Sunday night on the Subway
The first three innings were perfect for Chien-Ming Wang. The fourth? Not so much. That’s got to be called a home run there for Delgado. Bad reversal by the umpiring crew. Jerry Manuel gets to watch that replay a few more times from the clubhouse.
This has got the makings of an early night for the Wanger unless he can get his pitch count down ASAP. He isn’t getting much help from his defense.
Anyway, the major pregame topic was the Yankees’ sluggish start to the season. I understand there are fans still wrapping themselves around the idea of Joe Girardi as the Yankees’ manager, but it seems there may be a lack of perspective here.
This team started 21-29 last season and still was able to make the playoffs. Has everyone forgotten that? As Derek Jeter said today, “We’ve essentially got the same group of guys.” You subtract Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada and obviously it’s not going to be pretty.
On Cash: Someone asked on a previous blog item what I thought of Brian Cashman’s situation. To me, it’s much the same as it was in Spring Training. He’s hitched his wagons to the Yankees’ youth movement, so to speak, and I would have to say that it would have been easy for him to go guns-blazing for Johan Santana and try to secure his job for ’09.
He didn’t, believing that Phil Hughes and Melky Cabrera will give the Yankees a better chance to win not only World Series No. 27 but also Nos. 28 and 29. Maybe he’s right, the jury is still out. But if the Yankees miss the playoffs and Hank Steinbrenner wants to pin it on Santana, or simply believes that it’s time for a change in direction, that could be bad news for Cash. Either way, I’m not of the belief that you do yourself any particular service by changing a GM in the middle of the season.
Bryan Hoch
Yah… That was a terrible call. The thing is, the breaks the Mets have been getting, you’re bound to get a call against you sometimes… This is just one of those times where a bad call favored the Yankees — It seems we havent got one of these in a long time… Really need to take advantage of this… Albeit, it’s still 4-0…
Now 4-2 as Matsui delivers a shot. Speaking of Matsui part of the problem with this team, in my opinion, is the lack of speed on the wings in the outfield. Melky in center covers a great deal of ground. As far as I am concerned Matsui, Damon and Abreu are statues with limited range. Look at Church in right field for the Mets tonight. On Gonzalez’s line drive and Melky’s bloop he used his speed to make the play. Would Abreu had made either of those plays? this team has four DH’s, Abreu, Matsui, Giambi and Damon and the Yankees are forced to play three of them. As a followup to Bryan’s post on Cashman it is not the pitching that bothers me it is the entire way this guy has put this team together. In my opinion you don’t have four DH’s.
Great performance by this team tonight wasn’t it. Are Yankee fans as fed up as I am?
I really don’t have an opinion on the team’s play right now. It’s been a combination of not taking advantage of runners in scoring position efficiently ( Molina doubles with no outs, the game was 4-2 at the time, Damon comes up, moves him to third, and then Melky, instead of bunting him home, flies out? What the hell is that? Girardi’s fault, no doubt bout it. Two outs, you no longer have those options at your disposal, and a base hit is mandatory, Yanks didn’t get that. ) Bad luck: Wangs fourth inning, Ohlendorf’s eighth. And no offense. I already covered that though. The defense has been great, though Abreu could be better with his throws.
On Cashman, I agree with jhtravers, when it comes to putting a whole team together, he hasn’t done a great a job. He hasn’t been smart and maybe that’s pressure from upper management. BUT, that’s exactly why he needs to go, he can’t handle it.
AND CAN YOU HANDLE MELKY CABRERA? WHAT A CATCH!
Props to Cash on that one. LOL.
I think this team, like I’ve said before, needs to be gutted, not now obviously, because that’s not an option now, but in the offseason, REGARDLESS of the outcome of this season, changes need to be made. We can’t come out fo the gates and expect a start to the season like THIS one. We need a younger, more talented team ( Like the Mets ) and guys like Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Hughes, Ramirez, Ohlendorf, Kennedy are good people to build round. Obviously we’ve seen that Hughes and Kennedy have struggled, but we can do nothing if not support them and hope the best for their development. Sabathia and Mark Teixeira a GOOD, YOUNG players with track records, and are great opportunities for Cashman to redeem himself, he neeeds ( yes, threee Es ) to make those players Yankees.
BDSouth I agree with you on the catch. The score is 11-2 and this guy is busting his guts to make a play like it is a 3-2 game. This kid is a keeper and frankly the only decent defensive outfielder this team has. I totally fault Cashman for the makeup of this team. I not only believe his days are numbered but coaches in the minor leagues who are not developing talent days are numbered. Whoever is the GM next year has the task of rebuilding this team. Regardless of the pressure from above that is what you are paid well to do. If you can’t handle the heat get out of the kitchen. One last note it is time to get Joba in the starting rotation, he is wasteing away in the pen.
We’d have the best lineup in baseball, and the best rotation in baseball, check it out:
1. Damon
2. Jeter
3. Abreu? Maybe Gardner replaces him
4. A-Rod
5. Teixeira
6. Matsui
7. Melky
8. Cano
9. Posada
Rotation, no order.
1. Wang
2. Sabathia
3. Hughes
4. Joba
5. Lowe? Perez? Lackey?
That’s Dynasty-like right there.
Don’t forget those role players.
Can’t see Abreu or Damon back next year. Do hope they get C.C. after blowing it with Santana. Not sure about Hughes, he needs to prove that he can do it and is not injury prone. After watching Melky’s catch again this team needs some speed in the outfield, not statues.
Sub Damon for Gardner, slot Damon second and Jeter third. It’d work just like Abreu and A-Rod tandem, only Jeter walks less.
Oh yeah, and he actually hits REGARDLESS of A-Rods presence in the lineup.
Boy, maybe I should be manager…
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does anyone remember why we wanted Girardi over Mattingly for the head coaching position?.. i wanted him because i thought he would bring a sense of small ball to a VERY over rated offense…
if Jose Molina leads the inning off with a double… BUNT him over, the Yankees offense is the most over rated thing i have seen since Britney Speares snatch picture…
get it together Yanks…
Wow. I ignored the TV and net this weekend knowing that there would be little from our side. The only difference this weekend was that our pitching stunk as well as our bats. The bright spot? Well, we essentially DOUBLED the number of runs we scored over the TB series – 6 in 2 games vs 6 in 4 games. Woo hoo.
And I HATE calling Jete out but I’m sorry my friend, runs like this team made LAST year were historic and folkloric. To expect your team to be able to repeat that performance as an excuse for where you are now just doesn’t wash. This team AS A TEAM stinks to hell. MAYBE having ARod and Jorge back WILL spark the team. But I sure as heck hope there’s plenty of sock lint to ignite (thanks Survivorman!) because the wood is all wet.
As well, it does seem that as Damon’s fortunes go, so go ours. He had a run against Detroit and Seattle, series in which we did well. He hit in the last game against Cleveland (that *I* was at!) and we won, then started to slow back down against Detroit and stunk it up against TB and the Mets, managing only 2 hits in 25 abs, and the team results are predicable. Abreu, same same. 3 hits in 20 abs with 1 walk.
BDSouth, BUNT Molina home? Are you kidding? They’d have to send him while the pitcher is still rosining up his pitching hand.
Now we ask Moose to come in and play stopper. Let’s see. When was the LAST time we won a game? Oh… That’s right THE LAST TIME HE PITCHED, 5 FREAKIN GAMES AGO! And with the exception of the Rasner start against Detroit, when did we win BEFORE THAT? OH! Right. The Moose start against CLEVELAND A WEEK AND A HALF AGO! So in the last 10 games, we’ve won 3, 2 of which were Moose starts. So, if he starts another 20 games, throw in a few other fluke wins here and there and we’re well on our way to a nice 50 and 112 season! ALL RIGHT! YEAH!
I can’t blame Wang for last night. I mean, the guy has given up 4 runs in the 14 innings prior with only nothing to show for it. I’d say too why should I show up to a game when my teammates don’t? Maybe I’ll phone it in as well.
Ok. I’m done for now.
I know why I am a Oil Company employee, I do not know baseball. I thought the duty of the GM and manager was to put the best team on the field. Jason Giambi refuse to change, the opposing team places 6 guys on the right side of the diamond, if he is up there with no outs its the same as two outs. All the money he is making he can’t go to the leftside. Leading off the inning try slapping the ball, bunt anything to get on base and start a rally. That helps your team. He has plenty of time to practice hitting the ball to the leftside of the diamond. And if I was the GM, I would let teams know for the right price, Cano, Cabera, Kennedy and Hughe are available. Bring Gardner up insert him at the leadoff position. He has speed. Teach him how to bunt and steal bases. The Yankees are slow they need speed, the outfield I can out run all of those guys so Gardner has to be a help.
YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD May 18, 2008
Pawtucket (Red Sox) 7
Scranton/WB 1 (7)
W: D. Hansack (2-4, 5.34); L: S. White (4-2, 3.55)
HR: PAW: C. Carter (3), D. Brown (2).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_18_pawaaa_swbaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb
Pawtucket (Red Sox) 3
Scranton/WB 7 (7)
W: J. Marquez (3-5, 6.16); L: M. Tejera (2-3, 4.64)
HR: PAW: S. Madera (4). SWB: J. Lane (8), N. Green (4), J. Christian (3), B. Gardner (3).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_18_pawaaa_swbaaa_2&t=g_box&did=milb
New Hampshire (Blue Jays)
Trenton SUSPENDED
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Vero Beach (Rays) 1
Tampa 5
W: M. Dunn (2-1, 2.66); L: H. Rollins (2-3, 4.24); SV: G. Duff (1)
HR: TAM: J. Calzado (2).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_18_vbdafa_tbyafa_1&t=g_box&did=milb
Asheville (Rockies) 1
Charleston 3
W: N. Castillo (4-2, 3.17); L: C. Graham (4-3, 2.42); SV: J. Ortiz (12)
HR: None.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_18_ashafx_crdafx_1&t=g_box&did=milb
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YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD May 19, 2008
Pawtucket (Red Sox) 7p
Scranton/WB
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Vero Beach (Rays) 7p
Tampa
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Asheville (Rockies) 7:05p
Charleston
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Gardner still isn’t ready for the majors yet. He is in a bit of a slump right now as his BA ihas dropped from around .345 to around .285, plus he still strikes out way too much. Right now he would be nothing more than a late inning pinch runner.
In short, Gardner isn’t a true leadoff man. Also you don’t trade away your future to resolve problems you have right now. Like I have said, the Yanks did the right thing by not trading for Santana, as he won’t make any difference for this team. I am in favor of trading 2nd-Tier pitching prospects like Jason Jones or George Kontos to fill some problem areas, especially 1B. No way should this team bring Giambi back next season. I’m getting sick of seeing old, broken down players or mediocre players who struggle to hit their weight let alone over .200 which this team has been doing for a while with the likes of Giambi, Betapuke, Meintkiewicz, Phillips, Duncan etc. Giambi has never shown he was worth the price the Yanks paid for him initially. The Yanks didn’t sign him just so that he can collect a buttload of walks or to hit an “occasional” HR. What this team is going to need to do if it can’t get a player like Teixeira is to trade those 2nd-Tier prospects as part of trade packages to fill those holes rather than go the direction of quick fixes like it has been doing at 1B.
Being someone who has seen Gardner, he is ready, but the problem is, with Damon, Abreu, Matsui & Melky, where do you put him. Damon, Abreu and Matsui are all around 34 with huge contracts. Damon and Matsui each have two years (2009 and 2010) left. He is at .282-3-19 right now. 13 steals. 30 strikeouts but 24 walks. OPS .839…high considering he is not a power guy. His five triples attest to his speed. He already bunts and steals. He doesn’t have to learn. The 13 steals are one less than the ENTIRE YANKEE TEAM has right now. The 24 walks are matched ONLY BY GIAMBI. The OPS? Equal to Jeter, topped only by Matsui. Granted his numbers wouldn’t be as good in the majors, but he does (and is) doing some things this team does not do….draw walks and steal bases. And as far as an OF arm goes, it doesn’t take much to have an arm better than Damon’s.
And BTW, Gardner is a true leadoff man. Think Brett Butler.
Everything is a new learning experience for a young inexperienced player so saying that he doesn’t have to learn to bunt, and steal is wrong. Gardner has always had a OPS during his career so that should help make him a good leadoff man down the road. He does walk a lot, but that is going to be a new learning process as well as he is going to have to get used to a different strike zone compared to the minors.Unfortunatley, his strikeout rate has gone up this season, and he is tied for second on the team in total Ks, so he is going to have to get those down a bit, also you don’t recall a young player while he is in a slump.
Arod and Posada are the savoir and the beer guzzler of ’08? minus the beer of course.
It is time we got a real first baseman who can split time with Giambi and even be a late inning replacement who can hit. We don’t need all world, just a cheap option.
Olendorf is not ready?
GM Mattress is rushing Steven White?
We should keep Gonzalez and dump either Ensberg or Duncan when we activate Arod tomorrow.
If we used Rasner last night, how would that have affected the rotation? Would it have been a sign he might be headed to the pen?
Why don’t get a pitcher, so we can make stop letting Kennadia get beat up? We have Damon and Sui as good trade bait here.
I will suspend the Fire Girardi campaign until Posada and Arod are back and in the swing but we will not dig out of the same whole as last year. Also, Tony Pena does not deserve to be given a team that won’t make the playoffs he was disrespected at this last job. I will continue to state that my choice was Pena.
Again, Sabathia is way more important than Texeira in the off season. We may even need 2 starters this off season.
I think Gardner will get a look when the rosters expand, he could end up being the 4th outfielder next year if Sui or Damon is moved.
bpoop,
Having Pena as manager wouldn’t guarantee anything, this team could be in the same predicament as it’s in now. Pena isn’t that great of a manager.in ’02 he was 49-77, ’03 83-79, ’04 58-104, ’05 8-25 for an overall career record of 198-285. Pena would do better with this team? Yeah right!!!!
I think he will get a look later this season, but only as a pinch runner, and not as a leadoff hitter.
bpoop,
Steven White has been in the minors since ’03 so there’s no such thing as rushing a player like him, and his last outing was the only bad outing he has had in a while.
How much do hits cost? Because at this rate the only way for the Yankees to get them…seems to be to buy them. I’ll sponsor a couple if that’s what it takes. Anyone else could too. Every game the only stat that seems to be high is the LOB stat. That doesn’t exactly help you win. Let’s go already! Yankees hit…that’s what they do. I want them to start truly acting like Yankees.
He still strikes out too much, and he doesn’t walk enough …
young inexperienced player…He needs to cut down on his Ks before he can be considered a true leadoff man.
Rebuttal: Lou Brock had nine seasons were he struck out over 100 times. The guy was a HOF leadoff man.
Gardner has 24 walks. More than anyone on the Yankees major league squad except Giambi.
He’s 24. Not 20-22. 24.
White only just moved up triple A?
Pena managed the Royals. Are you saying Torre would have over 500 with the Royals?
Mattress, Gardner won’t lead off if Damon or Melky is here.
For all those dissing Giambi, He has
24 walks, 8 hrs, 6 2B, 21 hits total. Not a bad line for someone hitting 191. The Walks added to the hits means he’s been on base 45 times in 36 games played (110 at bats = less than 3 ABs/game). Which means Giambi is on base almost every other time he bats. He may not be driving in runs but he is on base every other time he bats.
This team reminds me of the teams from the 80′s…….Pure Garbage!!! Don’t expect that A-Rod and Posada will resurrect this anemic offense. I’m glad the start the fire Girardi campaign has been out to a halt for now. It’s time to start the fire this team campaign.
Trivia: Who is the only baseball player to make the All Madden team? Hint: It was a Yankee.
Another hint: The Yankees denied his request to wear Babe’s #.
rcngolf… as a player, hrr-rrm, I can tel you that a well placed bunt gives a runner more time than a well placed grounder. Grounders travel faster. : P
Giambi has been dong great at first base. He’s even begun tp prove me wrong about his glove, he surprisedme yesterday with those stabs he made. I guess the big G has somethin left in him. Still, we need Teixeira, who is overall a better athlete, fielder and hitter than Giambi and hasn’t even hit his prime yet. ( He’s veinte y seis… 26 )
Giambi has been doing great? I don’t think so. He is being paid to do more than walk, hit an occasional HR, and hit .191, and it’s been a struggle for him to even hit that this season. This has been the first season where anyone can say he has looked good defensively at first. He has never lived up to his contract, except for the first two seasons he has been here.
YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD May 19, 2008
Pawtucket (Red Sox) 5
Scranton/WB 3
W: D. Pauley (5-2, 3.32); L: H. Phillips (2-2, 6.75); SV: J. Switzer (2)
HR: None.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_19_pawaaa_swbaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb
Vero Beach (Rays) 6
Tampa 5
W: J. Hellickson (5-0, 1.92); L: R. Pope (4-3, 2.42); SV: N. Frontz (7)
HR: TAM: J. Calzado (3), J. Cooper (1).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_19_vbdafa_tbyafa_1&t=g_box&did=milb
Asheville (Rockies) 9
Charleston 3
W: B. Billings (3-3, 5.70); L: J. Stephens (1-1, 1.72)
HR: ASH: D. Christensen (3).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_19_ashafx_crdafx_1&t=g_box&did=milb
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bpoop,
What the heck are you talking about? White has been with the organization since ’03, and worked his up. He’s been with AAA since ’06. torre’s record wouldn’t have been as bad as Pena’s if he managed the Royals. Pena couldn’t lead a colony of ants to a pile of sugar at a picnic. Pena is garbage as a manager. also I never said Gardner would leadoff with Damon and Cabrera here. Again, Giambi is being paid to dirve in runs not just to take walks. He hasn’t done anything to help turn this team around yet this season.
The problem is Teixeira could wind up with the same type career with the Yankees as Giambi. One decent year followed by a string of injuries.
And I remember the teams of the 80s. How many championships did Winfield’s huge contract bring us?
Well, well, well. Another Boston no hitter. Just another milestone for the fans to boast on. Geez. Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy should be taking some notes.
Also don’t even think about comparing a young minor leaguer to a HOFer like Lou Brock. There’s no comparison period. A player’s actual age doesn’t play any significant role in how many times a player walks or strikes out. Gardner would be second on the team in terms of strike outs right now. Brock isn’t in the HOF just because he could steal bases, but rather of his other offensive abilities, i.e. his ability to hit HRs, he has 149 career HRs, and 3,000+ career hits, while Gardner has yet to show any ability to do that.
Notes for the big kids:
1. Never shake your damn catcher off, he knows what he’s doing, believe in him.
2. PLay catch with him. Throw strikes in other words.
3. Don’t think about it. The best tip for people who are struggling mentally in this game is to empty their minds and do it. You won’t get that tip on Baseball Tonight.
Winfield was just one player. The rest of the team was garbage during the ’80′s, especially the pitching.
4. Mentally prepare for the lineup you are about to face. Whetehr it’s a right/left handed lineup, whether their players are free swingers or patient, and the dimensions of the ball park. If it’s a small ball park, you can expect a big fly on the smallest error, if it’s a big ballpark, well, less pressure for you.
So Lester throws a no-no. Last year it was Burkholtz. And DelCarmen is not bad in relief. Ever notice how many young pitchers the sox have developed in their farm system compared to what the pinstripes have developed? This is not just in the sox organization it is in many other organizations. See fans as a yankee fan who has been highly critical of Cashman the problem goes deeper than him. What are the scouts and coaches in the minor leagues doing within ths organization? Just appears to me that you have more than players collecting paychecks and producing little. As far as Giambi is concerned he came to replace Tino, frankly he is not one-tenth of the player Tino is. The quicker his contract runs out the better.
Matt—ingly!
Alright I am in super beast mode right now.
You guys want a Tino Martinez back, go and acquire Ty Wigginton from the Astros.
Brett Gardner strikes out too much for the leadoff man spot? Darn it, the nine hole exists, the point is to take a different direction with this club and get Abreu the heck out of here. I wouldn’t be surprised to suddenly see him hit more with A-Rod back. BULL, that’s why I wnat him gone. He needs to stay consistent regardless of our injuries. Wiht his super fielding abilities, and his speed, with his upside, he seems to be more than just a pinch runner or fourth outfielder, to me anyway. If not this year, he should be here for ’09.
G-Man is performing, albeit uner rough umbers, but he is performing. He’s hitting the ball sharply now and he’s getting his hmoe run ball and ripping it 9 out 10 times. He’s got too much ABs for his stats to show it, buit he has recently just busted out of the slump. And for those of you who say the walks are doing nothing, JEEZ, what do you want!? This man has always been a sharp shooter with the eye, and it’s not his fault the rest of this lineup can’t produce and take advantage of his walks. I shake my head at times at these comments. Relax.
To me, Girardi needs to make a lineup change, that reads as so:
Damon
Jeter
Matsui
Alex Rodriguez
Abreu
Cabrera
Giambi
Cano
Molina
Let me explain. Let’s start with the top half.
Damon and Jeter have worked fine so far, no need to fix what isn’t broken. Matsui in the three spot, well, he’s been hitting better than Abreu, ( no matter lefty or righty, he hits. ) And will see better pitches to hit with A-Rod behind him. A-Rod’s the four hitter, his job is to clear the bases, right? Okay, then we go back to the merry-go-round again with Abreu, who walks and takes his liners to left alot. Boom. Another consistent on base threat. Because of his consistent on base presence, Melky will recieve more fastballs and therefore beter pitches to hit. Giambi, boom, another guy who takes his walks, and behind him? Cano again, a guy who is aggressive and will benefit from better pitches to hit because of consistent on base presences. Molina rounds out the order because he’s the weaker hitter, and then it’s right back to Damon.
I garauntee we’d score more runs with that lineup. It’d be great to have A-Rod back though.
Comments or suggestions, all welcomed.
I’m as happy as I’ve been all season. 1.) Arod’s coming back. 2.) The Yankees didn’t lose!!!
They didn’t lose today !! Oh, they didn’t play? Alley is back! ” Behold the mighty Thor”.
Giambi is walking in somewhere just under 1/4 of his ab’s. He’s not whiffing much (16 in 110 ab’s) and in May he’s batting about .250 – woo hoo. 3 homers. Yeah, say what you want but none of those numbers reall stand out for someone making what he is.
Abreu was on a tear the first of the month hits-wise but his power hasn’t been there with only 2 dingers so far. We’ll see when Arod comes back.
I am not surprised at all that now we are starting to question the “youth movement” that Cashman started 5 YEARS TOO LATE. I knew that once we started losing games here and there that the entire Yankee fan base would be jumping off the bandwagon. Methinks the fair weather fans will be running to the hills. This team does NOT need to be “gutted”. The young guys in the farm system are better than 95% of the rest of the big leagues, and Abreu is NOT a statue in right field. Abreu is one of the faster runners in the big leagues. Damon, stink as he might with a bat, is still a prolific base stealer (if Girardi would ever send him), and the only thing wrong with his defense is his rag arm. The reason why Boston’s young pitchers look so good is because they have an offense that they KNOW will score them some runs. They know if they get in trouble that the offense WILL bail them out. It makes it alot easier to throw strikes when you aren’t scared that even 1 mistake will cost you the game. Right now, the Yankees starting rotation needs to practically throw a no-hitter just to give us a chance in hell at winning the game. Don’t come in here with your “over-rated offense”, either. That over-rated offense scored 968 runs last season. The offense is certainly capable of repeating last season’s totals, but they are just not executing. When (if) the offense starts scoring like they can, the rest of the problems this team is facing will melt away.
Well having a reigning MVP return seems like a good slumping offense remedy. I reckon we’ll get some wins – time to beat up on the Orioles, Mariners & Twins
BDSouth,
Giambi is performing? I don’t think so, and his numbers reflect that. Who really cares if he is hitting the ball hard? If he isn’t getting hits then it really doesn’t matter. He has struggled badly all season to get his BA over the Betamit line, heck, you have to expect more from Giambi than just walks when the offense is struggling as badly as it is. Him walking as much as he has hasn’t translated into success whatsoever. He’s getting paid to do more than just walk every AB. He really hasn’t been really worth the contract he signed since his second season with the Yanks.
I think the front office needs to be gutted more than the current roster. I like the lineup changes you made in your last post. It makes sense. Gardner also projects to nothing more than a #8 or #9 hitter for the immediate future, no way will we see him at the top of the order for a while if he gets called up.
Matt, Tex in ’09. It’s not too far away.
It would be great if the Yanks could get him, but I have my doubts about that. They gave up alot of great prospects for him, and not for just one year.
I have my doubts on Tex – he’ll probably want a lot of years and we’ve several other ageing bats who could hold down first in a couple of years time, Posada, Jeter etc
Mark Teixeira will ony be 28 next year, he’ a gold glove 1B, he hits a consistent .300/30/100. He is well deserving of a HUGE and LENGTHY deal if he decides to be a Yankee.