It’s Chien-Ming’s turn

YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD June 3, 2009
Syracuse (Nationals) POSTPONED
Scranton/WB
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Bowie (Orioles) 0
Trenton 8
W: De La Rosa (3-2, 3.24); L: Deza (1-2, 3.67); SV: Texeira, K (2)
HR: TRN: Curtis (1).
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_03_bowaax_treaax_1
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Tampa 1
Jupiter (Marlins) 6
W: Rosario (3-1, 0.90); L: Zink (2-5, 4.93)
HR: JUP: Dominguez (3).
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Charleston 4
Savannah (Mets) 3 (12)
W: Rulon (3-1, 1.42); L: Cruz, R (1-2, 2.36); SV: Venditte (16)
HR: None.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_06_03_crdafx_savafx_1
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YANKEES MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD June 4, 2009
Syracuse (Nationals) 5:35 PM
Scranton/WB
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Syracuse (Nationals)
Scranton/WB
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Bowie (Orioles) 11:05 AM
Trenton
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Tampa
Jupiter (Marlins) 7:05 PM
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Charleston
Savannah (Mets) 7:00 PM
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REPEAT FROM PRIOR THREAD
Duncan,
No, I don’t remember your post, but Teix has sure tightened up the infield defense. And he can throw!!!
Our stongest outfield defense is with Gardner in center and Cabrera in right. Damon/Swisher in left would be a choice of better coverage vs. a better arm. We knew we would have weaknesses in the outfield, but I feel we can win regardless. My major concern is the bullpen, we’ll have to get that sorted out soon!

Oh and Cruz; this guy is a beast. Interestingly before the 2008 season where he started mashing in the minors, he cleared waivers. 16HRs, 41RBIs and counting…

Just finished watching my 1:30 hour “tape” delay and I thoughjt Wang was decent. Some of those left-handed Rangers did some good hitting and I gotta lookup where Nelson Cruz came from. He is a beast and it’ll be interesting to see what he does next at Fenway!!!

Igawa strikes out the Syracuse clean-up hitter Brad Eldred to end the threat.

So it looks like the Rangers got Cruz out of Milwaukee before the 2006 season. His BA after 220 ML games for the Rangers in 2006-2008 was .262.

Hmmm. I wonder if OF draft prospect Brett Jackson is a cross between Brett Gardner and Austin Jackson?

Congrats to former Yankee Randy Johnson who just won his 300th game. The guy is a great competitor and richly deservant of this. Johnson becomes only the 6th lefty to win 300 games. See you in the Hall of Fame RJ.

Has anyone besides me noticed how many times Robinson Cano has grounded out to the second baseman this season. Must be at least 50 and must be some kind of record.

Those of us who saw the game witnessed a slice of baseball history, seeknay. One that we might not see again in our lifetimes.

I dont see Andy making 300. 80 more wins is 15 a season for the next 5 years. It’s possible but I dont see him pitching until he’s 43. CC? It’s possible but he’ll have to continue to pitch thru his 30′s as he has in his 20′s (much in the same way Clemens did) without missing too many beats, without too many stints on the DL. I also think, in today’s game there is little reason for a pitcher to throw 250+ innings or 10 CG’s a season. Considering the investment teams make in pitchers today, that kind of wear and tear isn’t going to lend itself to longevity. This isn’t the 80′s anymore. After the 80′s Clemens only hit 250+ IP twice, 91 and 97. I don’t see Halliday making it to 300. He’s already in his 30′s and has only 140 wins. He’d need to get himself to a perennial winner and out of Toronto to have any kind of shot. He’d need to average 16 wins a season for the next 10 years? Not in Toronto. Santana is already a 30 year old 10 year vet and has fewer wins than either CC or Roy. At 114 wins, that’s 19 wins to make it by 40, 16 by 42. Nothing is cast in stone for sure and one of these guys could turn out to be another Clemens or Unit and pitch well into their 40′s racking up wins. Two other factors: the 5-man rotation and revenue sharing. Good pitchers who used to come up with small market teams, developing their stuff and showing their potential used to get snapped up by the contenders (Yanks, Dodgers, etc….) and had more winning opportunities. Not so much anymore. Take Scott Kazmir for example. Here’s a guy with CY potential dripping off his balls playing for a team that gets him barely 10 or 12 wins a season. Now, he’s had some injury problems over 6 seasons but no one in the AL East will doubt what he can do. Problem is, he WON’T do it with Tampa Bay.
Is the era of the 300 game winner gone? Looking at the win count for active pitchers, I would say yes. I dont see Jamie Moyer getting 50 more wins. I certainly don’t see Andy getting 80 more. After that you have to go all the way to Mark Buehrle with 128 wins at 30 years old to find someone who isn’t in his 30′s with a reasonable number of wins. Guys like Millwood and Tim Hudson who are approaching their mid-30s now with just under 150 wins? I can’t see them getting ANOTHER 150 in their declining years. Just don’t see another 300 game winner.

The best chance for another 300 game winner is if Mussina decides sitting around for a full year is enough!

BTW, since my 50th HS reunion is this year, it’s been a half century since I did any geometry. Is there a math wizard here who can help me figure out how to compute OPS? And I can’t get the same results as are published for OBP (hits+walks/AB?) Then they added a new stat GO/AO, I have no clue what this is?

For anyone in Jersey with easy access to I-195, the Trenton ballpark is at the far western end and so easy to find. Go see Montero in person!!!

Frank,
Thanks! Without knowledge of the HBP or SF I’m incapable. So I guess I’ll just continue to use hits + BB/ABs like I used to 25 years ago for my softball team! I’ll call it KOBP (Kramer’s On Base Percentage.) What the heck!!!