NFT: Yanks @ A's - Thurs. night ed.

CC always seems to get bombed in his hometown

"tight right quad".

1-0 in the top of the 2nd.

bases loaded, one out.

he is killing us out there.

Getting out of that jam by CC

In comment 12305310 BrianLeonard23 said:

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Getting out of that jam by CC

Really nice to see that. CC with a plan, mixing things up more, not relying on his now mediocre fastball alone.

Bertram is a liability in the field, especially in that stadium.

Typing on a Kindle Fire is awful.

2-0 now. But Drew with a terrible AB, good grief.

he's terrible.

fail.

In comment 12305318 mfsd said:

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he's terrible.

What a waste he is. Amazing to see a guy just lose it so quickly and at a relatively young age.

looking right at the play at the plate, gets it wrong. Brutal!

why he is not playing Gardner in CF?

Drew is terrible

by CC.

sending Drew down to the minors? Why does he need to figure it out, if he even can figure it out, in the Yankees lineup? Why doesn't this happen much anymore? I feel like it used to happen more. I need a drink.

You talentless weasel

with 30 or more at bats, the bottom of the top Batting Average list rounds out like this:

47. Stephen Drew - 146 ABs, .164
48. Roughned Odor - 90 ABs, .144
49. Scooter Gennett, 65 ABs, .154
50. K. Negron - 58 ABs, .121

I swear to God, the guy in bold is the New York Yankees starting second baseman.

and Odor should be flipped

another RBI. 3-0.

with Bonds for 2nd place in RBIs. Can't believe how the Yanks are not publicizing this.

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McCann's was pretty cheap too. 3-1 at the end of 5.

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CC was pitching well too.

Always has.

just one bad pitch.

In comment 12305352 Del Shofner said:

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just one bad pitch.

I'd have gone to the pen earlier, but it's hard to do that after a good 5 innings with CC. But that double concerned me...and yet, he did good work on the next two batters. Then, woops.

with CC. His stuff causes him to have a tiny margin for error.

Carpenter coming in. Hold on to your nuts McNally!

but when the choice is Carpenter, it's understandable.


There has to be a RHP in the minors who can give them something out of the 'pen.

should swap Dillon Gee and Stephen Drew. Crap for Crap.

to get the lead runner at 3rd on the bunt.

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This guy has been roast dogshit this year.

5-3 now.

Can't see us coming back, but hopefully they;ll surprise me.

if no runs im calling it a night

Young and Didi due up in the 9th.

Yeah, no chance im sticking with this one

where we're down two in the 9th and he's batting leadoff. This team is somewhat undermanned.

5-4 and still alive. Down to Chase.

but caught. Well, that sucked.

5 IP 2 H 1 BB 7 K for Tampa. IIRC, he's battled multiple injuries in his minor league career and they seem to be slowly stretching him out as a starter again. Struggled with command in a few outings this year, but has only allowed 14 H in 28.2 IP with 37:15 K:BB.

Tyler Wade just keeps hitting for Tampa. Might be feeling the heat from Avelino/Mateo as he now has 18 SB (in 25 atts) for the season. He had 22 SB in 129 games last season.

in a position to take the division but they need to be realistic about:

Drew (gotta go)
Gregorius (can be the only light-hitter in the lineup)
Beltran cannot play the field - must get into the DH rotation
Capuano can't start for us
Tanaka isn't likely to finish the season without surgery
We have an old team and we need to inject youth wherever possible (Ref/Flores/Heathcott/Lindgren/Ramirez/Mitchell).

In comment 12306318 RasputinPrime said:

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in a position to take the division but they need to be realistic about: Drew (gotta go) Gregorius (can be the only light-hitter in the lineup) Beltran cannot play the field - must get into the DH rotation Capuano can't start for us Tanaka isn't likely to finish the season without surgery We have an old team and we need to inject youth wherever possible (Ref/Flores/Heathcott/Lindgren/Ramirez/Mitchell).

Couldn't agree more. We're in first place (barely) two months into the season and the changes you suggest all seem pretty obvious to me.

which is doable I guess, the fact that A-Rod has no obvious defensive position makes it difficult to take Beltran out of RF.

Not unless you're trading for a shortstop and, given how weak the position is across MLB these days, I'm not sure who would be available out there who would be worth the price.

In comment 12306361 Greg from LI said:

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Not unless you're trading for a shortstop and, given how weak the position is across MLB these days, I'm not sure who would be available out there who would be worth the price.

I didn't read him as saying get rid of Gregorious. He said:

"Gregorius (can be the only light-hitter in the lineup)"

which I took to mean it's OK if Didi is in there but he bats 9th and we can't have another weak bat like that in the lineup. That, I agree with.

In comment 12306361 Greg from LI said:

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Not unless you're trading for a shortstop and, given how weak the position is across MLB these days, I'm not sure who would be available out there who would be worth the price.

One at least is still young and the other also happens to have an obvious replacement waiting in the wings...

In comment 12306356 Dunedin81 said:

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which is doable I guess, the fact that A-Rod has no obvious defensive position makes it difficult to take Beltran out of RF.

That's true, but something must be done. Beltran is turning popups into doubles at least once a game. I'd like to see Slade move into RF when Ellsbury is back, Beltran can be a PH and occasional DH.

in RF.

I agree with that, too. I can't imagine Drew has much more time left before they pull the plug. They dropped Roberts around July, right? And he hit more than Drew did.

Stephen Drew as a Yankee, 2014-2015: 90 games, 288 ABs, .156/.226/.292.