TYA Trivia Open Thread For 3-19-11

By Steve S. On March 19, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Open Threads, Trivia

Yesterday’s Question: Since Derek Jeter’s rookie season in 1996, 28 other players have started at least one game in the leadoff slot for the Yankees. How many can you name off the top of your head?

Answers:Congrats go out to ‘Brads’ who had the most correct answers.

Today’s question: After today’s rough [...]

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Musing on Montero’s Value

By Eric Schultz On March 19, 2011 · 15 Comments · In General Musings, Player Analysis, Prospects

Joel Sherman wrote an interesting blog post about Jesus Montero yesterday that I thought was worthy of some dissection.  There are some interesting points made, but I find myself disagreeing with the conclusion overall.

Sherman begins by referring to recent reports from scouts who have seen Montero catch in spring training, and have been [...]

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On the Mets and Castillo

By Matt Imbrogno On March 19, 2011 · 3 Comments · In The Opposition

As you’ve likely heard by now, the Mets officially released second baseman Luis Castillo. Since Spring Training started, there have been a lot of hints at this and since Spring Training started, I’ve been against such a move; here’s a quick run down of why:

Money for Nothing

The Mets, considering their [...]

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Martin’s rough day shows the problem lies with Burnett

By Steve S. On March 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Game Recaps, Player Analysis

Russell Martin is by all accounts a fine defensive catcher. Russell Martin is healthy, recently declaring the knee he had surgery on in the off season to no longer be an issue. So what the heck happened yesterday?

In case you missed it, on Friday afternoon Russell Martin had what Toronto Star columnist Richard Griffin [...]

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