Archive for August, 2010
Andy Pettitte Rehabs Tuesday and Alfredo Aceves »
Via the NY Post: Andy Pettitte takes a big step today in his rehab program from a left groin injury in Tampa when he pitches in a simulated situation. If Pettitte doesn’t experience any problems, he would likely pitch in a minor league game Tuesday in Trenton (Double-A). When Pettitte went down on July 18, the Yankees hoped he would be [...]
Javier Vazquez Has Lost His Fastball »
Via the Star-Ledger: "'I reach back, and I see 88," said Vazquez, who was clearly frustrated after allowing six runs in 4 1/3 innings. "The fastball is not there. I don’t have any zip on it." Also missing: the movement on Vazquez' fastball. According to Pitch F/X, of all the pitches that Vazquez threw that were classified as fastballs, [...]
Yankees-Rangers Notes: Marcus Thames, Mark Teixeira »
It looked like just another night when the Yankees would be victimized by Cliff Lee, but the Yankees managed to chip away at him, as they scored four runs off him and knocked him out of the game in the seventh inning before going to work on the Texas bullpen. Marcus Thames hit an eighth-inning homer and put the Yanks ahead with a ninth-inning [...]
New York Yankees Get 2009 Swagger Back by Beating »
Game Notes The odds were stacked up against the New York Yankees before Texas Rangers Cliff Lee even threw his first pitch. By the top of the sixth inning, Lee was schooling the Yankees again, with a 6-1 lead, posting 11 strikeouts, no walks, and a stacked bullpen just waiting. Yankees Javier Vazquez pitched just shy of six innings. Vazquez is [...]
The New York Yankees’ Gutty, Gritty Return »
The Yankees struck out 17 times in last night's game. Javier Vazquez only lasted 4.1 innings, allowing eight hits, six earned runs, and two walks—making that two shaky starts in a row for Vazquez. Not to mention that the Yankees were down 6-1 to one of the best pitchers in baseball, Cliff Lee. Being down by even one run against Lee is a [...]
Please Don’t Go: The Future of Tony Pena and The »
Rumors of new baseball managers for the 2011 season have been flying about in the baseball world. Many names have surfaced, including Don Mattingly, Willie Randolph, Joe Torre, Bobby Valentine, and current bench coach of the New York Yankees, Tony Pena. Tony Pena has been part of the Yankee coaching staff for five consecutive seasons, [...]
New York Yankees Pregame Notes: Posada Starting, Two »
The health of Jorge Posada has pretty much become a day-to-day thing. He’s had to deal with the recovery of a broken foot, a cyst in the back of his knee, and now his surgically repaired shoulder has been bothering him.Last night, for instance, Posada’s shoulder got so bad that the Yankees wouldn’t use him as a pinch hitter in [...]
New York Yankees Notes: Jorge Posada’s Shoulder, »
The Yankees got seven innings out of their starter A.J. Burnett, but once again the offense failed to make much noise as Mariano Rivera let the game slip away in the 10th inning causing the Yankees to lose to the Texas Rangers 4-3 in 10 innings. Here are some notes: That was an impressive performance by Burnett, if he could have avoided a sixth [...]
New York Yankees: Top Seven Things Fans Don’t »
The New York Yankees lost a heart-breaker to the Texas Rangers in the 10th inning, final score 4-3. It’s no big secret that the Yankees are losing, winning only 4 of last 11 games and falling fast. The Bombers first place lead is dwindling down, now just a half-a-game over the Tampa Bay Rays. The Boston Red Sox are playing catch-up sitting [...]
New York Yankees: Bullpen Resurgence Integral for »
With the way the game has changed over the past few decades, relief pitching has become a substantially more important part of baseball. In the age of innings limits, pitch counts, and match-ups, starters aren't pitching as deep into games as was once the norm. A bad bullpen can turn a decent team into a bad one, and a great bullpen can [...]