The Official New York Yankees Thread

smarchee

holy shit balls

I missed half of my fantasy draft so Jeter was picked before I arrived and I picked up another SS late thinking I would try to use Jeter as trade bait

I cannot believe how good he has fantasy wise, every night hits, HRs, RBIs its unbelievable

what a start to a season, is it a stretch to say this may be his best April ever?

wowzers

neilybabes86

nice win ....another for Mo

Newch91

smarchee wrote:

what a start to a season, is it a stretch to say this may be his best April ever?

wowzers

That's what I'm thinking.

Cliffy6745

neilybabes86 wrote:

nice win ....another for Mo

Real good early season win against a team on fire. Was flicking back and forth from your game. Good sports night.

neilybabes86

Cliffy6745 wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

nice win ....another for Mo

Real good early season win against a team on fire. Was flicking back and forth from your game. Good sports night.

as u can imagine...i saw about 10 pitches..1 of them being hamilton homer :roll:

Cliffy6745

neilybabes86 wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

neilybabes86 wrote:

nice win ....another for Mo

Real good early season win against a team on fire. Was flicking back and forth from your game. Good sports night.

as u can imagine...i saw about 10 pitches..1 of them being hamilton homer :roll:

Yeah, of course. I watched almost all of the 2nd and 3rd periods. But missed things here and there for the Yanks.

Really looking forward to tonights game. Darvish's era is a lot better than the rest of his numbers have been. 1.81 whip. I hope they put a beating on him tonight.

JonnyPistachio

igotid88 wrote:

What is Jeter on?

Didnt he and the girlfriend break up?

Newch91

Don't write Jeter off yet.

http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/2012/04/d ... tter-40599

Derek Jeter’s hot bat has gotten a whole lot better

Last week when Derek Jeter was batting .361/.395/.528 I hypothesized that his hot start wouldn’t last, that it was a mirage. My logic was simple. Jeter was crushing left handed pitching to the totally unsustainable tune of a .617 wOBA. Against righties, however, his wOBA was an awful .272. Given that most pitchers are right handed, and that Jeter’s decline the past couple seasons has come against right handed pitching, logic dictated he couldn’t sustain his hot hitting. Once he began facing a more typical number of righties his overall numbers would begin to suffer.

So, here we are, a week later, and Jeter is batting .382/.411/.618. His wOBA is .432. In the past week Jeter’s number have gotten … better. That’s a lot of left-handed pitchers, right? That’s only partially true. While it’s true that Jeter has faced lefties in ten of the Yankees’ games and 24 of his plate appearances, he has now faced righties in 50 of his plate appearances. His season numbers against both types of pitching have begun to normalize. He’s still clobbering lefties. His wOBA is .595 against them, which is astounding (and unsustainable). Against righties, however, he’s started to hit, a lot. Jeter’s wOBA is now .365 against righties. That means that since I wrote my last post suggesting Jeter would not be able to sustain his hitting overall because he’s hit right handed pitching so poorly Derek has improved his numbers against righties almost astronomically. He’s gone from having a .272 wOBA against them to a .365 wOBA in a single week. That’s impressive.

1999 was the best season of Jeter’s career, when had a wOBA of .428. It is unlikley, therefore, that Jeter will be able to keep up his current torrid hitting. It would mean that he has the best season of his career in his late thirties. That’s unlikely. However, if Jeter is in the process of putting together a come back season he will need to do it the way he did when he was younger, crushing lefties, and hitting well against righties. Last week my hunch was that when Jeter’s numbers normalized his weakness against righties would be exposed. Instead, his hot hitting has started to benefit him when he’s facing righties. Derek has taken one step toward putting together a come back month, if it is too soon to say if this is a come back season, and one step closer to proving me wrong. I’ve never been happier to be wrong.

Cliffy6745

Without jinxing anything, because we will not see this all year but....

.411/.436/.644 and leading the majors with 30 hits.

He could go 0-27 and still be above .300 which is insane for this early in the season.

Cliffy6745

Newch91 wrote:

Don't write Jeter off yet.

http://www.yankeeanalysts.com/2012/04/d ... tter-40599

Derek Jeter’s hot bat has gotten a whole lot better

Last week when Derek Jeter was batting .361/.395/.528 I hypothesized that his hot start wouldn’t last, that it was a mirage. My logic was simple. Jeter was crushing left handed pitching to the totally unsustainable tune of a .617 wOBA. Against righties, however, his wOBA was an awful .272. Given that most pitchers are right handed, and that Jeter’s decline the past couple seasons has come against right handed pitching, logic dictated he couldn’t sustain his hot hitting. Once he began facing a more typical number of righties his overall numbers would begin to suffer.

So, here we are, a week later, and Jeter is batting .382/.411/.618. His wOBA is .432. In the past week Jeter’s number have gotten … better. That’s a lot of left-handed pitchers, right? That’s only partially true. While it’s true that Jeter has faced lefties in ten of the Yankees’ games and 24 of his plate appearances, he has now faced righties in 50 of his plate appearances. His season numbers against both types of pitching have begun to normalize. He’s still clobbering lefties. His wOBA is .595 against them, which is astounding (and unsustainable). Against righties, however, he’s started to hit, a lot. Jeter’s wOBA is now .365 against righties. That means that since I wrote my last post suggesting Jeter would not be able to sustain his hitting overall because he’s hit right handed pitching so poorly Derek has improved his numbers against righties almost astronomically. He’s gone from having a .272 wOBA against them to a .365 wOBA in a single week. That’s impressive.

1999 was the best season of Jeter’s career, when had a wOBA of .428. It is unlikley, therefore, that Jeter will be able to keep up his current torrid hitting. It would mean that he has the best season of his career in his late thirties. That’s unlikely. However, if Jeter is in the process of putting together a come back season he will need to do it the way he did when he was younger, crushing lefties, and hitting well against righties. Last week my hunch was that when Jeter’s numbers normalized his weakness against righties would be exposed. Instead, his hot hitting has started to benefit him when he’s facing righties. Derek has taken one step toward putting together a come back month, if it is too soon to say if this is a come back season, and one step closer to proving me wrong. I’ve never been happier to be wrong.

Those numbers off lefties are even crazier after last night.

Bronx Bombers

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseb ... -1.1066385

Cliffy6745

Bronx Bombers wrote:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/john-kruk-blasts-nick-swisher-yankee-outfielder-excessive-celebration-yankees-historic-comeback-win-red-sox-fenway-park-article-1.1066385

Eh. I am not the biggest fan of swishers antics, but they just completed a 9 run comeback over the Red Sox at Fenway, if there is ever a time for a celebration, that's it. Beat it, Kruk.

Cliffy6745

This is awesome

http://deadspin.com/5904518/andruw-jone ... er-tonight

Cliffy6745

Have I mentioned that I am pumped for tonight's matchup? There is a chance I get pulled into helping my girlfriends family with some stuff. I will be pretty angry.

Monster Rain

Andrew Marcharnd quoted this tweet from Jorge Posada's wife: "I can't believe someone I know is screaming @ the TV watching The Price is Right. Is he really doing this? Lol (retirement)"

Newch91

Monster Rain wrote:

Andrew Marcharnd quoted this tweet from Jorge Posada's wife: "I can't believe someone I know is screaming @ the TV watching The Price is Right. Is he really doing this? Lol (retirement)"

DS1119

Monster Rain wrote:

Andrew Marcharnd quoted this tweet from Jorge Posada's wife: "I can't believe someone I know is screaming @ the TV watching The Price is Right. Is he really doing this? Lol (retirement)"

What loser actually watches The Price Is Right? :roll:

Bronx Bombers

I doubt that fat ass would've been complaining if it was the other way around.

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Bronx Bombers wrote:

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/john-kruk-blasts-nick-swisher-yankee-outfielder-excessive-celebration-yankees-historic-comeback-win-red-sox-fenway-park-article-1.1066385

Eh. I am not the biggest fan of swishers antics, but they just completed a 9 run comeback over the Red Sox at Fenway, if there is ever a time for a celebration, that's it. Beat it, Kruk.

Newch91

Jeter is the first Yankee to have 30 hits in the first 16 games. Amazing.

Cliffy6745

Some ugly swings the first time through