Another error-filled game for young Yankees
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Mar 01, 2013 
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Today’s loss looked quite a bit like yesterday’s: A lot of Yankees mistakes leading to a lot of Phillies runs. The Yankees lost 10-5, but if not for unearned runs — there were six of them – they would have won.
“I think we’re capable of fielding it better,” Joe Girardi said. “We had four errors today, which led to a lot of runs for them. There’s a lot of young kids out there, and what we probably need to do is get them to relax a little bit.”
Through eight spring training games, the Yankees have made 13 errors. That’s a pretty horrific number, but here are those errors listed individually: Walter Ibarra, Dan Johnson, Corban Joseph (2), Addison Maruszak (2), Jayson Nix, Eduardo Nunez, Jose Pirela, Kyle Roller, Nik Turley, Gil Velazquez and Kevin Youkilis.
That’s one guy from the Yankees regular lineup, plus two more — maybe three if you count Johnson — by guys who have a good chance of making the big league bench. Six errors have been made by guys who haven’t played above Double-A, and three have been made by a pair of guys trying to get used to third base again.
“You can get on some of the young players and they might close up even more,” Girardi said. “The big thing for them is to get their feet wet. They’re going to get plenty of playing time. We’ve got two everyday infielders that are leaving. We’ve got a couple of other guys that are backups that are leaving. They’re going to have to play, and they’re going to have to relax. That’s all.”
As for the one error made by a big league regular, that happened today when Youkilis couldn’t make a fairly tough play.
“I made the right decision coming to get the ball,” Youkilis said. “But I just kind of got that hop a little funky and lost balance a little bit. I wish I would have come across it a little more. But at third base, there’s some plays, you either field it or you don’t and you’re just screwed. I got screwed because it kind of locked me up a little bit.”
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An error in his first spring training game? I’m already booing Youk.
blake March 1st, 2013 at 4:56 pm
I like RAB for the content and some of the commenters are ok but it’s a metrically driven “new age” type site …which attracts a lot of young commenters who honestly just seem to try and out snark each each…..I’ve posted there some because Axisa writes a lot of interesting stuff but it gets tiring defending every sentence against people picking nits and just being contrary….
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JAP and I were talking about that a few days ago. It does have a room full of comedians feel to it with every other comment trying to out joke each other.
Axisa is one of the best. His articles are well written and they have a certain feel to them. I don’t know if cutting edge is the right word but I like his take on the Yankees.
Oh yea don’t throw rocks at the thrown because you’ll have to defend it with every last breath.
Lost .. ?@LostNYY
#Yankees not wanting to go more than 6 years, would stretch it to 7 for Cano. If he’s holding for 8 ? Cya #dumdumdollars #overpriced
i don’t see a team giving him 10, but the dodgers might go 8.
Lost is like the Yankees’ version of Boras’ Heyman.
Do dumdumdollars spend like regular dollars?
austinmac March 1st, 2013 at 5:01 pm
Blake,
The RAB folks didn’t take kindly to my hyperbole that the Pirates may be better than us in 2014. In truth, compare signed or controlled players for then and it is scary.
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I think the thing is the trolls on there are so extreme that when a regular person offers up an opinion that is not covered in Yankee rose colored glasses it gets taken the wrong way.
I’m a Musty ( Joe will surely call him that ) backer. Is it just me or has every hit he’s had including last spring been to RF ?
Very hard to not like Cervelli’s job so far !
Hope he doesn’t get busted.
I still would like Romine over Stewart.
They won’t even let Romine be the back-up
The best we can hope for that Stew is assigned to one pitcher, and that’s it.
Against All Odds March 1st, 2013 at 5:27 pm
They won’t even let Romine be the back-up
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Romine should just start in AAA for now. He missed time that he has to catch up on. Maybe have him back up in the second half.
Rich in NJ March 1st, 2013 at 5:29 pm
The best we can hope for that Stew is assigned to one pitcher, and that’s it.
Probably CC
I think 8/200 would get Cano signed now….if the Yanks are willing to go there in free agency and they want to keep him then they should just go ahead and do it…..because if he hits the market he will probably get even more than that and boras will just drag it out until January and all the other options will be gone.
I’m not saying it would necessarily be a good idea to do that contract…..I’m just saying if the Yanks will do it anyway then Id rather them go ahead and do it now so that it’ll be over with and they can plan more appropriately going forward
The yanks will send Romine to AAA to get him more reps and also for the depth….Id love for him to get a real shot but I can understand them doing that…..Cervelli has been the best catcher in camp so far anyways
just out of curiosity: would you empty the farm for stanton or price?
both may be traded, price surely will. both will result in one team rebuilding its farm system. my vote is price. he and cc at the top of the rotation would be special
Not Price, too close to FA. Stanton for sure. Plays every game,. can impact every game.
If they can wait a year, the value of the farm would have probably appreciated and so less assets may be needed to get Stanton.
i should have added that you would sign price long term
but i see your point about stanton
“just out of curiosity: would you empty the farm for stanton or price?”
Price no….as JF said too close to free agency….Stanton yes….in a heartbeat…..
Id load Heathcott, Mason, Austin all on a plane for Stanton
Francesa was saying the figure 7/$189 for Cano was mentioned and that Cano turned it down. Anyone else hear this?
And I like Axisa’s take at RAB as well, but stay out of the comments. Couple of toxic posters over there kind of ruin it. Maybe it’s improved since?
7/189 would be a 27 million AAV deal…..if they offered that (I doubt ) and he turned it down then he’s not going to be signed before free agency most likely
It’s kind of funny, but over the last few days I’ve watched some entertaining ballgames where the double A guys (and a couple of AAA guys, too) seemed to be pretty good against major leaguers. Every one of these kids was hired by the present regime. Some of them will make it to the show. Stanton isn’t (or shouldn’t be) coming north for any of them. Mid season, maybe, but now? No.
@ajcbraves: Bryce Harper hits HR off Teheran on 0-1 pitch. High ball floated over LF wall. 1st HR of spring for Harper.
“I think 8/200 would get Cano signed now”
cano should remember that it’s not a given that he won’t have a career ending injury or a career changing injury. scott boras has a different bet than cano has on this year. boras has lots of other contracts to cash in on if something happens to cano. in other words, it might be good for scott boras to gamble that cano has a great injury free year, but for cano he does this once. if he can get 90 % of what he wants up front before the year, i think it would be the smart thing to do.
the yankees should be emphasizing this guaranteed money at no risk to cano. if cano goes into the season trying to get an extra twenty million he’s gambling that he could theoretically lose it all or at least a majority of it if he had a career changing injury.
in other words, if robbie wants 200 million and the yankees offer 180 million now, i think he’d be crazy not to take it.
for boras, he’d be smart to gamble and wait till next fall. robbie really should realize what is best for him isn’t necessarily what’s good for scott boras. boras has done his job already. the yankees have to know he’ll go to free agency in a heartbeat so their offer has to be hugher than it would be for other agents who don’t have the reputation that boras has.
i’d like to see cano sign early. i think it’d help a lot of other things fall into place.
i really agree randy. it’s a gutsy move to hold out for an extra 5 to 10 percent, but one that’s in scott’s best interest
cano has a chance to be an all-time yankee great. in fact, he may go down as the best 2b in yankee history. he’s really not a 25/year guy, even with the yankee ‘bonus’
6/140
“the yankees should be emphasizing this guaranteed money at no risk to cano. if cano goes into the season trying to get an extra twenty million he’s gambling that he could theoretically lose it all or at least a majority of it if he had a career changing injury.”
Sure but the Yanks have to get close to what Borad and Cano believe he will get as a FA…..
6/140 won’t get it done….that’s 60+ million less than he’d get as a FA most likely and it’s worth the gamble to wait at that number…..Yanks will have to get close or go to 200 million to sign him now IMO
“Sure but the Yanks have to get close to what Borad and Cano believe he will get as a FA…..”
blake-
yup, that’s a given, but the yankees and cano playing a game of chicken that benefits scott boras more than it does cano or the yankees is just not smart.
i believe they need to come within 90% of what cano really wants.
i don’t know why , but i’m feeling that cano is making a really big mistake if he tries to play under free agency pressure for a whole year. we’ve all seen him go into extended funks where it seems like he’s never going to get out of it.
i’m kind of thinking robbie isn’t the kind of guy that free agency will make him better.
we’ll see, but if the yankees are willing to make that significant offer, i think cano should do it.
Nothing I have seen in camp has made me concerned about the Yankees season, except perhaps the state of Granderson’s arm. Indeed, I am excited to see the performance of all of the young outfielders.