The Official New York Yankees Thread

Cliffy6745

singularity wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Stiff lower back for Johnson, wonderful.

seriously? wow, this guy came in shape & ready to play!

I read he wore spikes in the indoor cage during bp and caught a spike, said he would have played if it were a regular season game.

rival.

Cliffy6745 wrote:

singularity wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Stiff lower back for Johnson, wonderful.

seriously? wow, this guy came in shape & ready to play!

I read he wore spikes in the indoor cage during bp and caught a spike, said he would have played if it were a regular season game.

yeah, you have to be careful with strains and pulls. remember girardi's first spring training with the team? alot of guys were going down with pulls because they werent use to his extreme work outs. nothing like what torre use to do to the guys.

Cliffy6745

singularity wrote:

yeah, you have to be careful with strains and pulls. remember girardi's first spring training with the team? alot of guys were going down with pulls because they werent use to his extreme work outs. nothing like what torre use to do to the guys.

Yeah, man. Better safe than sorry on March 4th.

Joe G has learned a lot since that first spring training.

Cliffy6745

Cervelli just got drilled in the dome. Looks like he is alright, got up pretty quickly and walked off. Scary though.

CROJAM95

Is Carl Crawford playin for us yet? Or do we really have to wait till July?

CROJAM95

Just picked up 2k10 for 360..... And it's much improved, appears glitch free, and if you get it soon they are giving away fathead jrs as a promo. Got the jeter one, pretty sweet!! It's a $40 value. The fixer is also on the soundtrack with some other cool bands.

1st person to pitch a perfect game online gets a million $$

Brock Samson

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Cervelli just got drilled in the dome. Looks like he is alright, got up pretty quickly and walked off. Scary though.

i heard he got a concussion?

Cliffy6745

Bill Conlin in Philly had an article today that the Phillies have the best infield in the modern era and River Ave Blues has this pretty nice rebuttal that they don't even have the best infield in the game.

http://riveraveblues.com/2010/03/do-the ... era-24914/

I love the end

Even if you feel like being extremely generous and consider Tex-Howard and Jeter-Rollins to be washes, the difference between A-Rod and Polanco is greater than the difference between Utley and Cano.

I can understand why fans and the media in Philadelphia are excited. They’ve got a great lineup, added Roy Halladay, and have won two straight pennants, but when it comes to infield might, they’re going to have to play second fiddle the Yankees. Again.

And I will add the stats for people who don't want to click through.

Just looking at raw triple-slash stats, the Phils’ four main infielders collectively hit .273-.344-.473 with a .358 wOBA in 2009. The Yanks, meanwhile, saw their four main infielders hit … wait for it … .310-.384-.519 with a .390 wOBP as a group. That’s a .903 OPS infield. It’s like having four Josh Hamilton’s circa 2008 on the diamond, but just a touch better. The Yanks infield had 44 more hits and 20 more walks than the Phillies’ infield last year despite coming to the plate 158 fewer times

intodeep

Great article.

The phillies have the slightly younger up infield but the placido palonco is a good player not great and really hurts them compared to the yankee starters. They have a lot to be excited about but the Yankees infield last year outplayed them and probably will again this year.

igotid88

man old ys coming down. hard to watch.

igotid88

Looks like the 5th starter job is Hughes' to lose.

intodeep

igotid88 wrote:

Looks like the 5th starter job is Hughes' to lose.

I would love that. I think Hughes has the better long term make up. I would honestly like to eventually see them both in the rotation.

Only thing about hughes winning the job is his innings limit... I assume it will be the hughes rules.

igotid88

intodeep wrote:

igotid88 wrote:

Looks like the 5th starter job is Hughes' to lose.

I would love that. I think Hughes has the better long term make up. I would honestly like to eventually see them both in the rotation.

Only thing about hughes winning the job is his innings limit... I assume it will be the hughes rules.

i don't believe his will be the same as Joba's. Hughes has pitched over 140 innings in the past. Last year he pitched in about just over 100. So maybe they'll give him 60-70 more innings this year. So even though Mitre, Aceves and Gaudin are competing for the 5th spot. We all know it's between Hughes and Joba. You can't invest all this time in these guys. Just to have them both in the bullpen.

Cliffy6745

Joba has got a tough task ahead of him this afternoon, especially after how well Hughes pitched yesterday.

Cliffy6745

Stand up move by Manuel and the Phillies playing an extra half inning so the Yanks can get Joba more work.

Cliffy6745

Joba did his job today

xavier mcdaniel

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Joba did his job today

speaking of which if I see the following headline "Good Joba" tomorrow, I'm going to vomit...

Cliffy6745

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Joba did his job today

speaking of which if I see the following headline "Good Joba" tomorrow, I'm going to vomit...

I hear you. Overall, this 5th starter talk is getting pretty annoying. I guess that is what we get with a quiet spring training in Tampa. Better than Arod PED talk I guess.

igotid88

Hughes pretty much sealed his spot in the rotation. I'd be surprised if he's not the 5th starter.

jimed14

Ok Yankee fans, talk to me about .... Dave Robertson.

Some eye popping strike out numbers. Yet, looks like his stuff might be fast and straight as, he gets hit a little too. Doesn't walk anyone.

We looking at a potential Rivera successor? Not that Mo is going anywhere anytime soon, but ... thoughts on Robertson? Have you seen him pitch?

(indeed, this is scouting for a deep fantasy baseball leauge I'm in.)