Triple-A rotation shuffle no indication of call-up
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Aug 17, 2011 
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Consider this a preemptive blog post.
Yesterday, the Yankees shuffled their Triple-A rotation. Normally not a big deal, but it created an intriguing possibility: It moved Manny Banuelos into a position to start one of those doubleheader games against the Orioles at the end of the month.
That’s not going to happen.
Brian Cashman said via email that the Triple-A rotation was not shuffled to put Banuelos in position for a big league call-up. The change was apparently made because David Phelps is coming off the disabled list and will make his return on Friday. Cashman said it’s “false” that Banuelos is being lined up to possibly start one of those doubleheader games.
Banuelos starts tonight, Dellin Betances on Thursday and Phelps on Friday.
FREE MANNY (hey, change of pace around here is always healthy)!!!!
They need to move slowly with Manny B. This is the kid you want developed right…..really both him and Betances…..but Banuelos is 20 years old. He’s got a chance to be really special.
Triple Short of a Cycle August 17th, 2011 at 11:52 am
I was at the Oral Surgeon for 2½ hours before going back to the dentist for 1½ more to put the crown on. The tooth location & my small mouth (LOL) caused issues. I won’t claim their competence though!
Imagine…
CC Sabathia
Manny Banuelos
Arodys Vizcaino
Dellin Betances
Phil Hughes
Ivan Nova
Consider this a preemptive blog post.
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identity theft is a dangerous thing August 17th, 2011 at 11:57 am
Your biggest mistake was naming your dogs. The vet ties back to you. Go figure.
Oral surgeons extract teeth….endodontists do root canals
Nice looking dogs though! I am an animal lover! LOL!
Cashman said it’s “false” that Banuelos is being lined up to possibly start one of those doubleheader games.
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Maybe you will see these youngsters in Sept. We all know how well Yanks handle their young pitchers, i.e. Joba.
Hi Lohudders and old friends
This is my first post in months. I have been away for many reasons. I was notifed that my name got tossed around in an earlier post and I wanted to drop in and set a few things straight.
1) I have no idea who is posting these things but I can assure you. I am not working with the FBI. In fact, all I am working on this summer are my accounting clients and my tan. Anything else is absurd
2) As for threats made to me. I am really done with all of this. I never even look at this blog anymore. I had to go three weeks into my history just to get the link to it. You can make threats to me, but I don’t know what you are trying to accomplish cause I am really done with this blog. Like I said, I am not working with anyone. I am no threat to you. I don’t even post anymore.
3) I still think the Yankees should have re-signed MPB Johnny Damon
4) I wish my old blog friends the best and hope this summer has been kind to you all.
I am going to go back to not posting now. You will not hear from me again. So goodbye Yankee people
Mine was an Endodonitics Specialist DMD PC
LOL! CR 9 just called me! Nice voice!
Hi Erica. Sorry to hear that. I’ve tried to lure you back with Johnny Damon talk several times but to no avail. Good to hear from you though. Take care.
It’s like Wacky Wednesday around here today.
I don’t believe Cashman for one minute.
The Yankees could very well be setting up the opportunity for Banuelos.
Of course Cashman won’t admit to that right now and will always reserve the right to change
his mind(or not lie anymore).
jnorris427 Mark Prior on the bump again in GCL Land. #Yankees
I feel like I’m getting played by everyone on here…
I’m sorry Erica only came back under such circumstances.. and here I was thinking the blog was improving
Erica you are missed more than you can know. Hope you will reconsider.
Comet
I prefer Ray! LOL! Do you prefer Mike or Michael or CR 9?
RMS August 17th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
Maybe you will see these youngsters in Sept. We all know how well Yanks handle their young pitchers, i.e. Joba.
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Totally agree with you. And my fear now is they will send Hughes to the pen and do the same thing with him. Ugh.
y is there so much beef in a blog?
Give Betances and Banuelos long looks in spring training then on to AAA for the year and consider September 2012 callups for their big league baptisms and ready themselves for 2013. Rushing them would be a mistake. Hopefully good health for both.
Listening to Kevin Towers on the radio now……dude really knows his stuff. Wish the Yanks coukd have hung on to him in some capacity …..
Becoming fast friends, maybe you guys should hook up and have a couple of cold ones.
Erica,
What does MPB in front of Damon’s name mean? I’ve seen you use this before but don’t know what it stands for. My Perfect Boyfriend?
Speaking of boyfriends on the Yanks, my wife’s birthday and Jorge’s birthday are both today – and he’s her boyfriend on the Yankees. Coincidence, or something more?
Listening to Kevin Towers on the radio now……dude really knows his stuff. Wish the Yanks coukd have hung on to him in some capacity …..
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Yea, KT is a cool guy.
By the way, and in case there is any question in anyone’s minds whether I am posting here under any other name – I am not. I have no idea who yanksfantic is, nor do I care to know.
The FBI are hot on your trail luis/C R 9. Everyone you hurt with your malicious attacks is after you. It is only a matter of time.
Doc Iac,
Lack of a s ex life might have something to do with it
identity theft is a dangerous thing August 17th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Thanks Michael. It is difficult to ascertain all your names on here.
Don’t think Manny is ready for an ML start at this point. He needs more work in Triple A.
JF,
No coincidence that the Dbacks are in first place IMO.
Does this guy really believe that anything on the internet is anonymous?
I guess you have to learn some lessons the hard way.
Manny has the stuff and pitches now…..he just needs to work on his command and approach. He messes around with hitters too much instead of coming right at them and often gets behind in counts……when he improves there and his innings built he’ll be ready to rocks n roll.
It is funny to see a person ridicule themselves with a different ID. Like being in a continuous 1 man conversation.
As the blog turns. The drama here rivals Breaking Bad and Mad Men
I think Triple hit the source of all this tension right on the head
Arizona is an interesting club.. I really hope they end up making a push in the post season. It’d be great if they could knock off the Phillies
blake August 17th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Listening to Kevin Towers on the radio now……dude really knows his stuff. Wish the Yanks coukd have hung on to him in some capacity …..
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I was just thinking of Towers. Man that guy can produce results.
Triple Short of a Cycle August 17th, 2011 at 12:23 pm
As the blog turns. The drama here rivals Breaking Bad and Mad Men
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Towers said they have a policy that they don’t call up pitchers from the minors until they can average a certain time to home plate and until they show they can effectively hold runners.
The internet brings out all of the cowards.
I always rooted against the DBacks since they refused to trade us Schilling and then gave him to the Sox for nothing but I got my pom poms out if they play the Phils.
The real reason they changed the rotation is so that we could see the matchup of Manny and Arod vs. Matt Moore.
JonLaneNYC Robinson Cano entering MVP discussion http://t.co/UDpjpHr #Yankees
“The real reason they changed the rotation is so that we could see the matchup of Manny and Arod vs. Matt Moore.”
Hey why not……Im pumped.
tyanksfan36 August 17th, 2011 at 12:31 pm
The real reason they changed the rotation is so that we could see the matchup of Manny and Arod vs. Matt Moore.
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hey…whatever works.
I still believe Manny B will be on Yanks playoff roster as a LH BP or perhaps even SP.
Matt Moore is filthy. He is the reason they will trade or let Shields walk.
Price
Moore
Hellickson
Not bad at all
Yup……the Rays 2nd best starter isn’t even in the bigs. They are a SP developing machine…..and they move them very slowly.
Ray VT —
I don’t think so about Manny. Yanks rushed three young starters a few years back, but they’re not doing it again.
Now to more important things. When Texas A&M jumps to the SEC is Virginia Tech coming along for the ride?
Erica — please don’t go away. Ignore the idiots. Responding to them only rewards their cowardly, asinine behavior
It’s not hard to develop good pitching when you get to draft the cream of the crop every year. Where are all hype about the Rays prospects they’ve drafted in the last 3 years, since they started competing?
Minor league splits is back! Hooray!
http://minorleaguecentral.com/.....split=3000
Jesus hitting .310 .369 .570 .939 vs LHP, OPSing .860 since July!
Matt Moore is a great lefty he led the FSL in strikeouts last year and he is keeping it up this year too. I hope they have it on milb.tv
ID,
that’s part of it….but Matt Moore was drafted in the 8th round…..Hellickson wasn’t a high pick either I don’t think. They won the East last year but still managed to get a million early picks in the draft. They have some smart people running that ship.
Can’t see Banuelos starting in NY this year. Not even sure he’d get a call-up. Phelps is back and Warren is doing well. The yanks just dumped Greg Smith, a left handed starter from the Scranton team to make room for Betances. Not sure exactly what they ave planned for Mitchell, but, if he isn’t traded, I’m betting on the bullpen, much on the order of Mendoza or what Noesi is doing in NY.
Prior pitched his first mult-inning game today. A 3 inning stint with 1 hit, 3 strikeouts, 4 groundouts and a flyout. True, it’s only raw rookies and high school kids, but, it is progress. 1 run, 2 walks and 11 strikeouts in 8 innings so far in his rehab at the GCL.
Overall, 10 games, 13 innings, 4 runs, 3 earned, 4 walks and 14 strikeouts. he has hit 4 batters and thrown 3 wild pitches, though.
Alas…..its looking like we wont see Hey-Zeus until Sept.
86w183 August 17th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Not sure what they will do. Perhaps the NFL will start a minor league system & pay players.
# blake August 17th, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Alas…..its looking like we wont see Hey-Zeus until Sept.
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so much for the belief that his call up would be in the near future
“I don’t think I get paid for my ERA; I think I get paid to win games,”
Nova a follower of CCism not Felixism.
I wonder if the Rays will start Moore in the rotation next year. He threw 144 innings last hear and has thrown 133 so.far this year……they tend to like to put guys in with no limits though. He’s just crushing AAA though.
“so much for the belief that his call up would be in the near future”
Apparently
Don’t count Montero out for an early call-up. NYYs have people returning from the DL and it’ll take some days to get sorted out who gets dropped from the 40 man roster and who’s added.
blake – They won the East last year but still managed to get a million early picks in the draft. They have some smart people running that ship.
I’m not so sure. They only got a ton of picks by failing to re-sign some players and keep their team competitive. They are now in 3rd place with no hope of contending for the wild card. How well did that work out for them exactly?
Yanks are really stretching Prior out. 4 innings today, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 4 strikeouts.
what on earth is going on this morning on this blog? This whack job is still keeping good posters away? it’s really sad to lose erin, she was a great read.
man, they gotta do something or we’re going to lose this community. that would be a real shame.
did that dude really call rayvt at work? wtf?
ok, back to baseball…
how happy are we that the yankees didn’t sign crawford? he looked lost last night. speed is meaningless unless he gets on base. he’d get killed on here worse than aj
GB
Do you think they are thinking he could fill Noesi’s role?
Id,
They don’t have a choice….ownership wont allow them to spend any money so that’s how the stay competitive. They draft, they develop, get their 6 years from a player, and then turn them over. Its a great system for a small market club.
sorry, meant erica
RayVT August 17th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
GB
Do you think they are thinking he could fill Noesi’s role?
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afternoon, Ray. That must have been an interesting call. Hope all is well in the Land Of Crazies for you.
If you mean Prior, I wouldn’t think so. At least not this year. I’d like to see what he can do back in AAA, though, against more seasoned players. If he’s healthy, maybe next year or even a last of the month call-up. I’d love to see the Yanks convince him to stay in the organization in any capacity, with an eye on coaching. He could really be a huge help there.
Never understood the hype about Crawford to the Yankees when the Yankees had/have a similar player in Gardner.
Tampa Bay is NOT a small market. It’s top 15 in the country.
The Rays are a small revenue team because their stadium stinks, their fans don’t come and their TV deal is minimized by the presence of the Marlins in the same state.
They made money last year with a $ 72 M payroll. So they rewarded their fans with a $ 42 M payroll for 2011. The baseball side has made a lot of very good decisions, but the business side is only concerned about profits, not building up the franchise.
blake – understood… but lets not mistake their lack of a choice for a good plan.
We do take for granted the fact that we’re competitive every season. I see it with the Yanks and Devils all the time.. the fact that we don’t make the playoffs every now and then sends shock waves through the fan base. Thats a pretty unique experience. Even perceived perennial contenders like Boston miss the post season pretty frequently.
“Tampa Bay is NOT a small market. It’s top 15 in the country.”
What I mean is a team thats payroll is limited.
ID,
they have won the AL east 2 of the last 3 years….with a payroll that’s a fraction of their competitors…..for their situation….I call that a good plan.
The Rays are trying to either force a new stadium…..or force their way out of Tampa.
where would the rays go?
same issue with the oakland a’s…. need a new stadium
GreenBeret7 August 17th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
LOL! I actually would like to talk w/ CR 9 more. I have always been intrigued with people like him! LOL! I have known plenty of them BTW. One was a mass murderer serving Life in prison. Another has an identical twin he met at age 40 something in an airport as they were sepearted at birth & had no idea the other even existed. LOL! He is a hit man, well I can’t really know that as he has never been convicted. Another friend was a fireman who posed as a hitman. 6′-7″ guy with tremendous strength. Martial arts guy too. He is getting out of prison shortly. LOL!
blake – I call that the result of losing for 10 years and collecting a heck of a bunch of cheap young players.
If 10 years of losing followed by a 3 year window for a WS is your idea of a good plan, you are welcome to think that. When that World Series isn’t won in that window and it becomes 20 years of losing…
Rays may go to Charlotte. LOL!
Charlotte, and Indianapolis would be my suggestions… a third Texas team or a second Atlanta team (AL rival) might work too.
HAPPY B-DAY Jorge!
I hope Geno has a cake on the bench tonight to keep
you company, j/k!!
HIP HIP JORGE!!!
ID,
Im.just suggesting that they so a nice job with the hand they are dealt…..that’s all.
The Rays would draw big time in uptown Charlotte.
A third NY team may be in cards as well to try & weaken the Yanks stranglehold on the city.
Problem with that Ray is they would need the approval of the owners… never gonna happen.
Atlanta isn’t a big sports supporting town.
# RayVT August 17th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
A third NY team may be in cards as well to try & weaken the Yanks stranglehold on the city.
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Don’t the Mets suck enough for the whole Tri-State area? Why punish us more.
“Atlanta isn’t a big sports supporting town.”
Atlanta also hasn’t had a lot of great winning franchises lately. Winning brings crowds. Always.
Speaking of the minor leagues, how long is Pat Venditte going to be stuck in AA?
I want to see the hand switch in a Yankees game so bad.
RayVT August 17th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
GreenBeret7 August 17th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
LOL! I actually would like to talk w/ CR 9 more. I have always been intrigued with people like him! LOL! I have known plenty of them BTW. One was a mass murderer serving Life in prison. Another has an identical twin he met at age 40 something in an airport as they were sepearted at birth & had no idea the other even existed. LOL! He is a hit man, well I can’t really know that as he has never been convicted. Another friend was a fireman who posed as a hitman. 6?-7? guy with tremendous strength. Martial arts guy too. He is getting out of prison shortly. LOL!
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Ray, you have some interesting playmates. Pet rattlesnakes might have been safer.
The Braves have a monopoly on baseball from North Florida to Baltimore……Charlotte is right in the middle.
GB
I use to play softball with the FOP. That & a travelling Softball team made up of giants! LOL! I was only guy on the team under 6′-5″ tall. Several were 6′-10″ or more. Huge guys & almost all had attitudes of some kind. (They were paid to play, but I wasn’t except for meal money & mileage/hotels.) They all had schemes to get rich quick. Different kind of mindset. I truly disliked the mass murderer/rapist even before I knew he was one. Oh well!
Shame Spencer August 17th, 2011 at 1:34 pm
“Atlanta isn’t a big sports supporting town.”
Atlanta also hasn’t had a lot of great winning franchises lately. Winning brings crowds. Always.
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Atlanta can’t fill their stands even for playoff games. SEC football has already begun, and the fans are either at Georgia Tech or UGA games, or at least home watching them on TV.
The Marlins aren’t effecting the Rays significantly. They’re nearly six hours apart.
BTW, I would have trusted the rattlesnakes more! LOL!
The rays ‘market’ might be huge but they have the smallest population within 30 minutes of their stadium, and almost all of them are old people that dont wanna go to games and just listen to radio or watch TV.
They need to move to the other side of the bay or Orlando.
St Pete ballpark & not a Tampa park is affecting the Rays.
Oh you mean those playoff games they had, what was it, 6 years ago in ’05?
Obviously you’re closer to the fan base down there and have a first hand perspective, but I gotta believe their house was more packed in the 90s.
Hell, the Thrashers had better attendance than the Devils and Islanders but still got jettisoned to Canada, not because of the lack of a fan support as has been widely reported, but because they couldnt find a competent group to run the team.
Shame,
The SEC football season starts on Sep 3. The Braves currently rank 15 in attendance in MLB, and that’ll drop in September, even though they have a six-game lead for the NL wild card.
Price vs Lackey right now. 1-0 Rays.
Prior apparently was going to go at least 5 innings, until the rains came and suspended the game. Still, it was encouraging for him to go that long.
4.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 6 groundouts, 2 flyouts
Lackey hits another batter, Boston announcers say the man stuck his arm out to get hit, then remarked that Lackey leads the league in hit batsmen.
Cano: .306 BA, 21 HR, 85 RBI, .886 OPS
Pedroia: .308 BA, 16 HR, 62 RBI, .876 OPS
Thats really annoying. Hate that pedroia is even close to Cano in OPS, and you know his is going to feature a lot more OBP
Pedroia gets on base more, Cano slugs more ……Cano will widen that OPS lead before the end of the year….
Yesterday’s 2nd game between RSox & TB was cool. Not only did TB win, by Zorbist stole 3B & stole home. Also the RSox turned a triple play. So ESPN is constantly showing the triple play with the words that RSox lost!
Cano’s been pretty hot lately, I want him to pull away into the .900s. He was so clutch last playoffs I wanna see that Cano again.
Hi,
Can anyone explain me how a baseball blog can turn in to this zoo?……I am baffled with the way things have turned out here…..read the blog for the past 30 minutes, it`s incredible how much venom can be spilled in such a short period of time….Ray i am not that guy, but you can believe whatever you want to believe….I`ve done nothing wrong, and i am planning to stay, nobody is running me out.
I think Robbie will push it over .900. He’s pretty much the player he was last year again now….he’s just playing catch up in OBP because he was swinging at everything early in the year. His projections are pretty much on pace with last year besides about 30 points in OBP.
Granderson and Cano were so good last year in the playoffs, I can easily envision a scenario in which the Yankees have a real hot 1-5: Gardy, Jeter, Granderson, A-rod, Cano
September is pretty much going to just be tune ups and hopefully some exciting callups.
jerkface,
tex will be in the 3rd spot…garenteed
Why the never-ending “who’s better” arguments about Yanks/Sox, Robbie/Dustin, Curtis/Jacoby? Bottom line is, whoever you root for, you’re going to argue for. However, I’m a die-hard Yankee fan and I’ve watched all but one of the Yanks/Sox games this year, and I think the Sox are better; maybe not on a positon-by-position comparison, but their TEAM is superior. On paper we’re better at probably 7 of the 9 lineup spots. But Francona out-thinks Girardi, our lineup doesn’t match up well against their pitching–and our pitching definitely does not measure up to theirs. Head-to-head, Papelbon has been perfect, Mo has not. Jeter pops out with men on, Scutaro goes 4-4. Lester and Beckett dominate, CC and AJ get pounded. I’m worried.
Yes….the Yankee offense is very capable of just going off for the length of a postseason. That’s really what we will have to hope for and that the rotation can keep them in games long enough to get to the stellar pen. You’d love to have the shutdown rotation…..but that could work as well. We have never seen Tex, Robbie, and Alex all hot at the same time….let alone Granderson.
damon 2 for 2
“Why the never-ending “who’s better” arguments about Yanks/Sox, Robbie/Dustin, Curtis/Jacoby?”
Isn’t that why we watch…..to debate this stuff? Its part of the game and has been forever.
tex will be in the 3rd spot…garenteed
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Yea, probably. I thought after last season Cano was the #3 hitter but he really got off to a sub-par start (relative to last year) and didn’t maintain the same patient edge he had. Now that he is heating up I think with Granderson & cano they have 2 players more suitable for the 3 spot, especially with Gardner maintaining his offense and Jeter heating up.
“We have never seen Tex, Robbie, and Alex all hot at the same time….let alone Granderson.”
Great point, blake. I’m just salivating at the thought of Arod being inserted into this line up. Someone posted a few weeks back that Arod is such a numbers guy that if he gets hot and can get a few dingers and rbis in there early he could still make a play for his usual 30/100. I know people sometimes prefer their players not worry about individual stats, but I want the version of Arod in my line up thats trying to get to 30/100.
Shame,
Its unlikely ….but I wouldn’t put it past him. Unfortunately he didn’t get to face the Royals this week as he probably would have made up some.ground quickly
jerkface,
cano is def catchin fire, however, i think giradi is gona go with tex who takes more pitches at 3 and leave cano at 5 as there is no one better for protectin arod
arod hit 14 hrs in april in 2007, hed need one of those months in sept,
A low batting average tex, affected by the shift or swing plane or whatever, is more of a #5-6 guy. High power. Drives in runs. Let the guys with the higher OBP / AVG sit in the 3 hole.
A-rod can hit 5-8 HR in august, then he only needs 10ish HRs in sept
Tex should hit 6th vs RHP and 3rd vs LHP.
The 100 RBI is gonna be tougher than the 30 homers most likely……48 in about 6 weeks would be a pretty torrid pace. He could go on a homer binge and get the homers.
I still go back and forth between who is a better matchup… TX or Detroit
Swisher does not get enough credit. His OBP of .382 is the highest on the team by quite a bit. He should hit higher in the order but realistically, there just is no place for him,
“48 in about 6 weeks would be a pretty torrid pace.”
As long as the guys in front of him stay hot it could be a lot easier..
Texas is a better overall team…..but Detroit has maybe the best pitcher in baseball right now. That’s dangerous in a short series. In a 7 game Id rather play Detroit for sure…..but in a 5 game….not sure. Play to win the division and then play who you play…..revenge against the Rangers would be sweet though.
I’d like Texas in a short series, Detroit/Boston in a longer one. Of course no plan survives contact with the enemy.
In an ideal world, Swish is batting 2nd vs RHP, but alas the Captain must have his due.
6 or 7 grandslams would kill 2 birds with one stone
JF,
In an ideal world the line up should be:
Vs RHP,
Gardner
Swisher
granderson
Arod
cano
tex
Chavez
martin
Jeter
But that ain`t happening any time soon
2-0 Rays in the 5th.
3-0 Rays.
Jerkface August 17th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
In an ideal world, Swish is batting 2nd vs RHP, but alas the Captain must have his due.
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Stop the presses we actually agree on something.
In an ideal world the lineup would be a-rod cano teixeira granderson swisher gardner jeter chavez martin… but people like small ball.
3-0
Whether we like it or not, I would expect the lineup to look like it did six weeks ago before A-Rod went down.
Jeter
Granderson
Teixeira
A-Rod
Cano
Swisher
Posada
Martin
Gardner
Or you can substitute Jones or Chavez for Posada.
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I like
GGBG
DJ
Grandy
Arod
Cano
Tex
Swish
Posada
Martin
WOW! Ellsbury triples as leadoff hitter & RSox don’t score with Peds, AGone & Youk! LOL!
mlb.com gameday got to see pedoria cry about a strike 3 call down the middle
GF,
Very true
ID,
I think you want Arod batting with men on base
Lackey at 120 pitches…can’t remember the last time a Yankee threw that many pitches, most likely CC….lots of teams push guys to high pitch counts, I recall see Peavy throw a lot of pitches recently
ID – weird lineup. Would be fun to try for a week as an experiment, if the playoff spot was already wrapped up. Probably wouldn’t make any difference at all, since where guys bat seems to be more a matter of tradition than actual benefit, except of course getting more at bats to your best hitters, which I imagine is driving your lineup.
4-0
4-0 Rays
Spudz’s lineup is the one I like vs RHP…..with the DH spot changing based on the situation.
Tito Francona left Lackey in one batter too long. Wonder if: 1) Lackey said “this is MINE, skip!” when Francona tried to take him out, and 2) people will be calling for Francona’s job. Binder Tito!
Well kids it’s deja vu all over again. I just got back from the state police barracks. Even though the information the psycho posted about me was incorrect, the implied threat was very real. And they have the power to go beyond hidden IPs to obtain information.
The greatest irony is that no matter how much he has attempted to expose information about me (incorrect though he has been), I have never responded in kind. I either take my profession very seriously (it’s a crime to post an individual’s private information over the internet) or I am just a much better human being than he could ever hope to be. I’d say it’s some of both.
I just hope he doesn’t show up at someone’s home and want to talk Yankee baseball. Even if the person shares my name chances are they won’t share my rooting interest. This is heavy Suxian territory!!!
GO RAYS!!!!
Hello Trisha!
ESPN headquarters will not be happy with the Red Sox outcome…. I will though!
blake,
i rather have a high obp guy behind Gardner, it maximizes guys on base for the big guns, but probably wont make a huge diference.
Alfredo ‘rubber arm’ Aceves now in the game…
The prophecy must come true for the Red Sox landslide division win…..any day now.
I can’t believe Aceves is throwing 95… he never even touched that when completely healthy on the Yanks.
When Jeter is Jeter he is a high OBP guy……and I like how he can move runners and handle the bat…..even steal a bag or two. I like Swish as kinda the focal point of the bottom 1/3…..think it makes the lineup longer.
I think the Yanks have to wait this season, and he should probably pitch most of next season at Triple A too. Let the guy log innings and refine his stuff, he’s still very very young.
When Jeter is Jeter he is a high OBP guy
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Its what made him one of the best leadoff guys despite not having a traditional leadoff skillset.
RadioKev August 17th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
I think the Yanks have to wait this season, and he should probably pitch most of next season at Triple A too. Let the guy log innings and refine his stuff, he’s still very very young.
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I think he’s very close to reaching his innings limit. That’s why they talked about moving him to the ‘pen because he doesn’t have many innings left this year…
RHP
Gardner
Jeter
Granderson
Arod
Cano
Teixera
Swisher
Posada/Chavez/Montero
Martin/Martin
LHP
Jeter
Granderson
Teixera
Arod
Cano
Swisher
Posada/Jones/Montero
Martin/Montero
Gardner
For an elite player, Carl Crawford takes a lot of non-elite swings.
Trisha welcome back. I hope they get this kook!
I just want to say that its a damn shame that some people ( mostly idiots) will go though great lengths to impersonate, insult, and ridicule posters on this blog. Its complete lunacy.
As a result, we’ve lost some really good posters because they have a very low tolerance level for stupidity and foolishness.
I simply just ignore the trolls. There’s nothing you can do about it. I will continue to post as long as this blog continues to exist. I refuse to let a bunch a nitwits deter me from expressing my thoughts and feelings about the yankees.
Erica, I’m so sorry you feel that way. Hope you come back.
blake, jerk,
yes….you are right about that…..again as i said before either way is fine, because the diference would be minimal
I think he’s very close to reaching his innings limit. That’s why they talked about moving him to the ‘pen because he doesn’t have many innings left this year…
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Yeah, I meant logging innings next year. He also wouldn’t be able to pitch a full season next year anyway, right?
“The prophecy must come true for the Red Sox landslide division win…..any day now.”
It may have to wait for another day! Though you never know what can happen with two innings left and David Price on the mound. Wait! You do know!
comet August 17th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
YES!!!, so we can get on with our lives
JF,
Crawford: .249 BA, .665 OPS
Gardner: .286, .775 OPS
Tyler August 17th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
I can’t believe Aceves is throwing 95… he never even touched that when completely healthy on the Yanks.
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I said the exact same thing when we faced him a few weeks ago. When former yankees leave to play for other teams, thats when they want to “find themselves.”
Blake,
At least Crawford is better than Upton.
Guys,
Don`t you think Aceves back is going to bark eventually?
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I’m honestly not sure. I know he didn’t throw a whole lot last year because of injuries. He could probably throw close to or a little less than a whole season next year. I know they’ll be very careful though.
Thanks comet! I don’t think there’s any question of “if”. It’s just when. They took it very seriously and are moving on it but it may not be on the top of their hit parade for the day. On the other hand, it just might.
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Oh dear, the sux are really getting beat up. Tch tch. I’m feeling blake’s prophesy!!!
“I can’t believe Aceves is throwing 95… he never even touched that when completely healthy on the Yanks.”
Must have drank from the same fountain of youth that Matt Albers did. Not only is he pitching significantly better than he ever did with the Os, but his FB velocity is up 1 mile too.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ycn-8976841
Five reasons the Boston Red Sox may not finish the season as the best team in the American League East: A fan?s opinion
The Boston Red Sox are currently having a tremendous season. However, there are five reasons why the team will probably not finish as the best team in the division. Here are the five reasons Red Sox fans should be worried about the team.
Statistics are current as of August 16, 2011.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia(notes) and Jason Varitek(notes) are below-average catchers
The current team has a number of excellent hitters. Unfortunately, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Jason Varitek are not two of the top hitters on the team and are arguably below-average catchers. Hopefully, the team will still be able to compete and win games even though the two current catchers on the roster are not playing well.
Joe Girardi’s New York Yankees are having an excellent season
Although Red Sox fans may not agree that the New York Yankees are going to have a better September, the Yankees have much better hitters and pitchers. In addition, a number of Yankees players have been injured this season, but the team is currently playing extremely well and should be able to finish the season as the best team in the American League East.
Joe Maddon’s Tampa Bay Rays have been playing well lately
With the help of Johnny Damon(notes) and a strong group of quality starting pitchers, the Tampa Bay Rays are having a great 2011 season. The Rays are nine games away from having the same record as the Red Sox, but the team usually has a brilliant September. It is important to note that if the Yankees and Rays finish with better records than the Red Sox, then David Ortiz’s(notes) team will not play in the playoffs.
The Red Sox do not have an excellent group of starting pitchers
Besides Josh Beckett(notes) and Jon Lester(notes), the current Red Sox starting rotation is relatively weak. Erik Bedard(notes) is well-known for being a quality starting pitcher, but he is also known for being oft-injured. The current starting rotation is certainly an issue for the team and fans should not be surprised if this issue prevents the Sox from finishing the season as the best team in the American League East.
There are a few below-average relief pitchers on the team
Alfredo Aceves(notes), Josh Bard(notes), and Jonathan Papelbon(notes) have been three of the best relief pitchers in baseball this season. However, there are some current relief pitchers who have demonstrated inconsistency and mediocrity, especially Andrew Miller(notes) and Dan Wheeler(notes). Despite having an excellent season, the Red Sox will most likely struggle for the rest of the season and the team would be lucky if they play in the playoffs.
Tyler, Radio,
I think he will pitch something like 130 innings this season, getting ready to pitch 160 innings next year. he could be an option as a 5th starter
Must have drank from the same fountain of youth that Matt Albers did.
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The Ortiz Fountain?
That article suggests that the Rays could finish above the Sox????
mick August 17th, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Must have drank from the same fountain of youth that Matt Albers did.
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The Ortiz Fountain?
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With flavors in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
blake,
imagine what the outcry would be in the yankees had signed crawford?
do you think this season’s numbers are a sign of what’s to come or just a bad year?
i gotta think he’ll bounce back next year, but it doesn’t bode well for a club that signed him to a 7 year deal
blackaccord, I like it. I definitely wouldn’t be writing off Tampa!
Good article from yahoo. Of course don’t ever expect to see anything similar on ESPN…
Must have drank from the same fountain of youth that Matt Albers did. Not only is he pitching significantly better than he ever did with the Os, but his FB velocity is up 1 mile too.
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Actually Albers is easily explained. Well not the velocity but the numbers. He moved from the O’s, a bad team, to the Red Sox, a good team. Albers numbers were bad against the red sox, where as even while on the Os they were good against the Yankees. So he removed one of his worst teams and replace them with a bottom dweller. Thus his numbers evened out. You replace whatever he has pitched against the Os with around 14 IP of 5 ERA and see where his numbers are at.
Aceves throwing harder is mind boggling. I understand why Cashman did what he did, but I always liked Aceves
I don`t think the rays can overtake the red sox, i think they might play the spoiler role though…JMHO
trisha – true pinstriped blue August 17th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
blackaccord, I like it. I definitely wouldn’t be writing off Tampa!
Good article from yahoo. Of course don’t ever expect to see anything similar on ESPN…
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I hate Boston as much as anyone but do you think that Tampa is going to be able to make up 8 games with that lineup “led” by Johnny Damon?
luis August 17th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
I don`t think the rays can overtake the red sox, i think they might play the spoiler role though…JMHO
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I totally agree on that. Nobody wants to face that pitching in a 3 game series in September with a playoff birth on the line.
JF,
spot on…I also like Aceves very much, never expected that he would have this kind of season
Albers and Aceves obviously are drinking the same ‘shakes’ as David OrCheats and Jacoby JuiceBerry..
blackaccord August 17th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
That`s what im afraid of….i think we have something like 13 games against them in September
Jacoby JuiceBerry sounds like a smoothie shop
DocTodd August 17th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
LMAO!!!
Now Maddon’s going to leave Price in for one batter too long. AGon coming up.
Maybe not. Good.
oops!!, Tyler it was meant to you!!, i`m afraid of the Rays because we have a bunch of games against them in September, we better make some room before then
blackaccord, those losers from beantown were down a ton of games one august and if you remember, they came blazing back. That might have been one of their few world series wins* years. Granted Manny was trying to get pregnant that year, Ortiz was enjoying Dominican milkshakes, and rumor has it that several others in the clubhouse were all pumped up to win…
But it happened.
The Giants succeeded by dint of their pitching. Nothing says the Rays can’t do the same thing.
Price at 96 in the 8th, K’s Gonzalez.
“Now Maddon’s going to leave Price in for one batter too long. AGon coming up.”
AGon has become a singles/doubles hitter.
Hi Erica
Ignore the nuts and post once in awhile.
Enjoy the summer.
Hi Erica
I am sorry you have to deal with that crap
Enjoy your summer
Tom,
How are you, good to see you around….yes, if i could have a pitcher i would like it to be him after kershaw
luis,
Fine thank you. I agree, most teams could use a 96 mph lefty.
just like Clippard last year, aceves allows a lot of his inherited runners to score.
erica is free to come back anytime she wishes, did she admit to being hacked?
maybe she has other reasons, she wasn’t specific.
That was one of the poorest written articles I’ve ever seen on a reputable sports site…I assume it was written by a “fan” and thus is essentially an opinion based blog post rather than an analytical article.
Crazy Kyle to close it out…..Jikes!!
I love it when other teams make it interesting and actually give the sux fans hope for a win – and then smash their hopes with the final out!
A Yankee win tonight means two nights in a row in sole possesion of first place. Would feel good – feels like a long time since that happened.
Hope I didn’t jinx them!
Awwwww! I was so hoping the sux would pull it out in the 9th!
GO YOU RAYS!!!
Game over!!; the red sux lose!….Trisha i rather have them in a big hole every time out, no chance of getting out of it
The Sux had 9 hits total in the 3 game series against the Rats (3 in each game).
Kd,
From earlier…..I.certainly think Crawford is better than he’s played this year and that he will bounce back somewhat next year……but it’s a terrible overpay for a guy that’s played on turf for years, is close to 30, and bases his.game on speed.
Callers calling in to Mlbradio talking about how streaky the Sox offense is…..that sounds familiar
I like living on the edge. I like that sense of excitement. I especially love watching the sux come back and getting thisclose to a win, and then BAM! The hammer comes down. Their fans are at fever pitch, because if you’ve noticed every time the bat meets the ball they cheer as if a homer has been hit. They get so damned excited, OMG now only one run down! And then BAM! The hammer comes down.
It really makes me smile!
but aren’t the 2011 red sox supposed to be better than the 98 yanks and the 27 yanks?
A parting message to the K.C. Royals (after tonight’s game). Do serious damage to the Sux pitching staff for the next 4 games.
The Sox are lucky that Ellsbury broke out and that Papi returned from the dead…..
“but aren’t the 2011 red sox supposed to be better than the 98 yanks and the 27 yanks?”
They are, aren’t they? Aren’t they??????
See ya at game time i hope
You know I’ve always liked Bruce Chen. I’ve always thought that he pitched much better than his stats showed. I liked him enough that I almost picked him up for my fantasy team once he came back off the DL, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it the week he was facing the Yanks.
Still, I wouldn’t write him off. Not just yet.
Bruce Chen is a leftballer, which is to say he is left handed and throws an assortment of balls almost all around the same speed/break into the zone. Sometimes its effective. Yankees ought to torchhim but some teams can be bedazzled by the leftballer
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The Yankees destroy Chen, always have.