Comments on: Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:36:55 +0000

[33] That’s why I mentioned going with 11 pitchers: + Miranda + Nunez – Berkman (DL) – Gaudin (DFA). As it stands, adding Nunez and DLing Berkman adds almost nothing to the bench or to legitimate roster flexibility, at least until ARod can play.

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:33:28 +0000

[31] And Gaudin escapes, to ruin our livers and stress levels another day . . .

[26] I agree with your plan, except that I would DFA Gaudin to get Miranda up.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:27:00 +0000

[30] Oh certainly, that’s part of it.

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:26:00 +0000

Berkman to DL

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:25:41 +0000

[29]

well, it COULD speak to the quality of the bats of the “position” players

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:23:58 +0000

[28] Since the days of late career Bernie Williams, has any team in the league batted their DH (and often 1B) so consistently down near the bottom of the lineup?

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:17:23 +0000

NYY lineup vs DET 8/19: Gardner 7, Jeter 6, Teixeira 3, Cano 4, Swisher 9, Posada 2, Granderson 8, Kearns DH, Pena 5, Hughes 1

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:10:37 +0000

Berkman reporting his ankle is still swollen … trainers won’t allow him to run on it …

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:08:24 +0000

It doesn’t matter to me who goes on the DL assuming that the player is in fact injured. I’m not a fan of DLing Berkman solely to get an extra IF on the roster so that they can rest ARod and continue to play a man short. Now, if Berkman is legitimately unable to play for a week or two, then by all means DL him.

This being said, why not call up Miranda to replace Berkman? I know, this leaves the problem of Peña starting while ARod mends, but the answer to that quandary (to beat a dead horse) is to try to get by with 11 pitchers for a few days. As it is Nunez can’t hit much, and with Berkman gone there aren’t really any bats on the bench to use as PH for Pena. So Nunez’s only job will be double extra emergency BUIF to Pena. In other words, the team will still be playing with essentially no bench.

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:01:36 +0000

13) I don’t see any reason to consider the action interference. Otherwise, every slide into a base would have to be outlawed.

Intent, my man, intent. It was patently obvious that Gardner’s very late slide was not a legitimate attempt to slide into the bag but rather aimed specifically at disrupting the second baseman. In fact, he admitted as such. That every slide into the base would have to be outlawed is absurd. The umpires are often called on to evaluate intent, and it was clear to everyone with eyes what Gardner’s intent was. If they called more interference (which they probably should, by the rules), then breaking up the DP would be disincentivized and there would be a lot less of these late–and more dangerous–slides into the bag.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:01:18 +0000

if it had to be Lance or Alex/Derek…well sorry Lance but this ain’t exactly Sophie’s Choice

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:51:41 +0000

NJ Ledger reporting it may be Berkman to DL

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:46:22 +0000

[15],[17] I agree with William to the extent that Leyland has to control his team’ reaction, otherwise his statements will be construed as tacit approval to take matters into their own hands. The umps have been lousy for the most part of the season from what we’ve witnessed and commented about, but his statement only puts him in line to be held accountable first if something does happen. If we expect the unpires (feh, I’ll leave it like that) to be reasonable and they prove not to be in most cases, we can’t be surprised if the players give up on reason as well.

The question is, why is it so easy to hold players and coaches accountable when the unpires facilitated such nonsense? The MLB front office needs a swift kick in the butt so they can do something to strengthen that devolving area of the game.

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:45:43 +0000

[20] I think Leyland is smart enough to know he has to tell his players to knock it off.

I do think Leyland’s players may not be smart enough to understand he really means it. So yes, sit Jeter and Posada (and of course A-Rod).

[18] [19] Of course with Berkman essentially day-to-day as well, they’ve been playing two bats short – so why not a pitcher short? Though to me a 12-man staff is useless, particularly when you have a relief corps filled with guys who can do multiple innings at a time.

By: ms october

ms october — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:38:46 +0000

[18] jeter does look like he could take a few off. and given the point of this thread, i would be fine with him getting the day off against detroit. i don’t trust leyland to de-escalate this thing.

By: ms october

ms october — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:35:53 +0000

[14] jennings posted that chad gaudin was present but is no longer around – it would be a glorious day if he was dfa’d and the yanks rolled with an 11 man staff for a while.

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:32:12 +0000

[14] [16] I just saw that on LoHud. My hope is A-Rod doesn’t go on the DL, but Girardi wants someone around to give Jeter time off . . . and so Nunez comes up for a day (or three).

Of course that means someone has to go . . . how about Gaudin?

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:31:09 +0000

[15]

the HP ump did a lousy job in not tossing at least one pitcher out in the latter innings …

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:29:57 +0000

[14] Oh great.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:29:21 +0000

[10] It’s Leyland’s job to control his frustrated players with nothing to lose, but your scenario is possible. I am sure the home plate umpire will have to file a report, so he can probably provide the missing context. To me, it seems like a veiled threat (oh yeah, well if you wont act we’ll take matters into our own hands). Something about Leyland makes me think he has control over his team.