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Post by Oregon Norm on May 1, 2014 8:39:56 GMT -5
Good question. There may be something in his delivery or motion that provides a cue and Japanese hitters had a bead on it. If there is, then its just a matter of time before the same happens on this side of the Pacific. We'll find out soon enough. Even with the declining K rate though, he was still effective over there.
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Post by jimed14 on May 1, 2014 9:20:52 GMT -5
I just looked up the top 10 in k-rates and pretty much every one of them is way over their career average. I think it's pretty typical of April. Most guys are +5-10% higher than average.
Fernandez 36.2%/29.1% Strasburg 35.3%/29.4% Scherzer 33.1%/25.5% Greinke 32.4%/21.5% Santana 29.3%/18.8%
I looked at some historical players and it seems that April tends to be higher. I don't think it can be attributed to rising K-rates overall.
33.1% doesn't look very sustainable considering that Yu Darvish has the highest career K-rate of all time at 29.7%.
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Post by mgoetze on May 11, 2014 12:35:21 GMT -5
Sabathia to the DL. Aceves to the big league rotation. What could possibly go wrong?
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Post by FenwayFanatic on May 11, 2014 14:08:23 GMT -5
God this is enjoyable to watch the Brewers slap around the Yankees after being down 3-0.
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Post by mgoetze on May 12, 2014 19:44:11 GMT -5
Aceves warming up in the pen right now so apparently someone else will be getting the spot starts.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 13, 2014 4:29:18 GMT -5
Aceves warming up in the pen right now so apparently someone else will be getting the spot starts. The MFY pulled Chase Whitley from AAA BP and he's apparently going to start against the Mets Wednesday night. Replacement level pitcher team depth. . . . . NY Post article on the latest age woes: nypost.com/2014/05/13/yankees-advanced-roster-age-rearing-its-head/
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 13, 2014 6:35:22 GMT -5
Ichiro couldn't play. Beltran got pulled. Tex couldn't run to 2b on a sure double right before a game-ending double play. The post-PED Era isn't going to go well for veteran laden teams IMO.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on May 13, 2014 7:10:26 GMT -5
Its going to be a real rough stretch for the yanks with their injuries. Their offense is going to need to keep them afloat.
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Post by gregblossersbelly on May 13, 2014 7:19:23 GMT -5
Its going to be a real rough stretch for the yanks with their injuries. Their offense is going to need to keep them afloat. Yangervis Solarte can only do so much
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Post by Guidas on May 13, 2014 8:22:31 GMT -5
Ichiro couldn't play. Beltran got pulled. Tex couldn't run to 2b on a sure double right before a game-ending double play. The post-PED Era isn't going to go well for veteran laden teams IMO. This is delicious.
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Post by okin15 on May 13, 2014 8:37:11 GMT -5
Ichiro couldn't play. Beltran got pulled. Tex couldn't run to 2b on a sure double right before a game-ending double play. The post-PED Era isn't going to go well for veteran laden teams IMO. This is delicious. While I generally dislike salivating over injuries, it's at least a little different when the players are older than Methusela and you can expect them to get bumped and bruised over the season. This is more an issue of poor team building just playing out the course... and thus I rationalize my thumbs up to the above.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on May 13, 2014 9:27:30 GMT -5
While I generally dislike salivating over injuries, it's at least a little different when the players are older than Methusela and you can expect them to get bumped and bruised over the season. This is more an issue of poor team building just playing out the course... and thus I rationalize my thumbs up to the above. Yeah. To me there is a difference between TJ which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy and a sore hammy.
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Post by jrffam05 on May 13, 2014 11:58:00 GMT -5
I can't root for injuries. It especially gets to me to see a young player without a multi-year guaranteed contract (like Nova) get hurt. I wouldn't take pleasure in seeing CC hurt, but if he was hurt he is still a WS winner, Cy Young winner, and has a huge contract to sit on.
I do have a "told ya so" attitude when it comes to the Yankees depth. I am surprised their bullpen has been as good as it's been so far, as I thought they would have been close to last in the league. They also lack any serious starting depth. Tanaka, Solarte, and Betances have really held this team together, player better than anyone really expected them to coming into the season.
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Post by jrffam05 on May 13, 2014 12:04:57 GMT -5
And to hit on the minor league depth a little more. There are 7, possibly 8 starting pitchers the Sox have in the minors that I would take over the Yankees top arm, who I am assuming is Clarkin. (Webster, Ranaudo, Barnes, DLR, Workman, Owens, and Ball. Johnson being the maybe) including the entire AAA rotation. I would also put up Britton and Wilson against any relief they have in the minors.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 13, 2014 14:54:03 GMT -5
Jorge Castillo ?@jorgeccastillo 8m
Carlos Beltran has a bone spur in his right elbow and got a cortisone shot for it. He hopes that works. If not, surgery is possible.
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Post by Guidas on May 13, 2014 15:04:11 GMT -5
Sean Kelly to the DL.
As for the bone spur. Cortisone only works so long, and just on the pain. Those suckers can file down tendons until they snap, depending on location of the spur (but proximity to tendons and creating friction/impingements is why they usually cause pain, unless you get one in a hand or a foot, in which case they often become a pressure-creates-the-pain situation).
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Post by jimed14 on May 13, 2014 15:08:42 GMT -5
How long before Aceves is the closer?
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Post by Guidas on May 13, 2014 15:12:08 GMT -5
How long before Aceves is the closer? Or their number 2 starter?… We can only hope!
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Post by philsbosoxfan on May 13, 2014 22:43:34 GMT -5
Their ace in the hole, Vidal Nuno got the start and had his butt handed to him. 12-7 loss to their cross town rivals.
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Post by James Dunne on May 13, 2014 22:54:19 GMT -5
When Masahiro Tanaka starts, the Yankees are 6-1 and have a +21 run differential. When he doesn't start, they are 13-18 and have a -39 run differential, worse than every team except Arizona and Houston.
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Post by Guidas on May 14, 2014 13:51:01 GMT -5
When Masahiro Tanaka starts, the Yankees are 6-1 and have a +21 run differential. When he doesn't start, they are 13-18 and have a -39 run differential, worse than every team except Arizona and Houston. To that end, this is just too good to leave alone. MFY-Loving Buster Olney has proclaimed Tanaka a "$ 155M bargain" and marvels at how he crushed the Red Sox and struck out Mike Trout. All this after only 7 starts. I was as high as anyone on Tanaka and thought the Sox should've went hard at him, giving them a very nice Lester free agent insurance policy. But even as good as he's been it's only been 7 starts, he hasn't hit the dog days of August yet and I've not see the medicals on that splitter-throwing elbow. Just a heapin helpin of Yankee hype. What next - "Is Yangervis Solarte the Next YANKEE CAPTAIN!?!" Sheesh.
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Post by Guidas on May 15, 2014 9:47:08 GMT -5
And Buster outdoes himself again (already) with HOF comps for Tanaka, again after 8 starts: "Tanaka became the first Yankees rookie to begin his career 6-0 as a starter since Hall of Famer Whitey Ford went 9-0 in 12 starts in 1950." Insider only, so you have to pay before you vomit.
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Post by brianthetaoist on May 15, 2014 9:54:22 GMT -5
Bully for Masahiro ... he's doing very well. But he's going to get way more hype than he even deserves because, really, what else can you talk about with the Yankees? He's going to be the bright spot in an otherwise bleak and lifeless team for quite a while I think.
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Post by ramireja on May 15, 2014 10:14:29 GMT -5
Somewhere in this thread or another offseason thread, I questioned the Yankee's offseason approach. Obviously I wasn't alone in this critique so I'm not trying to toot my own horn, I'm just merely trying to reiterate a point. As great as Tanaka has been, none of these journalists are pointing to the fact that his signing in addition to the other big signings directly limits their depth. They decided to spend on 4 high-priced free agents (Tanaka, Ellsbury, Beltran, McCann) and potential bargain bin deals (K. Johnson, B. Roberts) rather than spread the money out over say 6-7 medium-priced free agents with names like Infante, Peralta, and Jason Vargas coming to mind. So yes, Tanaka has been great, and he shouldn't be directly blamed for their lack of depth. But I don't think the front office should be applauded for his signing. Essentially Tanaka's value needs to be greater than the loss of value in starting guys like Nuno, Phelps, etc. They clearly neglected depth and chased star power on an aging team with significant injury history and also without a farm system ready to plug the holes. I hope they continue to pay for this type of strategy.
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Post by jimed14 on May 15, 2014 10:24:20 GMT -5
The other aspect of depth is the gaping chasm of prospects. It's pretty difficult to stash quality depth in AAA unless it's your own prospects. And when you have a lot of 30+ starters, you're going to need the depth more.
And this situation isn't getting better for them anytime soon when they give away draft picks and trade every prospect they have away. They're going to have to rely on lucky acquisitions like Yangervis Solarte to get better than replacement players as depth(he'll come crashing back to earth soon enough).
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