After dropping 2 of 3 against the light-hitting Seattle Mariners, the Yankees continue their west coast trip to take on the Oakland A’s. Bartolo Colon (2-3, 3.77) will oppose the surging Trevor Cahill (6-2, 2.02) in the series opener, and Colon hopes to keep his memorable (pun intended) season going. Russell Martin has been scratched due to toe soreness, but hopefully he’ll be ok to play tomorrow.
Lineups below courtesy of Lohud. Happy Memorial Day Everyone! As usual, let’s have some chatter going in the comment section.
Yankees
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada DH
Nick Swisher RF
Brett Gardner LF
Francisco Cervelli C
Athletics
Coco Crisp CF
Daric Barton 1B
David DeJesus RF
Josh Willingham RF
Hideki Matsui DH
Kurt Suzuki C
Mark Ellis 2B
Kevin Kouzmanoff 3B
Cliff Pennington SS
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Three runs in the first inning. The Yankees have already scored more runs than the A’s team ERA.
Good morning, good afternoon, and goodnight to Daric Barton.
That’s what I love about Colon. He doesn’t nibble one bit. Goes right after hitters and doesn’t give a shit about the result, he just concentrates on making his pitches. Very simple approach, Hughes could learn a lot from him.
You know, it’d be interesting to take a look at “stuff” vs “approach” with the new pitch f/x info. Now that we know just how much breaking pitches break, we could find guys with basically the same stuff and see how different their results are.
David Dejesus is a nice player, but batting 3rd?
He’d be a bench player on the Yanks, and the times he played he would be lucky to bat 7th.
How many Yankees could hit cleanup for the A’s? 5? 6?
Tex, A-Rod, Cano, Granderson at the least. At their normal production levels, add Swisher and Posada to the list.
Russell Martin not far behind.
Cervelli steals second. Revenge for all the runners who’ve stolen off him.
See Godzilla? That’s in the stands in Yankee stadium.
(Not that Cash had any intention of bringing him back, but still..)
Did you guys hear that the Doctor that did Bartolo’s surgery has already heard from 5 or 6 other pitchers, hoping to get the same results?
If that procedure is for real, the run environment in baseball is going to get ridiculous. Young guys are already dominating the sport, if you can resurrect the old guys as well then there’s going to be a lot of good pitchers in the game.
What exactly was Colon cured of? I don’t understand what the procedure did for him, and the articles I’ve read are pretty sketchy.
Nagging shoulder injuries that made him a shell of the pitcher he was. Shoulders have always been 50-50, if the success rate goes up by even 10-15% that’s huge.
You’re right, if it can make shoulders even somewhat more dependable, it’s huge. But I don’t think we can even begin to guess what the effect could be without knowing what kind of injuries he had and what the mechanism of action for the stem cells was.
Its not even just the aging MLB vets that have their careers shortened. Think about how many minor league and college pitchers go down with bad shoulders. If 10% come back all the way, plus some older guys, that’s an upgrade of at least 1 pitcher per team. Over time, it could be 2 or 3.
Chieng Ming Wang, Damaso Marte, Liriano, Santana, Phl Hughes?
Has Coco Crisp been playing baseball for forever, or am I mistaken?
Forever sounds about right to me.
Damn, can’t remember the last time Grandy looked that bad at the plate. Really fooled on those breaking balls.
Watch Cervelli’s glove. Colon’s control is so good he’s barely moved it all day.
I’m not sure how long he can keep it up, but right now Bartolo’s the second best pitcher on the Yanks. His stuff isn’t quite as good as AJ, but its close. In terms of control, AJ is nowhere near Colon.
The advantage to keeping it simple, with 4 and 2 seamers. Tho, controlling that 2-seamer has to be tricky.
It is a pleasure to watch a guy with a good fastball who can place it where he wants.
Colon’s been terrific, everything the Yankees could have asked, but being better than Burnett, Garcia, and Nova isn’t all that high a bar. Burnett’s ERA+ is 101.
I don’t like these hats.
4th ofJuly, they are going to have spinning flags on te hitting helmets.
Now that I’d pay to see.
Golfed at a county course yesterday, andthe flags were old glory. Pretty spiffy!
Wish they had attracted the ball better.
Wow, did you see how fast Crisp got down to first?
I demand that the Yankees score a run in the 7th, 8th, or 9th inning.
Caj-chunk! There you are, sir. Would you like some relish with that Manufactured Run?
It worked. I should be more demanding.
Rough day for Cervelli.
He stole 2 bases. He’s gotta be feeling good.
Looking at his stance in the box in the 9th, he certainly isn’t leaning in. Must have a magnet in his helmet.
So will Girardi take out Colon after 8 or will he leave him in like he should.
I could see Girardi taking out Colon and saying he “wanted to get someone some work” as if this is extended spring training.
Leave Colon alone, Girardi. Your managing might get in the way of the Yankees winning and preserving Mo.
96 pitches? OK, leave him in.
Yeah, leave him in. I always say the first pitch of an inning could be a one-pitch out. Give Colon the chance to throw that pitch.
Girardi has brought him back out, two outs after a leadoff double, game just about over for the all-pitch no-hit As.
COMPLETE GAME!!!
Not bad for $900K with no incentives.
Big double to right center… how long?
aw, it’s a 5 run lead. No sweat, let’s see if he can shut them out.
Oh, warms my heart to see Swish connect again.
Wowsa, a good bunt from Brett!
When he’s running, you can’t look a third. You gotta just gun the ball to first.
Caj-chunk! Can I get you some post-game drinks, sir? Or would you like a check?
How about some brandy and cigars?
Yep, please. It’ll go well with the sweetness of it all.
Hey, Rodriguez figured out how much room he has.
Shut out! Give the brandy and cigars to Colon.
Cano, Bret, Tex, Swish, lotsa good news along with Bartolo the Bonanza!
I understand that we are spoiled as yankee fans and not every team has 100 mill to spend on a 1B… But I don’t understand these western teams lineups… How can you produce any semblence of a consistent offense when you have no middle of the lineup power… David Dejesus bats 3rd…
It may be why they want to move to San Jose, looking for a richer fanbase and a better venue to fill seats. Do you know the way … past the Giants’ objections?