From George King III (NY Post):
After Burnett was spanked for nine runs and nine hits in five innings Saturday in a 14-1 loss, Posada said the pair weren’t on the same page.
Suggesting Girardi assign Molina to Burnett is dicey since he is 1-0 with a 4.08 ERA in three games with Molina. Burnett is 6-5 with a 4.47 ERA in 16 games with Posada. His best ledger comes with Francisco Cervelli, who is at Triple-A. In two games with the rookie Burnett is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA. And he is 1-2 with a 4.11 ERA in four games throwing to Kevin Cash.
Burnett’s next start is Thursday against the Rangers, a day game after a night tilt. If Posada catches Andy Pettitte Wednesday night Girardi would use Molina Thursday.
I honestly doubt that the Yankees will sit Posada when Burnett pitches in his next outing. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Girardi pair Pettitte and Molina, instead, so that Posada can definitely catch Burnett on Thursday. A good outing in Texas would confirm that the two can work well together (I guarantee Posada wants to catch Burnett), although it’s an unnecessary move and would ultimately seem like a public relations ploy rather than a strategic decision (if Jorge is lined up for rest, they should let him rest). Posada has had his ups and downs with Burnett and the biggest issue seems to be Burnett’s performance against Boston, not who he’s pitching to, as those outings have inflated his ERA with Posada. That’s my take, anyway.
What do you think? Should Molina take Posada’s place and become Burnett’s regular catcher? Is that even a practical idea?
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It’s not practical for the playoff because you are putting in a 1-4 or 0-4 in the lineup just for Burnett but I think that all this goes away if Posada will just check his ego at the door before leaving to go out on the field! If he will allow himself to be shook off and not let it get to him like a personal slight which is how it comes off then it will be fine, but if he gets shook off and keeps throwing the same finger and runs out to the mound to confront Burnett and make him throw the fastball or whatever he wants him to throw I expect another high scoring game!
Can we get an article up on the Cy Young chances for CC Sabathia…? I know at this point he is not the favorite to win it but in my mind right now he is top 3 along with Verlander (leading in K’s) and Greinke (best ERA of the 3). Sabathia is leading the league in innings pitched and if he can get his ERA down into the 3.3s or the low 3.4s then I think he has a real good shot, he has 4 more wins than Zach and 2 more than Verlander has an oppertunity to start 7 more times this year and pick up 20 wins on the best team in baseball as the clear cut “Ace” of the staff. I think Beckett with his last two games especially has pitched himself out of the race because even if he gets his numbers down he lost a head to head match up against Carston Charles on a Sunday night ESPN baseball game that Sabathia wasn’t sparkling in but was more than decent going 6.2 with 3 ER and 8 Ks against a very good line up that he has now pitched over 14 innings against with only 3 ER and 17 Ks in a 15 day time period in one of the biggest rivalries in sports. Now he has some work to do but he is very much in the discussion and has really worked to do that pitching his strongest baseball deep into the season and he seems to only be getting better with each start, I see no reason why he can’t win the award if he leads the league in innings pitched and wins on the best team in baseball if he can just manage to get the ERA down to the aforementioned 3.3s or low 3.4s and he has lowered his ERA in every game he has pitched in this month.
WHERE’S FRANKIE WHEN YOU NEED HIM????