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02-24-13 06:03 PM #76
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Bobby Abreu?
Thank you for making me calm today, Brett Gardner
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02-24-13 07:28 PM #77
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I am so glad that the Yankees have a bench that can help fill the Granderson........oops, sorry wrong season.
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02-25-13 02:24 AM #78
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I am surprise no one mentioned Zoilo Almonte. He makes perfect sense for the fill-in.
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02-25-13 06:50 AM #79
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Let the kids play.
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02-25-13 06:55 AM #80
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02-25-13 07:28 AM #81
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1) I agree with Fred. For better or for worse, they are counting on Nunez to play a lot of SS, especially early in the season. They also, for good reason, must be wary about moving him around defensively. You need more than speed and an arm to play competent OF.
2) The injury is a downer and obviously a blow to the Yankee prospects. But it is not hard to find the silver lining in getting to see whether one of 3 or 4 young OFers might be ready. As I have said before, it can be fun rooting for a team that does not have a lot of veteran insurance.
I would hope the most loyal and zealous Yankee fans would not be bitter and demand yearly dominance.
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02-25-13 08:29 AM #82
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David Ortiz tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003.
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02-25-13 08:40 AM #83
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02-25-13 08:52 AM #84
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02-25-13 08:54 AM #85
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02-25-13 08:58 AM #86
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"Welcome to NYYFans, the place where Yankees fans come together to complain about the manner in which our team is winning games" -- Mr. Coffee
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02-25-13 09:00 AM #87
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02-25-13 09:03 AM #88
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02-25-13 09:11 AM #89
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If he's anything like last year, without the power, he'd be completely useless. I can't imagine the Yankees couldn't find a minor leaguer who can hit for power with the same OBP or have higher OBP with less power.
edit: and no, I don't mean 43 HR power. I mean, 15-20 homers.Thank you for making me calm today, Brett Gardner
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02-25-13 09:23 AM #90
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At a minimum I think it will be end of May until we see Granderson back at anything close to full strength. Assuming the "recovery" timeframe is 10 weeks as has been reported, he'll likely need a few additional weeks to swing the bat and get his timing down since he is missing all of spring training.
David Ortiz tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003.
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02-25-13 09:24 AM #91
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02-25-13 09:31 AM #92
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.- Barry Manilow
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02-25-13 09:47 AM #93
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02-25-13 10:20 AM #94
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Alfonso Soriano on his way back?
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs...ade-to-yankees
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02-25-13 10:34 AM #95
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As much as I hate Happ for making the Yankees' chances of winning and scoring runs, which were already in at least some question compared to previous seasons, that much harder, I do hope he stays healthy. I want him to get hit hard and hurt the Blue Jays in the standings as much as possible, and their team have a 2012 Marlins-like season. Of course if Happ did happen to suffer an injury, I wouldn't exactlly be upset either.
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02-25-13 10:40 AM #96
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As I said, I would hope strong fans like you would not react this way.
I do not intend to debate you on whether this reflects "a massive planning failure," or what the definition is of a "fourth outfielder." You can give vent to your negative feelings toward management if you wish. I know I had those feelings toward the coaching staff during those woeful games in the playoffs last year.
But personally I am sort of glad that some young players will get a chance in spring training and perhaps April rather than have someone like Ibanez or Jones play the kind of bad LF and provide the kind of mediocre offense that Riviera and Diaz probably can provide. And the young, unproven players who will be given a chance "in the deep," like Mesa and Almonte and Mustelier, need to be prett much ready now or they probably never will be. No one is going to be rushing Austin or Slade because of this.
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02-25-13 11:29 AM #97
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I don't demand yearly dominance, and if I'm bitter, it's just those negative feelings towards management. To me, being a "strong fan" doesn't mean rah-rahing the front office when they screw up.
If they were picking up expensive veterans to block legitimate prospects (Tony Womack), I'd be against that. But when the only contingency plan is to throw washed-up scrapheap players or low-ceiling B prospects out there, just because - then yes, I think that's very bad planning.
Btw, I doubt that Rivera and Diaz can even match the low standards set by Ibanez and Jones last year. And neither one can hit righties.
And even that's assuming that Ichiro! continues to play like he did in September rather than like he did for almost two years before that.A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.- Barry Manilow
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02-25-13 11:50 AM #98
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Not so sure this is such an amazingly bad thing here. In fact, you can make a case that it's not all that bad in several ways.....
Gardner is a much better player when a lefthanded pitcher is on the mound than Granderson. He's a much better defender, he's a better hitter against lefties, etc. I know Granderson had that year and a few months where he "found it" against lefties, but that looks a lot more like an outlier right now than anything else. So he's basically a really good hitter against righthanders and not a very good hitter against lefties.
This Yankee club can hit righties. Yes, Granderson makes them close to lethal, but they should do well against righties even in his absence. Girardi tends to sit Gardner more than Granderson against lefty pitching, so this probably makes the Yankees a better team against lefty pitchers- the one area they've struggled at times in recent years.
No, losing Granderson is not a good thing in the aggregate....but it's not as bad as some may think.
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02-25-13 12:04 PM #99
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Just a quick FYI, the NYY/BAL game is on live at 1pm right now for anyone that can get MASN on their system. ch.640 on DTV
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02-25-13 12:07 PM #100
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