I had a dream where the Yankees traded their potential sort-of Curtis Granderson for the real thing, except that it really happened. There’s a whole lot of analysis better than anything I could provide you with about this trade (click on those Yankees links on the side for some of them), but I like talking …
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Well, I was honestly mystified by the decision to bring up from AAA Anthony Claggett of all people. He is honestly, not very good, as I assume anyone who watched the game noticed. Anyway, for the third straight game Chien-Ming Wang was awful. He looked pretty good in the first, not great, but okay. Then …
Another Yankees game not on TV, which is too bad as I’ve yet to see Brackman or Melancon and would like to get a look at both. Major Leaguers regulars starting for the Yankees were Johnny Damon, Xavier Nady and Jose Molina and for the Braves it was Kelly Johnson, Yunel Escobar, Casey Kotchman and …
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Ian Kennedy’s made a bunch of starts in AAA since returning from his injury, and here’s how they’ve gone: July 3rd – 2IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 0K, 1HR (48 pitches, 27 strikes) (This game was suspended after two innings) July 8th – 4IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 4K, 0HR (84, 50 strikes) July 13th …
Notice the absence of nibbling: Sure there is a lot more you can get away with in AAA than MLB but hopefully he’ll keep it up for 3-4 more starts and then also do this “throwing strikes” thing with the big team.
Last night’s official attendance was 50,993, though I am going to go out on a limb here and assume that’s how many people bought tickets because I was at the game and the stadium was half full, if not less. The weather last night was terrible, and honestly I am surprised there were no delays …
Now that we’ve seen the entire rotation at least once (Wang twice now), here are some observations: Chien-Ming Wang – Looked very solid twice now, against teams with differing levels of offense. If he continues to be able to use his slider and changeup the way he did in his first two starts he’ll do …
Chamberlain 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Joba’s second start didn’t go by without its bumps, he didn’t show very good command of his fastball in the first inning and wasn’t pitching aggressively. With the kind of stuff he has, Joba really should not be trying to paint corners. He was originally meant to …