Jetlife33 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 With two on an no outs, Jose Reyes laid down a sacrifice bunt, Tanaka went for the ball, then deferred to Chase Headley, who threw it wide of first. Mark Teixeira tried to stay on the bag and that didn’t work. One run scored on the play and Reyes cruised into second. Russell Martin followed with a two-run single to right and two batters later Edwin Encarnacion unloaded on a flat two-seamer for a two-run homer. Just like that, it was 5-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 Tanaka allowed a soft single and a walk in a scoreless fourth, which ended his day. He was on a 90-ish pitch count and threw 82, including a bunch of high-stress pitches in the third and fourth inning. Tanaka struck out six and allowed the five runs (four earned) on four singles, one homer, and two walks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 For the second straight season, Gardner hit New York’s first home run of the year. Both were against the Blue Jays too. Gardner yanked a Drew Hutchison offering into the right-center field seats in the sixth inning for the team’s first run and first extra-base hit of the season. Gardner ripped a line drive to right that Jose Bautista leaped to catch at the wall in the first inning, so he made solid contact on more than one occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 The rest of the lineup … not so much. The Yankees’ first hit of the season was Brian McCann‘s fourth inning ground single down the first base line, and their first base-runner was Alex Rodriguez‘s third inning walk. A-Rod also poked a single to center in the fifth. He started as the DH and seventh place hitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 One thing did go according to plan on Opening Day: the bullpen was pretty awesome. The only blemish was Travis’ solo homer off Chasen Shreve. Chris Martin struck out the side in his inning, Shreve retired four of the five hitters he faced (all of whom were right-handed), David Carpenter retired all five men he faced, then Esmil Rogers bailed out Justin Wilson in the ninth after he walked the bases loaded. One run and one hit in five innings for the bullpen. Now if only the rest of the team could figure out how to give them a lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 The best part of Opening Day isn’t the game itself, it’s knowing there are still another 161 on the way. The Yankees and Blue Jays are off Tuesday, then they’ll resume this series Wednesday night in the Bronx. It’ll be R.A. Dickey against Michael Pineda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 All info on today's game via RAB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 How much money is tied up in their #3 starter and the guy hitting 7th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayJoe12 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 How much money is tied up in their #3 starter and the guy hitting 7th? $Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 The Yankees suck and their ownership deserves it. Hope the place is empty all year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 The Yankees suck and their ownership deserves it. Hope the place is empty all year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 How much money is tied up in their #3 starter and the guy hitting 7th? Won us a WS in '09. FA deals most of the time means pay for production now and worry about the money tied up later. Well we paid for production then, won the world series(!) and are now dealing with the back end of the contracts. Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 the first two innings were Grade-A Tanaka. He retired the first five batters he faced (three strikeouts) and six of the first seven batters with an infield single mixed in. What happened? Is he scared to throw hard because of the elbow? You have to wonder, should he just have had the surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 What happened? Is he scared to throw hard because of the elbow? You have to wonder, should he just have had the surgery. 4/6/15 VELOCITY 4/6/15 %THROWN 2014 VELOCITY 2014 %THROWN Four-Seamer 91.5 7.3% 92.7 21.3% Sinker 90.7 24.4% 91.4 19.5% Splitter 86.4 35.4% 87.3 25.8% Slider 82.4 30.5% 84.0 21.4% Curveball 74.6 2.4% 74.4 5.7% Sorry that didn't come out as planned, basically his four seamer velocity wise was just about the same, he just wasn't throwing it very often. His breaking stuff was nasty, but he needs that four seamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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drdetroit Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Arod - he's batting 7th why? He gets in base and gregarious and drew who are both horrible offensively do nothing. Tanaka - looked ok outside of the 3d inning Chris Martin - very impressive Refsnyder- call him up and bench that overrated scrub drew already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 4/6/15 VELOCITY 4/6/15 %THROWN 2014 VELOCITY 2014 %THROWN Four-Seamer 91.5 7.3% 92.7 21.3% Sinker 90.7 24.4% 91.4 19.5% Splitter 86.4 35.4% 87.3 25.8% Slider 82.4 30.5% 84.0 21.4% Curveball 74.6 2.4% 74.4 5.7% Sorry that didn't come out as planned, basically his four seamer velocity wise was just about the same, he just wasn't throwing it very often. His breaking stuff was nasty, but he needs that four seamer. Tanaka was extremely conservative today and still struck out 6 and had only 1 bad inning. Let him stick to the conservative approach he will have better starts and hopefully girardi gets his head out of his ass and bats Arod cleanup or 5th instead of before our 2b and SS who can't hit for sh-t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 How much money is tied up in their #3 starter and the guy hitting 7th? Those two guys are the reason the gm has a job. Cashman is still living off the 2009 ws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 What happened? Is he scared to throw hard because of the elbow? You have to wonder, should he just have had the surgery. They stopped swinging at his splitter and waited for him to throw his very hittable 90mph 2-seam fastball once he was behind in the count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Gregorious or Drew - one of them has to ride pine. We have essentially two pitchers in the lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMC Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 This is the natural result of the last 20 years. The Yanks need to rebuild, but Cashman has done a sh*tty job with the draft and minor league player development. Tanaka needs Tommy John and they're just wasting time pitching him now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 This is the natural result of the last 20 years. The Yanks need to rebuild, but Cashman has done a sh*tty job with the draft and minor league player development. Tanaka needs Tommy John and they're just wasting time pitching him now. That is one thing the Red Sox do well. When they realize they are out of it, they bench some people, or get lucky and have the Dodgers take them, have a bad year, and re build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Gregorious or Drew - one of them has to ride pine. We have essentially two pitchers in the lineup. It has been a long time since Drew has had a good offensive season. I am not optimistic he will turn it around now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 It has been a long time since Drew has had a good offensive season. I am not optimistic he will turn it around now. You could put up similar offensive numbers to Drew or Gregorius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 You could put up similar offensive numbers to Drew or Gregorius. I am scrappy and have always been a contact hitter. I would like to think that batting average wise, I could surpass Drew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 The Yankees just announced that catcher Austin Romine has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Because this is his first outright assignment, I believe he has to accept it without electing free agency. This is basically the best-case scenario for the Yankees, who now have a little extra catching depth in a familiar player who’s played a role in New York in the past. It’s bad news for Romine, who was out of options, didn’t make the Yankees out of camp, and has now passed through waivers without any team wanting to carry him as its No. 2 catcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 It has been a long time since Drew has had a good offensive season. I am not optimistic he will turn it around now. Hopefully Refsnyder learns how to field the position better within the next 2 or so months so he could replace Drew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Jacoby Ellsbury CF Brett Gardner LF Carlos Beltran RF Mark Teixeira 1B Brian McCann C Chase Headley 3B Alex Rodriguez DH Stephen Drew 2B Didi Gregorius SS RHP Michael Pineda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Big Mike on the mound tonight hope he continues where he left off in the spring. Same lineup as opening day. Let's go Yanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maxman Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Let's go Yankees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Texiera is very bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 R.A. Dickey on the mound for Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlife33 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Chilly night in the Bronx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I am scrappy and have always been a contact hitter. I would like to think that batting average wise, I could surpass Drew. I'd love to see you try to leg out an infield single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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