Bronx Bound- Week Three

by jscape2000 on Apr 20, 2008 12:26 PM EDT in Minors

In the search for a spot starter, am I crazy to suggest Daniel McCutchen? He struggled to locate his curve last season, so he spent the time really working on his change, which enhances his 2- and 4-seam fastballs (low 90s). Now he's got both pitches working and is off to a hot start.
Going AA to MLB isn't that rare for a starter, but he's not on the 40-man, so you'd have to put somebody through waivers.

It looks like they've got top reliever Mark Melancon on a very aggressive pitching schedule- 2IP every third day.

For all you Dellin Betances fans, his BB:K ratio now stands at 15:28 in 20.1IP.

Austin Jackson collected a hit in each game this week, while Jose Tabata has taken the opposite approach- 3 multi-hit games, no other hits.

I was at the SWB Yankees (AAA) game last night. Brett Gardner (he of the 83% SB success rate) was caught stealing in the first. Shelley Duncan was at bat with one out, Gardner on second and Castro on first. In a 3-2 count the runners took off. The pitch sailed in, and Duncan started for first. The umpire stepped away from the plate, which usually means a ball, and the runners slowed down. The catcher threw to third, and then the umpire called strike three. They had trouble with that ump all night, and then the firstbase ump blew a call when Chris Stewart beat out an infield single but was called out anyway (I think because he signaled "safe" as he crossed the bag).

Pitcher	Age	Level	G	IP	H	BB	ER	K
Jonathan Albaladejo	25	AAA	1	1.0	1	1	0	0
Dellin Betances	20	A	1	10.0	8	7	2	12
Chris Britton	25	AAA	2	2.2	2	2	0	6
JB Cox	23	A+	3	3.0	3	1	1	1
Alan Horne	25	AAA	DNP	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Marquez	23	AAA	1	5.1	8	2	5	6
Daniel McCutchen	25	AA	1	7.0	4	2	0	4
Mark Melancon	23	A+	3	6.0	4	0	0	4
Scott Patterson	28	AAA	2	3.0	3	2	0	2
Edwar Ramirez	27	AAA	1	1.0	0	0	0	0
Humberto Sanchez	24	DL	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jose Veras	27	AAA	3	3.0	1	2	0	6
Eric Wordekemper	24	AA	4	4.0	1	2	1	3

Hitter	Age	Level	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	K	SB	CS
Colin Curtis	23	AA	28	9	3	0	0	4	7	1	1
Brett Gardner	24	AAA	26	8	1	1	0	3	6	1	2
Austin Jackson	21	AA	27	9	2	1	0	6	3	0	1
Jason Lane	31	AAA	25	7	2	0	0	2	6	0	0
Juan Miranda	24ish	AAA	22	6	0	0	1	5	4	0	0
Jesus Montero	18	A	25	8	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Cody Ransom	32	AAA	25	3	1	0	1	2	5	0	0
Jose Tabata	19	AA	29	6	2	0	0	3	5	0	0

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BTW....

Don’t be surprised if McCutchen is promoted to Scranton before long.

He had another good outing today (courtesy of RAB):

Dan McCutchen: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 10-7 GB/FB – 23 baserunners and 19 K in 24.2 IP

by anaconda on Apr 20, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions

Especially true

since it seems like they’re being cautious with Horne. He was supposed to be back in the rotation by now, but I saw Dan Giese pitch last night in Horne’s spot.

For what it’s worth, Giese has the ugliest followthrough I have ever seen. He gives a hop at the end of his delivery like Mussina, but where Mussina hops forward with both feet so that he lands in fielding position, Giese corkscrews on his hop, pushing his right leg back out (against the momentum of his pitching), so he has to stagger a step or two before he’s in fielding position.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Apr 20, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions