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NEW YORK—Joba Chamberlain has not pitched in a game in more than three weeks, but after playing catch and throwing bullpen sessions during his time on the disabled list, he can see an end in sight.
“There’s light,” Chamberlain said. “I see a little bit. It’s peeking through.”
Chamberlain threw a 45-pitch bullpen session on Thursday morning prior to the Yankees’ afternoon matchup against ...
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Joba Chamberlain
Philip Hughes
New York Yankees
Situational wOBA Splits (129 Comments - 8/28/2008 12:15:37 am ) It’s Over Johnny (104 Comments - 8/27/2008 6:10:34 pm ) Absolute MUST Win—Times Three (214 Comments - 8/27/2008 9:49:44 am ) MLB.com: Pavano (1-0) (2 Comments - 8/27/2008 3:50:48 am ) Robinson Cano and Balls in Play (42 Comments - 8/26/2008 2:56:49 am ) Five Days To Save A Season (215 Comments - 8/25/2008 6:08:17 pm ...
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I've been thinking more about the whole concept of clutch and after a little more thought I've realized that the clutch stat that I referenced in this post is somewhat limited, given sample size and other issues. That hasn't stopped people from linking to that post to 'prove' their point that A-Rod is unclutch, but whatever.
Anyway, since that statistic focuses on just batting average with ...
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New York Yankees
Alex Rodriguez
Xavier Nady
Hideki Matsui
Jason Giambi
Johnny Damon
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It’s Over Johnny (4 Comments - 8/26/2008 11:25:23
pm ) Absolute MUST Win—Times Three (213 Comments -
8/26/2008 10:58:33 pm ) Robinson Cano and Balls in Play (42 Comments - 8/26/2008 2:56:49 am ) Five Days To Save A Season (215 Comments - ...
In past seasons the Yankees have put themselves in situations where they’ve had to step up to make the postseason. There have usually been multiple paths, but in 2008, we’re down to one.
The Yankees need to win tonight, win tomorrow, and win Thursday. They can’t lose any of these games, or their chances to make the postseason require a major failure on the part of the Red Sox and ...
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New York Yankees
Minnesota Twins
Tim Wakefield
Coming into 2008, Robinson Cano seemed to be on the verge of solidifying himself as one of the top second basemen in baseball. He projected to be worth three wins above a replacement-level second baseman when offense, defense and baserunning were factored in.
Instead, Cano has been a disappointment, hitting .269/.307/.410 instead of his average projection of .308/.348/.482. Cano's 20% CAIRO ...
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Robinson Cano
New York Yankees
Carl Pavano was understandably rusty out of the gate, allowing three runs in the second, but he settled down and completed five innings to earn the win in his first start since last April, backed by a dinger and three RBIs from Jason Giambi.
This Pavano guy seems like a decent starter.
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Carl Pavano
Jason Giambi
New York Yankees
Baltimore Orioles
While most of us buried the Yankees a week or two ago, they now have one, probably final, chance to save everything. This afternoon they send Darrell Rasner out against Daniel Cabrera. Rasner has had two great outings against Baltimore this season and one poor (though not horrible) one. Cabrera has fairly owned the Yankees this season, although before this season the Yankees ...
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BALTIMORE—Friday’s game summary reads like a laundry list of accomplishments: nine runs, two sets of back-to-back home runs, a five-hit night for Bobby Abreu, Derek Jeter’s 2,500th career hit and a 9-4 victory over the Orioles.
The Bombers’ bats were a little too late to get Moose his 18th win.
Now for the delicate Carl Pavano tomorrow. Vegas could establish a line for whether ...
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Bobby Abreu
Derek Jeter
Carl Pavano
New York Yankees
Baltimore Orioles
NYY: Snacks Pontoon (31, RHP, 7-3, 4.19) vs. TOR: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 14-9, 2.64)
Lineups…
New York Yankees
J. Damon, CF (.313/.386/.447)
D. Jeter, SS (.298/.358/.411)
B. Abreu, RF (.290/.364/.465)
A. Rodriguez, 3B (.310/.397/.589)
J. Giambi, 1B (.246/.384/.501)
X. Nady, LF (.318/.389/.624)
H. Matsui, DH (.318/.397/.453)
R. Cano, 2B (.263/.303/.392)
I. Rodriguez, C ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
New York Yankees
Roy Halladay
Johnny Damon
Derek Jeter
Bobby Abreu
As requested, here's a look at the players who have deviated furthest from their projections so far this season. I cut off PAs at a minimum of 200, and am only listing players who are at least 10% better or 10% worse than their originally projected wOBA.
The pre-season projections I am using for comparision are a composite of the following
CHONE by Sean Smith.
Marcel by Tango ...
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New York Yankees
Xavier Nady
Melky Cabrera
Robinson Cano
NYY: Andy Pettitte (36, LHP, 12-9, 4.30) vs. TOR: David Purcey (26, LHP, 2-3, 5.93)
Lineups…
New York Yankees
J. Damon, CF (.311/.383/.447)
D. Jeter, SS (.294/.356/.403)
B. Abreu, RF (.291/.365/.467)
A. Rodriguez, 3B (.313/.401/.595)
J. Giambi, 1B (.249/.387/.506)
X. Nady, LF (.309/.385/.630)
H. Matsui, DH (.319/.399/.453)
R. Cano, 2B (.265/.303/.395)
J. Molina, C ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
New York Yankees
Andy Pettitte
David Purcey
Johnny Damon
Derek Jeter
Instead of doing what most writers are doing lately and looking at the AL MVP, here's a list of the AL LVP candidates, using position-adjusted batting runs above/below replacement level, defensive runs saved above average by zone rating and pitching runs saved above/below replacement level.
Name
Team Pos
pBRAR dRSAA
pRSAR TR
Batista, Miguel SEA RP
-24 -24
Mendoza, Luis A TEX SP
-24 ...
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New York Yankees
Al Reyes
Richie Sexson
Ian Kennedy
Morgan Ensberg
Philip Hughes
An inspired effort by a team that needs to win 3/4 of their remaining games to make the postseason…
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New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
NYY: Darrell Rasner (27, RHP, 5-9, 5.18) vs. TOR: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 15-9, 4.67)
Lineups…
Toronto Blue Jays
TBA
New York Yankees
J.Damon, CF (.313/.385/.450)
D.Jeter, SS (.295/.356/.404)
B.Abreu, RF (.289/.364/.462)
A.Rodriguez, 3B (.313/.402/.598)
J.Giambi, 1B (.251/.391/.512)
X.Nady, LF (.312/.391/.649)
H.Matsui, DH (.323/.404/.458)
R.Cano, 2B (.266/.305/.397)
I.Rodriguez, ...
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Toronto Blue Jays
New York Yankees
Darrell Rasner
A.J. Burnett
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The Yankees still have a long hill to
climb if they're going to be in the playoffs
this season, but that's not Xavier Nady's fault. Since being acquired from Pittsburgh on July 25, Nady has been killing the ball, with a line of .312/.391/649 as a ...
Rank
Name Team
Pos AVG
OBP SLG
pBRAR
Clutch
dRSAA TR
1
Jeter, Derek
NYA
SS .295
.356 .404
25 0
2 27
2 Peralta, Jhonny
CLE SS .277
.320 .493 28 -1 -1
26
3 Young, Michael
TEX SS .289
.340 .412 26 0 -2
24
4 Aviles, Mike
KC SS .317 .343
.492 18 -3 3 21
pBRAR: Position-adusted batting runs above replacement using linear weights
Clutch: pBRAR adjustment for ...
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New York Yankees
Derek Jeter
Mike Mussina
KCR: Brian Bannister (27, RHP, 7-11, 5.36) vs. NYY: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 15-7, 3.30)
Lineups…
Kansas City Royals
D. DeJesus, CF (.291/.351/.441)
M. Aviles, SS (.318/.344/.496)
M. Teahen, LF (.252/.319/.389)
J. Guillen, RF (.252/.288/.435)
B. Butler, DH (.267/.322/.376)
A. Gordon, 3B (.256/.350/.423)
R. Gload, 1B (.269/.316/.336)
J. Buck, C (.219/.292/.362)
E. German, 2B ...
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New York Yankees
Kansas City Royals
Brian Bannister
Mike Mussina
David DeJesus
Mike Aviles
Openers
Others
Act W 16 48
Act L 25 33
Pyth W 16 49
Pyth L 25 32
RF 180 403
RA 226 320
Pythagenpat 0.394
0.605
Act W:: Actual wins
Act L:: Actual losses
Pyth W:: Pythagenpat wins
Pyth L:: Pythagenpat losses
RF:: Runs for
RA:: Runs against
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