NFT: 2 | Pine Tar Wars VII - 24/04

time to see if he can build on that.

wonder what he's got in the mortar...

they had him on a highly structured offseason program this year, as last spring he showed up 20 pounds heavy and it sure as shit wasn't muscle. 6.2 of 2 run ball with 7 Ks to 2 BBs last time against the O's, the first start of his 4 this year where he was able to get the strikeouts going.

If CC shows up and pitches his game we shouldnt be worried.

As I said earlier, Almost every pitcher who made a name for himself has used pine tar. Catchers usually put it on there leg guards and put some on the ball when they throw it back. My cousin was a Major League catcher for the Phils. Look at Lester last year. 2 obvious times he was using it. Bucholtz made a name for himself using it. I bet during October ball when it is cold almost every starter in the playoffs uses it if its cold out.

Why Pineda put it on his neck for the world to see knowing the sawx would be all over him looking for it is beyond me. All he had to was tell McCann to put some under his leg pad and it would have gone unnoticed like it does everytime a pitcher pitches in the cold.

Its not cheating when everybody does it . Kind of like HGH in the NFL.

"Yankees vs. Hypocritical Crybabies."

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we'll see if he gets a fourth inning.

1-0 after the top of the first.

In comment 11637178 Dave in Hoboken said:

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"Yankees vs. Hypocritical Crybabies."

Lmao

that was a hot shot right at him, hope he's alright. Held it to one run, time to welcome back the Flyin' Hawaiian.

First from deep short.

wasn't intentional but Papi got plunked

CC plunks Ortiz. Not intended, an 0-2 pitch.

he didn't mean to, not on an 0-2 count, but I'm not going to weep over it.

but CC isn't going to dominate for more than a few innings at a time. He is looking more like Leiter every time.

Now that he plunked Ortiz however he has become my hero.

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heh.

bat-wise he really needs to be in Trenton.

Nicholas Flammia ‏@TYRadioGuy 1m

33 pitch outing for Manny Banuelos. He has yet to pitch more than 3 innings in an outing with the @TampaYankees. Radar gun showed 94 mph.

check for leakage.

1 second later..

Cone "No"

is @SS. It is going to make it way too dangerous for middle infielders.

ugly.

3-0

nice poke #26. Amazingly, his helmet stayed on the whole time.

There we go.

how was that not a wild pitch?

later...

4-0

CC needs to find that groove.

Walking Gomes isn't groovy.

both pitchers have two walks, CC hit Ortiz and Doubront has chucked multiple pitches into the dirt.

Welcome to the world of pitchers without stuff.

good stuff.

didn't have to hear about any Teix messages.

officially Kay's worst HR call of all time.

McCann got robbed.

should have used rosin. He'd have had that grounder by Gardner.

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Charleston RiverDogs ‏@ChasRiverDogs 1m

Caleb Smith now with 11 K's through five, 2-hit, scoreless innings! 6-0 #RvierDogs top of the 6th #chs #Yankees #chsnews

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whacka whacka

great, great outing for Caleb Smith. Could really turn into a surprise lefty starting prospect.

LHP prospect.

wonder why.

Banuelos, Matt Tracy, Turley, Camarena and then Clarkin who could be the best of the bunch. But Smith fits in there somewhere.

Banuelos - injuries - holding my breath
Tracy - kinda Phelpsy no?
Camarena - raw?
Clarkin - young and a few years off

It's not like we have anyone ready to challenge for a rotation spot next year. I'll pray Banuelos can stay healthy.

maybe even a 3. Injury issues though.

Camarena is really polished, superb command, locates four pitches. His problem is that his FB tops out at 88 or 89 most games. If he could add a couple ticks he's be a legit front of the rotation type, but he just throws too damned slow.

ever sniffing the majors? I know he has had some injury issues but I figured someone would have given him a looksee.

Nice double by Beltran.

he's nothing special, but there are probably worse relievers kicking around the majors. For whatever reason though it doesn't seem like the Yanks are going to give him a shot.

two questions:

Is Judge playing OF or 1B so far this year?

Katoh or Avelino?

says he thinks Camarena was around 91 or 92 yesterday. If that's true it could be big.

Avelino much more than Katoh, Katoh has been overmatched this year and even though Katoh is fast (and starting to steal bases) shortstop is still the premier defensive position on the infield, catcher excepted.