Possible Postseason Roster (A Response To nyyrocks29's Post)

We know that Girardi loves Mitre from his time in FL. He’s gonna make the roster. However, I doubt Albaladejo will make the last spot. We all know that Thames sucks major balls in the outfield, so, Cervelli forbid, someone gets hurt, no one wants to rely on Thames playing part/most of a game in the outfield, so they will carry Kearns as the 25th (plus it wouldn’t make much sense to trade for him in July to not have him on the postseason roster).

There’s really no need to carry 12 pitchers. If Vazquez is the 10th pitcher, then he is the long man. We don’t necessarily need to take another long man. I don’t even see why Vazquez should be a lock, but given his salary, I agree that he probably is. If we take an 11th pitcher it should definitely be Nova rather than Mitre. Nova has shown an ability to get through an order once without many problems. After that he struggles a bit, but he wouldn’t be asked for more than that in a playoff game.

I think it’s also clear that Kearns will not only be on the playoff roster, but that he may start some games. I don’t think it’s a lock that Granderson would play against a lefty starter so in games against Cliff Lee, David Price, C.J. Wilson and Francisco Liriano, we may see Kearns in LF and Gardner in center. Kearns hasn’t exactly torn up left handed pitching this year, but he still hits them better than Grandy does.

I’d also consider carrying Moeller for this reason: If we pinch run for Posada and the game continues, it would be nice to be able to pinch hit for Cervelli rather than being forced to have him bat, possibly in a big spot, because we don’t have another catcher.

My roster would be…
C – Posada, Cervelli, Moeller
1b – Tex
2b – Cano
ss – Jeter, Nunez
3b – A-Rod
lf – Gardner, Kearns
cf – Granderson, Golson
rf – Swisher
dh – Berkman, Thames
sp – C.C., Pettitte, Hughes, Burnett
rp – Mariano, Wood, Joba, Robertson, Logan, Nova

I do realize though that Vazquez being left off is unlikely. If I had to put him in and take someone else out, I’d cut Nova.

I guarantee they will lose the team at least one game.

There’s a very simple reason that Austin Kearns will be on the roster: the existence of left hander pitching.

Over the course of this season Granderson has, yet again, proven his inability to hit left handed pitching. I’m of the believe that hitting left handed pitching and hitting right handed pitching are two distinct skills and we can’t assume that the numbers will come ever close to evening out. Girardi also has shown a willingness to play Gardner in CF and Kearns in Left against a tough lefty. AND Swisher is dealing with a lot of injury issues and the idea of Thames seeing the field makes my skin crawl.

Lee, Price and Liriano basically guarantee Kearns’ roster spot and thinking anything else is ignoring reality.

i’m pretty sure he has no shot at the post season because he is ineligible, i’m pretty sure you have to be on the 40 man roster before september 1st to qualify and he just got put on it, so keep him out. girardi has barely used mitre lately, which leads me to believe he’s not fully healthy or girardi doesn’t trust him anymore, so he’s not gonna make it. I would love to see abaladejo on there, but i have a feeling girardi will go with gaudin because he can eat up innings in any blow out games. As for the fielders, Kearns and Nunez would definitly both be there.

These two are here to eat innings during the regular season….THATS IT!!!

I would take Burnett out of the rotation. He’s 10-14 on a team with the best record in baseball. He sucks and has been terrible for 2 years. He’s living off the past. As crazy as it sounds, I’d replace him with Nova and relegate him to the pen. So he won’t like it. This is about winning. And if he gets bored, he can count all the money the Yanks are paying him for nothing!