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The Devil Rays roster remains the same as it was on Opening Day, but the way Joe Maddon is using it has changed. To begin with, he's switched Rocco Baldelli and Carl Crawford in the order, leading off Baldelli and putting Crawford in the three-spot. He's also been working his four-man bench into the starting lineup with regularity, alternating Brendan Harris at shortstop with the struggling Ben Zobrist, starting Josh Paul behind the plate in two of the last four games in place of the scuffling Dioner Navarro, and setting up a rotation at DH that has allowed him to keep Baldelli and Ty Wigginton in the lineup on a daily basis while also working Elijah Dukes and Carlos Peña in at center field and first base respectively. Maddon will also use Wigginton at second base on occasion to give B. J. Upton a day off or at DH, and has also started Harris at third to give Akinori Iwamura a breather. As a result Jonny Gomes is last on the team in plate appearances, which is good news for the Yankees, though I must admit, I, like Alex, enjoy watching Gomes play.
Thus far Upton has been a world beater at the plate, but has committed five errors at second base. Iwamura has been the quiet surprise I anticipated. Peña has just six hits, but three of them are home runs. Paul is hitting for high average and getting on base, but has no extra-base knocks. Duke and Baldelli have both been struggling, and the team as a whole has been thrown out on 47 percent of its stolen base attempts.
The pitching, meanwhile, has been abysmal outside of the dominant performance of ex-Yankee and current closer Al Reyes. James Shields has been the team's best starter thus far, but has also allowed six homers in four starts. Tonight's starter, Casey Fossum, is the only other Ray with as many as two quality starts in the early going and, in fact, has piched very well after an opening week drubbing at the hands of the Blue Jays. In his last two starts against the Twins in Minnesota and the Orioles at home, Fossum has assembled this line:
14 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 6 K, 0.86 WHIP, 3.21 ERA, 1-0
The good news, of course, is that the Cherry Hill native will have to face a Yankee lineup that's back at full strength. Hideki Matsui returns to left field tonight and is reportedly all the way back from the hamstring injury that place him on the DL during the frigid opening homestand. Joe Torre has said that Jorge Posada will be back in the lineup tonight. Jorge could return as the DH, pushing Jason Giambi into the field, but if he's able to catch, the lefty Fossum will draw Josh Phelps at first base for a line-up that looks like it did on Opening Day
L - Johnny Damon (CF)
R - Derek Jeter (SS)
L - Bobby Abreu (RF)
R - Alex Rodriguez (3B)
L - Jason Giambi (DH)
L - Hideki Matsui (LF)
S - Jorge Posada (C)
L - Robinson Cano (2B)
R - Josh Phelps (1B)
Yum.
Kei Igawa takes the mound for the Yanks. He's improved across the board in each of his last two starts (IP, K, ground ball rate up; H, R, HR, BB, fly ball rate, pitch total down). Here's hoping that trend continues tonight.
By the way, Alex Rodriguez hasn't gone more than two consecutive games without a home run this season. He homered twice on Friday night, but was kept in the park over the last two games in Boston. He has four career dingers off Fossum in 34 at-bats.
Update: Chase Wright was optioned back to double-A to make room for Matsui. That means Kevin Thompson's still around, which suggests that Johnny Damon and his achy back may get the night off against the lefty Fossum on the Tampa turf (even if it's fancy new turf). I would expect Darrell Rasner to be recalled to make Friday's start against Matsuzaka at the Stadium.
Upupdate: Posada catches, Damon sits. Melky starts in center and leads off. Harris, Dukes and Paul start in the field for the Rays. Baldelli is the DH.
Upupandawaydate: Scratch Rasner. Phil Hughes makes his Yankee debut on Thursday against the Blue Jays. Karstens moves to Friday against Matsuzaka. More on Hughes after the game.
Cabrera CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Giambi DH
Matsui LF
Posada C
Cano 2B
Phelps 1B
Pitching matchups seem much more even this time around, though Wakefield's performances can vary greatly start to start and it's not yet clear how much rust Wang will need to shake off.
And I suppose the jury is still out on the japanese pitchers. So I suppose when I say even I mean equally filled with question marks.
Maybe if Jeff K. hits it big, I can email him and offer him his rightful address.
At any rate, I am not Rob Gee, Jim Dean, Debris, or Monkeyball, though I would be extremely surprised if those 4 log-ons are actually comprised of 4 separate individual people.
Also, please do no confuse me (Monkeypants) with Monkeyball!
I do agree that he doesn't need to be "babied" any longer, but simultaenously I don't want to see a Liriano/Hernandez/Prior/Wood or even Garza situation.
It's not like they can limit his innings either. That's clearly not the answer. What good is another 5 inning pitcher? Hell, Jaret Wright might have made us all cry, but he usually pitched 5 pretty decent innings. Hughes for 5 is not really helpful. Especially if the kid is lights out.
Now, if spots 1-4 were doing their jobs, he would make a slick 5-inning #5 starter.
Thurs: Hughes
Fri: Karsten
Sat: Igawa
Sun: Wang
You can get jeffkarstens@gmail.com and I can't even get any variation of Bama Yankee at Yahoo or Gmail without adding a number to it. I guess Jeff does not use the free email sites and there must be only one Jeff Karstens in the world (unlike the Karim Garcias of the world... BTW, karimgarcia@yahoo.com and whoiskarimgarcia@yahoo.com are both taken).
Should've gotten a taste of the show last September, and I was in favor of him pitching in Oakland last weekend, where he could benefit from a weak hitting team and a pitcher's park, but better late than never.
28 my bad. wasn't funny and very vague.
Next time the Yankees play the Red Sox, I hope that they hit Ortiz and Manny to help Dice-K control his pitches.
Kruk made some good points. I just hope the Sox play a team with a manager with some balls. Dice-K has hit far too many people, all studs by the way, and hasn't even been warned, while others this year have been ejected for doing just that following home runs.
Look, he's going to hit you anyway, so you are not putting your lineup in danger by hitting Manny and Ortiz. This boy needs an education. He may have learned how to pitch in America, but he hasn't learned the consequences. You cant pitch inside if you dont know how to do it. Which I dont think is the case. I think he's hit every one of those five batters on purpose, and its time someone stood up and said, enough before he hurts someone. He missed Ichiro's head by 2 inches for Christ's sake. But then again, he is making money for MLB, so I am sure the Umpires have been told to go easy on him by the Commissioners office. What other explanation is there for the disparite treatment? He hasn't even been warned, let alone tossed. God I hope Barry breaks the record in Milwaukee. He is just a big enough ass to do it to make a point, and I hope he does. It's all in your lap Bud.
2) Jim Dean can't be Rob Gee. Rob Gee called me an "ignorant stathead" while Jim Dean has been known to use SABR stats and occasionally agrees with me. So there.
3) Those cowbells are freaking annoying.
Pinch run for him!!!!
When the Sacramento fans used to ring cowbells to rattle the opposing team, Phil Jackson called Sacramento, a "cow town" and that their fans "semi-civilized" and "maybe redneck in some form or fashion." That insult always stuck in my head. Very appropriate for Tampa and their fans.
soooo nice to see mats and jorgie back! a-rod killin' it on both sides of the ball. simply unreal! jason showing off the wheels, yo!
so wright was wrong and phil franchise is on his way. it's a new in Yankee South and hopefully we'll crush fossum. he was on the shit sox and the shit bax, so i'm not a fan!
boston down early. it'll be a long night with sut on the suds, but hopefully we get the W and gain a game back in the standings.
let's go yan-kees!!!
ah, just settin' up the double play. good thinkin' quest! ; )
Those walks...