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First Pitch: Can Yanks count on Nova?

Posted on May 19, 2012 by admin

First of all, we need to see whether Ivan Nova even pitches today. He’s scheduled to start, despite suffering an ankle injury in his last outing on Monday. But if the ankle bothers him when he warms up, Joe Girardi said he will likely turn to Freddy Garcia or David Phelps. But what we’re really asking here is, can the Yankees count on Nova to be a consistent winner in the rotation the rest of the season? On first glance, the answer is, yes. Nova went 16-4 a year ago, finishing fourth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting, and he is 4-1 so far in 2012. Continue reading →

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A Reason to Not Panic About the Yankees

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin

After losing an ugly two-game set to the Toronto Blue Jays , some fans are a bit on edge with the current state of the Yankees . I could write an entire post on the reasons why it’s far too early to panic, but instead, I will hopefully shed some light on something that suggests that things will almost definitely be improving on the pitching front before long. If you’ve watched the Yankees at all in 2012, you know that our starting pitchers are giving up a disproportionately high amount of home runs. Phil Hughes has given up a homer in each of his starts so far this season, bordering on historic territory with that statistic. He’s far from the only Yankee starter to be suffering because of the long ball, though. Each starter has seen a significant jump in their HR/9 and HR/FB numbers so far in 2012. That is obviously bad, but the unsustainable rate at which it is occurring means that they are due for the good kind of regression before long. Silly looking graphs on these numbers after the jump. All numbers via fangraphs . So, why is this happening at such a high clip? Is it all just severe bad luck? Probably not, though that likely has a bit to do with it. Having Yankee Stadium with its short right field porch as their home ballpark probably contributes a fair share of these home runs, though that is only new for Hiroki Kuroda . Anytime a pitcher gives up a fly ball to right, there is a chance it scrapes over the fence, but that doesn’t really explain why it’s happening more so far this year than it has in the past. Phil Hughes and Ivan Nova are both giving up a higher percentage of fly balls this season than they have for their careers, while CC Sabathia and Kuroda are both just under their career FB% numbers. With Hughes already being pretty fly ball prone, his 54% fly ball rate this season while playing half his games in YSIII is certainly something that will lead to more home runs than usual. There was plenty of reason to suspect that Kuroda would give up more home runs than he had in the past when moving from the NL West to the AL East, and into Yankee Stadium, specifically, but even that does not make up for such a spike in his home run numbers. There isn’t really any one thing you can point to as a reason why the Yankee starters have given up so many home runs so far this season, but there is very, very little to nothing that would suggest that they would ever be able to maintain their current pace of dishing out dingers. It’s truly an unsustainable fluke thing that will almost certainly begin to regress toward the mean. While very frustrating to watch in the meantime, at least there is plenty of reason to be optimistic that this won’t continue to be such a factor in games going forward. So, yeah. The pitching will most likely be fine, and the Yankees will most likely be fine, too. After 38 games in 2011, the Yankees’ record was exactly the way it stands today , and that team went on to win 97 games. It’s way too early to be wearing out the panic button. Continue reading →

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Why The Russell Martin Hate?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

Russell Martin , the bane of many Yankee fans, is hitting .182/.314/.318 over 29 games, good for an 81 wRC+ . Mark Teixeira , who’s largely gone under the radar in 2012, is hitting .223/.275/.369, good (bad?) for a 71 wRC+. Not only has Tex been an inferior offensive player this year, but he’s doing it from an offense-first position (1B) and getting paid about thrice as much ($22.5M vs. $7.5M). I was fairly confident Tex was going to have a solid season about three weeks ago . I’m not so sure anymore. At least Martin, though he’s not hitting, is staying patient and drawing his fair share of walks. Tex is not. His OBP is the worst on the team among regulars. Last season he belted 39 homers and slugged .494. I’ll be happy with 25 this year. I intended to talk more about Martin and why he gets the brunt of the criticism, but I think it’s all relative. Unfortunately for athletes, they often get compared to who preceded them; in Martin’s case, it was Jorge Posada , who was not only one of the top offensive catchers of this era, but in Yankees history. On top of that, the Yanks had a top catching/hitting prospect ( Jesus Montero ) that they parted with in the offseason, probably due, at least somewhat, to Joe Girardi’s preference for defense-first catchers (like Martin and himself). Mark Teixeira, on the other hand, replaced a collection that included Josh Phelps , Andy Phillips , Doug Mientkiewicz , Cody Ransom , Richie Sexson , Juan Miranda and a declining Jason Giambi . Oof. In that sense, Martin takes unfair criticism just because his predecessors were better than Tex’s. There are obviously more factors like how Tex has been in pinstripes longer (by two years) and helped the Yanks win the 2009 World Series, but that’s not enough, in my opinion, to justify the Russell Martin hate (when other players are also underperforming and getting paid more). Is it that he’s from north of the border? [Stats are as of Thursday.] Continue reading →

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Yankees 8, Orioles 5: That Was Not A Pitcher’s Duel

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

Instead of the pitcher’s duel I thought this might be, it turned out to be an ugly slugfest. The Yankees managed to out slug the Orioles and win the game 8-5. Ivan Nova has trouble with his control tonight and the Orioles manage to capitalize on his mistakes. He gave up five earned runs and seven hits over 5.1 innings while striking out four and walking three. Jason Hammel did not fair much better against the Yankees offense as he gave up four earned runs and seven hits over five innings while striking out three and walking three. Tonight both offenses combined for twenty one hits. Again, not the pitchers duel I was expecting. Granderson and Teixeira hit two dingers and A-Rod’s bat was still hot as he had three solid hits. Swisher, Ibanez, and Chavez would also add RBI’s and Derek Jeter made history again tonight with a single. More to come later… Continue reading →

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OH. MY. GOD. Yankees’ Look At That Back End.

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

Mood Music – Back End by MF Doom I like back ends and I cannot lie. You other fans just can’t deny. That when a vet walks in with a really grizzled face and he gets a chump to chase, you get SPRUNG. Yeah he looks real old, but he might be in control. Deep in the count, he’s staring. #46 he’s still wearing. OH, ANDY! you’re such a good pitcher. Can I get your picture? Some people tried to warn me, but that pickoff move makes me-me-me so…I’ll let you decide whether I was going to type horny or happy. I think that’s quite enough of that. Andy is Back, which is also the parody name of my insanity up above. He retired from baseball at the age of 38. Retiring at the age of 38 is definitely a feat I’d love to accomplish, but unless I win the lotto that’s simply not going to happen. If it does somehow happen, I’m most certainly not coming out of retirement when I’m 39. A lot of people are already talking about how Andy did on his first day back in pinstripes and will look to see how well he pitches his next start. In other words, obvious facts are obvious. What I would like to talk about in this IGYARticle is how long I possibly could’ve gone with my Andy is Back parody. What I will be talking about instead is how the back end of the rotation seems to be shaping up. With exercise and proper care, it seems to be firmer, tighter, and not as saggy and soggy as when Freddy Garcia was there. Freddy Garcia now mops in the bullpen, which for the most part he seems to be good at. David Phelps was given a chance to start while the Yankees not only awaited the return of Pettitte but awaited the outcome of our other back end starter, Phil Hughes . While Hughes’ starts were not as bad as Garcia’s, the lack of distance and the runs allowed stoked the fires of pen duty once again. He still might be destined for the pen. I could use a few more pens myself. Hughes has pitched very well his last two starts though, with Saturday easily nominated as his best start of the year. If he can continue this and if Andy can regain his former glory, our pitching staff might finally look like it use to. Well it should with Andy back on the mound. Since Phil Hughes is clearly not as important as Andy Pettitte, I say we start by talking about Andy Pettitte. Andy Pettitte’s return has been hyped up since Andy Pettitte announced that Andy Pettitte was coming out of retirement. A year away from baseball for Andy was like a year, or more, away from NYC Pizza for PSA member jetanumba2 was. Fast forward to now. Jetanumba2 is back in NYC and so is Andy Pettitte. Pettitte looked a bit rusty on the mound on Sunday but overall did what he was suppose to do; pitch a lot better than Freddy Garcia did. Pettitte gave up four earned runs over 6.2 innings. Garcia’s last start yielded six earned runs over 1.2 innings. I trust you can see the difference in performance with those little itty bitty stats I gave you. This is not to say that Andy’s return does not still leave some cause for concern. This is just to point out that for a back end starter, Andy Pettitte did his job better than Garcia did and that is what counts at this point in time. In his last two starts, Phil Hughes has also recently done his job a lot better than Garcia did. I should stop with the Garcia bashing. Just one more quickie. Most back end starters in Major League Baseball did their jobs a lot better than Garcia did. Feel free to insult Garcia more in the comments section if you so desire. Meanwhile, back to Phil Hughes. The questions of what to do with Phil Hughes have been discussed for a couple years now. Do we trade him? Can he be a starter? Is he more valuable in the bullpen? Why won’t he use the changeup more? Should he get a haircut? Hughes came out of Spring Training this year hoping to answer a lot of those questions for the Yankees organization and all the fans. His performance kept those questions alive and well, especially the haircut one. No one is rooting against Phil Hughes. I’ll repeat again for the stupid fans out there. No one is rooting against Phil Hughes. We just don’t know what to do with him. Phil Hughes last two starts have been very promising, with Saturday easily being nominated as his best start of the…I said that already. On May 6th against the Royals , Hughes gave up three earned runs over 6.2 innings. It certainly helped that the Yankees scored ten runs that day, but the important thing is the distance. On Saturday’s game against the Mariners , he only gave up one earned run over 7.2 innings, which was a vast improvement over his April woes. The key word here is improvement. Hughes is showing improvement. In fact the whole back end of the rotation is showing improvement. I really like to see improvement. I’d still like to see some from some slumping hitters on the Yankees who shall remain nameless. You know who they are though. OR DO YOU? To repeat once again, no one is rooting against Phil Hughes. We want him to shine. We want him to succeed. We want him to improve. I cannot even fathom why someone would root against him, but somehow I have a feeling someone will tell me in the comments one day. There are still questions because there will always be questions. It’s called baseball and there’s a rumor mulling around that you cannot predict it. Despite my Garcia bashing earlier, he might very well find his way back in our rotation or another team’s rotation. Unless you have not been paying attention to baseball, MRI visits seem to be piling up. Fan favorites like Brett Gardner , Brett Gardner, and Brett Gardner have left us to wallow while they heal. Pineda’s injury, as well as Garcia and Hughes’ rocky April, made Pettitte’s comeback more important than it originally seemed. Rivera’s injury weakened the bullpen depth in addition to our hearts. I’d really love for those to be the only injuries of the year but somehow I doubt it will be. The good thing is that except for Gardner (/loudly weeps) the injuries have primarily been in the area we have a decent amount of depth at. The Red Sox have no depth in this area and it has shown the past three years. So what I saw last week from the Yankees gave me a bit more hope for the rest of the season. Pettitte was pinstriped once again and pitched as well or better than I expected. Phil Hughes seems to be moving in the right direction. The back end of the rotation looks a lot sexier than it did last month and that sexiness should hopefully give our stellar bullpen some rest. If we want to foolish look to the future after only two improved starts from Phil, which I do, the other great thing about Hughes’ pitching well is that he’s still young. We have young pitching. Manny Banuelos has come back from his injury like gangbusters. There is still hope for Michael Pineda . David Phelps has shown signs of working his way into the starting rotation. The future might be more promising that we originally hoped. But forget about the future and focus on the now. There has been improvement. Right now the back end of the rotation has turned around and stuck it out. Even white boys got to shout. Continue reading →

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Hector Noesi’s Modest Consolation

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

Hector Noesi started for the Mariners against the Yankees on Saturday. Saturday was two days ago. The Mariners played another game against the Yankees yesterday, and they play a game against the Red Sox in a few hours. Why talk about Hector Noesi now, when by the baseball regular-season schedule his most recent start was ages ago? A fun fact, that’s why. I’m not referring to it as Today’s Fun Fact because this is Today’s Fun Fact. Click, read, and savor. I’ve already come to Noesi’s defense. Noesi allowed five runs and five extra-base hits on Saturday, four of which came with two strikes, but I don’t think his pitches were that bad. I think Noesi was more the victim of good hitting than the source of bad pitching, and while I’ve seen that Geoff Baker disagrees, I’ve looked at this more than I probably should’ve. Visually, most of the pitches that got hit were fine. According to the PITCHfx data, most of the pitches that got hit had fine movement. Maybe they weren’t all exactly the pitches Noesi wanted to throw, but most were still fine pitches. Anyhow, that isn’t what’s important. None of this is important when you get down to it but this post is about one event in particular. Noesi allowed three doubles in the span of four hitters in the bottom of the second. It would’ve been one thing had the inning ended there, but it didn’t – the finishing touches were applied by Jayson Nix , who rode Noesi out to right field. Nix’s homer turned a two-run frame into a four-run frame and put the Mariners well behind in the early going. Here’s the 1-and-1 pitch that Noesi threw to Nix: Looks okay, right? Right on the edge. Here’s a different look at the same pitch: John Jaso wanted the pitch on the outer edge, above the knees. The result: Noesi threw the pitch on the outer edge, above the knees. Noesi essentially hit his target dead-on. Except he didn’t, because the ball never arrived at the target, because Nix swung and made contact and hit the ball over the fence. The ball barely got out . It practically scraped the fence as it descended. According to the Home Run Tracker , the dinger had a distance of 339 feet. That is the fifth-shortest dinger hit so far this season. But wait, there’s more! According to the same source, Nix got an 11-foot boost from the wind. Accounting for conditions, Nix’s dinger had a “standard distance” of 326 feet, which would’ve been good enough to hit it out of zero stadiums. And finally, according to the Home Run Tracker, the ball came off Nix’s bat at 89.8 miles per hour. That is the weakest home run of the season , narrowly undercutting another Yankee Stadium pile of crap by Chris Iannetta . Saturday afternoon, Hector Noesi allowed a two-run home run to Jayson Nix. It was Nix’s first Major League hit since June 16, 2011. It goes in the books as a homer, never to be edited. But some home runs are different from other home runs, and this was not a home run to be held against Hector Noesi. Critics might say that Noesi needs to do a better job of making his pitches, but in this specific instance, Noesi did make his pitch, and you could say he even got his result. He got Jayson Nix to lift an unremarkable fly ball to the opposite field. Sometimes unremarkable fly balls can leave this particular field, especially when aided by wind. From a binary perspective, in this at-bat, Hector Noesi allowed one home run, and zero not-home-runs. From a more informed perspective, the home run that Hector Noesi allowed was the least worst of all home runs. I bet that makes Hector Noesi feel way better. Continue reading →

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Good News!

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

Mood Music – Life For Revenge by Dark Moor This post is probably more interesting than meaningful, but that could be why you’re here. That other thing that you’re doing can wait another five minutes for something interesting to read on the internet. I mean, the post is called Good News with an exclamation point. Who doesn’t like good news? Probably communists. Communists hate good news but love exclamation points. This post will be a mixed bag for any of you who happen to be communists. I don’t like pure DH splits. For his career, Player X is hitting ___ when they play in the field and ____ when they DH is almost certainly going to introduce a substantial selection bias. The vast majority of players do not spend a lot of time DHing in the prime of their careers when they’re having their most productive offensive seasons. If they do get more than a game or two, it’s likely the result of injury. So, I would assert that — in a majority of cases — players will put up worse numbers as a DH not entirely as a result of not playing the field, but also as a function of being old or injured. But, lots of players really don’t like the way DHing takes them out of the action of the game. Jorge Posada was famous for it. While I would guess that most hitters would regress to their true hitting levels once they had enough time to get used to DHing every day, I could definitely see different players handling it differently. It seems logical that some guys would take to DHing better than other guys. Jorge Posada really hated DHing. Probably because when he was a DH, he would be on the bench to hear everyone else laughing at how the back up catcher was so much better on defense. Here is a rudimentary attempt to make a more fair DH split: For each season, I will split plate appearances into times up as a DH and as a fielder. Then, show the corresponding OPS in each situation. So, for example: Alex Rodriguez has come to the plate forty-two times as a DH so far in 2012. When playing the field, he has OPS’d .863. So, we would expect him to also be an .863 OPS hitter when he is a DH. Back in the early 2000s when he was OPSing around 1.000, we would expect him to be a 1.000 OPS hitter when he was a DH. So, we can use the number of plate appearances as a DH and the OPS as a non-DH to make a weighted average. And then we can see if his actual numbers are better or worse than that weighted average. If his numbers exceed the expectation, he is hitting proportionally better as a DH than as a fielder. Here are his numbers: Expected OPS is found by dividing the total by the total number of plate appearances, completing the weighted average. So, if as a DH, A-Rod hit with exactly the same OPS as when he was in the field for that season, he would have an .899 OPS as a DH. It makes sense for this to be below his career OPS, as the bulk of his time at DH has been later in his career. But, the good news! is that A-Rod has a career .935 OPS as a DH. He’s actually been a better hitter as a DH than as a shortstop or third baseman. As someone who is going to be DHing more and more for the next five plus seasons, it would be kind of shitty if he struggled with DHing or really hated doing it. It’s only 257 scattered plate appearances, so it is by no means definitive, but it is definitely encouraging. I did the same thing for Jeter, Ibanez, and Jones. As Ibanez and Jones have bounced around multiple positions, I compared their numbers as a DH to whatever position they spent the most time at in that particular season. So, A-Rod and Jones have been proportionally more productive from the DH spot, while Jeter and Ibanez have been proportionally worse. With so few plate appearances as a DH for Jeter, it is not terribly meaningful. But, as he is also expected to start doing more DHing, it might be something to keep an eye on.* *He has a 1.037 OPS in twenty-nine plate appearances as a DH so far this year, so that’s good. Jones doesn’t seem to be bothered by DHing, which should be a good thing. If he’s the DH against a left handed starter, we’re not sacrificing Brett Gardner’s defense to get his bat in the lineup. But, what I think that we can all agree on is that Raul Ibanez really needs more playing time in the outfield. Just look at those splits! Continue reading →

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Giving Some Credit To The Unappreciated Yankees

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin

Happy Mother’s Day, everyone! When people think about the New York Yankees this season, the names that usually come up include Alex Rodriguez , Derek Jeter , Robinson Cano , CC Sabathia , and David Robertson , among the other “big” names. While players like Mark Teixeira and Russell Martin are performing below expectations, there are a number of players that are performing above expectations. These players are the unappreciated, and sometimes even complained about members of the Yankees. Let’s give some credit where credit is due. First, we have Raul Ibanez , the player that many wanted cut in Spring Training after his putrid 2-37 start. Ibanez was signed to be a platoon DH, but when Brett Gardner went down with an injury, the Yankees placed Ibanez in left field for some games. While I won’t bother defending Ibanez, his bat is a lot better than people are giving him credit for. Ibanez launched seven dingers so far this season, while hitting 278./338./.583 vs.left handed pitchers (not including yesterdays game), the pitchers he was signed to face primarily. If Ibanez can consistently hit that way, when Gardner returns the Yankees can return him to only DH and the problem will be solved. Speaking of players with specific roles on this team, Boone Logan has been fantastic as a lefty reliever in the Yankees bullpen this season. Logan struck out seventeen, walked six, and held lefties to a .226 BAA going into yesterdays game. While he fills a role that many deem unnecessary on the Yankees roster, he does a great job filling it, and that’s all we can ask of him. Follow me after the jump for one more player. The last unappreciated player is a former Los Angeles Dodger that joined the Yankees last season. Sorry Russell Martin, but I’m talking about Mr. Cory Wade . Wade joined the Yankees last season after Brian Cashman plucked him from the Tampa Bay Rays ‘ system, a move that Cashman deserves praise for and the Rays likely regret. After posting a terrific .221 BAA, 2.04 ERA, and 1.03 WHIP last season, Wade picked up right where he left off this season. In Wade’s role as a 6th inning guy/long reliever/flexible reliever, the right hander has struck out sixteen, walked two, and held hitters to a .196 BAA. Wade’s 1.20 ERA is also stellar, and if it wasn’t for Rafael Soriano Wade could have more important innings to pitch. Overall, the Yankees roster is filled with the highly touted players like Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter, but it’s players like Raul Ibanez, Boone Logan, and Cory Wade that help the Yankees consistently be among the best teams in baseball. Continue reading →

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Yankees 6, Mariners 2: Hughge Game for Hughes

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin

Lame pun? Yes. Still a huge game for Phil Hughes ? Still yes. The Yankees reaped the benefits of 7.2 innings of great pitching by Hughes today as they took down the Seattle Mariners 6-2. Hughes had four 1-2-3 innings in his best start since last August , and he took advantage of an early 4-0 lead to shut the Mariners down for the majority of the game. He struck out four and gave up just one run on six hits (the one run came courtesy of a solo blast by Mike Carp ). Aside from the homer, Hughes allowed only two runners to reach second base in his outing today. He was relieved by Boone Logan with runners on first and second with two outs in the top of the eighth, and he received a great hand from the hometown crowd. Hughes deserved it—although the Mariners don’t have a great offense, he needed a game like today to show Yankees management that he could still dominate against a major league club. Big ups to Phil today, let’s see more of that in his next start against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Thursday. Source: FanGraphs As previously mentioned, the Yankees staked Hughes to an early 4-0 lead as they went extra base hit-crazy against former Yankee Hector Noesi in the second inning. Mark Teixeira , Raul Ibanez , and Russell Martin each hit doubles to give New York a two-run lead, and number nine hitter Jayson Nix , starting at shortstop today while Derek Jeter received a half-day off at DH, deposited a two-run homer into the short porch in right field to cap the four-run frame. Noesi recovered to pitch decently for the rest of the game, but he still faced problems with the resurgent Ibanez, who clubbed a solo homer to the monuments in dead center field against him in the fourth. Ibanez is now 8-for-18 in his previous five games with two doubles and four homers. The Yankees finished their scoring with a sixth run in the eighth inning against reliever Tom Wilhelmsen , courtesy of a Jeter single, a stolen base, and a Robinson Cano single. Cano extending his hitting streak to the double digits and he is now 13-for-24 over his last six games. It’s great to see the offense heating up after scuffling for a little while at the beginning of the month. Highlights! Comment of the Game: long time listener on Ibanez and Martin. He now has a two-vote lead over everyone in the CoG standings–everyone else, step your game up before he gets too cocky! Continue reading →

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Yankees 6, Mariners 2: Bats Beat Felix

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin

Jesus Montero homered in his return to Yankee Stadium, but Hiroki Kuroda and the Yankees ‘ offense beat Felix Hernandez and the Mariners 6-2. The lone Yankee run that was scored by way of something other than a dinger came in the first inning, as Curtis Granderson scored on a single by Robinson Cano . Cano, who is really heating up after his month-long slump, went 4-4 in the game with three singles and a double. Thanks to said Montero home run, the Yankees were down 2-1 before Raul Ibanez hit a big three-run home run that put the Yankees back ahead for good. Andruw Jones pinch hit for Eric Chavez in the eight inning, and threw in a long two-run home run of his own. Alex Rodriguez also continued to look good offensively, reaching base three times on two singles and a walk. Every Yankee that came to the plate managed a hit tonight except, you guessed it, Russell Martin . Hiroki Kuroda gave up a leadoff home run to Dustin Ackley , and worked himself into trouble a couple times throughout the game, but managed to only give up two runs on six hits and three walks in seven innings of work. The Binder decided that three pitchers would combine to pitch the 8th inning, with Clay Rapada , Cory Wade , and Boone Logan each facing one batter. Boone Logan started the 9th inning, but was pulled for David Robertson after an infield single to Justin Smoak . His Houdini act wasn’t necessary, as Robertson got two quick outs to end the game. Tomorrow, Phil Hughes will face former Yankee Hector Noesi at 4:05 p.m. Offense, ahoy. Comment of the Game: knuqqler for realizing why A-Rod got thrown out at the plate. Continue reading →

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