The Joe.T Memorial Yankees Suck Thread for 2007

[Special K]

-Meanwhile this years comeback player of the year award winner Carl Pavano(my prediction) pitches against the Reds today, i just might take the day off work to watch him pitch the lights out.

Comeback player of the years stats in his game yesterday.

NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pavano 4.1 8 3 3 2 2 0 5.84

If that doesn't scream comeback player of the year, then I don't know what does! Haha!

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

now they're winningest pitcher is out for a month.

Not only their winningest, but the only one who, prior to yesterday, wasn't a huge question mark. At this point, the Yankee rotation only has two major league caliber pitchers, both old and with a history of elbow problems.

As I type this, only the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, in the AL East, have a weaker starting rotation than the Yankees.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Comeback player of the years stats in his game yesterday.

NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pavano 4.1 8 3 3 2 2 0 5.84

If that doesn't scream comeback player of the year, then I don't know what does! Haha!

Not only comeback player of the year, but, get this, PAVANO HAS THE INSIDE TRACK TO BE THE YANKEES OPENING DAY STARTER. Hold on, let me stop laughing and I'll paste this piece from Newsday. Whew:

Pavano a possible Opener?

There is a real possibility Carl Pavano might be the Opening Day starter for the Yankees. Joe Torre basically ruled out the possibility of Mike Mussina making that start, as he started today and would have to pitch one time on short rest. He also ruled out Andy Pettitte, as Pettitte has been out since Monday with back spasms and won't be ready to start until Thursday or Friday.
Kei Igawa is highly unlikely to make his first major league start on Opening Day, and that leaves only Pavano or Jeff Karstens, who was not even going to make the rotation until Chien-Ming Wang got hurt.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Potential Opening Day starter for the Yankees, Jeff Karstens, now has a spring ERA of 5.67 after getting pounded this afternoon.

 

[Joe.t]

Nice to see that you are getting your jollies over meaning less exhibition games, do you want to start with the excuses now or do you prefer to wait untill April 2?.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Nice to see that you are getting your jollies over meaning less exhibition games, do you want to start with the excuses now or do you prefer to wait untill April 2?.

Looks like Darrell Rasner is the new candidate for Opening Day pitcher for the Yankees. Other possibilities are BK Kim, Whitey Ford, Elvis Presley, Karma, John Belushi and that guy who washed my windshield at the corner of Papineau and Ontario this morning.

 

[Joe.t]

Looks like Darrell Rasner is the new candidate for Opening Day pitcher for the Yankees. Other possibilities are BK Kim, Whitey Ford, Elvis Presley, Karma, John Belushi and that guy who washed my windshield at the corner of Papineau and Ontario this morning.

With can't miss superstar prospect Phillip Hughes waiting to be brought up this year and the possibility of Clemens the Yankees have options down the road, unlike the Red Sox(Hansen, etc?), Cashman indeed has a plan, relax reggy because it is a forgone conclusion that the Yankees will win the East, with Paplebon moving back to the bullpen i have revised my prediction for the East with Boston moving up a notch to second place.

Joe.T's revised prediction for the East

1.Yankees
2.Red Sox(if they can stay healthy and thats a big if).

3.Blue Jays

 

[picasso]

Joe.T's revised prediction for the East

1.Yankees
2.Red Sox(if they can stay healthy and thats a big if).

3.Blue Jays

Hey Joe.t,

I will grant you that your beloved Yanks will make the playoffs but then that's when the fun will start. It'll be choke time as always and they'll get their asses kicked again!

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Joe.T's revised prediction for the East
1.Yankees
2.Red Sox(if they can stay healthy and thats a big if).

3.Blue Jays

Yes, the Sox staying healthy is a big IF. The Yankees staying healthy is not a big IF. They've already shown that they can't. Petitte down; Wang down. They're now up to starters number 6. Oops. Number 6 is down. They're on number 7. Smarter people than either Joe (but who isn't?) or myself don't see the Yankees making the playoffs.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Mat tosses five no-hit innings against the Reds yesterday. It bodes well for the coming season

That's one hit in his last 11 innings. One Pirate was heard to yell "Wow" quite loud as he swung and missed. Said another Pirate, "Did someone get the license plate number of that pitch."

Rick Sutcliffe yesterday described Matsuzaka as a "breaking ball pitcher who throws 95 MPH." Looks like this bargain is even better than the Sox hoped he'd be.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

from Tom Verducci in Sports Illustrated:
"Here's the truth: Matsuzaka's changeup is so wicked, so unlike most every changeup anyone has seen, that people don't know what to make of it. Matsuzaka has told me he does not throw the gyroball. Every Red Sox staff member and official I've talked with said he does not throw it.

"What the Marlins thought was the gyro was the changeup," one of the Boston sources said. "That's what people think is the gyro. It's his best pitch."

Matsuzaka throws his changeup with a screwball action to it, including a bigger break than most such offspeed pitches. He also throws a harder two-seamer pitch with some sinking action and a slight left-to-right break -- the shuuto, which essentially is Japan's improved version of that two-seam fastball Greg Maddux starts at the hip of left-handed hitters and runs back over the inside corner.

Matsuzaka already has had conversations with catcher Jason Varitek about wanting to establish all of his pitches early in a game. What makes him especially difficult to solve is that he can break two pitches into a right-handed hitter at different speeds (changeup and shuuto) and three pitches (slider, cutter and curve) away from the right-hander at different speeds. He also has a nasty, downward-breaking splitter"

Looks like Jason Varitek will need a finger implant. There aren't enough at the moment for all the effective pitches Matsuzaka throws.

 

[joelcairo]

Hey Joe.t,

I will grant you that your beloved Yanks will make the playoffs but then that's when the fun will start. It'll be choke time as always and they'll get their asses kicked again!

Much like it would be for your beloved Canadiens if they pulled off the miracle of the year and managed to make the playoffs in hockey Pablo. (Put down the knife: I do agree with you about the Yankees!)

 

[Joe.t]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/powerRankings

Dayn Perry's power rankings who is a very astute and very well respected baseball analyst and anybody who questions this guy should have himself checked into the nearest psychiatric ward!!!

The analysis that he made of Boston would have me worried if i were a Red Sox fan, he uses the word hope which isn't a good sign.

Hey picasso check out where he has your beloved A's ranked, his analysis of your A's is dead on and i could not have said it better myself.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

I totally agree with you. The guy is a fuckin' idiot! He has the Jays in 14th place!! Even behind the Cubs & Brewers? What's this idot been smokin'??

Perry is a very smart guy and one of the wizards from Baseball Prospectus. For the most part, I can't argue with his analysis. The Jays have a huge problem, Doc. Or make that three huge problems: Chacin, Ohka, and Towers. Sorry, Pal, this is not a rotation that strikes a lot of fear into my heart.

I also don't like Perry's analysis of the respective pitching staffs of the Sox and Yanks. While most analysts see the Sox' rotation as the strongest in the game, Perry likes the Yanks' better. Of course, since he's strictly a numbers guy, he wouldn't like Beckett much after last year and he has no way to analyzed Matsuzaka. The fact that Beckett has changed his approach to the game is lost on him.

Have a Merry Opening Day everybody. Well, except poor miserable Joe, who now enters his seventh consecutive year of watching his Yankees fail miserably.

 

[Joe.t]

While I don't expect either of them to win the Cy Young, I don't think Chacin and Ohka are a problem. I think they're pretty good 3 and 4 starters. If Burnett and Halladay are healthy, that's a pretty good rotation. We'll see in a few months

I see that Pavano's about to start, Joet...maybe he can make six or seven starts this year

btyger- Are we going to have any wagers this year? one of your picks for CY Young last year Buhrle turned out to be the worst prediction in this thread.

 

[Joe.t]

same old same old Red Sox

Have a Merry Opening Day everybody. Well, except poor miserable Joe, who now enters his seventh consecutive year of watching his Yankees fail miserably.

I certainly had a very merry opening day, watching big Fat Papi choke and strike out with 2 on and 2 out in the top of the eighth was a riot , like i said before Schilling should have retired and went out a winner last year instead of going out as a washed up bum this year, big mistake.

 

[Special K]

Pavano looked awesome, didn't he Joe?

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Pavano looked awesome, didn't he Joe?

The key difference between Pavano and Schilling is that we know that Schilling had a bad day. From Pavano, we can just expect more of the same.

 

[rumpleforeskiin]

Early in the game, he was throwing the ball around 92 mph, which ain't too bad. He's expected to pitch later this week against Baltimore.

92 and flat is not as good as 87 with movement. Too bad about TB. Other than their bullpen, which is basically a batting practice operation, their prospects wouldn't be too bad.

 

[Joe.t]

Phillip Hughes, just remember that name my good man, you will be hearing a lot of him real real soon.

PS- Beckett is starting on wednesday against the Royals, i wonder if Vegas has a over/under line on the amount of gopher balls that he will give up, if they do i would imagine it would be something like 3.5, i will take the over if i can find a online betting site that has it.

-Ken Rosenthal was very impressed with A-Rods performance, he said it reminded him of his 40-40 season.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6637926