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Comment on Yankees beat the Orioles in 10 innings by Rob Abruzzese

Rob Abruzzese — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:53 +0000

That was pretty much the thinking. They figured with Granderson, Gardner, and Ichiro they didn't need another lefty. They may have been right because Dickerson does hit righties better than lefties, but he's certainly better than Francisco and does hit righties well. With all of the injuries they had they certainly would have put him to good use. Maybe they don't get Vernon Wells if he sticks around though. It's hard to say.

Comment on Yankees beat the Orioles in 10 innings by olie

olie — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:54:57 +0000

I never did understand why they let Dickerson go unless it was the fact he hit left handed like the other outfielders at the time. He looked good when called on last year!

Comment on BBDP May 21st: Three shutouts as pitching is lights out by Fred

Fred — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:22:42 +0000

Hopefully that DUI will be enough of a warning for him to get it together.

He's a top Yankees prospect, SURELY there is someone to cart him around. That sort of thing is just careless.

Greg, do you know what Sean Black is pitching to go with his fastball this year? I found a few articles from 2009 when he was drafted talking about how he had a mid 90s fastball but weak secondary pitches that need improvement. Is he still using the change and the curveball? Because whatever it is its working so far this year. But he's also 24/25 and in High A…

Comment on BBDP May 21st: Three shutouts as pitching is lights out by gcorcoran

gcorcoran — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:41:09 +0000

An extremely valid concern. He's been going down the wrong path. All I can say is that he just turned 21. As far as the DUI goes he apparently blew under the legal limit. It occurred at 2 am. For him to go the whole night until 2 am and stay under the legal limit, I'm actually impressed. The fact that he drove like an idiot while close to the legal limit was stupid, but I give him credit for staying under the limit personally.

That said, I think it's possible he could be going down a road that many of us do when we turn 21 and have free access to alcohol whenever we want it. Most people outgrow that phase by the time they reach 22, so hopefully he will as well. He's still young and almost every player hits a stumbling block at some point in their career. I'll be more concerned if by the end of the season he hasn't turned the corner. I think he will though, he's just too athletic and talented not to.

I have not written him off yet (not that you have), and I still feel pretty confident he'll turn things around.

Comment on BBDP May 21st: Three shutouts as pitching is lights out by Rob Abruzzese

Rob Abruzzese — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:50 +0000

I'm starting to get worried about Mason Williams. He's been terrible this year and between that and the DUI he is definitely going in the wrong direction.

Comment on BBDP May 21st: Three shutouts as pitching is lights out by Greg Corcoran

Greg Corcoran — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:35:20 +0000

He's still around. He took a bit of a step back this year and is now in Triple-A trying to get back to his old velocity. Apparently with all of the work he did in the offseason he wasn't 100% prepared for the season this year. He's not a guy I'm worried about though with that slider.

Comment on BBDP May 21st: Three shutouts as pitching is lights out by vinnny

vinnny — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:57:47 +0000

I dont see mark montgomery….whats he up to

Comment on Yankees beat the Orioles in 10 innings by Rob Abruzzese

Rob Abruzzese — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:07:37 +0000

I wouldn't go that far just yet. He's still the GM that cut Chris Dickerson and carries Ben Francisco. He also risked losing David Adams for nothing. And he got extremely lucky with Wells. It's not like it was some genius move. He even admitted that. He's good, but let's not get carried away.

Comment on Mark Teixeira plays sim game but he’s not out of the injury woods yet by Rob Abruzzese

Rob Abruzzese — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:04:55 +0000

Because players get hurt. Jeter broke his ankle, that's a serious injury. A-Rod needed hip surgery, that's a serious injury. Mark Teixeira torn a tendon sheath in his wrist, a serious injury. Curtis Granderson broke his forearm, Michael Pineda, Cesar Cabral, ect. I think you get the point. There haven't been a lot of minor injuries that have lingered or anything like that.

Comment on Mark Teixeira plays sim game but he’s not out of the injury woods yet by jfs

jfs — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:43:24 +0000

I agree, Nova has gotten too many chances. The yanks are better off with either phelps, nuno, wang or (eventually) pineda as a 5th starter.

Perhaps he can be converted into a decent reliever or be used as trade bait?