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Post by dg on Mar 26, 2007 18:16:52 GMT -5
Drumroll, please................... Negative. yankees.lohudblogs.com/That makes my day. Torre was also happy with Pettitte's BP session today.
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Post by Retro Jimbue on Mar 26, 2007 20:05:51 GMT -5
well it's good news .......but i'm still waiting for someone to yell "april fools"...
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Post by DavidL on Mar 26, 2007 20:20:19 GMT -5
Excellent news. Now can anybody explain his last couple of outings?
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Post by dg on Mar 26, 2007 21:26:47 GMT -5
Excellent news. Now can anybody explain his last couple of outings? The last outing was affected by his elbow stiffness (said he couldn't get warmed up....should have told Guidry). His outing vs. the Blue Jays? No idea. Bad day at the office, hopefully.
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Post by Knuckles on Mar 26, 2007 23:12:33 GMT -5
We need to be careful with our expectations. He was more good than bad in spot starts in 2006, several of which happened in September once the division title was all but nailed. And the Yankee who had the best three first weeks of play in Tampa last year was Shawn Chacon.
Karstens did not arrive with great expectations. I hope he's OK. I hope he does well. I would expect competence if the Yanks judge him worthy.
But I cannot say I "expect" Jeff to be what he was from March 1-March 15.
YANKEE BASEBALL!!!
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Post by GoodFriar on Mar 27, 2007 7:35:17 GMT -5
Agreed, Knux. We can't expect Jeff to turn into Greg Maddux in 2007.
But, all he has to be is a #5 guy until the Wanger returns, so it's not like we are looking for an ace.
This is good news on his elbow. And it's good news for Andy's back, too.
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Post by FrankieYankee on Mar 27, 2007 7:53:31 GMT -5
Ughhh what a relief.... thank you Jesus!!
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Post by rags on Mar 27, 2007 7:53:52 GMT -5
Another bit of good news was Igawa's outing yesterday. So far this sping he has 17 IP, 13 hits, 5 ER's (ERA of 2.65), 19 K's. Those numbers are all excellent. The only question mark is his walk total of 12. But yesterday, he had 2 walks in 5 IP, which is acceptable. If he can keep his walks down around that level, he should be a good pickup.
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Post by Knuckles on Mar 27, 2007 8:53:53 GMT -5
Another bit of good news was Igawa's outing yesterday. So far this sping he has 17 IP, 13 hits, 5 ER's (ERA of 2.65), 19 K's. Those numbers are all excellent. The only question mark is his walk total of 12. But yesterday, he had 2 walks in 5 IP, which is acceptable. If he can keep his walks down around that level, he should be a good pickup. What's weird is that he had a 4-to-1 strike outs to walks ratio in Japan. I'm encouraged too, but what I'd really like to see is a several-inning outing with no walks. Is it possible that the umpiring is different? A little change can mean a lot. For instance, a few years back (more than a few, I guess) Chuck Knoblauch's offense dramatically headed south. Some gave the theory that that was when they started calling high strikes. I think it was true. He would crouch (like Rickey did) his smallish frame, and they would have to bring the ball down into his hitting zone, or walk him. When more strikes were called on high pitches, he was always behind on the count. Is there something about the zone that is different here? D-Mat walked five yesterday, but he hasn't been doing that until now. But Kei has had trouble with the zone from day 1. Hideo Nomo walked too many, but for all his faults, that was not Irabu's problem. I'm not overly alarmed. He seems to be walking less as he goes along. It's just that we all expect that major league hitters will hit these guys harder than they have been before. I didn't expect a strike zone problem. Are big leaguers here more patient than those in Japan? I would expect the opposite. No. 27 in 2007 Read Around the Zeroes!
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Post by goodad on Mar 27, 2007 9:05:17 GMT -5
From what I have read, in more than one place, they call a higher strike in Japan.
These articles were in relation to Matsy, who tends to keep his ball up in the zone.
Draw your own conclusions. For me, I'm going to wait until the clock starts ticking on this season.
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