The 2008 New York Yankees

NCBRI wrote:

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Moose on the hill against Beckett tonight. A little mini sweep would be nice here.

It's going to be an uphill battle the way Beckett's going. Moose hasn't looked so good lately

NOCODE#1 wrote:

classless yanks hitting trying to take manny's head off, here's a thought, get a competent pitcher:)

:rolleyes:
here's another one, stick to your own Sox thread

were you watching the game? I don't think he meant to throw at someone's neck

NOCODE#1 wrote:

its ok sportscenter set the world straight by implying it was intentional

do i insert :rolleyes: here? do you have more spin?

off topic but when did joba become a star? can someone tell me what he has done?

I don't think it was intentional

I don't think Joba is off topic either. I don't know his exact stats and whatnot, I'm sure somebody else knows them but he's come in and been quite effective in his role as set-up man to Mariano, and people like his enthusiasm!

NOCODE#1 wrote:

classless yanks hitting trying to take manny's head off, here's a thought, get a competent pitcher:)

uhhh, that's how baseball's played. when someone's that comfortable in the batters box, you gotta make them uncomfortable. especially when it's a piece of shit retard who constantly shows up the other team every time he hits a fly ball to the outfield. Was it classless when Pedro would hit Yankees every game? Classless when he sent Jeter and Soriano both to the hospital in the 1st inning? Let me gues, it's okay for Sox to plunk yankees, but classless the other way around, right? Hypocritical fucking red Sox fans.....

ok, the time has come for some serious changes.

Jason Giambi---He is obviously done, and has been for some time. Take his ass and park it on the bench. I don't care if he is the 2nd highest paid player in MLB. You can get away with a light hitting 1B if his defense is exceptional. You can get away with a butcher at 1B if he's a league leading hitter. You can't run some cardboard cutout out there who's hitting .116. Forget about the steroid numbers. They never happened. We're talking about a guy who's hit .236, .253, .271, .208, and .250 over the past 5 years. 2005 and 2006 saw some power. Those years also saw gas sell for $2.50 a gallon, and that ain't coming back either. Give Shelley Duncan and/or Morgan Ensberg a shot there. Duncan may not be the greatest player ever, but he can hit a fastball. He's tearing it up at Scranton, hitting .342 with 4 HR's 10 RBI's and 6 doubles in just 38 at bats. Give him Giambi's job, and even his roster spot if you have to. He'll be a much better hitter and fielder, and at just 2 % of Giambi's salary. (I know they still have to pay Giambi, just making a point)


Johnny Damon---He just doesn't seem to have it anymore. He can't hit leadoff, not batting .197 he can't. get Brett Gardner up here, and give him some time hitting leadoff. He'd be a major upgrade in the OF over Damon/Matsui. I haven't seen enough of him to say whether he belongs in CF or LF, but I'd be happy with him in either spot, next to Melky. Gardner has been described as a "Juan Pierre who walks" just what this team needs. Damon, though obviously not as fast as he once was, would be a great late innings pinchrunner, albeit a $13,000,000 pinchrunner. Gardner is hitting .353 with a homer, 8 RBI's, 12 runs scored, and 3 steals in 51 at bats. If they're not ready to go with Gardner, then at least lead Jeter off. Without Gardner, Damon could make a great #9 hitter. he just can't lead off anymore


Mike Mussina--there's isn't a lot they can do here, as they need Moose to pitch, and eat some innings. But they'll have to cherrypick who he pitches against. Until Moose figures out how to get batters out with the stuff he's got now, you have to keep him off the mound against Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, and other slugging teams.


Ian Kennedy---Give him a few more starts to get it together, but if he doesn't, send him to AAA to get right, and give Alan Horne, Steven Jackson, or Steven White a shot. best case scenario is that whoever they call up pitches great, kennedy gets "fixed", and then Moose becomes a long man.


Lineup, assuming they don't call up Gardner
Jeter SS
Melky CF
Abreu RF
ARod 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B (will move up to 2nd when he starts to hit, which he will)
Duncan/Ensberg 1B
Damon LF

A-Rod leaves game with strained right quad. Same as Jeter the week before. Hopefully it's only strained.

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

ok, the time has come for some serious changes.

Jason Giambi---He is obviously done, and has been for some time. Take his ass and park it on the bench. I don't care if he is the 2nd highest paid player in MLB. You can get away with a light hitting 1B if his defense is exceptional. You can get away with a butcher at 1B if he's a league leading hitter. You can't run some cardboard cutout out there who's hitting .116. Forget about the steroid numbers. They never happened. We're talking about a guy who's hit .236, .253, .271, .208, and .250 over the past 5 years. 2005 and 2006 saw some power. Those years also saw gas sell for $2.50 a gallon, and that ain't coming back either. Give Shelley Duncan and/or Morgan Ensberg a shot there. Duncan may not be the greatest player ever, but he can hit a fastball. He's tearing it up at Scranton, hitting .342 with 4 HR's 10 RBI's and 6 doubles in just 38 at bats. Give him Giambi's job, and even his roster spot if you have to. He'll be a much better hitter and fielder, and at just 2 % of Giambi's salary. (I know they still have to pay Giambi, just making a point)


Johnny Damon---He just doesn't seem to have it anymore. He can't hit leadoff, not batting .197 he can't. get Brett Gardner up here, and give him some time hitting leadoff. He'd be a major upgrade in the OF over Damon/Matsui. I haven't seen enough of him to say whether he belongs in CF or LF, but I'd be happy with him in either spot, next to Melky. Gardner has been described as a "Juan Pierre who walks" just what this team needs. Damon, though obviously not as fast as he once was, would be a great late innings pinchrunner, albeit a $13,000,000 pinchrunner. Gardner is hitting .353 with a homer, 8 RBI's, 12 runs scored, and 3 steals in 51 at bats. If they're not ready to go with Gardner, then at least lead Jeter off. Without Gardner, Damon could make a great #9 hitter. he just can't lead off anymore


Mike Mussina--there's isn't a lot they can do here, as they need Moose to pitch, and eat some innings. But they'll have to cherrypick who he pitches against. Until Moose figures out how to get batters out with the stuff he's got now, you have to keep him off the mound against Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, and other slugging teams.


Ian Kennedy---Give him a few more starts to get it together, but if he doesn't, send him to AAA to get right, and give Alan Horne, Steven Jackson, or Steven White a shot. best case scenario is that whoever they call up pitches great, kennedy gets "fixed", and then Moose becomes a long man.


Lineup, assuming they don't call up Gardner
Jeter SS
Melky CF
Abreu RF
ARod 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B (will move up to 2nd when he starts to hit, which he will)
Duncan/Ensberg 1B
Damon LF

as of today:

brett gardner (AAA): .345/.393/.582, 4 3B
shelley duncan (AAA): .325/.471/.775, 4 HR

i agree... let's see what they can do...

there is absolutely no aspect of jason giambi's game that is consistent with what should be expected from a professional baseball player. at this point, it would be a better use of the yankees' $23 million to cut him than to keep him on the roster.

i wouldn't give kennedy more time. he's got great stuff but he needs to refine it at AAA. keeping him in the major league rotation probably won't help his development.

i'd like to see what alan horne can do, but he's currently on the DL with a biceps strain... so that's not happening immediately. there are other options (rasner, white, marquez, mccutchen from AA). i'm not a huge steven jackson fan, though.

the other option, as i see it, would be to put ross ohlendorf in the rotation. the thinking has been that his stuff translates better in a relief role, but so far this year he's done well as the long man. i'll bet they could stretch him out as a starter.

a-rod doesn't seem to think that his injury is too serious...

NOCODE#1 wrote:

3 game suspension got anything to add?

7 years and counting

I hope he gets to sit out three games, that's three less games he gets to screw up...

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

seriously? how about a 0.38 ERA last year. 34 K's in 24 innings.

its 1.42 ERA i believe, but that is impressive

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/sports/baseball/21pins.html?ref=sports

“I want him as a starter and so does everyone else, including him, and that is what we are working toward and we need him there now,” Steinbrenner said Sunday by telephone. “There is no question about it, you don’t have a guy with a 100-mile-per-hour fastball and keep him as a setup guy. You just don’t do that. You have to be an idiot to do that.”

“The mistake was already made last year switching him to the bullpen out of panic or whatever,” Steinbrenner said. “I had no say in it last year and I wouldn’t have allowed it. That was done last year, so now we have to catch up. It has to be done on a schedule so we don’t rush him.”

I can just picture him banging his fist on the desk after each sentence and then putting out the cigarette when he's finished with his spiel..