Posted by TMS:
Joba being scratched for his next start so my guess is Kennedy will be called up to take his next outing... & whoever has a better start between Geise & Kennedy will likely win the slot in the rotation, at least for the next start after Joba gets back.
looks like this is how it's gonna play out
http://www.prosportsdaily.com/comments/r... Ready or not, Ian Kennedy likely to rejoin Yankee rotation
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August 6
New York Daily News
"The Yankees have been cool to the idea of bringing Ian Kennedy back to the majors, despite the righthander's solid numbers at Triple-A. But with Joba Chamberlain headed to Alabama to visit Dr. James Andrews, Kennedy appears to be set to receive that call after all.
According to a major league source, the Yankees plan to bring Kennedy, 23, back from the minors to start Saturday's game against the Angels in Anaheim, marking his first start for the Bombers since May 27.
A source at Triple-A Scranton, however, said that the decision had not been finalized as of Tuesday night, leaving a slight chance that the Yankees could go with Darrell Rasner in Chamberlain's spot.
Kennedy was sent down after his start on May 1, having gone 0-2 with an 8.37 ERA. He was brought back on May 15 and made three more starts before landing on the disabled list with bursitis. In nine games (eight starts) with Scranton, Kennedy is 4-2 with a 2.14 ERA, including a 3-0 mark and 1.33 ERA in his last four."
from 1 of my posters on Phil Hughes' AAA start:
Phil Hughes made his first AAA rehab start and was sharp against a very good hitting Pawtucket team. He pitched into the 5th inning and left with a 4-1 lead. His fastball was topping out at 95
looks like he could be joining the team pretty soon now that Andy's health may be coming into question soon... maybe 1 more rehab start in AAA is my guess before he gets called up... Rasner should be ready for long relief in case Andy can't go long in his next start... time for Kennedy & Hughes to show something & help this team win some games down the stretch run.
[Edited by - TMS on 08-08-2008 3:04 PM]
Another horrendous loss. Mo comes in and throws a nice cutter - I can't believe Cano and Benemit let that ball go through the infield. WTF was that shit?!?!? Not really sure whose ball that was but I tell ya what if I'm Cano, I'm diving on that ball to at least keep it in the infield. We get beat on the weakest ball hit all afternoon. Andy (who pitched his tail off and wasn't getting any close calls all day) and Mo deserve better...
I still think our lineup needs that one more reliable thumper, lefthander or right (preferably right) behind A-Rod. Too bad we don't seem to have that on the major league roster or on the farm. Sexson's a shell of what he used to be (gotta be steroid fallout if you ask me), Eric Duncan's a bust who's lost at the plate and hitting .220, Shelley Duncan's not an everyday player and guys like Montero and A-Jax aren't that close. Not sure Austin Jackson's gonna be a huge power guy anyway - looks more like a Cano-type of offensive player.. Although Nady can rake huh? Not a 35-40 HR threat like we really need but he can hit. The guy's a real gamer. Funny how he was the distant second piece in that deal and he's been far better than Marte by leaps and bounds. Go figure....
Good news though: Hughes just went 4.2 innings (about 65-70 pitches) in his last rehab start 3 days ago. Supposedly hit 95 3 or 4 times in the first inning alone and mantained good velocity throught (the fastball sat between 93-94). And he was actually using his changeup and slider more - I read he threw 3 straight changeups to a batter eventually popping him up and he's using the slider more like a cutter - basically stuff we never saw the first few times up with the big club. Very encouraging. Sounds a heck of a lot closer to the phenom we've read about and have been waiting for. Looks like it really was that fractured rib that sapped his velocity and stamina. Maybe one or 2 more rehab starts (Nardi's looking for him to go 85 pitches next time out then hopefully 100+) then he'll be up. Can't wait. I'm hoping he'll be a huge shot in the arm for us. And even though Pavano's been atrocious for us he's pitching well and seems primed for a comeback too (in the same game that Hughes pitched in against Pawtucket on the 7th Carl threw 3.2 innings of 1 hit ball with 4 Ks. They're saying he might actually make it up here before Hughes. Bye-bye Chris Britton (waste)... Whatever, Pavano's been a huge joke but if he comes up and has a hand in us getting to the postseason I'd be inclined to forgive the dude. We'll see....
Meanwhile it could be worse. Forget Tampa. Forget the division. It's all about the wild card now. Boston and Minnesota both lost today. Boston's got us by only 4 in the loss column I think and the Twins are only 2 games ahead of us. That's nothing. We need to put the Angels behind us and really go to Minnesota and go after these guys. 2 out of 3 is an absolute must.
With Chamberlain still in the plans (he says he's fine, hopefully he'll be back in a week or two), Hughes and Pavano coming up and a guy like Mark Melancon ready for a Sept. call-up for righthanded bullpen help, I keep telling myself we'll turn this thing around soon. I still say that wild card's ours. Anyone with me?
i still got my sights on the division... we got enough games left & face TB enough times to make a run for it... BOS IMO is gonna falter down the stretch, they don't have the bullpen depth & their lineup just isn't the same w/o Manny in it, i don't care how Jason Bay's hitting... there isn't a pitcher, manager or team in baseball that wouldn't rather face Bay than Manny in a clutch situation.
i will never forgive Pavano unless the guy pitches his guts out & wins some big clutch games in the postseason for us, which i highly doubt is possible, he'll probably go back on the 60 day DL w/a pulled labia the moment he takes the mound again at the Stadium... but if he does play a hand in getting us to the postseason this season he'll at least end his historically horrific tenure in NY on somewhat of a highnote.
i'm still holding my breath on Hughes til i see him pitch consistently well at the ML level... he's looked brilliant at times & at others he's looked completely lost on the mound, just like Kennedy... dominating at the AAA level & dominating in the majors don't always go hand in hand unfortunately.
i never pegged Sexson to be on the juice, he's always been a tall & lanky dude & he still has plenty of pop in his bat when he makes contact, he's just lost when making contact for whatever reason, but who knows... no one's completely above suspicion these days.
Nady's been doing a good job for us overall & i'm hoping it continues down this stretch run... everyone on this team needs to man up now for real.
we maybe getting some help in the batting order if Matsui's rehab continues to progress, but that's still at least a couple weeks away.
[Edited by - TMS on 08-11-2008 01:54 AM]
division doesn't look great right now.
but we can still grab the wildcard...
Both Longoria and Crawford have gone on the Ray's DL. Now is the time to try and pick up a few games on them.
update on Hughes from my Scranton-Wilkesbury guy:
PITCHING: Phil Hughes got the start and pitched very well against a good hitting Pawtucket team. His fastball was topping out at 94. Hughes line: 5.1 IP, 2 runs, 3 hits, 4 K's-1 walk. He threw 84 pitches---50 strikes. Hughes got 4 groundouts-8 flyouts.
this yankee team is just so...dissapointing...
i didn't expect them to make the playoffs before the season started mainly b/c of all the young pitchers we were going to use.
but who would've thought this team would be playing like this b/c of the lineup?
cano has been the most dissapointing yankee i can think of in a couple of years...
I'm so fucking sick of Robinson Cano. The guy just doesn't seem like he's trying. He's not diving for balls, he's letting balls drop, he's not hitting, he's not running out balls. I'm just sick of him, I think it's time we move him for a quality CF or the like.
Would the Pirates trade McClouth for him?
What about sending him to the Giants for Matt Cain?
I would say the Dodgers are a good spot for him to since Torre/Bowa is there. We can get Matt Kemp.
[Edited by - nyk4ever on 08-14-2008 12:03 AM]
trading cano now would be selling low. he still has that sweet swing.
i think he needs to get his ass kicked but i see him as a guy you work WITH as opposed to someone you just dump. besides, he just signed that big 4 year extension so his trade value is not as high as it was before this season.
Posted by djsunyc:
trading cano now would be selling low. he still has that sweet swing.
i think he needs to get his ass kicked but i see him as a guy you work WITH as opposed to someone you just dump. besides, he just signed that big 4 year extension so his trade value is not as high as it was before this season.
Sweet swings don't mean anything when they slump every year prior to the all-star break and they damn sure don't mean anything when theres no hustle from the player doing the swinging. This isn't a one-time thing with Cano, this has been going since atleast last year with his non-nonchalant ways. Theres no place it for it here.
[Edited by - nyk4ever on 08-14-2008 11:41 AM]
ain't no way i'm trading Cano for anything less than an established ace starting pitcher, or a can't miss young up & coming ace arm, & right now there's no way we're getting either in a deal for him.
Robinson Cano is exactly what is wrong with the Yankees now a days.
Guys like Cano didn't exist on the 96, 98, 99, 2000 teams. Guys played their butts off ALL THE TIME, they never took days off, they never took defense lightly. Cano might be a nice guy, he certainly comes across that way, but he just doesn't care. When you don't care about running out grounders, when you don't worry about stepping on 2nd for a force out, when you don't worry getting out of the way for CF'ers flyball, when you don't dive for balls and when you don't care about hitting in the 1st half of the season EVERY YEAR, then you don't deserve to play for the New York FUCKING Yankees.
Cano basically is an .800 OPS guy career wise. I'd easily trade him for a #2 pitcher. #3? I'm not sure. Probably not.
And just as an addendum to my last post...
The onus is on Girardi for allowing Cano to do what he's done this year, never benching him or anything. Girardi has done a VERY so-so job this year and I'm actually pretty disappointed with his job of managing this team.
u seriously put blame on Girardi when he's had to fight key injuries to key players all year long? i think that's a little unfair... i dunno what better of a job he coulda done w/Matsui & Jorge out for most of the season, both Damon & Arod out for a good chunk of it & 2 of his rookies not contributing anything to the win total... Cano severely underperforming for much of the season is on Cano, not Girardi if u ask me.
Posted by Bonn1997:
Cano basically is an .800 OPS guy career wise. I'd easily trade him for a #2 pitcher. #3? I'm not sure. Probably not.
LOL, that's ridiculously selling low on the guy... & you complain about Cashman not getting full value out of his trades?
Why is a steaky .800 OPS guy worth more than a #2 pitcher?
i, too, find it hard to fault girardi when 3/5th's of his starting rotation from opening day have been injured, matsui's out, posada's out. the onus of this year falls on the shoulders of the hughes/kennedy tandem absolutely sucking, cano absolutely sucking spare a few hot weeks in july, JETER (nobody talks about the captain, but, come on, lets get serious, jeter has had his worst year as a professional at the plate), melky's complete lack of hitting.
its hard to win games when you're best pitcher (wang) goes down, two guys you were hoping to win at least 10 games (kennedy and hughes) dont win 1, and you get absolutely ZERO production up the middle (nothing from C, 2b/SS, or CF).
the streak was bound to end, its really not that surprising this was the year when taking all of that into account.
Posted by BigSm00th:
i, too, find it hard to fault girardi when 3/5th's of his starting rotation from opening day have been injured, matsui's out, posada's out. the onus of this year falls on the shoulders of the hughes/kennedy tandem absolutely sucking, cano absolutely sucking spare a few hot weeks in july, JETER (nobody talks about the captain, but, come on, lets get serious, jeter has had his worst year as a professional at the plate), melky's complete lack of hitting.
its hard to win games when you're best pitcher (wang) goes down, two guys you were hoping to win at least 10 games (kennedy and hughes) dont win 1, and you get absolutely ZERO production up the middle (nothing from C, 2b/SS, or CF).
the streak was bound to end, its really not that surprising this was the year when taking all of that into account.
I agree with a lot of that but you also have to factor in that Mussina and Pettitte have produced more wins than could have been expected, and when you have an old team, you need to be prepared for injuries. This has more to do with Cashman and the Steinbrenners than with Girardi.
Posted by Bonn1997:
Why is a steaky .800 OPS guy worth more than a #2 pitcher?
Jacoby Ellsbury is a career .754 OPS guy... do u really think the Red Sox would trade him for anything less than an established ace? Hunter Pence is a career .828 OPS guy... go ask the Astros if they'd be willing to unload him for anything less than an ace... ain't happening.
u focus way too much on stats & don't consider other factors... as much as u might not like the guy, the fact remains that Cano is a hugely valuable commodity & selling low on him now would be a ridiculously idiotic thing to do IMO.
[Edited by - TMS on 08-15-2008 3:27 PM]
