2011 Yankee Gamethread

[jacksonianmarch]

And Niese had thrown him a few off speed pitches before then as well. It wasnt like the curve came out of left field. Sometimes the power guys dont know how to hit to the situation. A flyball at that time would have been good enough

[jacksonianmarch]

This Parnell guy throws smoke

[jacksonianmarch]

Well, time for work. Enjoy the rest of the games y'all.

[Cocos Disciples]

Gee, Dillon looked good in the 1st.

[Thunder]

Gee is great pitcher. Too bad he's underrated.

[Cocos Disciples]

Colon is dealing through 4. I just do not get it.

[jacksonianmarch]

Colon is throwing a heavy sinker with good velocity and locating it on the corners. He backs off lefties with a backdoor sinker and sinks it under the bats of righties. He's been nothing short of an ace. He's been better than CC thus far this yr in terms of production. Obviously, not as durable

[jacksonianmarch]

Sergio Mitre is a joke. Why the f*** do we bring him back when we could give these innings to a rook

[a700hitter]

Colon is dealing through 4. I just do not get it.

HGH Cheating.

[boston22407]

HGH Cheating.

 

f***ing Fat Pussy

[AtWork]

Anyone else find it curious that Colon's swinging strike rate is 5.9% which is the worst of his career and his strikeout rate is 8.3 per 9 which is the second best of his career? Swinging strike rate is a really strong predictor of future strike out rates and if that holds true for Colon, he'll be striking out half as many batters in the second half.

[AtWork]

I just wanted to take a moment to thank Yankees fans for voting Jeter and Cano into the All-Star game. I didn't care when the All-Star game mattered, but when it means home field advantage in the World Series, it would be nice to not have two of the worst fielding middle infielders in the AL this year.

[suns]

Droobs should be the starting SS

[a700hitter]

I just wanted to take a moment to thank Yankees fans for voting Jeter and Cano into the All-Star game. I didn't care when the All-Star game mattered' date=' but when it means home field advantage in the World Series, it would be nice to not have two of the worst fielding middle infielders in the AL this year.[/quote']f***ing joke sending Jeter. He's the only player that I can remember that made All Star games that he didn't deserve at the beginning and end of his career. If you remember the 1990's Championship years, Joe Torre use to put him on the team even though in some years there were 3 SS that were better than him.

[yankees228]

Yeah, neither deserves to be there. But the system, which is flawed, is really to blame. Most fans are homers ... the Yankees just have more fans.

[yankees228]

Huge snub also with CC, but whatever. Assuming the Yankees stay on turn he wouldn't be able to pitch in the game anyway.

[a700hitter]

Huge snub also with CC' date=' but whatever. Assuming the Yankees stay on turn he wouldn't be able to pitch in the game anyway.[/quote']Ridiculous snub. What do you expect when a crack addict is selecting the team.

[yankees228]

Ridiculous snub. What do you expect when a crack addict is selecting the team.

 

Haha well it's more on the players than the managers. And you knew Washington, as any manager would, was going to take his own guy (CJ Wilson).

[AtWork]

LOL

 

Yankees announcers are complaining about how every team having to be represented hurt them and they should have had more All-Stars selected. I guess 6 picks, 3 of them undeserving, just wasn't enough for them.

[Thunder]

LOL

 

Yankees announcers are complaining about how every team having to be represented hurt them and they should have had more All-Stars selected. I guess 6 picks, 3 of them undeserving, just wasn't enough for them.

 

I know. Too bad Sox didn't beat them out.

[Cocos Disciples]

You could actually make a case that Cano deserves the starting spot. He has the highest OPS of any AL 2B. I would probably go with either Cano or Ben Zobrist.

[yankees228]

LOL

 

Yankees announcers are complaining about how every team having to be represented hurt them and they should have had more All-Stars selected. I guess 6 picks, 3 of them undeserving, just wasn't enough for them.

 

Jeter and Cano shouldn't be there, and Martin, despite your feelings on him, is borderline. But the idea that two, or maybe even three, Yankees should be there that aren't is hardly ridiculous.

[yankees228]

You could actually make a case that Cano deserves the starting spot. He has the highest OPS of any AL 2B. I would probably go with either Cano or Ben Zobrist.

 

If you trust UZR, then AW's point is legitimate ... Cano's defense does hurt his value.

[Ace]

Cano is underrated defensively

[AtWork]

You could make a case for Cano or Martin, but they truth is that they each rank 5th in WAR among AL players at their position. Even the argument that Cano deserve the nod based purely on offense doesn't have much validity to it when you consider that Kendrick has a better OPS+ and wOBA and he plays better defense.

[yankees228]

You could make a case for Cano or Martin' date=' but they truth is that they each rank 5th in WAR among AL players at their position. Even the argument that Cano deserve the nod based purely on offense doesn't have much validity to it when you consider that Kendrick has a better OPS+ and wOBA and he plays better defense.[/quote']

 

I agree on Cano. As for Martin, two of the players ahead of him (V-Mart and Santana) aren't full time catchers. So, besides the starter, the only guy ahead of him is Wieters. Their numbers are very close and something can be said for the work that Martin has done with the pitching staff this year.

 

But anyway, I'm just not sure why you found the idea that the Yankees had their fair share of snubs to be such a ridiculous one.

 

CC Sabathia is ranked 2nd among all AL pitchers in WAR

David Robertson is ranked 1st among all AL relievers in WAR

Mark Teixeira is ranked 3rd among all AL first basemen in WAR

Brett Gardner is ranked 6th among all AL OFers in WAR

[AtWork]

I never said that it was ridiculous to point out that the Yankees had some snubs. I thought it was ridiculous that the Yankees announcers were complaining that they should have had more All-Stars when they already have 6 and half of them don't deserve to be there. If 3-4 more players from their team were added, that would take up more than 1/3 of the roster and leave just more than 1 player per each remaining team.

[yankees228]

I never said that it was ridiculous to point out that the Yankees had some snubs. I thought it was ridiculous that the Yankees announcers were complaining that they should have had more All-Stars when they already have 6 and half of them don't deserve to be there. If 3-4 more players from their team were added' date=' that would take up more than 1/3 of the roster and leave just more than 1 player per each remaining team.[/quote']

 

Yeah, but I just think you're ignoring the crux of their point. What they're saying is that a few Yankees should be there that aren't going to be there. That part really isn't debatable.

[AtWork]

And I think you're ignoring how comical it is that they're complaining that more Yankees didn't make the team when Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano and Russell Martin made the team. Not to mention, their reasons for Sabathia making the team, although he is deserving, were terrible. Being a good role model and playing for the Yankees doesn't make someone an All-Star.

[yankees228]

And I think you're ignoring how comical it is that they're complaining that more Yankees didn't make the team when Derek Jeter' date=' Robinson Cano and Russell Martin made the team. Not to mention, their reasons for Sabathia making the team, although he is deserving, were terrible. Being a good role model and playing for the Yankees doesn't make someone an All-Star.[/quote']

 

You're muddling two things together (Yankees who made the team and Yankees who didn't make the team) that shouldn't be muddled together.

 

But I'm also more interested in discussing the actual topic, rather than what a couple dumb announcers said.