Monday, March 25, 2013

Where will the Yankees end up in 2013?

In exactly one week, the Yankees ultimate battle begins: the road to the Chase For 28. However, the changes and deductions have the Yankees in uncertainty.

I believe that the Yankees will overcome all of their injuries and end up back on top in the AL East. Last season it was uncertain when Brett Gardner and Mariano Rivera went down, but players stepped up and the Yankees were back on top. The same instance could happen this season with the Yankees.

So, where do you believe the Yankees will end up by the end of the 2013 season?

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44 comments:

  1. I went with the competitive but no playoffs for the Yanks. Pitching is going to be solid but the lineup has sooo many holes. Toronto read the situation correctly and went all-in at the perfect time.

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  2. Yankees win the division ......running away literally. Gardner, Nunez, Ichiro........

    Cano 40/130

    C.C. 20/9

    Mariano 45 saves

    Jeter .310

    Pukeless 20/90

    Tex. MVP...MVP...MVP

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  3. Why don't the Yankees replace Gene Monihan with Yuri (cuz).?

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  4. Make no mistake about it Cano IS the Yankees.

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  5. All that ridiculous talk about who should play CF .....Gardner or Granderson.

    Grandy takes more routes than the MTA.

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  6. Who would you rather have Cano at 38 or Vernon Welles at 36?

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  7. Best base runner ...according to Paul Oneil. Derek Sanderson Jeter. Look it up.

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  8. Best clutch player....according to Larry Bowa...... Derek Sanderson Jeter. Look it up.

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  9. Greatest season for a modern day SS........Derek Sanderson Jeter....Look it up.

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  10. Greatest season for a modern day 38 year old SS……..Derek Sanderson Jeter….Look it up.

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  11. I went with competitive but no playoffs as well.

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  12. Less then 500 record

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  13. I also voted to be competitive but, no play-offs!

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  14. twasp...
    I will and do, draw the line on this one....
    Other than the back flip to Posada in the WS, where has he been clutch? A HR in the WS is clutch and on TV! He is a singles hitter, how many times has he had a walk-off hit? Two clutch plays is not a clutch player!

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  15. Greatest HITTING season!
    To me it is amazing how long Jeter gets away with playing SS, only because he is Jeter! Any other SS with his range would have been moved years ago but, because he hits very well...there he is!
    Gold Gloves are given to the better hitters and by popularity, most of the time.

    Jeter is one of the best modern SS I have ever seen, other than A-Rod, look it up! Both have great baseball instincts and play hard with the will to win. Jeter is a lead-off, singles hitter, whereas, A-Rod is a power #4 hitter.
    Jeter has one Baseball record (over 3,000 hits)
    A-Rod is in the top 10 in many, many more category's and closing in on 3,000 hits.
    If I were starting a team 15 years ago, I would have Jeter at SS and A-Rod at 3rd, no question about it.

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  16. Well the Gold Gloves say they're actually going to use sabermetrics when it comes time to decide the Gold Gloves, which means Gardner won't get robbed.

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  17. Players that have played with Jeter and Arod almost all to the man say Jeter is more clutch......you can look it up!

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  18. twasp, both are immortals, but A-Rod is a better player. A-Rod was a better SS than Jeter defensively and his hitting ranks with the all time greats. He is argueablly one of the top 10 players of all time. He is not well liked by players and media which is what brings him down to Jeters level in fans view. How many MVPs does Jeter have.

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  19. Doug ... I'm not talking how fans rate Aroid.....I'm talking about Jeter and Arods peers and mgrs and coaches who almost to the man are quoted as preferring Jeter than Arod in the clutch. You can look it up.

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  20. Take away Yuri and Boli and HGH and Aroid may have had stats more along the line as Jeter. Remember Aroidvwas a tall skinny kid before he met Canseco.

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  21. Jeter was robbed in 2006 when they gave it to Mormeau.

    So lets say Jeter deserved one.

    Arod was juicing when he won his so he has never won an MVP without the juice.

    Without juice Arod gets zero.....Jeter get one.

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  22. I'll always remember guys like Mariano, Jeter and Pettitte as being clutch for the simple reason that they are the same top-notch players in the post-season and big moments as they are during meaningless games in May.

    All of them have played 15+ years in the post-season and they don't waver when the game is on the line.

    Jeter is a career .313/.382/.448/.829 hitter in the regular season and a nearly identical .308/.374/.465/.838 hitter in 734 postseason PAs.

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  23. T-man get real...people most of the time will always go with the more likable player. Another thing to disprove your Captain Clutch story....as you say, look it up in the stats. Everyone has the right to pick a player that makes a play in the WS but, what about the rest of the years and games?
    Heck in 2009 alone, A-Rod had more clutch plays and hits than Jeter has had in 18 years.

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  24. T-Man, why say that when you know it's not true!
    A-Rod from the first day started out hitting Jeter and hasn't quit yet, he also out played him at SS.
    Yes, A-Rod was a tall skinny kid before he put on the weight most kids do as they work at it and get older...but, he was still the best hitting and fielding SS with power. Then he shamed himself by using drugs in Texas. You may say he hit a lot more HRs in Texas, so therefore one can't count them because of his drug use. If you did you would be wrong, almost every HR hitter that goes to Texas hits a few more HRs every year...one need not use drugs for that to happen.
    You always bring up 2.5 years of use when you can't truly compare the two and have Jeter win.
    I know you think he has been using every year of his playing days but, show me the proof.

    If I were starting a team 15 years ago, I would have Jeter at SS and A-Rod at 3rd, no question about it.

    Does that line make it look like I am a Jeter hater? I am a baseball player and fan, I don't need to be told who is a better player, I can use my eyes and see there was a better SS on the west cost (A-Rod) than what we had in Jeter. Jeter was very, very good but, he did not have A-Rod talent, and it showed.
    Sorry, but it's the truth!

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  25. fishjam...
    I have nothing but the greatest admiration of what they have done and how they did it all these years.
    Those teams, not only those three (Posada also) players where the core players, but they had a lot of help from other players being at the right place and the right time.
    Like I said before and forever...
    If I were starting a team 15 years ago, I would have Jeter at SS and A-Rod at 3rd, no question about it.

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  26. Add FishJam to the list of people who think Jeter is clutch. It's a long list.

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  27. fromFrom 2004 to 2008 Aroid choked more times than Jeter did in 18 years...you can look it up.

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  28. Ken....when you say it's the truth.....remember it's YOUR truth. Not everyone's. in fact MOST people believe Aroid was using many years before and after Texas.

    THAT FACT WILL ONE DAY COME OUT. you can bet on it.

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  29. What people think and what is true are two completely different things...if it is proven he did use all those years, so be it! Until it is proven, he is not guilty, and saying he is will not change the facts, as we now know them.
    You were one of the first guys to jump all over A-Rod as being guilty in the latest mess, yet no proof has been found as of yet.
    I have not heard you or anyone else, get all over the other guys whose names were reported as being involved.
    It is very easy to pick on A-Rod, because of one time using a drug but, what about the other guys that were named.
    A-Rod haters have a great fan club, so feel free to join them! Most of them are jealous of his talent, money and believing everything they read on the blogs and news papers.
    I have never seen a player treated as was A-Rod when he came to the Yankees, we all know who the click was made up of! That is not being a good team mate now is it?

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  30. So, you think he is the only top player to choked in the WS? How many time has it been said, it is easier to stop a power hitter that a singles hitter, I have heard it my whole life!
    Getting hits are not clutch unless, they produce runs one way or another! Jeter hitting over .300 in the WS is great for the team and helped the team win games but, not clutch. Check out his numbers with RISP, look at his RBIs, none show him as a clutch hitter

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  31. Fishjam has a right to his opinion, as do I and (sometimes) You Twasp. The point is, he has no record other than a couple of times in the WS where he was clutch enough to WIN a few games over the 18 years. There are many players on this team that have had clutch hits, over and over again...like Brett and Wells last night. Turning a double into a triple is also clutch, he drove in a run, one of which helped the team tie, along with Wells ground out.
    Just a matter of how one looks at things, if it were the amount of hits that counted for being clutch...Pete Rose would be the King of Clutch hitters.

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  32. old yankee, it makes sense that Jeter and Rose would be considered clutch hitter since they both are near the top in hits all time, and hitters like Mantle and A-Rod are not in that catagory since they K alot and hit with power. The difference is that the later can carry a team.

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  33. It will eventually come out that the walking steroid himself Alex Rodriguez , has been doing PEDs since the cradle.

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  34. Doug , come on, the reason Jetdr is considered clutch and Arod isn't because of power.

    It's because Jetdr bats over .310 in clutch situations and Arod wets the bed at .120

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  35. doug...
    True, you are, with a small caveat...it is clutch when you get hits at the right time...when they count. As with Colaveto (sp) in the day, was a great HR hitter but, not when needed. So one can get all the hits they need to pad their stats but, as with Jeter last year, he either SO or hit into an inning ending DP in the later innings but, still ended up with 2 or 3 hits for the game. I can remember a few games siting there watching the game where it came to pass. One doesn't get 1950 Rbis/.300 BA/.384 OBP/.945 OPS as A-Rod has without being a bit clutch. Whereas Jeter, although a great hitting SS, falls short by a bit...1254 RBIs/.313 BA/.382 OBP/.829 OPS. Facts are facts what one thinks about A-Rod or Jeter means nothing at all...the stats tell the story.

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  36. Clutch is getting hits when it counts, like when there are runners in scoring position. Jeter has a higher ba then Aroid with RISP. you can look it up Kenny.

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  37. old yankee, as an ex pitcher I will tell you another point that is a factor, I would try and pitch around a power hitter much more than a power hitter knowing his hit might not hurt so much. Look at the difference between Jeter and Cabrerra, they pitched around Cabrerra in the series while not pitching around Jeter.

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  38. A-Rod is the only player in the history of sports that has won a championship and 2 MVPs but is hated so much.

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  39. As an ex closer, I wouldn't give Cabrerra anything that was a strike. That is the Story of guys like A-Rod and Cano in the WS, they expand the zone and swing at pitchers pitches...not good!

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  40. It seems as though numbers in the play-offs are what counts for you but, without guys like A-Rod, Tex, Cano, Swisher and Granderson, one would never get to the play-offs at all...would they.
    Clutch hitters come through when they are pitched to, Clutch Banjo hitters are pitched to whereas clutch POWER hitters don't get anything to hit. The pitchers one faces in the Post season are the best every team has and they don't make many mistakes.

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  41. old yankee, you are totally right, it's not the same playing field. Cabrerra doesn't get pitched to the same way Austin Jackson gets pitche to. I remember going to a game as a kid and watching Mantle strike alot, DiMaggio was an exception, as was Musual, but they didn't hit with power like Mantle or A-Rod.

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  42. doug...
    Ain't that the truth!?
    I am a bit confused, where are the stats for the .310 and .120 BA twasp came up with? Only thing I came up with is A-Rod carried the team to the play-offs and helped win the WS along with a few others.
    Ever since then, he has been hurt and not playing up to his real game. Jeter has always been a big part of the teams winning and losing and until last year has been injury free. That makes a big diference to how well he can play .
    Any idea at all, doug, twasp or anyone?

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  43. Old yankee ...look at Aroids BA in the playoffs with the Yankees excluding 2009 and look at Jeter's. no contest Jeter hits when it counts in the playoffs.

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