Yanks Win a Wild One
In the game, after McCann hit one of his patented 3 run shots in the first, it looked like it would be a blow out. But Mitchell got hurt, and Caleb Cotham, whose probably already on a plane to parts unknown, came in and gave up a two our rally, and then more runs as he tried to take one for the team. Sano, who would be Yankee but for Hal, hit yet another bomb of them. The Yanks finally got things back under control, using their regular pen, and a homer by Beltran tied things up.
They somehow couldn't score froma a bases loaded situation in the 7th or 8th, but finally did in th 10th. Greg Bird, who was in for Tex, who'd earlier fouled one off his leg, lead off with a double. Then McCann doubled, and for reasons unknown Joe Espada had another brain cramp and held Bird at third. Girardi hates kids, so after they walked Beltran to load the bases, Girardi lifted Bird for Ryan, who scored the winning run, when Eduardo Nunez booted a ground ball...
Whacky game. They'll probably call up a pitcher or two tomorrow, but should also call up Rob Refsnyder. All Drew does between homers is make outs and spike rallies.
posted by Kalel9 @ 8:33 PM
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Bird can help this team right now. He's getting consistently good AB.
And I agree, they could be better if they played the right people. Someone needs to exert their authority
Glad to hear things weren't worse for Mitchell. I'll say a prayer for a speedy recovery.
So, Phil, what exactly is Girardi's beef with kids?
I think Refs has not come back because he said he was "suprised" to be sent down. Now the last thing we had heard before he was sent down was Girardi saying he was "here to stay" and would play everyday. Thus Girardi was made to look like he's full of it
And we can tell Giradi hates to be embarrassed by the idiotic answers to his stupid in game decisions he gives like "strategy" when anything he does is questioned.
He's a phony.
Girardi is a thin-skinned, supercilious fool, but he has to answer to those above him. That nothing seems to be done suggests that they approve of what he does.
The non-use of Refsnyder and the way the team has buried Warren may be on Girardi in a practical sense (in that he makes the immediate decisions on the field), but as Lawyer said, the fact that Cashman hasn't stepped in and imposed a different will suggests he is complicit — or just doesn't care.
On a separate note - it is hard to complain about Beltran anymore. Sure, his defense is below "horrific", but his bat since the calendar changed to May has been as expected. Nice power, good average and OBP, and solid production.
If A-Rod could play anywhere in the field a couple of days a week, Beltran at DH would be super.
Beltran is finally producing as an offset to A-Rod's significance slump, Teix's as well, but he hasn't been as bad.
Prior to the season, I was high on both, although I never expected A-Rod to be as good as he has been, and Beltran's offensive production has been less spectacular, until this month:
.317 .429 .756 1.185
He is up to a 123 OPS+ right now, and that ties him for 3rd with Gardner.
If this keeps up, maybe they can, as Mike has suggested, move him to a team that needs a DH in the offseason, for a younger asset, because that defense raises the level he has to produce at offensively to be worth the PT, and that doesn't get easier as a player nears 40.
He's one of several I'd move this offseason, along with McCann (NTC though so you'd have to get him to agree) and Nova. CC is an obvious choice, but I'm not sure anyone would take him and he also has a NTC.
Doesn't Beltran have an NTC too though? I just assume every overpaid, over-the-hill free agent they sign these days gets one.
I think it's a limited one.
I don't understand why they think Capu is worth having around. You could probably get a bunch of guys out of an independent league and they would have as much chance of succeeding or failing.
And for $5 million they probably be your slave
Rumbelow's back, too.
@BryanHoch: Yankees lineup vs. MIN: Ellsbury cf Gardner lf Rodriguez dh Beltran rf Bird 1b Gregorius ss Murphy c Drew 2b Ryan 3b Sabathia p
That lineup, plus CC starting and Capuano relieving is as much of a concession by Girardi as you'll see this season.
I would flip flop A-Rod and Beltran, but it's great to see Bird playing.
McCann now in the lineup. Said he wrote down the wrong name. I wonder if in reality he got a call from upstairs?
You would tend to want to ride a hot hitter, something Girardi doesn't always do, possibly because he undervalues offense, preferring marginal players like himself.
So if Cashman made the call, I get it.
@M_Marakovits
Cashman said Teixeira's CT scan revealed a significant bone bruise (luckily no break) No timetable yet... Will see Yankees team Dr. B4 game
Maybe Kyle Roller will finally get a shot.
CC sharp again, early.
Drew starting right out with the first of four or five ceremonial outs today.
Didi helps CC!
I wonder how long they would stick with a six man rotation
Yay Bird. That's what's fun for me not watching aging veterans
Hittrrs with 30 home runs batting .190 have usually had their value questioned. But Drew? Nope, bulletproof
There goes history.
Damn, and there goes the no-hitter, too.
CC just had to give it back..
Nice throw. It seems like CC tires in every start by the fifth. We'll see if he rebounds
everything is outside now. Walks the number nine hitter.
Bird look smooth
That would have been 1 out with a man on second back in the Giambi era.
Pelfrey is vulnerable
Suzyn couldn't be stupider. She just said the difference between Molitor doing metrics and everyone else is that when Molitor says something it means something because he's Molitor.
This inning scares me.
I couldn't even get it out fast enough
She scary stupid
I'll assume nobody was getting warmed up because nobody in the pen who is rested is worth getting up?
Sano should be a Yankee.
True, but it is what it is
At this point in his career he is not a good matchup for CC.
After the 5th inning NO ONE is a good matchup for CC anymore.
I think Singleton is wrong to suggest that the difference in Eovaldi between this year and last is run support
CC cannot face a lineup 3x -- just unacceptable.
Hook one
Good hire by the Sox. I knew there was a reason he left.
They have to score at least a run here
Cherrington out, Dombrowski to the Sox.
C'mon, ARod bust your slump.
A-Rod may not go back to being what he was this season, but he's better than what he has been lately
The Sox are an organization whose ownership is serious about winning. Contrast that with the Yankees, whose ownership is serious about cronyism and profitability above all else.
I wish it were otherwise...well put.
Fuck yeah
That was awesome!!
He had all these relievers and he left CC in? Teflon
Yay Bird
Good things have happened since Drew left
The Yankees' official Twitter account called him "bae-Rod." I'm done, LOL.
OK, just read that Dombrowski will be president of baseball ops in Boston. Cherington could've stayed on as GM but declined. Still, a good post for Dombrowski, who can hire a GM and get to work.
Oh yeah it was obvious he was going to be a president, as I said I thought it would get a Theo like position
I actually wouldn't mind Cashman in such a position, but we all know Hal is infatuated with Levine. :-/
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