Bomber Links: The Man-Ban Hammer
by Lord Duggan on Nov 17, 2010 8:00 AM EST
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Mood Music - You Never Give Me Your Money by The Beatles
Let's check up on some Yankee minor-leaguers in the Arizona Fall League, starting with 19 year old left handed starting pitcher Manuel Banuelos. In 25.0 innings for the Phoenix Desert Dogs (7 short starts), Man-Ban has accumulated the following numbers:
3.60 ERA, 3.52 FIP, 4.21 xFIP, 5.76 K/9, 3.60 BB/9, 60.7 GB%
He has also given up a grand total of 1 run in his last two starts (spanning 9 innings). I know that it's a small sample size and all that, but the Man-Crush-o-Meter is still at 9.8 (here's the only reason it's not at 10.0).
The AFL stats for some other folk you may know are less encouraging:
Austin Romine - 15 games, .276/.311/.328, 0 HR, .639 OPS
Brandon Laird - 25 games, .216/.266/.422, 4 HR, .688 OPS
And now, to throw some love to the InterGoogle:
- There has been some chatter about George Steinbrenner's case for the Hall of Fame, but what about his foil, Billy Martin?
- Yankees talking with Derek Jeter.
- Rangers and others talking with that left handed pitcher everyone is so excited about.
- Can signing left handed pitching help the transition of Jesus Montero to the majors by better control of the running game?
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To throw those numbers even more to the extreme, the AFL is very much a hitter’s league. So Banuelos is doing especially well, while Romine and Laird, not so much.
"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."
ManBan!
Best pitching prospect in our system. Loads better than Casey Kelly
Does Man-Ban drop the deuce well?
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Duggan was most definitely inspired because the Beatles went on iTunes yesterday
Excellent mood music. As always.
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Sorry I can't get excited about the AFL, and I haven't since it meant American Football League.
Why did you waste 48 seconds of my life to watch #83 take BP swings? (yes I know who he is, I read the tag).
I think the Billy Martin question is worthy of its own separate discussion. The article quoted had him nailed perfectly, although later in his career he learned to handle his pitching staffs better. Fights and temper tantrums don’t keep people out of the HOF. If they did, Ty Cobb wouldn’t be in it. He was the ultimate turnaround manager, but after a couple of years his intensity always became too much. He was great with younf players, and his record speaks for itself. I say he’s in.
As far as the lefties for Montero idea, based on last year’s stats, I make the sabremetric argument- 200,000 at bats is too small of a sample.
by designatedquitter on Nov 17, 2010 9:43 AM EST reply actions
K rate
Love me some Banuelos, but that’s a piss poor K rate and K/BB rate. Hope he’s only tired because his minor league K rate has been a lot closer to 10.
I think 60.7% GBs makes up for a lack of Ks, especially when he had a K/9 over 9.00 at every stop in the minors this year.
He’s pitching very well, and as Jscape accurately said, the AFL is a hitter’s league with a lot of AA and AAA caliber players.
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by Lord Duggan on Nov 17, 2010 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
He's facing older hitters
like Ackley or Hosmer who are very polished. ManBan being younger and holding his own is very impressive especially in a hitter’s league.
I have a feeling that
Pettittte will only come back next year if the Yankees fail to sign Cliff Lee just to help the Yankees. Looking at his quote again he seems to have his heart set on retiring and said it would take some thing to change that. I hope I am wrong and I know it’s a little of topic with this other stuff on here but I just wanted to say that.
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by Nick C on Nov 17, 2010 11:10 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Looks more like a curveball grip.
Strikeouts are boring- Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic.
Actually, now that you mention it, it might just be. At first blush I thought it was a 3 finger change up because of where he has his index finger, but he doesn’t really have his ring finger on the ball.
Either way, I stand by my assertion that it caused destruction.
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look smore like a 2 seam fastball to me.
seems like his fingers are on the seems. and his fingers are spread apart. most guys throw their curveballs with their index and middle fingers together.
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by Frank Campagnola on Nov 18, 2010 12:13 AM EST up reply actions
Manager of the Year awards are out
Padres skipper Bud Black edged Reds counterpart Dusty Baker by just one point to win the NL Manager of the Year Award, while the Twins’ Ron Gardenhire won for the first time in the AL.
Banuelos is a beast
If the Yankees miss out on Cliff Lee, Banuelos could be a guy that teams would trade big pieces for. Just something to think about. I would consider trading him if the trade didn’t involve Jesus and they got a solid young top of the rotation starter back.
But if they get Lee (which is what I’m guessing will happen) this guy needs to be untradeable and continue to groom him in the minor leagues. This guy could become a stud. If the “Joba to the rotation” days are truly over, then there may well be a spot for him in the rotation in 2012.
"I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot."- Kobe Bryant
Way too early
to let Banuelos go in a trade, for big pieces or not. I’d rather trade Montero for that big piece than give up a pitcher who could become, to use your words, a stud. Great starting pitching is too hard to come by to trade a guy who could become just that and is only 19.
There's always next year
exactly
which is why I’d only trade him if they were getting a top notch starting pitcher back.
They’d be losing a guy who could become a great pitcher, but they’d be getting a great pitcher back as well.
To be clear, I’d never trade Banuelos for an offensive player, because like you said great starting pitching is very difficult to come by.
"I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot."- Kobe Bryant
“- Can signing left handed pitching help the transition of Jesus Montero to the majors by better control of the running game?”
I REALLY read that as…
“- Can singing left handed pitching help the transition of Jesus Montero to the majors by better control of the running game?”
Then I got to thinking how singing left handed pitching could help, and if there were any singing left handed pitchers out there. Then I realized how silly the whole notion was.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Nov 17, 2010 3:14 PM EST reply actions
You must be a bit tired lol
"I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot."- Kobe Bryant
Silly or Awesome?
I don’t know about you, but singing left handed pitchers sound awesome to me.
If you say anything, I'll thump you again.
that video of montero is cool
the sound of the ball coming off his bat is impressive.
i see a lot of movement in his swing though
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by Frank Campagnola on Nov 18, 2010 12:14 AM EST reply actions
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