Oh Cashman, my Cashman, bring me a bat

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1. Larry Koestler says:

   July 22, 2011 at 10:24 am

   Wow, apparently the graphs in this post don’t load in Internet Explorer. I guess most of you read the site in a real browser, since no one’s complained about this before, but if by chance you’re not able to see the charts, do yourself a favor and download Firefox or Chrome.

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   adam Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 12:41 pm

   Some of us have work computers and can’t do a thing about it. :)

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2. Peter says:

   July 22, 2011 at 10:25 am

   any suggestions of who to acquire or what position? I can’t see them benching any current starter.. there isn’t a lot of guys available, I guess they could acquire Beltran at a large cost and bench Posada. It is easy to just say they need a bat because they have had a bad month…

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   Larry Koestler Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 10:29 am

   Admittedly this post was partly in jest — they’re obviously not going to hit this poorly going forward. Slumps are a part of baseball; it’s just unfortunate that several guys happen to be slumping pretty severely at the same time.

   Still, I wouldn’t mind bringing in a real DH. Posada’s pretty clearly cooked. Beltran would be nice, but is likely too cost-prohibitive. I’ve been advocating for Josh Willingham pretty strongly. He’s in the midst of a career-worst season, but he;s a solid player and I think the Yankees would benefit from a player like him greatly. Will be interesting to see how Willingham hits at the Stadium this weekend.

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   David, Jr. Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 12:26 pm

   Would like to see the Twins get swept by Detroit, and perhaps become sellers.

   Even though they are saying they aren’t, they look to me like a team that could be ready to reload, and Michael Cuddyer would be a nice fit for the Yankees. Don’t disagree at all re Willingham, but Cuddy could be another possibility.

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3. Sean P. says:

   July 22, 2011 at 11:10 am

   I think there are two positions where things aren’t clearly going to turn around, C and DH. Martin had that nice April but has been awful since. Posada just can’t seem to find it this year. I think obviously a SS upgrade would be great, but we all know we’re stuck with that. So when you have a lineup w/o Arod, it can really look like shit around the edges at times: (last 30 days wOBA)

   Derek Jeter- SS: .330

   Curtis Granderson- CF:.402

   Mark Teixeira- 1B :.294

   Robinson Cano- 2B :.344

   Nick Swisher- RF :.358

   Jorge Posada- DH :.295

   Russell Martin- C :.227

   Eduardo Nunez- 3B :.312

   Brett Gardner- LF :.370

   Even if you flip Gardner for Jeter, the 6-9 is real, real bad. I keep saying, “well Martin can’t be THIS bad, he’s just slumping” but I’ve been saying that for over 2 months now. Nunez is what he is, Posada hasn’t been able to do anything and Jeter probably isn’t going to markedly improve. His wOBA would look a lot worse if it werent for those few days around 3,000.

   I don’t know if there are any easy upgrades. I think if the lineup is at full strength, I’m okay with having Martin hit terribly because of his defense. I’m getting closer to thinking Montero could seriously make some sense since he would play two positions where offense is currently non-existent. Maybe seeing what he has to offer makes more sense than trading some valuable things for a rental bat. That’s my opinion at this point anyhow.

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4. dlogan says:

   July 22, 2011 at 11:26 am

   Time to cut bait with Posada. What a waste of space on the roster. A strictly left handed dh w/no power, low batting ave., and no speed. The Yanks are being loyal to him to the complete detriment of the team!!!

   How would betran in and posada out be?

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5. Shane says:

   July 22, 2011 at 12:03 pm

   As much as I hate to admit it, everyone is right about Jorge. It is time, or PAST time, for him to gracefully hang ‘em up, and not further spoil his career.

   At the moment I do not have a replacement in mind, but surely there is someone in our ML system to bring up – does the re-signing of Marcus Thames offer any insight into bolstering our current lineup?

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   Shane Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 12:09 pm

   NIck Johnson’s out there, so is Hideki Matsui – neither of those would be a downgrade from Jorge…would they?

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   dlogan Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 12:22 pm

   Nick Johnson?….He calls Eric Chavez “The Iron Horse”.

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   Shane Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 12:24 pm

   still…

   power bat, and an upgrade

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   Duh, Innings! Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 12:47 pm

   Matsui wouldn’t be an upgrade over Posada by much, but he would be an upgrade. I could see him being a “lightning in a bottle” type acquisition. Problem is, who do you give up to get him if he isn’t released? Also you have another guy who can’t play the field besides Posada. I’m guessing you send down Dickerson to make room for Hideki since you can’t send down a pitcher or Laird with Ramiro Pena on the d.l.

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6. Duh, Innings! says:

   July 22, 2011 at 12:33 pm

   How ’bout this assuming the Yankees don’t trade Montero?

   The Yanks send down Dickerson and activate Montero 8/1 (they send Montero to Chicago 7/31 so he can settle in before the Yanks four-game series there 8/1-4.) They have Jones to back up at all outfield postitions and start in the outfield in case someone has to be DLed, Nunez can play LF in a pinch, and Gardner is the no duh pinch-runner in tight games he’s not starting, so no need for Dickerson.

   Anyone who tells me this could stunt Montero’s growth as a catcher, oh please, x amount of time away from the position isn’t gonna wreck him as a catcher and will you be bitching if the kid posts .270/.350/.500 which would be better than what Posada, Cervelli if he played every day, and Captain Can’t Hit Anymore would probably post while he’s with the Yanks.

   Also, Cervelli starting 7/24 and 31 and the off-days 8/8 and 8/22 allow the Yanks to give their backup catcher only two starts in August, say 8/14 (rubber game of a home series vs. Tampa Bay) and 8/29 (last game of a four-game series in Baltimore) and GASP! Montero could start 8/14 and/or 8/29. I doubt the Yanks would miss the postseason if he made a start or two behind the plate.

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   David, Jr. Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 12:44 pm

   Love it. And maybe help him out by starting him against fat assed teams that don’t steal.

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   Duh, Innings! Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 12:54 pm

   If Montero started at C 8/14, he’d have two weeks to learn the Yankees pitching staff (7/31-8/14), more than enough time to learn it. I think he could handle a pair of starts 8/14 and 8/29. Would anyone miss Cervelli’s offense or defense? I wouldn’t.

   Let’s finally see what Montero can do with the bat. I’d rather see that than Dickerson taking up a spot on the bench. What is he needed for? Again, Jones backs up at all three OF positions, he’s the starting OF if someone is DLed, you call Dickerson back up to replace that injured OF, Nunez can play LF in a pinch and pinch-run if/when Laird makes a start at 3B, and Gardner is the pinch-runner in games he doesn’t start.

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   David, Jr. Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 1:01 pm

   I think he either gets packaged with one or two pitchers for a top starter, because they can’t like their match ups in a short series (AJ vs Lee, Lester, Cain? Vomit), or he gets brought up in early August. It is so obvious. SS they aren’t going to do anything anyway, with the CCHA icon that runs the team. DH and C are the other two, and he might be better than what we have at both of them.

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   Duh, Innings! Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 1:17 pm

   Hahahaha you’re using the CCHA. Hopefully it catches on because Jeter is that. The last time he had back to back had multiple hit games was 5/21-22. I honestly think Jeter is living in denial cuz how could he look himself in the mirror and say he is a good leadoff hitter with the pathetic BA and OBP he is posting as one.

   He’s drunk on his past and it’s time he sobers up. Go into Girardi’s office and tell Girardi you think it is best for the team if you batted ninth with your BA and OBP and then I will call you Jeter. Otherwise, he’s CCHA to me until he’s dropped in the order and by “dropped in the order” I mean #8 or #9, ideally #9 as I gave ten reasons why he would be good there (one being his low strikeout rate.)

   Montero. Catching. Big deal. He catches in AAA. What’s the difference? Big one in that he’s not calling the game for any Yankee starter. If he was called up 8/1 and made his first MLB start at C 8/14, he’d have two weeks to learn the Yanks pitching staff. He’d have Martin, Posada, Pena, and of course Girardi as mentors.

   I don’t see Matsui or Willingham coming to the Yanks cuz the As would probably want too much for them like the Mets would probably want too much for Beltran who might be a little bitch because I heard on the radio he may not want to leave the NL cuz he’d have to learn AL pitchers. Huh? If that rumor is true, that speaks volumes about his desire to win which is zero because it must be that if he wouldn’t want to go from a team with little or no chance of winning the wildcard (Mets) to a World Series contender (Yankees.)

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   David, Jr. Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 1:41 pm

   Imagine CCHA in the next couple of years. DH? Hahahahahaha. Outfield? Hahahahahaha. One of the stupidest contracts of all time, hopefully not the type of thing that will drive Cashman out of here. It had to be some fat assed front office moron.

   If Montero isn’t traded, I can’t see how they don’t call him up.

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   Craig Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 1:56 pm

   CCHA?

   

   Duh, Innings! Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 2:22 pm

   Craig –

   CCHA = Captain Can’t Hit Anymore = Jeter

   I can’t/don’t want to imagine CCHA in a couple of years or even next year, but I’ll have to.

   Blame Shallow Hal (Hal Steinbrenner) and his brother Hankenstein (Hank) for the CCHA contract because I think Cashman wanted to give CCHA only a year (what I’d have offered him) and was overruled like he was overruled in the Soriano signing.

   If CCHA finished this year with say .256/.315/.323 then finished with around the same numbers next, I’d give him three choices since he wouldn’t be a bench player, a full-time DH, or an everyday OF in 2013, and he wouldn’t be offered a buyout:

   1. Accept a trade to any N.L. team save teams the Yanks will draw in interleague play for 2013 including the Mets (so the Yanks can’t be directly hurt by him in a regular-season game) and if he refuses to be traded, he will be released.

   2. Be outright released.

   3. Retire to avoid being traded, released if he refuses a trade, or outright released.

   I know it’d be hardball but he needs to be told he cannot produce like he has produced 2010-12 in 2013. Just because he got his contract doesn’t mean the Yanks have to play him for the entirety of it. I can’t see CCHA calling the Yankees bluff with “release me”. He’d retire. Of course he’d have to live with people saying the Yankees made him retire, but big deal? People would probably say the Yanks let him go if he retired after 2013 or 2014 if he dared to pick up his player option.

   I think CCHA would choose Door # 3. Three lousy seasons in a row, time to hang it up. I would hope he’d think that cuz how he’d still think he was a viable player after that is beyond me and would smack of him being in denial that he sucks and/or wanting a final payday – what else? He wants to embarass himself and finish a .30X hitter (what he’ll be if he hits badly enough in 2012-13)?

   The Yankees released Babe Ruth and fired Casey Stengel. Steinbrenner fired Yogi Berra as manager after a dozen games or so and Berra ultimately came back.
7. Duh, Innings! says:

   July 22, 2011 at 12:43 pm

   Montero wouldn’t have to look at catcher’s gear with Cervelli.

   I know alot of people will disagree with me, but I think Posada should get some starts behind the plate in September in case Martin falls to injury then or in the postseason. I do NOT want to see a Cervelli/Molina C tandem in September and/or the postseason esp. the postseason or worse, both. Molina on the postseason roster is the loss of a good bat.

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   dlogan Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 12:58 pm

   Don’t understand how Cervelli stays in Majors. He can’t hit and the most important thing for a backup catcher…he can’t field.

   Jorge should at least be the backup. He could play once or twice a week and that would at least give him a role on the team. Would also open up the DH spot.

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   Duh, Innings! Reply:
   July 22nd, 2011 at 1:06 pm

   I don’t understand either.

   ‘Say Posada started behind the plate 8/14 and 8/29. The Yanks wouldn’t need Cervelli in August in that Cervelli could start 7/24 and 7/31 and the off-days 8/8 and 8/22 serve as backup catchers of sorts to Martin.

   Not only would Posada backing up Martin open up the DH slot for Montero or whoever, it would give Posada enough work where he could be the backup catcher for September and the postseason and the everyday catcher September and/or the postseason if Martin fell to injury. Does anyone want Cervelli/Molina as the everyday C in the postseason? I sure don’t.

   I doubt it would happen, but what if some higher force forbid the Yanks got all the way to Game 7 of the ALCS or World Series and Martin couldn’t play? Who’d you rather have, Posada starting at C and Montero/whoever at DH or Cervelli C, Posada DH for the ALCS? You’re a fool if you choose the latter. Who’d you rather have start Game 7 of the World Series in the NL park, Posada or Cervelli? You’re a fool if you choose Cervelli and how on Earth could you start him over Posada in a game like that after all Posada has done compared to Cervelli?

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