Home runs carry Yankees in nightcap
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Aug 28, 2011 
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Curtis Granderson’s case for the MVP got even stronger tonight. The Yankees center fielder homered twice in an 8-3 Yankees win in the second game of a Baltimore doubleheader. Granderson now leads the Majors in home runs, runs and RBI. In between his two home runs, the Yankees hit three straight homers in the sixth inning. Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher and Andruw Jones went back-to-back-to-back, the first time the Yankees hit three in a row since 2009. Ivan Nova picked up his 14th win. He’s won seven straight starts, including every start since his return from Triple-A.
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14 wins for Nova!
Yay! Nice bounce back win!
Curtis is a class act all the way around.
Granderson has my vote for MVP but he has too many HR and RBI to stand a chance.
blake August 28th, 2011 at 10:29 pm
at this moment.
Granderson: .971 OPS
Gonzalez: .965 OPS
Ellsbury: .889
Cano: .869
Pedroia: .872
This is what Granderson is now on pace for.
150 runs, 25 doubles, 12 triples, 47 HR, 132 RBI, 30 SB.
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That line is breath-taking.
14 wins and missed a month in AAA!
I don’t think he’ll win, but Granderson should……outside of Mo, he’s my favorite. I knew he’d have a big year this year, but never did I expect this.
Can anyone get the David Robertson stat on pitching with the bases loaded this season? How many batters? How many strikeouts?
150 runs! That’s pretty rare.
Remember when D-Rob was somehow in Girardi’s doghouse and we kept asking every day on this blog WHY HE WASN’T PITCHING!?
D-Rob – now there’s an easy guy to root for!
Bautista should be included, and near the top for MVP.
By my count….there have been 46 guys that have scored 150 runs in a season…..and only 1 since 1949 when Ted Williams did it. (Bagwell scored 152 in 2000).
Granderson hasn’t done it yet….it’s still a projection but if he is able to score 150 runs he’ll be only the 2nd player to do it in over 60 years. Most that have done it were before 1930 and many were in the 1800′s.
Bautista is hitting .268 in the 2nd half and only has 6 homers since the ASB
This is not what the Yanks want going into Fenway….
BryanHoch A-Rod wasn’t available tonight, probably not tomorrow either. Girardi says thumb is bothering him again
BryanHoch Jeter had x rays on top of kneecap, came back negative, may not be available tomorrow.
Wow, had no idea what rare air Grandy could be in w 150 runs
stan, after tonight’s outing, hitters against Robertson with the bases loaded:
1-16, 0 BBs, 13 K’s
Grandy has done more with approximately 50 fewer hits than A-gone.
Clutch, no it’s not……. Fenway or no, we need to get him healthy.
Nova’s doing his Guidry/Clemens impression. He’s won his last 10 starts. That’s impressive. Just by bad luck or bad pitching, he should have had a loss or no decision during that stretch.
Trigeminal,
yup….it would be special for sure. Interesting screen name….
My error. 9 consecutive wins in 10 starts
Thanks, Kevin. 13 Ks out of 16 batters. WOW!
Trivia query : Who holds record for sac. flies in a season in A.L. ? There is a 2 way tie for it now.
Something we could have used several times this year, for sure.
Surprising Jete never got to 150 runs with all the times he’s been on base with big bats behind him.
That’s some record!
So, Blake, do you think Girardi jugles the rotation a bit to get Nova his 6 September starts?
GreenBeret7 August 28th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
My error. 9 consecutive wins in 10 starts
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Still amazing.
***juggles***
GB7,
I would get him as many as you can. His innings are fine……I don’t know if they’ll do that or not. They have to decide what to do with this 6 man stuff first.
if Nova gets 6 starts and just wins half of them that’s 17 wins for the kid. Hughes had 17 starter wins last year.
Nova is on pace for 17 wins. It’s special for a rookie pitcher to do that in the biggest pressure cooker
in MLB.
The Yankees have a very solid mid-rotation guy for many years to come. He will give them innings, keep them in nearly every game he pitches and gobble up wins.
Team is 17-5 in games started by Nova this year.
night guys….hope Jeter and Arod heal up quickly. They need to get Alex healthy so he can get his timing in September and be ready for the playoffs.
Nova’s next goal is to finish 8 innings and start the 9th inning. Start picking up some complete games next year. The kids are growing up.
Nova, unlike a “nameless” SP, has the ability to hang tough and come back strong after a rough start. Good mix of pitches has made him so much better.
Tampa is creeping up
Blake, if not for the double headers that piled up, kind of hard to change it now. I would guess by next week, it’ll be back to 5 man rotations until the 8th.
Do you do CC, Hughes, and Nova 1,2,3 in the playoffs, or do you put the vets Garcia and/or Colon in there?
Two players have won the AL MVP with a BA under .300 in the last 40 years. The guys were A-Rod and Reggie with .298 and .293 respectively.
Will that hurt Granderson?
Of course you put Colon and Garcia in the post-season rotation……….
Good evening, Simon. Nice to see you around.
I gotta believe that Colon gets the #2 spot in the playoffs right now with Nova, Garcia and hughes in that order, unless something changes in how the six pitchers are doing.
hi GB. Thanks for answering my question. I agree that Colon may get the #2 spot, the rest being variable. just can’t trust AJ anymore. The Vernon Wells trade by Toronto shows me that any contract can be traded, so we’ll see if AJ is still around next season. My guess is he stays.
Don’t worry – it’ll be AJ in game 2. Binder Joe’s rationale: AJ has done it for us before, Nova, Colon and Garcia haven’t.
@Wang “Surprising Jete never got to 150 runs with all the times he’s been on base with big bats behind him.”
Jete never hit enough HR. 38 of Grandersons RS are self driven in with HR’s.