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

he's actually very athletic, he'll probably stay an outfielder.

a couple bad plays and a couple webgems.

from the right side.

9-2

Hehe.

and takes a run from us.

10-2 double Ellsbury. WE have hit alot of doubles this season.

12-2

Sox going to be pining for better days.

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Shane Greene.

He is getting good swings and good at bats, and there isn't any reason to think that this will disappear entirely (I hope). 9 years inn the minors, and now this. Tied for #1 in RBI on the team is a little weird.

Of course, he is only 26, and switch hitters sometimes mature later.

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is officially done in the field.

What the Fuck.

Help the kid out.

anyone able to offer a quick scouting report on Greene?

I can't find Dune's prospect preview from earlier.

Thanks, as always, fellas

looks like he has a heavy sinker. Could be a useful piece with Warren likely getting the bump to late innings. I'm sure he is battling to hold on to the spot for at least the next 10 days.

like the perfect score to bring in Betances

plus slider and change. Control really came around last year, going from about 5/9 down to under 2/9. Older for a prospect at 25 but he's probably a starter long term.

tonight. A stadium full of people looking at you like a piece of meat can have that effect.

kid has had two outings this season prior to this one and has never really relieved, not surprising he struggled to establish a rhythm.

he was being stretched out down there, right? Only to be called up in a reliever role?

Tough first outing, but them's the bigs. The vets around him certainly didn't do him any favors.

when you have your SS behind you booting another ball. Jeter in the field the last 2 days has been painful.

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they need to stick him in the AAA rotation and leave him the fuck alone. Call him up for spot starts, he's not a reliever, it doesn't really match up with his repertoire.

just end this inning. I can only handle so much terrible defense in one game. This one has far exceeded my threshold.

featuring a Boggsian knuckler.

deep Sol

17 walks combined in this game.

Cold weather - pine tar = sloppy games where batters get hit.

doesn't like Carp very much.

14-5

Tell those mouthbreathers behind home plate to sit the fuck down.

that left the field of play.

Up to 38 pitches...

swung at ball 4. Damnit.

I'd say we have even money on Carp landing on the DL tomorrow.

Some payback for last night's clusterfuck.

guess Betances wasn't available.

still looks like he is 13 years old.

never gets old. Nice win, loved seeing Ellsbury have a big game.

Moving on out.

That's two series wins against Boston this season, thus far. Nice to see CC have a really good outing, too.

didn't see all of it tonight, but I've been in libraries louder than Fenway at the end of this one...sounds like a pretty odd game. We'll take it

The Townies can

Yanks' lead is now 1.5, over the Balto's.

14-5 demolition of Boston and his only comment in the entire thread is on Jeters fielding.

didn't even comment on it until after 10 other people talked about how bad of a play it was and then how rough of a night Greene had.

And it wasn't my only post in the thread, so nice try. I only watched last few innings because I was watching hockey and nba playoffs.

Am I wrong when I say Jeter is terrible in the field at this point?

Jeter is hitting decently well because with the defense he's giving if he's out there hitting .250 he would be a huge negative. His defense can't continue to be this bad, he's giving away hits and runs on a routine basis

who starts in his place? Solarte with Johnson at 3rd?

In comment 11637544 MookGiants said:

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didn't even comment on it until after 10 other people talked about how bad of a play it was and then how rough of a night Greene had. And it wasn't my only post in the thread, so nice try. I only watched last few innings because I was watching hockey and nba playoffs. Am I wrong when I say Jeter is terrible in the field at this point?

You're not wrong. Actually, last night between his fielding and his hitting I was thinking maybe Jeter is sick or something, because he just looked bad doing pretty much everything. At least he hit tonight.

Look, he's going to be 40 this year. No one has played a full year at SS in the history of MLB at his age (I believe I read that somewhere). He's coming off a year of injuries. It's not going to be pretty.

But I think he has a lot of desire to win one more World Series this year and he'll be a good leader.

at age 39, and looks like he played 132 games or so.

For those of you not so old, Aparicio was a great SS and is deservedly in the HOF, as will be Jeter.
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you have to believe it's just a bump in the road. He's atrocious going to his left but he's generally pretty good with anything he can get to, that hasn't been the case this week. Likely just a bad week and hopefully doesn't continue.

You're not wrong to say he's been terrible in the field. The last three games he has been.

I've been burnt out by a similar jeter "hater" who just kills him routinely (and also the entire Yankees for that matter, and is a Yankee "fan"). My point to him has been simple:

You can't hate athletes who do what Jeter has done for your favorite team. You just can't. It's almost impossible. These types are the same people who wanted Mattingly gone before the leg kick, who wanted LT to stop blocking someone's path in 92-93, who wanted Ewing traded before he got traded. I wonder how many people wanted Mantle to take a seat at the end? When these guys leave, you can only PRAY the next one in line is half the player.

Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good in terms of them being relatively shitty at the end. It happens. Jeter isn't even that bad right now, he's had some bad fielding games for sure. The trade off is everything he's done in the past, of course it's the past, but he's not crippling your team (and his presence IMO helps regardless).

Sorry to vent but your comments just seemed to click with someone else who baffles me in their hatred of Jeter, more so than you. And I'm not even a Jeter ball worshipper, not by a long shot, but that persons attitude has made me at least a Jeter defender.

Omar Vizquel started 136 games at SS for the Giants in 2007 when he was 40.

as some of the people are saying(hoping, don't let them tell you different). He certainly has had a few rough moments in this past week and he definitely doesn't have good range at this age, but he's been solid enough throughout the season. 2 nights ago there was a nubber up the middle that Jeter got to(to his left) and the ball took a weird spin and went by jeter. Jeter was bashed for his range when it had absolutely nothign to do with his range, he just missed it. The dude is 40 and he's helping out offensively, the need to point out on a daily basis that he sucks is ridiculous and agenda driven.