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Archive for April, 2010

Change of Pace: A’s Make Quick Work of Yanks

Posted in Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Today’s loss to the Athletics can almost be boiled down to one very poor decision. After walking two of the first three batters of the game,  C.C. Sabathia and Francisco Cervelli met for a mound conference and, for some reason, decided to throw a first pitch fastball to Kurt Suzuki. Even if Suzuki hadn’t had success […]

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Game 15: Yankees vs. Athletics

Posted in Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Yankees look for the sweep in Oakland behind the golden arm of ace C.C. Sabathia, who is coming off a rain shortened start in which he threw only 73 pitches. Sabathia may need to work deep into today’s game because both Mariano Rivera and Joba Chamberlain, who have worked in the first two games […]

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Déjà Hughes: Yankees Righty Flirts With No Hitter

Posted in Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

For the second time this season, a Yankee pitcher flirted with a no hitter, but came up short in the 8th. Unlike Sabathia’s earlier attempt, however, Phil Hughes’ pitch count was a much more manageable 88 when the A’s finally broke through, so there would have been no question about his ability to finish the […]

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Game 14: Yankees vs. Athletics

Posted in Game Recap, MLB, Yankees on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Phil Hughes looks to follow-up on his solid first outing of the season and continue a stretch in which Yankee starters have earned the victory in all five games of the current winning streak. In his first game, Hughes unveiled a slightly different arsenal that relied more on a cutter and less on a curveball. […]

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The Virtue of Patience at the Plate

Posted in MLB, Yankees on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Much to the dismay of Joe West, the Yankees have made an early season habit out of wearing down starting pitchers. In the last three games, each opposing starter has had at least one 30+ pitch inning, and all failed to make it through five innings. So, it is not surprising that the Yankees lead […]

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Nunez Reemerges as Yankee Prospect

Posted in MLB, Yankees on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

 In his Daily Futures feature on ESPN.com (insider only), Kevin Goldstein identified Eduardo Nunez as a potential sleeper who could help the Yankees this season. Nunez, currently hitting 370/.442/.522 while playing SS at Scranton, was originally signed by the Yankees as a non-drafted free agent on February 25, 2004. Initially regarded as a promising prospect (ranked […]

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On The Defensive: An Early Look at UZR Data

Posted in MLB, Yankees on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

FanGraphs.com has released its first installment of 2010 UZR data. I am not a big fan of this metric for reasons previously outlined, but nonetheless, it is gaining prominence and is worthy of consideration. Not surprisingly, the Rays place atop the early UZR returns with a team rating of 10.5. Right behind them in fourth place, […]

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