Machado wrote:killeverything wrote:JonHeyman Jon Heyman
#yankees agree to terms with andruw jones for $2 mil plus $1.2 mil in performance bonuses
a fifth outfielder who had a 931OPS against lefties last year.....you really can't fault them for the deal.
Kill-
Its not even February and your chowder-lovin team is already pissing me off.
Don't make me pull a Clemens and send a heater up and in on you
A. Jones should be a nice fit, as long as he understands his role and does not try to disrupt the team chemistry.
Compared to Marcus Thames from last season, Jones is a defensive upgrade indeed.
I think that Jones was a good pickup for a fifth.
Or pull a Clemens and get your ass handed to you in the Playoffs.....
Facedown wrote:WTF is with Cashman?
NEW YORK -- Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he did not want to sign Rafael Soriano because he didn't feel paying closer money to the team's setup man made sense. And, in the end, Cashman said he did not participate in negotiations with Soriano's agent, Scott Boras.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman talks about how he disagrees with the signing of Rafael Soriano.
"I didn't recommend [the deal]," Cashman said after the team officially introduced Soriano as its eighth-inning man in front of closer Mariano Rivera.
To Pettitte
"Being from Texas and having to be in New York for six months out of the year can be hard because he has kids and he's missing important time with them," Cashman said, according to the paper. "He's opting not to play right now but that might change, it might not. I told him, ‘Don't Brett Favre us. You got to be all in and fully dedicated to play.' Do I need him? I need him, but I don't want him to play if his heart's not in it."
Did any of this really need to be said?
Aside from the pay and two opt-out clauses. Cashman didn't want to give up the first round draft pick, which ironically went to Boston when Beltre signed with Texas.
I think Pettite will be back, especially if the rotation falters at all. They can announce it on the score board like they did with Clemens half-assed return.
Reporter: Roger Clemens returned to the Yankees.
Pedroia: So?
John Dewan's Stat Of The Week
Top Pitching Performances of 2010
January 20, 2011
The 2010 season was dubbed “The Year of the Pitcher”, thanks in large part to the six no-hitters (including two perfect games and Roy Halladay’s postseason gem).
Bill James devised “Game Score”, a metric to rate a pitcher’s dominance in a given start. A Game Score of 65 earns the designation “Gem” as a well-pitched game. The highest Game Score in recent history was 105, achieved by Kerry Wood in a 20-strikeout one-hitter in 1998.
From the 2011 Bill James Handbook, here are the top Game Scores of 2010:
Pitcher Date Opp IP H R ER BB SO Game Score
Brandon Morrow, Sea 8/8 TB 9.0 1 0 0 2 17 100
Roy Halladay, Phi 5/29 Fla 9.0 0 0 0 0 11 98
Matt Cain, SF 5/28 Ari 9.0 1 0 0 0 9 94
Dallas Braden, Oak 5/9 TB 9.0 0 0 0 0 6 93
Johnny Cueto, Cin 5/11 Pit 9.0 1 0 0 0 8 93
Travis Wood, Cin 7/10 Phi 9.0 1 0 0 0 8 93
Matt Garza, TB 7/26 Det 9.0 0 0 0 1 6 92
Ted Lilly, LAD 8/19 Col 9.0 2 0 0 2 11 92
Anibal Sanchez, Fla 7/29 SF 9.0 1 0 0 1 8 92
Five tied 91
Perhaps surprisingly, the top Game Score wasn’t a no-hitter, but Brandon Morrow’s 17-strikeout one-hitter on August 8. Morrow’s masterpiece reached the elite 100 Game Score, a level last reached by Randy Johnson in his 2004 perfect game.
The worst Game Score of 2010 belongs to Scott Kazmir, whose -8 Game Score on July 10 included 13 runs (all earned). Felix Hernandez had the highest average Game Score of any regular starter last season, at 63.4. Paul Maholm had the worst, at 44.1.
We stand in line forever, but we like talking to fans, and fans of the other teams, just talking baseball. It's a good time. I don't know about y'all, but I've been jonesing like a mofo.
