Finestrg wrote:2 out of 3 against the As, Tanaka back on track, and we took the 1st against the Sox. Pineda looked good and the team's in 1st place, Ellsbury and Miller are back, Nova's made it back ahead of schedule, 3 guys going to the AS game...I see Headley and Beltran are banged up a little bit but there's more than enough in place right now where we should be OK w/o both guys for awhile.. Things are looking good!!!

I see Refsnyder got called up -- very exciting. Word is he'll be starting the next 2 games against left-handers. The kid can definitely handle the bat and he's supposedly made some strides at 2B in the field.. This could be big-time. Really pulling for Ref, man. Hope he does well.

jrodmc wrote:The Rhoid's posting some pretty sick numbers. I wonder how often he's being tested?

Finestrg wrote:Big win yesterday. CC hung tough and kept us in the game against a very good pitcher, we scratch out that run against Felix to tie it and Tex took care of the rest with a missile HR against Rodney.

Disappointed they sent Refsnyder back down. I know Beltran made it back and someone had to get squeezed, but why Refsnyder? What happened to giving this kid a run to show what he can do--isn't that what Joe was saying a day or two ago? I thought the kid looked good, esp. in the field where he made all the routine plays and didn't hurt the team. Very good sign because on the other side, you know he was gonna start hitting.. I know the argument's 'well, if he's not gonna be playing regularly, send him back down so he can' but let's flip that around--why shouldn't he be up with the big club playing 2nd base every day?? I just don't care for our other 2 options--not a fan of Drew and I like Brendan Ryan even less. I can't for the life of me see their fascination with both players, esp. Ryan--he's basically the reason Ref got sent down. Makes no sense to me at all. Drew's the better player over Ryan (not saying too much there) and should be the primary backup at SS/2B. No need to carry both Drew and Ryan. Why?? It's completely redundant. I wish they would just trade Ryan or cut him -- Ref plays 2nd full-time, Drew backs up 2nd and SS, Pirela's only a phone call away if need be (he plays 2nd and 3rd, even a little SS in the minors) and if anything happened to Headley, we've got Pirela, Gregorio Petit and guys like Cole Figueroa or Rob Segedin at AAA who can all play 3rd. A-Rod can still play some 3B too in a pinch.. Where does Ryan fit in?? He doesn't!! All you ever hear is how Ryan's close to going on a rehab assignment, Ryan's close to coming back, Ryan was just activated, etc. I mean WTF with this guy--they act like they just got Derek Jeter back off the DL or something.. Sorry but I don't get it. Now that we got a little taste of Refsnyder, I wanted to see more. Hard to believe that Brendan Ryan is interfering with that plan.

Bonn1997 wrote:Are the Yankees really just gonna do nothing before the trade deadline? That's the impression I get from the articles I've seen, and they've done nothing so far. George would have done everything possible to push us from good to great.

My brother-in-law was telling me that the Yanks could have interest in Craig Kimbrel. Googled it and I found this:

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13283105

I dunno man -- yeah, it'd be an incredible big 3 in the pen but at what cost? This dude's owed a ton of money (I'd be nice to maintain some flexibility for Bryce Harper coming up in a couple of seasons, no?) and what would he cost in terms of prospects? The Pads are looking to dump some salary, that's why they're supposedly shopping Kimbrel and James Shields, but I doubt they just give them away to anyone who's willing to take on their salaries and nothing else. Two good pitchers here--Kimbrel's got what, 25 saves? There gonna want something back in return. If the need was there, if we had holes in the bullpen, I could see it, but we really don't. Betances/Miller is as good as it gets at the back end and Shreve and Wilson have really emerged as quality setup men. Hard to believe we'd take on that kind of salary and surrender top prospects to improve what's already a huge strength.

jrodmc wrote:So we're heading towards 10 games in first place (yeah, yeah, weak division, blah blah blah), we're 13 games over .500, A-rhoid's going to hit 40 home runs, the bottom of the order is now taking it's turns winning games, and what is all you hear about on sportsradio? The effin mets...

If Ellsbury is hurt again, do they finally bring up Aaron Judge? Gardy sure seems to hit better in the lead off spot...

Missed the game yesterday but saw the two plays Jake made. Crashed into the wall with the left shoulder, laid out and made that great diving play on the right shoulder. Newsday said he had ice bags on his shoulders after the game. Hope he's OK. Are you hearing anything severe? Yankees.com doesn't having anything up on the website saying he's injured..

So Cole Hamels with the no hitter over the weekend. I hope we resist the temptation to go after this guy. He's owed a ton of money and can you imagine what the Phillies would want for him in terms prospects? A king's ransom I'm sure, esp. after throwing a no-no. Had Steve Somers on in the car late Sat. afternoon and he was saying it would cost Severino or Judge, maybe both. Hamels is a good pitcher but no way I'm doing that for what amounts to a number 3 starter on this staff. Who knows how he'd pitch in the better-hitting AL too--he could get hit a lot harder. Plus, I don't wanna pay him what he's owed. We add this guy to the payroll, that's it--we won't be doing anything else for awhile. I'd rather keep that payroll flexibility...I say stay the course and keep developing all the top talent we have in the minors right now. A lot of these guys are close... Severino's real high end; he should be ready for the majors soon. We've got him and Bryan Mitchell -- that good rotation depth right there if we need it (I think Severino could even help us outta the bullpen too, Same with Mitchell). Plus we have a young lefty starter, Ian Clarkin, who could be better than Hamels eventually. Severino, Clarkin, Refsynder, Bird, Judge, Eric Jagielo -- hold onto these guys, man.

jrodmc wrote:Unfreakin real. A prototype throw away game, Capauono is practically walking the entire Ranger roster in the first inning and we score 21 runs.

Too bad Joe didn't leave him in. Even Cap might have gotten a win out of this one... although it probably would have been close...

LMAO! I was thinking the same thing, how we just completely mailed this one in early -- to come back and rout this team after starting out the way we did, WOW. Really showed me something. Big comeback was against a pitcher just coming back off TJ surgery and some shoddy relief pitching but still--very impressive.

How 'bout this Diego Moreno, huh? Man was he good. Restored order quickly after Cappy **** the bed out there...again. Real good stuff -- cranked it up to 95 (could go a tick or two higher than that in a short-man bullpen role apparently--just reading some scouting reports on him. He was one of 2 players we got back in the AJ Burnett deal with the Pirates), great arm action on that power changeup he was throwing and he also mixed in a good-looking slider. They've got this guy stretched out where he can help us as a starter or reliever.. Meanwhile, 2 poor outings in a row now for Capuano. I don't wanna see him pitch for us again. Try to work out a trade or just cut ties with him--don't even want him hogging up a roster spot anymore. Biggest waste of $5mm dollars I've ever seen. Ideally, I'd love to see Capuano and Drew go elsewhere, either in the same deal or separate trades. I'll take anything for those guys--a low-level prospect or two and we can call it a day. Classic case where less is more here--we could open up two roster spots for better players--we could add Refsnyder's bat, still keep Ryan around for a veteran in the infield/good locker room presence who plays good enough defense at 3 positions (no need to carry Ryan and Drew--it's redundant) and also open up a spot in the bullpen for another arm (we keep Moreno up, it's obvious after last night he can help us, and add maybe another decent righty in the pen, maybe we bring back Chris Martin who I thought was good for us early on before he got hurt).