Comments on: Predictable

By: mhoward120

mhoward120 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:17:10 +0000

Is is just me or did Girardi look positively shell-shocked in his press conference after the game? With every single question about Burnett, his eyes squinted so deeply as if he was staring at hot klieg lights and he seemed to have some difficulty answering each question.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:00:44 +0000

Let’s spilt the difference: His curve has been absent pretty much all season, so his success has been based too much on the fastball. A pitcher with his type of stuff – that is, dynamic but somewhat unpredictable – is bound to struggle mightily when dependent on essentially one pitch.

By: flycaster

flycaster — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:19:33 +0000

[9] I disagree. He is a fastball-curveball pitcher who succeeds by getting ahead with his fastball, and finishing guys off with his curve. His current problem is total inability to locate the fastball, which gets him behind in the count, and you know where that gets you in major league baseball.

By: Raf

Raf — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:33:06 +0000

[7] It seems that if they want to fix Burnett they need him to rediscover his curve. He has been throwing his fastball more, and his curveball less. Batters have been making more contact, and he has been striking out less batters. He needs to go back to what works.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:49:20 +0000

[6] both AJ and Javy have had about the same length leash, but as has been pointed out, the team had less flexibility this time around with Hughes getting skipped. Now, we’ll see what they do the next time through the rotation. Will they skip AJ, or even discover some sort of injury and put him on the DL? i bet the latter.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:34:15 +0000

Maybe the reason why they haven’t skipped Burnett is because he’s so all-over-the-place they don’t know how to fix him. They’re just sort of hoping things will snap back into place. Someone like Vasquez they can probably make some sense of; I wonder if they look at Burnett and just shrug helplessly.

Also, they wanted to skip Hughes.

By: ms october

ms october — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:25:24 +0000

[5]

Dustin Pedroia has broken his My Little Hoof

hahahha, – very nice work riyank.

[0]

Burnett is now 0-5 with a 11.35 ERA in June. By way of comparison, Javier Vazquez had a 9.78 ERA in his first five starts of the year in which the Yankees went 1-4.

agreed cliff. i don’t understand the long leash for burnett.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:47:29 +0000

Maybe he’s a LOOGY in the sense of, “Lefty: Out Of Good Yankees”.

I like this sentence:

Logan swelled the Dodger lead to 7-4, after which Chan Ho Park added on a couple more runs to set the final at 9-4.

As if it were our pitchers scoring the runs…

Oh well. Times are tough all over. Dustin Pedroia has broken his My Little Hoof, and although they aren’t giving any official timetable the speculation is that it will mean six weeks out of action. Clay Buchholz “heard something pop” as he rounded second base, though they’re saying they found no significant problem and expect him to make his next start.

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:08:06 +0000

I think he’s just the Triple-A arm they like most

Well that might be the most depressing thing I’ll read this week.

But really, the return of Logan has coincided nicely with the starters pitching really well or really poorly, and a trip to NL parks, where you would assume even Joe Girardi wouldn’t start burning through relievers in the middle of the early innings for a batter a piece. I think if you follow Girardi’s quotes, history (culminating in whatever the hell that was in the ALCS last year) and use of Logan earlier in the year, we’re going to see Boone start to come in to pitch to the lefties in the sixth and seventh inning. He might stay in after walking that first lefty, but he is, in fact bad, so I’m not sure that makes me feel any better that he’s not a LOOGY by the strict definition

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:17:33 +0000

[2] I don’t see that obsession, Matt. They’re not using him as a LOOGY, they’re using him as a long man (inexplicably, but they are). I think he’s just the Triple-A arm they like most, and Melancon hasn’t done anything to change their mind in his admittedly way-to-brief opportunities. When they had everyone healthy, Logan was in Scranton and there was just one lefty in the pen and everyone was happy. I look forward to that day returning . . .

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:51:05 +0000

I’d like to see Logan optioned to make room for the buffet table. He won’t be. This bizarre obsession with having two lefties in the bullpen keeps bringing him back like Jason Voorhees.

By: a.O

a.O — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:26:29 +0000

Agreed, Cliff. Time to give Nova a shot. This has gone on more than long enough.