CC Sabathia struggled today, lasting only 1.2 innings against the Tigers, giving up 5 runs and 6 hits (one of those was a big fly to former Yankee, Gary Sheffield). CC attributed the rough day to a “lack of feel” for his cut fastball, as he had trouble locating it during the outing. Alfredo Aceves relieved CC, but things didn’t get better from there, as Aceves continued his rough spring. He gave up 2 ER off of 2 HR over 3.1 IP. For a guy that’s trying to prove himself to the team, he’s doing a pretty poor job (6.43 ERA).
The final score was 4-7, Detroit.
Meanwhile, the offense “sparked” albeit to a limited extent, scoring 4 runs. Mark Teixeira and Johnny Damon both had 2 hits with Tex driving in 1. Also, his multi-hit effort was supported by Jorge Posada, Nick Swisher and Kevin Cash as each drove in 1. As a side note, Melky Cabrera went 0-for-3 and is hitting .238 this spring. That CF competition has been all Brett Gardner.
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CC will be fine- spring stats for vets are entirely meaningless. And it is good to see Damon starting to get loose- he is a major catalyst for this team. I dont have the numbers, but the team went as he did last night.
Definitely. Spring numbers really mean nothing, rather it’s the training process that is actually beneficial to the players. Sometimes, fans are too invested in camp outcomes. I won’t lie though — I did draft Edinson Volquez for my fantasy team based on the spring statistics and that worked (to a degree).