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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Yanks: Whitley Goes Tonight

Tonight is a big test for Chase Whitley.  He's been winning or contributing to wins by flooding the strike zone with a firm fastball, a plus change and an above average to plus slider.   This has kept him from walking guys, and also kept his pitch counts manageable.   The Jays will try to grind him.   We'll see how the stuff plays.  It would be a great thing if he could work quickly, get them out and take a lead into the 7th or so.

posted by Kalel9 @ 7:39 AM

5 Comments:

At 9:37 AM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

The other issue is what can this terrible offense do against Buehrle.

As Sherman correctly pointed out in the NYP, their lack of power, especially at YS, is killing them.

Yet you keep hearing mediots like Francesa whining about their need for a pitchah.

So stupid it hurts.

 
At 1:23 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

This would be a great lineup...in like 2009:

Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alfonso Soriano RF
Carlos Beltran DH
Brian McCann C
Yangervis Solarte 3B
Brian Roberts 2B
RHP Chase Whitley

I actually thought Solarte was buried, especially since Johnson doesn't really have a platoon split differential. If anything, he has hit LHP better.

I really don't understand the Roberts love.

 
At 1:40 PM, Blogger Kalel9 said...

No do I. Or the McCann tolerance.

 
At 1:58 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Yankees projected to sign three of top five international free agents
By Michael Axisa
According to Ben Badler (subs. req’d), the Yankees are projected to sign three of the top five and four of the top ten international prospects once the signing period opens on July 2nd. Those prospects are Dominican SS Dermis Garcia (ranked 2nd), Dominican 3B Nelson Gomez (3rd), Dominican OF Juan De Leon (5th), and Venezuelan OF Jonathan Amundaray (10th).
We first heard the Yankees connected to those players (as well as several others) a few weeks ago. The team reportedly has agreements already in place with Garcia ($3.6M) and Gomez ($2.8M). In another piece (subs. req’d), Balder quotes several scouts who believe De Leon can become a true impact player down the line. “When it’s all said and done, he might be the best of all these guys,” said one scout. “He’s got five-tool potential with three of those tools (power, speed, defense) potentially plus.”
The Yankees were allotted only $2.2M for international free agency this summer, but they are going to blow right past that with their reported agreements. Reports of a international spending spree worth upwards of $30M (bonuses plus penalties) have been going around since the winter. The Yankees took higher probability pitchers in the draft two weeks ago, and it appears they’re going to balance things out with several high-upside international position players next month.

 
At 5:53 PM, Blogger Lawyer in NJ said...

Ken Davidoff guesses that the Yankees could trade Murphy for Jason Hammel.

http://nypost.com/2014/06/18/cashman-says-he-expects-trade-before-deadline/

If they do that, Cashman will have gone from merely incompetent to massive, contemptible moron.

 

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