Considering that he's batting .236/.294/.373/.667 (BA/OBP/SLG/OPS) this year and has been benched for lack of hustle, I don't think he's going to be up anytime soon. But you make a good point if he was hitting like he's capable of I'm sure he would have gotten the call up.
For the love of the Lord I have no clue, why they didnt offer Matsui a contract...Damon I can understand...the money was on the table, he choose not to take it, but Matsui, why didnt they offer that guy a contract to DH....??
Yeah he hasn't had a good year so far but if you want to look at some positives he's still only 20 years old and in Triple A, so he's extremely young for the league. It's probably just a small sample size and just a bad month and a half. I wouldn't be too worried (nor do I think the Yankees are either), he's just going to have to spend more time working on things.
Hughes was off giving up the long ball but happy to see them battle back...this was a game following the Twins comeback that they could have caved on.....glad to see the heart tonight...wish Hughes would have closed the door when he had the lead.
I like what I saw from him tonight, the kid, will learn....amazing he is still that young.....the world is his.....and Joba's too...those kids in 4 years will be amazing contributors on the team..... Hughes is still 4 years from his prime think about that....
Yanks taketh, and Yanks giveth away....ends up as a split of baby series vs Sox as Joba needs to get his stuff together, Defense lets Mo down. Oh well....tomorrow is another day.
For which part? Having 13 pitchers on the roster (he sent Golson down for Melanson earlier in the day) when 2 of his position players (Swisher and Posada) aren't able to play leaving his bench thin and thus having to have someone like Thames in the OF late in the game? Or him having Cervelli bunt Cano to 3rd? Girardi sure had a rough night managing last night.
Plus bringing in the outfield too... All of the above bro....his is good with pitcher management, but not very good in all other facets of managing...They need to get healty...surprised they are playing this well with all of the injuries...
TB b-slapped around the bullpen (what's up with Park???)....taking the baby sweep is a blip, but bullpen wows, and injury nicks and bruises are starting to have an effect. Yanks need to bounce back vs. NYM this weekend and snap back to reality.
Nice little bounce back W to start the series vs NYM (but injury bug still biting and catches Vazquez this time) especially when combined with TB and BOS losses.
What an ugly close to an ugly week......dropping 5 of the 7 games is bad. Lack of clutch hitting, and now pitching is erratic with location from starters to pen. Injuries playing huge part with bad late game defense, and no bench. Hope they turn the page and put this week behind them, facts are facts as they now trailing TB by 6 games. Ugly, Ugly, Ugly......
injuries.......and starting pitching coming back down to earth.....and the 20 million dollar guy, has to get it going....
Yanks are picking up games without officially playing (Sox are rolling).....Yanks vs. Min will finish the suspended game @ 5pm today....then play the regularly sched start @ 7pm...pending weather.
Jeter homers to win the susp game, and Swisher homers to win the night cap. Feels like a doubleheader sweep....series sweep could happen tomorrow, then finish the week with CLE. TB getting swept vs. Saux so things are tightening.
Yanks have been kind of boring lately (outside of the blow up of the pen on Sat) they just keep plugging along beating the teams they should, and getting healthier as the days tick by (Jeter's tight hammy aside). Pettitte kicked off the week nicely, and Arod made it a grand win.
Big bounce back win vs Tor after dropping two. If we can stay healthy and get the bats clicking again the next couple of weeks could racking up W's.
Yanks stay close to home by tabbing Culver Switch-hitting shortstop from New York selected at No. 32 http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news..._id=10925634&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy not sexy but 3-5 years should tell the tale. 2nd day much better http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news..._id=10944420&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy Athleticism is Yanks' priority in Day 2 of Draft Second-round pick Gumbs an impressive five-tool player http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/mlb/...ck_number&so=ascending&st=number&ft=TM&fv=nyy [TABLE] Pick Team Player School Pos B/T Ht Wt DOB Class 32 Culver, Cito Irondequoit HS (NY) SS S/R 6'00" 8/26/1992 HS 82 Gumbs, Angelo Torrance HS (CA) SS R/R 6'00" 175 10/13/1992 HS 112 Segedin, Robert Tulane 3B R/R 6'03" 11/10/1988 JR 145 Williams, Mason West Orange HS (FL) CF L/R 6'00" 150 8/21/1991 HS 175 Kahnle, Thomas Lynn University RHP R/R 6'01" 220 8/7/1989 JR 205 Encinas, Gabe St. Paul HS (CA) RHP R/R 6'03" 195 12/21/1991 HS 235 Anderson, Taylor Woodlawn School (LA) CF L/R 6'00" 12/3/1991 HS 265 Roller, Kyle East Carolina 1B L/R 6'01" 235 3/27/1988 SR 295 Morton, Taylor Bartlett HS (TN) RHP R/R 6'03" 194 12/18/1991 HS 325 Gamel, Benjamin Bishop Kenny HS (FL) CF L/L 5'10" 5/17/1992 HS 355 Varce, Zachary University of Portland RHP R/R 6'00" 195 12/14/1988 JR 385 Burawa, Daniel St. Johns RHP R/R 6'03" 190 12/30/1988 JR 415 Austin, Christopher Heritage HS (GA) C R/R 6'02" 200 9/6/1991 HS 445 Dean, Travis Newton South HS (MA) RHP R/R 6'05" 175 5/3/1991 HS 475 Whitley, Chase Troy U RHP R/R 6'04" 220 6/14/1989 JR 505 Rutckyj, Evan St. Joseph's Catholic HS LHP R/L 6'05" 213 1/31/1992 HS 535 Claiborne, Preston Tulane U RHP R/R 6'03" 230 1/21/1988 SR 565 Jacob, Kevin Georgia Tech RHP R/R 6'06" 225 3/26/1989 JR 595 Jordan, Kevin Northside HS (GA) CF L/R 6'00" 192 11/14/1991 HS 625 Ferraro, Michael U San Diego LF L/L 6'02" 200 5/31/1988 JR 655 Hobbs, Dustin Yavapai College RHP R/R 6'02" 200 8/18/1989 J2 685 Johnson, Trevor Col of the Desert LHP L/L 6'03" 190 7/29/1988 JR 715 Brown, Shane Central Florida C R/R 5'11" 197 1/11/1988 SR 745 Mullee, Conor St. Peters College RHP R/R 6'03" 185 2/25/1988 SR 775 Stevenson, Casey University of California - Irvine 2B L/R 6'03" 2005/18/1988 SR 805 Hively, Richard James Santa Ana College RHP R/R 6'02" 205 11/27/1988 JR 835 Viramontes, Martin Loyola Marymount University RHP R/R 6'05" 190 7/12/1989 JR 865 Dezse, Josh Olentangy Liberty HS (OH) RHP R/R 6'04" 205 6/18/1992 HS 895 Ijames, Stewart Louisville LF L/R 6'01" 200 8/21/1988 JR 925 Nuding, Zachary Weatherford College RHP R/R 6'04" 250 3/29/1990 JR 955 Gipson, James Florida Atlantic RHP R/R 6'01" 9/15/1988 JR 985 Sneed, Kramer Barton Col LHP L/L 6'03" 185 10/7/1988 JR 1015 Hachadorian, Michael San Diego Mesa College RHP R/R 6'05" 215 5/3/1990 JR 1045 Kish, William Germantown Academy (PA) RHP L/R 6'03" 11/29/1991 HS 1075 Oliver, William Palomar Col RHP R/R 6'02" 180 7/4/1987 JR 1105 Mccoy, Nick U San Diego C R/R 5'10" 180 3/2/1987 SR 1135 Hobson, Cameron Dayton LHP L/L 6'00" 4/10/1989 SO 1165 Ramsay, James Brandon HS (FL) CF L/L 6'00" 170 3/2/1992 HS 1195 Brugman, Jaycob Desert Vista HS (AZ) OF L/L 5'11" 170 1/18/1992 HS 1225 Gerber, Michael Neuqua Valley HS (IL) CF L/R 6'02" 175 7/8/1992 HS 1255 Pearson, Tymothy Columbia Basin CC CF R/R 6'02" 205 10/30/1990 JR 1285 O'Neill, Michael Olentangy Liberty HS (OH) CF R/R 6'00" 175 6/12/1992 HS 1315 Hunter, Kyle Kansas State LHP L/L 6'03" 185 6/18/1989 SO 1345 Middendorf, David Northern Kentucky LHP R/L 6'03" 225 1/23/1989 JR 1375 Johnson, Tyler Penn St U OF R/R 6'00" 185 5/20/1989 JR 1405 Forer, Nathan Southern Illinois University Carbondale RHP R/R 6'01" 172 6/6/1988 SR 1435 Lewis, Frederick Tennessee Wesleyan College LHP L/L 6'02" 210 12/16/1986 SR 1465 Brown, Alex Amphitheater HS (AZ) RHP R/R 6'01" 10/8/1991 HS 1495 Arthur, Will Abbotsford Secondary School OF L/R 6'02" 180 4/4/1992 HS 1525 Rice, James Western Kentucky C R/R 6'03" 190 5/8/1989 JR[/TABLE]
The Mariners are scouting the Yankees: Cliff Lee trade, anyone? Wed Jun 09,2010 1:12 PM ET By Craig Calcaterra George A. King of the New York Post reports that the Mariners are kinda sorta thinking about trading Cliff Lee to the Yankees. The "kinda sorta" is because there's no sense that the Yankees are at all interested in Lee. According to King, however, the Mariners are currently scouting the Yankees organization and are interested in shortstop Eduardo Nunez and either prospect catcher Austin Romine or Jesus Montero, no doubt on the assumption that the Yankees will get interested once the M's start dangling Lee. Makes sense for the Mariners to at least be prepared in the event the Yankees realize that they can get one of the best pitchers in baseball to help them fight the Rays for the division and, assuming a long-term deal gets done, help anchor the rotation for the next several years. Given his reasonable price tag, of course, there may be a lot of teams interested in renting Lee for the playoff stretch. The M's would be wise, however, to try and find a partner who could negotiate with Lee on a long term deal, thus bringing back some real value in exchange for their failed experiment at contending. -------------------------------------------- hmmmmm, dont think it happens!
Not for me.....reasons.... 1)There is only one team I care about if they get him, the Sox, and they arent....they need bats.... 2) We can just wait until FA to buy him... 3) Too much to give up, Romine or Monterio is Posadas replacement, and you know how hard it is to come by good catchers these days... 4) Cliff Lee said he wants to test FA, unless the Yankees/ or said team blow him away, after the trade, he isnt signing the extension contract that being said I would LOVE to get him next year......can u imagine 1) CC 2) AJ 3) Pet/Lee 4) Hughes 5) Lee/Vazquez/somebody else thats filth......especially if it was CC, AJ, Pet, Hughes, and Lee wow!!
You do realize that the Red Sox are in the top 3 in almost every hitting stat (most of them they're either 1 or 2) in all of baseball so far this year right? Statistically they're even better than the Yankees so far this year. And that's without a health 2/3 of the OF being healthy all year and terrible slumps by Ortiz & Martinez in April. The bats aren't the problem, it was the starting pitching earlier this year. It's no shock that once the starters got hot, the team finally started to win some games. With that being said I think the only moves you'll see the Red Sox doing is adding a bullpen arm here or there. They're not going to go after a hitter (unless Ellsbury and/or Cameron show they won't be healthy for the rest of the year) or a starter (again unless Beckett won't be back). I'd be surprised if the Yankees went after Lee, for reasons you named, mainly them not wanting to give up any prospects when they can sign him in the off season. I actually think the Yankees are going to be the ones adding a bat by July 31st.
Agreed Yanks need a bat.....the Sox are going to try to add one as well....they will kick the tires on Gonzo again....the Sox dont have anybody that scare you thats the problem....their pitching the first month and a half was a facade, they have the best rotation in the game....Beltre batting 340 or whatever wont do that in the playoffs and the FO knows it...the Sox are getting ALOT of contribution from guys that arent seeing the field in the playoffs, McDoanald, Hermedia etc...
Solid week of play puts Yanks back in tie for 1st. Great day with Yanks win, and TB, SOX, TOR, and BAL all lose!
Great win and great game to be at! CC was DOMINATE in the first few innings. I felt like he got shaken up with getting hit by the ball but he got out of it and got back in a groove. He had 8 or more strikes outs...Can't wait to get arod back in the lineup though.
looks like i went to the right game. Joba is terrible. God awful... Andy Pitched good today too. Shame he had to get the lose but that bats did not come through today, other than Cano and Arod. BTW Cano is on his way to win his first MVP if he keeps this up. Best player in baseball right now.
Reason the Yankees are doing so well this year is starting pitching. CC, vazquez has been pitching GREAT lately. I know a lot of Yankees fans hate him but he's pitching very well. Should of never gotten that L against the mets. Andy is having a he'll of a season this year. 8-2 wow. And Phil Hughes is just nasty. 10-1. Aj is worrying me to be honest. He needs to pitch better. But Yankees starters are 37-17. Almost a 70%. there bullpen on the other hand...well that's a different story
