That remains to be seen, but it's definitely a 'Torre' move.

tim over at mlbtraderumors has a Yankees Offseason Outlook post up today. it's pretty good and there's a link to River Ave Blues there. sorry for no tinyurl, but the site is over on the sidebar and i'm sure many of you check mlbtraderumors anyhow...

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i wonder if torre will have kershaw & maddux up in the pen early and use them before regular relievers, if lowe's on a short leash and struggling...

that curve looked a little low. c'mon CC!!!

i need to read your SI preview...

CC with many defensive swings in this AB...

The ball hit the ground four feet from the plate.

ah, well, maybe a tad inside, but good call, nonetheless : )

get outta this, kid...

13 that's why i've got it on mute!

good job getting outta that mess, garza. whew...

15 you've really been holding down the fort during these games the last few dyas thelarmis - cheers!

AKI goes wall ball!!!

17 thanks, ms. october! i feel like i'm talking to myself half the time... : ~

wahoo! 4-0 Rays!!!

i was really wondering when lester was going to have a clunker - surely he was due -and today is as good as any.

18 ah well - at least you're fond of who you were bantering with.

Though, as for me, I'm trying to crank on work so I can take a break to watch the LA-Philly game.

good luck vs. philthy tonight. i'll be rootin' for ya! i'd like to see that at 2-2. who knows, maybe Hamels will look like Lester does today...

Ortiz, still looks like Florida Evans from Good Times. definitely not a good thing...

and definitely flo evans for ortiz!

36 definitely. how or why you even end up in a stance like that is beyond me.

An ace is one of the 30 best pitchers in baseball, no? He's not in the top 10, perhaps, but he's an ace.

Of course, now I've likely jinxed him for sure.

And I was telling people Chad B was really our ace and then he came out and was terrible in game 2. I'll just keep my mouth shut.

50 neh, you're okay - you're on a yankees board, so your jinxing won't count! : )

51 hey OYF! i don't think peavy's the answer. he's already had some injury and off field behavior problems, though i don't think either are around right now. he's been pitching at a pitchers park in the NL and hasn't lit it up in his 2 postseason starts. he's gonna require a lot of good prospects and his option picked up. others can, will and have done MUCH better research than me, but ultimately, i think we'll have to give up too much - prospects, money - for too long. i'll pass. however, if we do indeed end up with him, i don't think it'll be too very terrible. he's certainly a power arm that can give us a lot of quality innings...

peavy's from alabama and the Peavy music company is in Merridian, Miss. i wonder if he's related. doubt it, but - hmmmm...

Dodgers fan here, so I don't know the Yanks as well as you guys do. it seems they are not one great arm away. Would it make more sense for them to pick up 2 solid pitchers and a solid hitter instead of an ace?

i can't remember exactly, but a year or two ago there was a good feature article on Garza in Baseball Weekly (USA Today Sports Weekly paper). something about him and his girl having a kid when they were young and facing all kinds adversity. i'm not sure the rest of the story, but i remember it painted him as a very good, strong kid, as stories like that are wont to do. it seems the only thing the announcers talk about it is Garza being emotional and somewhat of a loose canon. i'm sure they could've done more research on the kid...

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enjoy the NL Game...

Since 2003, Peavy has started at least 27 games per season and had an ERA+ of at least 134 on four occassions. His career WHIP and K/9inn are also ace-like. The Petco splits do give a little pause, but in three of the stadium's five seasons (2004-05 and 2007), Peavy was identical on the home and road.

57 At 27, I am not sure I'd say Peavy is on the back-end of his prime. As for the Yankees, they are an 89 win team expecting to have about 40 more starts from Wang and Joba, so yes, I think they are one good starter away from ranking among the top contenders.

Also, big Game 4 start, sinkerballer on short rest, this seems familiar somehow...

82 condolences to you, trainwreck. and underdog, if he's still around.

i'm just getting in from work and seeing the score. haven't checked out what happened yet. i was pulling for LA tonight. looks like the Phitin's are gonna be in the Serious. i sure hope it's vs. Tampa...

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Jazz Tokyo - you around?

65 thanks, Chyll! hey, i'd buy that album! post it at your website... ; )

More solid work today for Hughes: 5 4 1 1 1 3. In two AFL starts, he has allowed one run over 10 innings and struck out 10. He has been working on his cutter and it appears to be a pitch he can move forward with.

he faced Max Scherzer today...

so now it seems that either a team will win the title the first time it not just made the playoffs, but freaking finished above .500 ... or the team that have lost more than any other team in the history of baseball, have made the playoffs fewer times in 100 years than the Yankees in the wild card era. and only managed 1 WS dispite having Mike Schimdt and Steve Carlton... WOW

It was interesting to see all of the second guessing of Torre in the post game press onference. You can tell by how much he bristled that Torre has grown used to the indifferent treatment he must have been getting all season in LA.

Of course, Manuel managed a pretty bad game as well, but thanks to Victorino and Stairs, we don't have to get into that.