05/12: A Tragedy of Errors
Posted by: James
Last night's game was...not good. I'm surprised that the Yankees didn't get blown out as the Red Sox stranded 13 runners over the first six innings. Shawn Chacon pitched into and out of trouble all game, giving up some fly balls that would have been sure homeruns in Coors. Still, the Yankees remained in the lead until Mark Loretta gave Boston the lead. At that point, and I feel bad saying this, but I knew that the game was over. It might have been that Tanyon Sturtze had come into the game at some point (that's the kiss of death for me) but really, all that negative energy had just steamrolled from the first inning when Hideki went down.
X-rays revealed a fractured left wrist, which will require surgery, which to be performed on Friday at Columbia-Presbyterian. Originally, there were optimistic reports but after some time has passed, the news has taken a decidedly negative turn. The consensus seems to be almost 3 months with a few articles positing the loss of a full season. In my mind, even if it is a quick "recovery", it will take a lot longer for Hideki to get back to the point where he can swing a baseball bat with the authority that he used to. Wrist injuries are not trivial, especially for baseball players (see Nick Johnson, Dustin Pedroia, etc.). There's a lot of talk this morning on who the Yankees will try to get with some major names such as Soriano, Torii Hunter, Reggie Sanders, Shannon Stewart, etc.
Cashman has come out and said that he isn't interested in a trade (but at this point, what else can the man say?)
For now, they have brought up Kevin Reese from Triple-A Columbus today. Reese sports a career .281/.345/.448/.793 line in 921 ABs in Columbus and has shown more doubles power than anything else. I don't know much about his defensive ability but I would have rather seen them bring up Kevin Thompson instead as Thompson handles the bat just as well but Thompson adds a lot of speed (he's an excellent basestealer) to the equation. However, I wouldn't doubt that Torre will give Bubba Crosby and Bernie Williams a lot more at bats in the stead of whoever they bring up. Gary Sheffield cannot come back quickly enough.
X-rays revealed a fractured left wrist, which will require surgery, which to be performed on Friday at Columbia-Presbyterian. Originally, there were optimistic reports but after some time has passed, the news has taken a decidedly negative turn. The consensus seems to be almost 3 months with a few articles positing the loss of a full season. In my mind, even if it is a quick "recovery", it will take a lot longer for Hideki to get back to the point where he can swing a baseball bat with the authority that he used to. Wrist injuries are not trivial, especially for baseball players (see Nick Johnson, Dustin Pedroia, etc.). There's a lot of talk this morning on who the Yankees will try to get with some major names such as Soriano, Torii Hunter, Reggie Sanders, Shannon Stewart, etc.
Cashman has come out and said that he isn't interested in a trade (but at this point, what else can the man say?)
For now, Cashman said, he is not interested in pursuing a trade.
"My hope right now is to make sure we assess what we have first," Cashman said. "If you go out on the trade market, you're going to have to sell from your system right now. Let's see what we have first.
"I don't think, in early May, there's going to be too much that makes sense right now. What makes sense and what's most likely is we're going to fight through it with what we have until circumstances dictate otherwise."
"My hope right now is to make sure we assess what we have first," Cashman said. "If you go out on the trade market, you're going to have to sell from your system right now. Let's see what we have first.
"I don't think, in early May, there's going to be too much that makes sense right now. What makes sense and what's most likely is we're going to fight through it with what we have until circumstances dictate otherwise."
For now, they have brought up Kevin Reese from Triple-A Columbus today. Reese sports a career .281/.345/.448/.793 line in 921 ABs in Columbus and has shown more doubles power than anything else. I don't know much about his defensive ability but I would have rather seen them bring up Kevin Thompson instead as Thompson handles the bat just as well but Thompson adds a lot of speed (he's an excellent basestealer) to the equation. However, I wouldn't doubt that Torre will give Bubba Crosby and Bernie Williams a lot more at bats in the stead of whoever they bring up. Gary Sheffield cannot come back quickly enough.
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