NFT: Yanks talk 4-19

your tune has certainly changed in the last 3 days.

Is a good deodorant.

A week ago, everyone was crying about how this team has no offense. Well, how about 37 runs in the past 6 games? I've said all along that if this team can stay relatively healthy (admittedly a big if), they will hit. And how about 17 HRs already, tied for 1st in MLB. They certainly have holes but if they can stay intact, they will challenge for the AL East crown.

and even though I'm a mets fan, I am not asking this in a way to provoke some kind of response.

I was watching the game recap on MLB.com, which showed all of Tanaka's strikeouts. The TV gun had him at 92, but I can't tell if it was the YES feed or the Tampa feed. Is that accurate? I thought he was a mid-90s guy last season.

42 runs in the past 6 games. Even better.

1-2 mph according to PitchFX
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vs Tigers Last night, he had a lot of young,inexperienced hitters fishing on pitches that the more experienced hitters on the Blue Jays/Red Sox had been laying off of. Tigers will be similar. he still isn't going up in the zone, only middle, down. The difference in his speed is him not throwing the 4 seamer. Now with that out of his repertoire, hitters have an easier time zoning up! I hope we see like results on Thursday & if we do, maybe he is indeed back!

In comment 12239825 TheMick7 said:

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vs Tigers Last night, he had a lot of young,inexperienced hitters fishing on pitches that the more experienced hitters on the Blue Jays/Red Sox had been laying off of. Tigers will be similar. he still isn't going up in the zone, only middle, down. The difference in his speed is him not throwing the 4 seamer. Now with that out of his repertoire, hitters have an easier time zoning up! I hope we see like results on Thursday & if we do, maybe he is indeed back!

Good point on the 4 seamer.

He only pitched something like 14 innings in spring training, as the Yankees were understandably cautious.

I think it is reasonable to expect that, if his arm really is healed, he will add another yard or two to his fastball over the next few starts.

Whether it was the right thing to do or not, I think that fact that Girardi sent him back out for the seventh after the long delay while the Yankees batted around plus suggests that the team feels he is fully healed. They had him throw on the side while the Yankees were batting to keep him warm, and they wanted to add to his pitch count in order to build arm strength.

In comment 12239778 LS said:

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your tune has certainly changed in the last 3 days.

I will always applaud a good effort. I am still wary of our starting pitching but its nice to see Tanaka pitch well. The key is to build on the win and improve the areas that need help.

are both pitching today.

but he is a stud who is working his way back and learning to pitch with a major injury. It is going to be stressful to watch all year.

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We've had Monday games, Tuesday games, Friday games and Sunday games on MY9 this year. Has their contract changed? It seems excessive compared to in the past.

It's not much of a big deal, except I don't get MY9 in HD, if anyone even does, and I feel like I'm watching the games in the '80's. It's awful. If they insist on showing the games, they can at least offer us HD for cryin out loud.

more frustrating than having your leadoff speed guy get a single & then get thrown out stealing is when the batter gets a hut on the very next pitch.

Sorry.

In comment 12239811 looie said:

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A week ago, everyone was crying about how this team has no offense. Well, how about 37 runs in the past 6 games? I've said all along that if this team can stay relatively healthy (admittedly a big if), they will hit. And how about 17 HRs already, tied for 1st in MLB. They certainly have holes but if they can stay intact, they will challenge for the AL East crown.

this week will be a huge test for this offense. Price, Harvey and Degrom we will see 3 out of 4 games. Huge test for this team coming up

A-Rod is swinging that bat

What year is it?

ARod.

The deal with no commercials. Weird.

some good stuff here spoken in plain english instead of the gibberish his boss speaks.

http://web.yesnetwork.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=80114683
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let's close it out.

Pitching staff is really tall. Murphy looks like a midget next to Pineda, Miller, Wilson, Betances.....

Didn't hit well today but nice sweep of the Rays & up to .500.

Good to see Betances look a little stronger as well.

6-6, back to .500

In comment 12240171 Osi Osi Osi OyOyOy said:

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Good to see Betances look a little stronger as well. 6-6, back to .500

Betances is in love with the off speed stuff. Wonder if the fastball isn't moving so he isn't using it as much. He's looks a lot better than last week.

team played pretty well this series even if the competition level isn't that high. Pitching is fine, defense was going to get better, some of the offensive outcomes were going to get better. Now to sustain this success we're going to need to get good outcomes from 3-4-5 and we're going to need to stay healthy. And while Didi wasn't brought here for his bat he needs to be hitting around .220 to not hear footsteps.

They needed it

it was initially described as innings control but now it is described as elbow inflammation. Whether it is something serious or not remains to be seen, but with our injury luck - and that of the rest of baseball - this season I have trouble being optimistic.

He was waiting on his arm strength and mechanics, which now appear to be back. Expect him to go with the hard stuff a lot more in the future.

In comment 12240205 manh george said:

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He was waiting on his arm strength and mechanics, which now appear to be back. Expect him to go with the hard stuff a lot more in the future.

Yeah that was a bad choice of words, but he is still shying away from the FB. He threw six to one of the Rays today. He throws great breaking balls and off speed stuff.

In comment 12240224 section125 said:

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In comment 12240205 manh george said: Quote: He was waiting on his arm strength and mechanics, which now appear to be back. Expect him to go with the hard stuff a lot more in the future. Yeah that was a bad choice of words, but he is still shying away from the FB. He threw six to one of the Rays today. He throws great breaking balls and off speed stuff.

Geez - threw six straight breaking balls.....

that's what good pitchers do, they keep teams in games even without their best stuff.

Know the status of Pirela.

Is throwing his fastball at 94 - 96 right now, if I recall he may have been a tad faster last season at this time, but then again, he was not used very much the first month either, so I would not worry about his velocity just yet. The much more important thing is his command is getting better. Probably that means his mechanics are getting better also, he is a huge man with a huge pitching motion, so he needs a little time, Miller looks great though, very smooth.

In comment 12240248 mitch300 said:

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Know the status of Pirela.

Taking BP, likely to get back into games soon. The question is whether he's on track for an MLB job when he's done. Temptation would be to say no, but Petit has been pretty awful.

good enough with that off speed stuff he has. When he gets back to 97-98 it's gravy.

That's why I'm asking. He can't be any worse than Petite.

I like them both but I sure feel more confident with Miller, so far.

In comment 12239881 superspynyg said:

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In comment 12239778 LS said: Quote: your tune has certainly changed in the last 3 days. I will always applaud a good effort. I am still wary of our starting pitching but its nice to see Tanaka pitch well. The key is to build on the win and improve the areas that need help.

The key is to realize it's a 162 game season and not fixate on one game at a time. And of course they are trying to improve every day, just like every team is.