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Post by inger on Mar 11, 2019 11:08:11 GMT -5
Speaking of which...I wonder what the record is for most days on the disabled list. We may be watching history here...
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Post by inger on Mar 11, 2019 11:08:56 GMT -5
Lou Gehrig "The Iron Horse"
Jake Ellsbury "The Glass Worm"...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 14:51:17 GMT -5
Carl Pavano, the crash test dummy.
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Post by noetsi on Mar 11, 2019 15:52:52 GMT -5
Carl Pavano, the crash test dummy. He made a fortune while not playing so I don't think he was dumb. |
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Post by Renfield on Mar 11, 2019 16:02:12 GMT -5
I think old Carl actually did pitch the last half of his last season under that contract. Not to be rude, but I hope that Ellsbury doesn't play at the back end of his. At this point, he'd just be taking up space. Do the Yanks cut him loose if he does come back and just eat the salary? I figured they wouldn't do it with 3 years left. Now that it's 2, maybe?
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Post by inger on Mar 11, 2019 17:29:19 GMT -5
I think old Carl actually did pitch the last half of his last season under that contract. Not to be rude, but I hope that Ellsbury doesn't play at the back end of his. At this point, he'd just be taking up space. Do the Yanks cut him loose if he does come back and just eat the salary? I figured they wouldn't do it with 3 years left. Now that it's 2, maybe? Let us pray... |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Mar 11, 2019 17:56:26 GMT -5
Yes Carl Pavano did play for the Yankees at the end of that contract.
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 11, 2019 19:43:21 GMT -5
Speaking of which...I wonder what the record is for most days on the disabled list. We may be watching history here... Inger, I tried to do a search for that and it appears they don't keep records for such things. I was actually surprised to see that Ellsbury played for the Yankees as late as their next-to-last game in September 2017, so he has played more recently than Tulowitzki. Even though he only played 112 games that year, most of his missed time was between late May and late June. Of other relatively recent perpetually-injured players with ties to the Yankees -- Michael Pineda was on the DL his first two full seasons with the Yanks after they got him from Seattle after the 2011 season. After pitching his last game for the Mariners on September 21, 2011, his next appearance was on April 5, 2014. He pitched his last game for the Yanks on July 5, 2017. The Twins signed him in December of that year, and he hasn't played since. Although I noticed he has thrown in some Spring Training games for the Twins, so maybe he ends his latest stint on the DL soon. Nick Johnson missed two full seasons of the twelve he was under contract in the majors. During those 12 years, he averaged playing in just under 70 games a year. Nearly all of that was related to being injured, not ineffective performance. Carl Pavano, who will always be synonymous with not being there, appeared in 26 games during his four years with the Yankees. During that time he had an ERA+ of 86 and a WHIP of 1.455. I laughed out loud when I saw that baseballref actually listed his nickname as "American Idle." Which of these names does not fit with the others -- The Bambino -- The Iron Horse -- The Yankee Clipper -- The Commerce Comet -- American Idle.  |
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Post by pippsheadache on Mar 11, 2019 19:51:08 GMT -5
I meant to add that Chien Ming Wang obviously missed a ton of time as well. But unlike Johnson, Pavano, Pineda and Ellsbury, his lost time was due to one very specific and essentially career-destroying basepath injury in June of 2008 in that infamous game against Houston when the Astros were still in the National League and pitchers had to hit and run the bases. What a career he might have had.
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Post by kaybli on Mar 11, 2019 19:57:37 GMT -5
Speaking of which...I wonder what the record is for most days on the disabled list. We may be watching history here... Inger, I tried to do a search for that and it appears they don't keep records for such things. I was actually surprised to see that Ellsbury played for the Yankees as late as their next-to-last game in September 2017, so he has played more recently than Tulowitzki. Even though he only played 112 games that year, most of his missed time was between late May and late June. Of other relatively recent perpetually-injured players with ties to the Yankees -- Michael Pineda was on the DL his first two full seasons with the Yanks after they got him from Seattle after the 2011 season. After pitching his last game for the Mariners on September 21, 2011, his next appearance was on April 5, 2014. He pitched his last game for the Yanks on July 5, 2017. The Twins signed him in December of that year, and he hasn't played since. Although I noticed he has thrown in some Spring Training games for the Twins, so maybe he ends his latest stint on the DL soon. Nick Johnson missed two full seasons of the twelve he was under contract in the majors. During those 12 years, he averaged playing in just under 70 games a year. Nearly all of that was related to being injured, not ineffective performance. Carl Pavano, who will always be synonymous with not being there, appeared in 26 games during his four years with the Yankees. During that time he had an ERA+ of 86 and a WHIP of 1.455. I laughed out loud when I saw that baseballref actually listed his nickname as "American Idle." Which of these names does not fit with the others -- The Bambino -- The Iron Horse -- The Yankee Clipper -- The Commerce Comet -- American Idle. Quality research, pipps!  |
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Post by greatfatness on Mar 11, 2019 20:21:57 GMT -5
Albert Belle was on the DL for the last three years of his deal with Baltimore so they could collect insurance. If George had his way that would have been the Yankees DL and insurance.
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Post by inger on Mar 11, 2019 20:27:31 GMT -5
I meant to add that Chien Ming Wang obviously missed a ton of time as well. But unlike Johnson, Pavano, Pineda and Ellsbury, his lost time was due to one very specific and essentially career-destroying basepath injury in June of 2008 in that infamous game against Houston when the Astros were still in the National League and pitchers had to hit and run the bases. What a career he might have had. You da’ man, pippers!!! |
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Post by greatfatness on Mar 12, 2019 3:18:04 GMT -5
Kelvim Escobar is another one. He came up with a lot of potential and then got completely derailed. Pitchers shouldn’t count though since pitching is sort of inherently asking for an injury. It is more surprising that there are guys who don’t destroy their shoulders and elbows.
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Post by inger on Mar 12, 2019 10:28:19 GMT -5
Kelvim Escobar is another one. He came up with a lot of potential and then got completely derailed. Pitchers shouldn’t count though since pitching is sort of inherently asking for an injury. It is more surprising that there are guys who don’t destroy their shoulders and elbows. Albert Belle shouldn't count either, because the man had no living brain cells... (: |
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Post by michcusejoe5 on Mar 12, 2019 11:38:11 GMT -5
Kelvim Escobar is another one. He came up with a lot of potential and then got completely derailed. Pitchers shouldn’t count though since pitching is sort of inherently asking for an injury. It is more surprising that there are guys who don’t destroy their shoulders and elbows. Albert Belle shouldn't count either, because the man had no living brain cells... (: But boy could he mash |
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