-With all the winning the Yanks are doing lately (16 of 20) bad news becomes more newsworthy. Remember the old Newspaper axiom “A million people going to work and doing nothing wrong may be true, but it isn’t news.” On that note, it was a bad day if you were a rehabbing Yankee yesterday. Nady, Marte and Molina all suffered setbacks yesterday. Marte doesn’t sound serious, Molina does and Nady is yet to be determined. I have some mixed emotions on Molina anyway, since I’m loving Cervelli as the backup catcher.
-In that same NJ.com story, there’s a note about Girardi considering the possibility of a 6 man rotation. It reads:
Girardi left open the chance of plugging Wang into rotation even if he has to give the other pitchers in the rotation an extra day by pushing them back.
I doubt this will come to pass, but I wouldn’t be totally opposed to it if it happens. I think they’re still a bit shell shocked at how bad Wang was earlier this year, and want to keep all their options open. Don’t forget, Wang looked good in his side sessions when he was horrible as a starter. They may view his recent bullpen outings in the same context.
-Nice piece on Austin Jackson yesterday by the Times’ Tyler Kepner. Be sure to read the feature story
he did earlier as well.
-Anyone who’s not a Red Sox fan can complain about the new Yankee Stadium. From Craig Calcaterra of NBC Sports:
And, yes, by any measure the homers are up. But that’s not the whole story. That’s because while the homers are up in dramatic fashion, overall offense, while up as well, is not up in nearly as dramatically. As Replacement Level Yankees’ Weblog noted last week, Yankee Stadium’s park factor on the young season is 106, which favors offense. Fenway Park’s park factor over the past five seasons is . . . 106.
Not a word, Peter. Not . . . one . . . . word.
-Welcome back NoMaas. Yankee life just isn’t the same without you guys.
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FOr some strange reason, Yankees told Wang to be an invalid during the off season and then expected him to come in and throw 95 like he did when he worked out off season.
If there were no implications to sitting on your arse all winter, everyone would do it and it wouldn’t matter.Wang came to camp and everyone was 5 months ahead of him and you can’t catch up quickly.
Why Yankees blundered this way with Wang only they can answer.He should have been working out and swimming if he couldn’t run or do a treadmill.
He certainly could have been on some type of an eliptical with his foot.
Chinese guys listen when their team tells them to do something and in this case it was do notihng.
As for Austin “long slumps, lot’s of strikeouts and few Homer runs” Jackson, I hope he’s trade bait.Unlike top prospects (IMO) like Montero and Romine, I think he’s very over rated based on his production in the minors every season.Potential is just that, potential.What’s the big deal with a RH hitting CF who hits 10-12 HR’s and strikes out 150 times.I’d rather have Gardner and Melky out there if that’s Ajax’s modus apprendi. leftylarry(Quote)
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Steve S. Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
On Wang, they had very little experience with this injury. Wang and Bruney were among the first Baseball players to ever have a Lisfranc. Had he busted his ass in the off season an re-injured his foot, everyone would criticize them for that as well. So they told him to just do nothing, thinking it was the most conservative route to follow, and that blew up in their face.
These things aren’t as easy as they seem to us after the fact. We have the benefit of hindsight, they have to make these decisions at the time they happen, in this case blindly and with no road map to follow. Steve S.(Quote)
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leftylarry Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:08 pm
DID THEY TALK TO PROFESSIONALS outside baseball FAMILIAR WITH THE INJURY?
i ThiNK NOT. leftylarry(Quote)
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Romine’s a top prospect? Maybe to some Yankee fans he is but he’s a long long way from the majors if he doesn’t learn to start taking walks.
Jackson likely won’t be a superstar, but who cares. He can still be a very good regular player for the next 4-5 years and will be cost controlled. Just because he has some obvious flaws doesn’t mean we should deem him tade bait.
Gotta love Yankee fans, they all preach how they want to get younger but can’t wait 2-3 years for these young guys to develop. StandingO’Neill(Quote)
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EJ Fagan Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:15 am
Make no mistake: Austine Romine is a top prospect. He isn’t taking a lot of walks, but he’s also very young playing at an advanced level. Romine is not that far behind Montero in every power category. His performance isn’t all that different from top-100 prospect J.P. Arencibia last year, and Arencibia was a 1st round college from a big program. EJ Fagan(Quote)
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Steve S. Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 5:34 pm
If Romine was in almost any other system beside the Orioles, he’d be their top catching prospect. The Yanks have 2 of the top 5 catchers in the country, including Weiters. Props to Cashman for doing such a great job at a time when Posada’s getting old and the need will soon be great. Steve S.(Quote)
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Fair enough EJ, but Austin wouldn’t be untouchable to me. Then again there are very few players I’d ever label untouchable.
I’m not a big fan of Arencibia however, he still hasn’t learned to take a walk. His position however makes it likely that he’ll at least make the majors, at least in a backup role. So if you told me today that Austin will see time in the majors, I’d gladly sign up for that since so few prospects do. Just depends on how much he develops. But the low OBP does concern me at least a little for now.
Still he is young and its nice to have some catching depth. I guess my view of top prospect just differs from yours. He is a prospect though. StandingO’Neill(Quote)
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Good to hear Girardi mention using a 6-man. It’s not likely to be a strict 6-man, but a modified version taking the two kid’s innings limits into account, but it makes a lot more sense than sending Hughes down. oldpep(Quote)
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JD Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Oldpep,
From our lips to Girardi’s ears. A 6-man rotation (modified or not) makes good sense. Its a long, long season. JD(Quote)
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Moshe Mandel Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 12:24 pm
How exactly would it work, without allowing pitchers to get rusty? Look at how Joba pitched two games ago after ten days rest. These guys need to pitch. I can see skipping them once a month, but going to a full rotation system seems like bad development. Moshe Mandel(Quote)
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Steve S. Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 5:37 pm
2 days off, throw day. 2 days off, Pitch in game. You could skip Hughes on off days, and is you know there is a scheduled off day possibly use him out of the pen on his throw days to keep him sharp. Steve S.(Quote)
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Moshe Mandel Reply:
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:44 pm
But this means a full 6 man rotation, which is a bad idea. There’s no way I’m taking innings away from CC and AJ and a healthy Wang. Moshe Mandel(Quote)
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I dont know. Not sure that it is a formula. JD(Quote)
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5 man rotation pullleeeze. leftylarry(Quote)
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