jacksonianmarch

Soriano returning to how he played in 2001

Joba got skinny, and a lot more Asian

Wtf? Mo was awful

This is huge. We need to hold this thing, and root for Anaheim!

At least he didn't disappoint me

I pay people like you to pack them for me

I posted when I got home, when we were still down 5. So don't paint me with that crap.

I am fully expecting an ARod K here

This just got interesting

Thornton is lost. I am surprised Nova got hit as hard as he did. He went from being economical and dominant to throwing nearly 100 pitches in 4 innings and torching the pen. I couldn't see the beginning of the game, I am unsure if it was the sox patience or Nova's sloppiness, or a combo of the two

I'm just saying theyre unpredictable right now. They can play with the best or play down to the worst. The sox are running high, though. It should be a good series.

This is going to be a fun weekend series. With the way the Yankees are playing, they could sweep you guys or get swept and anything inbetween. It stinks that I'll be catching pieces of the games and not an entire one, but such is life

Where was this Yankee team for the first 5 months of the yr?

This one was obvious

I would just like to point out who started this thread. (takes a bow). Bard was a failed experiment and experiments are fine with players who are playing below their talent level. But Bard was a high leverage reliever who was awesome in a 3 yr stretch. They f***ed up a good thing and he and Joba can cry about it

That was a serious nut punch. With the Rays falling back to us, winning today was a requirement to stay in the race

If ARod's suspension holds up, I expect the Yankees to be in on Abreu hard. Him and Tanaka. If ARod gets it reduced below a full season, then theyre probably out

The sox are going to have an interesting dilemma come this offseason. They will have holes in spots that have solid prospects lined up to take over. But if you are going to go for the gusto, having 3 spots manned by a rookie typically spells doom for your playoff chances in year 1. FA's after 2013 include (and I think Lester's option is picked up) 1B- Mike Napoli (2.2 WAR) CF- Jacoby Ellsbury (5.1WAR) C- Jarrod Saltalamacchia (2.6 WAR) SS- Stephen Drew (2.3 WAR) CL- Joel Hanrahan LHP- Matt Thornton ($6 mil option for 2014) For the position players, that is 12.2 WAR that needs to be replaced. And the likelihood is, all of the above players hit the market and find lucrative deals elsewhere. So let's say they go the young route. Cecchini is playing well in AA, he could move up to the bigs at 3b. That would move Middlebrooks over to 1b and Bogaerts would take over at SS. You have JBJ taking over in CF and you'd have to scour the market for a C, or decide it is Lavarnway's time. While that decision likely would lead to further long term success, it would not yield a playoff caliber roster come 2014.

They did exactly what I didn't want them to do. I wanted either a spurious run to the playoffs, or a complete implosion. They did the worst thing. Hang on enough to deal away a prospect to try and stay afloat, only to hang near the bottom half of the draft come 2014. If you're gonna suck, you should suck a la the 2012 Red Sox

I also think you could see NY trying to re-sign Mark Reynolds for 2014. He should come cheap and could play 3b while ARod sits. He'd give a veteran presence to a position that could be manned by rookies come the end of the yr.

Soriano will probably be our starting LFer next season with Grandy going in FA. He isn't elite anymore, but he's at a 2.5WAR this yr after putting up a 3.6WAR last yr. So while we lose Granderson for 2014, we get to keep a guy who will make $7 mil on our books while putting up a similar WAR. If you look at 2012, Granderson had a WAR of 2.3, something Soriano will beat this season. It isn't ideal, but Cashman has to come up with some sort of smoke and mirror act to get under the cap in 2014 and still be relevant.

You're willing to take Vernon Wells without having us pay the whole contract? Sold!

We needed last night. Didn't get it. Now we're pretty much dead in the water

I was talking about ARod and Papi. They both cheated

Arod's a bigger douche but they're both cheaters