Posted by djsunyc:

do you think joba can go back to throwing 98 in the pen?

the kid is learning how to pitch at the big league level. look at halladay's #'s his first few years.

joba's 4-0 2.7 era on the road. tells me the guy knows how to pitch. keep him in the starting rotation and let him develop.

hughes wasn't a starter for the team coming into this season. he got a few starts b/c of wang's problems. you let wang work it out, let joba develop and hughes will be a full time starter next season to replace andy.

Joba looked very good as a starter last season and has looked good on the road as a starter this season. You can't switch his role every few months. I wouldn't even entertain the thought of switching him to the bullpen this season.

in the past couple weeks i've noticed ARod has really begun swinging the bat w/explosion again & he's taking the ball up the middle again, which is a great sign... last night he took a high & inside fastball & turned on it & crushed it into the LF bleechers, another great sign that his bat speed is back to where it should be.

but moreso than his offense, i think his defense has been absolutely stellar in the past week... he's making every play that comes to him at 3B & some spectacular ones that he used to have trouble with... his throws to 1B have been great as well this year, rarely have i seen him underthrow or overthrow Teix at 1B like he's done in past years... i predict he'll win a Gold Glove at 3B this season.

Yankees are playing some good baseball of late & they're getting ARod back to where he should be... let's hope the team goes on a roll going into the Allstar break.

BTW, can someone explain to me why in the blue hell we kept Cody Ransom and sent Pena down to AAA in lieu of the Hinske move? Somehow we managed to downgrade ourselves...

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by VDesai:

BTW, can someone explain to me why in the blue hell we kept Cody Ransom and sent Pena down to AAA in lieu of the Hinske move? Somehow we managed to downgrade ourselves...

You can't be serious. I knew I wasn't going to like that Hinske move. Pena was doing awesome for us. We really played ourselves on this one.

Oh man, I don't know what they were thinking here. I still like the Hinske move. They just made a stupid follow-up to it, though.

Jeter's got quite a few seasons left. What's the point in holding onto someone as his heir apparent then? Wouldn't it make more sense to trade him (or include him in a package) where we got someone who could have a bigger role sooner?

pena is being morphed into chone figgins. he's going down to learn how to play the outfield and he will be a super utility guy next season for us...

Pena is 23 years old and was far from an elite prospect... he keeps it up his value will only increase. He'll get better with consistent play. Not to mention he already has a taste of the bigs so I'm sure he's gonna bust his ass to get back

and DJ I like the Chone Figgins comparison... he'll probably become the middle infield version

CC definitely didn't bring his "A" game tonight

yanks need to win this one...tampa bay right on our heels and boson still up 3 1/2

Wang had shoulder stiffness or soreness. Not good.

Other than that. Excellent win. Another great job by the bullpen.

anybody know when we're playing the Red Sox again?