good and bad...he let the leadoff batter on in 7 of the 8 innings he started....but he did get a slew o' ground balls
Then, to me, that's a better performance. I made a big stink a while back about how he needed to not try to be such a strikeout pitcher. His talent lies in the ground ball. Stick with it. Strikeouts are nice for Cooperstown, but wins get you shiny rings.
what is wrong with jeter? he has been having a terrible year.. i know about his past and all, but right now i care about tonites game.. i hope he turns it around soon.. he has been terrible this year.. lets hope for 2 in a row tonite.. 2 over .500 would be great
i hope he does.. as a die hard yankee fan, i hate when i hear things about what he as done in the past.. those were great times, but its in the past.. its time to move on, yankee ticket prices have sure moved on from the past.
he hasnt been Jeter since he took that pitch off his hand. I suspect he is playing hurt. He should be around .300 by the end of the year, and again the Yankees will be in the playoffs, as usual. Big game tonite for Rasner. If he can pull this one out, he may solidify himself in this rotation, even after Hughes returns.
That pitch messed him up, there's no question at this point. Interestingly, I don't think he's hurt at this point. He was for a couple weeks, but now it's just that he can't get his timing. As for Rasner, he had better get some run support tonight. This is getting ridiculous. This lineup can't give anyone support except Pettitte, and he's the one guy who can't hold it.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8233548/To-win-now,-Dodgers-could-deal-Kemp- Maybe we'll get some bats for him. EDIT: The main part of that article is about Matt Kemp being available. Cashman should be all over that, although I think it's too bold of a move for him to make.
Thank goodness! It's about time. How about packaging him with Betemit? Hell, throw in Duncan for good measure! --------- I wonder why articles seem to like to dress up Tommy John surgery? Just say he had Tommy John surgery performed. That tells me without thinking that he probably throws harder today than he did two years ago.
He's actually yet to regain his velocity. His K rate is pretty low so far. Robertson's the closest to the majors of the three.
The only hitters though that he struggled against were Ellis,and Gonzalez. other that that he was effective.
And speaking of JB Cox, he was put on the 7 day DL retro-active to Sunday. Not sure the reason, probably arm fatigue since he hadn't pitched in a year. Concerning the two other top relief prospects, they've been good again tonight: Robertson (AAA): 2 IP 0 ER 1 H 1 BB 4 K Melancon (AA): 2 IP 0 ER 0 H 0 BB 1 K (he shouldn't be in AA at this point) And Humberto Sanchez just threw BP the other day, should be getting into games as a reliever by the end of the month.
Is Carlos Gonzalez any good? I signed him to my fantasy team when he first got called up. I didn't watch these games. Does he look like a good player?
wat a waste tonite was.. team came out flat as can be.. no pep in their step.. hopefully girardi does something to rile them up.. they sure need it.. their offense or lack there of has been abominal..
well, if Rasner pitches like that again, he might be assed out. I hope it was just a one time flop....ugly game tonite. Hopefully Pettitte does well tomorrow and the offense shows up. I really dont feel like having wasted 65 bucks on a shit performance.
Rasner must really hate pitching to Posada. He was great with Molina and Moeller, and before tonight it had been two years since he's thrown to Posada.
