Friday, May 3, 2013

Game Thread: NYY vs. OAK 5/3


The Yankees are coming off their off day to host the Oakland Athletics for a weekend series at Yankees Stadium. CC Sabathia and AJ Griffin will go head to head looking to take the first game of the series. Feel free to use this thread to comment during the game or head over to twitter and give us a follow @GreedyStripes and chat with us there.

Here is the Yankees lineup


Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Jayson Nix 3B
Chris Stewart C
LHP CC Sabathia

New York Yankees Daily Injury Update


Too funny... I just had to share. 

New York Yankees vs. Oakland Athletics 5/3


The New York Yankees, what is left of them anyway, will begin hosting the Oakland Athletics for a weekend series at Yankees Stadium. The Yankees will send their ace CC Sabathia to the mound to face off with the A's AJ Griffin. The game will be televised at 7:05 pm ET on YES and MLB TV.

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Cody Eppley DFA'd

It's not official, but word is that Cody Eppley has been designated for assignment. This will create room for Preston Claiborne to be added to the 40-Man roster.

Although his ERA at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre looks good at 2.89 so far this season, Cody's been getting hit around quite a bit. In 9.1 innings he's given up 13 hits, including three doubles and a home run. Eppley's strikeout rate, which is 10.3 K/9 during his time in the minors, is currently at 8.7.

That's not to say Cody Eppley stinks, as he did pitch well for the Yankees in 2012 (125 ERA+ in 46 innings of work). But if he's lost to another team, instead of returning like David Adams did after he was DFA'd, I won't lose any sleep.

Minor League Week In Review

A lot of movement this week between the big club and the affiliates... we saw both Austin Romine and my personal favorite Vidal Nuno get the call to the BX, Corban Joseph get the yo-yo treatment coming up and then getting sent back down without a single AB, and then just recently Preston Claiborne get the nod out of the pen to replace the Joba monster. Many were pining for the debut of one Mark Montgomery, but Claiborne has been pretty solid himself, and has a bit more experience at the upper levels. As much as I'm looking forward to getting Monty up, I can't say I'm too broken up about the choice. It gives Monty a bit more seasoning time and could keep him from reaching super two status. Not that the salary of a reliever should be that much concern, but until we see Hal loosen the purse strings on the future it's not a bad idea. On with the show...

SWB RailRiders 5-0 on the week

Scranton finished off the week perfect going 5-0, led by Ziolo Almonte who went 9-23 with a pair of doubles, a HR and 5 RBI's. He cut his K's to 5 these last few games but didn't manage any walks. Fellow free swinger Melky Mesa chipped in six hits of his own in 18 AB's, including a double and a homer. He drove in two but struck out six times with zero free passes. The Yanks continue their search for a right-handed bat, indicating the OF'ers give them little reprieve with their hacktastic ways. Speaking of which, Ronnier Mustelier completed his rehab stint and made his first appearance for the Railriders. He went 0-3 but managed a walk and then came around to score. Austin Romine got in all of one AB before getting pulled in response to Cervelli getting hit with a pitch and joining half the team on the DL. With Cerv looking reborn it's a shame to lose him, but it gives Romine a chance at some time with the big boys. David Adams went 4-15 this week, clubbing a HR and driving in a pair.

As mentioned earlier Nuno got the call and didn't log any innings in PA this week. Good news on the reclamation front though, as Chien-Ming Wang continues to put up solid innings. He went 7 innings, giving up a run on 6 hits, walking one and striking out a pair. On the down side, for those of you awaiting the return of the Wanger you'll have to wait. News from the FO is that they want to see him working more on his secondary stuff, as his sinker isn't what it used to be. They feel for him to be successful he'll have to sharpen up his off speed stuff and learn to work with reduced velocity. Torn capsules are a death sentence, so the fact that he's doing what he has is pretty remarkable. Dellin Betances threw a ton of pitches to get just 3.1 innings deep, giving up a pair of runs in the process. He walked three and struck out six. I'm still in the Dellin-to-the-pen camp, but the upside to him starting is that he'll log more time on the hill. Brett Marshall has picked things up though, tossing 12.1 innings of 9 hit, 1 run ball. He's still struggling with control a bit as he walked 8 and registered 9 K's. Mark Montgomery threw two innings in relief, giving up a run and a walk while striking out just one. Preston Claiborne chipped in 2.2 innings of his own, giving up two runs on four hits before getting the nod to the BX. He might not be able to step into Joba's shoes right away, but anything that keeps shawn Kelley off the mound right?

Game 30 Lineup: Athletics vs. Yankees

It's a brand new series and we're lucky enough to have our ace CC Sabathia on the mound! Let's get to the lineups!

Lineup vs. Athletics:

Brett Gardner CF
Robinson Cano 2B
Vernon Wells LF
Travis Hafner DH
Ichiro Suzuki RF
Eduardo Nunez SS
Lyle Overbay 1B
Jayson Nix 3B
Chris Stewart C

CC Sabathia LHP

Notes:

-- The Yankees have officially placed Joba Chamberlain on the 15-day disabled list. The Yankees called up Preston Claiborne from Triple-AAA Scranton.  The Yankees have DFA'd RHP Cody Eppley to make room for Claiborne on the 40-man roster.

-- Tonight's game is the 1,000th game that  Joe Girardi will manage. He is 574-425 (.575) in his seven year managerial career.

Yankees Call Up Preston Claiborne

The Yankees will call up Preston Claiborne to replace Joba Chamberlain in the Yankees bullpen on Friday. A roster move will need to be made as Preston is not on the 40 man so Cody Eppley may be on his way off of the 40 man. It's a shame we didn't get to see Mark Montgomery but Preston definitely deserves the call up after a strong spring.

This Day In Yankees History 5/3


On this day in 1936 Joe DiMaggio made his major league debut for the New York Yankees. The 21 year old rookie would get three hits in his first game including a triple in a 14-5 victory over the Browns at home in Yankees Stadium.