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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 18, 2024 16:34:35 GMT -5
Playing the name game...Albert...hundreds of Alberts in MLB history. The best player was the Hall of Famer, Tigers' outfielder Al Kaline, who won 10 Gold Gloves, got over 3000 hits, is 42nd all-time in career bWAR, pop 50 all-time in runs, hits, total bases and RBI, walks and times on base, and made 18 AL All-Star teams (although, in four of those years, there were two All-Star games and he made 7 of those 8 teams, so it's more accurate to say he was an All-Star in 15 of his 21 MLB seasons. Albert Belle might have had a slightly higher "peak", but Kaline's career was brilliant and almost twice as long.
To Yankees fans, their favorite Albert is Albert "Sparky" Lyle, who pitched brilliantly for the Yanks in 7 seasons in relief, saving 141 games, pitching over 100 innings 5 times, making 4 All-Star teams, and winning the AL Cy Young Award out of the bullpen in 1977. Perhaps his greatest moment as a Yankee was in the ALCS in 1977. Trailing 2-1 in games heading into Game 4, the Yanks got another poor, short, post-season start from Ed Figueroa, and Lyle had to come into the game in the 4th inning to face George Brett to try to end a rally. He got Brett to lineout to left, the finished the last 5 innings (try that today!), throwing just 50 more pitches (imagine that!) allowing just 2 hits and no runs, and got the win, evening the series at 2. But he wasn't done. A marathon relief appearance would force any contemorary reliever to sit for at least 2, maybe 3 days, but in Game 5, the next night, Ron Guidry struggled and Billy Martin brought starter Mike Torrez into the game in the 3rd inning, even though Torres had started game 3 just two days before. Torrez heroically battled through 5 1/3 innings allowing no runs, keeping the Yanks close. Down 3-2 in the 8th, Torrez ran out of gas, walking two batters. In came Lyle, to strike out Cookie Rojas, and then after the Yanks rallied for 3 in the 9th to take the lead, 5-3, he gave up a one-out single to Frank White. With Hal McCrae and George Brett due in next, Lyle got Freddie Patek to roll over on a slider to Nettles, who started a 5-4-3 DP to end the series. (In a very sad scene, Patek was crying on the Royals bench after ending his team's season.) Lyle had thrown 11 pitches and gotten 4 outs the day after throwing 54. As both Torres and Lyle showed, they was men in those days, children.
For this brilliant, heroic performance in 1977, Boss George rewarded Lyle by signing Goose Gossage to basically take the closer's job away from Sparky. Shortly after, he made it up to Sparky by signing him to a fairly hefty three-year extension for a 35 year old lefty reliever, but after the 1978 season, with Gossage now entrenced as the closer after wrapping the division tie-break game at Fenway (the Buchky Dent game), the ALCS and the World Series, the Yanks traded Lyle to Texas with 4 other players for Juan Beniquez, and four prospects including a then unknown hard-throwing lefty named Dave Righetti. Righetti would himself become the Yankees' closer in 1984, but only after throwing a no-hitter against the Red Sox on July 4, 1983, the first one by a Yankees' pitcher since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.
There are 8 other Suarez' in MLB history; the best of them is the current Diamondbacks thirdbaseman, Eugenio Suarez, who's hit 250 HR in his 11 year big league career and gotten downballot MVP votes in two seasons. Don't forget Albert Pujols. Or the first great baseball Albert, Albert Spalding. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jun 18, 2024 16:49:12 GMT -5
great to see rice getting a shot. think they'll give him time to settle in. actually also gives an option behind the plate. always like seeing the kids getting a chance. DJ will probably remain mostly at 3B with cabrera backing up. nestor was good last time out in a game he should have won. have lost 3 of 4 and need to right the ship. anything less than a series win is unacceptable. My initial read on Rice is scouting tout and age/level based; I've never actually seen him hit. Strike 1: Longerhagen at Fangraphs has him as the #32 prospect in the Yankees' organization and has a grade of 35+ on him. The individual grades don't seem as depressing as that overall grade: 40 hit tool now, 50 future; 40 game power now, 50 future; speed 40 and field 30. A player with a 50 hit tool and a 50 game power tool is a legit DH, certainly at least a legit platoon DH, and he is a lefty power bat in Yankees Stadium. Strike 2: He was drafted at age 22, but hadn't gone past AA before this season at age 25. He hit considerably worse in his 2nd year at AA this year, and 50 great PA in AAA doesn't really make up for that. It may simply mean the AAA pitchers hadn't gotten a book on him yet. I sure hope I'm wrong about him. One thing I'm fairly sure of, the O's will have complete scouting reports on Rice; both their AA and AAA teams play in the same leagues as Somerset and Scaranton. Rice was 8-23 in 6 games against the Bowie Baysox of the Eastern League, 3 doubles, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB and 6 K; in 5 games against Norfolk, Rice was 8-18 with 3 doubles, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB and 6 K's. Having said that, it's certainly possibly he can catch fire in the majors for 2-6 weeks, and fill in well until Rizzo gets back. But that's not the way to bet. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jun 18, 2024 16:51:18 GMT -5
Playing the name game...Albert...hundreds of Alberts in MLB history. The best player was the Hall of Famer, Tigers' outfielder Al Kaline, who won 10 Gold Gloves, got over 3000 hits, is 42nd all-time in career bWAR, pop 50 all-time in runs, hits, total bases and RBI, walks and times on base, and made 18 AL All-Star teams (although, in four of those years, there were two All-Star games and he made 7 of those 8 teams, so it's more accurate to say he was an All-Star in 15 of his 21 MLB seasons. Albert Belle might have had a slightly higher "peak", but Kaline's career was brilliant and almost twice as long.
To Yankees fans, their favorite Albert is Albert "Sparky" Lyle, who pitched brilliantly for the Yanks in 7 seasons in relief, saving 141 games, pitching over 100 innings 5 times, making 4 All-Star teams, and winning the AL Cy Young Award out of the bullpen in 1977. Perhaps his greatest moment as a Yankee was in the ALCS in 1977. Trailing 2-1 in games heading into Game 4, the Yanks got another poor, short, post-season start from Ed Figueroa, and Lyle had to come into the game in the 4th inning to face George Brett to try to end a rally. He got Brett to lineout to left, the finished the last 5 innings (try that today!), throwing just 50 more pitches (imagine that!) allowing just 2 hits and no runs, and got the win, evening the series at 2. But he wasn't done. A marathon relief appearance would force any contemorary reliever to sit for at least 2, maybe 3 days, but in Game 5, the next night, Ron Guidry struggled and Billy Martin brought starter Mike Torrez into the game in the 3rd inning, even though Torres had started game 3 just two days before. Torrez heroically battled through 5 1/3 innings allowing no runs, keeping the Yanks close. Down 3-2 in the 8th, Torrez ran out of gas, walking two batters. In came Lyle, to strike out Cookie Rojas, and then after the Yanks rallied for 3 in the 9th to take the lead, 5-3, he gave up a one-out single to Frank White. With Hal McCrae and George Brett due in next, Lyle got Freddie Patek to roll over on a slider to Nettles, who started a 5-4-3 DP to end the series. (In a very sad scene, Patek was crying on the Royals bench after ending his team's season.) Lyle had thrown 11 pitches and gotten 4 outs the day after throwing 54. As both Torres and Lyle showed, they was men in those days, children.
For this brilliant, heroic performance in 1977, Boss George rewarded Lyle by signing Goose Gossage to basically take the closer's job away from Sparky. Shortly after, he made it up to Sparky by signing him to a fairly hefty three-year extension for a 35 year old lefty reliever, but after the 1978 season, with Gossage now entrenced as the closer after wrapping the division tie-break game at Fenway (the Buchky Dent game), the ALCS and the World Series, the Yanks traded Lyle to Texas with 4 other players for Juan Beniquez, and four prospects including a then unknown hard-throwing lefty named Dave Righetti. Righetti would himself become the Yankees' closer in 1984, but only after throwing a no-hitter against the Red Sox on July 4, 1983, the first one by a Yankees' pitcher since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.
There are 8 other Suarez' in MLB history; the best of them is the current Diamondbacks thirdbaseman, Eugenio Suarez, who's hit 250 HR in his 11 year big league career and gotten downballot MVP votes in two seasons. Don't forget Albert Pujols. Or the first great baseball Albert, Albert Spalding. You're completely right, I whiffed on Pujols. Wasn't on the 1st or 2nd page of Alberts, so I forgot about him. Spalding is a different case; his career was brilliant, but just 7 years long, so he was voted into the Hall of Fame as a pioneer/executive by the Old Timers' Committee in 1939. |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 18, 2024 17:09:01 GMT -5
Hot and humid in NYC. I regret not taking a walk early in the day. It's just too hot to do it now. The air quality is poor. Yesterday I had a massive throat irritation with continuous coughing during my usual walk.. For some reason I couldn't fall asleep till 5AM.Getting 3-4 hrs of sleep time. Hope players are mindful to hydrate. I agree. I’m going by to try to wake up at dawn to get my walk in tomorrow. Just too hot during the day. Sorry about your throat irritation. |
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Post by laurenfrances on Jun 18, 2024 17:25:18 GMT -5
Welcome to the club!
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Post by kaybli on Jun 18, 2024 17:33:47 GMT -5
Looks like this guy beat me to the punch! He posted his on twitter an hour before I posted mine here. 😡
This is my version. Its got to have the bowtie:
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Post by azbob643 on Jun 18, 2024 17:40:29 GMT -5
I wonder if Ben has ever heard the "Uncle Ben's Rice" thing before...  |
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Post by kaybli on Jun 18, 2024 17:42:56 GMT -5
I wonder if Ben has ever heard the "Uncle Ben's Rice" thing before... lol, I'm sure he has. |
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Post by nw on Jun 18, 2024 17:50:12 GMT -5
Hamilton and Poteet both to the DL per Ausmus on the WFAN pregame. Anthony Misiewicz and Clayton Andrews to take the places. Misiewicz has been pitching well at AAA. Andrews, on the other hand, is averaging more than a walk per inning.
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jun 18, 2024 17:54:52 GMT -5
Hamilton and Poteet both to the DL per Ausmus on the WFAN pregame. Anthony Misiewicz and Clayton Andrews to take the places. Misiewicz has been pitching well at AAA. Andrews, on the other hand, is averaging more than a walk per inning. Thanks for the info, nw, and good evening to you. Did he say what Poteet's injury was? I was hoping they'd have him for long relief tonight or tomorrow. EDIT: NBC Sports News (former Rotoworld) says: Yankees placed RHP Cody Poteet on the 15-day injured list with a right triceps strain.
No word yet on how long Poteet will be sidelined as he’s pitched extremely well in a handful of starts with a pristine 2.14 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 13/7 K/BB ratio across 21 innings (four starts). It’ll be Gerrit Cole taking his spot later this week in New York’s starting rotation. Any extended absence would be a hit to the Yankees’ pitching depth.
Yankees placed RHP Ian Hamilton on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain.
Nothing official yet, but it certainly sounds like Hamilton will require a lengthy absence. The 29-year-old righty has been a key high-leverage option for New York this season, even if he hasn’t come close to replicating last year’s stellar Yankees debut. |
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Post by nw on Jun 18, 2024 17:56:33 GMT -5
Hamilton and Poteet both to the DL per Ausmus on the WFAN pregame. Anthony Misiewicz and Clayton Andrews to take the places. Misiewicz has been pitching well at AAA. Andrews, on the other hand, is averaging more than a walk per inning. Thanks for the info, nw, and good evening to you. Did he say what Poteet's injury was? I was hoping they'd have him for long relief tonight or tomorrow. He did... but I was driving and only half paying attention. Hamilton is a recurrence of his previous injury; Brad said it's not "too bad", they just want to take the time to get him totally right. I did hear Suzyn saying Poteet's injury could be "longer". |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jun 18, 2024 17:57:49 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, nw, and good evening to you. Did he say what Poteet's injury was? I was hoping they'd have him for long relief tonight or tomorrow. He did... but I was driving and only half paying attention. Hamilton is a recurrence of his previous injury; Brad said it's not "too bad", they just want to take the time to get him totally right. I did hear Suzyn saying Poteet's injury could be "longer". It's OK, I got the specifics online. See my reply above. |
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Post by bumper on Jun 18, 2024 17:59:04 GMT -5
Hamilton and Poteet both to the DL per Ausmus on the WFAN pregame. Anthony Misiewicz and Clayton Andrews to take the places. Misiewicz has been pitching well at AAA. Andrews, on the other hand, is averaging more than a walk per inning. good lord it's like a tidal wave of injuries. the rizzo injury sux. guess we've been very lucky in the health dept. dodged a gigantic bullet w soto. and with cole returning tomorrow, doesn't really effect the rotation and wasn't sure what they were gonna do w poteet anyway. hamilton who's been up & down, nevertheless is a big loss in the pen. guess now we'll see what this team is made of. |
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Post by qwik3457bb on Jun 18, 2024 18:02:26 GMT -5
All three YES guys in blue polo shirts, no suits and ties tonight.
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Post by nw on Jun 18, 2024 18:04:52 GMT -5
The Yankees caught a bad break with these 2 pen injuries as their best pitcher in AAA (Gomez), started on Sunday. Also, with the rotation woes in SWB, they may not want to move him.
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