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Infielders:
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R. Cano BR BP E MLB
D. Jeter BR BP E MLB
A. Rodriguez BR BP E MLB
W. Betemit BR BP E MLB mi
C. Ransom BR BP E MLB mi
J. Miranda BR BC mi

Outfielders:
B. Abreu BR BP E MLB
J. Damon BR BP E MLB
X. Nady BR BP E MLB
H. Matsui BR BP E MLB mi
B. Gardner BR E MLB mi
M. Cabrera BR BP E MLB mi

Catchers:
I. Rodriguez BR BP E MLB
J. Molina BR BP E MLB
C. Moeller BR BP E MLB mi
F. Cervelli BR BC mi

Starting Pitchers:
M. Mussina BR BP BC E
A. Pettitte (L) BR BP BC E
P. Hughes BR BP BC E mi
C. Pavano BR BP BC E mi
A. Aceves BR E mi

Relief Pitchers:
M. Rivera BR BP BC E
J. Chamberlain BR BP BC E
D. Marte (L) BR BP BC E
J. Veras BR BP BC E mi
E. Ramirez BR BP BC E mi
B. Bruney BR BP BC E mi
D. Giese BR BP BC E mi
C. Britton BR BP BC E mi
P. Coke (L) BR BC E mi
D. Rasner BR BP BC E mi
S. Ponson BR BP BC E mi
D. Robertson BR BC E mi
H. Sanchez BC mi

15-day DL:
C. Wang BR BP BC E
60-day DL:
J. Posada BR BP E MLB
J. Albaladejo BR BP BC E mi
A. Brackman BC

Coaches:
J. Girardi (Mgr) BR BP BC
R. Thomson (Bench) BC
Kevin Long (Hit) BR
D. Eiland (Pitch) BR BP BC
B. Meacham (3B) BR BP BC
T. Peña (1B) BR BP BC
M. Harkey (Pen) BR BP BC

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AAA
S. Duncan BR BP E MLB mi
J. Christian BR BP E MLB mi
I. Kennedy BR BP BC E mi
C. Wright (L) BR BP BC E mi
J. Marquez BR BC mi

Designated for Assignment:
B. Traber (L) BR BP BC E mi

Select Minor Leaguers:

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B. Castro BR mi DL
C. Basak BR BP BC E MLB mi
E. Duncan BC mi
N. Green BR mi
B. Broussard BR mi
M. Carson BC mi
C. Stewart BR BP E MLB mi
J. Brown BC mi DL
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M. Melancon BC mi
J.B. Cox BC mi
S. Strickland BR BC mi
S. Jackson BC mi
E. Milton BR BC mi DL
V. Zambrano BR BC mi DL

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R. Peña BC mi DL
C. Malec BC mi
M. Vechionacci BC mi DL
A. Jackson BC mi
C. Curtis BC mi
E. Gonzalez BR mi
P.J. Pilittere BC mi
J. Jones BC mi
G. Kontos BC mi
J. Nuñez BC mi
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A. Claggett BC mi
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M. Gardner BC mi
K. Whelan BC mi
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K. Anson BC mi
J. Gil BC mi
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Z. McAllister BC mi
W. De La Rosa (L) BC mi
C. Garcia BC mi

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J. Snyder BC mi
M. Cusick BC mi
B. Suttle BC mi
A. Romine BC mi
J. Montero BC mi
D. Betances BC mi
J. Heredia BC mi
J. Ortiz BC mi
C. Heyer BC mi

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D. Adams mi
P. Venditte mi

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C. Joseph mi
C. Smith mi
K. Higashioka mi

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R. Ohlendorf BR BP BC E
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J. Lane BR mi BOS mL
G. Porter BC mi WAS mL
J.D. Closser BR mi SD mL
S. Henn (L) BR BP BC E mi SD
H. Phillips (L) BR BC mi TB mL
S. White BR BC mi

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D. Mientkiewicz BR BP BC E MLB PIT
A. Phillips BR BP BC E MLB mi CIN
J. Phelps BR BP BC E MLB STL
M. Cairo BR BP BC E MLB SEA
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K. Reese BR BP BC E MLB mi
R. Chavez BR BP BC E MLB mi PIT mL
O. Santos BC mi BAL mL
T. Pratt BR BP BC E MLB
T.J. Beam BR BP BC E mi PIT mL
B. Kozlowski (L) BR BP BC E mi Japan

Molina Trade:
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Seattle Mariners Redux

2008-05-23 12:26

by Cliff Corcoran

The Mariners have the worst record in the American League and the second-worst record in all of baseball. When they last visited the Bronx at the beginning of the month, the fell victim to the Yankees' only three-game series sweep of the season (and the Bombers' last series win prior to their just-completed defeat of the Orioles). Since then, the M's have gone 5-11, with two of those wins coming against the Padres, the only team in baseball with a worse record than Seattle's. The Mariners' offense has been every bit as impotent as the Yankees' this season, and their pitching has posted the second-worst ERA+ in the AL.

Unfortunately for the Yankees, in this weekend's series they won't see any of the three pitchers most responsible for Seattle's pitching woes. Starters Miguel Bautista (6.47 ERA) and Jarrod Washburn (6.99) pitched the last two days, and long-reliever Cha Seung Baek (5.40 in 30 IP) was just designated for assignment in favor of knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. Instead, the Yanks draw the M's two aces, Erik Bedard and Felix Hernandez, tonight and tomorrow. At least they'll have Carlos Silva to kick around on Sunday. And, hey, they beat Bedard and King Felix in early May.

Andy Pettitte takes the hill against Bedard tonight. It took a strong Chien-Ming Wang outing, a lock-down bullpen, and four Mariner errors to beat Bedard last time he faced the Yanks. Pettitte is coming off a bounce-back quality start in which he struck out a season-high seven men in six innings. Tomorrow, Mike Mussina comes off his 41-pitch disaster outing against the O's to start on short rest with Joba Chamberlain's second transitional outing backing him up. Sunday, Wang takes the ball after being pushed back a day by a mild right calf strain.

Tonight, Joe Girardi will serve a one-game suspension for his ninth-inning tirade last night, leaving bench coach Robby Thompson in charge. Thompson lost the two games he managed during Girardi's early-April suspension for the team's spring training shenanigans. The lineup penned by Girardi has Derek Jeter leading off with Johnny Damon getting a day off, Shelley Duncan playing first, and Jason Giambi and Hideki Matsui rotating to DH and left field, respectively. Chad Moeller is behind the plate for the third time in six games.

Seattle Mariners

2008 Record: 18-30 (.375)
2008 Pythagorean Record: 19.5-28.5 (.406)

Manager: John McLaren
General Manager: Bill Bavasi

Home Ballpark (multi-year Park Factors): Safeco Park (96/96)

Who's Replacing Whom:

Jeremy Reed (minors) replaced Jeff Clement (minors)
R.A. Dickey (minors) replaced Cha Seung Baek

25-man Roster:

1B - Richie Sexson (R)
2B - Jose Lopez (R)
SS - Yuniesky Betancourt (R)
3B - Adrian Beltre (R)
C - Kenji Johjima (R)
RF - Wladimir Balentien (R)
CF - Ichiro Suzuki (L)
LF - Raul Ibañez (L)
DH - Jose Vidro (S)

Bench:

R - Willie Bloomquist (UT)
R - Miguel Cairo (IF)
L - Jeremy Reed (OF)
R - Jamie Burke (C)

Rotation:

L - Erik Bedard
R - Felix Hernandez
R - Carlos Silva
L - Jarrod Washburn
R - Miguel Batista

Bullpen:

R - J.J. Putz
L - Ryan Rowland-Smith
R - Mark Lowe
R - Sean Green
L - Arthur Rhodes
R - Brandon Morrow
R - R.A. Dickey

15-day DL: R - Mike Morse (UT), R - Anderson Garcia

Typical Lineup:

L - Ichiro Suzuki (CF)
R - Adrian Beltre (3B)
R - Jose Lopez (2B)
L - Raul Ibañez (LF)
S - Jose Vidro (DH)
R - Richie Sexson (1B)
R - Kenji Johjima (C)
R - Wladimir Balentien (RF)
R - Yuniesky Betancourt (SS)

Comments (97)

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2008-05-23 13:37:23

1. rbj

Go Yankees!
I'm off to see the Mudhens - Louisville Bats and post game fireworks.

BTW, gas is $4.19 here. What is it by you?

2008-05-23 14:09:27

2. Shaun P

$3.89/gallon in some spots, over $4 in others.

Great news from Pete Abe!

"Felix Hernandez was scratched with a leg issue. The Yanks will have Silva tomorrow and Washburn on Sunday."

Woo-hoo!

2008-05-23 14:59:49

3. RIYank

No Felix, nice.
Gas here: same as Shaun. (I forget, do you live in New England, Shaun? I think so.)

This should be a fun series. If we win, even just 2 out of 3, it's going to feel like a real streak and the whole mood will have changed. If we lose, there should be loud wailing and gnashing galore! Okay, that part's not exactly fun. Entertaining, I should have said.

2008-05-23 15:13:27

4. Schteeve

Would you guys trade Melky for Matt Murton straight up?

2008-05-23 15:54:30

5. cult of basebaal

1 been over $4 in the area for weeks ... though i just saw an ARCO with regular just under last night

i live 3 miles from work and drive a honda, so mostly i'm just amused by this last year's run up

2008-05-23 16:15:08

6. cult of basebaal

wow ... quiet tonite

2008-05-23 16:23:34

7. Yankees Brasil

Not a very promising first inning, hitting wise.

2008-05-23 16:30:37

8. cult of basebaal

gar ... potential death by paper cuts

2008-05-23 16:35:06

9. Yankees Brasil

Pathetic. The only AL offense that might be worst than ours, and Andy can't shut them out. Horrible, just horrible.

2008-05-23 16:38:24

10. Yankees Brasil

And he just can't put away hitters. This is already ugly and it's not even the 4th.

2008-05-23 16:44:31

11. cult of basebaal

10 dude, i watched tuesday's game ... this isn't even in the same country as that kind of ugly

2008-05-23 16:45:15

12. cult of basebaal

c'mon ... we need a shelleysmash ... right now!

2008-05-23 16:45:37

13. cult of basebaal

LIKE THAT!!!!!!

2008-05-23 16:45:57

14. Yankees Brasil

I apologize to every Shelley supporter.

2008-05-23 16:46:46

15. Yankees Brasil

11 You are right, but you know, I'd expect a bit more from Andy against an awful offense.

2008-05-23 16:46:55

16. cult of basebaal

14 what for?

2008-05-23 16:48:22

17. Mr OK Jazz TOKYO

Sandy Duncan with the smash...nice...
gas prices here are about $6 a gallon i think..

2008-05-23 16:48:45

18. 3rd gen yankee fan

Yay Shelly. I'm cooler on him now than I was earlier in the year. We'll take the runs though right?

Gas is $3.72 a gallon in KC.

I just heard about Girardi getting suspended and I just can't believe it. Since when can't you kick dirt on an umpire? Baseball is just getting to be no fun anymore.

2008-05-23 16:51:29

19. Mr OK Jazz TOKYO

will McLaren get suspended? he was getting quite hot with the ump...justified methinks, very odd strike zone tonight

2008-05-23 16:52:24

20. cult of basebaal

18 well, i don't think he'll rake over a season like he did in his september at-bats, but this might be the 1st time this season he's actually started more than 2 games in a row ... awfully tough for a young guy to learn the league and learn to be a role player ... specially when he's in the mold of duncanstein

2008-05-23 16:54:32

21. 3rd gen yankee fan

20 Agreed.

2008-05-23 16:54:50

22. Yankees Brasil

16 I've said he couldn't even hit lefties. Apparently he can, sometimes anyway.

2008-05-23 16:58:19

23. Yankees Brasil

Andy, on the other hand, looks awful. Another one that he tries to throw on the outside corner and it comes back to the middle of the plate. His team just gave him a 3-1 lead and he immediately gives back 1. That's horrible.

2008-05-23 17:04:43

24. cult of basebaal

23 again, i've seen horrible, but we've got a 3-2 lead, this isn't close to horrible ... this is ... irritating ... annoying, potentially ... but far from horrible

2008-05-23 17:06:25

25. 51cq24

i don't remember the last good throw by jeter

2008-05-23 17:12:17

26. Yankees Brasil

24 You are probably right. Bad choice of words from my part.

2008-05-23 17:13:41

27. Yankees Brasil

Giambi going the other way!!! Crazy good hitting.

2008-05-23 17:15:45

28. Yankees Brasil

Horrible AB now by Shelley.

2008-05-23 17:16:17

29. cult of basebaal

bad, shelley, bad!

2008-05-23 17:17:12

30. Yankees Brasil

It feels great when our LHBs start to hit lefties.

2008-05-23 17:17:15

31. cult of basebaal

good, robby, good!

2008-05-23 17:18:05

32. 3rd gen yankee fan

Yay. I'm on Gameday so a bit delayed.

2008-05-23 17:26:01

33. OldYanksFan

Lucky, Robby, lucky! (but I'll take it!)

2008-05-23 17:26:53

34. OldYanksFan

So... is everyone still on the DFA Giambi bus? Or can we just luv the big lug?

2008-05-23 17:29:53

35. OldYanksFan

Giambi:
May...: .273 .431 .545 0.976
Last 7: .417 .533 .667 1.200

2008-05-23 17:33:30

36. cult of basebaal

ouch!

2008-05-23 17:35:20

37. Yankees Brasil

Beautifully executed hit and run. Now that's more like the Yankees' offense.

2008-05-23 17:36:33

38. randym77

Gas jumped last night from $3.99 to $4.19. :-P

Melky...wow. I just noticed he's batting .245. I guess I haven't been paying attention, but wasn't he hitting awfully well earlier this season? I can't believe he's hitting only .245 now. Must have been a heck of a slump.

It's still early, but so far, Melky's hitting worse every year since his peak in 2006.

2008-05-23 17:37:41

39. Yankees Brasil

Not a good AB by Alex, but great baserunning by Derek.

2008-05-23 17:38:36

40. cult of basebaal

not an awesome play getting caught, but great running by the captain to allow the runner to move to 2nd and 3rd!

this is what i like to see from the boys!

2008-05-23 17:39:28

41. cult of basebaal

THIS IS YANKEE BASEBALL!!!

2008-05-23 17:39:53

42. nick

damn! eine klein batmusik! nice to see, boys, nice to see....

2008-05-23 17:39:54

43. OldYanksFan

ARod is the best baserunner I've ever seen.

2008-05-23 17:40:35

44. OldYanksFan

Can we just luv the big lug?

2008-05-23 17:44:51

45. nick

43 you mean for advancing to 2nd on that play? Sterling told us on the radio that Jeter gets the credit ;)

2008-05-23 17:45:37

46. cult of basebaal

i'm calling it now, this is the year that this becomes a-rod's team

2008-05-23 17:47:00

47. cult of basebaal

NICE slide by matsui ... damn, what a nice game by the yankee's offense

2008-05-23 17:47:27

48. OldYanksFan

No... that play was great baserunning by Jeter. It was ARod's read on Matsui's hit. He was off at full speed the moment it was hit. Even when the ammouncers aren't sure if a ball is going to drop, ARod knows. His reads are amazing. Who else who have scored on a short bloop to Ichiro?

2008-05-23 17:48:47

49. OldYanksFan

46 I think it has already happened, although ARod is not trying to perpertuate the idea ("Jeter will have an MVP year").

2008-05-23 17:48:56

50. Yankees Brasil

45 Jeter should get the credit. If anything, A-Rod swung on a 3-0 pitch and hit it right at the third basemen. They chose to get Jeter out instead of the DP/allowing a run.

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2008-05-23 17:48:59

51. 3rd gen yankee fan

Wow, this is like, some other team in pinstripes right?

2008-05-23 17:49:39

52. randym77

Yeah, Moeller! Nice battle.

2008-05-23 17:49:43

53. Yankees Brasil

A lot of weak base hits tonight. But hey, I'll take it anytime!!

2008-05-23 17:50:18

54. cult of basebaal

49 i guess i was trying to say that this is the year that it will become apparent to all but the most potted of potted plants ... and radio talk show hosts

2008-05-23 17:50:25

55. OldYanksFan

FARNSPROOF!

2008-05-23 17:52:31

56. OldYanksFan

50 Read 48 I agreed. I was talking about the next play, Matsui's hit. But ARod does that all the time.

2008-05-23 17:53:08

57. cult of basebaal

well, that delays the inevitable intersection of melky and robbie's batting averages for a little while

2008-05-23 17:56:43

58. SF Yanks

Is this all a mirage again since we are playing the Mariners? ... and the O's previously?

2008-05-23 17:56:52

59. cult of basebaal

and BOOM! GOES THE DYNAMITE!!!

2008-05-23 17:56:55

60. nick

ahhhhhhhh!--Andy probably sits now--is britton on the roster at the moment?

2008-05-23 17:57:31

61. Just fair

This shoe on the other foot feels mighty damn comfy.
We are thankful today for food, family, friends, and the Seattle Mariners.

2008-05-23 17:58:13

62. cult of basebaal

60 naw, he's in scranton ... i don't know who is the scrub-a-dub-dub reliever on the roster now

2008-05-23 18:00:31

63. Eirias

Pettitte has eight Ks? Wow.

2008-05-23 18:01:28

64. cult of basebaal

60 i wonder how andy will react to the long sit in between innings, hopefully he can go 7 or so tonite

2008-05-23 18:03:08

65. cult of basebaal

64 hmmmm ... he's already got 86 pitches, i guess going 6 will have to do

2008-05-23 18:09:21

66. nick

ok, Andy, let's fan 10!

2008-05-23 18:17:01

67. RIYank

Yo, gang. Late to the party, but I was listening to Sterling for most.

2008-05-23 18:17:58

68. RIYank

I see Yank in Brasil has issued a proper "mea culpa"! ;-)

2008-05-23 18:18:14

69. Zack

Who is this team and what did they do with the Yankees?

And, of course, this better not use up all their runs for the next two months!

2008-05-23 18:26:32

70. Yankees Brasil

68 Yeah! I had to. He made me look stupid. But then on his second AB he reminded me of why I didn't believe on him in the first place.

Anyways, it's all good when we're winning. It's even better when we get to face Carlos Silva tomorrow.

2008-05-23 18:27:22

71. RIYank

Hello?

2008-05-23 18:28:22

72. RIYank

Oh, there you are. Yeah 70 Carlos Silva. So, it stands to reason that having belted Bedard to kingdom come, we'll be stymied by Carlos Silva.

2008-05-23 18:29:27

73. RIYank

I would congratulate LaTroy, but I do believe the Ms have given up.

And that's three in a row for me, so thanks folks, I'll be seeing you.

2008-05-23 18:33:51

74. Yankees Brasil

I'm here!

2008-05-23 18:43:45

75. Yankees Brasil

Wow, Matsui with the cannon!!

2008-05-23 18:44:01

76. 3rd gen yankee fan

Have you guys noticed? It's one of those nights where teams are either getting blown out or crushed.

Here's hoping the A's are their typical PITA's to the Sux...

2008-05-23 18:44:15

77. randym77

It's Miggy.

The best .176 hitter in the league...

2008-05-23 18:44:48

78. 3rd gen yankee fan

oops, I meant blown out or crushing their opponents. Yay for holiday weekends and beer!

2008-05-23 18:46:50

79. OldYanksFan

There are some that want to dump JD, and I am not a bog fan, but Matsui can not be allowed to play LF. He made a good throw but still blew the play in the field.

2008-05-23 18:47:24

80. OldYanksFan

Oops... not a big fan....

2008-05-23 18:51:01

81. 3rd gen yankee fan

All right guys, dinner time. Stay the course! woo hoo!

2008-05-23 18:53:19

82. Jeb

since I said we would go 13-6 we've gone 2-0 and now only need to go 11-6 to get to 33-31......stay the course

2008-05-23 18:55:09

83. RIYank

82 Now say something about having to win series...

2008-05-23 18:56:50

84. RIYank

Edwar!

2008-05-23 18:58:16

85. RIYank

yes! And Edwar has an infinite ERA+!

And that's three in a row again so I must go sit in the corner. Preferably left field.

2008-05-23 19:02:38

86. Jeb

83 I think that's implied by the record. We'll split 4 in Minnesota though. I don't want to say we will win this series, but I figured we'd take 2 of 3. I hope we wear Silva out tomorrow so we can play with house money sunday.

Any word on when Jorge is expected back?

2008-05-23 19:09:25

87. RIYank

86 They're saying mid-June.

2008-05-23 19:09:40

88. 51cq24

why does it matter if we take 2 of 3 in a series? we should be trying to win every game, even if we've won the first 2.

2008-05-23 19:10:07

89. Jeb

87 Yay, maybe I'll get to see him play....Maybe Joba will start too!

2008-05-23 19:12:03

90. RIYank