Posted by: Patrick
This is my weekly recap of the performance of the YanksBlog.com teams in the Yankees Bloggers Fantasy Baseball League.
Last Week
After it was all said and done, James and Dave (Pride of the Yankees) ended up all square at 5. Dave took 4 out of 5 offensive categories and James took 4 out of 5 pitching categories. Offensively, Dave was led by Vladdy Guerrero who hit .423 with 2 home runs, 5 runs and 8 RBI. Brad Hawpe also hit .438. James was led by Manny Ramirez (4 runs, 1 home run, 2 RBI, .455 average) and Gary Matthews, Jr. (2 runs, 1 home run, 7 RBI, 2 stolen bases, .261 average). Neither pitching staff was particularly impressive with a 4.60 ERA and 1.40 WHIP winning out. On Dave's side, Dan Haren, Dontrelle Willis and Jason Isringhausen had wins. His lone save came from Solomon Torres. Meanwhile, James' lone win came from Brad Penny, who chipped in 8 K's. Ted Lilly struck out 9. Valverde led the staff with 2 saves while Billy Wagner and Jenks each had 1.
Like James and Dave, I tied 5-5 with Joseph (River Ave. Blues). The categories were pretty mixed with me taking runs, home runs, stolen bases, saves and strikeouts and Joseph taking RBI, average, wins, ERA and WHIP. RBI were as close as it gets with Joseph topping me by 1 - 42 to 41. My offense was led by Dan Uggla (.385 AVG, 7 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI) while Joseph was led by Victor Martinez's 4 R, 4 HR, 11 RBI, .346 AVG performance. Scott Rolen hit .538, as well with David Ortiz (.412) and Aaron Hill (.409) hitting over .400. I had 1 win (Barry Zito) and 3 saves (2 for Mo, 1 for Dotel). Joseph had 3 wins (Harang, Bedard and James Shields) and 1 save (Jonathan Papelbon). Freddy Garcia pitched in 14 K's on my side.
Finally, Seamus lost to Ben (River Ave. Blues), 6-4. All 4 of Seamus' wins came on the offensive side with Ben sweeping pitching. Ben's O was led by Pudge Rodriguez, who hit .440 with 6 runs, 1 HR and 6 RBI. Seamus' offense was carried by Sheff, who scored 11 runs, hit 4 homers, drove in 9, stole 2 bases and hit .345. Eric Byrnes (8 R, 3 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB, .400 AVG) also had a big week. Ben had 3 wins (Lackey, Sabathia, Chris Young) and 2 saves (Wickman). Seamus had 2 wins (Brandon Webb, Ervin Santana) and 0 saves. Santana came up with 12 K's.
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (River Ave. Blues) (56-31-3)
2. Ben (47-41-2)
3. James (46-41-3)
This Week
James (3rd, 46-41-3) vs. Joseph (7th, 41-44-5).
Patrick (9th, 36-48-6) vs. Ben (2nd, 47-41-2).
Seamus (10th, 34-51-5) vs. Jen (NoSenseWorrying.com) (8th, 37-46-7).
Last Week
After it was all said and done, James and Dave (Pride of the Yankees) ended up all square at 5. Dave took 4 out of 5 offensive categories and James took 4 out of 5 pitching categories. Offensively, Dave was led by Vladdy Guerrero who hit .423 with 2 home runs, 5 runs and 8 RBI. Brad Hawpe also hit .438. James was led by Manny Ramirez (4 runs, 1 home run, 2 RBI, .455 average) and Gary Matthews, Jr. (2 runs, 1 home run, 7 RBI, 2 stolen bases, .261 average). Neither pitching staff was particularly impressive with a 4.60 ERA and 1.40 WHIP winning out. On Dave's side, Dan Haren, Dontrelle Willis and Jason Isringhausen had wins. His lone save came from Solomon Torres. Meanwhile, James' lone win came from Brad Penny, who chipped in 8 K's. Ted Lilly struck out 9. Valverde led the staff with 2 saves while Billy Wagner and Jenks each had 1.
Like James and Dave, I tied 5-5 with Joseph (River Ave. Blues). The categories were pretty mixed with me taking runs, home runs, stolen bases, saves and strikeouts and Joseph taking RBI, average, wins, ERA and WHIP. RBI were as close as it gets with Joseph topping me by 1 - 42 to 41. My offense was led by Dan Uggla (.385 AVG, 7 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI) while Joseph was led by Victor Martinez's 4 R, 4 HR, 11 RBI, .346 AVG performance. Scott Rolen hit .538, as well with David Ortiz (.412) and Aaron Hill (.409) hitting over .400. I had 1 win (Barry Zito) and 3 saves (2 for Mo, 1 for Dotel). Joseph had 3 wins (Harang, Bedard and James Shields) and 1 save (Jonathan Papelbon). Freddy Garcia pitched in 14 K's on my side.
Finally, Seamus lost to Ben (River Ave. Blues), 6-4. All 4 of Seamus' wins came on the offensive side with Ben sweeping pitching. Ben's O was led by Pudge Rodriguez, who hit .440 with 6 runs, 1 HR and 6 RBI. Seamus' offense was carried by Sheff, who scored 11 runs, hit 4 homers, drove in 9, stole 2 bases and hit .345. Eric Byrnes (8 R, 3 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB, .400 AVG) also had a big week. Ben had 3 wins (Lackey, Sabathia, Chris Young) and 2 saves (Wickman). Seamus had 2 wins (Brandon Webb, Ervin Santana) and 0 saves. Santana came up with 12 K's.
Top 3 teams in the league:
1. Mike (River Ave. Blues) (56-31-3)
2. Ben (47-41-2)
3. James (46-41-3)
This Week
James (3rd, 46-41-3) vs. Joseph (7th, 41-44-5).
Patrick (9th, 36-48-6) vs. Ben (2nd, 47-41-2).
Seamus (10th, 34-51-5) vs. Jen (NoSenseWorrying.com) (8th, 37-46-7).
Posted by: James
Last night's win against the Red Sox was sweet and who knows, after many bad losses and quite a few stops and starts, maybe this team is finally going to get going. Anything's possible, right? Still, even after last night, the record stands at 24-30 after 54 games, which is exactly 1/3rd of the season.
To get to 95 wins, the Yankees will have to go 71-37, a winning percentage of .657. Know how many teams had a winning percentage like that through the first 54 games? 1...Boston.
To get to 91 wins, the Yankees will have to go 67-41, a winning percentage of .620. That bumps up the total teams who've played at that clip to 3; Boston, Cleveland and the Mets. The LAAngels come close too at .611.
Here's something else that I noticed. They've got 108 games left against 17 total teams but there's a significant number of games left against teams that at the beginning of the season, you would expect the Yankees to beat up on: 15 against Baltimore (.474), 14 against Toronto (.482) , 14 against Tampa Bay (.426) and 10 against Kansas City (.368). That's 53 games - and if the Yankees take all those series (a .667 winning %), they'll be at 59 wins over 107 games (.551). That would certainly make getting to the playoffs easier...now they just have to win the games.
To get to 95 wins, the Yankees will have to go 71-37, a winning percentage of .657. Know how many teams had a winning percentage like that through the first 54 games? 1...Boston.
To get to 91 wins, the Yankees will have to go 67-41, a winning percentage of .620. That bumps up the total teams who've played at that clip to 3; Boston, Cleveland and the Mets. The LAAngels come close too at .611.
Here's something else that I noticed. They've got 108 games left against 17 total teams but there's a significant number of games left against teams that at the beginning of the season, you would expect the Yankees to beat up on: 15 against Baltimore (.474), 14 against Toronto (.482) , 14 against Tampa Bay (.426) and 10 against Kansas City (.368). That's 53 games - and if the Yankees take all those series (a .667 winning %), they'll be at 59 wins over 107 games (.551). That would certainly make getting to the playoffs easier...now they just have to win the games.
06/04: About Time They Listened
Posted by: James
Ian Kennedy has been promoted to AA Trenton. It's too bad they don't have many position prospects to make that Trenton lineup a little more interesting.
With one or two more good starts, I'm sure Joba will be right behind him.
Although Franklin hasn't been notified, New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman said during a Sunday radio interview that right-handed starter Ian Kennedy, 22, has been promoted to the Thunder.
Kennedy, the 21st selection in the first round of the 2006 draft out of USC and the No. 6 prospect in the organization according to Baseball America, was 6-1 with a 1.29 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 63 innings for Tampa.
Kennedy, the 21st selection in the first round of the 2006 draft out of USC and the No. 6 prospect in the organization according to Baseball America, was 6-1 with a 1.29 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 63 innings for Tampa.
With one or two more good starts, I'm sure Joba will be right behind him.
Posted by: Patrick
A couple of pitching notes. Pettitte exited with back issues last night, but expects to be ready for his next start.
Apparently due to Doug going down, the Yankees will not pitch Igawa today, but DeSalvo.
Pettitte said he originally felt a tweak in the third inning, but it set in more in the fifth, and he pointed to the chilly weather conditions and a long top half of the inning as contributing factors.
He does not believe it will affect his next scheduled start.
"I feel like I should be able to make it," Pettitte said.
He does not believe it will affect his next scheduled start.
"I feel like I should be able to make it," Pettitte said.
Apparently due to Doug going down, the Yankees will not pitch Igawa today, but DeSalvo.
Posted by: Patrick
We talked about the New York/Boston media game played in May in New York. They played one in Boston yesterday and they lost, 14-7. Peter Abraham, Tyler Kepner and Bryan Hoch have their thoughts. Apparently, they almost had a brawl of sorts.
Posted by: Patrick
Don Mattingly, on Johnny Damon not playing first base in the near future, according to Peter Abraham.
Posted by: Patrick
Peter Abraham reports that Mientkiewicz will miss at least 6-8 weeks. It looks like Andy Phillips may be promoted.
Posted by: David
A-Rod homered off of Boston ace closer Jonathan Papelbon to put the Yankees ahead 6-5. The long ball came with two outs in the top of the ninth and two strikes on him.
The Yankees had jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a base hit up the middle from Josh Phelps. They added three more runs off of undefeated Josh Beckett to extend the lead to 4-0. A-Rod got an RBI on an infield single and another run scored on the same play due to a throwing error. Posada extended the lead to 4-0 and the Yankees for a while were cruising.
Pettite's back stiffended and the Bosox came all the way back with a five spot. Pedroia hit a two run double and Ortiz hit a liner to right which got past Abreu for another run and Ortiz ended up on third. He would eventually score the go ahead run on a sacrifice fly.
The Yankees bullpen pitched well and the Yankees were able to tie the game late on a single from Matsui and a triple from Robinson Cano. Cano was left stranded on third, despite being there with no outs.
Vizcaino, Bruney and company held the Red Sox in check and A-Rod hit the big bomb off Papelbon in the ninth to take the lead. Mariano Rivera was able to go through the heart of the Red Sox order to save the game.
The Yankees had jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a base hit up the middle from Josh Phelps. They added three more runs off of undefeated Josh Beckett to extend the lead to 4-0. A-Rod got an RBI on an infield single and another run scored on the same play due to a throwing error. Posada extended the lead to 4-0 and the Yankees for a while were cruising.
Pettite's back stiffended and the Bosox came all the way back with a five spot. Pedroia hit a two run double and Ortiz hit a liner to right which got past Abreu for another run and Ortiz ended up on third. He would eventually score the go ahead run on a sacrifice fly.
The Yankees bullpen pitched well and the Yankees were able to tie the game late on a single from Matsui and a triple from Robinson Cano. Cano was left stranded on third, despite being there with no outs.
Vizcaino, Bruney and company held the Red Sox in check and A-Rod hit the big bomb off Papelbon in the ninth to take the lead. Mariano Rivera was able to go through the heart of the Red Sox order to save the game.
06/04: Pride
Posted by: Jason
Marcellus Wallace once said:
"Pride only hurts, it never helps."
This morning, I must disagree. The Yankees demonstrated pride last weekend. They fought through NFL tactics on the basepaths, concussions and even multiple appearances by Luis Vizcaino.
For one weekend, they played like the team we expected. I know I'm obligated to throw in the usual caveats about being under .500, 12.5 games back, etc.
Forget about all of that...it is an undeniably good morning to be a Yankees fan.
"Pride only hurts, it never helps."
This morning, I must disagree. The Yankees demonstrated pride last weekend. They fought through NFL tactics on the basepaths, concussions and even multiple appearances by Luis Vizcaino.
For one weekend, they played like the team we expected. I know I'm obligated to throw in the usual caveats about being under .500, 12.5 games back, etc.
Forget about all of that...it is an undeniably good morning to be a Yankees fan.
Posted by: Patrick
ESPN reports that Randy Hendricks (Roger Clemens' agent) said, in a radio interview, that Clemens is looking to pitch on Saturday against the Pirates. We'll see if it happens.
