Yankees Rain Out Notes: Gardner, Teixeira, Jeter
Good evening everyone! If we can’t have a game, we might as well clear up some notes from today before we found out the game was postponed. Here are some evening notes!
– Brett Gardner began a hitting program today–but don’t expect him to hit for the Yankees this season. He could bunt but the Yankees want to use him for pinch-running and defense. Gardner hasn’t spoken to the Yankees about being on the postseason roster but Girardi said that it’s not “out of the question”. Gardner is expected to be activated tomorrow.
– Mark Teixeira has been out for a full week, but don’t expect him to be back with the Yankees for another 10 days. The Yankees want to make sure that Teixeira is fully healed before he plays again. Also some good news, Teixeira was nominated for the 2012 Roberto Clemente Award for his contributions on and off the field. He works alongside with Harlem RBI.
– Don’t bother asking Joe Girardi what the lineup was–he didn’t even bother to make one today. However, he did say that he was going to ask how Derek Jeter was tomorrow and then decide if he’ll play shortstop.
A reminder: Andy Pettitte pitches the day game tomorrow and David Phelps pitches the nightcap. Girardi figured to get Phelps in a game sooner or later so he could go to the bullpen and help. Also for both games it’s separate admission so you would have to pay for both games if you want to see both games at the stadium.,
Posted on September 18, 2012, in Notes & Links and tagged Andy Pettitte, Brett Gardner, David Phelps, Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira, New York Yankees. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.
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Question for anyone…
Would it not be better to have Jeter at 100% for the Play-offs than to take a chance on his being 75%.
As it is, we will have Tex at 85-90%, A-Rod at 90-95% and Brett at about 75%. A-Rod and Tex need to play and hit they have missed a lot of time. Why not let Jeter DH for a few more days, then bring him in at (Hopefully) full power for the last bunch of games.
Just a thought but, any good reason why not?
Ken I’m with you. I’d have Jeter DH till he is fully healthy. You and I both know though he will skirt the truth to play in the field since he is a gamer.
You are right on that, he hates to sit out a game and I for one, can understand it. This is where the manager has to be the manager, sit him. Winning it all, comes first and only! Jeter will see why it should be done, and do it, no problem!
I don’t think he needs to sit he def could just DH for time being.
I’m sorry, I took it for granted that was understood! Just DH to him, is sitting…I should think! Sorry bout that !
It’s fun to revisit articles like this….. Enjoy….
http://yankeesfansunite.com/2012/04/03/staff-predictions-for-the-2012-mlb-season/#more-9027
I said Yanks vs Phills in the Fall Classic, haha. Still could happen, but I think we all owe a big apology to Buck for no one giving the O’s a chance – in the division or wild card! Hahaha
I said Philly and the Angels would go nowhere. I saw such deep flaws with both teams. O’s looked like a 500 team to me, and if not for their insane record breaking performance in one run games, thats what they would be!!
Very true. And yeah, no one really thought the Phillies’ injuries would actually hurt them that severely. Amazing how dramatically different they are this year than last. Maybe its even more incredible than the Red Sox, considering their roster is now nearly fully intact from last year and they still are losing and struggling to get over .500
Always fun to look back. My Phillies pick doesn’t look so good now. Although things may have been different if they had been buyers instead of sellers at the deadline. They were playing like crap at the time and did the right thing for their future. Since mid-July, they are 37-23 and just 3 games out of a Wild Card berth.
My comments were fairly accurate….that Boston had a lot of question marks, Bobby V was a horrible move and they wouldn’t make the playoffs. I mentioned that Baltimore & Toronto’s improvement would prevent 3 teams from the East from making the Playoffs since they’d beat up on each other. And I said loved Washington but chickened out to pick them for the World Series.
Part of the reason I didn’t like the Phillies was their failure in the offseason to pick up bats, knowing full well that Howard would miss major time and that Utley probably would as well. Their GM instead pissed away a zillion dollars on a relief pitcher, which made absolutely zero sense to me.
Ironically, I picked them because of their willingness the last few years to go out and make the big trade to bring in the help they needed. Obviously this year they didn’t because of their awful record. But they are 3 games out and if they sneak in, their pitching could always heat up. And because I didn’t have the balls to pick Washington.
Yeah I really liked Washington going in as well but like Fish I couldn’t make that leap this season. Then again I picked Cincy for the W.S. which was ballsy so I should have stuck to my convictions..
Lol that is fun. My Reds in the World Series prediction is looking good, but the Tigers winning it not as much lol
You know Matt, the Orioles get all the press about being a surprise team but what the White Sox are about to do is more incredible to me. People were predicting a 20 game crushing of the Central by the Tigers, and I thought they were the biggest cinch in baseball to win their division that I had seen in years. Unlike the O’s, there is nothing whatsoever fluky about what the White Sox have done, which is to outplay the Tigers. The White Sox have a +77 run differential as compared to Detroit’s +48. The Tigers’ road record is only 34-41, while the White Sox’ road record is 38-35, that is where they have really outshone the Tigers.
With only 15 games left and a 3 game lead, the White Sox probably only have to go 8-7 to win the Central. Detroit would have to go 11-4 to force a playoff game with the White Sox if they go 8-7 coming home and to me it is highly unlikely that a team who is only 9 games over .500 in 147 games is capable of going 7 games over .500 in only 15 games. The White Sox still have 2 games remaining with Kansas City and six games left with Cleveland. They also have 4 home games left with Tampa Bay and 3 on the road at LA. You have to think they can go 5-3 in the remaining Royals/Indians games, which would leave them needing only 3 wins in the 4 home games with Tampa and 3 road games with the Angels, which is about what you’d think they’d do(split the home series with Tampa, go 1-2 in LA).
I wrote on Monday that I thought the winner of the makeup game between the White Sox and Tigers would win the division and I believe that is exactly what will happen. Ventura and the White Sox GM Ken Williams have been sensational, especially Williams. The Dodgers, Angels, and Tigers made huge midseason moves and all will likely miss the postseason. Williams acquisitions of Youkilis, Brett Myers, Liriano, and Wise have all paid off and he gave up next to nothing to get them. I know Showalter will get manager of the year over Ventura, but Williams has to get GM of the year. He did a sensational job. He was PROACTIVE, not REACTIVE!!
Wow, my prediction was off. If I had known the Tigers and Phillies would play this way, I wouldn’t have picked them.
God damned Baltimore was down 2-0 going into the 9th. They tie it in the 9th and win it in the 18th inning. This team continues to amaze and it seems like they are the team of destiny this year. They are an AMAZING 14-2 in extra innings and 27-8 in 1-run games!!
On the other hand, the Yanks haven’t had 1 9th inning comeback this year. No team has won the WS without a 9th inning comeback since 1972. We have to sweep Toronto today to maintain the 1-game lead on Baltimore.
The record that the Orioles have in one run games and extra inning games is truly one of the greatest statistical flukes of all time. The general public becomes captivated with this sort of thing and refers to it as “magic” but in reality its just one of those things that is so many standard deviations outside of the norm that it’s hard to believe that it is actually happening.
The Orioles are now 14-2 in extra inning games, The Orioles are now 27-8 in one run games. By comparison? The Yankees are 18-22. One run games are usually a coin flip, and if both teams were .500 in 1 run games the Yankees would have a 12-13 game lead.
That’s all this is about. The Orioles have been outscored this season by their opponents(by 12 runs) yet are 20 games over .500. Again, this is one of the greatest statistical flukes in the history of baseball. Teams who are barely above or below the runs scored/runs scored against differential are almost always .500 teams, especially in a 146 game sample size.
For example, there are two teams who have similiar run differentials as the Orioles do this year. The first is the Phillies, who have been outscored this season by 6 runs. The Phillies of course have a record directly in line with what is expected from a run differential like that, the Phillies are exactly .500 this season. The other team with a run differential similiar to the Orioles this season are the Pirates, who have been outscored by 10 runs this season. The Pirates are 1 game over .500.
As far as the extra inning games being an indicator of a team’s “heart”, “guts”, blah blah(name the tired, stupid, inaccurate cliche of your choice)? Well, the 2nd best record in MLB this season in extra inning games are the last place Florida Marlins who are 11-5 in extra inning games yet 66-83 overall.
The Minnesota Twins, also a last place team at 61-87 overall, have a 24-23 record in one run games. Are they also a bastion of (insert the tired, inaccurate, stupid cliche) guts?
Describe the Orioles in one word? Lucky! Nothing more, nothing less. The Orioles are riding the greatest statistical fluke in the history of baseball.