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Setting the record straightBy
One of the more exciting aspects to the offseason has been the emergence of Manny Banuelos as one of the game's premier pitching prospects. Last week he debuted nationally, giving everyone but fans in the tri-state area the opportunity to get a good look at him. Baseball Prospectus' Kevin Goldstein put together a significant writeup of Banuelos. Ultimately he concluded that Banuelos' stuff was MLB-ready, but that Banuelos wasn't ready from an innings and durability standpoint to handle the major leagues. He then concluded his article with a rather odd dig at the approach of Brian Cashman and the Yankees' front office to the offseason:
In the end, the question of Banuelos' readiness is less about the prospect and more about the failures of the Yankees to shore up their rotation in the offseason by putting all their eggs in the baskets of Cliff Lee and the anticipated return of Andy Pettitte. "If A.J. Burnett is their number five starter, everyone is happy in Yankees land," said the National League executive. "If they signed Lee; if Pettitte came back, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Just because the Yankees [screwed] up this off-season doesn't mean they should sacrifice this kid in the process."
This is a criticism of Cashman has been bandied about frequently since Pettitte retired. Yet the question remains: what exactly would these critics have liked Cashman to do differently? Did the Yankees really screw up this off-season? It's true that there were plenty of pitchers available in the free agent and trade markets this winter. So did Cashman err by not landing them? Let's review, keeping in mind that Lee signed with the Phillies on December 15, 2010.
Ted Lilly: A perpetually underrated fly-ball lefty, Lilly signed a big extension with the Dodgers on 10/16/10. The Yankees never had a chance.
Hiroki Kuroda: Another personal favorite, Kuroda never actually hit the free agent market either. He resigned with the Dodgers on 11/15/10 during the Dodgers' exclusive negotiating window prior to free agency. When he signed, he said he didn't need to listen to any other offers once the Dodgers told him they wanted him back.
Jorge De La Rosa: Signed with the Rockies for 2 years and $21.5M with a player option for $11M on 12/3/10. His strikeout rates have always been intriguing, but one could justifiably be concerned about how his career 4.5 BB/9 would play in the AL East. Like Lilly and Kuroda, De La Rosa signed before Lee chose the Phillies.
Shaun Marcum: The Blue Jays traded Marcum to the Brewers on 12/5/10 in exchange for infielder Brett Lawrie. Marcum is currently shut down with shoulder tightness and has never thrown more than 159 innings in a single year.
Aaron Harang: Coming off several poor years, Harang signed a low-money contract with the Padres on 12/6/10.
These are the pitchers whom the Yankees missed out on by waiting on Cliff Lee. Of these, only Marcum could have possibly been a decent upgrade for the Yankee rotation (since Lilly and Kuroda never actually hit the free agent market). However, there are justifiable concerns about his injury history and durability, not to mention the fact that it hardly made sense for Cashman to acquire a starter by trade while he was waiting on Lee and Pettitte to decide.
After Lee signed with Philadelphia, spurning New York for a younger team (ahem), there were really only two pitchers Cashman could have acquired: Zack Greinke and Carl Pavano. Cashman pursued Pavano, going as far as to make him a significant offer for one year. Pavano rejected it. As for Greinke, Cashman met with him and even listened to Greinke make an appeal for Cashman to acquire him, but he ultimately decided against it. Of all the options, is really the only decision with which one could quarrel. Yet this is why you pay your GM the big bucks. He's responsible for weighing the performance risk of the potential target (which he judged to be high) against the cost of acquiring the target (which we know to be high).
Ultimately it made sense for Cashman to wait on Lee and Pettitte despite the risk that neither of them would be donning the Yankee pinstripes this season. He really had no other choice to go all-in on these two pitchers. Was he supposed to fill his starting pitcher slot with the Kevin Correias and Jorge De La Rosas of the league while Lee and Pettitte were still out there? What happens if Lee and Pettitte both want to join the club? The risk of wasting a roster slot with a subpar pitcher was not worth forgoing the potential payoff of a rotation of Sabathia, Lee, Hughes, Pettitte and Burnett.
The alleged "screw-up" of the Yankee front office this season is more a function of things out of Cashman's control: the timing of the trades, the timing of Lee and Pettitte's decisions, and the relatively bare starting pitching market. One is certainly entitled to second-guess the front office, but aside from disagreeing with Cashman on whether Greinke would be a good fit in New York the criticism seems unfounded. As unenthusiastic as fans are about the prospect of Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia in the Yankees rotation to start the year, there wasn't a whole lot Cashman could do otherwise to prevent it. Sometimes things just don't go your way.
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Lilly Signed with the Dodgers before any negotiations could go through, Kuroda is probably going to be a reliever this year, De La Rosa wouldn't be able to handle the AL East, Marcum would have cost too much because we all know how Anthopolus(SP) loves trading in the division, and Harang is garbage.
I am actually fairly happy the way Cashman handled it, I was expecting within a few weeks of Lee signing w/ the Phillies for Cash to trade the farm for Carpenter/etc.
But I wouldn't be surprised to see a B+/A- name starter to be traded for in June/July if Garcia/Colon are inconsistent/injured. Buerlehe/Carpenter seem the most likely imo.
Good article. Really, the only pitchers I would have thought about going after are Kuroda – who is not young, and who is injury-prone – and Marcum, who might've cost a lot in-division and isn't a sure thing. I remember the rumors that the Yankees were looking at Jorge de la Rosa early on in the offseason and I am veeerrrrryyyy glad he re-signed with the Rockies. Would've been interested in Greinke too, but for what the Brewers were reportedly asking for, it's hard to kill Cashman for not making that trade.
It's possible the Yankees could've signed Crawford and then traded one of the other OFs for a pitcher. But a. we don't know what was available for Swisher, Gardner, or Granderson + prospects, possibly; b. looking at what Boston got Crawford for, that's a big commitment and probably not worth it, considering the prospects that are coming up.
I didn't even think about the Joba thing above. That's legit but had nothing to do with waiting around for Lee and Andy.
A fair critisim of Cashman is that he lost a lot of the Yankees starting pitching depth, so that there are no Minor Leaguers ready right now.
1. Moved Joba to the bullpen. We've gone over this again and again, but it's hard to see how Joba's not a better option than Colon or Garcia. With Soriano, Robertson and Feliciano, the bullpen is strong without Joba.
2. Traded Ian Kennedy and Austin Jackson for Granderson. Yanks could really use an IPK type right now. Starting pitching is so hard to come by, and Kennedy may never be true ace material but he was MLB ready. Yanks gave him and a solid player Jackson up for Granderson. I like Curtis, but he's a very flawed player. Hopefully, Long's fixes stick this year.
I know I'd feel a lot better if the Yankees rotation battle for 2 spots was between Joba, IPK, Nova, with Colon or Garcia as long shots for #5.
In the end, it's not that huge of a deal, but I do think there are some legitimate criticisms of Cashman regarding the pitching.
Can't really argue point number 1.
But I'm not sure I agree with #2. Agree that it would be nice to have Kennedy as depth, but sometimes you have to give to get. Curtis Granderson is an excellent player, showing flashes of superstar potential. If Granderson is "flawed", what is Ajax? Very flawed? Extremely flawed?
If Cashman took the path of least resistance and just brought Damon back, the criticism would be that Cashman let his team get too old. He made a difficult choice to try to make his team younger.
I know the next response will be that AJax is younger than Granderson, but I don't think you can fill 2/3 of your OF with no power. JMO.
I know point #2 is debateable. Granderson's ineptitude against lefties is what bothers me, but if Long helps him improve and he has a year like his last two months, I can't complain. I never loved the Granderson deal and thought that Cashman gave up too much. I would have re-signed Damon, put Ajax/Gardner in CF last year and been glad to have Kennedy.
In the long haul, losing Kennedy won't be a big deal. Yanks can sign free agents and still have Banuelos, Betances and Brackman. But for this year, it'd be nice to have Kennedy.
Perhaps the larger point is that Cashman didn't do a great job developing MLB ready pitching talent for 2011.
I also thought of adding wooing Lee more as point 3. Perhaps he could have upped the Average Annual Value of the offer, or sold him more on the city or the young prospects the team had, for their future. I decided this wasn't a fair critisicm though, since we really don't know how much of this he did.
Perhaps the larger point is that Cashman didn't do a great job developing MLB ready pitching talent for 2011.
I half agree. I think this sentence would be more accurate if it said "for the first half of 2011″.
I think the Cashman and the Yankees have done an incredible job building up the pitching depth in the minors. It's just that it's not *quite* ready.
I'm not sure there are too many organizations with a more impressive collection of pitching in their system.
Your criticism is quite unwarranted
1)You are not privy to the medical information that was used to decide Joba's placement in the bullpen.
2) The data is not available yet to evaluate the Granderson trade and won't be for at least several years. If IPK remains on the same level in Arizona for the next several we may never know, because it would be impossible to translate that into how he would have performed in New York.
If Gardner maintains his pace will you miss AJax no matter what he does.
If Granderson helps us to some titles does it really matter what IPK turns into.
3) Cashman is responsible for bringing Nova along and he very well may be MLB ready in 2011. I don't know where your get off judging his Cashman's performance before the season has started.
IPK and Austin Jackson are also flawed players, which is why the Yankees were willing to trade them.
IPK's BABIP last year was a totally unsustainable .256. He was about as lucky as a starting pitcher could be. His FIP was 4.33, and that's pitching in the N.L. West. Yikes, those numbers translate to the AL East as worse than what Javy Vazquez did last season. Easily 5.25+ range. Are you really sorry you missed that? That's not only easily replaceable, it's quite likely a Garcia or a Colon will do better. They're all fungible.
Jackson's BABIP as a hitter was equally off the charts as Kennedy's was as a pitcher, coming in at .396. There are some hitters based on their style who can maintain higher BABIP. Derek Jeter is one, but it's a rarity at that level (we're talking a HOF-class player in Jeter, who is an outlier), and there is no hitter who can consistenly maintain what Jackson did last year, so even if he were to maintain a higher-than-normal BABIP in the .360 range (which, btw, there is some evidence based on his minor league numbers that Jackson can produce higher BABIP numbers), his overall batting average would collapse into the .250s. He has no power, yet led the league in strikeouts with a staggering 170, yet only hit four HRs. Four. That's the same number he hit the year prior in AAA. No player in the history of MLB has struck out that many times while hitting so few HRs. His four HRs is one less than our slap-hitting Brett Gardner, whose OBP was 40 points higher and is a substantially better defensive OFer than Jackson. I'm sure the Yankees would have really enjoyed the combined nine HRs coming from two-thirds of their OF if they had Gardner in CF and Jackson in LF.
The point of having a strong farm system is keeping the right players, and then using the other home-grown talent as tade bait for things the team needs more, such as a left-handed hitting OFer with power, like Granderson.
The Yankees are a better team with Granderson playing the OF than Jackson in the OF and IPK in the rotation. In fact, IPK would make the team worse.
Grnaderson isn't a "flawed player" too? The guy is completely useless against lefty handed pitching. Keith Law has repeatedly states he feels Grandy should be platooned because his splits are so bad.
Wasn't AJax worse against lefties than Granderson last year?
Granderson vs. LHP 2010: .234/.292/.354. Obviously not very good.
AJax vs. LHP 2010: .226/.295/.305. Even worse.
No one's saying Granderson isn't flawed. I mean, every player is flawed. It's up to you if you think the flaws are worth the trade-off.
Clearly, Cashman did not kidnap and brainwash Lee and Pettitte. Nor did he hire psychics, or the right psychics, to reach into their minds. So you can't say he really tried, can you?
Other than that, he's been fine this off-season.
The only thing I might disagree with is his dislike of making the deal with Soriano. If the starters can't be shored up, then you've just got to make your pen as strong and as deep as possible. Plus a backup for Mariano, should he test our faith by withdrawing from pitching for awhile, becomes all the more important.
I don't think Cashman would disagree that adding Soriano, for all of those reasons you listed, was a good idea.
Cashman doesn't dislike Soriano the baseball player. He dislikes his overpriced contract and forfeiting his first round pick.
Good article. I think in hindsight, the one whiff was Haren. Even then, all we know is the asking price was Joba, Nova and "two prospects". Don't know who those prospects were. Brackman and Nunez? Pope and Mesa? Could mean anything, but that one feels like the one genuine missed opportunity.
I would guess that Cashman passed b/c he assumed he'd get Lee. He was wrong. Sh*t happens, but I think that's the one guy I wish he was more aggressive on.
Even Greinke, if Sherman is to be believed, was going to cost 3-4 of our top 10 prospects. I can understand passing for a guy you're not 100% sold on.
Haren is the one I think about, too. Who did the Angels surrender for him?
Joe Saunders, Patrick Corbin, Rafael Rodriguez, and Tyler Skaggs,
Aside from getting Greinke, which I think was the right move to make but as was stated in this piece is debatable, I think the main argument is the complete lack of foresight. For a team with as many resources as the Yankees have it just doesn't make sense that they were in this position in the first place. It was always a possibility that Lee would go elsewhere and Pettittte would retire. This should have been anticipated for longer than this offseason. Passing on Dan Haren is a prime example of playing your cards wrong because the thought of Lee and Pettitte held Cash back. The rotation should have been front and center for far longer than the 2010 offseason when the Yankees backs were already against the wall.
Excellent post. Cashman doesn't get blamed for the decisions that Andy and Lee made but he has to take the blame for going into the off season in a desperate situation. The Yankees were not in a position of power when it came to the market.
One more point: Goldstein's last sentence implies that Cashman is GOING TO sacrifice Banuelos to make up for his "errors".
Of course, we all know he has no intention of doing that.
Soooo….while the criticism for not filling the rotation has some validity, it has absolutely nothing to do with Banuelos.
When it comes to getting talent, the Yankees don't have an even playing field. We have seen time and again, that in trades, teams always ask for much more from the Yankees then other teams, and it does seem that other teams are in no hurry to help the Yanks improve.
On the FA market, players EXPECT the Yankees to pay more… and not just by a little. My guess is guys like Teix, who ultimately want to play in NY will settle for a matching offer, but others seem insulted if the Yankees don't go way over the highest bid for their services.
I believe Cashman is trying to equalize this a bit. George set a bad president, and I believe Cashman is trying hard not to throw money at players, except in extreme circumstances, like CC. Remember, both AJ and Teix got similar offers to what Cashman paid.
Aquisitions are almost always a crapshoot. These days, it seems like Cashman would rather err with what we have, rather then err with yet another overinflated contract.
And I'm with him on that.
I agree 100% with you. Not everyone has the mental makeup to play for the Yankees, so these kind of guys need to blown away to come here. Look at Felix Hernandez. He took less money to sign with Seattle as an amateur, and he has the Yankees on his no trade list. Greg Maddox wanted no part of The Bronx. Randy Johnson and Javier Vazquez are other examples of guys who for whatever reason could not perform here. It is what it is.
I also get the feeling that the whole "special kind of person to play for the Yanks" thing is starting to go a little bit too far. There is no doubt added pressure when the target is always on your back and everybody is waiting for you to fail and pile on, sometimes even your own fans. But it seems now that the "can't handle New York" tag is bandied about far too much, and probably most of the time, not true. Unlucky, untimely injuries and the higher level of competition are just two things that can cause poor performance, yet all of it seems to just get lumped in with, "can't handle NY." The Yanks may end up missing out on some talented players because they are brainwashed/conditioned to nix guys with any perceived red flags.
Good point. Cashman has stated this off season that he was mandated to get the payroll down and keep it down. We still pay more than every other team in baseball, but you get the feeling the extreme competivness of George Steinbrenner is gone. I definitely see what you are getting at.
If Banuelos's stuff is MLB ready he might as well throw this years's innings in the majors than the minors.
While successful MLB pitchers his age are the exception (Feller, W Johnson, Gooden etc) they do happen.
What we cannot know is if his head is MLB ready.
? Pitch in the rotation every 5th day and spend the other 4 with Mo.
Here's what Cashman did wrong.
1. When he had the chance to land Dan Haren for an extremely reasonable price (without including any of the B's or Montero) last summer he didn't make the deal and allowed the Angels to get him for a pittance. I've still never heard a reasonable explanation why that deal never happened other than Cashman though that he had Cliff Lee in the bag, either via trade last summer or as a FA.
2. Cashman should been prepared to move on Crawford after he was rejected by Lee. True Crawford signed first but sources I've read said the Yankees never showed Crawford much interest so there was no reason for him to wait on the Yanks. This move would have not only strengthened the Yankees offensively and defensively but it would have weakened the Red Sox. In an interview with NESN last week, Theo said he felt fortunate the Yanks didn't jump back in on Crawford. This move would have also made Granderson available as a valuable trade chip for a starter either now or later in the season.
3. According to many reports, had Cashman been willing to include Nunez in the deal to Seattle, the Yankees would have had Cliff Lee last summer and we very well could have won #28. There would've been an excellent chance Lee would have stayed In NY after after getting a close up look at NY and what it is like to be a Yankee. After all, who is the last free agent of their own that the Yankees wanted to keep and lost??
Cashman was well aware long in advance of this offseason that the time on Pettite was coming to an end, that Javy wasn't a long term option and that the premium arms on the farm wouldn't be ready this year. He also should have been well aware of the lack of potential quality starter on the market in 2011 and 2012 for that matter. The author here makes it seem like Cashman was a victum of circumstance and some bad luck. Cashman put all his eggs in the "sign Cliff Lee as a free agent" basket and as a result were relegated to Garcia and Colon and praying AJ can be a real #2 and that Hughes takes a big step forward. To me, since the Yanks beat the Philles in the WS, Cashman has done a very mediocre job.
Next time one of you Cashman apologists screws up at your job, try telling your boss "Sometimes things just don't go your way" and see if that excuse is acceptable.
When he had the chance to land Dan Haren for an extremely reasonable price (without including any of the B's or Montero)
We have no idea what the price was. Even though I agree that Haren seems like the one big miss, we still don't know the price. Find me a link and I'll concede, but you won't find one. "Nova, Joba plus 2 prospects" is all you will find. I agree that Montero would not be included, we can't say if any of the "B's" were included or not.
Cashman should been prepared to move on Crawford after he was rejected by Lee
Um, no. Absolutely not.
There are some legit reasons to criticize Cashman, but when #2 on your list is kindof insane, maybe you need to revisit your position.
I agree on Haren. It shocks me how many people either forget or don't care for Tyler Skaggs. One could make a reasonable argument that they valued Skaggs over Brackman and Betances.
I haven't read one article stating they think Crawford was overpaid or was a bad signing by the Red Sox. Why would he have not fit in with the Yanks, who could have easily moved Gardner back to CF and traded Granderson in a package for pitching??
As for Haren, if they could have kept Montero and Banuelos out of the package which shouldn't have been a problen considering the Yankees other chips and what the D'backs ended up with , I would have gladly given up anyone else for a premium pitcher who's only 30 years old on a extremely reasonable contract.
I think you're the insane one.
7/14x was widely criticized as being too many dollars and too many years. Perhaps you need to look a bit harder…
Oh..and perhaps Cashman already had enough of a read on what Granderson's and/or Gardner's trade value was, you know, by exploring trade options, to know that what you propose was not an especially good idea.
You assume much. Too much.
Take a look at the deals Cashman gave out to CC, Burnett, Tex and Jeter and then tell me if 7/$140 is too much for Crawford. His contract is a better value than all of them.
If you conclude otherwise, you have no clue.
What exactly did the Yankees lose by not moving on Crawford? It implies they would have then traded one of their existing OFers for a quality starting pitcher. Yet we know there are no quality starting pitchers available, since if they were, the Yankees would have moved on them already. They certainly have enough up-and-coming talent to make a deal, but the lack of a deal is based on the lack of availability. Signing Crawford certainly would not change that situation.
You better hope a quality starter will become available sometime this season.
With all the premium arms on the farm about a year away, if everything doesn't break as planned with Hughes and AJ, the Yankees are gonna be screwed if they can't get someone decent.
1) You like everybody else here have no idea what it would have taken to land Haren.
2) If Cashman had agreed to give up Nunez, Zduriencik would have asked for more. He had already decided he wanted Smoat more than Montero and thiw was his way of getting out of the deal.
3) Some of the best trades are the ones you don't make. If and when we reap the rewards of the young pitchers we held onto I hope you praise our GM with the same fervor that you are using to criticize him now. Nobody is apologizing for Cashman. There are many out there who believe he has put together a team that could win in 2011 while simultaneously maintaining a top flight farm system which he promised us several years ago.
How do you know Zduriencik would have asked for more? Reports I read said the trade would have gone through if Cash would have given up Nunez.
Everyone is so high on Montero but it seems the yankees are the only ones who thinks he can actually catch in the bigs.
Cashman should been prepared to move on Crawford after he was rejected by Lee. True Crawford signed first
Okay just stop there.
As for 3, yes there is a chance that happens. There's also a chance Lee just loved Philly more and goes back, in which case there's no Montero or Nunez (who's useful as a utility guy and trade bait even if you don't think he's going to be the next Yankee SS) or whoever else they gave up, and no Lee. That was a pretty risky trade and if Lee had signed with Philly after being traded to NY – well, even though Montero's not a sure bet to reach his ceiling, I sure wouldn't be happy, and I'm the last thing from a prospect hugger.
Lee wasn't a guarantee to get us #28 either. He didn't help Texas win that WS very much.
As for Crawford, you stop. He would have been a major upgrade and his 12.5 WAR over the last 2 years is 2 more than the closest Yankee and considering what Teixeira and Arod are getting paid, $20 million per year would have been a bargain.
Lee wouldn't haver guaranteed #28 but he would gotten them to the series for sure and he would have sure given them a great shot to win it all.
As for Lee leaving, who was the last Yankee who left to go to another team in free agency who the yankees wanted to keep? I can't name one in the last 20 years.
I didn't mean you stop because of the logic. Well, I kinda did, I guess, because seriously, re-read this:
Cashman should been prepared to move on Crawford after he was rejected by Lee. True Crawford signed first
As for Lee leaving, who was the last Yankee who left to go to another team in free agency who the yankees wanted to keep? I can't name one in the last 20 years.
Andy Pettitte count? Yankees offered him more money than the Astros too. And just because it hasn't particularly happened doesn't mean it wouldn't. I mean, people had the ink all but dried on Lee's contract to the Yankees the second the WS ended because free agents supposedly don't just pass up Yankee money. When's the last time someone who was in prime FA years tried to leave the Yankees?
The Yankees didn't want Andy Pettite and they were right since he blew out his elbow while with the Astros. Check your facts. It's common knowledge they never made a real offer to him, just like they did with Joe Torre.
Kinda funny that you tell me to check my facts when you don't spell the guy's name right.
They could've more passionately gone after him, I suppose. But they did offer him a real deal that was more money than the Astros'. Torre's deal was real too; it's not the Yankees' fault he got butthurt over being the potentially highest-paid manager in baseball.
Listen, the offers the Yankees made to Pettitte before he went to the Astros and to Torre before he went to the Dodgers were half hearted attempts to save face. Neither offer was made with the intention of bringing them back.
The Yankees feared Pettitte's elbow for years and ended up being right. As for Torre, they felt they needed a change, again another good call.
They were right about his elbow in the first in he pitched for the Stros. It's not as if he has had major elbow issues since they let him walk.
Your point 2. is in error. Crawford signed with the Red Sox 4 days before Lee "rejected" the Yanks and signed with the Phillies. When Lee "rejected" the Yanks, there was no Crawford to "turn to".
Point 3. is highly debatable. Cashman though he had a deal agreed to by Zdurencik. Zdurencik obviously wanted Smoak more than anyone the Yanks offered. Just because we believe Montero is the better prospect doesn't mean Zdurencik has to agree. After they though they had a deal, Zdurencik temporized by demaning Nunez instead of Adams, while he went behind the Yanks back to the Rangers to tell them they'd better hop to it, if they didn't want to lose out on Lee.
Cashman may have felt he needed Nunez, in case the upcoming Jeter negotations went sour, or just in case he need a credible threat to use against Jeter in the negotiations. Or he might have felt that had he agreed to Nunez, Zdurencik would've asked for a 4th prospect, or a 5th prospect, just to play for time to get Smoak from the Angels. Or Cashman may have been infuriated by the fact that the M's went back on their word.
Cashman could not have been aware, back in June, that Pettitte's time "was coming to an end". Andy hadn't been injured yet, for one thing. For another thing, it took Pettitte an awfully long time to make up his mind; until February, in fact. Cashman could not have "known this" last June. In fact, had he signed Lee, Pettitte might well have come back anyway for a last hurrah.
Cashman "put all his eggs in the Cliff Lee basket" for one very simple reason: it was the only reasonable basket to go after. Nobody else on the market filled the Yanks needs nearly as well as Lee, except possibly Grienke, and, for better or worse, Cashman decided not to trade multiple top prospects for what he considered an iffy proposition. I'm not sure he made the right decision in that case, but I can't say with any certainty that it was wrong, either.
My point is Cashman should have either made his best offer to Lee and then moved onto Crawford before he signed with the Sox or he should have made sure Crawford knew the Yankees were very interested should the Lee deal fail.
Crawford would have had every reason to wait to sign with the Sox since there was no other outfielders on the market remotely close to his quality for the Red Sox to turn to and getting the Yanks and Sox pitted against each other is every free agents dream scenario.
So, what you're saying is that he should have abandoned the best pitcher on the market and signed Crawford, whom the Yanks didn't need at the time, in the vague hope of trading Granderson or Swisher or Gardner, or one of them plus unstated prospects for some sort of starter, without regard to what starters were available, whether the team in question needed a Swisher or Granderson, or thought Gardner was of everyday regular quality. They'd have wound up paying for two additional huge salaries on their payroll instead of one, and still not gotten Lee.
And since when do the Yanks make just one offer to a player they really want, without waiting for a counter/demand from the player or agent, and then going higher, if needed?
I cannot agree on Crawford, especially after seeing what he got from Boston. Do the Yankees really need another LTD, especially for a guy who relies so much on his speed? The upgrade over Gardner is nowhere near the price it cost. It would greatly limit flexibility for future acquisitions for positions of greater need.
Remember, Boston HAD to get players to replace big bats of Martinez and Beltre. The Yankees did not.
Crawford would have been signed to replace Granderson, not Garnder and he's more than worth the $10 million per year difference in their annual salary.
I think Cashman definitely deserves some criticism for the state of the rotation right now. It is not only about other alternatives this year, but his failure to find any reliable starting pitching on the free agent market or trade market in the mid to late 2000′s, except for CC (which is a humongous exception to make because he can singlehandedly carry a staff). It was the failures of the Pavano's, Wright's and Javy's (twice) of the world that has left us with the thin rotation we have. Add the unwillingness too even use "Joba" and "starter" in the same sentence, and I think Cashman deserves some blame.
To Cashman's great credit though, he realized you can't rely on free agent starting pitchers over and over again, and went out and loaded up on pitching, Hughes, Joba, Banuelos, Betances, Brackman … IPK and Viz which were used in trades, and I'm sure others I am forgetting or don't know about yet. The fruits of that search are just starting to pay off and with a little patience, should pay off even more in a year or two.
Yeah, I was about to comment, that while I agree that he deserves some blame for the pitching dearth in the mid-aughts, I place more blame on the lack of pitching in their system than on the failures of the guys they brought in.
They simply didn't draft a decent pitcher for about 5 years. Crazy.
Mike, some of the names that you are referring to are Brett Marshall, Bryan Mitchell Graham Stoneburner & last year's prize signing Gabe Encinas. They also stacked up on quite a few bullpen arms in last year's draft.
Thanks for the added information. I guess I will be hearing a lot about Gabe Encinas in the near future on this site.
The dig at Cashman is ridiculous, Lee and Pettitte were the #1 and #2 rated starters in FA. I don't want to pay Jorge De La Rosa eight figures, Pavano wasn't coming back and Freddy Garcia and Bartolo Colon are as viable as any of the other junk hurlers that were left. So if the criticism is that Cashman didn't trade for a starter, than what you're really saying is Manny Banuelos would be pitching for someone else. Because it would have been necessary to include him in a trade to get Greinke, Marcum or Garza.
I don't know why Lilly was mentioned in this piece. Even if he was avaliable, Cashman would be dumb to go anywhere near signing him. Lilly is not underated, he has always been very overated. He has no guts, no heart and his stuff is absolute trash. He would be like batting practice in Yankee stadium with his 85-87 mph fastball with hanging breaking balls. Lilly is nothing more than a left-handed Javier Vasquez.
Cash is at fault. It's easy to not see the big picture and assume our GM had not other real options. But Cash plays with more money (thought I'd say cash?) than any other GMs and he's made poor choices in the past. Here's one big, "What if". What if The Yanks signed Vlad instead of Nick Johnson last year? Arguably, it means a world series. What if the Yanks singed Vlad instead of… Gary Sheffield? The point is it's a long-term process and if Cashman was a bit more skilled at his job it wouldn't come down to desperation winter moves. What if Cash signed Crawford and then had an extra outfielder to wheel and deal? Think about his body of work and the poor choices that have cost the Yanks.
Wheel and deal for what? Do we get Greinke for Gardner or Granderson or Swisher? Is it worth trading one of them? Does Felix suddenly become available?
Also, if Vlad hits like he does in the 2010 playoffs it most certainly does not mean a WS.
Also if Cashman is so bad as you claim, maybe it's good that he didn't have to deal with Crawford's contract and he shouldn't be wheeling and dealing.
I don't think Cashman is a "bad" GM. I just think he's very average and considering he's probably the highest paid GM in baseball and is working for a team with the highest standards, more should be expected of him.
More IS expected of him. Obviously. But until you present rational options backed up by real facts instead of groundless speculation then the criticism rings hollow.
Look at the state of our rotation and tell me Cashman has done a good job.
$190 million payroll and our number 2 starter is coming off a year when he had an ERA of 5.26 and was worth 1.3 WAR not to mention the unknown at #4 and crap competing for #5.
If that's not enough, how about the fact that this is the 2nd offseason in a row he screwed up or did you forget his Javy Vasquez, Nick Johnson, Randy Winn, Chan Ho Park stroke of genius from last year ( I'm generously giving him a push on the Granderson deal).
Want to go back further, how about the Pirates trade for Xavier Nady and Marte. Didn't work out too well. Projected out over a full season, Jose Tabata would have been a 3 WAR player, not bad for a few hundred thouand.
And let's not forget the signings of Jaret Wright and Pavano?
"Real fact" of Cashman's screw ups are starring you in the face if you'd only open your eyes.
Marte helped us win it all in 2009. He was great in the PS that yr.
Cashman wanted to sign Vlad over Sheff but he got overruled by George and the "Tampa braintrust." And I'm not sure Vlad at DH is what really puts us over the top last year, but Nick Johnson surely was not a smart move, and as for your other points, mainly about Crawford, you may be right.
Pretty hilarious that your big example, Vlad vs. Sheffield, is one that Cashman himself supported, but George personally overruled him and signed Sheff.
Also, how does Vlad vs. NJ mean the World Series last year? Did Vlad do ANYTHING really in the playoffs? Wierd criticism.
The Yankees have a world class offense, a great bullpen, and a loaded farm system. Right now, they are one starting pitcher short.
It would be great if we could stick to debating the real issues instead of bringing in nonsensical red herrings.
I mean, do people really disapprove of the way Cashman has handled his outfield? Yet you bring up THREE examples of OFers he should have signed. It's completely out of left field, pun intended.
The Yankees have a relatively young, relatively cheap, athletic OF. It's the one part of the team he has absolutely nailed. Yet we are ripping him for not spending $142M for Carl Crawford or signing the desicated corpse of Vlad Guerrero.
Give me a break, did you even watch the playoffs last year? .220/.242/.272. That's Vlad's line for the 2010 postseason and yet that cost the Yankees a WS? Insane.
Also, the guy everyone wants to kick to the curb for Crawford, Curtis Granderson, hit .357/.514/.607 in the playoffs last year.
again, .357/.514/.607.
It's amazing how convenient it is for people to use the postseason as the ONLY thing to knock certain guys for, or completely ignore it when it goes against their argument…
The Sheffield signing was George Steinbrenner, NOT Cashman (Like the Arod & Soriano signings were NOT Cashman (He opposed them)). Speaking of the names Soriano and Arod, did people here like the ALFONSO Soriano trade for Arod made by Cashman?
Judging by this board, you would swear Cashman is on the level of Omar Minaya.
I wanted nothing to do with Ted Lily or Kuroda. Ted Lily would be 2010 Javy Vazquez all over again. Kuroda will be 36 this season, no thanks.
The Yankees went big game hunting, and they missed. They offered Lee the most overall money and he turned them down. What was he supposed to do, brain wash him?
Crawford made no sense. Our 3 outfielders combined make as much as him now.
The by product of the strong farm system that Cashman has developed is the ability to trade and sign free agents from strength rather than weakness.
This will be a pleasant change in culture for the Yankees.
Trade from strength?
Come July, if the Yanks starters are struggling and they're 7-8 games behind the Red Sox, every GM is gonna try to rape Cashman in a trade for a starter.
That's not what he meant. He meant "position of strength" as a synonym for "depth". It's a valid point.
Agreed. CMP not so much into the rational in this thread.
how's about we don't use the word "rape" to mean anything other than, ya know, rape?
The other thing I find interesting is that Cashman is frequently bashed for "bidding against himself" for CC and "overpaying".
Yet, who exactly came within $30M of the Sox deal with Crawford?
No one.
Who exactly was the other player for Lackey?
Theo is such a genius that he constantly finds himself having to bid against himself to get a taste of real competition.
Crawford signed a $20 mill/year deal for a player in his prime who has averaged 6.3 WAR per year for the last 2.
I certainly don't think he's overpaid and in fact his contract is a better value than Tex, Arod, CC, AJ and Jeter's.
That wasn't my point. The point is that people ripped Cashman for weeks, on this very site, for increasing his offer when no one else was seemingly in the bidding.
Yet, the Sox appeared to have done the same thing.
That is all I was saying, not that Crawford is not an excellent player or that he doesn't deserve to be paid.
This contract will be god awful in its final 2-3 years. Book it.
Also, you assume much. Actually worse. You presume.
- you presume to know what kind of SP would've been available in trade for one of our OFers had we signed Crawford.
- you presume that Cashman didn't know this himself (and that is a batshit insane presumption)
- you presume that the real answers to the above, combined with the overpriced crawford contract, yield a different correct path than the one taken by Cashman.
Thanks for playing.
The same pitcher that the Yankees are gonna have to give up the farm to get this July is the one they could have used Granderson to obtain if they had signed Crawford. This also completely ignores the fact that Crawford has been worth 3 win Per YEAR more than Granderson and would have been a major upgrade.
You presume Crawford is going to lose it at age 33? What orefice did you pull that out of?
Not necessarily.
Since no real aces are available, the Yanks won't spend a king's ransom for a Buerhle-type or a Floyd-type, should the White Sox make them available.
It's extremely unlikely that Crawford will be a 7 WAR player 5 years from now because:
1) There ain't no more PED.
2) He's not really a consistent 7 WAR player now because of Fangraphs' selection of UZR as their defensive metric for WAR, which they've more or less conceded is giving weird results.
3) It was his career year at age 28.
These pitchers might have made some more money if they waited to sign. Even if the Yanks weren't interested, mentioning the Yanks are interested could have netted them an extra million or two. Who could have known things would have shaken out like they did though.
Mike Axisa in defense of Cashman's failures asks 'just what exactly should Cashman have done differently?' Is this a serious question? Well Mike, it should similarly strike you that your question is also the common response to Cashman enablers. So your'e not even original at the beginning of your new career as apolgist for bad behavior; Cashman's that is. If you have to ask that question in defense of a man with, by baseball standards, limitless resources to execute a basic strategic plan,(and I'm at the least here assuming he had a plan other than the mythical Plan B,)then I'm not sure I even want to take the time to point out to you what should be obvious.
If the New York Yankees are, as of March 19th, attempting to structure, flesh out, a starting rotation on the backs,er, arms of two has-beens there is at the least a perception of a problem of omission:Cashman fiddled, pitchers more competent than these came of the free agency boards, while Yankee stadium burned.(And how long before Andy Pettite retired did he have an inkling that Andy Pettite may retire? (This may be a rhetorical question.) And how long or when may the possiblity of Cliff Lee not selecting the Yankees enter into the realm of strategic planning? (This too may be rhetorical.) Finally Mike, what would you think of your job performance if your boss had to write your articles for you? I think you would agree that the Steinbrenners "signing" of Soriano was a real eye-opener? This is a problem of commission on the part of Brian Cashman: his stubborness and petulance over the Soriano signing as though the money was his and he had accomplished all that was needed to meet his teams needs for 2011. Plan B is not an option. Tell Brian, it's not even a plan.
Cashman had no plan B. He put all his eggs in the Cliff Lee basket and must have shit a brick when he realized Lee was going back to the Philles.
Somehow, Rueben Amaro in the last year has been able to trade for Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt and sign Cliff Lee while holding onto Cole Hamels while still maintaining one of the better farm systems in baseball. That's the standard to which Cashman should be held.
Sure, but Amaro also was forced to trade for Oswalt b/c he stupidly traded away Lee in the first place.
He was fortunate that Lee fell back into his lap this winter.
Look, I don't disagree with everything you are saying. Cashman deserves some heat for the state of the rotation. No doubt. And I don't disagree that Haren should have been more of a target, just disagree with some of the details.
It's some of the other non-sequitors that I think take away from some of your arguments. Cashman should be CREDITED for the outfield he's assembled, yet people want him to commit ~$150M to sign Crawford to pull off some hypothetical deal for a pitcher using Granderson? How can I critize him for something that may not even be possible? Just because Granderson is attractive doesn't mean he's a fit for the other party. The Royals certainly wouldn't have been interested in Granderson for Greinke. I suppose it's possible this could have happened, but then again, maybe it wasn't.
Since you like rhetorical questions so much:
What would you have offered for Halladay? And then I'll be AA and ask you to offer more because you are trading within the division. Then I will say more because Hey Trevor, you're giving me a DH not a C. Then hey Trevor, you're trading me a reliever in Hughes or Joba. Then Hey Trevor, Manny B didn't have his velocity jump yet. Then Hey Trevor, Dellin is a raw 21 year old with no control. Then Hey Trevor, Brackman is a bust I don't want him. Offer more please.
Also, what would be your Plan B since you're critcizing Cashman.
Like I said above, by the time Lee turned down the Yankees, the only plan feasible is to wait.
That's because Cashman had boxed himself into a corner where it was Lee or bust.
Had Cashman parted with Nunez, there would be an excellent chance we would have Cliff Lee right now. In addition, a legitimate #2 starter like Dan Haren was ripe for the taking and Cashman chose not to pursue that either.
Do you realize in the last 1-2 years, premium pitchers that have been available include Cliff Lee (traded TWICE and a free agent once) Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, Dan Haren, Zack Greinke, Jake Peavy, Matt Garza, Shawn Marcum, Joel Piniero just off the top of my head yet the team with most money and a deep farm system failed to pull the trigger on ANY of them.
Lee did not want to pitch for the Yankees. Garza, Halladay and Marcum would have come at a ridiculous price because they are in our division. Oswalt would have turned down a trade to The Yankees. Peavy WAS a premium pitcher in 2007 and if we had traded for him I guarantee you would be screaming about what a stupid trade Cashman had made. In all likelihood the asking price for Haren was Banuelos as would have been Greinke.
Piniero is not a premium pitcher. In the last two years we have acquired Sabathia and AJ (Sabathia was a great move and the book is still open on AJ). We have held onto all of our key pitching prospects and very well may reap great benefits as early as mid season. Has Cashman made mistakes in the past? Most certainly, most of the mid aught decisions did not work out. That was then this is now. He has done more good than harm especially in the way he has stockpiled young arms. I am very excited about the Yankee's future because I have never seen as many quality young arms in our system and as we all know it is pitching that gets you the rings. If you want to kill the Yankee FO for the moves they made 5 years ago you have a legitimate argument. To kill them for what has happened over the last 2 years in untenable simply because the results are not in yet. It is flawed logic to debate so passionately over events that have not yet occurred.
There have been plenty of good pitchers available over the last few years and every pitcher on that list including Piniero is significantly better that what we have at 4 and 5, most in fact would be our 2nd or 3rd best starters.
This conspiracy theory about everyone wanting more from the Yankees in terms of players or free agent dollars is just another excuse for Cashman's ineptitude.
It's not a theory it is a fact. JP Riccardi said as much when the Yankees showed interest Halladay a couple of years back and Tampa's stance towards dealing with the Yankees is also well documented. You just don't get it. These pitchers were never really available to us. Thinking Piniero is a premium pitcher and a possible #2 on the Yankees is also sheer lunacy. Check
how he is performed in the 5 AL East ballparks over his career and for that matter anyplace else not called Safeco Field and then tell me you want him in a Yankee uniform. Piniero is a league average pitcher at best and would be a whipping boy in the AL East Your points have zero merit.
Because he got what he thought was a better offer in Smoat and he was going to do whatever it took to get out of the deal.
there were numerous hints that the Astros would have traded wandy rodriguez a few months ago. anyone who's read my posts know that i'd advocated for this, even suggested a package of joba+romine+warren
(that the astros had been looking for catching was well documented).
how would a rotation of cc/burnett/hughes/rodriguez/nova look about now?
generally, i like what cashman's been doing, and i don't criticize him for not signing cliff lee. but he DOES make mistakes, miss opportunities, etc.
Cashman screwed up this off-season before it began but I guess you can "set the record straight" by ignoring the context.
Not really.
As far as setting the record straight goes, it was YES, not ESPN, that kept New York fans from seeing the game.
What can you say of Cashman's ability to build a rotation if we end up needing CC more after he opts out then when he was first signed?
Exactly right .
People here have criticized the contracts given to Carl Crawford and Cliff Lee. Just wait and see what the Yankees are gonna pay a 31 year old obese pitcher with a TON of mileage on his arm this offseason after he opts out. I'm guessing 7/$175 minimum.
Not really possible.
This was the Yanks' rotation at the end of 2008 when Mussina retired:
1. Pettitte, 36 years old, and coming off a mediocre year.
2. An injured Wang.
3. Joba recovering from a shoulder injury, and not in rotation at year's end.
4. Darrell Rasner. (or maybe Ian Kennedy, who had gotten bounced around like a super-ball at that point).
5. Maybe Phil Hughes, who had proven nothing at that point (and who got slapped around again at the start of 2009, and was moved to set-up relief).
That's exactly one healthy, proven starter. That's why they signed both CC and AJ to begin with. At the end of this year, assuming AJ comes back some and has a reasonably viable season, they'll have Hughes and AJ, and whoever survives this season (Nova, Colon, Garcia, whoever).
That's not to say they won't need CC badly, and will pay big bucks to get him back.
Oh, almost forgot, because of the shoulder injury, Joba only threw 100 innings in 2008, and had a 150-160 innings cap for 2009.
Basically all of this fervor comes down to a couple of main points.
1. Cashman is advocating patience and building of the minor league system. Yankee fans dont know the meaning of the word "patience" and want to sign every big player like Crawford and Lee. They also have the belief that everybody wants to play in New York.
2. This lack of pitching goes all the way back to the mid 2000s when the Steinbrenners were trading away pitching prospect after pitching prospect for Randy Johnson, Jeff Weaver and David Justice. We had Jake Westbrook and Ted Lilly in our grasps and we let them get away. Not number ones but certainly would fill the rotation.


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Thoughts on Gardner leading offBy
For the past two games Joe Girardi has written Brett Gardner's name first on the lineup card. Normally he doesn't lead off the game unless Derek Jeter gets a day off, but for these two games Jeter has moved to the spot he knows very well. He has more plate appearances hitting second than in any other lineup spot, and given Girardi's comments yesterday, we could see more of that in the second half. It certainly changes the dynamic of the lineup, at least against righties.
"[Gardner's] on-base percentage against right handers is tremendous," said Girardi. The manager does not lie. Gardner has faced a righty pitcher 205 times this season and has a .382 wOBA and .414 OBP. Combined with his speed, that makes for a tremendous leadoff hitter. Hitting in that spot will also give him a chance to take a base or two; it seems like he's more apt to go with the No. 2 hitter up than the No. 3. We have only a minuscule sample to work with, so it's not worth even running the numbers, but I think the anecdote holds up. It's easier to send him when Jeter's at the plate than when the big bats are up.
One of the reasons Girardi moved Jeter into the leadoff spot last year was his propensity to hit into the double play. By hitting leadoff he'd have fewer chances to kill a runner on base with a groundball to second or short. Wouldn't moving him to the No. 2 spot then increase his double play frequency? A few weeks ago I wrote about the issue on FanGraphs and noted that even with two double plays the night before, Jeter's rate was down from previous years. He has currently grounded into a double play nine times in 61 chances this season. That might not necessarily increase with Gardner hitting ahead of him.
Remember, Gardner has more PAs hitting ninth than any other spot in the lineup, so he's frequently hit just before Jeter anyway. And, as we saw last night, Gardner's speed can make that difference to break up a double play. Jeter hit into what looked like a tailor-made twin killing, but Gardner got to second base in time to make an impact on Adam Rosales's timing. That bough Jeter the precious second he needed to make that extra step and beat the relay to first. Then there's also the possibility of Garnder moving on the pitch, whether in a straight steal or a hit-and-run, further reducing Jeter's double play opportunities.
The further effect of this move is to pile more power bats later in the lineup. Neither Gardner nor Jeter hit for a lot of power: they currently have ISOs of .112 and .122, respectively. Following them are Mark Teixeira (.191), Alex Rodriguez (.225), Robinson Cano (.221), Nick Swisher (.210), and Jorge Posada (.212). Then again, after the first time through the order this doesn't make much of a difference, since Gardner normally hits ninth, right before Jeter any way. The only thing it really accomplishes, then, is getting Gardner more plate appearances — which, considering his production this season, does make sense.
Against lefties it could be a different story, but Gardner also owns a .355 OBP against them this year so he's a viable option to hit atop the lineup every day if Girardi so chooses. But considering the Jeter and Swisher 1-2 combo against lefties — .387 and .415 OBPs, respectively — the Yanks would probably be slightly better off using them to lead off games, sticking Gardner in a spot further down the order. He probably shouldn't hit ninth, as there's no reason to bat Francisco Cervelli or Curtis Grandrson ahead of him. But if Girardi wants to move him down against lefties that seems like a fair proposition.
As we've pointed out frequently, lineup construction has little impact during the course of a full season — a win or so difference between the best and worst lineups. Since this will only happen for half a season it should have even less of an impact, especially because the lineup is basically constructed the same way, except with Gardner starting the carousel instead of turning it over. But given his stellar performance against righties this season, and given Swisher's and Jeter's excellent numbers against lefties, it's tough to argue with the move. Gardner, it seems, has gained the Yankees' confidence.
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I love the guy at leadoff. I would hope Jete would take a pitch or two so the SB is a possibility as well as staying out of the double play. Great point about Grit allowing Jeter to beat the throw at first-a key play in the game.
I am still frustrated by the occasional taking of EVERY pitch in an at bat when it results in strike 3 right down the middle. not much else bothers me about BG
I also agree with the above.if Gardy has one fault,it would be taken a 3rd.strike down the middle.every day I wondered when Mr.G. would put Gardy to lead off!!perfect lead-off guy..has anyone found it to be true Tampa got C.Lee???if someone knows,please let me know.there was a (3)way deal.thanks.
Brett Gardner's line batting cleanup for the Yankees:
1.000/1.000/1.000 (2.000)
I think you know where I'm going with this…
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Last night him and Jeter opened the game with seeing about 12-14 pitches if my memory serves me. That's certainly better than the Jeter one pitch, one out scenario. BG has seen upwards of four pitches per at-bat (somewhere in the tops in the league I believe). This will give the rest of our guys a better chance to see what the starter has.
BG – 4.55 pitches per plate appearance
Jeter – 3.54 pitches per plate appearance
Jeter's pppa is higher than I would've expected with the number of first pitch swings it seems he's had this year. Maybe I'm just noticing the first pitch swings too much.
I think it's cause those mostly come in the first at bat of the game, so we notice them more. He takes more pitches later on in the game.
That's true. Last night when Jeter was still up and Cahill already had 18 pitches I was giddy.
Even last night i believe it was bases loaded jeter up… he grounded it to 2nd and gardner tried to take out rosales at second and jeter ended up beating the throw and getting the rbi.
Which is why it was in the article.
All of this.
Lineup vs. Lefties:
Vs. Righties:
Brett the Jet (I'd rather him here than 8th because I don't want Frankie's recent .220/.250/.280 line standing between GGBG and the real hitters)
Huh? Did you read the article?
yes? What did I write that suggests I didn't?
Gardner is an especially good leadoff option vs righties, where you only have him leading off vs lefties.
oh yeah sorry screwed that up. First one should be vs. righties, second vs. lefties. Just a typo
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I commented on this about a month ago and got some flak for suggesting it, but with his performance to date it was only a matter of time.
I prefer the watchful eye with speed in the leadoff role conbined with Jeter's tendenancy to live in RF should lead to more pressure on the pitcher as long as Jeet takes a few (while Grit steals a few).
Gardner is performing above expectations and I hope he continues to prove all the Damon worshippers & Crawford droolers that he is the better overall choice (age, speed, grit, etc) thereby saving 20-40M$ that will be needed elsewhere.
You can take all the sabermetrics you want to make a case for Gardner, but i will trust my eyes. And my eyes tell me that there is now way on this planet that Gardner will stay at current levels for a full season. Luck plays a huge role in baseball and Gardy's luck will soon run out as there is just no way all those weakly hit balls keep faling for hits. His speed is an obvious asset but this guys avg will be closer to .250 than .300 come seasons end.
mikeypie, meet ten foot pole. not gonna touch you with it.
His speed is an obvious asset but this guys avg will be closer to .250 than .300 come seasons end.
He's currently batting .314 in 255 AB. He currently has 80 hits. Say he has another 290 AB in the 2nd half (totaling 545 AB) he would have to get less than 70 hits in the 2nd half. That would mean he would have to hit like .238 or lower for the rest of the season almost just randomly out of no where…
there is just no way all those weakly hit balls keep faling for hits.
As a matter of fact, the weaker the gb the more likely it is that he legs it out for a hit.
Guys with speed don't want the ball to reach a fielder quickly.
There's more to baseball than just pounding the begeebus out of the ball or throwing the ball as hard as one can throw it.
Sabermetrics >>>>>> your eyes
BTW, Lenscrafters could have you glasses in about a hour.
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While I like the idea of giving Gardner more ABs, the point that seems a little lost in this is that they are coming at Swisher's expense (against LHPs anyway). Swish is OPSing over 20 points higher than GGBG against righties, more pop etc.
I'm not saying the move is wrong, as it will provide some extra protection to the middle of the order to have Swish hitting 6 or 7 (why pitch to Cano/Posada if they are followed by Granderson, Cervelli, Curtis, Gardner?). Time will tell, but it is not like the extra ABs are coming out of thin air. They are coming from Swisher.
If it ain't broke…don't fix it.
Well It's broken & it needs fix'n….
I'm not a huge fan of this, mostly because every bit of optimism I have with Gardner is coupled with a high amount of caution, but let's at least give it a try. If it doesn't work, go back to the way things were and the team'll be fine. If it works to plan–Gardner gets on base and steals a bunch of times–the Yankees'll score runs.
I don't know if I would do this myself, but discuss:
1. Gardner
2. Swisher
3. Tex
4. ARod
5. Cano
6. Posada
7. Jeter
8. Granderson
9. Cervelli/Bench player Du Jur
If we're talking about theoretical optimizations, I'd go with this:
OR, with NJ healthy:
Is it just me, or does it seem liek Gardner presses too hard when batting higher in the line-up. I believe he batted second for a while earlier this year and kind of slumped, and is only 1-8 so far in the lead-off.
1-8, OMG why isn't he DFA'd?
The bread is still baking on Grit…
Reward his performance, if he goes 10 for 80 it is still a small sample size that means nothing! If Bernie came along today, i'm convinced that too many posters wouyld have him in Pittsburgh for a mid-4, middle-aged rag arm incapable of throwing two innings in an outing.
I'm not saying get rid of him..jeeze. I am just saying, he seems to press a lot harder when he is higher in the line-up. Its a very small sample size, but we might have to go through an adjustment period with him.
well, if that is true, hopefully he will do a better job the second time around. I think it is safe to assume that Gardner will be able to handle the pressure of hitting higher in the lineup.
It is a Joe Torre move to take 2 years before he thinks a young guy can "handle the pressure" of hitting higher in a lineup. I like that Girardi is willing to make a switch far quicker.
Gardner has been looking great at the plate. I have no problem moving him lead off. Sounds like a good idea actually. It is not like Jeter has been on fire, so why not switch things up at the top.
Love the move.
Gardner is too awesome, they should bump AROD down/up and place Gardy in the clean up spot!
/irrational fanboy
I dunno if I am equally irrational, but what about:
1. Gardner
2. Jeter
3. Swisher
4. Rodriguez
5. Teixeira
?? Thoughts.
You state the following:
"As we've pointed out frequently, lineup construction has little impact during the course of a full season — a win or so difference between the best and worst lineups."
I didn't see any reference to how you draw your conclusion…no link to a scientific analysis of data that proves your point…no framework for how you would even go about analyzing the issue appropriately. What sample size did you use to judge the data? What teams? What timeframe?
Your conclusiong is one that doesn't make sense to me based on what I have seen in my life, and I would be most interested in reading more about your findings.
I think my favorite thing about Gardner batting first is the effect on the pitchers as he is such a stolen base threat. This will make them throw more fastballs to Jeter, Teix, A-Rod with more risk of control issues as of the stress of trying to prevent Gardner from stealing, hence potential hanging pitches for our boys to mash.
Remember back in the winter of '05 the big media narrative was how Jeter was a natural #2 hitter, and was horribly miscast in the leadoff spot, so the Yankees absolutely had to sign Johnny Damon? Fun times.


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Funeral services for Wanda Pauline Berry, 85, of Chickasha will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 5, 2013, in the Ferguson Funeral Home with Bob Craddock and Clem Cassmeyer officiating.
Wanda Pauline Berry was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, on July 20, 1928, the daughter of John Williams and Susie Moore Williams. She died on Sunday, September 1, 2013, in Chickasha.
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Ran winecfg, set "Z:" to "/.wine" (like Mike.) Without doing this, game stops on title screen.
Ran winetricks, "Select the default wineprefix", "Change settings", enabled "orm=backbuffer", OK. Without this (on a Radeon Xpress 200M), the game settings window is normal, after that the game window forms, but the contents are just whatever was behind the window plus some cruft, the music plays, and mouse clicks on the areas where there would normally be icons work and produce affirmative audio.
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WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A slave who died more than 200 years ago in Connecticut but was never buried has finally been given a funeral and will be laid to rest.
The Rev. Amy D. Welin of St. John's Episcopal Church in Waterbury told hundreds gathered for the service Thursday that Mr. Fortune, as he was called, was being buried not as a slave "but as a child of God who is blessed."
Organizers say it's a long overdue honor for the man who was never properly buried. His owner, a bone doctor, preserved his skeleton for medical study and a descendant eventually gave the bones to a museum, which put the skeleton on display.
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Vonda Brown is a senior program officer for the Open Society Foundations' Latin America Program, focusing on issues of transparency and accountability. In this capacity, she oversees the Foundations' activities to promote the right to access public information, transparency, and accountability in Latin America. In addition, Brown was instrumental in the organization of the Central America and Mexico Migration Alliance, an alliance of private foundations aimed at promoting migrants' rights in Central America and Mexico.
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The 2011 Amgen Tour of California, the largest cycling event in America, will start at Lake Tahoe in 2011. Stage one of the Tour de France style bicycle race will begin at South Lake Tahoe with a lap and a half around the Lake. This first stage ends at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort. The second stage begins at Squaw Valley USA and ends in Sacramento. In all, the Amgen Tour of California covers more than 800 miles, traveling between 15 host cities over the course of eight days from May 15 to 22, 2011.
Amgen Tour of California Bicycle Riders
Nineteen professional bicycle racing teams will be riding in the 2011 Amgen Tour of California. Participating riders in past tours have included top Tour de France competitors, World Champions and Olympic medalists such as Lance Armstrong, Tom Boonen, Oscar Freire, Paolo Bettini, Fabian Cancellara, Carlos Sastre, Ivan Basso, George Hincapie, Mark Cavendish and Andy Schleck.
Stages of the 2011 Amgen Tour of California
- Stage 1: Sunday, May 15 – South Lake Tahoe to North Lake Tahoe-Northstar at Tahoe Resort
- Stage 2: Monday, May 16 – North Lake Tahoe-Squaw Valley USA to Sacramento
- Stage 3: Tuesday, May 17 – Auburn to Modesto
- Stage 4: Wednesday, May 18 – Livermore to San Jose
- Stage 5: Thursday, May 19 – Seaside to Paso Robles
- Stage 6: Friday, May 20 – Solvang Individual Time Trial
- Stage 7: Saturday, May 21 – Claremont to Mt. Baldy
- Stage 8: Sunday, May 22 – Santa Clarita to Thousand Oaks
Lake Tahoe Events around the Amgen Tour of California
There are a bunch of events at both ends of Lake Tahoe during the Amgen Tour of California, including casino and nightclub parties, concerts, movies, food specials, a street dance in Truckee, and more. Check out the Lake Tahoe Amgen events schedule to see what's going on, when, and where.
Where to Watch the Amgen Tour of California
Getting to a good viewing spot at the right time is going to be a little complicated. The first stage of the Tour starts in South Lake Tahoe, circles the Lake, and ends at the Northstar-at-Tahoe resort. The second stage starts the next day at Squaw Valley USA. For a good description of where to watch and when, refer to Best Places to View Amgen Tour of California from the North Lake Tahoe Visitors' Bureau.
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Approximately 500 volunteers are needed for the overall start on Sunday, May 15, in South Lake Tahoe and the stage 1 finish in North Lake Tahoe at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort. Volunteers are also needed for the stage 2 start at Squaw Valley USA on Monday, May 16. Get more details about what is involved and sign up online at the Amgen Tour Volunteer Information and Registration web page. Volunteers must be 18 or older or accompanied by an adult.
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Olympia — The conviction for a Kennewick woman who killed a pregnant mother and tried to claim the baby as her own was upheld today by the state's highest court.
Phiengchai Sisouvanh, 27, will remain in prison for life for the 2008 crime, based on the opinion released by the Washington state Supreme Court.
It was a unanimous decision by the court's nine justices, who heard arguments in May from Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller and defense lawyer Michael Iaria of Seattle.
Iaria sought to get his client's aggravated first-degree murder conviction reversed and a new trial granted. He claimed Sisouvanh was not an average girl living an all-American life, yet that's how a clinical psychologist treated her when determining she was competent to stand trial.
Randall Strandquist failed to consider Sisouvanh's ethnic and cultural diversity or seek help from qualified colleagues with experience in that area, Iaria argued.
He said Sisouvanh was raised in what essentially could be viewed as a concentration camp in Thailand and was severely beaten and verbally abused, all of which led to a dissociative disorder and signs of post traumatic stress disorder.
In rejecting Iaria's claims, the court's justices found that Sisouvanh's competency evaluation at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake was done by a "qualified expert or professional person."
"The court-appointed expert who evaluated Sisouvanh reasonably explained the propriety of the tests he administered and his interpretation of Sisouvanh's behavior. and the trial court did not abuse its discretion by accepting the expert's examination and report as having been conducted in a qualified manner sufficient to satisfy (Washington law)," the opinion states.
Sisouvanh's trial was held in Benton County Superior Court and was presided over by Judge Robert Swisher.
She was convicted by a jury in October 2010 for the death of Araceli Camacho Gomez a Pasco woman who was stabbed 47 times before her nearly full-term baby was cut from her womb.
The baby boy survived, but Camacho Gomez's body was found early June 28, 2008, at Kennewick's Columbia Park.
Sisouvanh had told her family she was pregnant and claimed to be 10 days overdue when she met the 27-year-old victim at a bus stop, where Camacho Gomez was waiting with her two children.
Sisouvanh planned to claim it was her baby after she called 911 for help, but emergency room doctors soon determined she was not the baby's mother.
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T.HQ Inc., a Calabasas maker of video games and toys, reported a sharp drop in its third quarter earnings and sales due to late deliveries of some of its products.
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Something's going on in the administration of Gov. Pat McCrory with regard to public education. Actually, the governor would say, a lot's going on, what with his having university, community college and K-12 leaders working on various proposals to address challenges in public education.
And then there's his teacher advisory group of 24 K-12 teachers, launched this week, with a charge from the governor to report recommendations on what to do about teacher pay, student testing and technology.
But given how Republican legislative leaders have cut funding, bashed teachers and put together a voucher program for some parents to send their children to private schools with public dollars, what's "going on" may be more political than educational.
McCrory is not riding high in public opinion polls, not like he was when the living was easy and the cotton was high during his time as mayor of Charlotte. And there's considerable public concern about the sometimes-embarrassing performance by Republican leaders in the legislature, who have occupied themselves with dismantling Democratic programs and done little in the way of positive lawmaking or improving the tax code for peopleother than the wealthy.
But the governor's actions of late on education, indicating he wants to pay teachers more, may indicate he has felt the blowback from the public about the teachers-as-targets strategy in the GOP-run General Assembly. The state has 90,000 public school teachers. Many of them are greatly admired by parents, evidenced by the turnout on the teacher "walk-ins" at schools Monday. Yes, it may be that the governor or those around him have figured out that attacking teachers may be a poor political strategy.
But McCrory's problem, in terms of his pronouncements having credibility with the public, is that Republican Senate President pro-tem Phil Berger has criticized teachers, and this year, after GOP House Speaker Thom Tillis had teachers and administrators in for public meetings about important issues in education, lawmakers virtually ignored everything they said.
Teachers stressed low morale, bad pay and the importance of tenure. Superintendents spoke against public money providing vouchers for private education. The legislature did nothing, money-wise, ended tenure and killed salary supplements for those teachers with advanced degrees. And they started a voucher program.
So now teachers are supposed to believe that McCrory is serious about helping them?
They do have an opportunity here. If they come back to the governor with strong recommendations on pay (without raises, the state will be facing a serious teacher shortage) and make their case about tenure, McCrory is going to have a hard time ignoring them. And if he does ignore them, the political damage may be even worse. If a governor asks for advice and doesn't take it, he's got a bigger problem than if he'd never asked at all.
Frankly, the governor might be better off forming an advisory panel on how he and GOP leaders in the General Assembly can change the course on which they've been engaged in the politics of destruction and for which they have little to show except revenge taken on Democrats and the positive agenda they tried to set over the last 20 years.


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Mr. Floyd Bruce Coffey, 62, of 124-A Wayside Place, Lenoir, died Tuesday morning, Dec. 14, 2004, at his home.
He was born Nov. 1, 1942, in Watauga County, to Levi Coffey and the late Georgia Gragg Coffey.
Mr. Coffey was a retired veneer finisher from Sterling & Adams Curved Plywood and a member of Blue Ridge Advent Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Pearson Coffey; four daughters, Barbara McCloud of Hudson, Gloria Creasy and husband, Steve, and Angela Dellinger, all of Morganton, and Wanda Marley of Lenoir; three sons, Allen Coffey and wife, Misty, of Morganton, Albert Coffey and wife, Patricia, and Wayne Coffey and wife, Danielle, all of Lenoir; his father, Levi Coffey of Blowing Rock; two brothers, Eugene Coffey and wife, Anita, and Larry Coffey and wife, Doris, all of Hudson.
He is also survived by16 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a number of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Georgia Pearson Coffey.
Services were conducted Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Boone Fork Baptist Church, officiated by the Rev. Darryl Miller and the Rev. Dewey Bristol. Burial followed in the Boone Fork Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Ocean's carbon-sucking funnels
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SCIENTISTS have unravelled the mechanism by which Earth-warming carbon is sucked deep into the ocean to be safely locked away.
Wind, currents and eddies (a current running opposite to the main current) work together to create carbon-sucking funnels, said the research team from Britain and Australia in a discovery that adds to the toolkit of scientists attempting climate warming predictions.
About a quarter of the carbon dioxide on Earth is stored away in its oceans - some 40 per cent of that in the Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica.
At a depth of about 1000 metres, carbon can be locked away for hundreds to thousands of years, yet scientists had never been sure exactly how it gets there after dissolving into surface waters.
They had suspected the wind was the main force at play, pooling up surface water in some areas and forcing it down into the ocean depths.
Using 10 years of data obtained from small, deep-sea robotic probes, the researchers found that in addition to the wind, eddies - big whirlpool-like phenomena about 100km in diameter on average, also played a part.
"You add the effect of these eddies and the effect of the wind and the effect of prominent currents in the Southern Ocean, you add these three effects, it makes ... 100km-wide funnels that bring the carbon from the sea surface to the interior," study author Jean-Baptiste Sallee told AFP.
The team had also used temperature, salinity and pressure data collected from ship-based observations since the 1990s.
"This is a very efficient process to bring carbon from the surface to the interior. We found in the Southern Ocean there are five such funnels," said Sallee.
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"The American public has not yet come to a strongly shared judgment on the effects of the sequestration cuts," points out Frank Newport, director of the Gallup poll.
New numbers reveal more than two thirds of the public say they simply don't know enough to tell whether the cuts are a good thing or a bad thing for themselves or their families. More than half can't judge the effect on the the nation. The problem: There's no real authority out there on sequestration.
"Americans are likely basing their opinions of the cuts on what they hear, read, and see in the news and from friends and colleagues, as well as on their own experiences. Apparently, nothing in the information flow from any of these sources has been enough - to date - to move the public's opinions about the cuts in either direction," Mr. Newport observes.
And the numbers:
69 percent of Americans don't know enough about sequestration to judge if Two thirds of it will affect them personally; 47 percent of Republicans and 62 percent of Democrats agree.
55 percent of Americans overall don't know enough about sequestration to judge its impact on the nation; 39 percent of Republicans and 57 percent of Democrats agree.
27 percent overall say sequestration is "a bad thing" for the nation; 22 percent of Republicans and 28 percent of Democrats agree.
17 percent overall say sequestration is "a good thing"; 27 percent of Republicans and 8 percent of Democrats agree.
Source: A Gallup poll of 1,022 U.S. adults conducted March 11 and 12.