A Yankee no more
With the recent passing of the July 31st trade deadline, we have a new name to add to our bi-weekly updates. Mark Melancon reported to the Astros AAA Round Rock Express, where he earned his first save on Friday. He was also interviewed by Alyson Footer and had some interesting things to say about what was going on with him this season. Apparently, the Yanks wanted him to keep the ball down, so they changed his arm slot from over the top to a more 3/4 delivery and the results weren’t pretty.
In other ex-Yankee news, Brian Bruney was placed on the DL retroactive to August 3rd by the Mets AAA Buffalo Bisons affiliate, where he was working as a starter. Xavier Nady narrowly avoided being traded to the Giants at the trade deadline. Johnny Damon, Austin Jackson and Phil Coke return to the Bronx on Tuesday. Johnny had some kind words of support for ex-teammate Alex Rodriguez after #600. He has been dropped to 6th in the lineup, in an effort to get the struggling Brennan Boesch going by replacing him as the No. 2 hitter. Ian Kennedy has been struggling of late, posting a 6.39 ERA in his past 9 starts, which has ballooned his ERA for the season to 4.40. He’s on an innings limit, so even when he’s pitching well he tends to get pulled early and the stellar AZ bullpen goes to work for him.
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Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB 2010 25 2 Teams 2 Lgs AAA NYYHOU 7 1 .875 3.41 43 0 19 0 0 7 60.2 68 24 23 5 32 0 60 3 0 7 277 1.648 10.1 0.7 4.7 8.9 1.88 2010 25 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre IL AAA NYY 6 1 .857 3.67 40 0 17 0 0 6 56.1 63 24 23 5 31 0 58 3 0 7 258 1.669 10.1 0.8 5.0 9.3 1.87 2010 25 RoundRock PCL AAA HOU 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 1.385 10.4 0.0 2.1 4.2 2.00
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2010 25 ATL NL 106 365 327 35 87 18 3 4 29 5 1 30 43 .266 .328 .376 .704 90 123 5 1 5 2 7 *789
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2010 36 LAA AL 101 399 354 32 87 15 0 14 55 0 0 41 79 .246 .323 .407 .730 96 144 5 1 0 3 3 *D7
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2010 36 DET AL 98 414 360 63 99 27 2 7 34 7 1 50 56 .275 .364 .419 .784 109 151 3 1 2 1 1 D7/8
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards 2010 25 ARI NL 6 9 .400 4.40 22 22 0 0 0 0 133.0 118 69 65 23 51 2 113 6 0 11 565 102 1.271 8.0 1.6 3.5 7.6 2.22 4 Seasons 4 Seasons 4 Seasons 4 Seasons 7 13 .350 4.90 36 34 1 0 0 0 192.2 181 112 105 29 88 2 156 8 0 14 842 92 1.396 8.5 1.4 4.1 7.3 1.77
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2010 23 DET AL 99 438 406 63 124 26 7 1 24 16 4 28 113 .305 .355 .411 .766 105 167 5 3 1 0 0 *8 1 Season 1 Season 1 Season 1 Season 99 438 406 63 124 26 7 1 24 16 4 28 113 .305 .355 .411 .766 105 167 5 3 1 0 0
Arodys Vizcaino (High-A)-
Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB 2010 19 2 Teams 2 Lgs A-A+ ATL 9 3 .750 2.71 15 15 0 0 0 0 83.0 76 33 25 2 12 0 77 4 3 7 344 1.060 8.2 0.2 1.3 8.3 6.42 2010 19 Rome SALL A ATL 9 3 .750 2.34 12 12 0 0 0 0 69.1 60 24 18 1 9 0 66 3 2 6 283 0.995 7.8 0.1 1.2 8.6 7.33 2010 19 MyrtleBeach CARL A+ ATL 0 0 4.61 3 3 0 0 0 0 13.2 16 9 7 1 3 0 11 1 1 1 61 1.390 10.5 0.7 2.0 7.2 3.67
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2010 31 CHC NL 71 168 149 12 33 5 0 4 19 0 0 10 40 .221 .292 .336 .627 63 50 8 6 0 3 0 9/37D
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards 2010 28 WSN NL 1 2 .333 7.64 19 0 6 0 0 0 17.2 21 18 15 1 20 1 16 0 0 1 93 55 2.321 10.7 0.5 10.2 8.2 0.80
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards 2010 27 DET AL 6 2 .750 2.60 52 0 10 0 0 1 45.0 42 15 13 1 17 3 38 2 0 1 188 167 1.311 8.4 0.2 3.4 7.6 2.24
Mike Dunn (MLB)-
Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards 2010 25 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 8 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 9 0 5 0 0 0 29 2.000 4.5 0.0 13.5 7.5 0.56
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards 2010 21 PIT NL 49 217 199 30 60 12 0 2 16 11 5 16 26 .302 .353 .392 .745 103 78 4 0 2 0 0 78
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards 2010 25 WSN NL 8 6 .571 3.38 54 0 12 0 0 1 64.0 49 26 24 5 31 4 73 2 0 1 267 122 1.250 6.9 0.7 4.4 10.3 2.35
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I’ll miss Melancon. I’ve had a soft spot him ever since my wife and I recognized him on the 6 train leaving Yankee Stadium after the 15 inning win against Boston last year (the ARod walkoff against Tazawa). I guess he thought no one would recognize him, but we did. He seemed like a real nice guy.
And I found the picture I took – http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx146/stephen_mr/photo.jpg
cool
That is so cool. Didn’t you post this over at RAB once before?
Yeah I did. I think I posted it the day it happened or the day after. I can’t remember. The girl in the photo with the black shirt and the tan purse is his then-fiance, now-wife, I believe. She had a heck of a diamond on.
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