Some business before the lineups:
The Yankees roster took some hits today. Jorge Posada is out while his son goes under a surgery. Luckily, Mark Teixeira is playing through the pain and manning 1st base today. He’s a tough cookie. Russell Martin is out with a stiff back. Joba Chamberlain is out with a flexor injury. He’ll be gone for 3 weeks. Hector Noesi also pitched so well yesterday that he was sent down to Scranton, for pitch count reasons. Replacing Joba and Noesi is Amauri Sanit and old friend and recent waiver claim Jeff Marquez. They aren’t the most inspiring replacements, but the Yankees could make different moves once they have a little more time to worry about things. I’d expect Kevin Whelan’s name to come up at some point.
I’ll have a longer post summarizing Day 3 of the draft up tomorrow, but I probably should say a few words right now. Most teams use these final rounds to go after organizational filler and maybe two or three long shot signings. The Yankees decided that wasn’t good enough and selected twenty players who are demand six or seven figures. I’ve also been doing my hard work on the Yankee draftees from Day 2, and I think everyone will be happy with the news that I can report. The Yankees will have plenty of players to choose from to spend a very large budget, whatever it is. I’ve identified five tough signs in the Day 2 group, and my information is still a bit limited. The Yankees are going to be in a position to watch a ton of summer ball and pick their favorite players from a large group.
The theme of the night? The Yankees drafted pitcher after pitcher who throws in the mid-90s. When they couldn’t find a guy who throws that hard, they drafted an athletic position player and announced him as a pitcher, with plans to convert. The Yankees could realistically come out of the draft with a ten or more signed pitchers who throw 93 or above. Some are relief candidates (particularly a few college draftees), but many are prep guys too. If the Yankees actually do expect a hard-slotting system with the next CBA, who knows how much they are willing to open the vault up this summer. They’ll certainly have the opportunity to spend it.
Lineups:
Jeter SS
Granderson CF
Teixeira 1b
Rodriguez DH
Cano 2b
Swisher RF
Gardner LF
Nunez 3b
Cervelli C
A.J. Burnett
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2b
Gonzalez 1b
Youkilis 3b
Ortiz DH
Crawford LF
Scutaro SS
Drew RF
Varitek C
Tim Wakefield
Let the knuckleballs fly, far.
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They should have drilled Gonzalez to set up the DP.
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Nice way to start the game–give Boston an unearned run. Sheesh.
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Another game we don’t have to watch.
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Another error for Cervelli. This is ugly.
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The draft report sounds encouraging, by the way.
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O’Neill sounds really frustrated with the team.
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After last nights epic fail I decided the team wasn’t worthy of getting my eye balls on this game. Looking at the score on my phone, I’m glad I went that way. Only tough part will be dealing with the Redsox fans at work tomorrow. To everyone else, enjoy. Go Yanks!
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Professor Longnose Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
It’s even worse than the score. Errors, weak hitting…
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smurfy Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Weak hitting? Judging by Yes-Mo, that knuckler is a-bobbing insanely.
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Owwwch, this hurts. And a lot of people paid a lot of money, hoping to enjoy, and just suffer.
It’s great that Tex can play. It’s unforunate that Russell had to scratch: AJ seems to depend on him. Cervelli is having a difficult time. Those throws were not good.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 8:27 pm
Cervelli’s a waste. They really should cut him. He can’t hit and he can’t field.
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smurfy Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Sorry, but I like Cervelli. I would trade him, especially if we could get a great fielding backup catcher like Molina was. Forget the hitting for that spot, tho Cervelli has had streaks of success.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
It’s OK with me if they trade him.
I kind of like him, too, but he’s not doing the job and I can’t say I expect him to.
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I’m too negative. All right, they’re on the board. Let’s get something going.
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I don’t see what Cervelli brings to the table. He’s not a good defender and he’s a very weak bat.
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smurfy Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
I think he is a pretty good catcher. Tonite, he probably knows that AJ doesn’t trust him, AJ is a handful to block, and AJ’s slow delivery probably has a lot to do with those poor throws.
His bat is not powerful, but what can you expect from a backup catcher?
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Professor Longnose Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
He’s not a pretty good catcher. He’s been making errors, not just tonight, and he’s been terrible at throwing out runners trying to steal.
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bornwithpinstripes Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 9:11 pm
end of last year and all of this year he has been terrible.. to bad we don’t have a kid in the minors to bring up ..maybe one day..cervelli is better than any other kid by far.
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7-3, runner on second. Two more baserunners and the tying run comes to the plate.
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Granderson is officially in a slump.
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Well, this is better… 5th, Wakefield may be wilting on this sweaty evening: walk, single (ahem, by Cervelli), double smashed by Jeter. Grandy hit it on the button. May-be…
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Risky for Jeter to try and tag, but Crawford made a crummy throw.
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smurfy Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
amen. Paul O’Neill gave a tech explnation over the replay, concluding with Crawford is a sucky thrower.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
O’Neill beats around the bush, but he gets it said in the end.
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logan??this guy is a dog choke artist..what is on joes mind
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smurfy Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
dogs are barking at strike two called ball three.
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this is the game, throw logan out and robertson
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super dog …maybe he is waiting for a slam to take him out
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I don’t buy that grit and attitude and intangibles help you win. But I have to admit that they’re fun to watch. This team is just so complacent. They don’t act up, they don’t fight back, they don’t scratch. I’m not saying that all that will help them win. I’m just saying that it will help me watch.
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smurfy Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
think back to the one game we won in the playoffs last year. Texas was all over us, but Moseley came in about the 5th and held them back till about the eigth. That performance gave them hope (intangible) and Brett started the rally that won the game with a slide into first (grit).
Besides the excitement, teammates are stirred to focus their best efforts and engage the will-do drive, and it can operate game-to-game.
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gardner 3 and 1 swings down 4 runs.. another guy going to hit a grand slam with one on..where are the coaches..jeter same thing last night 3 and 1 in the ninth swings pops it up..he was a very smart baseball player, was.
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Tying run at the plate! So we get at least one interesting at bat. And it’s…Cervelli at the plate.
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Get a hit, Cervelli, and I’ll tak e back everything I said about you tonight.
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He did! I take it all back. We love you, Cervelli!
(I’m such a frontrunner.)
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They are scratching for once, and “Cervelli does it again!”
They’d better, before Bard and Paps come in.
Tho, Gardner not scoring on the wild pitch is the worst.
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What the heck is with Gardner!? Sheesh, he’s so fast and has no idea on the basepaths sometimes.
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smurfy Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
He has poor instincts to go with that speed.
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That was their chance. We’re now in The Dead Zone, where Yankee runs are an endangered species.
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Come back, Curtis.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
He should take two days to work with Long.
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robbie did check his swing on strike one. He didn’t break his wrists, he just turne his hips with the bat back.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
A moral victory!
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smurfy Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
just a niggle: the indefinition of checked swings is a game imperfection.
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I really, really, really do not want to hear Girardi making excuses tomorrow. They stunk tonight, and it wouldn’t hurt if he admitted it.
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gardners base running blunder leads us to a punishment by a team with heart and will to abuse the yankee’s again in their home..gardner should be on the bus to trenton..to learn how to bunt and grasp the fundamentals of the game..this guy is lost..
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They were absolutely dreary. It’s time to make some moves.
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I don’t take back anything about Cervelli. His OPS is 535 and he’s been poor defensively for over a year now.
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oldpep Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
I don’t know why I can’t edit the above, but: his minor league numbers are awful, too.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
June 8th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Don’t tell Cervelli, but I didn’t really mean it when I took that stuff back. I just got carried away.
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So Joba’s injury is a labrum tear. That means we now have no Soriano, or Joba for at least a month. We probably have to look into a trade at this point, Ayala and Robertson as the 7th and 8th is real shaky.
Kerry Wood has a full no trade, but I bet he’d wave it to come back.
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EJ…we’re gonna need a real uplifting draft report today after the last 2 nights….work the positives…..
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