Nova remains unbeatable
Posted by: Josh Thomson - Posted in Misc on Apr 27, 2012 
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It seems that nothing can stop Ivan Nova’s win streak. Not wind. Not cold. Not Justin Verlander. And certainly not a parade of baserunners. The young right-hander surrendered 14 of them in 5 1/3 innings tonight and left in line for the loss. But the offense rallied against Justin Verlander and the Tiger bullpen to give the Yankees a 7-6 win tonight at the Stadium.
Alex Rodriguez and Russell Martin each hit home runs. With Rodriguez up and one out in the bottom of the ninth, Alex Avila allowed a passed ball on a 2-0 pitch that allowed Derek Jeter to score the winning run. Jeter had walked and moved to third on a wild pitch on ball four to Curtis Granderson.
The Yanks kept Verlander, the reigning AL Cy Young and MVP, winless in their park. He’s now just 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in five starts here after allowing four earned runs over six innings.
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Angels Release Bobby Abreu
Yanks should pickup Abreau for cheap.. much better option than Ibanez.
“Nova remains unbeatable”
I like that!
I’d take Abreu over Ibanez. Both suck though.
Bret The Hitman April 27th, 2012 at 10:48 pm
I’d take Abreu over Ibanez. Both suck though.
but ill take bobby.. tough call still.
Good for Girardi.
“I take this stuff seriously. I’ve seen too many times when one game has caused a team a playoff spot.” Talking about bad umpiring.
Joe G didn’t like West’s smug attitude.
Bryan Hoch @BryanHoch
The Angels have released Bobby Abreu, whom the Yankees tried to trade A.J. Burnett for this winter.
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told ya awhile back he’d be able to be had for “free” eventually.
The Halos suffered their second straight 9th inning loss tonight (the game day thread has essentially been replaced by a vent thread)
Speaking of 9th inning victories … congrats to the Yanks tonight!
(oh – and, you’re welcome re: the Jays
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Betances with his first AAA win and a solid outing. All around good night in NY.
trisha – true pinstriped blue April 27th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Good for Girardi.
“I take this stuff seriously. I’ve seen too many times when one game has caused a team a playoff spot.” Talking about bad umpiring.
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Remember I said I’d buy your din din if Nova won, well he didn’t lose, so have some extra F F on me ! LOL
GREAT QUESTION –
Paraphrase: Joe your starting pitching has an ERA over 6. At some point is it going to be hard for the offense to overcome?
I guess the reporters understand the game of baseball.
whoever asked about Smyly:
Smyly, D DET 592767 0 0 1.13 3 3 0 0 16.0 16 3 2 2 6 15 .262 1.38
“Remember I said I’d buy your din din if Nova won, well he didn’t lose, so have some extra F F on me ! LOL”
Can’t believe Justin has never won at Yankee Stadium. CC and them would’ve beaten him in Game 1 last year too if the rain didn’t come.
I second making a move for Bobby. Much better than Raul
Sis – I want the Jays to keep on winning. I like the competitive aspect of the AL East – and also I have a bet with Nick that the Jays will place higher than the Sux! So stay away from those Jays!
Compass-
How are the Mariners top pitching prospects doing, which allowed them to trade Pineda?
Hultzen, Walker and Paxton
send epply down , get abreu
Unknown – then all we’ll hear is the whining about how Bobby is afraid of the wall.
No thanks!
Anyway, I doubt you’re going to see that happen. I loved Abreu but there were too many complaints about his fielding.
The only thing Abreu does better at this stage, is run a little faster. No better in the field and was not hitting, only complaining and is not the clubhouse guy Ibanez is. I’ll stick with Raul for now. But, we’ll see.
mick – people will cry that he won’t get close enough to the wall! Our hitting isn’t doing poorly.
“I’ll stick with Raul for now. But, we’ll see.”
Me too.
Unknown – then all we’ll hear is the whining about how Bobby is afraid of the wall.
No thanks!
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let him dh, raul in LF til gardner is back….ooops, switch that.
Well gang, troll twins notwithstanding, it was a great game!
Hope the Tigers pitcher is feeling okay about life. Actually he wouldn’t have been in that position had Verlander gotten the job done, so this certainly isn’t all on him.
Hast manana!
then all we’ll hear is the whining about how Bobby is afraid of the wall.
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put cotton in your ears….or wear blinders in here
Trisha-
Yanks vying for worst monthly starters’ ERA in a decade
By Larry Koestler
http://riveraveblues.com/2012/.....ade-67617/
I should have said troll twin.
tmw’s gonna be a shootout.
Trader – yeow. Hopefully we turn this around soon because the offense can’t keep up the “dig out of the hole” pace the starters are setting!
Hopefully we turn this around soon because the offense can’t keep up the “dig out of the hole” pace the starters are setting!
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it’ll turn with some warm weather
West and CB Bucknor are two of the worst umpires in the game. There are some others like Marty Foster but when I think of the worst West and Bucknor come to mind.
The Rangers just missed tying the game with the Rays with a GS by Andrus.
trisha – true pinstriped blue April 27th, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Unknown – then all we’ll hear is the whining about how Bobby is afraid of the wall.
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Abreu afraid of the wall > Ibanez afraid of the ball
The Panda’s hit streak hits 20!
As the Wehrmacht drives deeper into Russia, America is transfixed by the Panda’s exploits!
Yankee Trader April 27th, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Compass-
How are the Mariners top pitching prospects doing, which allowed them to trade Pineda?
Hultzen, Walker and Paxton
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YT ~
Funny you should ask…
they were just mentioning Hultzen’s “Pitcher of the Week” award on the post game (Paxton garnered the honor week before last)
“the TRIO” down in Jackson is doing quite well, so far they have combined for…
67 IP – 2.27 ERA – 1.12 WHIP – 83 K
Abreu is 2 years younger and I think he plays better of he comes to NY.
Austin Jackson has a .957 OPS
The Angels need relief pitching. The Yankees need another starter. Dan Haren is having a soso season.
Haren remaining contract-12: 12.75M, 13:$15.5M club option ($3.5M buyout).
Give the Angels Soriano and his remaining 11M this year and 14M next year and throw in Garcia and call it even!!
Compass-
They just showed Saunders winning GS homer.
Anyone who’d want Ibanez over Abreu is on crack. Bobby may be afraid of the wall, but at least he’s capability of catching balls hit his way.
I will say that I have no confidence in Garcia on the mound because the guy is done. Either the Yankees slug it out or they lose.
* has the capabiity (No, I’m not on crack myself…)
Sox scabs all hitting over .300
Aviles
Byrd
Sweeney
Shoppach
And Cody Ross at .277 with 5 HR’s
What are the chances?
Everybody wanted Garcia this off- season I wasn’t convinced.
Everybody thinks he’s going to suck tommorrow, I’m not convinced. I say he pitches a good game.
Where is Hebrew and the MU Warrior duo ???
Pat m wasn’t convinced about Garcia either this off season.
You don’t get prizes for being right after, like, 4 starts……..Freddy will right himself, of that I’m sure.
Probably be a slug fest tomorrow ….hope the Yanks bring the lumber.
Wonder if the Abreu move means Trout is heading up soon?
Joe seriously has to stop playing Ibanez in the outfield…..he’s a DH….when is Gardner supposed to be back again?
Trout I believe was called up when Abreu was released. Now who sits Wells or their CF’er?
The SP has been a disaster (not worried about Nova, he was a BABIP victim tonight) and we are still winning. But still think that Kuroda is gonna be Ok and CC is going to be himself. Good times to come. Andy is coming back
Garcia throws slop and hitters hit it hard. Everything has to be near perfect for him to have any chance. Against this Tiger lineup expect a short outing, high pitch count, a lot of hits, and runs.
Maybe after a number of losses Cashman will finally understand that he is done and he shouldn’t be on this team.
Pat M,
Sshhhh! They are sleeping with their teddy bears
I hope you are right about Garcia. If the splitter isn’t working and the Tigers are laying off it, I don’t trust the 74-84 mph junk he throws up there. Clearly not the same pitcher he was in the beginning of last year. Every one of his 3 starts have been bad, one worse than the next.
Good night all.
It seems a long time since the last walk off win. I like that AROD and Martin are going the other way. That can only help.
Nova’s line was ugly, but their were many cheap hits and some bad defensive plays. He’ll be okay.
Over and out. Nite all
Good win against a tough pitcher. (Even though I still can’t think of him as a true MVP.)
Nova got hurt by poor play in the field and some lucky hits through the holes. It’s not like the Tiggers are a push over team, even if they are currently on a losing streak. I really don’t like when the Yankees have to face a team that has lost a number of games in a row, especially a good team like the Tiggers are.
Hopefully they will continue the losing streak for a couple more games.
Bret you will love this.
Joe Casale ? @sportsJC16
#Yankees need 4 SP’s. Absent that, it’s an 85 win team. The starting pitching on this team is awful. Can’t spin it any other way.
Joe Casale ? @sportsJC16
@YankeeSource Team is 2 yrs older, No Damon & Matsui, and they have 1 SP. it’s not 2009 anymore. This team is 6-8 players short.
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And lots of people on this blog thought he was some kind of expert guru. Too funny
SJ44 has always overreacted to some things.
He has some good knowledge, but seems like he also has a short fuse sometimes.
He’d still be an asset to the blog if he came back.. but you gotta take this sorta stuff in stride.
Cory Wade has really been great for the Yanks so far. It looked like he might struggle the way he was throwing in ST…
but he has been such a find for hte Yanks since last season. Goes to show you how unscientific creating a bullpen can be.
whether you think the Yanks are in terrible shape or not, you can only hope for the best.
It seems like every single season, without fail, the Yankees at some point of the season look like they’re finished.
but they end up playing in October anyway.
if that’s not enough reason to have a little faith, that means you SJ44, then I don’t know what is.
They’ve had some rough patches already, but they are 11 and 8. Does that count for anything?
Nick,
counts for plenty. I still think they win the AL EAst with ease.
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