Why Kei Igawa should be in pinstripes!??
by Cbeck3
on May 10, 2008 11:45 AM EDT
Clearly it's because his performance at Scranton made him the obvious choice. Well, I guess that's not it.
Then it's cause we needed someone and he was the best available? Well, no, a look at the Scranton pitching stats seems not to support that.
He's lefty, and we really wanted a lefty! Well, no, Henn had better SW stats and we DFA'd him.
Has anybody got any idea what these guys are thinking? I know we spent on him, but letting him pitch in the bigs just reminds us how bad that decision was. I can forgive signing him. I cannot forgive letting him blow more games.
He's had enough time to straighten out. He's not a young, inexperienced player. If he were going to make it we'd know by now.
Let's get this guy off the 40 man and get IPK, or Giese, or White in for that next start. I'd rather see Wells than him.
Really, enough is enough.
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by LateInningRelief on May 10, 2008 12:05 PM EDT 0 recs
As far as I’m concerned, Igawa is just taking up space on the 40-man roster. Anyone could see last night’s disaster coming from miles away as evidenced by my stupid poll.
It’s one thing to give him a start against a team like Seattle who can’t hit their way out of a paper bag and another thing to give him a start against the Tigers.
However, last night’s outing and subsequent postgame interview could be a blessing in disguise. It was so disastrous in a thousand different ways that it could be the final straw which convinces the Yankee hierarchy to abort this project altogether.
Then again, I’m waiting for Megan Fox to give me a call so what do I know.
by anaconda on May 10, 2008 12:34 PM EDT 0 recs
Megan who????
Forget about Suzy Waldman …
"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will
by Ronster22 on
May 13, 2008 4:34 PM EDT
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She was in Transformers
although I never saw the movie.
by anaconda on
May 13, 2008 4:54 PM EDT
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Igawa got his start...
because of the money invested in him – pure and simple.
But, even so, it still isn’t right to let him continue to pitch just because of the money.
Yanks wanted Igawa to do well for a few starts so they could ship him to a National League team and take the contract off their hands.
Now, the Yanks will likely have to cut him to get rid of him.
Time to cut bait and go with the kids. White has been pitching real well in Scranton.
Also, now that Giambi is hitting decently, the Yanks should look to dump him on Seattle or another team that needs a bat. I say Giambi for Brandon Morrow of Seattle straight up AND we still pay Giambi’s contract.
Need to go longer with these kid pitchers – win or lose. Who wanted Andy Sonnastine or Scott Olson last season? Now the Yankees, and especially most of the fans on these boards, would kill for guys like that. But, the Rays and Marlins kept with those guys and they have started to produce.
Young pitching needs time to roost. If we are the Yankees and won’t work like that (even though the front office says they do so publicly) but Tampa Bay can (as I have read here on these boards), then it might be better to follow a team that sticks to the game plan and looks like it will be better many years from now than the Yankees will. Especailly, if they trade more young talent for a veteran starter.
There was an article the other day which proclaimed the Diamondbacks as the model franchise because of their development and keeping of their home grown talent. All their 1st round picks from 2003 thru 2006 are now in the majors – and all of them (except Scherzer so far) have had some bumps in the road along the way. But, like the media and sorry fans in NY, the Arizona fans did not try and run the GM and manager out of town during the first signs of struggles.
They kept to the game plan and now have produced a team most likely to challenge the Red Sox each year for the World Series title. By the way, the Red Sox are very similar to that model franchise in the desert.
Lets hope the Yankees can be like Tampa and Arizona.
by thejobarules on May 10, 2008 4:26 PM EDT 0 recs
Time so say "sayonara"
That brutal start by Igawa hopefully will be his last. I have to admit that I was excited to see him pitch again. I mean, I’d heard great things about his time in Scranton, and thought that perhaps he’d worked some things out. But no. It was the same Igawa—high in the zone, no composure, no real command, poor body language. In short it was a mess.
If I were Girardi, I would have left him in for 6 or 7 regardless of the score. Galvanize the futility that is Igawa with a 7 inning blood-letting ceremony. Send a message to the powers that be (Cashman, Stein) that this guy BLOWS and shouldn’t be on a major league field, period.
He was a mistake. He needs to be cut and we need to move on.
"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will
by Ronster22 on
May 12, 2008 10:34 AM EDT
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Igawa is worse than last year
Last year he got some K’s, he got some swings and misses mixed in with the bombs.
I agree. DFA, tomorrow!
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
by Cbeck3 on
May 13, 2008 12:14 AM EDT
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Igawa is a waist of a space on a tight 40 man roster we waisted so much money on him. He stuff is being hit left and right and in AAA he is showing his stuff, but what about the majors? Look at the hitters he has to face, hes obviously not ready, and needs to spend more time in the minors, for the next couple months or perhaps this whole season…
pro 21 of da jers
giambi 25 4 21
by slammann21 on May 21, 2008 9:16 PM EDT 0 recs
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