Game Thread: Rays vs. Yankees, 7/8/2011 (7:05PM EST on YES) Friday Night: OPEN THREAD

By Matt Warden On July 8, 2011 · 30 Comments · In Link Dump, Open Threads

Feel free to use this as your open thread for the evening.  There’s certainly plenty to talk about; here’s some baseball links for your reading pleasure:

The Yankees were scheduled to play their fourth game of the season against the Rays tonight.  Unfortunately the game canceled due to rain.  You know what that means [...]

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On Framing Pitches, Revisited: Looking At Russell Martin

By Moshe Mandel On July 8, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Statistical Analysis

A few weeks ago, I highlighted a fascinating bit of ongoing research from Max Marchi of THT regarding framing pitches. Today, he released updated leaderboards for the last 3 seasons as well as some more explanations regarding his work, and some of the names therein should be interesting to Yankees fans:

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Cap Anson and the 3,000 Hit Club’s Revolving Door

By William J. On July 8, 2011 · 2 Comments · In History

(The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog).

To some Yankees’ fans, Derek Jeter’s pursuit of 3,000 hits has seemed to last an eternity. Although the Captain isn’t far off preseason projections, many have been awaiting the moment since his rookie year, so some impatience is understandable. Compared to Cap Anson’s wait, [...]

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Despite some struggles, Yankee farm system remains strong

By Eric Schultz On July 8, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Prospects

Yesterday, Baseball America revealed its midseason Top 50 Prospects list, and three Yankees made the cut.  Jesus Montero, #3 on the preseason list, fell slightly to #8.  Manny Banuelos, #41 on the old list, rose to #13.  Dellin Betances jumped from 43 to 26.  Gary Sanchez was another faller, beginning the season ranked #30 and [...]

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The delicate (Bartolo) balance

By Matt Imbrogno On July 8, 2011 · 4 Comments · In PitchFX, Player Analysis

For all of 2011, we’ve marveled at ‘s ability to be successful despite not mixing his pitches too much. He’s relied on good location and great movement on his two-seam fastball to catch a bunch of batters looking at strike three. Last night, we saw what can go wrong when the fastball [...]

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Yankee bats go silent for second night in a row, fall to Rays 5-1

By Larry Koestler On July 8, 2011 · 19 Comments · In Game Recaps

had his worst start since May 23 against Toronto — and perhaps his worst start of the season — throwing 5 2/3 innings of five-run ball and allowing a season-high 14 baserunners, as the Yankees lost for the fourth time in their last five games, . [...]

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