Sunday, May 04, 2008
Weekly Update 5/4
Record: 17-16 (4th)
Last 7: 4-3
Team Avg: .258 (12th)
Team ERA: 4.36 (19th)
It seems the Yankees can't find a way to stay above the .500 mark. After losing three straight from the Detroit Tigers, and then winning three from the Seattle Mariners, it is clear that the baseball gods are yo-yoing with the Yankees.
Who's Hot:
Johnny Damon
In his last ten games, Damon went 14 for 37, or batted .378. He has scored 9 runs including five this past weekend and smacked an upper deck home run in Saturday's contest securing the win.
Mike Mussina
Winning three games in a row and bring his record above .500 for the first time this season. After an inconsistent 2007 season, Mussina has already shown a change of pace. He does give up a lot of hits, and occasionally gets into trouble, however, as the verteran pitcher he is, he has been able to get out of innings with little or no damage.
Who's Cold:
Robinson Cano
Only four combined hits since last Sunday equaling a poor .160 average. The only upside to this is that two of those hits have been home runs.
Jason Giambi
A miserable .055 batting average for the past week. He has been hitting the ball solid, unfortunately he hits into the shift and it becomes difficult to reach base.
Ian Kennedy
After suffering yet another bad outing, Kennedy was optioned to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to work on his mechanics.
Down for the count:
Alex Rodriguez
15-day DL for a strained right quad
Jorge Posada
After suffering through pain through out the season, the Yankees finally placed Posada on the 15-day DL for a strained right shoulder
Phil Hughes
Highly doubtful this is a legitimate injury. First reports of a strained oblique muscle, and now its hairline fractures in his lower ribs. My opinion, no injury, just taken out of the line up for a mental vacation.

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Labels: 2008, Alex Rodriguez, Ian Kennedy, Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada, Mike Mussina, Philip Hughes, Robinson Cano, Yankees


Posted by Steve Kenul at 4:59 PM

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
No Rocket, Bad Rocket

Enough with this stuff about the return of Roger Clemens. I do not want to see him back in stripes for a few reasons.
Even if he comes out of retirement for the fourth time to play baseball, it will be later on in the season, as in August, as in "
ooo, playoffs, yea! Go team!". Little late there Sprocket. Didn't do much help with the Astros seeing as they almost, can they? -no. His late arrival was too late and the Astro's wound up watching the playoffs on their plasma's.
And why should Robinson Cano give up his jersey "just in case"? I don't think Roger will have his uniform retired by the Yankees organization, although he did have his first World Series ring with them along with his 4000th strike out and 300th win all in the same game, but still no need to give up your number.
Or is this all a beg?
"
Hey Roger, we have your friend, we have your memories, now we have your number available, whaddya say?"
Another reason why having NASA isn't available for the Rocket's return is because we do not need any rental pitchers. It's enough having four pitchers already inked and one on the DL, plus we just got a fresh young batch of arms to rotate through as the season progresses. No need to rent an old arm.
The Yankees organization is secure enough with the talent already in place and the new faces and young players will hold the future.
Enrich the farm system, not three-time retired vets.
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Labels: 22, retire, Robinson Cano, rocket, Roger Clemens, Yankees



Posted by Steve Kenul at 5:31 PM
