Spritzers for Schvitzers
Posted on Jul 5, 2009 12:05 pm
By Alex Belth
Yanks look to stay hot this afternoon against the Jays. It is a blazing summer day here in New York. Joba is on the hill for the New Yorkers. He will look to be more efficient this time around.

Let’s Go Yan-Kees!
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Albaladejo called up. So that means the replacement starter is someone already on the 25 man roster, no? But who–Hughes, Aceves or Tomko?
[1] or they make a 2nd move before the start … they could dirt nap Tomko and bring Mitre up, fer instance
urge … to … kill … rising
[3] that’s Girardi, as relayed by Petey
Shoulder Bursitis is not a good diagnosis for Wang or the Yankees… not at all…
[3] I see no problem with anything Girardi says there. Folks really like to rail on him for his bullpen usage but the pen has been lights out which is an indicator of good pen management.
[6] Well, except that Hughes is the best starting pitching option that you have right now, for this year AND next. And what Girardi is saying in that statement is that not only is Phil Hughes NOT going to make his innings mark this year, they’ve essentially thrown the plan out the window for next year as well.
Very disappointing.
[3] [4] Yes, the words I hear coming from the Yankees, at least as reported by Pete Abe, are certainly causing my temperature to rise. I try not to be conspiratorial, but it makes you wonder if the repeated under-use of Hughes (two of last three appearances under 10 pitches) was designed to eliminate the possibility of moving him back into the rotation.
Whatver the case, with a rotation that includes Wang (well, not anymore), AJ, Andy Pettitte, and Joba (on innings limit), it now looks nearly impossible for Hughes to be worked back into the rotation.
This despite this from a report by Kepner on June 3:
Tex wins!
[9] He beat Youkilis by over 200,000.
[7] He didn’t say anything about next year. I don’t even see a hint of what he plans for Hughes next year.
The way the Yankees have things set up is kind of weird. They are 7 starters deep in the 25-man roster, yet will likely need to dip down for a Mitre of, heaven forbid, Igawa. If that’s a long-term solution, it could be a problem.
Meanwhile, with the bullpen doing well and Wang on the DL, it almost seems absurd to even suggest that Joba should be in the bullpen.
[11] It wasn’t said explicity, but Hughes stays in the pen and only gets 70-80 innings, you can throw out any chance of him making a significant amount of starts.
3-2 slider to the lead off hitter…ugh!
[11] The way they have handled Hughes this year has been bizarre (in my mind) especially considering how carefully they stuck to the plan with Joba.
[13] Yep. Hughes’ permanent-temporary banishment to the BP is setting him up to be a ML starter…in 2011.
I can’t take my eyes off the Wimbledon final. Just checked in briefly to see what Joba’s doing — I’ll be back later.
In case anyone’s interested:
Federer leads 14-13 in the fifth set.
Johnny Damon and his magical, magnificent left field routine.
[18] i get scared on fly balls to left now. what is up with him?
[16] i have game on laptop on mute. plus wimbledon on tv. engaging.
[19] I have no idea. I mean, he used to be a pretty credible CF, no?
Meanwhile, Joba just threw a 95 mph heater on 0-2 (according to the Rogers Sports gun). Yes, forget the slider once and a while and just throw the damn fast ball.
It seems like Joba has no control of a fastball over 91-92 mph. It could be that Joba is going to need to learn how to pitch without a great fastball, which is something he has probably never done before.
Hm A lot of pitches from Joba, who will probably go only 5 innings of so. Since Hughes was cleverly used only for only 8 pitches yesterday, he should be fresh for 2+ innings today. Then perhaps he could be used for 3+ on Thursday and thus be stretched out for his next time through the rotation.
That’s the plan, right?
Championship point for Federer…
Federer wins!
Long single.
Federer wins! what a match!
[21] Pitch FX had that at 93.
[22] that very well could be.
[23] Aceves is probably first man out. Even though he has only throw a handful of pitches, I am sure they wont go with Hughes for 3 straight days.
[23] well, except that yesterday was the 1st time Hughes has pitched on consecutive days, I kinda figure they don’t want him going 3 days in a row
then again, they seem to be throwing the plan out the window as they go along, so we’ll see …
[28] Ah.
Joba’s command of number one so far this season for the most part has been, shall we say, “lacking?”
Congratulations on your first Yankees ASG start, Mark!
: )
[31] That’s true (about consecutive days). Of course, if they had used him for two innings yesterday…
A right fielder with an arm like Rios is a great weapon.
Speaking of Russle Branyan (as are the Jays announcers), hittracker estimated his restaurant HR at 451′. That was a blast.
[34] That was part of the point I was making yesterday. Not only did it make sense to use Hughes for two innings to extend your coverage in the ongoing game, but it also would have preserved your bullpen for a Joba start. As it turned out, 12 innings would have used up the bullpen anyway, but we didn’t know that in the 9th inning.
Greetings from Montana, Team!
I see we’re on a bit of a hot streak. That’s something.
It’s nice to be in Montana, where it’s blazing hot, too, and see that iconic image of the fire hydrant in summer and be reminded of where my home is. It’s amazing here, but it’s not home.
Has the game started yet?
Joba could use some runs.
Hey look, it’s NOT Cano!
=)
Hey Weeping! Just how big is that sky there, anyway? : )
Zip – zip so far… Yanks have bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the first!
I am suprised the Captain didn’t get a better read. That’s Adam Lind out there.
1-0
: )
well, looks like we gave them a gift in return
blech.
Why the hell would they send Teixeira? I wonder if he did that on his own. Either way, it’s an awful decision.
[35] Yeah, but his 92 OPS+ is not very weaponlike.
I get a lot of Jays up here, obviously. I think that Ricciardi is a pretty bad GM. At teh same time, they seem to be snake-bitten. Every time it looks like they have noce player (like Rios or Wells), he flakes out, and it makes it difficult for the team to get a critical mass of players having good seasons at the same time. For example, this season Wells in 30, Rios is 28 and Hill is 27. Had their careers gone as predicted, this would be a pretty nice line-up with the addition of Lind and good seasons by Rolen and Overbay.
2-0
=)
2-0
: )
[39] Your wish is the Yankees command
[45] unacceptable!