Game 91-Stop the bleeding, CC
After rolling into the All Star Break riding the glory of DJ3K, the Yanks have certainly stubbed their collective toes coming off the 3 days rest. They’ve had two horrendous outings by their starters, and if you feel like the Yanks haven’t been playing good baseball for a while, you’re correct. For the month of July the Yanks have a record of 5-6 playing the the Mets, Indians, Rays and Blue Jays. They’ve slipped to a game and a half behind the Red Sox, and between Hughes, Colon and Garcia you have to wonder if the Yanks starting 5 is beginning to wear thin. They have Nova and Warren at AAA, but something tells me the Yanks will make a big offer for a pitcher if one becomes available.
Here’s to hoping CC can stay on the roll he’s been enjoying and even that record up this afternoon. It won’t be easy, Yanks are facing Ricky Romero. Last time Romero faced the Yanks on May 24th, he threw 7 innings of 1 run ball. LET’S GO CC AND GO YANKS!!!!
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On the pregame they showed a clip of Girardi saying, “Let’s not make too much of it. It’s only two games.” Not saying he’s wrong, but I’m so much happier whe3n the manager is angry about losing. I can’t prove that that would result in more wins, but it’s the way I like it. I’d love to hear, “There are two weeks to the trade deadline. If we have to make some changes, we’ll try to do it through trades.”
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
The last thing I want is Girardi freaking out about 2 bad games after the break. Contrary ti popular belief “the boss” threatening to fire, and trade everyone after every lose didn’t make them win. Acting as if every game in 162 game season is life or death makes a team tight. You can’t go back and erase the loss, you can only move forward, and try to eliminate mistakes.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
There’s a middle ground. You can lose games by being too loose.
At least I think you can. Can’t prove it anymore than I can prove that too much pressure makes people lose games.
Bill James has a good attitude. It’s not really one or the other, it;’s the balance, being able to be loyal but not overly so, striking a balance between being comfortable and being on your toes.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
The thing is though we don’t have a feel for the clubhouse, and we can’t. They may have been tight after the last 2 beatings, and therefore needed to be loosened up. I doubt if they were all walking around not caring, Joe would be the same way about it. That’s one thing I don’t like about criticizing a manager for how they deal with the teams personality. He knows more than we ever will about how they feel. Criticizing moves is one thing, but how they deal with the team is really something we can’t know one way or the other if it’s right or not.
Really an AL managers number 1 job is feeling out the clubhouse, and individual players. They don’t have as much on the field managing to do, so people managing becomes the biggest part of the job.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:01 pm
I generally agree. And if you look at my first post, I specifically said I couldn’t say Girardi was wrong, only that I was more comfortable with other styles.
On the other hand, there certainly have been managers who haven’t been good at managing people, and we don’t have control groups to find out how thigns would have gone with different managers.
After three years of Girardi I can remember many times when I wished he and the team showed a little more passion, and not many when I wished that they wouldn’t be so wild or aggressive. Again, just my feeling, not any actual data that can be used for making decisions.
When I supervisor editors, I make sure I give them regular feedback on specific points, and show them every once in a while when they make mistakes. I don’t want to humiliate them, or make them uncomfortable, but I find that if you don’t provide feedback, the work gets slowly worse. It’s not because they don’t care; for the most part, they’re conscientious professionals. I just find that reminding people to focus on certain things has an effect.
Again, that’s not a blueprint for how Girardi or anyone else should run the Yankees. Just part of why I feel the way I do about it.
Plus watching a baseball team full of firebrands is a lot of fun. I was raised on Billy Martin, Earl Weaver, Dick Williams, and the like. I know: it’s a different era. In a few ways, that’s too bad.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Just because he doesn’t yell and scream, doesn’t mean he doesn’t point out when they screw up. He probably just does it behind closed doors.
I find most of the time when you have a manager who is always hot under the collar teams eventually tune it out. It becomes old hat, and it loses its effectiveness. Often times when a normally even keel manager loses his temper, or gets firery it means more to the team.
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A lefty on the mound so Posada isn’t playing. That’s fine; Jones is hot, so let him get some PAs.
Day game, so Russell Martin’s on the bench. They way he’s been throwing lately, I can’t say I’m sorry, although his bat is coming around a bit, and Cervelli…even having Cervelli on the roster is a sign that something is wrong. The Yankees should easily be able to have a backup catcher who can either hit or field.
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Whenever I hear the name Ricky Romero, I think of Ricky Roma, Al Pacino’s character in Glengarry Glen Ross. The Yankees could use a little Ricky Roma in their attitude. They’re too Shelly “The Machine” Levine.
Fire it up, guys!
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1-2-3 top of the first. Teixeira has disappeared lately.
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This artificial turf reminds me of the guys who playe3d in the heyday of turf: Willie Wilson, Chris Speier, Yanks never had turf so they never really had one of those run-like-the-wind, great defense, slap the ball guys–until Bret Gardner.
Maybe Mickey Rivers, but he was a better hitter than that on regular grass.
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A catcher who can’t hit really needs to be able to throw the ball as far as second base.
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C.C. walked the first hitter and he immediately stole second, but C.C. got the key first out without letting him get to third.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Not that it mattered. C.C. gave up a single, and that’s the first run he’s given up in 23 innings. If C.C. doesn’t have it today, forget it.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
It realy doesn’t matter one way or the other, but CC no longer spells his name “C.C.”. At one point he did, but two years ago or so he asked people to change it to “CC”. Like I said it doesn’t really matter, but it saves two characters when typing on the phone haha.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Didn’t know. Thanks.
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Two K’s for Sabathia, but that walk hurt. And the Yanks are down 1-0.
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I think Cano needs a little refresher course in taking pitches. No biggie, he’s still a great hitter, but he seems a little anxious. A couple hours with KevinLong might keep him back to thinking about some bat control.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Cano is never going to be that guy. He isn’t Swisher, and taking pitches isn’t his game. He’s a lot like Vlad in that regard.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
But he goes up and down in different years, or half years. In previous years he’s been better at it than he’s been the first half of this year. I think it might help if he paid a bit more attention to it.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
I think last year is probably going to be his career high in walks. The rest of his seasons have all been much closer to this years walk rate. He may have another season or two near last year, but I don’t expect last years walk rate to be a new norm no matter what he does.
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Swisher in shades…how cool can you get?
Double for Swish! Even cooler.
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Jones drives him in! The man is finally hitting.
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Here we go, a Gard’ner for the artificial turf.
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Double for Gardner. Wonder if he could have had a triple if Jones wasn’t ahead of him. Maybe not…hard to see.
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Nice drive for Gardner; let’s see if Nunez can get them ahead.
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Nunez up, two RISP. A chance to start making up for the errors. (Although the Jays have hit .408 in the first two games. It was Colon and Garcia that were the problem.)
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 1:35 pm
He got the run in with a GO. Half a point.
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Sterling must be going wild about scoring a run w/o the benefit of a hit!
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
I’m watching Singleton and Cone. It’s not a bad team, but they’re too positive for me. When the Jays scored 8 in the first, Singleton said, “The good news is that this is the first inning.”
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Matt Imbrogno Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Eh, I think they’re the best combo YES has. Cone can speak intelligently about advanced stats and be funny. Singleton is a little dry, but generally calls a decent game.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Agreed. I just wish they had a bit more tell-it-like-it-is in them. Just a bit.
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Matt Imbrogno Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
I hear ya.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Singleton keeps the viewer in mind and is very aware. They just ran a graphic with a list of names at the end, and Singleton said, “Look at those names.” And just as he said that, the graphic disappeared. Before I could finish thinking, “What idiots!” Singleton said, “Those names are…” and he read the list. That’s professional announcing.
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Cervelli up. He’s a groundball hitter. On the turf he could sneak one through.
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Romero’s started Cervelli off 2-0. When you’re 2-0 on Cervelli, you’re having control problems.
And he walked him!
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And Cervelli stole second! But Jeter struck out to end it. Still, 2-1 Empire.
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1-2-3 for Sabathia in the second. Nice.
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Are you all ready?
Are you ready? Get set!
Are you ready? Get set! Are you ready?
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Romero starts Granderson out 3-0. He’s having trouble getting the ball over. They have a chance to take advantage.
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Cano singles Granderson to third. Swish again to try to get the run in.
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Gaaaaah; great pitch there by Romero.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Yeah, gotta hand it to him.
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Damn. Swisher took a big curve for a called third strike. He gave up on it too early.
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Up to Jones to get the run in. Come on, Andruw!
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Nice job by Cano to get himself caught.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Was it intentional? Singleton is suggesting he did it on purpose. But definitely hand it to Granderson for forcing the error.
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Another error by Nunez. It’s nuts. He’d have to OPS+ 200 to balance that out.
That’s probably an exaggeration. I wish I was capable of running the numbers and finding out how much he’d really have to hit to balance out his fielding.
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DP. No harm, but I still say it’s a foul.
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Granderson shows these punks how to take an extra base on turf!
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Miller Huggins once said, “You don’t bunt in front of Cervelli!”
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YuneLOL Escobar.
But, seriously, he’s usually a great SS.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Sometimes you can put pressure on even a great SS.
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Great job Girardi.
Your #7 hitter leads off the inning with a double and you have your #8 hitter bunt him over to 3B because you know, your #9 hitter Cervelli is sure to drive in the run as the RBI machine he is.
Jeter / a gift hit saved your ass, 4-1 Yankees.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Can’t argue. I don’t think he should have bunted. Especially since Nunez is a better hitter than Cervelli.
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First and second, no one out. Pressure moment for Sabathia. Can he get through it, or will he collapse. I’d say he gets through it. Let’s see.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
When has the man ever collapsed? Even if he had given up runs, you can’t say he collapsed. That implies the pressure cracked him, and I don’t think he has that in him.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
If I’d wanted to imply that the pressure had gotten to him, I’d have used “choked” instead of “collapsed”. That may not be universal, but it’s how I use the words.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Well a literal definition of collapse would a physical or mental breakdown. I simply wouldn’t use that to describe CC. He may give up runs, but I’ve never seen him collapse.
Obviously if you are using a different definition, that isn’t what you meant. But it came across as the actual definition to me.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
There are a bunch of definitions. dictionary.com has, among others, a sudden complete failure. But I’ll try to use “fail” going forward to make myself clearer.
And you’re right, I would never say Sabathia choked. He’s not that kind of ballplayer.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:53 pm
The first two seemed to pertain more to buildings, and structures of some sort. Number 3 was the one I used, and the one I associate with collapse in baseball terms.
He proved all he ever needed to prove to me before he became a Yankee. The best pitching I have ever seen was Sabathia with the Brewers down the stretch. 3 straight game on 3 days rest, demanding to do so, in a contract year, so the team could make the playoffs. His agent even said he shouldn’t do it, and he told him he didn’t care. The man is a MAN.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
He’s great, T.O., and extra great because he’s the kind of guy who would pitch on short rest to carry a team to the playoffs. But no one is so great that you can’t wonder if they’re going to have a bad inning.
By the way, the best pitching I ever saw was probably Ron Guidry in ’78 when he went 12-0 to start the season. They just couldn’t hit him. Guys would go up to the plate, take hacks and come up with nothing, and go back to the plate shaking their heads.
And then he went out and got pounded by the Brewers.
K, baby, K. One out.
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Line out DP!!
All hail Carsten Charles!
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
I think you have to give the credit to Nunez on that one. CC gave up a single, Nunez simply robbed it and turned it into two outs.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
Nah, I don’t want to give him credit, whether he deserves it or not.
How goes? Haven’t seen you around here lately, but I haven’t been here much myself. I’m trying to make up for that and comment the Yankees to a win today.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Yeah I ended up commenting only once or twice, but in bulk on the topics I had missed. I stay away from the negativity the long season can bring, when possible. But I figured it was a good day to jump on.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
I thrive on a certain type of negativity, the self-deprecating Mel Brooks kind:
Hope for the best, expect the worst
Some drink champagne, some die of thirst…
Not the angry, irrational kind, but the kvetchy kind.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
In life that’s a good motto, reading/listening to nothing but bitching for a full 162 game season gets old. So I need to take a break and re-charge every once in a while.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
True, true. And collectively, of course, on the net there’s a bitch for every pitch. (That would be a good name for a blog!)
I try to temper the bitching with some old-fashioned inane cheering.
5 innings, one run, 2 hits, overcoming 2 errors. Not bad so far for the stopper.
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Bunt single for Gardner. The G&G boys have been running today.
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Learn advanced numbers people. At some point we have to stop being old, crusty men stuck in the 70′s.
The fact that some people still don’t think Felix should have won the Cy blows my mind.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
Yup yup yup yup yup.
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I still have no expectation of it happening but the Yankees were one of 17 teams with scouts at Ubaldo Jimenez’s start the other day. He pitched well, and his velocity has come back strong since June. The Yankees have also had scouts at Matt Garza, and Francisco Liriano?s last starts as well. Probably just doing the smart leg work though, doesn’t mean much in terms of anything really happening.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:09 pm
You’ve got me convinced Jimenez would be a good addition. What do you think each of those three would cost?
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Jimenez is going to cost the boat. Which means Montero, Betances, and Banuelos. I actually don’t think they would need us to throw in Nova, but they may ask for a Warren, or Noesi for good measure.
Garza is an interesting one. He is the only power arm they have, and the only real player of worth anyone will want on that team. I imagine he woudlnt cost Montero, but Betances or Romine would have to be involved.
Liriano is the hardest one to figure. He flashes ace type stuff, and then flashes reasons why they are willing to deal him. I imagine Romine goes in any deal for Frankie. He isn’t worth Banuelos or Betances, but they would be fools not to ask. Maybe something along the lines of Nova, Romine, and a Brandon Laird type. Steve actually came up that one.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
On Jimenez being worth it. I don’t drink much, if at all really. But if the Yankees trade for Ubaldo I won’t be posting here for a while, because I’ll be drunk for a solid week from that party. Haha.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:30 pm
If you can make it to New York, I’ll buy the first round.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
I might be willing to fly in on that one. I expect Cashman won’t do it though. He really wants to develop top flight pitching, specifically an in house ace. Banuelos and Betances are his best bets for that. I say do it though, why risk developing an ace when you can get one who hasn’t even gotten to his prime yet.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Fly to New York this Tuesday and we can go see a double header of the Staten Island Yankees playing the Hudson Valley Renegades in Duchess County. Two-for-one tickets with a Kraft Singles wrapper!
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Watching C.C. today got me thinking:
What would it take for the Yankees to get Ubaldo Jimenez by the trade deadline then Justin Verlander in the offseason for a front-four of Sabathia/Verlander/Jimenez/Burnett?
If the Yankees had this, they could finally go back to having a six-man bullpen and a five-man bench most of the year if not all year for the first time in many years?
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
10% ownership of the Yankees?
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
If you’re being serious it’s not possible. Ubaldo by himself is going to cost Montero, Banuelos, and Betances. Plus the Tigers are one of the teams in on Jimenez, they wouldn’t be in on him and be looking to trade Verlander in the off-season, or ever.
If you aren’t being serious, sorry for thinking you were serious and responding.
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Duh, Innings! Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
I am dead serious.
I would definitely give up Betances, Montero, and Banuelos for Jimenez because the Yankees played the Rockies in interleague play this year and probably won’t face the Rockies until 2014 at the earliest. I doubt the two teams will face each other in the World Series anytime soon. You have to give up something to get something.
After the Yankees get Jimenez, I would trade Cano, Hughes, Chamberlain, Nova, and Noesi in the offseason for Verlander. Jeter 2B, Jose Reyes SS, Nunez backs up them and A-Rod. The Tigers would get a star everyday player (Cano), a future ace/#2 (Hughes), a cheap setup man-insurance closer/closer (Chamberlain), an MLB-ready #4 (Nova), and a potential starter or long reliver (Noesi.)
The Yankees would in effect have three aces like Philly has.
Yankee farm system everyday players after Jeter who amounted to something for the Yankees:
Cano (Gardner hasn’t played enough.)
Only Alfonso Soriano and Mike Lowell amounted to anything after being traded from the Yankees, but the Yankees have never missed them (2B: Cano, 3B: Brosius/Ventura/A-Rod, plus A-Rod replaced Soriano.)
Yankee farm system starting pitchers after Pettitte who amounted to something for the Yankees:
No one.
Name me one Yankee farm system starting pitcher after Pettitte besides Ted Lilly who had a good or better career with another team. Lilly has never set the baseball world on fire. If anything he showed he couldn’t hack it as a Yankee or AL pitcher so he retreated to the safety of the DH-less, weaker 7-8-9 NL.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
“a future ace/#2 (Hughes)”
This cracks me up. You have spent weeks talking about Hughes is never going to be more than a glorified 3 pitcher, and now he’s an ace or number 2.
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Duh, Innings! Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
I know Hughes isn’t that, but would Detroit agree? Detroit would take that package. They’ll never get a better one than in. Don’t even try to come up with one.
Oh yeah, Hughes is a glorified #3 pitcher and I hope he keeps pitching like one so the Yankees can fool a team into giving up their #2 or ace for him.
Keep swinging on my nuts, Canada Boy (if the T.O. is short for Toronto.)
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Detroit wouldn’t consider trading Verlander, so they wouldn’t be looking for a better package than that. Though if they were, we could offer a better one.
Keep insulting an entire country for the sake of it. I’ve told you already I’m not from Canada, it’s not very mature to continue to degrade an entire people like that.
Why would a team give an ace for someone pitching like a glorified 3 pitcher?
I’m sorry, once again it’s my fault for treating you like an adult. I’m sorry.
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Duh, Innings! Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
How do you know what the Tigers would do? That’s a pretty impressive package.
Name a better package than Cano, Hughes, Chamberlain, Nova, and Noesi, and keep in mind the Tigers would most likely want proven MLB players or ones with some track record. Let’s read it.
Btw Janzen for Cone and whoever the hell for Randy Johnson.
T.O. is short for Toronto, I thought you were from Toronto. I’m not degrading Canada, I called you Canada Boy cuz I thought you were from Canada and you act like nothing but a smarmy boy when you address me.
You treat me like I am beneath you which I am not. Do not reply to me anymore and I will not reply to you anymore. Or, reply and be civil which you have not been since the getgo. I never started with you.
In response to professor: I try to simply stay as even tempered as possible. Critique something when it calls for it, but at the same time try to make sure I don’t let my fanhood get in the way of rational thinking.
On CC: sure he could wonder if he might be starting a bad inning, but letting a thought pop in your head and collapsing is completely different to me. Collapsing is something like what AJ does from time to time. I don’t put CC in that model.
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The man is only at 81 pitches with one out in the 7th. Another complete game?
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
94 through 7. I imagine he has 8 locked up for sure, and after that they probably turn to Robertson, or maybe Mo in the 9th. If they want to get him some work in, and his arm isn’t bothering him. But if he goes out and throw 6 or 7 pitches in 8th they may throw him out for the 9th. He’s pitched pretty free and easy from the 2nd inning on.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:28 pm
At 4-1 that probably means CC or Rivera in the 9th, as you say. If the Yankees can score another, they may be able to get away without either.
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CC’s at 94 pitches through 7. He could go 8 easily and 9 possibly.
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The Giants need a shortstop. If they don’t want to go after Reyes, maybe we can interest them in Nunez.
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Matt Imbrogno Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Nunez for Lincecum. Boom.
Get it done, Cash.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
I vote yea.
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Duh, Innings! Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Cano*, Hughes, Chamberlain, Nova, Betances, Banuelos, Brackman, Montero, and Nunez for Lincecum.
Boom.
Get it done Cash, and lemme know when the Giants win a World Series with who the Yankees give up to get him.
*Jeter 2B, Jose Reyes 3B, veteran to share 2B w/Jeter.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
For what? They are going for it so no one on the major league roster is going to be moved, and we don’t really need to trade prospects for prospects/AAAA players. Unless we trade him in a package for someone like Liriano I want to keep Nunz. He has more value to us than he does in a trade right now in my opinion. Besides Laird isn’t hitting in triple A, and he isn’t the best defensive third baseman.
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How many starts in a row has anyone but CC been the player of the game? This would make 4 at least.
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Professor Longnose Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
This could be his 5th game in a row giving up no more than 1 run.
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Nice play by Jeter.
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And Gardner.Defense has helped CC toady, not that he hasn’t been great, too.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Real team effort on this one.
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Have the Jays been shifting on Teixeira? They haven’t mentioned it, and they haven’t shown the infielders, at least when I was looking.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Haven’t noticed.
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A bases clearing double b y Cano here and they can bring in a second-line arm for the 9th.
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Or Cano can strike out.
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Got a chance to be a manageable game by Michael Kay’s standards.
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Uh-oh. Tying run at the plate. Just bloops, though, I don’t think Rivera is pitching poorly.
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K! Got him on a high fastball. One out to go.
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I think CC has given up 2 runs in his last 38 2/3 innings, or thereabouts. That’s an ERA under 0.50.
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
He had a 4.8 WAR coming into today’s game, after today he should be at or over his WAR from all of last season (5.1).
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A win.
Now we can start worrying about tomorrow. Who’s pitching?
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T.O. Chris Reply:
July 16th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Hughes is facing Villanueva.
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T.O. is short for Toronto, I thought you were from Toronto. I’m not degrading Canada, I called you Canada Boy cuz I thought you were from Canada and you act like nothing but a smarmy boy when you address me.
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Once again I am sorry you choose to see it that way.
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Sabathia lowered his ERA to 2.64 after today’s game. His K/9 rose to 7.83, and his BB/9 stayed the same at 2.16.
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