There seems to be a wide range of opinions regarding back-up catcher Francisco Cervelli. Many individuals, such as Mike Axisa, have been criticizing Cervelli's play, even the backstop's defense. Axisa attempted to quantify how well Cervelli prevented opposing baserunners from advancing via steals, wild pitches, and passed balls. Axisa found that Cervelli did not compare very favorably to other Major-Leaguers (I'm not entirely certain of the validity of Axisa's analysis, but it seems to be fairly legitimate). This indication of poor defense, coupled with Cervelli's fairly subpar work with the wood (.338 OBP, .328 SLG, .304 wOBA), seems to paint a picture that Cervelli is not suited to being a starting catcher, let alone Jorge Posada's oft-used understudy. On the flip side of the coin, people continue to be fans of Cervelli, including the Yankees' Front Office. Inside this piece written today, 660 WFAN's Sweeny Murti indicated that "several in the Yankee organization now believe [Cervelli] can be....an everday guy." In addition, Cervelli had built a reputation for defensive prowess throughout his minor-league career, being anointed the best defensive catcher in the Yankees' farm system for three consecutive years before his promotion to the big leagues.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Defending Cervelli's Defense
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Yankee Bullpen Troubles Exaggerated
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What's Been Going On in the Bigs...
With today's win over the Royals the Yankees are now 61-34. This now gives the Yankees a 4 game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the Eastern Division and are 7 games ahead of the Wild Card leading Red Sox.
How have the Yankees ben at where they at at the moment? Well starting pitching has been great for the most part. CC Sabathia (13-3, 3.18) has really come on strong after a iffy start to the year, Phil Hughes has been okay (11-3, 3.99), and the injured Andy Pettitte - who will be out for a little over a month, has been amazing (11-2, 2.88). Even Javy Vazquez (8-7, 4.68) has been excellent since his dreadful April. A.J. Burnett (8-8, 4.77) has been up-and-down.
The offense has been just fine. Behind the plate Jorge Posada (.273/.381/.495) has been great offensively while Francisco Cervelli (.269/.344/.339) has been a fine back-up, although he is getting exposed in semi-regular playing time. Mark Teixeira has picked it up a little bit after the ugly start (.260/.372/.473). Robinson Cano has slowed down a little, but is still putting up MVP-type numbers (.334/.391/.565). Derek Jeter has been really, really brutal lately (.271/.334/.387). Alex Rodriguez lately has looked much better and is contuining to be awesome (.278/.350/.500). Brett Gardner is continuing his breakout season (.298/.394/.400, 26 SB) and Nick Swisher could also get himself into MVP talks with his career-year (.303/.377/.536). Curtis Granderson has been a disappointment thus far (.239/.304/.390) and has looked plain ugly at times.
The bench at the moment is being filled out by Francisco Cervelli, Juan Miranda, Ramiro Pena, Marcus Thames, and Colin Curtis.
Mariano Rivera has continued his dominance but the guys behind him have been shaky. Joba Chamberlain has been terrible all year and cannot be trusted in a key situation. After a tough start, David Robertson seems to be back to normal. The Yankees still never know what they will get out of Chan Ho Park and Boone Logan. Dustin Moseley and Chad Gaudin are mop-up guys and make the other redundant. Jonathan Albaladejo was just called up and could be an interesting piece. Sergio Mitre is taking Pettitte's spot in the rotation. Alfredo Aceves is likely done for the year with his back injury and Damaso Marte is on the DL as well.
Other guys that have made cameos for the Yankees this year are current St. Louis Cardinal Randy Winn, Nick Johnson - who is still on the DL and likely to be out for a while, Kevin Russo, Chad Huffman, Chad Moeller, Greg Golson, Ivan Nova, and Romulo Sanchez.
After an almost completed deal for Cliff Lee was backed out of by the Mariners, the Yankees have been talking with the Arizona Diamondbacks regarding SP Dan Haren, which would be a great addition. Rumors have been circulating that Ivan Nova would be the centerpiece, with the Yankees maybe also having to take a guy like Aaron Heilman, Chad Qualls, or Chris Snyder.
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Monday, June 28, 2010
The Cost of Revenge
C.C. Sabathia has picked up the habit of sticking up for his fellow Yankees. During Friday night's affair against the Dodgers, C.C. Sabathia plunked Vicente Padilla after Padilla had hit Robinson Cano with a pitch. To me, this was ill-advised on multiple fronts. Firstly, retaliatory HBPs offend my sensibilities because I find the practice of trading beanballs to be dangerous, primitive, and infantile. In addition, I feel it is impractical to essentially gift the opposing offense with a base-runner, especially in close games. Giving the opponent the opportunity to score a run is irresponsible. This post will focus on the latter point.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Yanks Call up Curtis for "Boost" on Bench
Before Monday's game the Yankees called up OF Colin Curtis. Curtis, 25, made his Major League debut after hitting .280 with a .357 OBP (with no homers) and a .725 OPS over 125 at-bats in Triple-A.
To make room on the 25 and 40 man roster for Curtis, the Yankees designated third catcher Chad Moeller for assignment.
This is a move they made in order to have an extra bench player for the DL...but I don't understand why they added Curtis. One would think that Jorge Vazquez would be a move useful player to add to the roster (or Juan Miranda) despite Vazquez's limited at-bats above AA ball.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
The Draft Post
1st Round: Cito Culver, SS, Irondequoit HS NY
2nd Round: Angelo Gumbs, OF, Torrace HS CA
3rd Round: Robert Segedin, 3B, Tulane TX
4th Round: Mason Williams, OF, West Orange HS FL
5th Round: Thomas Kahnle, RHP, Lynn NY
6th Round: Gabe Encinas, RHP, St. Paul HS CA
7th Round: Taylor Anderson, OF, Woodland HS LA
8th Round: Kyle Roller, 1B, East Carolina NC
9th Round: Taylor Morton, RHP, TN
10th Round: Benjamin Gamel, OF, Bishop Kenny HS FL
11th Round: Zachary Vance, RHP, University of Portland WA
12th Round: Daniel Burawa, RHP, St. John's NY
13th Round: Christopher Austin, C, Heritage HS GA
14th Round: Travis Dean, RHP, Newton South HS MA
15th Round: Chase Whitley, RHP, Troy University AL
16th Round: Evan Rutckyj, LHP, St. Josephs Catholic HS Canada
17th Round: Preston Claiborne, RHP, Tulane TX
18th Round: Kevin Jacob, RHP, Georgia Tech GA
19th Round: Kevin Jordan, OF, Northside HS GA
20th Round: Michael Ferraro, LF, U of SD CA
21st Round: Dustin Hobbs, RHP, Yavapai College NV
22nd Round: Trevor Johnson, LHP, College of the Desert CA
23rd Round: Shane Brown, C, Central Florida FL
24th Round: Conor Mullee, RHP, St. Peters College NJ
25th Round: Casey Stevenson, 2B, UC Irvine CA
26th Round: Richard James Hively, RHP, Santa Ana College CA
27th Round: Martin Viramontes, RHP Loyola Marymount CA
28th Round: Josh Dezse, RHP, Olentangy Liberty HS OH
29th Round: Stewart Ijames, OF, Louisville KY
30th Round: Zachary Nuding, RHP Weatherford College TX
31st Round: Mike Gipson, RHP, Florida Atlantic FL
32nd Round: Kramer Sneed LHP Barton (N.C.) N.C.
33rd Round: Michael Hachadorian RHP San Diego Mesa JC Calif.
34th Round: Keenan Kish RHP Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pa.
35th Round: Will Oliver, RHP, Palomar JC CA
36th Round: Nick McCoy, C, San Diego CA
37th Round: Cameron Hobson LHP Dayton Ohio
38th Round: James Ramsay OF Brandon (Fla.) HS Fla.
39th Round: Jaycob Brugman OF Desert Vista HS, Phoenix Ariz.
40th Round: Mike Gerber OF Neuqua Valley HS, Napierville, Ill. Ill.
41th Round: Tym Pearson OF Columbia Basin (Wash.) JC Wash.
42nd Round: Mike O'Neill OF Olentangy Liberty HS, Powell, Ohio Ohio
43rd Round: Kyle Hunter LHP Kansas State Kan.
44th Round: David Middendorf LHP Northern Kentucky Ky.
45th Round: Tyler Johnson, OF, Alamagardo HS NM
46th Round: Nathan Forer RHP Southern Illinois
47th Round: Freddy Lewis LHP Tennessee Wesleyan TN
48th Round: Alex Brown RHP Amphitheater HS, Tucson Ariz.
49th Round: Will Arthur OF Abbotsford (B.C.) SS
50th Round: Matt Rice C Western Kentucky Ky.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
When Tex Hits'em, He Crushes'em
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Making Up for Lost Time
Sorry for the lack of posts lately...I clearly haven't been as active as I used to.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Burnett's New Strategy a Cause for Concern?
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Andy Pettitte Overperforming
In 2010, the Yankees have thus far been adept at preventing runs. The Yankees' pitching staff has put up a 3.82 ERA, good for third in the American League. Part of this success on the mound has been due to the stellar hurling of the old stalwart, Andy Pettitte. Pettitte has posted a sparkling ERA of 2.46, but there are indications that he is due for a regression.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Yankees Should Take a Flier on Old Cuban LOOGY
Just a though - clearly this is nothing important or that will have any significant impact...
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Monday, June 7, 2010
What's up with Tex?
Mark Teixeira's performance up to this point into the 2010 season has been a source of a great deal of agitation and discomfort for Yankee fans. Teixeira's lack of offense has been cushioned somewhat by the tremendous lines put up by Robinson Cano (.363/.402/.611; .432 wOBA) and Nick Swisher (.305/.394/.532; .405 wOBA), but it is hardly needed to be said that the Yankees would prefer to have Teixeira's bat running on all cylinders. It remains to be seen whether Tex's sub-par play is simply a slump (or a consequence of sample size issues) or an indication of a change in talent. I believe it is the former and not the latter, but we should dig deeper nonetheless to determine this.
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Free Mark Melancon!
When David Robertson had to leave a game last week due to a strain in his lower back, I wondered if he would end up landing on the DL. My mind raced to the topic of who his possible replacement would be from AAA. The best candidate, in my mind, is one Mark Melancon.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
Tex Claimed by the Royals
In a move that RAB actually kind-of predicted, the Kansas City Royals claimed reliever Kanekoa Texeira off of waivers from the Seattle Mariners. The Rule V rules this apply - he must stay on the roster for the rest of the season, or he would have to clear waivers once again, and then be offered back to the Yankees.
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Posada to DH for Good?
The Yankees made the right call yesterday by demoting Juan Miranda. But the unexpected thing is that they announced that for the time being, Jorge Posada will be the DH. And what's more unexpected is that it basically seems like this will be a semi-permanent move, or at least until Nick Johnson returns from his wrist injury.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Lindsay Claimed; Other Tex DFA'd
Recently DFA'd relief pitcher Shane Lindsay was claimed off of waivers by the Cleveland Indians. Lindsay, who the Yankees recently claimed off of waivers from the Rockies, was DFA'd to make room for Chad Gaudin on the roster. Lindsay did not throw a game in the Yankees' organization and was assigned to the Indian's High-A affiliate.
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The Miranda-Cervelli-Posada Conundrum
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Should Brett Gardner Play Everyday?
When Curtis Granderson went down with a groin injury, I thought that his stint on the DL would prove to be an interesting trial for Brett Gardner against left-handed pitching. I believe that there was a consensus that Gardner should be platooned whenever possible, but there was still an inkling of curiosity in me wondering whether or not Gardner should be platooned.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Amauri Sanit Suspended
MLB has announced that Yankees' minor leaguer Amauri Sanit was suspended for 50 games due to violating the PED policy.
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Yanks Pull One From the Dumpster, Throw One Away, and Get Grand
The Yankees made a few moves of interest the last few days...
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Derek Jeter's Newfound Pull Power?
Yesterday, Derek Jeter was the big hero in the completion of the first game of the Yankees-Twins game that had been suspended on Monday due to rain. He managed to pull a Brian Duensing offering over the left-center field fence for a home run, which happened to be the difference in the game. When I watched that, I felt as though this had not been the first time this year Jeter had uncharacteristically displayed some pull power. This spray chart from Texas Leaguers' Pitch f/x Tool illustrates this to some extent.
The numbers, to a degree, bear out this power surge to left field. In 2010, Jeter's isolated slugging percentage (ISO) to left field is a robust .200. Jeter's career ISO to left field differs moderately: it is a modest .151. In addition, in 2008 and 2009, Jeter posted ISOs to left field of .081 and .105, respectively; this year's ISO marks a steep increase.
It remains to be seen whether this is actually a positive development, however. In '08 and '09, Jeter's BABiP to left field were .320 and .361 (career: .340). This year, however, his BABiP to left field has dropped to .269, and has pulled down his overall BABiP to .302 (career BABiP of .358). Conversely, Jeter's flyball rate has jumped to 13.0%; it was only 5.4% and 7.7% in '08 and '09 (8.1% for his career).
When Jeter hits the ball to left field this year, a larger number of them have been flyballs. While some of them have gone for extra-base hits, a lot of other balls hit by Jeter have been converted to outs. Whether this is a change in approach, change in skill, or a function of luck remains to be seen. This should be an interesting thing to keep an eye on, though, because Jeter has posted a BABiP below .320 on balls hit to left field only once in his career (.293 in 2005), and an abnormally low BABiP could be an indication that Jeter's offensive skillset is starting to erode.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
A-Rod Seeing More Fastballs?
Yesterday, while writing my post about Alex Rodriguez' at bat against Francisco Rodriguez, I noticed that A-Rod had seen a lot of fastballs from K-Rod, and also a bevy of fastballs from Johan Santana on Saturday. I wondered if A-Rod was seeing more fastballs in general from major league pitchers this season.
For his career, A-Rod has seen fastballs 60.4% of the time. Similar fastball percentages show up from 2008 and 2009: 59.8% and 59.3%, respectively. This year, however, A-Rod has been seeing fastballs 62.8% of the time. Compared with other major-leaguers, this is not an extraordinary amount of fastballs. A-Rod ranks 46th out of 245 hitters with at least 100 plate appearances in fastball percentage (David Eckstein leads all hitters with 73.5%, and Ryan Howard brings up the rear with 42.7%; neither mark is much of a surprise). Basically, A-Rod ranks in the top twentieth percentile of all MLB hitters in terms of fastball percentage.
This increase of more than 3% doesn't really seem to be significant on the surface, but I decided to check out A-Rod's ranking last year amongst hitters with at least 400 plate appearances. Out of 222 major-league hitters who qualified, A-Rod didn't even rank in the top 100. He ranked 108th, which barely puts him in the top fiftieth percentile. In addition, A-Rod ranked 109th out of 212 hitters in 2008. Comparatively speaking, A-Rod is seeing a lot more fastballs this year.
Why are pitchers loading up A-Rod with fastballs, though? This question could not be fully answered without input from a scouting perspective (and I am no scout), but the answer could lie in A-Rod's power numbers. In '08 and '09, A-Rod posted monster isolated slugging percentages (slugging percentage – batting avg.) of .271 and .245. This year, however, his ISO has dropped to a still good (but surprisingly low) .192. Major-league teams may have taken note of this and are now deciding to feed A-Rod more fastballs, less fearful of them leaving the yard.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
A-Rod v. K-Rod
I think one of the most attractive aspects of baseball is the battle between the pitcher and catcher against the hitter at the plate. Barring any espionage (i.e. stealing signs), all of the players on the field are, for the most part, isolated from this battle of wits. I believe these sequences are even more interesting than they normally are in high-leverage (clutch) situations, especially if these situations take place between some of the most talented persons who practice the craft of baseball. On Sunday, in the evening affair between the Yankees and the Mets, Alex Rodriguez, arguably the best hitter in the Yankee line-up, had a very high-leverage plate appearance in which he faced the Mets' best bullpen arm, Francisco “K-Rod” Rodriguez. I would like to take a closer look at both at bats and see how exactly K-Rod pitched to A-Rod (please bear with me, the _-Rod nicknames may get a little dizzying). In the ninth inning, with the score at 6-4 in favor of the Mets, A-Rod stepped to the plate with two out and the tying run on 1st base. The Yanks had already pushed three runs across, and K-Rod was on the mound, trying to stop the bleeding (Fangraphs' Leverage Index had the LI of the plate appearance over 3 (this was the highest LI of the game), with 5 being the highest possible number on the LI). K-Rod and catcher Rod Barajas started A-Rod off with what Brooks Baseball and MLB Gameday call a change-up, but the pitch registered a speed of 88.7 MPH, so I think it's plausible that the pitch-type recognition software could have made a little error (K-Rod was averaging 90.05 MPH on his fastball Sunday), so we'll just assume he threw a fastball. The next four pitches were also fastballs. This pitch sequence resulted in a 3-2 count, with A-Rod fouling off two of the fastballs. K-Rod and Barajas then opted for the first change-up of the plate appearance, which A-Rod proceeded to foul off. The next pitch was another fastball, which A-Rod just missed. On the next pitch, A-Rod was sitting fastball, but K-Rod threw another change-up; A-Rod swung through it for strike three, ending the game. Something that stood out to me was A-Rod's pitch recognition, or lack thereof. A-Rod seemed to be sitting fastball on the 3-2 count, and could not help but swing over the change-up. What I found odd was how the outcome of this plate appearance differed from another plate appearance earlier in the game. In the 8th inning, with runners on 1st and 3rd, A-Rod laid off on a 3-2 change-up that was low from Johan Santana. Like K-Rod, Santana had also started the plate appearance against A-Rod with a healthy diet of fastballs (four, to be exact). In both cases, A-Rod saw a lot of fastballs, but he did not anticipate the possibility of a non-fastball in the case of K-Rod. Perhaps Alex saw that Francisco was hesitant to throw his secondary pitches on Sunday, or maybe he was too anxious. Either way, Alex didn't recognize the change-up and went down swinging.
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Surprise, Surprise
From MLB Trade Rumors, former Yankee hurler Brian Bruney has been non-tendered by the Washington Nationals. Bruney's always had a power arm (career 8.81 K/9) but his career 6.51 BB/9 prompted the Yankees to trade Bruney to the Nationals for essentially a bag of balls (officially, Bruney was traded for a player to be named later, and that PTBNL has yet to be named). This year, Bruney's BB/9 has ballooned to over 10, which probably made the decision to cut him easier for the Nationals.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Phil Hughes and Pitch Usage
Yesterday, Matt Imbrogno of The Yankee U pointed out that Phil Hughes was throwing too few curveballs and change-ups in yesterday's affair against the Mets. He is not the first to notice this, and it is not a phenomenon limited to last night's start. In a tweet on May 17th, I wondered why Hughes had thrown exclusively fastballs and cutters to J.D. Drew in the 5th inning (Drew deposited the final pitch of the at bat, a cutter, into the right field bleachers). Hughes even admitted himself that he may have been overusing the cutter after the game. From a May 18th blog post by Chad Jennings of The Journal News: Hughes said he might have gone to the cutter too many times against Drew. “Any time I felt like he might be cheating in I went away (with the four-seamer),” he said. “And he seemed to be on that pitch pretty well too.” And Drew was not the only hitter during that three-run fifth inning that did not see a curveball, according to data provided by MLB Gameday. Earlier in the inning, with two out, Marco Scutaro stepped to the plate. Hughes started off the plate appearance by firing off a fastball, another fastball, and a cutter, which resulted in a called strike, a ball, and another called strike, respectively. With the count at 1-2, instead of trying to get Scutaro to chase a curveball out of the zone, Hughes kept on going back to the well with his fastball and cutter. The next two pitches were fastballs, both of which were fouled off by Scutaro. The sixth pitch, a cutter, was also fouled off. The final pitch was another fastball, which was singled into center field. Curiously, in the next at bat, Hughes opted to throw 3 curves on 1-2 (two of which were thrown in consecutive pitches) to Dustin Pedroia. Pedroia then proceeded to double on a Hughes cutter. Pedroia was followed by by Drew, who, like Scutaro, did not see any curves. The next hitter, Kevin Youkilis, was retired by Hughes after three fastballs. In that inning, Hughes used the curveball a grand total of four times, compared to 16 fastballs and 8 cutters. In addition, in the entire game, Hughes only used curveballs in six two-strike counts (3 in the Pedroia at bat, curiously twice against Drew in the 1st inning, and once to Victor Martinez in the 4th). As a matter of fact, according to Brooks Baseball, Hughes had only thrown 14 curves the entire game (and Imbrogno noted that Hughes only threw nine curves in the game against the Mets). Has Hughes lost confidence in his curveball? Let's check out his pitch type usage. According to Fangraphs, here was Hughes' pitch selection in 2009: 62.8% Fastballs, 16.4% Cutters, and 20.3% Curveballs. Here are his 2010 numbers: 59.0% Fastballs, 27.2% Cutters, 11.7% Curveballs, and 2.2% Change-ups. Obviously, this indicates that Hughes is going more and more to the cutter, especially at the expense of Uncle Charlie. Last October, Mike Axisa of River Avenue Blues noted that Hughes was toning down the number of curves that he threw once he transitioned into the bullpen. Did he lose some feel for his curve because he shelved it in the bullpen? That would be a shame, because his curveball has been labeled as plus by noteworthy baseball analysts like Jim Callis of Baseball America as early as 2007. It is integral that Hughes starts using his curveball much more than he currently does; you can't get by as a starter by throwing two pitches with the regularity that Hughes has been using the fastball and cutter. His curve is much better than a show-me pitch, and hitters are finding it easier to guess fastball and cutter. Update: The Yankee U has posted another thought about differences between Hughes pitching to Jorge Posada and Francisco Cervelli. He finds that Posada is more stubborn about Hughes throwing non-fastballs than Cervelli is.
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Yankees Lose Subway Series
This continues to suck. The Yankees are still looking pretty bad right now. They just lost 2 of 3 to the New York Mets of all people.
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Friday, May 21, 2010
Yankees Struggling Heading into Subway Series
The Yankees are looking pretty lousy right now. They have lost 7 out of their last 11, their rotation has not been getting it done, and the basically every single player in the bullpen has been terrible as of late.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
Nick Johnson Out Til July; Park Returns
In the world's most unsurprising news, Nick Johnson will need to have surgery on his injured wrist and will likely be out until July. Johnson, who signed a one-year deal this offseason, hit only .167/.388 with only 6 extra-base hits in 72 at-bats before hitting the DL.
Furthermore, Chan Ho Park was activated from the DL after his rehab stint in the minors. Ivan Nova was sent down to Triple-A to make rom for him.
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Shane Lindsay Claimed; Garcia Released; Redding Signed
The Yankees made a move on the 40 man roster by claiming RP Shane Lindsay off of waivers from the Colorado Rockies. In order to make room for him on the roster, the Yankees released SP Chris Garcia.
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Injury/News Updates
For what it's worth, my freshman year is over. I got home today so expect a more active Steve.
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Friday, May 7, 2010
The State of the Yankees
Yes - I know. This blog has been fairly useless lately. Late with updates, news, and other pieces. I am currently in my two-week finals week so I've been preparing and trying to catch up with the classes that I am a little behind in. Let's just say that attending Micro and Macro lectures in Binghamton are not the most useful things ever...
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Games 20-27
Game 20:
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Week 3+: Games 15-19
Not the greatest week for the Yankees, who have lost 4 out of the last 5 games, losing a series against the Angels, and one to the Orioles.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Games 7-14
Game 7:
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Week 1: A Grand Debut
The Yankees just completed their first week of the 2010 season, and they started it fairly well. After completing series with the Red Sox and Rays, the Yankees ended the week 4-2, winning both series 2 game to 1.
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Yankees Claim Chad Huffman
The Yankees made a minor move today by adding OF Chad Huffman. Huffman, 24, was designated for assignment by the Padres last week and the Yankees opted to add some more depth by claiming him off waivers.
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