As soon as Chad Gaudin came marching out of the pen for the 14th inning today I knew the game was over, and I'm sure many of you felt the same way.
Sure enough, Gaudin walked the first batter he faced on four pitches and two batters later the game was over, with Mariano Rivera waiting for a save situation that never came.
I was on Twitter at the end of the game and many people, including beat writers, bloggers, and fans, began the debate well before Gaudin threw his first pitch: ...
Lets face it, this season, Mark Teixeira has clearly not been the same hitter he was last season.
With his staggering batting average now down to .215, and his on base percentage at a lowly .328, he might be best suited for a couple of days on the bench.
His struggles were brought back into the spotlight today after an atrocious game against the Blue Jays, where he put up a goose egg in six at bats, which included five strikeouts and four men left on base.
I'm not saying he cost the ...
From Tim Britton :
Manager Joe Girardi is hopeful that Jorge Posada can begin working behind the plate in the next week. Girardi has yet to talk extensively about a timetable with Posada and trainer Gene Monahan, but the plan remains to work Posada back into catching shape soon. "It's not like starting over, but it's getting back there," Girardi said, mentioning that Posada would have to catch a few bullpen sessions, throw to the bases and do some blocking exercises before returning behind the plate in a ...
After failing in his first attempt in the rotation in 2008, Phil Hughes spent most of last season in the bullpen before he got another chance. Well, Hughes certainly learned a thing or two while he was there.
We always knew that Hughes had a good fastball, but before last year he never threw a cutter. He must have had Mariano Rivera help him with it because the pitch has flown past Hughes’ curve as his second best pitch.
In terms of wCT value he has also thrown a better cutter than ...
The Yankees got their first taste of the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday and lost 6-1.
Here are some notes:
The Blue Jays have been better than expected this season and Brett Cecil and Jose Bautista showed them why. Cecil went 8 strong innings and Bautista homered twice.
We’ve seen bad AJ Burnett a lot lately. In his last 6 starts, he is 2-3 with a 5.65 ERA.
Pitching coach Dave Eiland has taken a leave of absence. There are no details except that it's not medical related and he’ll be back when he’s back.
Yankees ...
Even though I almost always have more pressing things I should be attending to, I can’t help myself from looking through baseball-reference.com’s Yankees page. For today, I thought it would be interesting to see who the Yankees’ best hitters have been. Not defense, not baserunning—just swinging the bat.
One of the more useful stats for looking at just hitting, in my opinion, is OPS+. This ignores things: not only baserunning and defense, but also positional value. So again, we’re just looking at hitting.
I ignored anyone with less than 50 plate appearances ...
According to Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated , the Yankees are not confident that 1B/DH Nick Johnson will return at all this season and that they may look to trade for a replacement.
Johnson went on the DL almost a month ago with an inflamed wrist. The initial diagnosis was that Johnson would miss at least a month and then possibly need surgery to remove inflammation that would be another four to six weeks out. That would put him at an August return if surgery was necessary. It sounds like it ...
Since opening day, the number 28 on Joe Girardi's uniform has been looking more and more like a target.
Having three starters on the DL last week and being in the thick of a four-horse race in the AL East, the Yankees have their share of teams gunning for them.
With Rodriguez and Teixeira still not playing up to their caliber, the Yankees could've easily been fourth in the division.
However, a number of players have stepped it up, including those who may not be front runners for an All-Star ...
"School's out for the summer." Not so fast, Alice Cooper—the Yankees are just getting their first report card of the year.
This list will be how I have graded the Yankee hitters to this point in the season, strictly based on their performance at the plate.
While some Yankees have hit some bombs, others have bombed their first test, and their grades will reflect that.
Here they are: the Yankee Class of 2010.Begin Slideshow
The Staten Island Yankees have not yet released a 2010 roster mostly because many of the players that will end up on that team have not been drafted yet.
That doesn’t mean that we can’t take an educated guess as to whom is going to be on the team and Robert Pimpsner of Baseball Digest, entering his 8th season on the beat, has done just that.
Here is Pimpsner’s roster preview:
PitchersMatt RichardsonManny BarredaMichael O’BrienNik TurleyMariel ChecoBrian GerritseFrancisco Daniel GilWilton RodriguezSamuel Elam
CatchersJR MurphyJhorge Liccien
InfieldersGarrison LassiterEmerson LandoniJose ToussenJose Mojica
OutfieldersEduardo SosaKelvin DeLeonRamon FloresSlade HeathcottJudd Golson
That ...