though it seems like Posada has been more ‘in your face’ this season than any i can remember. perhaps he feels he’s earned a certain ‘veteran respect’ that allows him to do that.

but does it help? i’m not sure. i suppose with some guys it does, but not with others.

Posada came off the DL, the pitching staff did fine. This past week, they sucked (aside from CC-who did pitch to Cervelli).

Small sample size means you can’t be sure.

But it really can’t hurt to give Jorge 2 games off one week and DH another, or maybe DH two of those games.

Letting Cervelli play more can’t hurt. The only thing in the long run that could hurt here is if you are forced to carry 3 catchers. Having Molina AND Cervelli on the team is escpecially not good, cuz they are both bench players that play one position and can’t hit for either.

Posada is in the twilight of his career as a catcher. That, I don’t think, anyone disagrees with. He is going to get more and more time at DH.

The question is whether Cervelli and/or Molina compensate enough for their offensive deficiencies by calling a better game. I would agree that C-ERA’s aren’t a fair comparison IF there wasn’t such a wide disparity. In fact, I would actually argue that the sample sizes are actually pretty compelling. 2.5 earned runs is a big difference.

Posada may just need to back off a bit. Just as Girardi relaxed a bit this year, Posada can modify his behavior. Framing the ball is bogus — and certainly not why there’s such a wide gulf. But getting inside the pitcher’s head is a problem.

he is past his prime. let him catch games that are already decided and share dh spot with matsui on other days. cervelli is obviously a much better “pitcher’s catcher” and with everyone crying about pitching quality it seems like a no-brainer to have someone on the same page as the pitchers to be calling the games.

I have never been a fan of Posada’s let me say that up front. He has never been the greatest defensive catcher as far a s blocking balls and the plate. When he was younger his offense could make up for some of his deficiencies and the tough veteran pitchers we had more than made up for any unimaginative pitch calling. The facts i look at are 1.He does not work well with young pitchers. 2. He is getting to a point where his wanting to play everyday has to take a backseat to the fact that the team needs him in the lineup and not injured or creaky from the wear and tear. 3. At some point we need to stop trading away our young catching prospects or burying them in the minors to appease him. How would navarro or hernandez from Tampa look as the second catcher right now? we traded both away to ensure that Jorge would not have his feathers ruffled and because he does not try to do what Girardi did for him which is train his replacement. The yankees would be better with Posada being able to play 150 games instead of catching 120. Those extra 30 games could be the difference in a playoff berth or third place.

I see people keep talking about jorge’s bat. There is an open DH position. I’m sorry but Matsui will not hold up and really should not be playing every day anyway. If Posada dh’s 3 day a week and catches 3 days a week matsui can dh the days posada catches and the one day off where posada doesn’t catch or dh.

If you want to really look at the sample size, how about we only compare Jorge to Carveli. Now, Jorge has been terrible. From 333.1 IPs catched by the 3 catchers, if you take out 101 scoreless innings and matched them up against Jorge’s 232, the ERA will still be high when Jorge is behind the plate. He can’t throw anyone out. He doesn’t back up the 1B. He is not active. I know he has all the experience. blah blah… may be he can use his exp. to teach cervile if he cervile is doing something wrong.
I think yankees really needs to look this up closely. Even with Burnett’s last outing, it proves that everyone wants Carvelli behind the plate