TYA Game Thread, Tuesday September 13, 2011

By On September 13, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Game Thread

After four brutal losses, two wins in a row normally wouldn’t seem like much, except when the win that officially makes it a streak comes against . With any luck the Yankees are feeling pretty good about themselves right now, and can continue to hit. They’ll need it, because

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C’Torre, Destroyer of Arms

By On September 13, 2011 · 21 Comments · In General Musings

With Scott Proctor back on the Yankees’ roster, I’ve been looking back at the way the club used relievers at the end of the Joe Torre era. Torre had a reputation for burning through his best arms, leaning on any decent reliever he could find for as long as the player was reasonably effective and [...]

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Don’t Forget About Me: Brett Marshall Edition

By On September 13, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Prospects

Before the year began, I wrote a profile on Brett Marshall saying that in 2011, he needed to stay healthy and show he can handle a full season’s workload. Certainly, he’s accomplished at least that much:

Fangraphs doesn’t show it, but Baseball Prospectus has his GB% at 56%, the highest [...]

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A Postseason Roster Without Cervelli

By On September 13, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Roster Decisions

We don’t know what Francisco Cervelli’s health is like right now. Concussions are highly unpredictable. That said, I hope that Cervelli chooses to sit out the remainder of the season. After four concussions, he will at some point be risking permanent damage with any quick return. No matter how severe or minor his concussion, there [...]

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Tex’s home and road splits

By On September 13, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Player Analysis

I haven’t gone back and checked–and I don’t think I will–but I’d be willing to be that I’ve written more about this season than I have written about any other player. I’ve written about his BABIP and what he “should” be hitting and now I’m going to touch on his home/road [...]

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Yankees beat King Felix for first time since 2008

By On September 13, 2011 · 13 Comments · In Game Recaps

Um, wow. So that happened.

On the list of baseball things I never thought I’d see happen, the Yankees finally beating — not to mention dropping six earned runs on the King — for the first time since May 3, 2008 — was probably at the very top. That [...]

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