6/1 – Yankees at Twins
The clock struck midnight for Morgan Ensberg this morning, as he was designated for assignment to make room for Scott Patterson on the Yankees’ 25-man roster.
The Yankees needed some bullpen help after last night’s 12-inning game and Patterson was throwing well, 1-0 with a 3.04 ERA and three saves in 22 games. He last pitched on May 30, saving a game at Rochester for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Ensberg took the news well, Joe Girardi said, but he was gone by the time we headed back into the clubhouse. Tough break for him, though you had to know it was coming. The at-bats had dried up and even though Girardi had said that Ensberg was able to do a lot of things for them, it seemed he wasn’t doing much but warming up pitchers late in games.
Here’s one note. Patterson has been issued uniform No. 30, last worn by the late Cory Lidle. The Yankees continue to keep Lidle’s Yankee Stadium locker out of circulation, but that may just be more out of convenience to give Jorge Posada an extra locker. By the way, Posada may be added to the roster on Wednesday as a pinch-hitter before catching Thursday.
Spoke to Ross Ohlendorf this morning. Mariano Rivera gave him the game ball last night and Girardi gave him the lineup card, which he plans to have signed by all of his teammates and framed at his home.
Bryan Hoch
YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD May 31, 2008
Scranton/WB 5
Rochester (Twins) 2 (10)
W: D. Robertson (2-0, 2.25); L: J. DePaula (1-2, 5.76)
HR: SWB: J. Lane (11). ROC: D. McDonald (7).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_31_swbaaa_rocaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb
Trentonb13
New Britain (Twins) 3
W: M. Melancon (2-0, 1.84); L: E. Simonitsch (0-3, 12.18)
HR: NBR: L. Hughes (12), B. Peterson (5)
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_31_treaax_nbraax_1&t=g_box&did=milb
Fort Myers (Twins) 8
Tampa 6
W: S. Baker (1-0, 5.40); L: Z. McAllister (0-1, 9.00); SV: R. Delaney (12)
HR: FTM: W. Ramos (8).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_31_ftmafa_tbyafa_1&t=g_box&did=milb
Hickory (Pirates) 0
Charleston 2
W: A. Olbrychowski (3-2, 3.23); L: R. Delossantos (2-3, 4.22); SV: J. Ortiz (16)
HR: None.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_05_31_hicafx_crdafx_1&t=g_box&did=milb
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YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD June 1, 2008
Scranton/WB
Rochester (Twins) 1:35p
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Trenton
New Britain (Twins) 1:35p
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Fort Myers (Twins) 1p
Tampa
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Hickory (Pirates) 4:05p
Charleston
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Patterson is going to need to step it up in order to remain with the team, and Lord knows we need help in the bullpen.
John McCain: Bush is right – Screw kids!
Patterson needs to step up big if he’s going to stay on the roster.
John McCain: Bush is right – Screw kids!
Not a great outing by Rasner today but alas when you get one run and only eight hits what do you expect. Out of the 15 LOB today, 10 were left by A-Rod (4) And Matsui (6). Bases loaded and one out in the 3rd situation really hurt them today. Got to put the ball in play A-Rod. As for Ensberg another great signing by Crashman, another one that didn’t workout. And Yankee fans wonder why this team is a .500 ballclub. Again I ask does this GM have any clue?????
I was afraid of this. Rasner is not going to pitch well every time out but when he doesn’t pitch well, at least have some offense to back him up. 4 runs is not the most runs to give up and if the Yankees were to hit like they are capable of, then they could of won this game. I mean, come on now, the Yankees should of rocked those two pitchers today. I never even heard of them and they are not pitching stars.
The entire bench should be DFA’d. They are the ones who provide depth and flexibility, but they have been absolute no-shows this season. This team can’t afford to give any of its starters a day off. That’s one reason why I hate seeing Bet “You guys are already making odds when I get cut”apuke starting at any position. Having him in the lineup is like going to war with an eight-man lineup as I stated in the previous blog. It’s a disadvantage this tea can’t afford to play with every game.
I saw that report joe. Unfortunately, once again this team has no choice but to go with possibly more mediocrity in the form of Giese (and possibly Patterson?). This team simply has no choice in that since Steve White has been struggling since he was moved to the pen. This team is going to have to wait until JB Cox is ready to pitch and build up his innings total in the minors. Until then we might be subjected to more of the same. At least this team hasn’t panicked yet, and done something crazy by bringing up unproven prospects who aren’t ready yet, and could add to this team’s problems like Brett Gardner.
Shelley TRACHCAN and BETEMIT are next, wack them. Why they keep starting over Giambi and Giambi getting more days off than any other starter = Girardi on drugs.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this team were slow to cut these guys, they don’t have much in the way of talent to replace them all. Betapuke would probably be the last to go because of the mysterious hard-on this team has for him.
YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD June 1, 2008
Scranton/WB 7
Rochester (Twins) 8
W: P. Humber (3-5, 5.53); L: S. White (4-3, 4.55); SV: B. Korecky (6)
HR: SWB: E. Duncan (6). ROC: C. Basak (4).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_06_01_swbaaa_rocaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb
Trenton 9
New Britain (Twins) 3
W: J. Jones (8-1, 2.28); L: O. Sosa (2-5, 6.88)
HR: NBR: T. Plouffe (3).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2008_06_01_treaax_nbraax_1
Fort Myers (Twins) 6
Tampa 1
W: T. Robertson (4-2, 2.76); L: C. Garcia (2-2, 4.12)
HR: TAM: J. Calzado (4).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2008_06_01_ftmafa_tbyafa_1&t=g_box&did=milb
Hickory (Pirates) 6
Charleston 9
W: J. Ortiz (1-1, 1.69); L: M. Felix (3-2, 4.04)
HR: None.
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Joe,
Don’t let your fear of being fooled destroy your imagination. Some opportunities may not jump out in front of you.
This Scott Patterson dude– I don’t like him. He has a bad fastball ( literally ) and an okay curve with a bad changeup. He, like most Yankee relievers, likes the middle of the plate.. ALOT. It’s a miracle that some of them were not hit. He walks people ( whcih goes against Cashass’ report and Girardi’s report that he goes right at people ) I think he walked two in the inning and a third that he pitched. Really, was he the best the Yankees had to offer? He won’t last a week in the majors. No stuff + mediocre control= Why are you here? BTW, he doesn’t hit 90 with any of his pitches.
Jeeze, I expected better. Why didn’t we give someone else a chance?
Like I’ve said many times before, this team is not making the playoffs. They struggle to maintain a .500 record for the God’s sake. When I see this team string together 4-5 wins consistently with good pitching and good offense ( meaning wins like those we had last week: 12-2, 13-3, etc. ) than maybe. We’re in June already, it’s no longer ” early “. It’lbb be July 31 soon and before u know it we’re in September. Like I said, I don’t see them improving unless we make right moves by the deadline. Whcih means acquireing C.C. Sabathia, a good reliever or two ( Brian Fuentes? Jesse Crain ? ) and really solidifying our weakness: pitching.
I really like the idea of bringing up prospects and watching their careers blossom, but let’s wake up and smell the coffee. These guys are not going to carry us to the playoffs, as they’ll need space to find themselves here in the bigs. If Scott Patterson is any sign, we’re in for a long season. Youth movement, cool.. okay, but let’s improve with people who we know can make an impact immediately, which would make the transition for the youngsters easier.
Indians will be shopping C.C. in July, it’s no longer a quetsion.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/06/rosenthals-la-1.html
The bench and the minor league system is really a sorry site for this franchise. When you add that and the many BAD free agent signings how can either Hank or Hal be considering another offer to Crashman?
Come July, I’d like to see a rotation of
Wang
Sabathia
Mussina
Pettitte
Chamberlain
and a bullpen of
Fuentes
Ohlendorf
Ramirez
( some highly touted prospects )
Britton
Mo
among others.
If we lose then it’s because this offense is acting it’s age.
Ok. Come July, Hughes is healthy again. Where do you put him? Kennedy breaks his mental block, where does he go? Yeah, I know we all say thats a problem we’d love to have. But we don’t have Sabbathia yet.
C.C is not yet 30 but he looks 35 out there. Do we really want to give up the bag of prospects it would take to get him? I’d much rather see a trade for a young talented position player.
If we are going to build a franchise, let’s do it right. 7 years of ‘win now’ has got us a grand total of 0 rings.
I think we will get CC but no way Colorado trades Fuentes, he’s closing again and pitching well. If CC does come, Rasner can go to the pen and Karstens can stay in scranton for life.
Yeah, can someone please explain why the Yanks have this weird love obsession with Duncan and Betemit? It’s verging on creepy…
Scrubs, scrubs, scrubs. We have a 200 million dollar payroll, and we still insist on using Betamit? Why is it that every time I tune into a game to check out the Yanks, I get to witness a discount Yankee lineup? I will be glad to see Posada back in the lineup. I’m sick of Molina. Well, I’m sick of the entire bench right now, Girardi included. It’s official, we HAVE to win 60% of our games to get a whiff of the playoffs. Even if we win 90 games, we will most likely finish 3rd in this division. We need help, and I don’t think Duncan, Molina, Betamit, Moeller, and the rest of the supporting cast are going to contribute to anything besides failure.
Chaz,
I agree with you on the “scrubs” thing. It’s so funny because Arod is obviously still not 100% (probably won’t be the rest of the year) and he looks immortal compared to Betemit. And Duncan, why isn’t he in the minors right now? Bench guys are definitely hard to come by, I understand that, but both Betemit and Duncan have proven over a long enough period that they’re just not cut out for it right now.
I do have to disagree with you on Molina though. I’m sick of him as a starter I suppose, but really he’s done all he could. Most catchers don’t hit .250 so what the heck is a back-up going to do? He’s done his job and when Jorge finally comes back, Molina will go back to what he’s been so good at: backing up.
I also disagree with you on Girardi. I think he has really done a tremendous job this year ESPECIALLY with the in game decisions. He hasn’t been perfect (Manny vs. Moose and pitching to Victor Martinez are the two biggies), but overall it has been nice watching games in which the manager isn’t the one losing it. It’s also nice watching games in which the manager actually looks ALIVE, let alone awake.
I think right now the Yankees just aren’t that good of a team. I keep hearing “$200 million” thrown around but just because you pay someone a lot of money doesn’t mean they are actually that good. Arod’s probably my favorite player and I think he is the best player in the majors but he’s not even CLOSE to being worth what he’s getting paid. I mean here’s a rundown of the big contracts the Yankees have right now:
Arod $28 million
Giambi $23 million
Jeter $21 million
Pettitte $16 million
Abreu $16 million
Damon, Matsui, and Posada $13 million
Moose and Pavano $11 million
Farnsworth $6 million
Hawkins $4 million
NONE of those guys are worth what they’re getting paid. They’re not all BAD, but they’re all overpaid (yes, that includes the untouchable Jeter). The point of all this is that the Yankees aren’t the salary leader in MLB because they have the best players, it’s because they have the most expensive players. Right now they’re just not a great team. Arod’s great, Mo is out of this world, Wang is still Wang, Jeter, Cano, Abreu, Pettitte and Matsui are pretty good, but that’s not enough players to catapult the Yankees into one of the elite teams right now (especially with a shaky bullpen and non-existent bench).
BDSouth,
Unfortunately, we have given guys like Patterson, who doesn’t have much in the way of stuff, and aren’t able to pitch in the majors, a chance. Remember Traber, and Igawawful? Those guys obviously are minor league pitchers who can’t pitch at this level, and who had numbers which this organization fell in love with down in the minors. Obviously, that was a mistake. Unfortunately, we will most likely see another pitcher who fits that description in Dan Giese who is having a fluke-like season who up until recently had posted a 1.01 ERA. He’s nothing more than a career minor leaguer who only has 9 1/3 career IP at the major league level with the Giants last season and had an ERA near 5.00. So it doesn’t look like the parade of garbage will end any time soon with Giese.
I have decided not to get too low or too high on the Yankees this season, they are a mediocre team with a mediocre record. It’s sad that my local team the Rangers have almost the same record as the Yanks…so sad. I have had more fun watching the Rangers play, only because of Josh Hamilton. And you guys are so right about the Yankees’ bench, they are a disgrace to the Yankee uniform, where did the Yanks find these suckers? That being said I’m driving 4 hours to catch the Yanks in Houston in a couple of weeks, so if you have the YES network, look for a chick running out on the field trying to maul Derek Jeter, cause it will be me!
Unfortunately, Girardi continues the tradition Torre started last season by starting no-talents like Betapuke, and Ensburg despite the fact they have no business being on any ML roster.
jeterstar,
Do us a favor and run out naked to give us chumps a reason to watch. Just kidding!!!!!!!
Molina is a solid back up. His job is to spell Posada once or twice a week. His numbers are misleading because he has more ABs than what you would what his season total to be.
I think we know we need to upgrade our bench. We wacked Ensburglar. We will probably bring back Gonzalez at some point. Duncan likely will play for another team. Betemit starting over Giambi, someone is on drugs. Giambi doesn’t need more than 1 day off per week.
The bullpen is on the verge of complete utter implosion. I doubt we upgrade it because so many teams try to do that with little success at the deadline. Plus your not gonna overpay for someone in the final year of a contract.
BRYAN, CAN YOU GET PERMISSION FOR ME TO POST BUSTA OLNEY’S MANNY/BABE COMPARISON ARTICLE. IT IS AN ESPN INSIDER PAGE. MOST PEOPLE HERE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN READING IT.
Come on Cashman, we need a power threat on the bench, someone who other teams fear as a pinch hitter.
Gary Sheffield? Unlikely.
Barry Bonds? No thanks.
Sammy Sosa? Never heard of him, don’t think he can hit.
Mike Piazza? Give him a workout, see if he still can hit.
Paul O’Neill? Don’t laugh, he’d be better at 80 than anything we have now.
Jeez Matt! Are you advocating streaking?!? I wonder how much jail time that would be? And your’e right about Girardi “continuing the Torre tradition”. But by no means do I think he should be fired, I still really like Girardi.
I don’t think that the words “Mike Piazza” and “workout” can be in the same sentence anymore. Is Joba for sure starting tommorow? If he really is…are there still tickets available online? I wasn’t gonna go because I’m in the midst of finals and boring stuff like that…but that is a must see. Joba doing what he was born to do…Awesome!!!
Thats fine Obsportsgirl, Those are all the names I could think of, any suggestions?
jeterstar,
As long as you don’t have a history of doing it, I don’t think you will get jail time. Do you have a history? Again, just kidding!! No way should Girardi be fired, anyone who can keep this team’s head above water with all their problems should be given every chance in the world to succeed.
I bet if Pena had an identical record, you would not be saying that Mattress.
joe,
I agree with you about Gardner. He’s not ready yet. He would rank second on this team in strikeouts. His main asset a a player is his speed, so having him as a bench player would pretty much negate his speed since his chances of playing are going to be infrequent, and inconsistent. He’s going to find it much more difficult to walk against veteran pitchers than he did again the minors especially since he does strike out so much. Pinch hitting is difficult for a lot of veteran major league hitters, it’s one of the most difficult jobs for anyone to do so I wouldn’t trust that to an inexperienced rookie. He is more likely going to hurt this team more than help it at this time and point.
Well as long they’re not old…I’m good.
Pena couldn’t come close to what Girardi ha done with this team bettypoopy. He sucked as a manager when he was with the Royals, and he would suck with this team.
What happened with Jason Lane?
Frankly, there isn’t a single bench player or member of the bullpen (save Mo) that I can even get excited about. Even further, there isn’t anyone I’m even wanting to see in AAA, AA, A, or BBB for Christ’s sake. We sit and whine about Betamit, Duncan, Molina, etc.; but the fact of the matter is whoever we replace whoever with, it’s still a loser replacing a loser. Here’s where I stand from now on: Someone, anyone, I don’t care what your name is, just do your f-ing job, and help this team win some frickin’ ball games. I’m done wasting my time posting about these damn scrubs. From now on, I will try and direct my criticism/praise at the starters and the rotation. GO YANKEES!!!!!
Can’t compare Tony Pena’s experience with Girardi…Pena was coaching with at best would described as a “AA “squad…Girardi has proven All-Stars to manage…note that KC has not fared any better since Pena’s departure…The team is only as good as the talent it fields. Fans and media heave too much praise on coaches/managers when teams win and too much invective on coaches/managers when they loose…The Great Casey Stengel lost 102 when he moved from the Yankees to the Mets…the Great Lombardi was 6-8 with the Redskins in 1969… leading the Pack over the Raiders in the Superbowl the previous year. Did these “Managerial Genuises” become dumb after leaving leaving their respective dynasties or was their loosing directly tied to not having all-stars at every position ? Girardis doing fine…I can remember a few months ago when some people on this board were clamoring for Scott Patterson to be included in the bull pen…Now that his time has come the same people are poor mouthing the Yanks decision to bring him up and give him a chance. The Yanks should continue to bring up players as needed; No one knows for certainty which old or young minor leaguer will deliver a stellar performance. Many people on this site swore that kennedy and Hughes would be stellar in their first full year of play…It was idiotic to think that these two young players would do any better than they have, especially with little minor league experience under their belt. So, If Girardi & management have to give every hot shot in the minors a chance, so be it…not only for this year but because they know that this probably will be Petitt and Mussina’s last year. The starting pitching and bullpen have to be retooled…on the move. The Yanks are in a market the requires instant success…they don’t have the luxury of blowing up the team and starting over…All you have to do is read the messages on this board from some of the supposedly know it alls to realize this. The Pen is ranked 6th best in the league and have shown great promise …from Remariz, Olendorf, Farnsworth, et al. Yes, the bench has been average but will get better. Ensberg should not have been signed…Duncan should be returned to AAA to work on hitting to all fields. Betamit is the best of the bunch and will deliver with additional playing time…Girardi knows that Giambi needs to rest his 37 year old injury plagued body periodically if he is going to be effective down the stretch. The Yanks offensive woes have not been due to bench/back up players like Moeller, Molina, or Betamit not hitting…The puny offense, especially with runners in scoring position, can be attributed directly to Jeter, A-Rod, Matsui, Cano not delivering clutch hits that would alter the game, just like the bases loaded situation yesterday. It is agreed that the Yanks need a real power presence on there bench ….they should bring Barry Bonds in today !
Attention Yankees: You are facing a human **** today in the form of Livan Hernandez. He has a 4.15 ERA in his OWN YARD. If you cannot manage to score some runs against this complete loser, YOU ARE LOSERS. Make a f-ing effort to do more than just show up to the yard. Mix in some extra reps in the cage, and take Livan to task. That is all.
Why didn’t we give someone else a chance?
By BDSouth718@hotmail.com on June 1, 2008 10:26 PM
I’ll tell you why……..There isn’t anyone else worth a crap to bring up. This farm system sucks. I’m tired of hearing names like BJ Cox, Melancon???, etc. If they were that good, they’d be up in the bigs right now. This team clearly needs to to shed its payroll today and prepare for next season. I’m not sure CC could help this team nor would he want to play for them. By the way, anybody notice Colon is 3-0 or is it
4-0? It figures he learned how to pitch in chowdtown. Watch Ensburg sign there and learn how to play too.
Keyswahili,
Pass around whatever it is you’re smoking so we can all hallucinate and see what you’re seeing in Bet “Lasik Eye Surgery won’t help me hit better than Cano” amit and we all know how much Cano is a **** streak or not.
T_u_r_d was censored. This site is a joke.
Barry Bonds? Bpark, stop logging in as this username, and just insult everyone as who we have come to know and hate you as. There are still people out there that think this team needs MORE ties to steroids? There are still people out there that think this team needs MORE controversy? MORE stains on its legacy? We need a bigger tent than the one that already follows this roid-crcus? Why? So we can have yet ANOTHER lefty to plug up this batting order? So we can have ANOTHER veteran that is far past his prime? You, sir are a f-ing idiot. You obviously care nothng about this team, its reputation, its legacy, anything. Barry Bonds should be decapitated, and his head shoved up his roid injected butt! IF YOU ARE STILL A FAN OF ROIDGER OR BARROID, YOU HAVE NO CLASS!!!!!
I’m all about free speech, but these drug use condoning, pro-Roidger Clemens, pro-Barroid Bonds, completely useless posts are beginning to make me rethink where I should go to discuss Yankee baseball. I love how much of a peice of crap today’s society is. These losers are obviously, albeit “proven” drug users, and we have a contingent of bloggers who don’t even care what they have done to this game. In fact, these idiots are ready to hand them the keys to NYC. You know what? F@$K YOU, Bpark and Swahili. You pukes make me want to vomit.
While we are at it, why don’t we just pick names exclusively off of the Mitchell Report for talent? We’ll move A-Rod for Glaus, Cano for Roberts, Abreu for Gibbons, and Cabrera for Ankiel. When we get the roster settled, we’ll just pass out syringes in the dugout, everyone can get all drugged up, a you losers can have your dream team. Bah. Pathetic.
Where is Doug Mientkiewicz? Or Miguel Cairo…they were pretty decent.
I would rather watch the Yankees go 0-162 with a clean roster, than see them go 162-0 with pariahs like Barroid and Roidger. But I guess I’m just silly that way…..
And by dougie I mean his defense. I don’t remember him hitting much.
Detroit already has an agreement sign Bonds, we don’t want him or Sosa. I’d be in agreement with Sheffield on the bench, maybe Piazza. Someone come up with some more names of options.
Cairo is Seattle. Vizcaino > Cairo. Sojo > Cairo.
I don’t think we need Meintkiewicz’s defense as much as this team needs a lot more punch of this bench. Meintkiewicz sucks as a hitter, he’s only hitting .217 with Pittsburgh, this team already has hitters like that on the bench right now. Cairo isn’t hitting any better with a .208 Avg.
Since when is he in Pitssburgh? And what team is Cairo on? Why don’t I know these things?
Cairo is a Mariner
Nodigidee,
I’m keyswahili is bpark’s alter ego, that’s why the two sound so much alike, they both are on something!!The reason why Melancon, and Cox haven’t been called up yet is due to injuries. Both are returning from TJ surgery, and Melancon only had 8 career IP before this season, Cox has only pitched about 16 innings this season total, so they need time to recover, and recuperate by building up innings before being called up. I wouldn’t doubt you will see these guys up some time soon this season especially if they keep bringing up pitchers who are limited talent wise i.e. Igawa, Giese, and Patterson. This team is making a big mistake by falling in love with the stats they post in the minors rather seeing them for what they are, minor league pitchers!!
I ment Detroit appears to have an agreement to sign Bonds, I think they are waiting until after his hearing with the superceding indictment.
Since my last post I am convinced that most bloggers see the culprit in this mediocrity = BRIAN CRASHMAN. Who is responsible for the minor league coaching or lack thereof? Who is responsible for the for this bad bench? Who is responsible for this bad pitching staff made up of bad free agent signees? Who is responsible for NOT trading Hughes and Kennedy for Santana? The answer is BRIAN CRASHMAN.
Nodigidee,
I’m keyswahili is bpark’s alter ego, that’s why the two sound so much alike, they both are on something!!
By matt_saiki@yahoo.com on June 2, 2008 5:29 PM
Makes no sense. Just like when you said Duncan was hitting with a 170 BA. Or when you said Torre can’t manage despite reaching the playoffs every year.
Mientkiewicz has been in 42 games for Pitt, and Cairo 27 for Seattle.
Since my last post I am convinced that most bloggers see the culprit in this mediocrity = BRIAN CRASHMAN. Who is responsible for the minor league coaching or lack thereof? Who is responsible for the for this bad bench? Who is responsible for this bad pitching staff made up of bad free agent signees? Who is responsible for NOT trading Hughes and Kennedy for Santana? The answer is BRIAN CRASHMAN.
By jhtravers@hotmail.com on June 2, 2008 5:30 PM
Kennedy and Abreu for CC is a better deal. We keep Hughes and Abreu was gone anyway.
Mattress Susuki = Sentinel = JoePerry = Keyshawli.
Keeping Duncan still makes more sense than keeping Betapuke who can’t hit worth a lick. This team is expected to do more than reach the playoffs every year with the talent it has on its roster, and the size of its payroll. A 2 year old makes more sense than you who always wants those three ********* on this team. Why can’t you get over your mancrush on those three stooges, The Savior, The Beer Guzzler, and Betapuke? Why isn’t my bpark, I mean keyswahili filter working?
Travers, you are dead on except the Santana trade, noone wanted to see Johan get killed in this division for the price of 2 top leve prospects (regardless of how bad they have done in this VERY EARLY stage) AND 200 million dollars. Minnesota would have bent us over on that deal, and we would be whining about Johan right now instead of the bench and the pen. Pick your poison. This particular deal is turning out to be a lose/lose for Cashman. (BIG SURPRISE).
Guaranteed we would be looking at IPKei and Hughes doing well for the Twins while Johan would be licking his wounds here in the bronx. I would bet a paycheck on it.
Duncan needs to be developing and getting ABs in the minors. All he knows how to do is pull the ball. His defense has cost us runs. Giambi has been playing well. Betamit should be move or dumped by the trade deadline. He could also work on somethings with Kennadia and Duncan in the triple A meetings.
As for your comments about Torre Mattress Susuki, not many other managers have the record Torre had here. buck Showwalter certainly is not in Torre’s league, neither is 2 of Steinbrenner’s guy Lou Pinella and Tony LaRoussa.
Hughes will turn out to be atleast a solid #3 for us. Kennadia is gonna be dealt for CC and everything is good. Beat the Twinz.
Boston is 8-2 against LHP this season. Do you think they would have broken a sweat over facing Johan Santana? Go look at his career numbers when facing East division opponents. Hardly worth 200 million. Can you imagine how bad it would be now that all 6 east division teams are good? Ick…..
Why isn’t my bpark, I mean keyswahili filter working?
By matt_saiki@yahoo.com on June 2, 2008 5:38 PM
Like you said you Keyswahili.
Hardly worth 200 million + 2 top-level pitching prospects, our starting CF, AND another ML position player…….NO WAY we should’ve taken the deal.
Oh. A Mariner? Thanks guys. I don’t want Mariner trash… Also I think that as important as offense is…first base needs a defenseman. I know rebuilding the bench for all offense is not a reality and you’re gonna need solely defensive guys. This teams got quite too many errors.
What the heck is Bartalo Colon doing so well? We need to face him to put him back to reality.
1B is important to the D, yes. Giambi isn’t exactly Mattingly with the glove, but he’s doing fine. We needn’t worry about a “good” defensive 1B. We need to worry about accurate throws from our heroes, Jeter and A-Rod.
Giambi only has 2 errors in 349 chances. Um, that’s pretty good.
Jeter has 5 errors in 186 chances. We need to get him an outfielder’s glove.
Lol. A-Rod has 5 errors in only 100 chances. Gold Glove thy name is Alex.
The Pen is ranked 6th best in the league and have shown great promise …from Remariz, Olendorf, Farnsworth, et al. Yes, the bench has been average but will get better. Ensberg should not have been signed…Duncan should be returned to AAA to work on hitting to all fields. Betamit is the best of the bunch and will deliver with additional playing time…Girardi knows that Giambi needs to rest his 37 year old injury plagued body periodically if he is going to be effective down the stretch. The Yanks offensive woes have not been due to bench/back up players like Moeller, Molina, or Betamit not hitting…It is agreed that the Yanks need a real power presence on there bench ….they should bring Barry Bonds in today !
By keyswahili@yahoo.com on June 2, 2008 3:39 PM
Keyswahili,
You either don’t know much about baseball, you’re on something, or you really are bpark’s alter- ego, or all of those things, in which case, you’re absolutely screwed!!!!! At best this pen is very mediocre right now other than Rivera, and Chamberlain. The rest of the pen has been crap capable of blowing up at any time, and has Ramirez, Ohlendorf, and Farnsworth have shown great promise? LMAO!!! Check Ohlendorf’s and Farnsworth’s stats for yourself. IF you think that shows great promise then you really don’t know anything about baseball. Ramirez has been good, but his innings have been limited, I’ll wait and see before I proclaim him the next Cy Young on this staff!! FYI this entire staff ranks only 17th in the majors in terms of ERA far from where it needs to be to get to another WS or the playoffs let alone to be dominant.
The bench has been absolutely dreadful this season. What team have you been watching? Betapuke is one of the worst of the bunch, he’s lucky to be hitting .237. Before he went down with his eye problem he couldn’t hit his weight. He’s only hitting what he is because he doesn’t have that many ABs, but the more he gets the lower his BA will drop as we are seeing right now. He’s a totally worthless no-talent who won’t do anything to help this team, he should have been dropped a long time ago. Gonzalez .214, Duncan .161, Ensberg .203, Molina .218. You may consider those “Great” numbers but anyone who knows baseball can see them as putrid. The bench may not be solely responsible for the team’s offensive problems, but they haven’t helped in any way either judging by those BAs. Those guys can’t be relied on to fill in for injured players or give somone a day off or be used in any way strategically during a game because they lack talent.
Barroid Bonds on this team? LMAO!!!!!!! “Nuff said about that!!!
For God’s sake bpark, I mean keyswahili, I mean sentinel, get a brain or drop that crack pipe!!!
Among the starters, Jete and A-Rod are DEAD LAST in fielding percentage.
bpark= sentinel=bpoop=bettypoopy=lunacy=stupidity=drugs for insanity=straight jackets=electro- shock therapy!!
Hard to win when you can’t score runs, and the left side of the diamond is not getting the job done. We need to consider DHing A-Rod and moving Jeter to LF next year. We need to be looking for a starting 3B, 1B, and SS in next year’s free agent market. We need several role playing peices too. We need a setup man, a lefty specialist, a long reliever, AND an ENTIRE bench. We’ll need our NEW GM to spend every dime of that 100 million or so that he’ll have in his back pocket.
I’m all about free speech, but these drug use condoning, pro-Roidger Clemens, pro-Barroid Bonds, completely useless posts are beginning to make me rethink where I should go to discuss Yankee baseball. I love how much of a peice of crap today’s society is. These losers are obviously, albeit “proven” drug users, and we have a contingent of bloggers who don’t even care what they have done to this game. In fact, these idiots are ready to hand them the keys to NYC. You know what? F@$K YOU, Bpark and Swahili. You pukes make me want to vomit.
By chazbedlam@gmail.com on June 2, 2008 4:04 PM
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While we are at it, why don’t we just pick names exclusively off of the Mitchell Report for talent? We’ll move A-Rod for Glaus, Cano for Roberts, Abreu for Gibbons, and Cabrera for Ankiel. When we get the roster settled, we’ll just pass out syringes in the dugout, everyone can get all drugged up, a you losers can have your dream team. Bah. Pathetic.
THE ALIAS IS MATTRESS SUSUKI’S ALIAS, HE ADMITTED IT IN A PREVIOUS POSTS. I AM AGAINST SIGNING BONDS, WHO WILL JOIN THE TIGERS. YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY.
1B is important to the D, yes. Giambi isn’t exactly Mattingly with the glove, but he’s doing fine. We needn’t worry about a “good” defensive 1B. We need to worry about accurate throws from our heroes, Jeter and A-Rod.
By chazbedlam@gmail.com on June 2, 2008 5:58 PM
Duncan had 2 major errors this past week in back-back games.
That depends on whether the psychiatrists can separate you from your alter-ego keyswahili. LOL!!!!!!
chaz,
I’m getting sick of seeing this team signing all these “specialists” only to crash, and burn. Just sign a solid relief pitcher who can pitch to major league hitters regardless of being a lefty or righty.
The only specialists I want to see are the ones putting bpark, I mean sentinel in a straight jacket. LOL!!!!
Giambi has been playing extremely well. He is a contract year and if he continues to show this glove, no 1bman not even Texiera will get a look. Giambi at the very least will be back as a DH if we agree on money.
I’m keyswahili is bpark’s alter ego, that’s why the two sound so much alike, they both are on something!!
By matt_saiki@yahoo.com on June 2, 2008 5:29 PM
Enough SAid.
Latroy Hawkins has to go. Olendorf earned himself some more time. Farnsworth had to go last year but with Joba in the rotation, we’re stuck with worth or no worth. Ramirez was bound to finally give up some runs. Veras is a last resort. Britton is not big league material, neither opt injured wild man Bruney. Karstens needs to stay away. Rasner as a long reliever could work. Patterson is TBD but mostly like Albadejo and can’t be trusted.
The Pen is ranked 6th best in the league and have shown great promise …from Remariz, Olendorf, Farnsworth, et al.
By keyswahili@yahoo.com on June 2, 2008 3:39 PM
Its RAMIREZ.
6th best, well Joba is not there anymore. He is a big reason for the ranking.
I was talking about Duncan and the other “backups”. Not Giambi… I’m loving the dude these days. Viva la moustache!!!
Nice try sentinel, I mean bpark, I Mean keyswahili!! Everyone knows I meant to say ” I’m sure keyswahili is bpark’s alter ego”. No go back to your padded 10X12.
GM Mattress Susuki has been exposed and then created the Keyswahilli and joeperry aliases to fight back. F-duck Duncan he’s garbage, f-duck you for dissing our hall of fame manager Mr. Torre, you ain’t no Yankees fan and don’t forget to dap Moose.
Mattress Susuki Sentinel, make sure to dap Moose for his 9th win on your way out and take your aliases with you…joeperry, sentineloffools, keyshawilli and any others.
Sounds like you’ve been sucking on Clemens’s Betapuke or have you been sucking on Betapuke’s Clemens again?
If Bryan can make it 1 username per internet provider, We will see alot less co-signing posts from Susuki’s aliases.
Stop with your mancrush on keyswahili!!!! Doesn’t your right hand get tired going 24/7?
Mattress still susuki on black shelley duncan in trenton?
No, but I know you and Clemens have been all over each other since you guys renewed your membership with NAMBLA.
The line up should look like this:
Lf Damon
ss Jeter
DH Bonds
3b Rodriguez
1b Giambi
C Posada
Rf Abreu/Matsui/Damon
2b Cano
cf Cabrera
Matsui & Damon can alternate playing time in Lf & Rf
No way, Sui and Damon are not sharing LF duties not with the contracts. Bonds is not coming here Mattress Susuki, he’s on his way to Detroit.
With Moeller staying around, Wednesday will mark the end of Duncan, Posada is coming back. Duncan is not needed.
Jeeez, knock this crap off already you guys, especially you bpark!!! Everyone on this blog is sick of you and the usual garbage you spout!!!! What are you 2 years old? No wonder no one likes you on this blog!!
You’re crazy keyswahili!!!! No chance in hell this team will ever go after Bonds!!!! Nor should they!!!!
By pgarrett@aol.com on June 2, 2008 6:50 PM
Another Matt Susuki alias?
2009 25 man roster (based on 2009 free agents)
Rotation: Sabathia or Sheets / Wang / Joba / Hughes / IPKei or Rasner.
Closer: Rivera
Setup:K-Rod or Fuentes
Long Relief: IPKei or Rasner
Lefty Relief: Marte or Ohman
Middle Relief: Wheeler/ Bruney/ E.Ramirez
Starting Lineup: c -Posada/ 1b – Teixeira (or Jeter if we can’t get Mark) / 2b – Cano/ 3b – McPhereson or Crede/ ss – Uribe or Furcal/ lf – Jeter (or Adam Dunn if no Mark Teixeira)/ cf – Cabrera/ rf – Abreu (or Adam Dunn)/ dh – A-Rod
Bench: Molina (c)/ J. Rivera or B. Wilkerson (of)/ Gonzalez (util)/ Minky (1b)
Well I see bpoop, I mean keyswahili had time to chime in with another crazy if not stupid post with Bonds in the lineup this time. All I got to say is **** keyswahili, I mean bpark, I mean sentinel!! Looks like bpoop has developed another man crush, only this time it’s on Bonds. Keep sucking on Clemens’s Betapuke!!
These guys all except Marte don’t have an option or buyout. They are unrestricted free agents. No trades, just cold hard cash.
Defense is Crede’s middle name. I like that guy.
That team is nearly flawless. Feel free to actually discuss baseball. Bpark, you get no apology from me. You’re still a Clemens honk, and he’s worse than Bonds.
Chaz, Jeter will not be shifted over from his shortstop position anytime soon, maybe a couple years down the line. No way is Furcal getting signed here, he’s showing signs of wear and tear. Uribe? Nope. I say our main focus this off season is solidifying our rotation ( Sheets or Sabathia, if I had to choose now– based on performance– I’d choose sheets. ) Not only Sheets but Teixeira as well. Offer him the world over a six year span ( 20-30 MM a year? ) That should shut Boras up. After that we could use some bullpen strengthening. ( Remember that it is a strong possibility that we acquire Marte or Fuentes by trade this year. Because of Colorado’s indecisiveness, I think Marte is more of a possibility. Fuentes is sure to come with a high price in talent. ) I hear K-Rod is a FA next season? I wonder how he feels about setting up for Mo and possibly taking over in 2011. For K-Rod, a good four year deal sounds right ( with the right figures in place of course )
Another Susuki alias, I guess. If you’d read my posts, you’d have seen me contribute the pens success to Chamberlain, Rivera and Ramirez you fool.
Hey Susuki, first you admit being Keyshawalli and now you back off, you’ve exposed yourself. Plus your a bay area, um gay area Yankees fan.
bpuke/sentinel,
You’ve already shown yourself to be keyswahili by showing off your manlove for betapuke with your, “Betapuke has thunder in his bat” blasts. LMAO!!!!!!!! Keep sucking on Clemens’s Betapuke “genius”!!!!!
You posted in this blog that you are Keyshawalli. You also have many other aliases including Sentinel. My take on Betemit is that he should be gone but the organization seems to think differently. However, Betemit is marginally better than your lover black Shelley Duncan but only because Betemit’s defense is better. Both are trash. Your ****.
Stop lying you lying sack!!! We all have seen how both you and keyswahili sound alike both as idiotic as each other. Maybe you should go suck on Torre’s Betapuke, it doesn’t seem like sucking on Clemens’s seems to be making you intelligent. Good luck coming up with another alias sentinel, I mean keyswahili, I mean bpunk.
Susuki, you don’t have to believe me, maybe you were drunk and forgot, you can read your own post where you admit to the alias. YOUR H-O-MO
Don’t have to , you have already shown yourself to be keyswahili, and sentinel through your own posts. Go back to sucking on Torre’s Betapuke.
You admitted to being the alias and Bryan has a listed of aliases you are using from that ip.
So Bryan should know that you are keyswahili, and sentinel, but everyone already knew that.
Actually Bryan has a long list of your aliases Susuki, people who haven’t posted for months are showing up again because you are using the same isp as them, you are them Sentinel, Keyshawahili and all.
Wow!!!!! nycstreet is a new alter-ego for bpark/sentinel/keyswahili. How disturbed can he get?
Very disturb considering you post from all these aliases accounts.