Spring Training Game No. 30: Yankees at Twins
by Travis G on Mar 27, 2011 12:00 PM EDT
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PrintCarl "Glass Jaw" Pavano takes his talents to the mound against a variety of Yankee pitchers including Romulo Sanchez (who has a shot to make the big league bullpen).
Gametime is 1 p.m., but without TV coverage.
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I believe that’s A-Rod’s 6 homers. More to come as long as she’s smiling.
I cant get passed her huge mouth, is she Andre the Giant's daughter?
Is it too late to start up the Fire Girardi bus?
I am really tired of hearing that the Red Sox are going to be such a great team this year. Jeff Passan said they have the most and best pitching depth in the AL, and even though he is an idiot, Tim Brown, who is not an idiot, agreed basically.
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Ha. I don't have that problem anymore.
Because bye bye Yahoo! Sports, hello Pinstripe Alley! (and a bit of Twitter/LoHud/RiverAveBlues mixed in)
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by Hasan Paliwala on Mar 27, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
...then why did you pick them to win the AL EAST?
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Mar 27, 2011 4:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think they are a very good team and the probable favorites in the AL, but I don’t think they have great pitching, or great pitching depth. Too many question marks to pick the Yankees right now. I’m assuming Yankees solve those question marks in time to win wild card, make it to World Series.
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Honestly, what question marks?
The Yankees starting rotation has question marks, but so do the Red Sox. The Yankees, IMO, have a superior bullpen. And the Red Sox hitting may have slightly improved, but the Yankees hitting hasn’t gone down any and has the potential to be even better this year.
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Mar 27, 2011 4:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Starting Pitching. I don’t like assuming Burnett will be better, and with that being said the Yankees have only two sure thing starters, if you even call Hughes that. Red Sox don’t have a great rotation, and that’s why they aren’t a great team. I think the two teams are about equal, with the Sawx winning division by a couple of games.
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I'm telling you Barndon
The Yankees will run away with the East!
I bet it's good to be playing again, huh?
Errr.... Slightly improved?
They added Adrian Gonzolez, 30+ power hitter and almost 300batting average, and Carl Crawford, a +.300 hitter and almost 20 homeruns. Slightly improved?
I think slightly improved is fair
Don’t forget, they lost Beltre and Martinez. Last year’s stats:
Gonzalez – .298/.393/.511 31 HR
Beltre – .321/.365/.553 28 HR
Crawford – .307/.356/.495 19 HR
Martinez – .302/.351/.493 20 HR
Sure, the ex-Red Sox put up those numbers in Fenway, but since they’re nearly identical to their replacements’ without adjusting for that, I think you can safely call the new additions a “slight improvement.”
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It’s not even that simple. Gonzales is essentially replacing Beltre, that is right, but Crawford is replacing Drew or Cameron, whoever gets put on the bench. They did not replace Martinez, at starting catcher they have Saltalawhydidnttheyshortenmynameatellisisland, who is a big question mark.
February 14th, pitchers, catchers, and Messiahs report to Spring Training.
Good point
On the other hand, I think you can expect them to be less injury-plagued this season (especially since Beltre is gone,) so that counts as a bit of an improvement too.
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Saltalamacchia
bad enough to inspire Texas to trade for Bengie Molina.
May 29, 2010: Steven Revetria becomes Giants General Manager. The rest is history.
"118 elements, and still no stanfurdium"- carp, paraphrased
"I stick to my strengths as opposed to going after everyone’s weaknesses. If you can hit it, come hit it."- Tim Lincecum
by natteringnabob on Mar 27, 2011 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions
And lost Adrian Beltre and Victor Martinez.
February 14th, pitchers, catchers, and Messiahs report to Spring Training.
But there were so many stories on ESPN about the Red Sox signing guys the Yankees wanted and guaranteeing success! The real difference between last year’s Sox team and this year’s will be the (likely) full season of health for Youkilis and Pedroia.
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I bet
I could whip Passans lilly ass with 2 moves while eating a sandwich.
Sometimes you can just hear the gears shredding apart in Ricky's head. (Bubbles from the Trailer Park Boys).
by cashman bashman on Mar 27, 2011 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the glasses and the new 'do
Revenge of the Nerds meets Max Mercy
Gustavo Molina's batting average: .056
Well on his way to making my prediction of .050 come true!
Also of note: Romine is batting .183, Martin is batting .250, Montero is batting .250. However, Montero has been omgsoterrible if you listen to anyone talk the past week or so. Interesting, that.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 4:05 PM EDT reply actions
That's all high expectations, I suspect
Usqueadbaugham! Anam muck an dhoul ! Did ye drink me doornail?
Possibly.
I just think it’s unfair we signed Martin and promised him the starting job while he’s done no better than Montero, but Baby Jesus gets all the talk of being disappointing in spring training. If it had actually been a competition instead of just handing Martin a pass, well, we wouldn’t have to worry about seeing the likes of Gustavo Molina on the roster.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the brass just decided they wanted him to get more AB’s in the longrun and ended the so called competition.
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I don't think there ever was a so called competition, and that was my problem with it.
It was always said that they signed Martin to be the starting catcher, not to battle it out to see who was best in ST.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean competition for backup.
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I just think the 2 best out of spring training should have been the starter and backup.
Instead we have a guy who hasn’t proven he can stay healthy and (most likely) a guy who might hit less than .100. Awesome.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I suspect they really didn't want to bring Montero up this season
I’m not saying that’s the right decision, but I don’t mind waiting another season for him myself.
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That's if you trust the Yankees not to trade him, and I'm not sure I do.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw. Absolutely insane.
I’m so nervous. Bleh.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
No good games left
This is the National Championship as far as I’m concerned. It’s the best “game”…
I bet it's good to be playing again, huh?
As a diehard fan I appreciate the underdogs. That being said, I am looking forward to Butler vs. VCU and think the National Championship Game will be the best game of the tourney. I love seeing Underdog vs. Favorite. I want to see UConn lose to either of the underdogs in the finals.
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I'm kind of pulling for VCU
My brother went there for a year, so there’s a tenuous attachment.
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+1. This tournament is wide open.
February 14th, pitchers, catchers, and Messiahs report to Spring Training.
I also think Martin to the Red Sox
worried the Yanks at the time. The Sox had some keys signings and the Yanks had nothing.
by Kansas Yankee on Mar 27, 2011 6:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That is the worst reason to sign someone I can think of.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
or maybe Montero is 21, Cervelli is bad, and Posada is old was the reason
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by Brian5517209 on Mar 27, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Addition by subtraction. Us signing Martin made the Red Sox go with a weak catching corps.
February 14th, pitchers, catchers, and Messiahs report to Spring Training.
And now we're stuck with a starting catcher who hasn't impressed anyone.
Not sure that’s addition…
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
he's better then Gustavo
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by Brian5517209 on Mar 27, 2011 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, yeah, but I think I might be too.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I disagree with everyone else's "we signed Martin so the Sox wouldn't get him" narrative
Montero is young and inexperienced, Cervelli is a backup, and Posada is old, so we needed to get a catcher and i think signing someone of Martin’s caliber was the best case scenario
sorry about your Tarheels btw, i didn’t get a single team in the final four :(
CHARLES NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
by Brian5517209 on Mar 27, 2011 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I just wish we hadn't promised him a starting job without seeing who was best.
If he proved to be best, then I would have been fine with it. Alas, not my call.
Thanks man, I’m still kinda bummed. We had a good year and I can’t be too disappointed in what they accomplished after not even making the tournament last year. Still got to experience winning a National Championship while I was in school here, and that’s all I can really ask for. I didn’t get any teams in the Final Four either haha.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I truly, truly worry he could end up being 2011's Nick Johnson.
Only worse, because he plays a position we can’t just easily replace.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I just can’t see him being that bad. He has tons of potential to be a positive addition but also the potential to be a negative one. I think he harnesses the positive, but it’s all speculation. Long will probably help him out. I’m a little confused by this
Only worse, because he plays a position we can’t just easily replace.
You don’t think if Martin gets hurt or proves to be bad enough the Yankees will call up Montero?
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I mean continually hurt like Nick Johnson, not necessarily just bad.
He could be fine and perfectly healthy, and that would be great, but I’ll have to see it before I believe it.
I’d hope they’d call up Montero, and I think he’d be fine, but it seems like they don’t agree that he’s good enough now, so I’m not sure.
by WhatwouldJeterdo on Mar 27, 2011 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I think if Martin got hurt they would go with Montero over someone like Gustavo Molina. Backup and starting are (hopefully) two different stories.
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If Gustavo Molina is the starting catcher for the Yankees while Jesus Montero is in AAA, it will be time to storm Cashman’s house with pitchforks and torches.
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by Lord Duggan on Mar 27, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Martin better start out hot
or the Yanks will bring him up in May. Who else besides Baltimore has a good catcher?
by Kansas Yankee on Mar 27, 2011 10:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Siiiigh
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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Mar 27, 2011 4:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Scott Proctor was released by the Braves today.
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He'll end up with carpal tunnel syndrome before the season's out
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This subthread is hilarious!
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by Hasan Paliwala on Mar 27, 2011 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
i think Proctor actually has filed a restraining order against Torre
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by Brian5517209 on Mar 27, 2011 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s a terrible idea. With him unemployed, it’s inescapable that Joe Torre will offer Proctor a job. Under Torre’s tutelage, he inevitably get hurt somehow, and will then be eligible for federal disability compensation for life. Not a bad gig IMO.
by Scooby Snacks on Mar 27, 2011 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
getting hurt is painful though
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by Brian5517209 on Mar 27, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but with the practice he has had, it’s easy to deal with.
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not only that disability isn't all that much scratch
i don’t think it’s worth it
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by Brian5517209 on Mar 27, 2011 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions
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