mo are still around, but the Yankees need to think about the team’s construction after they are gone – and that’s not all that far away. Jimenez is not worth giving up a huge package for…………and if the Rockies are really trying to trade him, I still have to wonder why. Teams don’t trade franchise pitchers if they can avoid it
blake….Just specualetion on Ian, but the other night vs. The Dodgers, Vince Scully was talking about him and saying that it was his feeling that Colorado just gave up on him after he came out of the blocks slow this season….Dude would be a factor next season at Yankee Stadium after Chavez departs…..I do think this deal could get done though……I just hope they hang on to Noesi and Hughes
The offense is a problem. No 300 hitters. Don’t grind at bats. HR or bust.
9k’s and 4 er. this is why he frustrates you
No triple, I though this years team was what they are. A wild card alds appearance team. I assumed hughes would be a nice 2/3 type and aj would be better yoy. Aj has proven he’s bottom half of a decent rotation and hughes is fringe ML quality. I was obviously surprised by colon / garcia providing what I thought hughes and burnett would. Who do u want to get this offseason? U want to go pay big money for the best free agent starter out there? Have fun with cj wilson.
why have they abandoned the patient approach at the plate?
guys like damon and matsui gave you long AB’s and set the tone
even giambi did the same
cano has been a huge disappointment this year. this guy should be a perennial .310 hitter. it especially hurts that he hasn’t been able to pick it up with Alex out. don’t know what his problem is, seems like the focus just hasn’t been there. really thought he was progressing into a superstar type player but this season has definitely been a step backwards.
pence a phillie
If the Rockies lower their demands for Ulbaldo tomorrow then you know there is an arm injury waiting or something is going on with him. Ulbaldo is young and very cheap, there is no reason that the Rockies should be trading him. It just doesn’t add up. I hope the Yanks don’t get him. He isn’t worth any of the big 3 prospects.
robbie’s problem is the same as always—lack of maturity
Jeremy Guthrie 7 innings of 1 run ball – what a disgrace of an offence
At least he went 7 innings. Maybe 8?
Carlo,
Whose to say Weaver won’t become available and yes I wouldn’t mind getting Wilson depending on what he is looking for. Guy has been real good the last 2 years pitching in a hitters park. Sign me up for Yu Darvish if they post him as well
mick July 29th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
robbie misses melky and is sulking
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Melkman with a GS tonight
Terrible homestand against 3 worst teams in league. Needed 9-1 8-2.
no rallys , no continuity, no patience—its all the same
lack of intensity—guthrie just isnt that good
switched to Mariners/Rays to look at Bedard. Bases loaded, top 2nd, with Rays 1 out.
walks Jennings now 1-0. can’t command fastball.
Damon singles up the middle now 3-0 Rays
Bedard out line: 1.1 innings, 3 hits,3runs, 4 walks, 2 strikeouts, 57 pitches, 28 for strikes.
Sorry CompassRosy but bedard obviously doesn’t have it. get’s to stay in Seattle the rest of the year.
His relief just balked runners to 2nd and 3rd. Back to the Yankees game.
Love Philly taking shots. Traded for lee doc oswalt pence in past 3 years. Great GM.
“Terrible homestand against 3 worst teams in league. Needed 9-1 8-2.”
What do you think this is, an EA Sports game? Ridiculous.
Watching this team daily u can almost see cashman go ‘y mortgage any future?’
right now it looks like a philly-boston WS unless SF pulls another miracle
Ace,
Helps when you can trade garbage to get top talent
Triple –
U basically want to put ur faith in another texas starter making the decision to come for yankee money as well as some idiotic blind posting process for a Japanese starter who will likely be the next dice k / kei igawa hybrid bum.
I agree with some who say Ubaldo’s availability smells fishy, but I trust the yankees to do their homework before making any deal for him…..I mean its not like they’ve ever forgotten to review pitchers medicals before inking deal.
Martin is an offensive black hole.
Martin paving the way for Montero
mick-
I would almost lay money that one of those teams will fail to make it there.
If Cashman is smart, he’ll bring up Montero, hope Alex comes back & stays back, & will throw Colon in Game 2s & cross his fingers behind his back.
actually, when you’re supposed to be a really good team and you’re at home against the M’s, A’s, and O’s….. three terrible teams… 8-2 is not unrealistic at all. if the Yankees lose tonight, they’d be 4-3 so far on this homestand against three of the worst teams in baseball. that’s not good.
Carlo,
I was giving options on who they could get to fill that spot. You seem to think that if they don’t get Ubaldo they won’t be able to get anyone of value and to compare Darvish to Dice K or especially Igawa is laughable.
Laffey allows homer to Zobrist now 6-0 Rays, top 2nd, Bedard charged with 5 runs.
That should definitely quiet any further talk on why this lefty would be a good pick-up.
How come Liriano has not been mentioned in any trade talks?
“Almost” laying money doesn’t exactly make it look like u r confident.
Triple,
That’s exactly right – I am sick of people praising AA in Toronto how could he refuse that deal for Rasmus??? I would love to have seen what the Yankees had to give up to get Rasmus – it wouldn’t have been Nova/Logan/Wade like the Jays
I would almost lay money that one of those teams will fail to make it there.
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well you know philly or sf wont so duh
Ace, the only problem is, his team is 2 games out. Not easy to go to your bosses & say I’m not sure Ubaldo puts us over. Even though that may be his truth. Still think Alex being Alex & adding Montero would make a world of difference. I think the Yankees’ focus is in the wrong place.
This lineup desperately needs another big bat. Low batting averages, almost everyone having a down year and guys hitting .220-.240 isn’t going to get it done. They can’t expect Granderson, Tex and Cano to get all of the big hits every night. Getting Posada out of the lineup and letting Chavez and Nunez switch off between 3rd and DH would be a start.
If he dorsnt move for a front line SP he is saying to us this team can’t win anyway so I’m not trading prospects
Straw, I think he had one of those scary outings recently. Too big a health risk.
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If they win three of our from the O’s, they’ll be 7-3 which would be more than acceptable. 6-4 would be a slight letdown but still acceptable. These are still MLB teams and sweeping is not that easy.
this is typical yankees this season
they are as flat as twiggy tonite
aj is a buzzkill
they will win the series
Get AJ out of the game while they still have a chance. Leaving AJ out there is just allowing the Orioles to tack on more runs…
Captain Clutch,
Tex and Cano hitting like they should be hitting would be a start
No offense but Alex wasnt ‘alex’ before he got hurt. No power at all. Even with him a bat short. Can’t have a blackhole at DH. If his name was Jorgie Potvin he’d be cut
If not dice k or igawa, which failed or flash in the japan high priced japanese import should I compare him to?
The yankees played the waiting game to try and get someone…..it was cliff lee. He’s gone now. U can’t sit around always thinking u’ll save ur prospects for something better because something better may never come around. They blew it last year with Haren and then Lee went away……these are the moves u have to make now.
Carlo-
Just going by stats–it seems that often one of the teams with the best record does not make it. 2009 the exception.
7-3 or 6-4 homestand vs 3 worst teams is not good. Don’t spin it different
philly and sf will prolly play each other so you are right, one of them will not make it
The decision not to trade Nunez for lee may hurt this team for years. Cc n Lee equals titles. Last yr n this.
I said earlier that I hoped Bedard would bomb in his DL return to bring the price down.
He was also terrible the first 3-4 starts of the season, then extremely good through the end of June. It’s not as though he lost his stuff in the last month.
I don’t know how serious Seattle is about dealing or whether Cashman wants to deal with them, but he’s high risk/high reward.
lee would have bolted anyway
Fine, one of you guys pull up some stats and show me how often a team has gone 8-2 or 9-1 on a homestand. Give me proof that you think it is so easy to do.
They’ve given posada long enough. If ur not trading for a top SP u better be able yo score. Tex n bos better pitching n offenses.
Why does Girardi always have an extremely long leash with AJ? At 107 pitches you think he is done??? Girardi always makes it seem like the bullpen is over used and can’t be used.
AJ needs to come out. They are trying to preserve the bullpen now.
His start wasn’t really that bad through 7. Only 4 hits and 2 walks, 9k. One bad pitch and home run less and he only gives up 2 or 3. Most starts like this (through 7) he’ll have good results.
I’ll be damned if Posada’s getting cut for Chavez. If they want to bring Montero up & give him some DH time as well as BUC time, that’s something else.
Big Daddy Vladdy still is an intimidating presence in the box…..He’ll see the stitches on that thigh tomorrow
.700 ball for a ten game series is not good? On what planet?
Carlo,
Believe me nobody wanted Haren more then I did so I’m with you there.
Igawa was a panic move and nobody viewed him as more then a 4th starter. I still think Dice K would have been better with another team other then the Red Sox. Darvish is younger then Dice K, has better control and is just overall a better pitcher. It is so rare to be able to get a Japanese guy as young as he is.
If you can work out a deal to give up Montero or Betances + then ok but I’m not giving up both of them
are you kidding me… leaving AJ in to face this guy? Do we have NOBODY in the bullpen? Joe shows again he knows nothing about managing his pitchers in a game….IDIOT !
Girardi on AJ, post game, “AJ pitched well and gave us length, he just missed location on some pitches.”
Straw, 7-3 would be fine, but if it’s not easy to sweep opponents then by that logic it shouldn’t be easy to win three in a row either. 7-3 assumes they will win the next three in a row. they are very capable of doing that, but still as it stands, 4-3 against these teams at home is very much underachieving.
TheStraw July 29th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
How come Liriano has not been mentioned in any trade talks?
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Have no clue is pitching tonight 3 innings 3 hits 2 runs and Matsui just doubled off him in bottom 4th.
aj’s problem is that he has been durable
girardi is trying to burn him out and open a spot for nova who didnt deserve to be sent down
It’s true Alex’s power has been diminished. So why does’t the lightbulb go off in the Yankees’ heads that trading your only elite power prospect is probably not such a good idea??
pitch number 114…GENIUS !
If only AJ could stop giving up long balls. In a way, he’s a tragic figure.
If and when the Yankees lose this game Burnett will be two games bel;ow .500 for his entire Yankee career. Let’s not sugercoat this. He has been an $82.5 million bust.
The silver lining in a trade of one of montero/betances/banuelos is that we’ll actually get to see them play in the majors for someone. The yankee plan has banuelos and betances coming up in 2017 with an innings restriction that runs through 2019. Russel Martin, cervelli, and posada have to get locked in a clown car for 6 weeks and then once 9th molina, the one that sucks, gets hurt, montero may get called up, assuming they don’t go to tex behind the plate.
Liriano’s just not right. If he were, he wouldn’t be available any way.
aj just finds ways to lose
a pitcher with his stuff should do better
Not bad really. A whip under 1 and 10k’s, only 2 walks. Most of the time that will get good results.
This game is more on the offense.
perfect…maybe AJ should come out to pitch the ninth,,,,right?
Girardi on AJ, post game, “AJ pitched well and gave us length, he just missed location on some pitches.”
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And this time Girardi would be correct!! 5 hits, 4 runs 10 strikeouts
No offensive support. Failure again of Yankees to sustain innings and hit with RISP.
perfect…maybe AJ should come out to pitch the ninth,,,,right?
=================why not
it saves the pen, let him mop up
Triple – I’m not trading both either. Betances + romine + another position player I do though.
The silver lining in a trade of one of montero/betances/banuelos is that we’ll actually get to see them play in the majors for someone. The yankee plan has banuelos and betances coming up in 2017 with an innings restriction that runs through 2019.
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LOL
Carlo,
Then we agree. I’m all in for that package as well
Of course, most of their baserunners came when there were already two outs….
Wow. Bedard is not going anywhere at the deadline. 1.1 IP 5 ER (to be fair, 2 were allowed to score by Laffey).
If and when the Yankees lose this game Burnett will be two games bel;ow .500 for his entire Yankee career. Let’s not sugercoat this. He has been an $82.5 million bust.
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true, true, true.
if the yanks tied this game up earlier aj would have let them get ahead in the top half
Gardner has struggled ever since Girardi put him at leadoff. It might be better to just leave him batting 9th. He is way too patient.
If Montero is not up here. Not even as a pinch runner. Something is wrong. Obviously I don’t want him up here to be a pinch runner.
Triple – I would also do montero + noesi/nova (one of) + brackman/warren/phelps (one of)
i would love to get Ubaldo, but would want to for a package of betances + romine + others like Carlo said. the idea of giving up Montero, a potential .300 young RH bat w power, looking at this aging inconsistent lineup would be tough to do. this team has holes in SP and in the lineup going forward. i don’t totally envy the position Cashman is in. some tough decisions to be made.
grandy has stopped hitting in the 3 spot
Nice, Jete. Game not over yet…
Embarrassing effort
Truth be told the offense did AJ a favor tonight. The more our offense scores the more runs he has to give up to lose and the more his era goes up.
All Yankees hitters:
vs. Left 82 986 168 274 40 6 43 165 113 194 .278 .359 .461 .821
vs. Right 100 2452 361 619 122 16 92 351 282 496 .252 .333 .428 .761
Kind of a problem.
In a way AJ’s contract has been worse than Pavano’s(for Yankees fans) because AJ actually pitches so he hurts them every 5th day. Pavano just took 4 years off and we didn’t have to see his face.
when did woody harrelson replace oneill in the booth?
What the f were you swinging at Grandy? We need base runners for f’s ake.
I hate to be negative about Granderson but he is striking out WAY too much recently
Captain Clutch July 29th, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Gardner has struggled ever since Girardi put him at leadoff. It might be better to just leave him batting 9th. He is way too patient.
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I’ve said before he takes awhile to back to where he was. I knew once they put Jeter back at leadoff and Gardner to 8-9. Gardner would struggle a bit once he was back in the leadoff spot. Then people say he can’t handle the lead off spot. So he’s put back to 9th. And starts hitting again.
m July 29th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Wow. Bedard is not going anywhere at the deadline. 1.1 IP 5 ER (to be fair, 2 were allowed to score by Laffey).
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m-
I watched that 2nd inning. Can’t be fair. Bedard was awful and now has 0 trade value.
Bedard line: 1.1 innings, 3 hits, 5 runs, 4 walks, 2 strikeouts, 57 pitches, 28 for strikes.
colon and nova will sweep tmw
Bedards performance will allow boston to get him for the jock strap of the legend of will middlebrooks.
mick July 29th, 2011 at 11:21 pm
colon and nova will sweep tmw
Sweep the changing room floor after we have split?
yanks=listless
blagh.
Yankee Trader July 29th, 2011 at 11:20 pm
m July 29th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Wow. Bedard is not going anywhere at the deadline. 1.1 IP 5 ER (to be fair, 2 were allowed to score by Laffey).
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m-
I watched that 2nd inning. Can’t be fair. Bedard was awful and now has 0 trade value.
Bedard line: 1.1 innings, 3 hits, 5 runs, 4 walks, 2 strikeouts, 57 pitches, 28 for strikes.
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But people will say Hughes performance was worse.
Where is the bloody offense?!?!?!?
Gardner is a challenged hitter with good on base skills. He’s going to be streaky.
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Flat game
Yankee hitters look asleep, Mets have shown more life.
There was an article recently that showed that teams sweep/get swept in doubleheaders more often than splitting them.
YES is frozen over here
This team has no grind in it. How many late game comebacks have we had?
they weren’t up for this game, rain delay and all
Ace,
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Even Alex at 80% helps. Chavez can DH.
3 late game comebacks in 100 games. Ouch. No grinding.
Good night all. We’ve got our current #2 going tomorrow, until Sunday at 3:59PM EST when it’s announced that Ubaldo Jimenez has just been traded to the Yankees. Yankees hold onto Montero!!!
3 late game comebacks in 100 games. Ouch. No grinding.
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Sox have 1.
I hope Girardi doesn’t forget about Nunez now that Chavez is back. I am surprised that they are letting Chavez play the field considering how injury prone he is, he should be the DH. Nunez gave them a spark at the bottom of the lineup and when he gets on base he steals right away. 2 .220 hitters in Martin and Posada back to back isn’t working.
Our neighbor was kind enough to bring us bottles of homemade limoncello tonight which has made the last 4 innings much less painful.
Looks like Erik will be staying put. The guys in the booth were commenting that it didn’t look like he was able to push off properly with the knee brace. Seems odd they’d let him start, if true.
On a semi-humourous note, when Bedard was lifted, a Seattle reporter tweeted something to the effect of “not sure why, but 30 guuys with radar guns and clipboards just left the ballpark”
Is there any pitch that Cano won’t swing at?
Games not over yet you jumpers…
Nice..Too bad they are still 2 down and Posada and Martin are on deck.
come on boys… rally time
Do you pinch hit Jones for a possible HR?
Yankees aren’t going anywhere with that pitching staff, and Cashman knows it. They’ve got a very good bullpen, and their offense is … well … ok. You don’t need a bash the walls offense if you’ve got the starting pitching, and the Yankees don’t have enough to compete against a playoff caliber team in a seven game series.
The only reliable starting pitcher they have is Sabathia and that’s it. If they could make the deal for Matt Garza that would help (or, someone like him; Jiminez maybe).
But, Boston, Texas, and even the Angels look stronger than the Yankees in a seven game playoff where starting pitching is the key.
Anyway, Phillies, Braves, and Giants, are the class of baseball this year. It won’t make any difference who comes out of the AL, those three have way too much top of the line starting pitching to not come out on top in a seven game series.
Cashman just needs to stay patient, remain competitive, replace the oldsters with some of the youngsters, and they’ll be back in no time, just not this year.
Rally time – lets get another double Sada!!!
Ace July 29th, 2011 at 11:33 pm
3 late game comebacks in 100 games. Ouch. No grinding.
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They weren’t losing in all 100 games. Then they would be in big trouble if that was the case.
one swing and it’s done… let’s go martin
I would pinch hit Jones for Martin but Girardi would never do it. Martin is a DP waiting to happen…
I feel like it’s going to be painful to see Martin hit right here.
Martin will walk to load the bases…
Be patient….
hate automatic strikes
How was he out at second?
Martin is basically Molina at the plate. It’s amazing how poor of a hitter he has become as the season goes on.
man, that 3-0 pitch to Martin had walk off HR written all over it…DANG !
ball 4
That pitch wasn’t even close
Gardner’s pissed
Darn
Thanks ump……
What a dreadful call. Cheated the fans out of their money’s worth.
Good job Gardner 0-5
That was ball 4 but it doesn’t matter there was no way Jeter was getting a big hit in that spot.
I’m sorry. That game was lackluster until that last inning. But I had to laugh at Gardner’s frustration. I’ve never seen him do anything like that. Ah, just a little levity on a frustrating night of offense.
Still 2.5 back. Let’s whittle it down tomorrow.
This team is boring to watch. Gives a different meaning to the “Bronx Bombers” from what was intended.
Yanks surely should have gotten something going before the 9th, but good to know that ump has zero integrity and cheated the Yankees out of a potential bases loaded situation. then, just a single and it’s a tie game and he might have to work for another 30 minutes. you see that a lot in baseball. blown calls at the end of games because umps want the game to be over with. really makes me sick.
and to just assume that Jeter can’t get a hit there is a joke. you could be hitting .150 like Adam Dunn and could still manage a hit. they are big leaguers. you never know what could happen.
Jeter gets blamed when he doesn’t even bat…LOL
nice effort. our #2 starter(laughable) did what he does. just enough to lose. only gave up 5 hits tonight but the usual. the script is often different with the hillbilly but the results are almost always the same unsatisfactory. aj does just enough to have you think he is close to getting it right, he has only been doing this for more or less 10 years.
offensively, dreadful. tex with the 1 homer and everything to the right side swinging for the fences.
grandy with a few more K’s. his strikeouts are scary.
gardner struck out on a hanging offspeed pitch in the 9th. his line drive caught with 2 men on base in the 3rd hurt, if jones did not make that catch it is 2 runs. russel martin did his usual nothing with 1 and almost to gidp. no one really did jack except jorge for a change.
2 runs against this team is bad. so they blew the final game against the mariners and after a day off come out with another great effort tonight… Nice…..
Martin is good behind the plate but are the Yanks really going to stick with an automatic out at catcher when they have other options? It’s hard to get nothing from your catcher and DH spot.
That was fun for a minute . . . a 2009 flashback – almost. Wall-to-wall baseball tomorrow . . .
Jorge was on base three times tonight…..but agree that one or the other of those spots needs to be upgraded.
martin is fine as the 9th hitter.. great fielder and he should hit 9th…..
again te’s #’s are not as good as you think, so many unproductive ab’s.
let’s talk about superstar CANO. if he is a superstar the standards are way way down. agin he is the 2nd best 2b in the AL East. a midget who is balding is better….
cano has no plate discipline and that has been the story for 5 years and that will not change and that is why he will never be great, plain and simple.
jorge was on base 4 times tonight…miracles happen.
The lineup really does feel a lot different without A-Rod in it…
The Straw……..Ain’t that right !!! The negative cynics here just eat up these type of games
Losing 2 straight to the Mariners and Orioles is not the way to catch the Red Sox.
AJ shows again he is a #4-#5 SP’er being paid like an ace.
Posada may have got on base 4 times, but again had no XBH to show for it. The lack of production at DH this year is at least 2 W’s.
our #2 starter is 8 and 9. can’t even watch the postgame but the hillbilly and other morons will say. a couple of mistakes, looked good, fastball leaked over the plate a few times, will work on it in the pen and mu side session, and I still believe in him.
the guy is 8 and 9 on the yanks………….david wells taking this guys spot in the rotation would probably have 15 wins so far…..aj sucks and the day he leaves the yanks will be a great day……..
jorge has been horrible but tonight he got on base 4 times. he also clogs the bases since the guy cannot move and runs’s the bases like an 8 year old….
aj is a 5th starter probably but is paid like an ace, has ace talent, and thinks he is an ace… the guy stinks…..
stuart a….Why don’t you just spare us of your bs and give us all a break
they are not catching the red sux i a mhoping the angels/rangers or rays do not catch the yanks….
there offense is incredibly inconsistent and without the long ball cannot score a lot of runs….
the chavez love will be gone with about 2 more games like tonight.. i start nunez 5 days a week and chavez 2 regardlesss of what proffessor michael kay says. kay goes with the older guy always.
philly with another good move getting pence… they figure they have him 2 more years and still have brown. so they gave up there best minor league hitter, pense is already a good hitter and he is only 28.. pence is also there type of player, he plays hard etc…
pat m, agin you do not like it do not read it. not real complicated….
you probably think burnett is good….look at his stats and weep….2 more years of his insanity…
Doesn’t AJ have any value for some NLcontender? Isn’t it time to cut ties with this headcase and invest that money somewhere else?
How many times in the last 3 years have we heard the words “AJ grooved a fastball”?
Who is going to take on $33 million dollars plus for a mediocre pitcher? No one.
2 + years on aj’s deal $37 mill or so on the deal.
no one is taking his contract, he swtinks and has been a huge dissapointment and when is someone going to point that out, regardless of if he is a nice guy or not….
I’ll take 10K, 2BB in 8 innings from Burnett anytime. He wasn’t the problem.
nilsson is the classic stupid yankee fan. have a parade for burnett he gave up only 4 runs in 8 innings. pop the champagne, what an effort.
first time he went into the 6th in about 5 starts.
the guy won zero games in july but hey he looked good doing it……..
the guys era is over 4 with a great ba against because he does not make pitches when it counts….
whipttydoo burnett only gave up 4 runs, miracle oh miracle…………
stuart a….I’m not going to say he’s good, but he isn’t a pile of trash the way you portray him to be either…….4.17 isn’t good nor is it bad……He is what he is and in actuality his record should be a few W’s better……..I’m on record here back when he signed that I thought he had turned the corner and was going to be a top 10 type pitcher …..He’ll close out his Yankee days as a 200 inning type guy who’ll post an era in the mid 4′s and win as many as he’ll lose….Yanks need another top arm and Ubaldo can be that guy
freddy garcia and colon are both better then burnett.that is scary. garcia throws 89 if he is lucky and the other guy is a 38 year old pitcher who has not won a game in july before his last start in 5 years…………..
pat m. my point is exactly what you are kinda saying with the stats. aj’s stats are actually not that bad but he doesw not win. now if this happens 1 season it could be luck or lack of run support but this is a fact not a trend he never wins unless he is in a walk year on his contract.
aj does just enough to lose. some guys like david wells, morris, shilling do just enough to win, aj and other cement heads do just enough to lose…
his #’s area mirage…..aj has a comprable ba against to CC…..CC has a mid 2 era with 15 wins and you know the aj story…
i agree as a 5th starter aj is adequate or slightly better. as a 2 he is pray and close your eyes………..
I actually think the Yanks are overachieving with what they’ve got this year: one ace, two bionic men, two pitchers you can’t rely on and an offense that can score 17 runs one night and 2 the next. If we win actually win the wild card, there should be another parade through the Canyon of Heroes.
Stuart, I understand your frustration but let’s be accurate. Burnett is not close to the worst pitcher in the league. But, he has been a disappointment as a Yankee. He was brought in here to be a strong number two starter and he has not even come close to fulfilling that expectation. He did make a significant contribution in one big game in the 2009 post-season, but that doesn’t justify the investment.
bruce b you may be right. also the team is old..
hughes has not developed and that hurts a ton…
stuart, stfu, no one enjoys your constant ranting.
It was actually a very good pitching line from AJ outside of the runs.
7 baserunners in 8 inn. is great but the hits here big and ill-timed. Sometimes it seems like AJ’s constantly finding new ways to lose games but then again he’s not getting a lot of offense to work with.
Could the guys playing tight when he’s on the mound?
west coast, last year aj was 1 of the worst pitchers in the AL do you deny that? this year his stats are dramatically better but the results still are not there.
my questions is why is he not more productive????
“7 baserunners in 8 inn. is great but the hits here big and ill-timed. Sometimes it seems like AJ’s constantly finding new ways to lose games” per Bronx cheers. again that’s the point.
he will do just enough to lose….
I actually enjoy Stuart’s “constant ranting.” After back-to-back losses to the M’s and O’s, I need therapy!
jacksquat, stick it dick. you do not like my posts then do not read them if you are capable of reading…
thanks bruce b.. glad I can humor you…
aj to me gets away with murder(figuratively).. Yankee fans have been all over the likes of keny rogers, irabu, whitson, and many other pitchers but AJ gets away with his routine.
people just shrug and say he is aj, he is inconsistent what can you do. if theyanks did not have aj the bottom line is they would have a ton more coin and have a better #2 starter …
stuart a
Don’t cut my sentence in half and then claim it supports your views.
you going to take me to copyright court. my point was simple AJ’s stats are usual fairly good ,the results are not. it also is more then his lack of sun support.
he does just enough to lose, it is a fact….
And no 2009 World Championship stuart….He pitched and won the most important game for The Yankees since Pettite’s Game 3 of the 96 WS….
Cashman has to stop fooling himself and keep thinking that AJ will get better every year. He is a back of the rotation guy and isn’t getting better. Cashman has to find a #2 starter if this team wants to win a championship. This team has plenty of back end guys.
stuart a July 30th, 2011 at 12:37 am
west coast, last year aj was 1 of the worst pitchers in the AL do you deny that? this year his stats are dramatically better but the results still are not there. my questions is why is he not more productive????
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Yes last year was a disaster for Burnett. This year he started out as if there might be some meaningful improvement but that has not continued. He didn’t win a game in July and he’s now 8-9 with an ERA around 4.30.
To answer your question as to why he is not more productive – that is an easy answer after three years with us. He’s just not that good; he’s a below .500 pitcher with us at 31-33.
Unfortunately I can read your wall of negativity every f’ing night.
bruceb,
No way are the Yankees overachieving. You can’t knock Garcia and Colon for having good seasons. We sure weren’t expecting that, but we also weren’t expecting all these issues with Hughes. I also thought maybe just maybe Burnett would turn things around this year. So that in itself evens out.
The Yankees offense, regardless of this years numbers, has some great hitters, that aren’t ACHIEVING UP TO PAR, meaning, they are under achieving.
If you dislike the Yankees, don’t participate in this board. Heck, like the Yankees, and have stupid comments, should still warrant you not visiting this blog. It’s annoying to come here and read 1 out of 100 posts that have any sort of baseball knowledge. Most of them are complaining, and not bringing up interesting points that will allow everyone to learn a little off of each other. Yet, you think the Yankees are over achieving, go watch water polo.