G98: Yankees @ Indians

In case you missed it, earlier today, Joe Girardi announced that Sergio Mitre would pitch out of the bullpen going forward, while Dustin Moseley would slot into the rotation (at least until Andy Pettitte returns). Girardi pinned the decision upon Mitre’s recent oblique injury, noting that the injury has prevented Mitre from being “ready” to [...]

CC and Tex down Mets, Yanks win 4-0

Thanks to Mark Teixeira’s grandslam and a brilliant outing by their ace lefty, CC Sabathia (8,6) – 8 IP 4 H 0 ER 2 BB 6 K – the Yankees beat Johan Santana and the Mets today, 4-0. With the win, the Yankees now sit alone atop the American League East for the first time [...]

G69: Yankees VS Mets

Here’s the lineup, via LoHud:
YANKEES (42-26)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner LF
LHP CC Sabathia (7-3, 4.00)
Mets vs. Sabathia
METS (39-29)
Jose Reyes SS
Angel Pagan CF
David Wright 3B
Ike Davis 1B
Jason Bay LF
Rod Barajas C
Fernando Tatis DH
Jeff Francoeur RF
Ruben Tejada 2B
LHP Johan Santana (5-3, 3.13)
Santana vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: [...]

CC’s clunker not really a surprise

Last night, although CC Sabathia, the Yankees’ ace left-hander, gave up 6 runs – 5 of which were earned – against Johan Santana and the Mets, I don’t think I would say that such an outing was surprising, really. After a strong start in April – he posted a 3.38 FIP and struck out 7.27 per [...]

G44: Yankees @ Mets

Here are the lineups for tonight’s game:
YANKEES (26-17)
Jeter SS
Gardner CF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Cervelli C
Russo LF
Sabathia P
CC Sabathia LHP (4-2, 3.43 ERA)
METS (21-23)
Reyes SS
Castillo 2B
Bay LF
Davis 1B
Wright 3B
Pagan CF
Barajas C
Francoeur RF
Santana P
Johan Santana LHP (3-2, 3.72 ERA)
If you’re not watching Lost, it looks like you’ll be treated to a great pitching matchup…

Mark Teixeira, where are you?

Mark Teixeira is now hitting .204/.325/.377 on the season. If I had to peg a goat in last night’s game, it would probably be him as he left 2 men on base and struck out 3 times. His April slump has now become a season-long epidemic. If the Yankees are to be successful, he needs [...]

G23: Yankees VS White Sox

YANKEES (15-7)
Jeter SS
Swisher RF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Cano 2B
Posada C
Thames DH
Granderson CF
Gardner LF
PITCHING: RHP Javier Vazquez (1-3, 9.00)
WHITE SOX (9-14)
Vizquel SS
Beckham 3B
Jones CF
Konerko 1B
Teahan 3B
Quentin DH
Pierzynski C
Kotsay RF
Pierre LF
PITCHING: LHP John Danks (3-0, 1.55)
TIME/TV: 1:05 pm/YES
Here are the White Sox’s numbers against Vazquez:

PA
AB
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
SO
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS

Andruw Jones
56
51
20
7
0
5
13
5
7
.392
.446
.824
1.270

Omar Vizquel
19
15
8
1
0
0
1
3
1
.533
.611
.600
1.211

Paul Konerko
10
10
3
0
0
1
2
0
2
.300
.300
.600
.900

Mark Teahen
28
26
6
0
0
2
6
2
8
.231
.286
.462
.747

Alexis Rios
34
31
9
2
0
0
3
3
8
.290
.353
.355
.708

Juan Pierre
29
27
8
0
0
0
2
2
4
.296
.345
.296
.641

Mark Kotsay
42
37
8
3
0
0
6
5
5
.216
.310
.297
.607

A.J. Pierzynski
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
.000
.000
.000
.000

Total
233
210
64
13
0
8
34
22
41
.305
.371
.481
.852

And here are the Yankees’ numbers against [...]

G16: Yankees @ Angels

Here are the lineups for tonight’s ballgame:
YANKEES (11-4)
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Curtis Granderson CF
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner LF
PITCHING: RHP A.J. Burnett (2-0, 2.37 ERA, 3.46 FIP)
ANGELS (8-9)
Erick Aybar SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Torii Hunter CF
Hideki Matsui DH
Kendry Morales 1B
Juan Rivera LF
Maicer Izturis 3B
Howie Kendrick 2B
Bobby Wilson C
PITCHING: RHP Ervin [...]

G7: Yankees VS Angels

YANKEES
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Curtis Granderson CF
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner LF
PITCHING: LHP Andy Pettitte (0-0, 1.50 ERA)
ANGELS
Erick Aybar SS
Bobby Abreu RF
Torii Hunter CF
Hideki Matsui DH
Kendry Morales 1B
Juan Rivera RF
Howie Kendrick 2B
Jeff Mathis C
Brandon Wood 3B
PITCHING: RHP Ervin Santana (0-1, 6.00 ERA)
TIME/TV: 1:05 PM, YES
Here are the Angels’ [...]

Baseball Prospectus names Montero 4th best prospect in baseball

Baseball Prospectus’ Kevin Goldstein released his top 101 prospects list today (these lists never seem to end), and the Yankees’ young marvel, Jesus Montero, ranked fourth on Goldstein’s list. The top 10 is as follows:

1. Stephen Strasburg, RHP, Nationals
2. Jason Heyward, OF, Braves
3. Neftali Feliz, RHP, Rangers
4. Jesus Montero, C, Yankees
5. Mike Stanton, OF, [...]

Cliff Lee a future Yankee?

Via Tyler Kepner of the NY Times:
Since leaving the Yankees, Vazquez is one of only two pitchers with at least 1,000 innings and 1,000 strikeouts; Santana is the other. The Yankees’ scouts consider him one of the 15 best starters in the majors, and when the Yankees analyzed their options for improving the rotation, Vazquez’s [...]

Jorge’s at it again…

During the winter of 2007, Jorge Posada, the team’s outspoken catcher, explicitly stated that the Yankees needed an “No. 1” starter in the form of Johan Santana. This proclamation seemed to indirectly slight the team’s de facto ace at the time, Chien-Ming Wang, as well as the club’s younger players who would have been traded [...]

Mets interested in Wang

According to Marty Noble (MLB), a “person familiar with the Mets’ thinking acknowledged Monday that the club has interest in Wang,” as this interest quickly developed after John Lackey, “the starting pitcher whom the Mets wanted most,” was lost to the Boston Red Sox The Mets also failed to acquire Roy Halladay — they never [...]

Yanks don’t want to pay for Halladay

When asked about the possibility of acquiring Roy Halladay today, via Joel Sherman of the NY Post, we learn that one Yankee official responded with, “Why should we pay double the sticker price now than was paid for Santana and Sabathia?” Of course, the Yankees are situated within the same division as the Jays, so [...]

Not exactly Santana 2.0…

Buster Olney (ESPN) has an interesting blog post out today regarding Roy Halladay and the Yankees. In Olney’s piece, he draws parallels between the Halladay trade situation and the Johan Santana trade situation, noting that the Yankees did not want to incur “the double-barreled cost of first trading prospects like Phil Hughes or Joba Chamberlain, [...]

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