Friday, May 9, 2014
Tanaka's two-run outing gives Yankees series-opening win over Brewers
New York Yankees Release Yoshinori Tateyama
According to the International League transactions page the New York Yankees have released 38 year old relief pitcher Yoshinori Tateyama. Tateyama was in the middle of his second season in the Yankees minor league system and sported a 6.08 ERA in 13.1 IP this season. Tateyama did strike out 11.5 batters per nine innings but is now a free agent looking for work.
Yankees Catcher McCann: "I've got to be more productive"
Game Thread: Yankees @ Brewers 5/9
The New York Yankees are in first place in the American League East division and the Milwaukee Brewers are in first place in the National League Central division and the two teams will face off tonight in Miller Park in Milwaukee. The Yankees will send Masahiro Tanaka to the mound to face off with the Brewers Yovani Gallardo. The game will be played at 8:10 pm ET on MY9, MLB TV, and can be heard on the radio with WFAN.
Hooray for a game that does not start after 10:00 pm and end in the middle of the night and a double hooray for the weekend. We have some making up to do on Twitter and expect to be active so give us a follow by following @Greedystripes. You can also drop us a line in the comments section of this post, always some good discussion going on here.
Enjoy the game Yankees family and enjoy your Mother's Day weekend.
Peter O'Brien To Trenton, Roller/Pinder To Scranton
Preview: New York Yankees @ Milwaukee Brewers 5/9
The New York Yankees are traveling to Bud Selig's house to take on the first place Milwaukee Brewers. The Yankees are fresh off of taking two out of three games from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the Brewers have the best record in baseball so this series should be fun. The pitching matchup will be fun as well with Masahiro Tanaka heading to the mound for the Yankees and Yovani Gallardo heading to the mound for the home team Brewers. The game will be played at 8:10 pm ET on MY9, MLB TV, and can be heard on the radio with WFAN.
Tanaka has easily been the Yankees most consistent starting pitcher this season and looks to keep the ball, and his perfect record, going tonight in Milwaukee. In Tanaka's last start he allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings in a victory against the Tampa Bay Rays. Tanaka is holding batters to a .098 batting average (9-92) this season when he has two strikes on a batter. Tanaka can chalk most of that up to his devastating splitter.
Gallardo is coming off a tough start against the Cincinnati Reds last time out resulting in his first loss of the season. Gallardo allowed nine hits and four runs in the game while only striking out one batter. Let's hope the Yankees see that Gallardo and not the Gallardo that has dominated the National League this season. For what it's worth Gallardo has a career 5-5 record with a 3.30 ERA in 15 career interleague games.
Go Yankees!!
I've Got Til 5! - April Surprises
But what about those that have surprised us? I mean... what about those that have surprised us in a good way? While there aren't as many overachievers as underachievers, I was able to fill out a Top 5...
ESPN: The Ultimate Pedroia vs. Cano Debate
If Robinson Cano were still a Yankee would this map be so red? Obviously this is on the heels of Mariano Rivera releasing a book, The Closer, that stated if he had one game to win that he would pick Dustin Pedroia over Cano. Yankees fans have lost their minds since this comment was made public and I don't understand why.
Predicting Masahiro Tanaka's Game Tonight In A GIF
I have a feeling this is how Masahiro Tanaka's game is going to go tonight, the story told in a gif. The above is his first pitch of his Major League career where he gave up a home run to Toronto's Melky Cabrera. Tanaka is home run prone no matter what anyone says, not that he cannot be great at the same time.
Tanaka will settle down and totally dominate on the mound and the Yankees will win the game 5-2. The 24-0 repeat is still alive and Tanaka will go to 5-0. Stay optimistic Yankees family, the sky is not falling.
Oh crap, Tanaka has to bat tonight doesn't he?
Trenton Thunder Game Recap 5/8
Press Release - May 8, 2014 Segedin's Big Night Leads Thunder To 5-3 Win
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Quick Hit: Remembering The Braden Perfect Game
On this day in 2010 Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden threw a perfect game "for the 209" which was the 19th perfect game in major league history. The Athletics beat the Rays 4-0 in Oakland on Mother's Day with his grandmother, who raised him after his mother died from melanoma during his Senior year in High School, was in attendance. This was just weeks removed from Braden and Alex Rodriguez getting into it and Braden becoming infamous for his "get off my mound" comments. Braden is now out of the game, well Rodriguez is too but for an entirely different set of circumstances, but will always have this day in major league history.
Charleston Riverdogs Game Recap 5/8
This Day In New York Yankees History 5/9
On this day in 1999 Mike Stanton started his first Major League game after pitching in 552 relief appearances. Gary Lavelle had the record for most appearances without starting a game before Stanton shut out Seattle for four innings giving up two hits in a Yankee's 6-1 victory at Yankee Stadium.
On this day in 2002 Mariano Rivera notched his 225th save as a member of the New York Yankees setting a new franchise record. The previous record of 224 saves was set by Dave Righetti. The Yankees would win the game 3-1 in Tampa over the Rays.