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  1. jacksonianmarch
    but my point is, if he is in the best lineup in baseball, and he is supposed to be pitched to, why did he have such great walk numbers? It is past anomaly here.
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    I would laugh in your face if you did that. Otsuka is a one yr closer who is 34-35 yrs old. Go ahead and send him Penny, who at his best is an all-star starting pitcher. He fizzled out last yr. If you deal him now, you are selling low and would essentially watch him recover while otsuka starts to decline.
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    elsr, then by making that single point of people not wanting to pitch around him, you are proving the point I have been trying to make all along. Melky had amazing patience last season in a lineup where he was the guy everyone was trying to get out. 50BB from this kid as a 22 yr old is very strong, and should be improved upon. I have no doubt that this kid will be a .300+ hitter one day with tons of patience, I just dont think he will have enough power to justify a corner OF slot on the yankees.
  4. jacksonianmarch
    David Murphy is likely to find a 4th OFer spot somewhere. Boston should hang onto him as a 4th as he can play D, can run a bit, and has a potential to be an ok hitter. No reason to deal him away for nothing.
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    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bb/4414946.html looks like the stros scribes are not expecting a clemens to Houston return.
  7. jacksonianmarch
    http://www.nypost.com/seven/12202006/sports/yankees/doug__i_dig_yanks_yankees_george_king.htm George King is reporting that if the yankees dont give both Proctor and Melky, a deal wont happen. Good, f*** Pittsburgh, pull it off the table. That is WAY too much.
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    crack is whack.
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    he is a righty Mr. C. He has been compared to Mike Mussina, but the Mussina of old threw 92-94 consistently. But this guy cannot break 90 without grunting.
  10. jacksonianmarch
    I saw this and laughed. Loretta at 1st would solve the fielding problem, but then it would open up the whole, why the hell do we have such a short 1b problem. He might set a record for lowest OPS by a starting Yankee 1b.
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    Timlin will still have it in a reduced role IMO. I dont think he can be given a 70-80 inning workload anymore and expect to hold up.
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    you know what, something is afoot here. Just checked Kennedy's stats. Have you seen what he is doing recently in the hawaiian league? In his last 20.1IP he has allowed 6ER and K'd 31 batters while walking only 3. Where did this stuff come from. When I last saw him he got pumped for 8ER in a little over an inning. I am going to waffle over this thing for awhile until it is either nixed or completed.
  13. jacksonianmarch
    I had thought Kennedy was a good pitcher when we drafted him as his scouting report said something about a low 90s heater and 3 plus offspeed pitches. Then when you get a few other scouting reports and then get to see him play on the boob tube (he was on YES at some point recently) then you see that his heater tops out at 88 and his only good off speed pitch is that changeup. They have a further advanced version of himself in AAA (clippard). This may be the one guy in the minors that I'd say do it. Although in the NL, Kennedy may have a shot to be a pretty good pitcher, but he is not an AL type dominant type pitcher.
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    http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/ why the hell would they want Kennedy of all pitchers? He sounds like a Jeff Suppan lite and is the least likely of the yankees top 10 to make the majors. As a yankee fan, I would have to say that this deal would be in our favor. Then again, I think dealing away the last two first round picks in a span of 6 months should essentially motivate Cashman to make a wiser first selection (although I think his selcetions thereafter have been fabulous).
  15. jacksonianmarch
    Eric Gagne was formally introduced to the ranger pukes today. He has been announced as the teams closer and it looks like Akinori Otsuka is on the block. But the brass hinted at keeping Otsuka around until ST to prove he is healthy.
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    and I can understand why you wont accept schilling's decline after watching the heroics in 2004 and how he battled back in 05 through mediocrity to finish well. Just like I didnt want to believe that Coney was breaking down a few yrs back or that RJ was all washed up last yr. Who knows, they may come back and surprise all of us, but I am not expecting it. I expect RJ to finish the yr with worse peripherals than last yr (but with a better ERA believe it or not because of his propensity for giving up the inopportune hits last season, which is rather unprecedented) and as the team's 4/5. I expect Schilling to finish the yr as the #3/4 as well.
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    also, I was debating the fact that his body was breaking down. It wasnt the ankle that was bothering him, it was the back I thought. Also, I know I am right on the whole getting stronger bit. If you project an 18 month recovery time, you know that the first part is recovering from the trauma and healing. The second stage is getting stronger. The more you use it, the stronger it gets. Initially, the problem will fatigue rapidly (which wasnt the case this past season with Schilling as he was nearly at 7IP per start through the AS break) and gradually gain stamina (which again wasnt the case as he as only good for 6.1IP after the AS break. My point is that if he was recovering from the surgery, he'd be escalating as the yr went on. If he was wearing down, then he would be declining. Looks like the wearing down camp wins stat wise.
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    ORS, I have a feeling you are trying to add excuse for your aging aces performance here. You know what, RJ's knee procedure really takes 5 yrs to recover from, so expect him to regain his dominance next yr.
  19. jacksonianmarch
    ORS, if the recovery time was 18 months, then he should have gotten stronger as the yr wore on. The initial 6 months is recovery from the trauma of surgery. As you get past that, it is all about getting stronger. He should have peaked late, rather than faded.
  20. jacksonianmarch
    he was still not recovered? Cmon now ORS. 2 yrs later, if he wasnt recovered by then, he might never fully recover. BTW, he looked fully recovered early on. I just think his 40 yr old body might be showing signs that he is 40.
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    http://www.newsday.com/sports/printedition/ny-spyanks195021738dec19,0,6170841.story?coll=ny-sports-print This article makes it seem like the Yankees are the ones who are holding up the deal. http://www.nypost.com/seven/12192006/sports/yankees/yanks_ink_igawa_deal_yankees_george_king.htm George King (the equivalent of Gordon Edes in NY) says that the Yankees-Pirates dialogue is essentially toast, but that the braves and pirates are trying to get something done, then the yankees and braves will talk once Gonzalez is acquired. http://www.nj.com/yankees/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1166510438315490.xml&coll=1 and this one made it sound like the pirates and braves arent talking and the yankees are trying to find another team to help out. I wonder who is right?
  22. jacksonianmarch
    from today's herald. So Melky has more value than Crisp in the Pirates eyes? Wow.
  23. jacksonianmarch
    I think Schilling is a question mark for this season. His uncharacteristic body breakdown at the end of last season and his BAA show ominous signs of age and loss of stuff. Pettitte had a s*** first half, but had a good second half, then again, it was in the NL Central where a blind man could hit better than most of those pukes. He goes in as a ? as well. I think his stuff is still where it should be, but why was he a batting tee for half the yr?
  24. jacksonianmarch
    against anyone not named the red sox, at least in a yankee uniform.
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