5/20 vs. Kansas City Royals

[das11209]

JHB mojo continues...

 

Congrats to Masterson on 1st MLB win.

[TheKilo]

W - Masterson

S - Papelbon

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

Great to see Papelbon mixing in a slider...if he can utilize 3-pitches then hitters will stay more honest and he'll have more success (like he can really get a lot better).

 

Masterson looked great....our youngsters are better than anything the Yankees can produce.

[Beaneater]

WWDED

 

What Would Dustin Ellsbury Do?

[Cocos Disciples]

Awesome, 5 straight wins and another great pitching performance.

[CrespoBlows]

Read on soxprospects.com, that Francona said he's going to AAA.

[BoSox21]

super psyched to see Colon tomorrow

[YAZMAN]

Right.

 

 

If you've ever experienced high level competition or practiced a strict discipline of any kind, being told to work on part of your game or craft after what you considered to be a milestone success, it can mess with you a little. In the case of baseball, he probably got sloppy due to over-confidence, but even AA hitters know what they're doing and can take advantage of mistakes etc. Getting sent down to work on secondary pitches is still getting sent down. What he needs to improve are innings at an appropriate level of competition. Double A clearly ain't it. 91 pitches through 6.1 innings of shut out ball at the major league level means you're clearly playing above the heads of your class-AA mates. His AA seasoning should be over.

 

A sinkerball/sidearm pitcher will give up more hits at AA on groundballs that find holes that don't exist at the MLB level. Tito didn't seem concerned about the recent AA numbers during the press gathering after the game. He did a great job of recognizing last night's performance, then putting it into perspective regarding the kid's ongoing development - including promotion to Pawtucket.

[Mr Crunchy]

how sweet is it that we got 5 guys under 27 who are signed for long term deals and are pitching lights out now...

its f***ing valhalla for sox fans and the dessert is the fact that the yankee cant miss prospects are pitching like old people f***.

[BoSox21]

yo statman, get to the game thread

[Jayhawk Bill]

yo statman' date=' get to the game thread[/quote']

 

Getting to it...addressing an epidemic of Yankees hubris first.