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we used to crush them and not hit the power guys. Now, if the FB is under 92mph, we cannot hit it. Ridiculous. In terms of Burnett, you get what you pay for. At the end of the yr, he'll have an ERA in the low 4's with a WHIP in the 1.4 range. What isnt told is that he'll have stretches where his ERA is over 9 and stretches where it is below 1

Alright, enough of this s***. He is awful tonight. Get him out of there

He has nothing tonight. Hanging curves, fastball with no bite and elevated. Just one of those nights. y228, like I said, just as you get accustomed to his suckiness, he goes on a run. It'll probably start against the Dodgers

Wow. 5-0, and he is just leaving it down the middle. f***

and we get Bad A.J. again. It's kinda funny. Just as he seems to turn a corner and dominate, he shits the bed. Then, just as we are ready to close the book on him, he goes on a 5 game run of complete dominance. He is such a f***ing enigma

I went to the game on Saturday, and he was still throwing 92-93 mph and they couldnt touch it.

Dojji, I just have a complaint with calling his contact "elite". Elite to me is top 10 in the game, and I dont see that yet. He could be, but lets give him some more time. Also, Pedroia is not a HOFer yet. Keeps this up, though, and he probably will be

Found the bolded part to be funny. He is having, arguably, his best statistical season. He's got a WHIP of under 0.6. That is sick

Wait, so we are about to hibernate vs a s*** pitcher again? Crush Halladay- check Suck against Moyer- check Suck against Kendrick- check Suck against Takahashi- check Crush Pelfrey- check Smack around Johan- check Suck against Rodrigo Lopez- through 1 IP, check Seriously, let's beat the f*** out of a crap pitcher for once

and memories your kids will never forget. That's a hell of a father's day. I took my dad to the Yankee-Mets game, and he was thrilled

I have heard of Mahtook only from watching some college ball. Havent heard much on the prospect circles, but for the most part, I find out that stuff leading up to the draft and after the second or third round, I only know the guys who are dropping for signability reasons. A lot of the later round guys you find out about post hoc

Gary Sanchez hit a grand slam in his first at bat to dead center today in the GCL.

They said that Curtis would have been called up prior to his injury. Strange, though. Curtis is a guy who always looked like he had potential to be very good, but didnt produce until the AFL. He comes out this yr like gangbusters, gets hurt, slows down and shows absolutely no power, although a good eye and some doubles. Regardless, I bet Huffman gets DFAd. Curtis, to me, would be a pretty good 4th OFer. Plays good D at all 3 positions, has a good arm, above average speed (albeit not SB speed) and has a good eye. But his lack of power kills his projection

6/21 Update AAA Eduardo Nunez continues to hit. His BA is at .321 to go along with 14 steals and a .772OPS from the SS position. Not too shabby, and it sounds like he is prime trade bait on the market this trade deadline Jesus Montero has picked it up of late, OPSing close to 1.1 over his last 10 games. His .243BA and .703OPS arent cutting it thus far, but he is improving. From the sounds of it, pitchers have been pitching him away and early in the yr he was pull happy. Lately, he has been going the other way, so that might be why his BA is into the .240s. Regardless, if he does show sustained improvement, he should be in the .280s before the end of the yr. As for the rest of the offense, Juan Miranda fell off a cliff after being sent back down. Colin Curtis has shown good eye and contact skills, but has lost all semblance of power. From a pitching perspective, Ivan Nova has been solid of late. His ERA is at 3.42, although his WHIP of 1.38 is too high for him to be considered an option out of the rotation this yr. Zach McCallister has fallen back to earth a bit. After 5 straight quality starts, he has had two stinkers, allowing 8ER in 6IP combined. He's continued to show his impeccable control with only 17 walks in 71IP, but the 83 hits just wont get it done. After a promising run through May, Romulo Sanchez has crashed down to earth and has continued to show that he belongs in the pen. 42BB in 67IP doesnt get it done. It's time for a change Mark Melancon had an interesting run. His 1.64WHIP is incredibly higher than his previous career high, but the way he got it was just as interesting. He was optioned back to the minors in late May, and had one good game May 27th. From May 30th through June 9th, he was AWFUL. 6.2IP 17H 8ER 6BB 5K. That is a WHIP of almost 4. Incredibly bad. Since then, he has thrown 5.2IP of scoreless baseball, allowing 3H, 3BB and striking out 5. Jonathan Albaladejo has done nothing but earn a spot on the big league roster. Acting as the SWB closer, he has dominated. 32.2IP, 1.10ERA, 0.83WHIP, 4K/BB, 12K/9IP. Not sure why we are taking so much time in calling him up when our bridge to Mo has been nothing short of abysmal of late Royce Ring has similar numbers from the left side of the rubber. Sub 1 WHIP, sub 2ERA and dominating. He should get a shot once Boone Logan remembers that he's Boone Logan AA The offense has cooled down a bit, but Brandon Laird continues to mash. He has now hit 16 homers and has an .890OPS as the Thunder cleanup hitter. He has also driven in 65 runs not even half way through the season. Projecting out his season comes to almost a 35HR 120RBI season. Ridiculous. Austin Romine has seen that sky high average come back down to earth. The troubling thing for probably our best starting catcher prospect is the power outage. Last yr, he hit 12 homers in a tough pitcher's league, this yr he only has 3. He is typically a second half player, but at this stage he should be showing some more pop. His BA is down to .283. David Adams still hasnt returned from an ankle injury and Jorge Vazquez was promoted to AAA On the pitching side, nobody has been better than David Phelps. He was a 2008 14th rounder who burst onto the scene last yr after seeing a velocity spike. Well, he has turned that into a full arsenal improvement as well. Currently, he is the ace of this staff, with a 5-0 record, 2.19ERA, 0.95WHIP, almost a K per inning and 2.3BB/9IP. He has been nothing short of phenomenal DJ Mitchell has seen his early season struggles abate. He has gotten his ERA down to 4.41 and has thrown 4 consective QS's. He's a good bet to have a strong second half assuming he can get his hits down Hector Noesi has been dominant since his promotion to Trenton. He has a WHIP of 1.03, an ERA of 2.31 and 29K in 35IP. He really turned a corner last yr and it seems he isnt looking back. A+ On a team full of disappointment, Corban Joseph continues to swing a sweet stick. His BA is over .300, his OPS barely over .800 and he continues to draw walks. His power has been late to the party (only 4 homers), but the HS draftee from 2008 is holding his own in a pitcher's league. Onto the list of garbage, Brad Suttle has seen his OPS rise, although it still hasnt cracked .700. Abe Almonte is out for the yr with a labrum. Jose Pirela is hitting .220 with no power. And Neil Medchill is still hitting under the Mendoza line For the pitchers, it has been a different story. Starting with one of the twin towers, Andrew Brackman has been money of late. Rumor has it, he is being called up very soon to Trenton. He's struck 43 in his last 39.2IP, allowing only 7 walks, and 32 hits. After a rough start, he is starting to round into the ace we thought he could be when he was drafted in the first round. The other half of the twin towers has been solid since coming back from elbow surgery as well. Dellin Betances has struck out 13 in 12 innings, allowing only 5 hits, 1 walk, and 1ER. If he is fully healthy, he could be a force in the system Adam Warren had pitched well except for one bad start prior to June, but he is disabled with an "upper body injury." He hasnt pitched in almost 2 weeks and I am unsure what the nature of his injury is George Kontos kicked off his rehab in Tampa. The results werent great, 3ER in 2.2IP, but he did come back sooner than expected. We'll see what kind of stuff he has as the reports come in from Tampa. Shaeffer Hall continues to mow them down. The soft tossing lefty from Kansas has made 3 starts in Tampa, threw 17IP, allowed 14 baserunners and struck out 17. Graham Stoneburner has been dominant as well. He has a WHIP of 0.83 through 6 starts, striking out 35 in 36IP. His stuff is special, he should have a strong season A Robert Lyerly continues to hit, with a BA of .314. Once again, the power is late to the party. Luke Murton continues to crush the ball, OPSing in the mid .800s once again. Zoilo Almonte leads the team with 10 homers and is OPSing in the .800s. He might be prime for a callup, although the team has been pretty cautious with his promotions at times. He has a lot of talent, but not much upstairs Slade Heatchott and JR Murphy kinda fell off the wagon of late. Slade saw his BA slip to .294 and he still hasnt shown much power (although he does have 6 steals in 16 games). Murphy has been mired in a slump that has his BA in the .240 range with only one homer. Chalk it up to growing pains for now. The rumors was that both of these guys were heading to the NYP league, but it sounds like both are staying in Charleston for the time being On the pitching side, Kelvin Perez continues to pitch pretty well. WHIP under 1.3, ERA under 4. His K rate has plummetted though, meaning his stuff could be suffering out of the rotation. Might be time to move to the pen Jose Ramirez has had a hell of a yr as well. 1.19WHIP, almost a K per inning and a 3.5ish ERA. The problem is, he just went on the DL with an "upper body injury." No word on how long he'll be out for Sean Black was pulling it together, but has allowed 15 runs over his last 3 starts and has just been too hittable. The only thing worth mentioning on the NYP side is that Mikey Obrien threw 7 innings without allowing an earned run in his NYP debut. And not sure where Matt Richardson or Kyle Turley fit in. They arent on the GCL or NYP roster, havent been released, and dont have an injury to disclose. Not sure what is up with that. DSL Time for a DSL update, just on guys of note. Yeicok Calderon should have made it to the states. He's OPSing .950 with 5 homers in 18 games. Jorge Alcantara, a SS the Yankees signed last yr has been off the hook. In 17 games, he has a 1.448OPS. That isnt a typo. 4 homers, 5 triples, 3 doubles, 13 walks and 24 hits thus far out of the shortstop position. He's been dominant. Chris Cabrera, the prized pitching prospect signed last July 2nd signing day has been nearly perfect. He's thrown 13 scoreless innings allowing 5 hits, 4 walks and racking up 12 K's. Not bad.

I agree ORS, I think the Rays are in deep s*** since their problems run a lot deeper than their start would tell. I am just more shocked about their offense. How does a team with that much true blue-chip talent just stop hitting? It seems everyone aside fronm Crawford and Longoria are in career-worst slumps

The Angels always seem to find a way. I would NEVER count them out, especially when the Rangers are the team in contention. I think LAA takes another ALW crown this yr and they'll be dangerous in the playoffs with Weaver taking the ace crown.

having a 3.28 ERA as a pen, though, is pretty good.

I'd refrain from the elite status for now Dojji. I love his swing, but he's 10 games deep into his career. Give him some time before calling him elite

that is exactly what I said. I highly recommend reading what I actually posted instead of taking something out of context and making an incorrect statement. But feel free to stay on topic for once

The pitching has come down to earth, but I am just baffled that their offense continues to struggle like it has. Zobrist has lost his power, Upton has sucked, Bartlett has returned to the light hitting model we were all accustomed to prior to last few yrs, Pena is hitting .200, etc. This was the most exciting offense team to watch 2 yrs ago and their offense aside from Crawford and Longoria has been s***. The thing about their starters that is interesting is that the old guards of Garza and Shields have been the #3 and #4 guys on the staff. Davis taking his lumps has hurt the Rays, but the Niemann-Price tandem has been solid. And their pen has returned to being lights out after being awful in 2009. They have their flaws, and I would put almost all of them on offense. Without someone snapping out of their funks or without another stick, they wont stay in the playoff race. Its kinda funny how one sided they were to start the yr, and that the other side just never picked up

I just know that your team is on fire right now, and it won't last. You needed to go 24-8 just to get within 2 games in the loss column of NY. Meanwhile, the Yankees just keep plugging along without much utility from 2 of the best hitters in the game in Tex and ARod. You look at NY, and you see one guy surging in Cano, 2 guys playing slightly over expectations in Gardner and Swisher, one guy at expectations in Posada, and a bunch of guys well below expectations. Jeter, Granderson, Tex, and ARod, 2 of those guys locks for the HOF and one more possible if he keeps it up in Tex. They are gonna hit, it's only a matter of time. NY has gotten it done on the pitching end of things. Sabathia, Hughes, and Pettitte have been 3 of the best pitchers in the AL this yr. Burnett has been hot and cold, but has given us innings and Vazquez has been one of the best pitchers in the game since May 12th. So long as the pitching stays healthy, this team is gonna surge, expecially when the hitting comes together. So, no, I won't "shut the f*** up." I continue to maintain my ambivalence in the Red Sox regular season mostly because I think they are playing way over their heads and will eventually come down to earth AND because I am certain that this Yankee team makes the playoffs. Oh, and your antics are starting to drive people from the board. How bout you "shut the f*** up," or maybe the mods can do it for you

And the Red Sox are hot, obviously. They seem to go on a roll every yr in June but then fall back to earth in July/August.

Nava might make Cameron more expendable when Ellsbury comes back. Cameron could have his surgery and be ready for the playoffs. Regardless, I watched the game last night and his swing is very nice.

Then they run off two wins in a row? Maybe we should bankroll Lady Gaga to come in after every loss