i think Nady's just a calm guy personality wise but this team has too many of those types, they need someone to get guys pumped up a little in the clubhouse & Swish brings that element... remember our dynasty teams had some real fiery personalities in the dugout between Leyritz, Paulie, Tino, Rocket, Boomer & Wetteland (& even Zim)... right now there isn't 1 guy in the Yankee dugout that tries to pump up his teammates other than Joba... Swish adds a nice balance to the usual bland, calm & professional approach that the rest of these guys like to take.

[Edited by - TMS on 04-10-2009 09:43 AM]

Posted by TMS:

i think Nady's just a calm guy personality wise but this team has too many of those types, they need someone to get guys pumped up a little in the clubhouse & Swish brings that element... remember our dynasty teams had some real fiery personalities in the dugout between Leyritz, Paulie, Tino, Rocket, Boomer & Wetteland (& even Zim)... right now there isn't 1 guy in the Yankee dugout that tries to pump up his teammates other than Joba... Swish adds a nice balance to the usual bland, calm & professional approach that the rest of these guys like to take.

[Edited by - TMS on 04-10-2009 09:43 AM]

I noticed this last season. You could throw Cone into that mix. This team lacks energy. Nobody seems pissed that the Orioles are getting the better of them. Everyone is collecting a check. C.C. should be the firey guy but so far nada.

AJ Burnett is the pitcher they added that has a really fiery personality.

Posted by TMS:

when ARod comes back Ransom becomes the utility guy... i would rather have Swisher starting than Nady... gives Girardi more versatility w/his switch hitting in the lineup & it's not like Nady's some kinda defensive gold glover out in RF too, so we don't lose anything there.

To be fair, I think Nady's a better overall player than Swisher. But Swish can play and he's gonna see time here if Nady doesn't produce. He a tremendous clubhouse guy too, very likeable dude. You need guys like that.

Burnett just has electric stuff and he's not even going full throttle yet. Was great to see him throw a good game. We need Pettitte to throw a good game here today. Just keep us in the game. He's on a short leash as far as I'm concerned. He needs to prove to me that he's more capable than a guy like Phil Hughes or a guy like Al Aceves (who pitched pretty well last year). Pettitte's a shell of what he used to be and I don't think he can get by with the same approach anymore - pounding righthanders in with cutters, etc.. The stuff's just not there anymore for that. And on the flip side, I don't see him becoming a older Frank Tanana, Jamie Moyer type either. He never got guys out with a changeup and I don't see him going that route now. If KC smacks him around today and he gets lit up a few times more, I'm looking in a different direction if I'm Girardi. GREAT Yankee, but his time's coming to an end I'm afraid. Hope I'm wrong. We'll see. Hopefully there's enough gas left in the tank for one more go-around this year...

Andy still has another 2 good years left in his arm IMO... he'll be fine... he's been throwing more slow curves & there's no reason to think he can't develop a change up either... Moose did so to great effect just a year ago & he was always more of a power pitcher too... Andy slowed down at the tail end of last year but he still should've won at least 17 games if not for some shoddy relief pitching in some of his games last year.

Andy makes quick work of the Royals today.

Posted by VDesai:

Swisher, if he returns pre-2008 form, can be around as good as what Abreu gives you nowadays, lower avg, more power, roughly the same OPS.

eh, it's not impossible but career-wise, Abreu's OPS is about 100 points higher than Swisher's.

outside of game 1, how about that bullpen? 10 innings 0 hits, 0 runs, 3 walks, 12 strikeouts.

Swisher's on FIYAHHH! keep him in the starting lineup & put Nady back on the bench or in a part time DH role once Teix comes back from his sore wrist.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by Bonn1997:

Posted by TMS:

yeah but seriously i've never liked Xavier Nady... feel free to read up on the threads when we made the trade of Tabata to get that guy... & i've been saying for the longest that this team needs some more rah rah type personalities & Swisher definitely seems to fit the bill.

[Edited by - TMS on 04-09-2009 12:14 PM]

Going from Abreu to Nady/Swisher was a BIG downgrade

so far it's looking like a huge upgrade.

Swisher's had a nice stretch, although Nady, who has been playing RF at least half the time is a big downgrade

[Edited by - bonn1997 on 04-12-2009 1:15 PM]

Posted by TMS:

Posted by Bonn1997:

Posted by TMS:

Posted by Bonn1997:

Posted by TMS:

yeah but seriously i've never liked Xavier Nady... feel free to read up on the threads when we made the trade of Tabata to get that guy... & i've been saying for the longest that this team needs some more rah rah type personalities & Swisher definitely seems to fit the bill.

[Edited by - TMS on 04-09-2009 12:14 PM]

Going from Abreu to Nady/Swisher was a BIG downgrade

so far it's looking like a huge upgrade.

Swisher's had a nice stretch, although Nady, who has been playing RF at least half the time is a big downgrade

[Edited by - bonn1997 on 04-12-2009 1:15 PM]

Nady's actually having a better start to the season than Abreu.

I was talking about the long-haul. Any player can outplay any player in a few games. It doesn't even make sense to talk about the "kind of season you're having" after 5 games

[Edited by - bonn1997 on 04-12-2009 1:44 PM]